Requirements Engineering Contract Job Trends in Bristol

Requirements Engineering
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Bristol citing Requirements Engineering skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 November 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 14 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	86	71	69
Rank change year-on-year	-15	-2	-
Contract jobs citing Requirements Engineering	4	1	1
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol	0.30%	0.12%	0.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category	0.38%	0.14%	0.15%
Number of daily rates quoted	2	0	1
10^th Percentile	£428	-	-
25^th Percentile	£452	-	£177
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£498	-	£178
75^th Percentile	£537	-	£180
90^th Percentile	£557	-	-
South West median daily rate	£570	-	£395
% change year-on-year	-	-	-12.17%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Bristol

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

	6 months to 14 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing process or methodology skills	1,058	726	656
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bristol	78.31%	89.30%	83.35%
Number of daily rates quoted	556	368	360
10^th Percentile	£350	£229	£242
25^th Percentile	£450	£375	£400
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£550	£500	£475
Median % change year-on-year	+10.00%	+5.26%	-9.52%
75^th Percentile	£638	£600	£603
90^th Percentile	£750	£731	£750
South West median daily rate	£550	£519	£525
% change year-on-year	+5.92%	-1.10%	-4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted	245	166	87
10^th Percentile	£25.75	£15.30	£35.00
25^th Percentile	£49.25	£18.87	£60.75
Median hourly rate	£65.00	£38.94	£67.50
Median % change year-on-year	+66.92%	-42.31%	+3.85%
75^th Percentile	£70.00	£65.00	£70.25
90^th Percentile	£76.00	£73.75	£75.00
South West median hourly rate	£57.50	£25.15	£65.00
% change year-on-year	+128.63%	-61.31%	+8.33%

Requirements Engineering Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Requirements Engineering Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Requirements Engineering.

Requirements Engineering Daily Rate Histogram in Bristol

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Requirements Engineering in Bristol over the 6 months to 14 November 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Requirements Engineering in Bristol

Requirements Engineering Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Requirements Engineering.

Requirements Engineering Top 20 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol

For the 6 months to 14 November 2026, contractor job vacancies citing Requirements Engineering also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Bristol region citing Requirements Engineering.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Security Cleared	100.0%	4
2	SC Cleared	75.0%	3
2	Stakeholder Management	75.0%	3
4	Agile	50.0%	2
4	Asset Management	50.0%	2
4	Data Governance	50.0%	2
4	Data Governance Strategy	50.0%	2
4	Data-Driven Decision Making	50.0%	2
4	Decision-Making	50.0%	2
4	Information Management	50.0%	2
4	Logistics	50.0%	2
4	Metadata	50.0%	2
4	Security Management	50.0%	2
4	Stakeholder Engagement	50.0%	2
4	Validation	50.0%	2
16	DV Cleared	25.0%	1
16	QinetiQ	25.0%	1
16	Software Engineering	25.0%	1
16	Systems Engineering	25.0%	1
16	Thales	25.0%	1

Requirements Engineering Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Processes & Methodologies

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Stakeholder Management	75.0%	3
2	Agile	50.0%	2
2	Asset Management	50.0%	2
2	Data Governance	50.0%	2
2	Data Governance Strategy	50.0%	2
2	Data-Driven Decision Making	50.0%	2
2	Decision-Making	50.0%	2
2	Information Management	50.0%	2
2	Logistics	50.0%	2
2	Security Management	50.0%	2
2	Stakeholder Engagement	50.0%	2
2	Validation	50.0%	2
13	Software Engineering	25.0%	1
13	Systems Engineering	25.0%	1