Requirements Analysis Contracts

Requirements Analysis
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 12 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 428 442 577
Rank change year-on-year +14 +135 -157
Contract jobs citing Requirements Analysis 159 268 300
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.37% 0.46% 0.34%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.43% 0.51% 0.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 118 193 195
10th Percentile £398 £416 £375
25th Percentile £445 £463 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £514 £514
Median % change year-on-year +2.14% - +14.22%
75th Percentile £594 £631 £634
90th Percentile £675 £718 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £508 £500 £450
% change year-on-year +1.60% +11.11% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 19 8
10th Percentile - £42.78 -
25th Percentile £60.25 £56.25 £16.25
Median hourly rate £68.75 £65.00 £28.65
Median % change year-on-year +5.77% +126.92% -39.69%
75th Percentile £81.25 £68.75 £60.92
90th Percentile £88.75 £83.75 £63.28
UK excluding London median hourly rate £60.50 £60.00 £60.93
% change year-on-year +0.83% -1.52% +28.26%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,097 52,247 79,383
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.26% 89.81% 90.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,888 36,212 55,718
10th Percentile £300 £325 £343
25th Percentile £413 £438 £428
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.48%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,438 1,719 1,895
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.23 £15.58
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +1.39% +40.19% +4.82%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.50
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.06 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +8.74% +75.00% -6.98%

Requirements Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Requirements Analysis in the UK

Requirements Analysis
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Requirements Analysis in the UK

Requirements Analysis
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Requirements Analysis over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Requirements Analysis in the UK

Requirements Analysis
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Requirements Analysis in the UK

Requirements Analysis
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Requirements Analysis over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Requirements Analysis in the UK

Requirements Analysis
Top 15 Contract Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 12 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
England +62 136 £525 -4.55% 91
UK excluding London +28 99 £508 +1.60% 59
Work from Home +53 51 £525 +5.00% 35
London +56 48 £563 -7.60% 31
South East +32 40 £525 - 15
Scotland +14 16 £474 +2.54% 3
South West +18 15 £600 - 21
East of England +3 13 £410 -22.64% 4
North of England +12 10 £410 -18.00% 8
North West +22 8 £410 -13.68% 4
Midlands +29 6 £416 -34.05% 8
East Midlands +24 4 £353 -49.57% 4
West Midlands +15 2 £475 -10.38% 4
Yorkshire +9 2 £1,000 +86.05% 3
Wales +13 1 - - 1

