Requirements Gathering (Requirements Elicitation)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Requirements Gathering skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Requirements Gathering over the 6 months to 29 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 193 202 208
Rank change year-on-year +9 +6 -41
Permanent jobs citing Requirements Gathering 1,517 1,803 3,372
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.47% 1.86% 2.02%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.75% 1.94% 2.11%
Number of salaries quoted 1,093 1,184 2,035
10th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,938 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +5.26% +3.64%
75th Percentile £71,250 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £86,150 £87,500 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 86,886 92,843 159,778
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 84.13% 95.56% 95.90%
Number of salaries quoted 60,763 54,795 82,800
10th Percentile £29,250 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,899 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.69% +1.50% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Requirements Gathering
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Requirements Gathering in the UK

Requirements Gathering
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Requirements Gathering.

Salary trend for Requirements Gathering in the UK

Requirements Gathering
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Requirements Gathering over the 6 months to 29 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Requirements Gathering in the UK

Requirements Gathering
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Requirements Gathering within the UK over the 6 months to 29 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +15 1,344 £55,000 -8.33% 358
UK excluding London +18 984 £50,000 -4.76% 211
Work from Home +35 758 £54,296 -9.51% 186
London 0 459 £70,000 +7.69% 169
South East +24 264 £50,000 - 37
North of England +30 224 £51,250 -2.38% 56
Midlands -29 169 £45,000 -14.29% 36
South West +31 141 £50,000 - 32
North West +1 123 £50,000 -4.76% 32
West Midlands -15 102 £45,000 -14.29% 27
Yorkshire +86 88 £54,900 +4.57% 20
Scotland -40 80 £44,000 -12.00% 27
East of England -21 76 £49,500 -17.50% 14
East Midlands -20 64 £49,500 -3.41% 8
Wales -6 19 £44,750 +5.29% 5
North East -5 13 £57,965 -25.21% 5
Northern Ireland +6 9 £54,400 +3.62% 5
Isle of Man - 4 £54,000 -

