Requirements Analysis Contracts in England

Requirements Analysis
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Requirements Analysis skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Requirements Analysis over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 398 477 537
Rank change year-on-year +79 +60 -107
Contract jobs citing Requirements Analysis 137 187 247
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.37% 0.37% 0.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.43% 0.41% 0.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 104 143 144
10th Percentile £396 £425 £385
25th Percentile £409 £475 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year - - +15.38%
75th Percentile £603 £645 £664
90th Percentile £683 £748 £775
UK median daily rate £525 £508 £500
% change year-on-year +3.45% +1.50% +12.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 10 12
10th Percentile £63.94 £41.90 £16.43
25th Percentile £72.66 £43.36 £30.94
Median hourly rate £82.50 £53.57 £39.73
Median % change year-on-year +54.02% +34.83% -16.36%
75th Percentile £88.75 £60.00 £60.92
90th Percentile £89.13 £71.38 £67.97
UK median hourly rate £71.88 £65.00 £39.73
% change year-on-year +10.58% +63.61% -16.36%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Requirements Analysis 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 advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,985 45,619 64,566
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.53% 90.25% 90.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,974 32,022 45,804
10th Percentile £300 £325 £331
25th Percentile £413 £445 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +9.69%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £769 £749
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,225 1,607 1,769
10th Percentile £12.86 £10.94 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.31 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.50 £37.50 £24.35
Median % change year-on-year -5.33% +54.00% +1.46%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.15
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £37.34 £25.00
% change year-on-year -6.27% +49.36% -

Requirements Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Requirements Analysis as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Requirements Analysis in England

Requirements Analysis
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Requirements Analysis in England.

Daily rate trend for Requirements Analysis in England

Requirements Analysis
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Requirements Analysis in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Requirements Analysis in England

Requirements Analysis
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Requirements Analysis in England.

Hourly rate trend for Requirements Analysis in England

Requirements Analysis
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Requirements Analysis in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Requirements Analysis in England

Requirements Analysis
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Requirements Analysis within the England region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
London +60 45 £588 +0.43% 22
South East +33 42 £525 +2.74% 18
South West +28 15 £600 +8.11% 27
East of England +16 15 £410 -22.64% 8
North of England +23 10 £410 -18.00% 5
North West +16 8 £410 -13.68% 2
Midlands +22 6 £416 -21.60% 4
East Midlands +19 4 £353 -38.61% 2
West Midlands +28 2 £475 -10.38% 2
Yorkshire +10 2 £1,000 +90.48% 3
Requirements Analysis
UK

