Business Transformation Contracts

Business Transformation
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Business Transformation skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Business Transformation over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 334 337 414
Rank change year-on-year +3 +77 +11
Contract jobs citing Business Transformation 192 256 322
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.66% 0.59% 0.54%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.72% 0.68% 0.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 107 160 225
10th Percentile £365 £410 £418
25th Percentile £480 £456 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £704 £650 £725
90th Percentile £830 £775 £865
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £600 £560
% change year-on-year -8.33% +7.14% +6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 12 2
10th Percentile £50.00 £22.33 -
25th Percentile £59.63 £35.58 -
Median hourly rate £70.00 £40.00 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year +75.00% -42.86% -
75th Percentile £74.38 - -
90th Percentile £75.00 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £70.00 £40.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year +75.00% -42.86% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Business Transformation falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 26,594 37,597 53,655
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.84% 86.31% 89.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,149 24,227 37,238
10th Percentile £308 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £630 £638 £650
90th Percentile £743 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £483 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -3.50% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,071 2,443 1,746
10th Percentile £14.41 £12.75 £11.00
25th Percentile £18.21 £16.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
Median % change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%
75th Percentile £60.38 £59.98 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.50 £37.34 £36.00
% change year-on-year -26.35% +3.72% +80.00%

Business Transformation
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Business Transformation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Business Transformation in the UK

Business Transformation
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Business Transformation.

Daily rate trend for Business Transformation in the UK

Business Transformation
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Transformation over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Business Transformation in the UK

Business Transformation
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Business Transformation.

Hourly rate trend for Business Transformation in the UK

Business Transformation
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Business Transformation over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Business Transformation in the UK

Business Transformation
Top 16 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Business Transformation within the UK over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +5 175 £550 - 655
UK excluding London +52 107 £550 -8.33% 413
Work from Home +44 69 £538 -2.27% 330
London -9 69 £575 +5.02% 315
South East +58 26 £605 +0.83% 133
North of England +13 23 £538 +2.38% 84
East of England +35 19 £700 +30.23% 40
Midlands +2 18 £550 -6.38% 80
South West +41 16 £500 -29.58% 41
North West +17 12 £525 - 45
West Midlands -10 9 £575 -4.17% 47
East Midlands +13 7 £500 -5.66% 27
North East +4 7 £575 -35.89% 7
Yorkshire -1 4 £370 -38.33% 33
Scotland +9 3 £370 +40.95% 20
Wales +1 2 £385 -50.32% 9

Business Transformation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 8 (4.17%) SharePoint
2 7 (3.65%) SAS
3 2 (1.04%) Confluence
4 1 (0.52%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 8 (4.17%) MS Visio
2 6 (3.13%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (2.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (1.56%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (1.04%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 42 (21.88%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (3.13%) Salesforce CRM
3 4 (2.08%) SAP ERP
3 4 (2.08%) SAP IBP
4 3 (1.56%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (1.56%) Oracle ERP
4 3 (1.56%) SAP GRC
4 3 (1.56%) SAP MDG
5 2 (1.04%) Actimize
5 2 (1.04%) Oracle Financials
5 2 (1.04%) SAP BPC
5 2 (1.04%) SAP FI
5 2 (1.04%) SAP PP
6 1 (0.52%) Endur
6 1 (0.52%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.52%) SAP CO
6 1 (0.52%) SAP MM
6 1 (0.52%) SAP PP-PI
6 1 (0.52%) SAP PS
6 1 (0.52%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 7 (3.65%) Adobe Analytics
1 7 (3.65%) Azure
2 6 (3.13%) Dynamics 365
2 6 (3.13%) Power Platform
3 5 (2.60%) AWS
3 5 (2.60%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (2.60%) SaaS
4 2 (1.04%) Collibra
4 2 (1.04%) GCP
4 2 (1.04%) Power Automate
4 2 (1.04%) PowerApps
4 2 (1.04%) Snowflake
5 1 (0.52%) Azure Data Factory
5 1 (0.52%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (0.52%) Azure Machine Learning
5 1 (0.52%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 1 (0.52%) OCI
5 1 (0.52%) SuccessFactors
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (4.69%) Data Warehouse
2 7 (3.65%) Relational Database
3 6 (3.13%) Tableau
4 5 (2.60%) Power BI
5 3 (1.56%) Oracle Reports
5 3 (1.56%) SAP HANA
6 2 (1.04%) OLAP
6 2 (1.04%) SQL Server
7 1 (0.52%) Amazon Redshift
7 1 (0.52%) Big Data
7 1 (0.52%) BusinessObjects
7 1 (0.52%) Data Mining
7 1 (0.52%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.52%) OLTP
7 1 (0.52%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.52%) Oracle OLAP
7 1 (0.52%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 1 (0.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.52%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 7 (3.65%) JIRA
2 1 (0.52%) ERwin
General
1 99 (51.56%) Social Skills
2 69 (35.94%) Finance
3 33 (17.19%) Analytical Skills
4 19 (9.90%) Marketing
5 15 (7.81%) Banking
6 13 (6.77%) Manufacturing
6 13 (6.77%) Presentation Skills
7 10 (5.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 10 (5.21%) Pharmaceutical
7 10 (5.21%) Public Sector
8 9 (4.69%) Retail
9 8 (4.17%) Automotive
9 8 (4.17%) Back Office
10 7 (3.65%) Influencing Skills
10 7 (3.65%) Legal
10 7 (3.65%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (2.08%) Aerospace
12 3 (1.56%) Billing
12 3 (1.56%) Investment Banking
12 3 (1.56%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 39 (20.31%) Analyst
2 33 (17.19%) Business Analyst
3 32 (16.67%) Consultant
4 28 (14.58%) Project Manager
5 25 (13.02%) Senior
6 23 (11.98%) Architect
7 17 (8.85%) Lead
8 16 (8.33%) SAP Consultant
9 12 (6.25%) Functional Consultant
9 12 (6.25%) Programme Manager
10 11 (5.73%) Change Manager
11 10 (5.21%) Solutions Architect
12 8 (4.17%) Senior Consultant
12 8 (4.17%) Senior Manager
13 7 (3.65%) Business Manager
13 7 (3.65%) Data Manager
13 7 (3.65%) Developer
13 7 (3.65%) SAP Security Consultant
13 7 (3.65%) Security Consultant
13 7 (3.65%) Strategy Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (4.17%) SAP Fiori
2 3 (1.56%) SPFx
3 2 (1.04%) ADO
3 2 (1.04%) CSS
3 2 (1.04%) HTML
3 2 (1.04%) Oracle Fusion
3 2 (1.04%) SOAP
3 2 (1.04%) TensorFlow
4 1 (0.52%) Kafka
4 1 (0.52%) Matplotlib
4 1 (0.52%) Middleware
4 1 (0.52%) Pandas
4 1 (0.52%) PyTorch
4 1 (0.52%) REST
4 1 (0.52%) SAP PI
4 1 (0.52%) SAPUI5
4 1 (0.52%) scikit-learn
4 1 (0.52%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 8 (4.17%) Life Science
2 7 (3.65%) Management Information System
2 7 (3.65%) Product Ownership
3 5 (2.60%) Data Structures
3 5 (2.60%) FMCG
3 5 (2.60%) Industry 4.0
3 5 (2.60%) IoT
3 5 (2.60%) Virtual Team
4 4 (2.08%) Legacy Systems
5 3 (1.56%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (1.04%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (1.04%) Data Centre
6 2 (1.04%) e-Learning
6 2 (1.04%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (1.04%) Greenfield Project
6 2 (1.04%) Reinsurance
6 2 (1.04%) Renewable Energy
7 1 (0.52%) Hedge funds
7 1 (0.52%) Private Cloud
7 1 (0.52%) Smart Meter
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (32.29%) Stakeholder Management
2 48 (25.00%) Agile
3 35 (18.23%) Project Management
4 33 (17.19%) Change Management
4 33 (17.19%) Problem-Solving
5 25 (13.02%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 23 (11.98%) ERP
7 22 (11.46%) Analytics
7 22 (11.46%) Migration
8 21 (10.94%) Continuous Improvement
9 17 (8.85%) CRM
9 17 (8.85%) User Stories
10 16 (8.33%) Business Analysis
10 16 (8.33%) Decision-Making
11 15 (7.81%) Risk Management
11 15 (7.81%) Roadmaps
11 15 (7.81%) User Acceptance Testing
12 14 (7.29%) Data Visualisation
12 14 (7.29%) ETL
12 14 (7.29%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 16 (8.33%) SQL
2 7 (3.65%) R
3 6 (3.13%) Python
4 4 (2.08%) ABAP
5 2 (1.04%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.52%) C#
6 1 (0.52%) PL/SQL
6 1 (0.52%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 25 (13.02%) Security Cleared
2 24 (12.50%) Degree
3 16 (8.33%) PMP
3 16 (8.33%) SC Cleared
4 14 (7.29%) PMI Certification
5 7 (3.65%) BPSS Clearance
6 6 (3.13%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (2.60%) DV Cleared
8 3 (1.56%) CBAP
8 3 (1.56%) IIBA
9 2 (1.04%) CAPM
10 1 (0.52%) CCNP
10 1 (0.52%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (0.52%) CISSP
10 1 (0.52%) ISEB
10 1 (0.52%) MCSA
10 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.52%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 1 (0.52%) SAP Certification
10 1 (0.52%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (4.69%) PMO
1 9 (4.69%) QA
2 4 (2.08%) GRC
3 3 (1.56%) GDPR
4 2 (1.04%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.52%) DICOM
5 1 (0.52%) Disclosure Scotland
5 1 (0.52%) HL7
Vendors
1 63 (32.81%) SAP
2 20 (10.42%) Microsoft
3 15 (7.81%) Oracle
4 14 (7.29%) Salesforce
5 7 (3.65%) Adobe
5 7 (3.65%) Teradata
6 5 (2.60%) Ariba
7 4 (2.08%) Ab Initio
8 2 (1.04%) ServiceNow
8 2 (1.04%) Workday
9 1 (0.52%) Atlassian
9 1 (0.52%) Cognos
9 1 (0.52%) Databricks
9 1 (0.52%) Dynatrace
9 1 (0.52%) Google
9 1 (0.52%) Informatica
9 1 (0.52%) OpenLink
9 1 (0.52%) Sparx
9 1 (0.52%) Veeam
9 1 (0.52%) Zuora