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 19 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 409 485 537
Rank change year-on-year +76 +52 -113
Contract jobs citing Requirements Analysis 134 175 247
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.36% 0.34% 0.34%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.42% 0.38% 0.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 107 134 143
10th Percentile £400 £425 £390
25th Percentile £413 £463 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year - - +11.11%
75th Percentile £606 £634 £655
90th Percentile £680 £750 £775
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +5.00% - +12.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 10 12
10th Percentile £69.00 £41.90 £16.43
25th Percentile £75.63 £43.36 £30.94
Median hourly rate £87.50 £53.57 £39.73
Median % change year-on-year +63.35% +34.83% -16.36%
75th Percentile £88.75 £60.00 £60.92
90th Percentile £89.25 £71.38 £67.97
UK median hourly rate £75.00 £65.00 £39.73
% change year-on-year +15.38% +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 32,221 46,232 65,229
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.59% 90.24% 90.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,198 32,361 46,326
10th Percentile £300 £325 £329
25th Percentile £413 £444 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £533
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.29% +9.23%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £649
90th Percentile £750 £775 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +9.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,221 1,634 1,784
10th Percentile £12.86 £10.90 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.89 £16.54 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 £37.50 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +56.25% -
75th Percentile £58.75 £65.00 £49.04
90th Percentile £72.33 £75.00 £63.09
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £36.31 £25.00
% change year-on-year -3.59% +45.22% -

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 19 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 19 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 19 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 +70 43 £588 +2.17% 27
South East +22 42 £525 +3.96% 16
South West +30 15 £600 +14.29% 21
East of England +14 15 £410 -22.13% 8
North of England +37 10 £410 -13.68% 5
North West +25 8 £410 -13.68% 3
Midlands +32 4 £475 -10.38% 3
West Midlands +26 3 £475 -10.38% 1
Yorkshire +18 2 £1,000 +77.78% 2
East Midlands +12 1 £350 -39.13% 2
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 5 (3.73%) Confluence
2 4 (2.99%) SharePoint
3 3 (2.24%) SharePoint 2013
4 1 (0.75%) IIS
4 1 (0.75%) Mendix
4 1 (0.75%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (2.99%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.75%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.75%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (2.24%) SAP EWM
1 3 (2.24%) SAP QM
1 3 (2.24%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.75%) Aladdin
2 1 (0.75%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (0.75%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.75%) FLEXCUBE
2 1 (0.75%) Oracle BPM
2 1 (0.75%) Oracle Financials
2 1 (0.75%) SAP CO
2 1 (0.75%) SAP FI
2 1 (0.75%) SAP FI/CO
2 1 (0.75%) SAP HCM
2 1 (0.75%) SAP Payroll
2 1 (0.75%) SAP SD
2 1 (0.75%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 12 (8.96%) Azure
2 10 (7.46%) AWS
3 8 (5.97%) Power Platform
4 5 (3.73%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (2.99%) PowerApps
6 2 (1.49%) Amazon OpenSearch
6 2 (1.49%) Amazon S3
6 2 (1.49%) Amazon SQS
6 2 (1.49%) AWS Lambda
6 2 (1.49%) Dynamics 365
6 2 (1.49%) Power Automate
6 2 (1.49%) SuccessFactors
7 1 (0.75%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 1 (0.75%) Azure Data Factory
7 1 (0.75%) Azure Functions
7 1 (0.75%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (0.75%) Azure Service Bus
7 1 (0.75%) GitHub
7 1 (0.75%) OneDrive
7 1 (0.75%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.99%) Internet
1 4 (2.99%) TCP/IP
2 3 (2.24%) DHCP
2 3 (2.24%) DNS
2 3 (2.24%) iSCSI
2 3 (2.24%) Link 16
2 3 (2.24%) SAN
2 3 (2.24%) Tactical Data Link
2 3 (2.24%) VLAN
3 2 (1.49%) Firewall
4 1 (0.75%) 5G
4 1 (0.75%) Network Security
4 1 (0.75%) VPN
4 1 (0.75%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.75%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (6.72%) Data Warehouse
2 6 (4.48%) Power BI
3 5 (3.73%) Star Schema
4 4 (2.99%) Oracle Database
5 3 (2.24%) Big Data
6 2 (1.49%) Data Mining
6 2 (1.49%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (1.49%) SQL Server
7 1 (0.75%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.75%) Elasticsearch
7 1 (0.75%) Electronic Patient Records
7 1 (0.75%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.75%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 16 (11.94%) Rational DOORS
2 13 (9.70%) TestRail
3 12 (8.96%) JIRA
4 6 (4.48%) Git
5 5 (3.73%) Bitbucket
5 5 (3.73%) Cucumber
5 5 (3.73%) Jenkins
6 4 (2.99%) CppUnit
6 4 (2.99%) PVCS
7 3 (2.24%) ERwin
7 3 (2.24%) Selenium
8 2 (1.49%) EasyMock
8 2 (1.49%) ER Studio
8 2 (1.49%) JUnit
8 2 (1.49%) Maven
8 2 (1.49%) Mockito
8 2 (1.49%) TestNG
9 1 (0.75%) Rational Rhapsody
9 1 (0.75%) Rational Team Concert
9 1 (0.75%) SoapUI
General
1 33 (24.63%) Social Skills
2 30 (22.39%) Finance
3 15 (11.19%) Manufacturing
3 15 (11.19%) Public Sector
4 13 (9.70%) Pharmaceutical
5 12 (8.96%) Banking
6 10 (7.46%) Marketing
6 10 (7.46%) Presentation Skills
7 9 (6.72%) Analytical Skills
8 8 (5.97%) Documentation Skills
9 6 (4.48%) Aerospace
10 4 (2.99%) Back Office
10 4 (2.99%) Investment Banking
10 4 (2.99%) Wholesale Banking
11 3 (2.24%) Local Government
11 3 (2.24%) Publishing
11 3 (2.24%) Telecoms
12 2 (1.49%) Electronics
12 2 (1.49%) International Banking
13 1 (0.75%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 53 (39.55%) Analyst
2 31 (23.13%) Business Analyst
3 19 (14.18%) Senior
4 15 (11.19%) Architect
5 14 (10.45%) Test Analyst
6 12 (8.96%) DV Cleared Test Analyst
6 12 (8.96%) Systems Engineer
7 11 (8.21%) Integration Engineer
8 10 (7.46%) Senior Integration Engineer
9 9 (6.72%) Developer
10 8 (5.97%) Senior Systems Engineer
11 7 (5.22%) Consultant
12 6 (4.48%) DOORS Engineer
12 6 (4.48%) Software Integration Engineer
12 6 (4.48%) Systems Integration Engineer
12 6 (4.48%) Technical Architect
12 6 (4.48%) Test Engineer
13 5 (3.73%) Lead
13 5 (3.73%) Product Analyst
13 5 (3.73%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.24%) .NET
1 3 (2.24%) ADO
1 3 (2.24%) FIX Protocol
1 3 (2.24%) HTML
1 3 (2.24%) pytest
1 3 (2.24%) REST
2 2 (1.49%) CSS
2 2 (1.49%) HTML5
2 2 (1.49%) JAX-RS
2 2 (1.49%) PySpark
2 2 (1.49%) Spring Boot
2 2 (1.49%) WireMock
3 1 (0.75%) .NET Framework
3 1 (0.75%) DCOM
3 1 (0.75%) jQuery
3 1 (0.75%) JSON
3 1 (0.75%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (0.75%) Spring
3 1 (0.75%) Web Services
3 1 (0.75%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 8 (5.97%) Management Information System
2 6 (4.48%) Data Protection Act
2 6 (4.48%) Taxonomies
3 5 (3.73%) Legacy Systems
4 4 (2.99%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 3 (2.24%) CMDB
5 3 (2.24%) Cyber Threat
5 3 (2.24%) Data Centre
5 3 (2.24%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (2.24%) Freedom of Information
5 3 (2.24%) Freedom of Information Act
5 3 (2.24%) Virtual Team
6 2 (1.49%) Low-Code
6 2 (1.49%) PKI
6 2 (1.49%) Product Ownership
7 1 (0.75%) Client/Server
7 1 (0.75%) GNSS
7 1 (0.75%) NHS
7 1 (0.75%) Operational Technology
7 1 (0.75%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 14 (10.45%) Unix
1 14 (10.45%) Windows
2 10 (7.46%) Linux
3 2 (1.49%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.75%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (34.33%) Agile
2 31 (23.13%) Stakeholder Management
3 21 (15.67%) Business Analysis
4 20 (14.93%) Data Protection
4 20 (14.93%) Requirements Gathering
4 20 (14.93%) Test Automation
5 15 (11.19%) Continuous Integration
5 15 (11.19%) Scaled Agile Framework
6 14 (10.45%) Roadmaps
6 14 (10.45%) SDLC
6 14 (10.45%) Validation
7 13 (9.70%) Collaborative Working
7 13 (9.70%) Customer Requirements
7 13 (9.70%) Lean Six Sigma
7 13 (9.70%) Migration
7 13 (9.70%) Process Improvement
7 13 (9.70%) Requirements Engineering
7 13 (9.70%) Six Sigma
7 13 (9.70%) Systems Engineering
7 13 (9.70%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 17 (12.69%) SQL
2 14 (10.45%) Python
3 13 (9.70%) C
4 10 (7.46%) Java
5 9 (6.72%) C++
6 5 (3.73%) Bash
7 4 (2.99%) PowerShell
8 3 (2.24%) C#
9 2 (1.49%) ProC
9 2 (1.49%) R
9 2 (1.49%) Scala
10 1 (0.75%) Assembly Language
10 1 (0.75%) JavaScript
10 1 (0.75%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 47 (35.07%) Security Cleared
2 34 (25.37%) Degree
3 25 (18.66%) SC Cleared
4 24 (17.91%) DV Cleared
5 13 (9.70%) ISTQB
5 13 (9.70%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 12 (8.96%) IIBA
6 12 (8.96%) Master's Degree
7 8 (5.97%) Computer Science Degree
7 8 (5.97%) ITIL Certification
8 3 (2.24%) FFIEC
9 2 (1.49%) IBM Certification
9 2 (1.49%) Numerate Degree
10 1 (0.75%) CEH
10 1 (0.75%) CISA
10 1 (0.75%) CISM
10 1 (0.75%) CISSP
10 1 (0.75%) CompTIA CySA+
10 1 (0.75%) CompTIA Security+
10 1 (0.75%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (11.19%) QA
2 12 (8.96%) GDPR
2 12 (8.96%) Good Clinical Practice
2 12 (8.96%) GxP
3 11 (8.21%) PCI DSS
4 8 (5.97%) Data Quality
5 5 (3.73%) NIST
6 4 (2.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (1.49%) IFRS
7 2 (1.49%) IFRS 17
7 2 (1.49%) IFRS 9
8 1 (0.75%) Automotive SPICE
8 1 (0.75%) AUTOSAR
8 1 (0.75%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.75%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.75%) ISO 26262
8 1 (0.75%) SLA
8 1 (0.75%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 7 (5.22%) vSphere
2 4 (2.99%) Virtual Machines
2 4 (2.99%) VMware ESXi
2 4 (2.99%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (2.99%) VMware NSX
3 2 (1.49%) Docker
4 1 (0.75%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.75%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 6 (4.48%) Terraform
2 4 (2.99%) Ansible
3 2 (1.49%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.75%) Functional Safety
4 1 (0.75%) Kibana
4 1 (0.75%) logstash
4 1 (0.75%) Nessus
Vendors
1 15 (11.19%) Microsoft
2 10 (7.46%) SAP
3 7 (5.22%) Oracle
4 4 (2.99%) Atlassian
4 4 (2.99%) ServiceNow
4 4 (2.99%) VMware
5 3 (2.24%) IBM
6 2 (1.49%) Databricks
6 2 (1.49%) IDERA
7 1 (0.75%) Ab Initio
7 1 (0.75%) CA Agile Central
7 1 (0.75%) QNX
7 1 (0.75%) Rapid7
7 1 (0.75%) Red Hat
7 1 (0.75%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.75%) SimCorp
7 1 (0.75%) Splunk
7 1 (0.75%) Wind River