Requirements Gathering Contracts in England

Requirements Gathering (Requirements Elicitation)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Requirements Gathering skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Requirements Gathering 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 115 117 101
Rank change year-on-year +2 -16 -11
Contract jobs citing Requirements Gathering 739 1,147 1,871
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 2.00% 2.27% 2.63%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.31% 2.51% 2.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 524 827 1,299
10th Percentile £357 £385 £363
25th Percentile £418 £440 £418
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.52% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £632 £625 £580
90th Percentile £725 £750 £675
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £500
% change year-on-year - +5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 34 11
10th Percentile £23.63 £51.93 £25.50
25th Percentile £35.50 £55.75 £25.57
Median hourly rate £53.00 £61.50 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -13.82% +44.71% +102.38%
75th Percentile £70.00 £65.75 £63.00
90th Percentile £74.00 £67.05 £71.75
UK median hourly rate £53.00 £61.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year -13.82% +44.71% +77.08%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Requirements Gathering 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 Gathering
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Requirements Gathering in England

Requirements Gathering
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Requirements Gathering in England

Requirements Gathering
Daily Rate Histogram in England

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

Daily rate histogram for Requirements Gathering in England

Requirements Gathering
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Requirements Gathering in England

Requirements Gathering
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

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

Hourly rate histogram for Requirements Gathering in England

Requirements Gathering
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 Gathering 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 -1 417 £550 - 164
North of England +33 114 £490 +8.89% 58
South East +3 79 £528 +5.50% 39
North West +39 75 £463 +8.82% 33
Midlands -8 62 £400 -20.00% 28
West Midlands +3 52 £358 -31.81% 22
Yorkshire -5 38 £490 -2.00% 14
East of England +19 24 £428 -5.00% 10
South West -19 22 £450 +2.86% 34
East Midlands +6 6 £438 -3.85% 6
Requirements Gathering
UK

Requirements Gathering
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 25 (3.38%) SharePoint
2 14 (1.89%) CICS
3 13 (1.76%) Confluence
4 12 (1.62%) SAS
5 7 (0.95%) CMS
6 5 (0.68%) Microsoft Exchange
7 4 (0.54%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 3 (0.41%) Apache Airflow
8 3 (0.41%) ArcGIS
9 2 (0.27%) IIS
9 2 (0.27%) JBoss
9 2 (0.27%) Oracle Workflow
10 1 (0.14%) Apache
10 1 (0.14%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 20 (2.71%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (2.03%) Microsoft Office
3 11 (1.49%) MS Visio
4 9 (1.22%) Chatbot
5 8 (1.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 6 (0.81%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (0.54%) Microsoft Project
8 3 (0.41%) AutoCAD
9 2 (0.27%) Trello
Business Applications
1 37 (5.01%) SAP S/4HANA
2 28 (3.79%) Dynamics AX
3 12 (1.62%) Dynamics CRM
4 11 (1.49%) Endur
5 9 (1.22%) SAP PM
6 6 (0.81%) SAP Travel Management
7 5 (0.68%) SAP SD
8 4 (0.54%) Infor SunSystems
8 4 (0.54%) SAP EWM
9 3 (0.41%) SAP Hybris
9 3 (0.41%) SAP MII
9 3 (0.41%) SAP PS
10 2 (0.27%) Oracle EBS
10 2 (0.27%) Oracle Financials
10 2 (0.27%) Oracle General Ledger
10 2 (0.27%) SAP CO
10 2 (0.27%) SAP FI
10 2 (0.27%) SAP FI/CO
10 2 (0.27%) SAP HCM
10 2 (0.27%) WebTrends
Cloud Services
1 109 (14.75%) Azure
2 61 (8.25%) Power Platform
3 56 (7.58%) Dynamics 365
4 42 (5.68%) AWS
5 33 (4.47%) Azure DevOps
6 28 (3.79%) Power Automate
6 28 (3.79%) PowerApps
7 17 (2.30%) GCP
8 13 (1.76%) Cloud Computing
9 12 (1.62%) SaaS
9 12 (1.62%) Salesforce Service Cloud
10 10 (1.35%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
11 8 (1.08%) Snowflake
12 7 (0.95%) Amazon S3
13 6 (0.81%) Akamai
13 6 (0.81%) Azure Service Bus
13 6 (0.81%) Cloudflare
14 5 (0.68%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 5 (0.68%) Amazon EKS
14 5 (0.68%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 13 (1.76%) Cisco IOS
2 12 (1.62%) BGP
2 12 (1.62%) MPLS
3 10 (1.35%) Network Security
3 10 (1.35%) WAN
4 9 (1.22%) Firewall
4 9 (1.22%) IOS XR
4 9 (1.22%) LAN
5 8 (1.08%) Junos
5 8 (1.08%) VPN
6 5 (0.68%) SSH
6 5 (0.68%) Wi-Fi
6 5 (0.68%) Wireshark
7 4 (0.54%) HTTP
7 4 (0.54%) IPsec
8 3 (0.41%) DNS
9 2 (0.27%) Internet
9 2 (0.27%) Intranet
9 2 (0.27%) IPv6
9 2 (0.27%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (7.17%) Power BI
2 35 (4.74%) Data Lake
3 28 (3.79%) SQL Server
4 26 (3.52%) Data Warehouse
5 20 (2.71%) DB2
6 13 (1.76%) IDMS
7 12 (1.62%) Amazon Redshift
8 10 (1.35%) MySQL
8 10 (1.35%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 8 (1.08%) Geospatial Data
9 8 (1.08%) KDB
9 8 (1.08%) PostgreSQL
10 7 (0.95%) Big Data
10 7 (0.95%) Tableau
11 5 (0.68%) Amazon RDS
11 5 (0.68%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
11 5 (0.68%) GIS
11 5 (0.68%) Metadata
11 5 (0.68%) Relational Database
12 4 (0.54%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 41 (5.55%) JIRA
2 34 (4.60%) Git
3 8 (1.08%) Jenkins
4 6 (0.81%) Cucumber
5 5 (0.68%) GitLab
5 5 (0.68%) JUnit
6 4 (0.54%) Visual Website Optimizer
7 2 (0.27%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.27%) Postman
7 2 (0.27%) SoapUI
7 2 (0.27%) Team Foundation Server
7 2 (0.27%) Vagrant
8 1 (0.14%) Eclipse
8 1 (0.14%) HP UFT
8 1 (0.14%) Oracle Forms
8 1 (0.14%) Selenium
8 1 (0.14%) WebDriver
General
1 247 (33.42%) Social Skills
2 232 (31.39%) Finance
3 121 (16.37%) Analytical Skills
4 67 (9.07%) Banking
5 64 (8.66%) Public Sector
6 46 (6.22%) Retail
7 40 (5.41%) Manufacturing
8 32 (4.33%) Presentation Skills
9 31 (4.19%) General Ledger
10 24 (3.25%) Front Office
11 19 (2.57%) Marketing
12 17 (2.30%) Back Office
13 16 (2.17%) Pharmaceutical
14 15 (2.03%) Financial Institution
15 14 (1.89%) Telecoms
16 12 (1.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 10 (1.35%) Documentation Skills
17 10 (1.35%) Legal
18 8 (1.08%) Billing
18 8 (1.08%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 306 (41.41%) Analyst
2 283 (38.29%) Business Analyst
3 109 (14.75%) Consultant
4 75 (10.15%) Developer
5 69 (9.34%) Senior
6 61 (8.25%) Architect
7 34 (4.60%) Data Business Analyst
8 31 (4.19%) Lead
9 30 (4.06%) Project Manager
9 30 (4.06%) Senior Analyst
10 29 (3.92%) SAP Consultant
11 27 (3.65%) Product Owner
11 27 (3.65%) Senior Business Analyst
12 23 (3.11%) Data Analyst
13 22 (2.98%) Functional Consultant
14 21 (2.84%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
15 20 (2.71%) Technical Analyst
16 19 (2.57%) Microsoft Consultant