Requirements Analysis
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 7 (5.11%) Confluence
2 3 (2.19%) SharePoint
2 3 (2.19%) SharePoint 2013
3 1 (0.73%) IIS
3 1 (0.73%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (2.92%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.73%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.73%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (2.19%) SAP EWM
1 3 (2.19%) SAP QM
1 3 (2.19%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.73%) Aladdin
2 1 (0.73%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (0.73%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.73%) Endur
2 1 (0.73%) FLEXCUBE
2 1 (0.73%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.73%) Oracle BPM
2 1 (0.73%) Oracle Financials
2 1 (0.73%) SAP CO
2 1 (0.73%) SAP FI
2 1 (0.73%) SAP FI/CO
2 1 (0.73%) SAP HCM
2 1 (0.73%) SAP Payroll
2 1 (0.73%) SAP SD
2 1 (0.73%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 12 (8.76%) Azure
2 10 (7.30%) AWS
3 7 (5.11%) Power Platform
4 4 (2.92%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (2.19%) PowerApps
6 2 (1.46%) Amazon OpenSearch
6 2 (1.46%) Amazon S3
6 2 (1.46%) Amazon SQS
6 2 (1.46%) AWS Lambda
6 2 (1.46%) Dynamics 365
6 2 (1.46%) SuccessFactors
7 1 (0.73%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 1 (0.73%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (0.73%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (0.73%) Azure Service Bus
7 1 (0.73%) Boomi
7 1 (0.73%) GitHub
7 1 (0.73%) OneDrive
7 1 (0.73%) Power Automate
7 1 (0.73%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.92%) Internet
1 4 (2.92%) TCP/IP
2 3 (2.19%) DHCP
2 3 (2.19%) DNS
2 3 (2.19%) iSCSI
2 3 (2.19%) Link 16
2 3 (2.19%) SAN
2 3 (2.19%) Tactical Data Link
2 3 (2.19%) VLAN
3 2 (1.46%) 5G
3 2 (1.46%) Firewall
3 2 (1.46%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.73%) Network Security
4 1 (0.73%) VPN
4 1 (0.73%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (6.57%) Data Warehouse
2 5 (3.65%) Power BI
2 5 (3.65%) Star Schema
3 4 (2.92%) Oracle Database
4 3 (2.19%) Big Data
4 3 (2.19%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (2.19%) SQL Server
5 2 (1.46%) Data Mining
6 1 (0.73%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.73%) Elasticsearch
6 1 (0.73%) Electronic Patient Records
6 1 (0.73%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.73%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.73%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 15 (10.95%) Rational DOORS
2 13 (9.49%) TestRail
3 12 (8.76%) JIRA
4 9 (6.57%) Git
4 9 (6.57%) Jenkins
5 5 (3.65%) Bitbucket
5 5 (3.65%) Cucumber
6 4 (2.92%) CppUnit
6 4 (2.92%) PVCS
7 3 (2.19%) ERwin
7 3 (2.19%) Selenium
8 2 (1.46%) EasyMock
8 2 (1.46%) ER Studio
8 2 (1.46%) JUnit
8 2 (1.46%) Maven
8 2 (1.46%) Mockito
8 2 (1.46%) TestNG
9 1 (0.73%) NeoLoad
9 1 (0.73%) Rational Team Concert
9 1 (0.73%) SoapUI
General
1 33 (24.09%) Social Skills
2 31 (22.63%) Finance
3 14 (10.22%) Manufacturing
3 14 (10.22%) Public Sector
4 13 (9.49%) Pharmaceutical
5 12 (8.76%) Banking
6 10 (7.30%) Analytical Skills
6 10 (7.30%) Marketing
6 10 (7.30%) Presentation Skills
7 7 (5.11%) Documentation Skills
8 6 (4.38%) Aerospace
9 5 (3.65%) Back Office
10 4 (2.92%) Investment Banking
10 4 (2.92%) Wholesale Banking
11 3 (2.19%) Front Office
11 3 (2.19%) Publishing
12 2 (1.46%) Electronics
12 2 (1.46%) International Banking
12 2 (1.46%) Local Government
12 2 (1.46%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 55 (40.15%) Analyst
2 33 (24.09%) Business Analyst
3 18 (13.14%) Senior
4 14 (10.22%) Test Analyst
5 13 (9.49%) Architect
6 12 (8.76%) DV Cleared Test Analyst
7 11 (8.03%) Integration Engineer
7 11 (8.03%) Systems Engineer
8 10 (7.30%) Senior Integration Engineer
9 8 (5.84%) Developer
9 8 (5.84%) Lead
9 8 (5.84%) Senior Systems Engineer
10 7 (5.11%) Consultant
11 6 (4.38%) DOORS Engineer
11 6 (4.38%) Software Integration Engineer
11 6 (4.38%) Systems Integration Engineer
11 6 (4.38%) Technical Architect
11 6 (4.38%) Test Engineer
12 5 (3.65%) Product Analyst
