Requirements Gathering Contract Job Trends in Bedford

Requirements Gathering (Requirements Elicitation)
Bedfordshire > Bedford

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Bedford requiring Requirements Gathering skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Requirements Gathering 5 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Bedford 15.63% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 17.24% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £543 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £585 - -
75th Percentile £628 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Bedfordshire median daily rate £585 £350 £325
% change year-on-year +67.14% +7.69% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Bedford

Requirements Gathering falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Bedford.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 29 13 14
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bedford 90.63% 81.25% 58.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 6 8
10th Percentile £373 £507 £189
25th Percentile £475 £534 £209
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £585 £625 £338
Median % change year-on-year -6.40% +85.19% +56.98%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £447
90th Percentile £675 £684 £681
Bedfordshire median daily rate £500 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £37.50 - £30.70
Median hourly rate £40.00 - £31.80
Median % change year-on-year - - +135.56%
75th Percentile £42.50 - £32.90
90th Percentile - - -
Bedfordshire median hourly rate £68.21 £45.75 £21.50
% change year-on-year +49.09% +112.79% -59.05%

Requirements Gathering
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedford

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Requirements Gathering relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Bedford.

Requirements Gathering job vacancy trend in Bedford

Requirements Gathering
Daily Rate Trend in Bedford

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bedford citing Requirements Gathering.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bedford citing Requirements Gathering

Requirements Gathering
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bedford by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) Internet
General
1 4 (80.00%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Analyst
1 4 (80.00%) Business Analyst
1 4 (80.00%) Senior
1 4 (80.00%) Senior Analyst
1 4 (80.00%) Senior Business Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Technical Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Business Analysis
1 4 (80.00%) Change Management
1 4 (80.00%) Coaching
1 4 (80.00%) Data Analysis
1 4 (80.00%) Mentoring
1 4 (80.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 5 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) VMware