Requirements Gathering Contract Job Trends in Belfast

Requirements Gathering (Requirements Elicitation)
County Antrim > Belfast

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Belfast requiring Requirements Gathering skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 33 27
Rank change year-on-year +7 -6 -4
Contract jobs citing Requirements Gathering 2 1 2
As % of all contract jobs in Belfast 1.35% 0.50% 1.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.59% 0.56% 1.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile £396 - £511
25th Percentile £414 - £517
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £449 - £556
Median % change year-on-year - - +23.61%
75th Percentile £484 - £617
90th Percentile £503 - £637
County Antrim median daily rate £449 - £556
% change year-on-year - - +23.61%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Belfast

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 Belfast.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 126 180 125
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Belfast 85.14% 89.55% 81.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 78 101 56
10th Percentile £260 £263 £146
25th Percentile £377 £325 £170
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £400
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +18.75% -
75th Percentile £656 £575 £547
90th Percentile £694 £625 £619
County Antrim median daily rate £450 £473 £400
% change year-on-year -4.76% +18.13% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 27 14
10th Percentile £31.21 £12.31 £21.19
25th Percentile - £14.19 £23.30
Median hourly rate £43.96 £16.00 £24.18
Median % change year-on-year +174.75% -33.83% +79.64%
75th Percentile - £17.30 -
90th Percentile £44.83 £24.50 -
County Antrim median hourly rate £42.61 £17.30 £24.18
% change year-on-year +146.27% -28.45% +76.69%

Requirements Gathering
Job Vacancy Trend in Belfast

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

Requirements Gathering job vacancy trend in Belfast

Requirements Gathering
Daily Rate Trend in Belfast

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

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

Requirements Gathering
Daily Rate Histogram in Belfast

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Requirements Gathering in Belfast over the 6 months to 11 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Requirements Gathering in Belfast

Requirements Gathering
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Belfast 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:

Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (50.00%) MS Visio
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Banking
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Front Office
2 1 (50.00%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Investment Banking
2 1 (50.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Business Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Data Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Governance Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Implementation Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) MiFID Business Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Monitoring Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Product Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Product Business Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Senior
2 1 (50.00%) Senior Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Senior Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Derivative
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Business Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Business Impact Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Data Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) GAP Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Impact Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Kalman Filter
2 1 (50.00%) Product Governance
2 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) MiFID
1 1 (50.00%) PMO
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft