The first table below looks at the demand for Requirements Engineering skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Requirements Engineering over the 3 months to 19 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Processes & Methodologies category.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Requirements Engineering
Rank 820 824 847
Rank change year-on-year
+4 +23
Permanent jobs citing Requirements Engineering 48 61 35
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.044% 0.051% 0.027%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.058% 0.068% 0.037%
Number of salaries quoted 24 53 25
Average salary £48,750 £47,500 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.63% +5.55%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £34,600 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £57,500 £63,000
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £47,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-5.26% +26.66%
All Processes & Methodologies
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
83034 90312 94559
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 76.23% 74.93% 73.66%
Number of salaries quoted 68153 76820 79397
Average salary £45,000 £47,000 £47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.25% -1.05%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £70,500 £75,000 £75,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%

Requirements Engineering
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Requirements Engineering within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Requirements Engineering Jobs Demand Trend

Requirements Engineering
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Requirements Engineering within the UK.

Requirements Engineering Salary Trend

Requirements Engineering
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Requirements Engineering over the 3 months to 19 June 2013 within the UK.

Requirements Engineering Salary Histogram

Requirements Engineering
Top 22 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Requirements Engineering within the UK over the 3 months to 19 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Find
Job
Vacancies
England +17 48 £48,750 +2.63% 9
East of England +19 17 £52,500 +5.00% 2
Stevenage - 14 - -
Hertfordshire - 14 - -
South West +12 13 £42,500 -15.00%
South East -9 11 £70,000 +47.36% 3
Gloucestershire +17 9 £42,500 -15.00%
London +33 7 £55,000 -4.34% 3
Berkshire +13 6 £70,000 +47.36%
Templecombe - 4 - -
Somerset - 4 - -
West Sussex - 4 £24,000 -
Gatwick - 4 £24,000 -
Gloucester - 3 - -
Cambridgeshire - 3 £52,500 - 2
Cheltenham - 2 £37,500 -
Buckinghamshire +6 1 £32,500 -4.41%
City of London -1 1 £40,000 -1.23% 2
Milton Keynes -17 1 £32,500 -4.41%
Cambridge - 1 £52,500 -
Maidenhead - 1 £70,000 -
Stroud - 1 - -

Requirements Engineering
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing Requirements Engineering also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited Requirements Engineering.

1 31 (44.93%) Degree
2 30 (43.48%) C++
3 29 (42.03%) Software Engineering
4 28 (40.58%) UML
5 25 (36.23%) Windows
6 23 (33.33%) Linux
6 23 (33.33%) Computer Science
7 20 (28.99%) MS Excel
7 20 (28.99%) Microsoft
8 18 (26.09%) Java
8 18 (26.09%) Aerospace
9 17 (24.64%) Electronics
9 17 (24.64%) Military
9 17 (24.64%) C
9 17 (24.64%) Rational Rhapsody
10 16 (23.19%) CAN bus
11 14 (20.29%) Integration Testing
11 14 (20.29%) CORBA
11 14 (20.29%) Eclipse
12 13 (18.84%) Requirements Analysis
13 12 (17.39%) Rational DOORS
13 12 (17.39%) Management Information System
13 12 (17.39%) C#
13 12 (17.39%) .NET
14 11 (15.94%) Ethernet
14 11 (15.94%) TickIT
14 11 (15.94%) IEC 61508
14 11 (15.94%) DO-178B
15 10 (14.49%) Embedded C
15 10 (14.49%) Visual Studio

Requirements Engineering
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing Requirements Engineering also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited Requirements Engineering. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 14 (20.29%) CORBA
2 12 (17.39%) .NET
3 10 (14.49%) XML
4 6 (8.696%) Middleware
5 3 (4.348%) ASP.NET
6 2 (2.899%) HTML
6 2 (2.899%) ASP
7 1 (1.449%) Ajax
7 1 (1.449%) CSS
7 1 (1.449%) SOAP
7 1 (1.449%) STL
7 1 (1.449%) Web Services
7 1 (1.449%) JSON
7 1 (1.449%) .NET Framework
7 1 (1.449%) WCF
7 1 (1.449%) jQuery
7 1 (1.449%) Boost C++ Libraries
7 1 (1.449%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
7 1 (1.449%) ZeroMQ
Application Platforms
1 4 (5.797%) SharePoint
2 3 (4.348%) MS Exchange
3 1 (1.449%) IIS
3 1 (1.449%) Lync
3 1 (1.449%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 20 (28.99%) MS Excel
2 4 (5.797%) MS Office
3 1 (1.449%) RoboHelp
Business Applications
1 5 (7.246%) Remedy ITSM
Communications & Networking
1 11 (15.94%) Ethernet
2 1 (1.449%) HTTP
2 1 (1.449%) DNS
2 1 (1.449%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.348%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.449%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (1.449%) DTS
2 1 (1.449%) MySQL
2 1 (1.449%) SQL Server 2000
2 1 (1.449%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 17 (24.64%) Rational Rhapsody
2 14 (20.29%) Eclipse
3 12 (17.39%) Rational DOORS
4 10 (14.49%) Visual Studio
5 6 (8.696%) PVCS
6 3 (4.348%) Subversion
6 3 (4.348%) Hudson
General
1 18 (26.09%) Aerospace
2 17 (24.64%) Electronics
2 17 (24.64%) Military
3 8 (11.59%) Marketing
4 4 (5.797%) Pharmaceutical
5 2 (2.899%) Telecoms
5 2 (2.899%) Finance
6 1 (1.449%) Publishing
6 1 (1.449%) Avionics
Job Titles
1 18 (26.09%) Software Engineer
2 14 (20.29%) Analyst
3 12 (17.39%) Business Analyst
4 11 (15.94%) Architect
5 8 (11.59%) Test Engineer
5 8 (11.59%) Systems Architect
6 5 (7.246%) Author
6 5 (7.246%) Technical Author
7 4 (5.797%) Senior Software Engineer
8 3 (4.348%) Systems Engineer
9 2 (2.899%) Senior Architect
9 2 (2.899%) Solutions Architect
9 2 (2.899%) Senior Systems Engineer
9 2 (2.899%) Senior Systems Architect
9 2 (2.899%) IT Architect
9 2 (2.899%) C# Software Engineer
9 2 (2.899%) .NET Software Engineer
10 1 (1.449%) IT Business Analyst
10 1 (1.449%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
10 1 (1.449%) Technical Product Manager
Miscellaneous
1 23 (33.33%) Computer Science
2 16 (23.19%) CAN bus
3 12 (17.39%) Management Information System
4 8 (11.59%) Embedded Systems
5 6 (8.696%) CMDB
6 5 (7.246%) Physics
7 3 (4.348%) Open Source
8 2 (2.899%) Machine Learning
8 2 (2.899%) Mathematics
8 2 (2.899%) Artificial Intelligence
9 1 (1.449%) PKI
9 1 (1.449%) E-Learning
9 1 (1.449%) N-Tier
9 1 (1.449%) Firmware
9 1 (1.449%) SCADA
9 1 (1.449%) SWIFT
9 1 (1.449%) Inversion of Control
9 1 (1.449%) IIBA
Operating Systems
1 25 (36.23%) Windows
2 23 (33.33%) Linux
3 7 (10.14%) UNIX
4 6 (8.696%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (42.03%) Software Engineering
2 28 (40.58%) UML
3 14 (20.29%) Integration Testing
4 13 (18.84%) Requirements Analysis
5 9 (13.04%) OO
5 9 (13.04%) SysML
5 9 (13.04%) Multithreading
6 8 (11.59%) Project Planning
6 8 (11.59%) Technical Architecture
6 8 (11.59%) Change Management
6 8 (11.59%) Risk Management
6 8 (11.59%) Business Analysis
6 8 (11.59%) TDD
6 8 (11.59%) Information Management
7 6 (8.696%) Performance Management
7 6 (8.696%) Incident Management
7 6 (8.696%) Requirements Management
7 6 (8.696%) Change Control
7 6 (8.696%) ITIL
7 6 (8.696%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 30 (43.48%) C++
2 18 (26.09%) Java
3 17 (24.64%) C
4 12 (17.39%) C#
5 10 (14.49%) Embedded C
6 3 (4.348%) SQL
6 3 (4.348%) T-SQL
7 2 (2.899%) MATLAB
7 2 (2.899%) VB
7 2 (2.899%) VBA
7 2 (2.899%) PL/SQL
8 1 (1.449%) JavaScript
8 1 (1.449%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 31 (44.93%) Degree
2 9 (13.04%) Security Cleared
3 7 (10.14%) SC Cleared
4 5 (7.246%) ISEB
5 4 (5.797%) ITIL Certification
6 2 (2.899%) BC Cleared
7 1 (1.449%) MCTS
7 1 (1.449%) MCITP
7 1 (1.449%) CBAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (15.94%) TickIT
1 11 (15.94%) IEC 61508
1 11 (15.94%) DO-178B
2 2 (2.899%) QA
System Software
1 7 (10.14%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.899%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (2.899%) Microsoft Virtual Server
3 1 (1.449%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (1.449%) SCCM
Vendors
1 20 (28.99%) Microsoft
2 6 (8.696%) Remedy
3 4 (5.797%) BMC
3 4 (5.797%) IBM
3 4 (5.797%) HP
4 3 (4.348%) Intel
4 3 (4.348%) Borland
5 2 (2.899%) Cisco
5 2 (2.899%) Oracle
5 2 (2.899%) VMware
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