Translating Business Requirements Contracts

Translate Business Requirements
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Translating Business Requirements skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Translating Business Requirements over the 6 months to 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 199 318 428
Rank change year-on-year +119 +110 -1
Contract jobs citing Translating Business Requirements 484 437 495
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.14% 0.77% 0.57%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.32% 0.85% 0.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 308 283 321
10th Percentile £413 £425 £400
25th Percentile £470 £496 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.52% +4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £691 £663
90th Percentile £750 £775 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £535 £538 £525
% change year-on-year -0.47% +2.38% +16.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 6 3
10th Percentile - £62.00 £17.85
25th Percentile £50.00 £66.30 £18.38
Median hourly rate £55.00 £79.19 £20.50
Median % change year-on-year -30.55% +286.29% -2.38%
75th Percentile £60.00 - £21.99
90th Percentile - £92.22 £22.13
UK excluding London median hourly rate £55.00 £79.19 £19.91
% change year-on-year -30.55% +297.79% -1.69%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Translating Business Requirements is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,673 51,121 79,325
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.13% 89.77% 90.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,631 35,432 55,673
10th Percentile £300 £325 £344
25th Percentile £413 £438 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +7.07%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £480
% change year-on-year - +4.17% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,440 1,683 1,892
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.99 £16.01 £15.50
Median hourly rate £36.05 £36.00 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +0.13% +40.19% +7.00%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.54
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +7.14% +75.00% -4.99%

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 18 May 2024.

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
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 18 May 2024. 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 +96 387 £550 -8.33% 219
UK excluding London +132 200 £535 -0.47% 132
Work from Home +118 193 £500 -11.97% 103
London +44 190 £563 -10.00% 103
South East +69 65 £625 - 37
North of England +64 58 £516 +5.90% 32
North West +46 37 £502 +5.68% 14
Midlands +28 30 £550 +17.33% 30
West Midlands +30 22 £500 - 25
South West +21 22 £538 -24.56% 7
Yorkshire +20 19 £536 +2.14% 14
Scotland +39 12 £463 -15.91% 8
East of England +6 12 £535 +1.90% 8
East Midlands +8 4 £600 +29.73% 5
North East +15 3 £675 - 4
Isle of Man - 3 - - 1
Northern Ireland +2 1 £338 -38.64% 8

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 24 (4.96%) Confluence
2 16 (3.31%) SharePoint
3 8 (1.65%) Apache Spark
3 8 (1.65%) MTS
4 4 (0.83%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 2 (0.41%) CMS
5 2 (0.41%) SAS
5 2 (0.41%) ThingWorx
6 1 (0.21%) Apache
6 1 (0.21%) ArcGIS
6 1 (0.21%) BizTalk Server
6 1 (0.21%) IIS
6 1 (0.21%) LiveLink
6 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.21%) nginx
6 1 (0.21%) Tomcat
Applications
1 19 (3.93%) MS Visio
2 11 (2.27%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (1.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (1.24%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (0.41%) Trello
6 1 (0.21%) CATIA
6 1 (0.21%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 21 (4.34%) SAP S/4HANA
2 18 (3.72%) Dynamics CRM