12 5 (3.65%) QA Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.65%) FIX Protocol
2 3 (2.19%) ADO
2 3 (2.19%) pytest
2 3 (2.19%) REST
3 2 (1.46%) .NET
3 2 (1.46%) CSS
3 2 (1.46%) HTML
3 2 (1.46%) JAX-RS
3 2 (1.46%) PySpark
3 2 (1.46%) Spring Boot
3 2 (1.46%) WireMock
4 1 (0.73%) .NET Framework
4 1 (0.73%) DCOM
4 1 (0.73%) JSON
4 1 (0.73%) Oracle Fusion
4 1 (0.73%) RESTful
4 1 (0.73%) SOAP
4 1 (0.73%) Spring
4 1 (0.73%) Web Services
4 1 (0.73%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 9 (6.57%) Data Protection Act
2 8 (5.84%) Management Information System
3 6 (4.38%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 6 (4.38%) Taxonomies
4 5 (3.65%) Legacy Systems
5 3 (2.19%) CMDB
5 3 (2.19%) Cyber Threat
5 3 (2.19%) Data Centre
5 3 (2.19%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (2.19%) Freedom of Information
5 3 (2.19%) Freedom of Information Act
5 3 (2.19%) Virtual Team
5 3 (2.19%) Wiki
6 2 (1.46%) PKI
6 2 (1.46%) Product Ownership
7 1 (0.73%) GNSS
7 1 (0.73%) Low-Code
7 1 (0.73%) NHS
7 1 (0.73%) Operational Technology
7 1 (0.73%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 14 (10.22%) Unix
2 13 (9.49%) Windows
3 9 (6.57%) Linux
4 1 (0.73%) Android
4 1 (0.73%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (34.31%) Agile
2 31 (22.63%) Stakeholder Management
3 23 (16.79%) Test Automation
4 22 (16.06%) Business Analysis
4 22 (16.06%) Data Protection
5 21 (15.33%) Requirements Gathering
6 15 (10.95%) Continuous Integration
6 15 (10.95%) Scaled Agile Framework
7 14 (10.22%) Validation
8 13 (9.49%) Collaborative Working
8 13 (9.49%) Customer Requirements
8 13 (9.49%) Lean Six Sigma
8 13 (9.49%) Process Improvement
8 13 (9.49%) Project Management
8 13 (9.49%) Requirements Engineering
8 13 (9.49%) Requirements Management
8 13 (9.49%) Roadmaps
8 13 (9.49%) Six Sigma
8 13 (9.49%) Test Management
8 13 (9.49%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 20 (14.60%) SQL
2 18 (13.14%) Python
3 14 (10.22%) C
4 11 (8.03%) C++
5 10 (7.30%) Java
6 7 (5.11%) Bash
7 5 (3.65%) PowerShell
8 2 (1.46%) C#
8 2 (1.46%) ProC
8 2 (1.46%) R
8 2 (1.46%) Scala
9 1 (0.73%) Assembly Language
9 1 (0.73%) JavaScript
9 1 (0.73%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 46 (33.58%) Security Cleared
2 34 (24.82%) Degree
3 25 (18.25%) SC Cleared
4 23 (16.79%) DV Cleared
5 13 (9.49%) IIBA
5 13 (9.49%) ISTQB
5 13 (9.49%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 12 (8.76%) Master's Degree
7 8 (5.84%) ITIL Certification
8 7 (5.11%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (2.19%) FFIEC
10 2 (1.46%) IBM Certification
10 2 (1.46%) Numerate Degree
11 1 (0.73%) CEH
11 1 (0.73%) CISA
11 1 (0.73%) CISM
11 1 (0.73%) CISSP
11 1 (0.73%) CompTIA Security+
11 1 (0.73%) ISEB
11 1 (0.73%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (11.68%) QA
2 12 (8.76%) GDPR
2 12 (8.76%) Good Clinical Practice
2 12 (8.76%) GxP
3 11 (8.03%) PCI DSS
4 8 (5.84%) Data Quality
5 5 (3.65%) NIST
6 4 (2.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (1.46%) IFRS
7 2 (1.46%) IFRS 17
7 2 (1.46%) IFRS 9
8 1 (0.73%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.73%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.73%) SLA
8 1 (0.73%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 7 (5.11%) vSphere
2 4 (2.92%) Virtual Machines
2 4 (2.92%) VMware ESXi
2 4 (2.92%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (2.92%) VMware NSX
3 2 (1.46%) Docker
4 1 (0.73%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.73%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 6 (4.38%) Terraform
2 4 (2.92%) Ansible
3 2 (1.46%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.73%) Kibana
4 1 (0.73%) logstash
4 1 (0.73%) Nessus
Vendors
1 13 (9.49%) Microsoft
2 10 (7.30%) SAP
3 8 (5.84%) Oracle
4 4 (2.92%) Atlassian
4 4 (2.92%) ServiceNow
4 4 (2.92%) VMware
5 2 (1.46%) Databricks
5 2 (1.46%) IBM
5 2 (1.46%) IDERA
6 1 (0.73%) Ab Initio
6 1 (0.73%) CA Agile Central
6 1 (0.73%) Rapid7
6 1 (0.73%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.73%) SimCorp
6 1 (0.73%) Splunk
6 1 (0.73%) Wind River