Translating Business Requirements Contracts

Translate Business Requirements
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Translating Business Requirements skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Translating Business Requirements over the 6 months leading up to 16 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 180 203 324
Rank change year-on-year +23 +121 +115
Contract jobs citing Translating Business Requirements 447 484 440
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.53% 1.14% 0.77%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.68% 1.32% 0.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 271 308 283
10th Percentile £388 £413 £425
25th Percentile £450 £468 £496
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £535 £575
Median % change year-on-year -1.87% -6.96% +4.55%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £688
90th Percentile £750 £750 £785
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 1 6
10th Percentile £46.95 - £62.00
25th Percentile £59.81 £50.00 £66.30
Median hourly rate £71.25 £55.00 £79.19
Median % change year-on-year +29.55% -30.55% +286.29%
75th Percentile £75.00 £60.00 -
90th Percentile - - £92.22
UK excluding London median hourly rate £72.50 £55.00 £79.19
% change year-on-year +31.82% -30.55% +297.79%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Translating Business Requirements 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 26,555 36,687 51,295
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.98% 86.22% 89.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,047 23,611 35,552
10th Percentile £305 £300 £325
25th Percentile £410 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -4.55% +3.77%
75th Percentile £626 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,084 2,428 1,693
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.75 £10.77
25th Percentile £18.13 £16.00 £16.13
Median hourly rate £28.00 £36.05 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.32% +0.13% +40.19%
75th Percentile £60.00 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £37.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -32.93% +7.14% +75.00%

Translating Business Requirements
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Translating Business Requirements in the UK

Translating Business Requirements
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Translating Business Requirements in the UK

Translating Business Requirements
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Translating Business Requirements over the 6 months to 16 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Translating Business Requirements in the UK

Translating Business Requirements
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Translating Business Requirements in the UK

Translating Business Requirements
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Translating Business Requirements over the 6 months to 16 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Translating Business Requirements in the UK

Translating Business Requirements
Top 17 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Translating Business Requirements within the UK over the 6 months to 16 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 +42 353 £550 - 508
London +41 209 £550 -4.35% 249
Work from Home -4 157 £525 +5.00% 345
UK excluding London +6 154 £500 -4.76% 316
North of England 0 39 £456 -10.50% 84
South East +16 30 £498 -20.40% 114
Scotland +19 23 £470 +1.62% 25
Midlands +7 23 £519 -5.68% 51
Yorkshire +15 19 £384 -28.39% 18
South West +35 17 £550 +2.33% 26
North West -13 16 £525 +5.00% 55
East of England +27 14 £600 +12.15% 22
West Midlands +2 13 £438 -12.50% 35
East Midlands +14 9 £700 +16.67% 15
North East 0 4 £650 -3.70% 12
Northern Ireland -5 4 £485 +43.70% 3
Wales - 4 £394 -

Translating Business Requirements
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 40 (8.95%) Confluence
2 23 (5.15%) SharePoint
3 9 (2.01%) Apache Airflow
4 7 (1.57%) Microsoft Exchange
5 6 (1.34%) Apache
5 6 (1.34%) Oracle Workflow
6 5 (1.12%) Anypoint
6 5 (1.12%) Apache Spark
7 3 (0.67%) Mule
7 3 (0.67%) Mule ESB
8 2 (0.45%) OpenStack
9 1 (0.22%) Appian
9 1 (0.22%) IIS
Applications
1 22 (4.92%) MS Visio
2 5 (1.12%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (0.89%) EngageOne
3 4 (0.89%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (0.67%) AutoCAD
4 3 (0.67%) Siemens NX
5 2 (0.45%) Fusion 360
6 1 (0.22%) InfoPath
6 1 (0.22%) Trello
Business Applications
1 21 (4.70%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (2.91%) Dynamics CRM
3 7 (1.57%) Oracle ERP
3 7 (1.57%) Oracle Payables
4 6 (1.34%) SAP FI
5 5 (1.12%) Oracle Assets
5 5 (1.12%) Oracle EBS
5 5 (1.12%) Oracle EBS R12
5 5 (1.12%) SAP CO
5 5 (1.12%) SAP FI/CO
6 4 (0.89%) Oracle General Ledger
6 4 (0.89%) SAP SD
6 4 (0.89%) Teamcenter
7 3 (0.67%) Endur
7 3 (0.67%) Infor LN
7 3 (0.67%) Oracle Financials
7 3 (0.67%) Oracle Payroll
7 3 (0.67%) Oracle Receivables
7 3 (0.67%) SAP HCM
8 2 (0.45%) Oracle Cash Management
Cloud Services
1 96 (21.48%) Azure
2 74 (16.55%) Power Platform
3 47 (10.51%) AWS
4 26 (5.82%) Dynamics 365
5 25 (5.59%) Power Automate
6 21 (4.70%) Azure DevOps
7 19 (4.25%) GCP
8 16 (3.58%) PowerApps
9 14 (3.13%) Microsoft 365
10 13 (2.91%) SaaS
10 13 (2.91%) Snowflake
11 12 (2.68%) dbt
11 12 (2.68%) GitHub
12 11 (2.46%) Azure Data Factory
13 10 (2.24%) Entra ID
13 10 (2.24%) OCI
14 9 (2.01%) SuccessFactors
15 7 (1.57%) OneDrive
16 5 (1.12%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 5 (1.12%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 19 (4.25%) 5G
1 19 (4.25%) Radio Access Network
2 18 (4.03%) 3G
2 18 (4.03%) 4G
2 18 (4.03%) Diameter Protocol
2 18 (4.03%) LTE
2 18 (4.03%) RANAP
2 18 (4.03%) VoLTE
2 18 (4.03%) Wireshark
3 13 (2.91%) Network Security
4 10 (2.24%) POP3
4 10 (2.24%) SMTP
5 7 (1.57%) LAN
5 7 (1.57%) WAN
6 6 (1.34%) HTTP
7 3 (0.67%) DHCP
7 3 (0.67%) DNS
8 2 (0.45%) Firewall
8 2 (0.45%) VoIP
8 2 (0.45%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (11.63%) Power BI
2 49 (10.96%) Data Warehouse
3 22 (4.92%) Oracle Reports
4 21 (4.70%) Relational Database
5 20 (4.47%) Oracle Database
6 16 (3.58%) Tableau
7 12 (2.68%) Snowflake Schema
8 11 (2.46%) BigQuery
8 11 (2.46%) Data Lake
9 10 (2.24%) Amazon Redshift
9 10 (2.24%) SQL Server
10 9 (2.01%) Data Vault
11 8 (1.79%) Big Data
12 7 (1.57%) MySQL
12 7 (1.57%) NoSQL
12 7 (1.57%) Oracle BI Publisher
13 6 (1.34%) Looker
13 6 (1.34%) Power Query
13 6 (1.34%) SAP HANA
13 6 (1.34%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 38 (8.50%) JIRA
2 18 (4.03%) Git
3 5 (1.12%) ERwin
4 4 (0.89%) Oracle Forms
4 4 (0.89%) Postman
4 4 (0.89%) Terragrunt
5 3 (0.67%) GitLab
5 3 (0.67%) Subversion
6 2 (0.45%) GCC
6 2 (0.45%) MagicDraw
7 1 (0.22%) Babel
7 1 (0.22%) ER Studio
7 1 (0.22%) Gatling
7 1 (0.22%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.22%) LSMW
7 1 (0.22%) NeoLoad
7 1 (0.22%) ScriptRunner
7 1 (0.22%) SpecFlow
7 1 (0.22%) webpack
7 1 (0.22%) Zephyr
General
1 229 (51.23%) Social Skills
2 137 (30.65%) Finance
3 118 (26.40%) Analytical Skills
4 39 (8.72%) Public Sector
5 22 (4.92%) Banking
5 22 (4.92%) Retail
6 17 (3.80%) Presentation Skills
7 16 (3.58%) Documentation Skills
8 15 (3.36%) Influencing Skills
9 13 (2.91%) Manufacturing
10 11 (2.46%) Financial Institution
11 9 (2.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 8 (1.79%) Telecoms
13 6 (1.34%) Marketing
14 5 (1.12%) Billing
14 5 (1.12%) Front Office
14 5 (1.12%) General Ledger
15 4 (0.89%) Law
15 4 (0.89%) Military
16 3 (0.67%) Legal
Job Titles
1 94 (21.03%) Architect
2 87 (19.46%) Analyst
3 65 (14.54%) Business Analyst
3 65 (14.54%) Developer
4 52 (11.63%) Consultant
5 43 (9.62%) Solutions Architect
6 35 (7.83%) Lead
7 31 (6.94%) Senior
8 19 (4.25%) Data Analyst
9 16 (3.58%) Data Engineer
10 13 (2.91%) Data Architect
11 11 (2.46%) Backup Engineer
11 11 (2.46%) Commvault Engineer
11 11 (2.46%) Enterprise Architect
11 11 (2.46%) SAP Consultant
11 11 (2.46%) ServiceNow Developer
12 10 (2.24%) Technical Analyst
13 9 (2.01%) Cloud Architect
14 8 (1.79%) Senior Architect
14 8 (1.79%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (6.04%) Web Services
2 21 (4.70%) REST
2 21 (4.70%) SOAP
3 17 (3.80%) CSS
3 17 (3.80%) HTML
4 14 (3.13%) JSON
4 14 (3.13%) Middleware
5 12 (2.68%) LDAP
5 12 (2.68%) RESTful
5 12 (2.68%) XML
6 11 (2.46%) AngularJS
6 11 (2.46%) CSS3
7 10 (2.24%) Bootstrap
7 10 (2.24%) Oracle Fusion
8 8 (1.79%) .NET
9 7 (1.57%) HTML5
9 7 (1.57%) Kafka
9 7 (1.57%) Node.js
9 7 (1.57%) React
10 6 (1.34%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 29 (6.49%) Product Ownership
2 24 (5.37%) Data Structures
3 17 (3.80%) Data Centre
4 14 (3.13%) Data Protection Act
5 13 (2.91%) Onboarding
6 12 (2.68%) Enterprise Software
7 8 (1.79%) Algorithms
7 8 (1.79%) Distributed Systems
7 8 (1.79%) Management Information System
8 7 (1.57%) Derivative
8 7 (1.57%) Greenfield Project
8 7 (1.57%) Virtual Team
9 6 (1.34%) Hedge funds
9 6 (1.34%) Legacy Systems
9 6 (1.34%) Self-Motivation
10 5 (1.12%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 5 (1.12%) Public Cloud
11 4 (0.89%) Fixed Income
11 4 (0.89%) Interest Rate Derivative
11 4 (0.89%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 10 (2.24%) Linux
2 7 (1.57%) Windows
3 4 (0.89%) MVS
4 3 (0.67%) VMS
5 2 (0.45%) Unix
6 1 (0.22%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 151 (33.78%) Problem-Solving
2 98 (21.92%) Agile
3 84 (18.79%) Data Modelling
4 73 (16.33%) Stakeholder Management
5 66 (14.77%) Business Intelligence
6 61 (13.65%) Migration
7 57 (12.75%) Analytics
8 54 (12.08%) Decision-Making
9 49 (10.96%) ETL
10 48 (10.74%) DevOps
11 46 (10.29%) Data Analysis
12 43 (9.62%) Continuous Improvement
13 41 (9.17%) Data Integration
13 41 (9.17%) Technical Leadership
14 40 (8.95%) Data Migration
15 35 (7.83%) Roadmaps
16 34 (7.61%) Project Management
16 34 (7.61%) Requirements Gathering
17 33 (7.38%) Data Governance
17 33 (7.38%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 84 (18.79%) SQL
2 53 (11.86%) Python
3 32 (7.16%) JavaScript
4 14 (3.13%) Java
4 14 (3.13%) PowerShell
5 9 (2.01%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 9 (2.01%) PL/SQL
6 8 (1.79%) C#
7 7 (1.57%) R
8 6 (1.34%) Apex Code
9 4 (0.89%) C++
9 4 (0.89%) DataWeave
10 3 (0.67%) Perl
10 3 (0.67%) PHP
10 3 (0.67%) TypeScript
10 3 (0.67%) VBA
11 2 (0.45%) COBOL
11 2 (0.45%) T-SQL
12 1 (0.22%) ABAP
12 1 (0.22%) RPG
Qualifications
1 58 (12.98%) Degree
2 56 (12.53%) Security Cleared
3 40 (8.95%) SC Cleared
4 21 (4.70%) Computer Science Degree
5 12 (2.68%) Microsoft Certification
6 9 (2.01%) SAP Certification
7 7 (1.57%) Master's Degree
8 6 (1.34%) TOGAF Certification
9 5 (1.12%) AWS Certification
9 5 (1.12%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 5 (1.12%) BPSS Clearance
9 5 (1.12%) DV Cleared
9 5 (1.12%) PMP
10 4 (0.89%) PMI Certification
11 3 (0.67%) Azure Certification
12 2 (0.45%) Cisco Certification
12 2 (0.45%) CISSP
12 2 (0.45%) ISEB
12 2 (0.45%) MCSA
12 2 (0.45%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (9.40%) Data Quality
2 34 (7.61%) QA
3 10 (2.24%) Accessibility
4 9 (2.01%) GRC
5 8 (1.79%) GDPR
5 8 (1.79%) NIST
6 2 (0.45%) PMO
6 2 (0.45%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.22%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 1 (0.22%) COBIT
7 1 (0.22%) Disclosure Scotland
7 1 (0.22%) GxP
7 1 (0.22%) IFRS
7 1 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.22%) SEPA
7 1 (0.22%) SLA
System Software
1 19 (4.25%) Active Directory
2 7 (1.57%) Docker
3 3 (0.67%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.45%) Oracle RAC
5 1 (0.22%) IAG
5 1 (0.22%) SRDF
5 1 (0.22%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 14 (3.13%) Oracle RMAN
2 13 (2.91%) Single Sign-On
2 13 (2.91%) Terraform
3 12 (2.68%) Kubernetes
4 7 (1.57%) Microsoft Intune
5 5 (1.12%) Ansible
6 4 (0.89%) CloudHub
7 2 (0.45%) Data Guard
7 2 (0.45%) FortiGate
7 2 (0.45%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
8 1 (0.22%) EMC TimeFinder
8 1 (0.22%) HP Fortify
8 1 (0.22%) MOM
Vendors
1 88 (19.69%) Microsoft
2 50 (11.19%) Oracle
2 50 (11.19%) SAP
3 21 (4.70%) ServiceNow
4 18 (4.03%) Empirix
4 18 (4.03%) NetScout
5 15 (3.36%) Google
5 15 (3.36%) Salesforce
6 14 (3.13%) Databricks
7 12 (2.68%) Cisco
7 12 (2.68%) Commvault
8 11 (2.46%) MuleSoft
9 6 (1.34%) Workday
10 5 (1.12%) IBM
10 5 (1.12%) Murex
11 4 (0.89%) Ariba
11 4 (0.89%) Foundry
11 4 (0.89%) MicroStrategy
11 4 (0.89%) Siemens
11 4 (0.89%) VMware