3 9 (1.86%) SAP EWM
4 8 (1.65%) Aligne
4 8 (1.65%) Endur
4 8 (1.65%) EuroRunner
5 6 (1.24%) Distributed Ledger
6 5 (1.03%) SAP FI
7 4 (0.83%) NetSuite
7 4 (0.83%) SAP Hybris
8 3 (0.62%) Oracle Financials
8 3 (0.62%) SAP CO
8 3 (0.62%) SAP ERP
8 3 (0.62%) SAP FI/CO
8 3 (0.62%) SAP MII
8 3 (0.62%) SAP SD
9 2 (0.41%) Dynamics AX
9 2 (0.41%) Oracle ERP
9 2 (0.41%) Oracle General Ledger
9 2 (0.41%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 154 (31.82%) Azure
2 77 (15.91%) Power Platform
3 66 (13.64%) AWS
4 44 (9.09%) Azure DevOps
5 37 (7.64%) GCP
6 30 (6.20%) Dynamics 365
7 23 (4.75%) Azure Data Factory
8 16 (3.31%) PowerApps
9 15 (3.10%) Power Automate
10 14 (2.89%) OpenShift
11 13 (2.69%) Serverless
12 10 (2.07%) Cloud Computing
12 10 (2.07%) SaaS
13 9 (1.86%) Amazon ECS
13 9 (1.86%) Amazon S3
13 9 (1.86%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 8 (1.65%) GitHub
15 7 (1.45%) Amazon EKS
15 7 (1.45%) Microsoft 365
15 7 (1.45%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 13 (2.69%) WAN
2 9 (1.86%) LAN
3 7 (1.45%) VSAN
4 4 (0.83%) Reverse Proxy
5 3 (0.62%) DNS
5 3 (0.62%) Firewall
5 3 (0.62%) HTTP
5 3 (0.62%) HTTPS
5 3 (0.62%) Intranet
5 3 (0.62%) IPsec
6 2 (0.41%) Broadband
6 2 (0.41%) Internet
6 2 (0.41%) VPN
7 1 (0.21%) Kerberos
7 1 (0.21%) Network Security
7 1 (0.21%) SD-WAN
7 1 (0.21%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 59 (12.19%) Power BI
2 31 (6.40%) SQL Server
3 29 (5.99%) Data Warehouse
4 24 (4.96%) Tableau
5 21 (4.34%) Relational Database
6 19 (3.93%) Data Lake
7 16 (3.31%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 13 (2.69%) Big Data
9 12 (2.48%) Microsoft Analysis Services
9 12 (2.48%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 11 (2.27%) Amazon RDS
10 11 (2.27%) NoSQL
11 10 (2.07%) Azure SQL Database
11 10 (2.07%) Metadata
11 10 (2.07%) QlikView
12 8 (1.65%) Amazon Athena
12 8 (1.65%) Amazon Redshift
12 8 (1.65%) PostgreSQL
13 7 (1.45%) BigQuery
13 7 (1.45%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 31 (6.40%) JIRA
2 22 (4.55%) Git
3 14 (2.89%) Jenkins
4 8 (1.65%) GitLab
5 7 (1.45%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 5 (1.03%) Cucumber
7 4 (0.83%) Visual Studio
8 3 (0.62%) Gatling
8 3 (0.62%) Postman
8 3 (0.62%) Team Foundation Server
9 2 (0.41%) Cypress.io
9 2 (0.41%) Selenium
9 2 (0.41%) webpack
10 1 (0.21%) Eclipse
10 1 (0.21%) RStudio
10 1 (0.21%) VersionOne
10 1 (0.21%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 259 (53.51%) Social Skills
2 129 (26.65%) Analytical Skills
3 112 (23.14%) Finance
4 32 (6.61%) Banking
5 31 (6.40%) Public Sector
6 25 (5.17%) Presentation Skills
7 21 (4.34%) Marketing
8 19 (3.93%) Manufacturing
9 10 (2.07%) Influencing Skills
9 10 (2.07%) Retail
10 9 (1.86%) Telecoms
11 8 (1.65%) Back Office
12 7 (1.45%) Front Office
13 6 (1.24%) Legal
13 6 (1.24%) Pharmaceutical
14 5 (1.03%) French Language
14 5 (1.03%) Law
15 3 (0.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 2 (0.41%) Agriculture
16 2 (0.41%) Digital Healthcare
Job Titles
1 137 (28.31%) Architect
2 95 (19.63%) Analyst
3 79 (16.32%) Solutions Architect
4 66 (13.64%) Consultant
5 63 (13.02%) Business Analyst
6 52 (10.74%) Developer
7 39 (8.06%) Senior
8 23 (4.75%) Product Owner
9 22 (4.55%) Java Architect
9 22 (4.55%) Java Solutions Architect
10 21 (4.34%) Data Engineer
11 18 (3.72%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
12 16 (3.31%) Data Analyst
12 16 (3.31%) SAP Consultant
13 15 (3.10%) Senior Analyst
14 12 (2.48%) SAP Analyst
14 12 (2.48%) Technical Analyst
15 11 (2.27%) Data Architect
16 10 (2.07%) Project Manager
16 10 (2.07%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (3.31%) REST
1 16 (3.31%) RESTful
2 15 (3.10%) JSON
3 11 (2.27%) Middleware
3 11 (2.27%) Web Services
4 10 (2.07%) HTML
4 10 (2.07%) Kafka
5 9 (1.86%) XML
6 8 (1.65%) OAuth
6 8 (1.65%) React