Requirements Analysis
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 6 (3.77%) Confluence
2 5 (3.14%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.89%) SharePoint 2013
4 2 (1.26%) CMS
5 1 (0.63%) IIS
5 1 (0.63%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (2.52%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.26%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.63%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.63%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (1.89%) NetSuite
1 3 (1.89%) SAP EWM
1 3 (1.89%) SAP QM
2 2 (1.26%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.63%) Aladdin
3 1 (0.63%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.63%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.63%) Endur
3 1 (0.63%) FLEXCUBE
3 1 (0.63%) Oracle BPM
3 1 (0.63%) Oracle Financials
3 1 (0.63%) SAP CO
3 1 (0.63%) SAP FI
3 1 (0.63%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (0.63%) SAP HCM
3 1 (0.63%) SAP Payroll
3 1 (0.63%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 19 (11.95%) AWS
2 14 (8.81%) Azure
3 10 (6.29%) Amazon S3
3 10 (6.29%) AWS Lambda
4 8 (5.03%) AWS CloudFormation
4 8 (5.03%) OpenShift
4 8 (5.03%) Power Platform
4 8 (5.03%) Serverless
5 5 (3.14%) Amazon SageMaker
5 5 (3.14%) Microsoft 365
6 4 (2.52%) PowerApps
6 4 (2.52%) Rekognition
6 4 (2.52%) Textract
7 3 (1.89%) Boomi
8 2 (1.26%) Amazon OpenSearch
8 2 (1.26%) Amazon SQS
8 2 (1.26%) Dynamics 365
8 2 (1.26%) GCP
8 2 (1.26%) SuccessFactors
9 1 (0.63%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.52%) Internet
1 4 (2.52%) TCP/IP
2 3 (1.89%) 5G
2 3 (1.89%) DHCP
2 3 (1.89%) DNS
2 3 (1.89%) iSCSI
2 3 (1.89%) Link 16
2 3 (1.89%) SAN
2 3 (1.89%) Tactical Data Link
2 3 (1.89%) VLAN
2 3 (1.89%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (1.26%) Firewall
4 1 (0.63%) 4G
4 1 (0.63%) Network Security
4 1 (0.63%) VPN
4 1 (0.63%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (7.55%) PostgreSQL
2 9 (5.66%) Data Warehouse
3 8 (5.03%) Amazon Aurora
4 6 (3.77%) Power BI
5 5 (3.14%) Oracle Database
5 5 (3.14%) Star Schema
6 4 (2.52%) Elasticsearch
6 4 (2.52%) MongoDB
6 4 (2.52%) SQL Server
7 3 (1.89%) Big Data
8 2 (1.26%) Data Mining
8 2 (1.26%) NoSQL
9 1 (0.63%) Amazon RDS
9 1 (0.63%) Electronic Patient Records
9 1 (0.63%) Power Query
9 1 (0.63%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 1 (0.63%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 14 (8.81%) Rational DOORS
2 13 (8.18%) Jenkins
2 13 (8.18%) TestRail
3 12 (7.55%) JIRA
4 10 (6.29%) Git
5 5 (3.14%) Bitbucket
5 5 (3.14%) Cucumber
6 3 (1.89%) CppUnit
6 3 (1.89%) ERwin
6 3 (1.89%) PVCS
6 3 (1.89%) Selenium
7 2 (1.26%) EasyMock
7 2 (1.26%) ER Studio
7 2 (1.26%) JUnit
7 2 (1.26%) Maven
7 2 (1.26%) Mockito
7 2 (1.26%) TestNG
8 1 (0.63%) Rational Team Concert
8 1 (0.63%) SoapUI
8 1 (0.63%) TeamCity
General
1 36 (22.64%) Social Skills
2 32 (20.13%) Finance
3 20 (12.58%) Public Sector
4 19 (11.95%) Manufacturing
5 12 (7.55%) Pharmaceutical
6 10 (6.29%) Analytical Skills
6 10 (6.29%) Banking
6 10 (6.29%) Marketing
6 10 (6.29%) Presentation Skills
7 7 (4.40%) Documentation Skills
8 5 (3.14%) Aerospace
8 5 (3.14%) Back Office
9 4 (2.52%) Investment Banking
9 4 (2.52%) Publishing
9 4 (2.52%) Wholesale Banking
10 3 (1.89%) Front Office
11 2 (1.26%) Electronics
11 2 (1.26%) International Banking
11 2 (1.26%) Legal
11 2 (1.26%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 55 (34.59%) Analyst
2 33 (20.75%) Business Analyst
3 21 (13.21%) Senior
4 20 (12.58%) Developer
5 16 (10.06%) Architect
6 14 (8.81%) Test Analyst
7 12 (7.55%) DV Cleared Test Analyst
8 11 (6.92%) Systems Engineer
9 10 (6.29%) Integration Engineer
9 10 (6.29%) Senior Integration Engineer
10 9 (5.66%) Lead
10 9 (5.66%) Technical Architect
11 8 (5.03%) Senior Systems Engineer
12 7 (4.40%) Consultant
12 7 (4.40%) Project Manager
13 6 (3.77%) DOORS Engineer
13 6 (3.77%) Software Integration Engineer
13 6 (3.77%) Systems Integration Engineer
13 6 (3.77%) Test Engineer
14 5 (3.14%) QA Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (5.66%) AWS CDK
2 7 (4.40%) REST
3 5 (3.14%) FIX Protocol
3 5 (3.14%) Spring Boot
4 4 (2.52%) .NET
4 4 (2.52%) Spring
5 3 (1.89%) ADO
5 3 (1.89%) CSS
5 3 (1.89%) HTML
5 3 (1.89%) pytest
5 3 (1.89%) React
5 3 (1.89%) SOAP
6 2 (1.26%) .NET Core
6 2 (1.26%) JAX-RS
6 2 (1.26%) Node.js
6 2 (1.26%) OAuth
6 2 (1.26%) OAuth2
6 2 (1.26%) RabbitMQ
6 2 (1.26%) RESTful
6 2 (1.26%) WireMock
Miscellaneous
1 10 (6.29%) Data Protection Act
2 9 (5.66%) Management Information System
3 8 (5.03%) Legacy Systems
4 6 (3.77%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 6 (3.77%) Taxonomies
5 5 (3.14%) Enterprise Software
6 4 (2.52%) Data Centre
6 4 (2.52%) Virtual Team
7 3 (1.89%) CMDB
7 3 (1.89%) Cyber Threat
7 3 (1.89%) Freedom of Information
7 3 (1.89%) Freedom of Information Act
8 2 (1.26%) Algorithms
8 2 (1.26%) Data Structures
8 2 (1.26%) NHS
8 2 (1.26%) PKI
8 2 (1.26%) Product Ownership
8 2 (1.26%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (1.26%) Wiki
9 1 (0.63%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 14 (8.81%) Unix
1 14 (8.81%) Windows
2 9 (5.66%) Linux
3 1 (0.63%) Android
3 1 (0.63%) Windows 7
3 1 (0.63%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.63%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (0.63%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (37.74%) Agile
2 33 (20.75%) Stakeholder Management
3 27 (16.98%) Test Automation
4 24 (15.09%) Data Protection
5 20 (12.58%) Requirements Gathering
6 19 (11.95%) Business Analysis
7 17 (10.69%) Roadmaps
8 16 (10.06%) Problem-Solving
9 15 (9.43%) Continuous Integration
9 15 (9.43%) Process Improvement
9 15 (9.43%) Scaled Agile Framework
9 15 (9.43%) Test Management
10 14 (8.81%) Collaborative Working
10 14 (8.81%) Customer Requirements
10 14 (8.81%) Project Management
10 14 (8.81%) SDLC
11 13 (8.18%) Business Process Modelling
11 13 (8.18%) Migration
11 13 (8.18%) Requirements Engineering
11 13 (8.18%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 27 (16.98%) Python
2 23 (14.47%) SQL
3 18 (11.32%) Java
4 14 (8.81%) C
5 11 (6.92%) C++
6 9 (5.66%) Bash
7 8 (5.03%) TypeScript
8 7 (4.40%) PowerShell
9 5 (3.14%) JavaScript
10 2 (1.26%) C#
10 2 (1.26%) ProC
10 2 (1.26%) R
10 2 (1.26%) Scala
10 2 (1.26%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.63%) Assembly Language
11 1 (0.63%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 46 (28.93%) Security Cleared
2 36 (22.64%) Degree
3 25 (15.72%) SC Cleared
4 23 (14.47%) DV Cleared
5 14 (8.81%) ISTQB
6 13 (8.18%) IIBA
6 13 (8.18%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 12 (7.55%) Master's Degree
8 8 (5.03%) Computer Science Degree
8 8 (5.03%) ITIL Certification
9 3 (1.89%) FFIEC
10 2 (1.26%) IBM Certification
10 2 (1.26%) ISEB
10 2 (1.26%) Numerate Degree
11 1 (0.63%) BPSS Clearance
11 1 (0.63%) CEH
11 1 (0.63%) CISA
11 1 (0.63%) CISM
11 1 (0.63%) CISSP
11 1 (0.63%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (10.06%) QA
2 12 (7.55%) GDPR
2 12 (7.55%) Good Clinical Practice
2 12 (7.55%) GxP
3 11 (6.92%) PCI DSS
4 9 (5.66%) Accessibility
5 8 (5.03%) Data Quality
6 5 (3.14%) NIST
7 4 (2.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.63%) HL7
8 1 (0.63%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 12 (7.55%) Docker
2 7 (4.40%) vSphere
3 4 (2.52%) Firmware
3 4 (2.52%) VMware ESXi
3 4 (2.52%) VMware NSX
4 3 (1.89%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (1.89%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.63%) Active Directory
5 1 (0.63%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 8 (5.03%) Grafana
1 8 (5.03%) Kubernetes
2 6 (3.77%) Terraform
3 4 (2.52%) Ansible
4 3 (1.89%) Kibana
5 1 (0.63%) logstash
5 1 (0.63%) Nessus
Vendors
1 17 (10.69%) Microsoft
2 9 (5.66%) Oracle
2 9 (5.66%) SAP
3 6 (3.77%) ServiceNow
4 4 (2.52%) Atlassian
5 3 (1.89%) Databricks
5 3 (1.89%) VMware
6 2 (1.26%) IBM
6 2 (1.26%) IDERA
7 1 (0.63%) Ab Initio
7 1 (0.63%) CA Agile Central
7 1 (0.63%) Rapid7
7 1 (0.63%) RedGate
7 1 (0.63%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.63%) SimCorp
7 1 (0.63%) Splunk
7 1 (0.63%) Wind River