16 19 (2.57%) Solutions Architect
17 17 (2.30%) C# Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (2.71%) Web Services
1 20 (2.71%) XML
2 17 (2.30%) JSON
3 16 (2.17%) .NET
4 13 (1.76%) REST
4 13 (1.76%) SOAP
5 11 (1.49%) ASP.NET
6 10 (1.35%) Lightning Web Components
6 10 (1.35%) RESTful
7 9 (1.22%) .NET Framework
7 9 (1.22%) HTML
8 7 (0.95%) NETCONF
8 7 (0.95%) Spring
8 7 (0.95%) YANG
9 6 (0.81%) J2EE
9 6 (0.81%) SAP TM
10 5 (0.68%) ASP.NET Core
10 5 (0.68%) JPA
10 5 (0.68%) React
10 5 (0.68%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 60 (8.12%) Product Ownership
2 40 (5.41%) Data Structures
3 26 (3.52%) Management Information System
4 17 (2.30%) Derivative
5 14 (1.89%) Fixed Income
5 14 (1.89%) Mainframe
5 14 (1.89%) Self-Motivation
6 12 (1.62%) IBM Mainframe
7 10 (1.35%) Data Protection Act
7 10 (1.35%) Distributed Systems
7 10 (1.35%) Equity Derivative
8 8 (1.08%) IVR
8 8 (1.08%) Onboarding
9 7 (0.95%) Enterprise Software
9 7 (0.95%) Reinsurance
9 7 (0.95%) Replication
10 6 (0.81%) Equities
10 6 (0.81%) Greenfield Project
10 6 (0.81%) Legacy Systems
11 5 (0.68%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 16 (2.17%) Windows
2 11 (1.49%) Linux
2 11 (1.49%) zOS
3 10 (1.35%) Unix
4 4 (0.54%) VMS
5 2 (0.27%) AIX
5 2 (0.27%) Solaris
5 2 (0.27%) Windows 10
5 2 (0.27%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 187 (25.30%) Agile
2 148 (20.03%) Stakeholder Management
3 128 (17.32%) Business Analysis
4 118 (15.97%) User Stories
5 113 (15.29%) Problem-Solving
6 103 (13.94%) Project Management
7 89 (12.04%) User Acceptance Testing
8 86 (11.64%) Scrum
9 85 (11.50%) DevOps
10 80 (10.83%) Migration
11 72 (9.74%) Business Intelligence
12 64 (8.66%) Requirements Workshops
13 63 (8.53%) Analytics
14 62 (8.39%) Workshop Facilitation
15 61 (8.25%) Roadmaps
16 56 (7.58%) Data Migration
17 51 (6.90%) Change Management
18 50 (6.77%) Data Modelling
19 48 (6.50%) GAP Analysis
19 48 (6.50%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 73 (9.88%) SQL
2 44 (5.95%) Python
3 24 (3.25%) C#
4 22 (2.98%) Java
5 20 (2.71%) PL/SQL
6 17 (2.30%) COBOL
7 13 (1.76%) REXX
8 12 (1.62%) SELCOPY
9 11 (1.49%) CLIST
9 11 (1.49%) JavaScript
10 7 (0.95%) Apex Code
11 5 (0.68%) C++
11 5 (0.68%) Perl
11 5 (0.68%) PowerShell
11 5 (0.68%) XPath
11 5 (0.68%) XQuery
12 4 (0.54%) VBA
13 3 (0.41%) C
13 3 (0.41%) JCL
14 2 (0.27%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 122 (16.51%) Degree
2 84 (11.37%) Security Cleared
3 56 (7.58%) SC Cleared
4 23 (3.11%) Cisco Certification
5 22 (2.98%) CCNP
6 17 (2.30%) Computer Science Degree
7 15 (2.03%) Master's Degree
8 14 (1.89%) IIBA
9 11 (1.49%) CBAP
9 11 (1.49%) CCNA
10 9 (1.22%) DV Cleared
10 9 (1.22%) Microsoft Certification
11 6 (0.81%) SAP Certification
12 5 (0.68%) BPSS Clearance
12 5 (0.68%) JNCIS
12 5 (0.68%) PhD
13 4 (0.54%) ACCA
13 4 (0.54%) ISEB
13 4 (0.54%) JNCIA
13 4 (0.54%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 58 (7.85%) QA
2 27 (3.65%) Data Quality
3 18 (2.44%) GDPR
4 12 (1.62%) Good Clinical Practice
4 12 (1.62%) GxP
5 10 (1.35%) PCI DSS
6 9 (1.22%) Actionable Recommendations
7 7 (0.95%) SLA
8 3 (0.41%) PMO
9 2 (0.27%) ISO 20022
10 1 (0.14%) Government Security Classifications
10 1 (0.14%) GRC
10 1 (0.14%) HL7
10 1 (0.14%) IFRS
10 1 (0.14%) IFRS 17
10 1 (0.14%) IFRS 9
10 1 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 1 (0.14%) NCSC
10 1 (0.14%) PSD2
10 1 (0.14%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 6 (0.81%) Docker
2 3 (0.41%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.27%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.27%) Time Sharing Option
3 2 (0.27%) Virtual Servers
3 2 (0.27%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.14%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 15 (2.03%) Grafana
2 7 (0.95%) Ansible
2 7 (0.95%) Kubernetes
3 6 (0.81%) Terraform
4 5 (0.68%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.27%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.27%) SCCM
5 2 (0.27%) Tivoli
6 1 (0.14%) MOM
6 1 (0.14%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 94 (12.72%) Microsoft
2 85 (11.50%) SAP
3 43 (5.82%) Oracle
4 34 (4.60%) Salesforce
5 21 (2.84%) IBM
6 19 (2.57%) Cisco
7 13 (1.76%) Syncsort
8 11 (1.49%) F5
8 11 (1.49%) Juniper
9 10 (1.35%) Denodo
9 10 (1.35%) Talend
10 9 (1.22%) Adobe
10 9 (1.22%) Avaloq
10 9 (1.22%) Genesys
10 9 (1.22%) Nokia
11 8 (1.08%) Google
12 7 (0.95%) Databricks
12 7 (0.95%) ServiceNow
13 6 (0.81%) Calypso
13 6 (0.81%) Reuters