6 8 (1.65%) SOAP
7 7 (1.45%) .NET
7 7 (1.45%) CSS
7 7 (1.45%) Node.js
8 6 (1.24%) SAML
8 6 (1.24%) SPFx
8 6 (1.24%) Spring Boot
9 5 (1.03%) OpenAPI
9 5 (1.03%) OpenID
9 5 (1.03%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 62 (12.81%) Product Ownership
2 19 (3.93%) Data Structures
3 16 (3.31%) Management Information System
4 15 (3.10%) Cloud Native
5 14 (2.89%) Legacy Systems
6 12 (2.48%) Renewable Energy
7 11 (2.27%) Solar Panel
8 10 (2.07%) Analytical Mindset
8 10 (2.07%) Onboarding
9 9 (1.86%) Public Cloud
10 8 (1.65%) Hybrid Cloud
10 8 (1.65%) Market Risk
11 7 (1.45%) Mobile App
12 6 (1.24%) Blockchain
13 5 (1.03%) CBDC
13 5 (1.03%) Data Centre
13 5 (1.03%) Data Protection Act
13 5 (1.03%) Web3
14 4 (0.83%) Freedom of Information
14 4 (0.83%) Freedom of Information Act
Operating Systems
1 16 (3.31%) Windows
2 12 (2.48%) Linux
3 4 (0.83%) Apple iOS
4 2 (0.41%) Unix
5 1 (0.21%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 139 (28.72%) Problem-Solving
2 131 (27.07%) Agile
3 109 (22.52%) Data Modelling
4 90 (18.60%) DevOps
5 85 (17.56%) Business Intelligence
6 70 (14.46%) Migration
7 57 (11.78%) ETL
8 56 (11.57%) Computer Science
9 53 (10.95%) Scrum
10 51 (10.54%) Analytics
11 49 (10.12%) User Stories
12 43 (8.88%) Visualisation
13 41 (8.47%) Requirements Gathering
14 40 (8.26%) Data Analysis
14 40 (8.26%) Project Management
15 39 (8.06%) Use Case
16 38 (7.85%) Continuous Improvement
16 38 (7.85%) Stakeholder Management
17 37 (7.64%) Project Delivery
18 36 (7.44%) Acceptance Criteria
Programming Languages
1 87 (17.98%) SQL
2 54 (11.16%) Java
3 39 (8.06%) Python
4 26 (5.37%) JavaScript
5 12 (2.48%) T-SQL
6 10 (2.07%) C#
7 9 (1.86%) Bash
7 9 (1.86%) Go
8 7 (1.45%) Perl
9 6 (1.24%) PowerShell
10 5 (1.03%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 5 (1.03%) PL/SQL
11 4 (0.83%) Shell Script
11 4 (0.83%) Swift
11 4 (0.83%) TypeScript
12 3 (0.62%) Scala
13 2 (0.41%) C
13 2 (0.41%) ProC
13 2 (0.41%) R
13 2 (0.41%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 84 (17.36%) Degree
2 72 (14.88%) Security Cleared
3 42 (8.68%) Computer Science Degree
4 36 (7.44%) SC Cleared
5 24 (4.96%) DV Cleared
6 18 (3.72%) Master's Degree
7 11 (2.27%) Microsoft Certification
8 10 (2.07%) BPSS Clearance
8 10 (2.07%) SAP Certification
9 9 (1.86%) Azure Certification
9 9 (1.86%) PMI Certification
9 9 (1.86%) PMP
10 4 (0.83%) CCIE
10 4 (0.83%) Cisco Certification
10 4 (0.83%) HND
10 4 (0.83%) PhD
11 3 (0.62%) CCNP
11 3 (0.62%) TOGAF Certification
12 2 (0.41%) ACCA
12 2 (0.41%) CBAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 55 (11.36%) QA
2 21 (4.34%) Data Quality
3 14 (2.89%) GDPR
4 4 (0.83%) PCI DSS
5 2 (0.41%) PMO
5 2 (0.41%) PSD2
6 1 (0.21%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.21%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.21%) GRC
System Software
1 9 (1.86%) Docker
2 7 (1.45%) vCloud
2 7 (1.45%) VMware Infrastructure
2 7 (1.45%) VMware NSX
3 6 (1.24%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.21%) Apache ZooKeeper
4 1 (0.21%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 23 (4.75%) Terraform
2 22 (4.55%) Kubernetes
3 7 (1.45%) Istio
3 7 (1.45%) Rancher
3 7 (1.45%) vCenter Server
4 5 (1.03%) Jamf Pro
5 3 (0.62%) FortiGate
5 3 (0.62%) HP ALM
6 2 (0.41%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.21%) Ansible
7 1 (0.21%) Consul
7 1 (0.21%) Grafana
7 1 (0.21%) Nagios
7 1 (0.21%) Packer
Vendors
1 71 (14.67%) Microsoft
2 62 (12.81%) SAP
3 38 (7.85%) Oracle
4 29 (5.99%) Google
5 24 (4.96%) ServiceNow
6 13 (2.69%) Salesforce
7 11 (2.27%) Databricks
8 7 (1.45%) Ariba
8 7 (1.45%) VMware
9 6 (1.24%) Adobe
9 6 (1.24%) Informatica
10 5 (1.03%) Atlassian
10 5 (1.03%) Nexthink
10 5 (1.03%) Snow
10 5 (1.03%) Workday
11 4 (0.83%) Centrify
11 4 (0.83%) CyberArk
12 3 (0.62%) Dynatrace
12 3 (0.62%) New Relic
12 3 (0.62%) Palo Alto