Requirements Gathering Contract Job Trends in Bristol

Requirements Gathering (Requirements Elicitation)
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Bristol requiring Requirements Gathering skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 64 49 68
Rank change year-on-year -15 +19 +3
Contract jobs citing Requirements Gathering 10 13 15
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 1.20% 1.86% 1.53%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.40% 2.08% 1.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 3 9
10th Percentile £465 - £412
25th Percentile £484 £675 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £700 £500
Median % change year-on-year -28.57% +40.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £586 £738 £538
90th Percentile £636 £745 £648
South West median daily rate £500 £550 £488
% change year-on-year -9.09% +12.82% +1.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £91.25 £25.26 £61.25
Median hourly rate £92.50 £27.13 £67.50
Median % change year-on-year +241.01% -59.81% +9.76%
75th Percentile £93.75 £28.99 £73.75
90th Percentile - - -
South West median hourly rate £92.50 £28.56 £67.50
% change year-on-year +223.85% -57.69% +9.76%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Bristol

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 Bristol.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 715 625 851
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 85.83% 89.29% 86.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 362 347 529
10th Percentile £258 £213 £300
25th Percentile £400 £400 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £488 £535
Median % change year-on-year +4.62% -8.88% +7.00%
75th Percentile £600 £613 £645
90th Percentile £724 £750 £700
South West median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 176 82 117
10th Percentile £15.60 £37.15 £35.00
25th Percentile £18.87 £60.75 £56.25
Median hourly rate £62.50 £65.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% - -
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.00 £76.25
90th Percentile £68.00 £75.00 £83.40
South West median hourly rate £32.50 £65.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year -50.00% +8.33% -7.69%

Requirements Gathering
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Requirements Gathering job vacancy trend in Bristol

Requirements Gathering
Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

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

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

Requirements Gathering
Daily Rate Histogram in Bristol

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Requirements Gathering in Bristol over the 6 months to 21 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Requirements Gathering in Bristol

Requirements Gathering
Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Requirements Gathering

Requirements Gathering
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (10.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Project
1 2 (20.00%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (20.00%) Primavera
2 1 (10.00%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 2 (20.00%) Azure
1 2 (20.00%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (10.00%) Azure Logic Apps
2 1 (10.00%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (10.00%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (10.00%) HTTP
Development Applications
1 2 (20.00%) JIRA
General
1 4 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
1 4 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (30.00%) Finance
2 3 (30.00%) Telecoms
3 1 (10.00%) Banking
3 1 (10.00%) Local Government
3 1 (10.00%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (60.00%) Analyst
1 6 (60.00%) Business Analyst
2 3 (30.00%) Senior
3 2 (20.00%) Project Manager
3 2 (20.00%) Senior Manager
3 2 (20.00%) Senior Project Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Architect
4 1 (10.00%) Business Systems Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Developer
4 1 (10.00%) Dynamics 365 Developer
4 1 (10.00%) Engineering Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Facilities Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Integration Architect
4 1 (10.00%) Power Platform Developer
4 1 (10.00%) Senior Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Senior Business Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Software Engineering Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Software Engineering Project Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Software Project Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (10.00%) .NET
1 1 (10.00%) Ajax
1 1 (10.00%) JSON
1 1 (10.00%) OAuth
1 1 (10.00%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (10.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (60.00%) Agile
2 5 (50.00%) Waterfall
3 4 (40.00%) Use Case
3 4 (40.00%) User Stories
4 3 (30.00%) Business Analysis
5 2 (20.00%) BPMN
5 2 (20.00%) Change Control
5 2 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (20.00%) DSDM
5 2 (20.00%) GAP Analysis
5 2 (20.00%) Network Architecture
5 2 (20.00%) Network Management
5 2 (20.00%) Performance Management
5 2 (20.00%) Programme Management
5 2 (20.00%) Resource Management
5 2 (20.00%) Scrum
5 2 (20.00%) Software Engineering
5 2 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 2 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (20.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (10.00%) C#
1 1 (10.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 3 (30.00%) Degree
2 2 (20.00%) SC Cleared
2 2 (20.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (10.00%) IIBA
Vendors
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (10.00%) Oracle
2 1 (10.00%) Progress
2 1 (10.00%) Salesforce