Requirements Gathering
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 58 (3.82%) Confluence
2 50 (3.30%) SharePoint
3 27 (1.78%) Microsoft Exchange
4 15 (0.99%) Apache
5 11 (0.73%) Apache Spark
5 11 (0.73%) CMS
6 10 (0.66%) IIS
6 10 (0.66%) SAS
7 5 (0.33%) JBoss
7 5 (0.33%) Tomcat
7 5 (0.33%) WebLogic
7 5 (0.33%) WebSphere
7 5 (0.33%) WildFly
8 2 (0.13%) Drupal
8 2 (0.13%) IBM Domino
8 2 (0.13%) Magnolia
8 2 (0.13%) Moodle
8 2 (0.13%) nginx
8 2 (0.13%) NServiceBus
9 1 (0.066%) Documentum
Applications
1 107 (7.05%) Microsoft Excel
2 42 (2.77%) MS Visio
3 40 (2.64%) Microsoft Office
4 26 (1.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 22 (1.45%) Microsoft Project
6 13 (0.86%) Sketch
7 6 (0.40%) InVision
8 4 (0.26%) Photoshop
8 4 (0.26%) Windchill
9 2 (0.13%) Adobe XD
10 1 (0.066%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 1 (0.066%) Adobe Illustrator
10 1 (0.066%) Chatbot
10 1 (0.066%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 59 (3.89%) Dynamics CRM
2 19 (1.25%) SAP S/4HANA
3 13 (0.86%) Maximo
4 12 (0.79%) Dynamics AX
4 12 (0.79%) NetSuite
4 12 (0.79%) Workday HCM
5 11 (0.73%) Dynamics NAV
5 11 (0.73%) Salesforce CRM
6 8 (0.53%) SAP MDG
7 7 (0.46%) Oracle ERP
7 7 (0.46%) SAP HCM
8 5 (0.33%) Distributed Ledger
8 5 (0.33%) Teamcenter
9 4 (0.26%) Oracle Payroll
9 4 (0.26%) SAP CO
9 4 (0.26%) SAP FI
9 4 (0.26%) SAP FI/CO
9 4 (0.26%) Sonata
10 3 (0.20%) Fidessa
10 3 (0.20%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 243 (16.02%) Power Platform
2 222 (14.63%) Azure
3 92 (6.06%) Dynamics 365
4 87 (5.74%) SaaS
5 80 (5.27%) AWS
6 64 (4.22%) Microsoft 365
7 48 (3.16%) PowerApps
8 37 (2.44%) Azure DevOps
9 34 (2.24%) Azure Data Factory
10 31 (2.04%) Amazon S3
11 28 (1.85%) Miro
12 27 (1.78%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 25 (1.65%) Entra ID
14 22 (1.45%) Amazon EC2
15 21 (1.38%) Power Automate
16 20 (1.32%) OCI
17 15 (0.99%) GCP
18 13 (0.86%) OneDrive
19 12 (0.79%) GitHub
20 11 (0.73%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 17 (1.12%) WAN
2 16 (1.05%) 5G
2 16 (1.05%) SD-WAN
3 13 (0.86%) HTTP
4 12 (0.79%) Unified Communications
5 10 (0.66%) Broadband
5 10 (0.66%) Internet
5 10 (0.66%) WPA
6 9 (0.59%) Firewall
7 8 (0.53%) SAN
7 8 (0.53%) Wireless
8 7 (0.46%) Intranet
9 6 (0.40%) Cisco Firepower
9 6 (0.40%) VPN
10 5 (0.33%) DNS
11 4 (0.26%) Ethernet
11 4 (0.26%) Remote Desktop
12 3 (0.20%) SSH
12 3 (0.20%) SSL
13 2 (0.13%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 209 (13.78%) Power BI
2 96 (6.33%) SQL Server
3 80 (5.27%) Data Warehouse
4 48 (3.16%) Tableau
5 38 (2.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 25 (1.65%) Power Query
6 25 (1.65%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 21 (1.38%) Data Lake
8 18 (1.19%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
9 17 (1.12%) Metadata
10 16 (1.05%) Amazon QuickSight
10 16 (1.05%) NoSQL
11 15 (0.99%) Amazon Redshift
11 15 (0.99%) Oracle Reports
12 12 (0.79%) Data Mining
12 12 (0.79%) Relational Database
13 10 (0.66%) BusinessObjects
13 10 (0.66%) DynamoDB
14 9 (0.59%) MongoDB
14 9 (0.59%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 140 (9.23%) JIRA
2 28 (1.85%) Git
3 15 (0.99%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 15 (0.99%) Visual Studio
4 12 (0.79%) Eclipse
5 9 (0.59%) GitLab
5 9 (0.59%) TestRail
6 7 (0.46%) Cucumber
6 7 (0.46%) JMeter
6 7 (0.46%) Rational DOORS
7 6 (0.40%) LoadRunner
7 6 (0.40%) Team Foundation Server
8 5 (0.33%) Gatling
8 5 (0.33%) Postman
8 5 (0.33%) Selenium
8 5 (0.33%) Subversion
9 4 (0.26%) Jenkins
10 3 (0.20%) JUnit
10 3 (0.20%) Rational Rhapsody
11 2 (0.13%) Fiddler
General
1 526 (34.67%) Social Skills
2 330 (21.75%) Finance
3 301 (19.84%) Analytical Skills
4 93 (6.13%) Retail
5 84 (5.54%) Marketing
6 82 (5.41%) Law
7 74 (4.88%) Presentation Skills
8 73 (4.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 73 (4.81%) Public Sector
9 62 (4.09%) Manufacturing
10 50 (3.30%) Organisational Skills
11 47 (3.10%) Banking
12 45 (2.97%) Legal
13 25 (1.65%) Influencing Skills
14 24 (1.58%) Electronics
14 24 (1.58%) Local Government
15 19 (1.25%) Front Office
16 18 (1.19%) Telecoms
17 17 (1.12%) Games
18 14 (0.92%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 549 (36.19%) Analyst
2 351 (23.14%) Business Analyst
3 216 (14.24%) Senior
4 188 (12.39%) Consultant
5 146 (9.62%) Developer
6 110 (7.25%) Senior Analyst
7 106 (6.99%) Lead
8 93 (6.13%) Project Manager
9 76 (5.01%) Senior Business Analyst
10 73 (4.81%) Architect
11 55 (3.63%) IT Analyst
12 49 (3.23%) Technical Consultant
13 48 (3.16%) Business IT Analyst
13 48 (3.16%) IT Business Analyst
14 47 (3.10%) Data Analyst
15 40 (2.64%) Product Owner
16 37 (2.44%) Solutions Architect
17 35 (2.31%) Senior Consultant
18 34 (2.24%) Systems Analyst
19 33 (2.18%) Supplier Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 67 (4.42%) HTML
2 50 (3.30%) .NET
3 37 (2.44%) JSON
4 36 (2.37%) REST
5 35 (2.31%) CSS
6 34 (2.24%) Web Services
6 34 (2.24%) XML
7 31 (2.04%) AngularJS
8 21 (1.38%) React
9 18 (1.19%) EDI
9 18 (1.19%) Spring
9 18 (1.19%) XSL
10 16 (1.05%) RESTful
11 15 (0.99%) Lightning Web Components
11 15 (0.99%) SOAP
12 14 (0.92%) ASP.NET
13 13 (0.86%) Hibernate
13 13 (0.86%) Middleware
14 11 (0.73%) HTML5
15 10 (0.66%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 116 (7.65%) Self-Motivation
2 107 (7.05%) Product Ownership
3 52 (3.43%) Management Information System
4 37 (2.44%) Onboarding
5 32 (2.11%) Data Centre
6 22 (1.45%) Greenfield Project
7 21 (1.38%) Legacy Systems
8 20 (1.32%) Virtual Team
9 17 (1.12%) Public Cloud
10 16 (1.05%) Driving Licence
10 16 (1.05%) NHS
11 14 (0.92%) Data Structures
12 13 (0.86%) Mobile App
13 12 (0.79%) Algorithms
13 12 (0.79%) Low-Code
13 12 (0.79%) Reference Data
13 12 (0.79%) Renewable Energy
14 10 (0.66%) Enterprise Software
14 10 (0.66%) Reinsurance
15 9 (0.59%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 50 (3.30%) Windows
2 41 (2.70%) Linux
3 17 (1.12%) Windows Server
4 15 (0.99%) Windows 10
5 11 (0.73%) Unix
6 8 (0.53%) Android
6 8 (0.53%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.066%) CentOS
7 1 (0.066%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 468 (30.85%) Agile
2 378 (24.92%) Problem-Solving
3 263 (17.34%) Project Management
4 247 (16.28%) Business Analysis
5 232 (15.29%) Business Intelligence
6 198 (13.05%) Stakeholder Management
7 190 (12.52%) Roadmaps
8 170 (11.21%) User Stories
9 155 (10.22%) Migration
10 147 (9.69%) Project Delivery
11 140 (9.23%) Scrum
12 139 (9.16%) Workshop Facilitation
13 135 (8.90%) Analytics
13 135 (8.90%) Mentoring
14 127 (8.37%) Actionable Insight
15 116 (7.65%) Decision-Making
16 107 (7.05%) Process Improvement
16 107 (7.05%) SDLC
17 105 (6.92%) ERP
18 103 (6.79%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 324 (21.36%) SQL
2 133 (8.77%) Python
3 70 (4.61%) Java
3 70 (4.61%) JavaScript
4 68 (4.48%) C#
5 54 (3.56%) T-SQL
6 41 (2.70%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 29 (1.91%) PL/SQL
8 24 (1.58%) PowerShell
9 20 (1.32%) R
10 17 (1.12%) C
11 13 (0.86%) C++
11 13 (0.86%) PHP
12 11 (0.73%) RPG
12 11 (0.73%) TypeScript
12 11 (0.73%) VBA
13 10 (0.66%) Embedded C
13 10 (0.66%) MATLAB
14 8 (0.53%) VB
15 4 (0.26%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 263 (17.34%) Degree
2 174 (11.47%) Security Cleared
3 116 (7.65%) SC Cleared
4 46 (3.03%) DBS Check
5 39 (2.57%) Computer Science Degree
6 36 (2.37%) Master's Degree
7 29 (1.91%) BPSS Clearance
8 17 (1.12%) Microsoft Certification
8 17 (1.12%) PMI Certification
9 15 (0.99%) DV Cleared
10 13 (0.86%) AWS Certification
10 13 (0.86%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 13 (0.86%) PMP
11 9 (0.59%) CISM
11 9 (0.59%) CISSP
11 9 (0.59%) ISTQB
11 9 (0.59%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 8 (0.53%) PRINCE2 Certification
13 7 (0.46%) CSPO
14 6 (0.40%) JNCIS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 96 (6.33%) QA
2 45 (2.97%) Data Quality
3 15 (0.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 12 (0.79%) Accessibility
4 12 (0.79%) ISO 9001
5 8 (0.53%) Actionable Recommendations
5 8 (0.53%) GDPR
5 8 (0.53%) PMO
6 5 (0.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 4 (0.26%) JTAG
7 4 (0.26%) SLA
7 4 (0.26%) Solvency II
8 3 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials
8 3 (0.20%) NIST
9 1 (0.066%) ECSS
9 1 (0.066%) GMP
System Software
1 31 (2.04%) Active Directory
2 22 (1.45%) Docker
3 18 (1.19%) Firmware
4 13 (0.86%) VMware Infrastructure
5 12 (0.79%) Embedded Firmware
5 12 (0.79%) Hyper-V
6 5 (0.33%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (0.26%) Virtual Desktop
8 3 (0.20%) vSphere
9 1 (0.066%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 28 (1.85%) Kubernetes
2 17 (1.12%) Microsoft Intune
3 9 (0.59%) Terraform
4 6 (0.40%) SCCM
5 4 (0.26%) WSUS
6 3 (0.20%) HP ALM
7 2 (0.13%) Ansible
7 2 (0.13%) Grafana
7 2 (0.13%) Puppet
8 1 (0.066%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.066%) Graylog
8 1 (0.066%) HP SiteScope
8 1 (0.066%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.066%) Nagios
8 1 (0.066%) Perfmon
8 1 (0.066%) PingFederate
8 1 (0.066%) TeamSite
8 1 (0.066%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 282 (18.59%) Microsoft
2 91 (6.00%) Oracle
3 76 (5.01%) Salesforce
3 76 (5.01%) SAP
4 23 (1.52%) ServiceNow
5 21 (1.38%) Adobe
6 17 (1.12%) Workday
7 15 (0.99%) IFS
7 15 (0.99%) VMware
8 13 (0.86%) Apple
8 13 (0.86%) EMC
9 12 (0.79%) Databricks
10 10 (0.66%) Cisco
11 8 (0.53%) Epicor
11 8 (0.53%) F5
12 7 (0.46%) IBM
12 7 (0.46%) ION Trading
12 7 (0.46%) Juniper
12 7 (0.46%) Sage
12 7 (0.46%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud