Requirements Gathering Contracts in the North of England

Requirements Gathering (Requirements Elicitation)
England > North of England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of 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 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 72 105 68
Rank change year-on-year +33 -37 -1
Contract jobs citing Requirements Gathering 119 118 231
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 2.54% 2.08% 3.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.97% 2.29% 3.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 82 97 181
10th Percentile £325 £346 £350
25th Percentile £401 £406 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £463 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.95% -2.63% +1.33%
75th Percentile £577 £550 £525
90th Percentile £630 £610 £575
England median daily rate £530 £525 £500
% change year-on-year +0.95% +5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £25.50
Median hourly rate - £55.25 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year - +112.50% +79.31%
75th Percentile - - £26.50
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £50.25 £61.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year -18.29% +44.71% +102.38%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North of 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 the North of England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,003 5,154 6,266
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 85.61% 90.64% 88.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,440 3,571 4,590
10th Percentile £300 £300 £250
25th Percentile £400 £413 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +10.47%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £564
90th Percentile £675 £688 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 362 201 250
10th Percentile £11.07 £10.63 £10.63
25th Percentile £12.50 £15.75 £12.84
Median hourly rate £17.72 £29.00 £18.59
Median % change year-on-year -38.90% +55.98% +2.00%
75th Percentile £45.00 £47.00 £31.00
90th Percentile £57.50 £65.00 £52.57
England median hourly rate £36.50 £37.30 £24.50
% change year-on-year -2.14% +52.24% +4.26%

Requirements Gathering
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Requirements Gathering in the North of England

Requirements Gathering
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Daily rate trend for Requirements Gathering in the North of England

Requirements Gathering
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Requirements Gathering in the North of England over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Requirements Gathering in the North of England

Requirements Gathering
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Hourly rate trend for Requirements Gathering in the North of England

Requirements Gathering
Contract Job Locations in the North of 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 North of England region over the 6 months to 9 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
North West +40 77 £469 +10.29% 29
Yorkshire -1 41 £490 -3.21% 13
Requirements Gathering
England

Requirements Gathering
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of 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 3 (2.52%) ArcGIS
2 1 (0.84%) Confluence
2 1 (0.84%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (2.52%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.68%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.84%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 12 (10.08%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (5.88%) SAP PM
3 4 (3.36%) SAP EWM
4 3 (2.52%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (1.68%) SAP CO
5 2 (1.68%) SAP FI
5 2 (1.68%) SAP FI/CO
6 1 (0.84%) SAP GTS
6 1 (0.84%) SAP IBP
6 1 (0.84%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 9 (7.56%) Azure
2 6 (5.04%) Akamai
2 6 (5.04%) Cloudflare
3 5 (4.20%) Power Platform
4 4 (3.36%) Cloud Computing
4 4 (3.36%) SaaS
5 3 (2.52%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (0.84%) AWS
6 1 (0.84%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (0.84%) GCP
6 1 (0.84%) Google Workspace
6 1 (0.84%) Matillion
6 1 (0.84%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 5 (4.20%) Firewall
1 5 (4.20%) Wireshark
2 3 (2.52%) DNS
3 1 (0.84%) Network Security
3 1 (0.84%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (4.20%) Power BI
2 4 (3.36%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (2.52%) Geospatial Data
3 3 (2.52%) GIS
4 1 (0.84%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.84%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 1 (0.84%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 13 (10.92%) JIRA
2 1 (0.84%) Git
General
1 38 (31.93%) Social Skills
2 25 (21.01%) Finance
3 12 (10.08%) Manufacturing
3 12 (10.08%) Public Sector
4 9 (7.56%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (7.56%) Pharmaceutical
5 6 (5.04%) Retail
6 4 (3.36%) Banking
7 2 (1.68%) Financial Institution
7 2 (1.68%) Front Office
7 2 (1.68%) Games
7 2 (1.68%) Law
7 2 (1.68%) Legal
7 2 (1.68%) Local Government
7 2 (1.68%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (1.68%) Telecoms
8 1 (0.84%) Fire and Rescue
8 1 (0.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (0.84%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (0.84%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 69 (57.98%) Analyst
2 67 (56.30%) Business Analyst
3 15 (12.61%) Project Manager
4 10 (8.40%) Architect
5 8 (6.72%) Consultant
5 8 (6.72%) Senior
6 7 (5.88%) SAP Analyst
6 7 (5.88%) SAP Business Analyst
6 7 (5.88%) User Researcher
7 6 (5.04%) Senior Analyst
7 6 (5.04%) Technical Analyst
7 6 (5.04%) Technical Business Analyst
8 5 (4.20%) Enterprise Architect
8 5 (4.20%) Enterprise Security Architect
8 5 (4.20%) Security Architect
8 5 (4.20%) Senior Business Analyst
9 4 (3.36%) Pega Architect
10 3 (2.52%) Data Analyst
10 3 (2.52%) GIS Analyst
10 3 (2.52%) GIS Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.36%) REST
1 4 (3.36%) SOAP
2 1 (0.84%) .NET
2 1 (0.84%) .NET Core
2 1 (0.84%) .NET Framework
2 1 (0.84%) AngularJS
2 1 (0.84%) ASP.NET Web Forms
2 1 (0.84%) Entity Framework
2 1 (0.84%) Lightning Web Components
2 1 (0.84%) Sass
2 1 (0.84%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 4 (3.36%) Industry 4.0
1 4 (3.36%) IoT
1 4 (3.36%) Robotics
2 3 (2.52%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
2 3 (2.52%) Legacy Systems
2 3 (2.52%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (1.68%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (0.84%) Algorithms
4 1 (0.84%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (0.84%) CMDB
4 1 (0.84%) Enterprise Cloud
4 1 (0.84%) Mobile App
4 1 (0.84%) Product Ownership
4 1 (0.84%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 3 (2.52%) Apple iOS
2 1 (0.84%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (32.77%) Agile
2 35 (29.41%) Business Analysis
3 29 (24.37%) Stakeholder Management
4 26 (21.85%) Problem-Solving
5 22 (18.49%) User Stories
6 17 (14.29%) Project Management
6 17 (14.29%) Waterfall
7 14 (11.76%) CRM
8 13 (10.92%) Acceptance Criteria
8 13 (10.92%) Workshop Facilitation
9 11 (9.24%) Design Patterns
9 11 (9.24%) User Experience
10 10 (8.40%) Requirements Workshops
11 9 (7.56%) Change Management
11 9 (7.56%) DevOps
11 9 (7.56%) Scrum
11 9 (7.56%) SDLC
11 9 (7.56%) User Acceptance Testing
12 8 (6.72%) Translating Business Requirements
12 8 (6.72%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 10 (8.40%) SQL
2 8 (6.72%) PL/SQL
3 1 (0.84%) ABAP
3 1 (0.84%) Apex Code
3 1 (0.84%) Bicep
3 1 (0.84%) C#
3 1 (0.84%) T-SQL
3 1 (0.84%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 20 (16.81%) Degree
2 7 (5.88%) Security Cleared
3 5 (4.20%) CBAP
3 5 (4.20%) IIBA
4 4 (3.36%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (2.52%) CCNP
5 3 (2.52%) SC Cleared
6 2 (1.68%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (1.68%) CCNA
6 2 (1.68%) DV Cleared
6 2 (1.68%) ISEB
7 1 (0.84%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.84%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (5.88%) Actionable Recommendations
2 6 (5.04%) GDPR
2 6 (5.04%) QA
3 5 (4.20%) Good Clinical Practice
3 5 (4.20%) GxP
4 1 (0.84%) SLA
Systems Management
1 1 (0.84%) Terraform
1 1 (0.84%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 20 (16.81%) SAP
2 8 (6.72%) Microsoft
3 7 (5.88%) Avaloq
4 6 (5.04%) F5
5 4 (3.36%) Pega
5 4 (3.36%) Salesforce
6 3 (2.52%) ESRI
6 3 (2.52%) ServiceNow
6 3 (2.52%) Siemens
7 1 (0.84%) Computacenter
7 1 (0.84%) JDA
7 1 (0.84%) Kronos
7 1 (0.84%) MuleSoft
7 1 (0.84%) Oracle
7 1 (0.84%) Syclo
7 1 (0.84%) Workday