Requirements Gathering Contracts in Bristol

Requirements Gathering (Requirements Elicitation)
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Bristol requiring Requirements Gathering skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Requirements Gathering over the 6 months leading up to 2 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 53 63 65
Rank change year-on-year +10 +2 +1
Contract jobs citing Requirements Gathering 12 12 15
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bristol 1.75% 1.24% 1.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.91% 1.50% 1.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 7 7
10th Percentile £418 - £373
25th Percentile £425 £260 £397
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £481 £370 £438
Median % change year-on-year +30.07% -15.43% -4.89%
75th Percentile £562 £513 £494
90th Percentile £646 £555 £515
South West median daily rate £450 £380 £463
% change year-on-year +18.42% -17.84% -7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 6
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £57.25
Median hourly rate - - £61.50
75th Percentile - - £65.75
90th Percentile - - -
South West median hourly rate - £30.00 £61.50
% change year-on-year - -51.22% -10.55%

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 629 802 925
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 91.82% 82.77% 86.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 326 436 646
10th Percentile £235 £260 £308
25th Percentile £361 £397 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £447 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year -10.60% -2.44% +2.50%
75th Percentile £567 £588 £638
90th Percentile £641 £713 £713
South West median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% +3.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 103 191 115
10th Percentile £12.82 £43.75 £17.72
25th Percentile £18.87 £55.50 £53.13
Median hourly rate £32.50 £70.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -53.57% +7.69% +25.00%
75th Percentile £66.75 £72.50 £75.00
90th Percentile £73.00 £80.00 £85.00
South West median hourly rate £25.15 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -61.31% - +30.00%

Requirements Gathering
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

Job postings citing Requirements Gathering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Bristol.

Job vacancy trend for Requirements Gathering in Bristol

Requirements Gathering
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Requirements Gathering in Bristol.

Daily rate trend for Requirements Gathering in Bristol

Requirements Gathering
Daily Rate Histogram in Bristol

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Requirements Gathering in Bristol over the 6 months to 2 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Requirements Gathering in Bristol

Requirements Gathering
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Requirements Gathering in Bristol.

Hourly rate trend for Requirements Gathering in Bristol

Requirements Gathering
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 5 (41.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (16.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (16.67%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (16.67%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 3 (25.00%) Google Sheets
2 1 (8.33%) AWS
2 1 (8.33%) GitHub
2 1 (8.33%) SaaS
Development Applications
1 2 (16.67%) JIRA
2 1 (8.33%) Rational DOORS
General
1 6 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (33.33%) Public Sector
3 3 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (16.67%) Finance
4 2 (16.67%) Local Government
4 2 (16.67%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 4 (33.33%) Analyst
1 4 (33.33%) Business Analyst
2 3 (25.00%) Operations Manager
3 2 (16.67%) IT Manager
3 2 (16.67%) IT Project Manager
3 2 (16.67%) Project Manager
3 2 (16.67%) SC Cleared Project Manager
3 2 (16.67%) Technical Manager
3 2 (16.67%) Technical Operations Manager
4 1 (8.33%) Architect
4 1 (8.33%) Business IT Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) Business Systems Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) Infrastructure Architect
4 1 (8.33%) IT Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) IT Business Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) Principal Systems Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Senior
4 1 (8.33%) Senior Systems Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Software Manager
4 1 (8.33%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) Legacy Systems
1 2 (16.67%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (8.33%) Linux
1 1 (8.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (41.67%) Agile
2 5 (41.67%) Business Case
2 5 (41.67%) Project Management
3 4 (33.33%) Decision-Making
4 3 (25.00%) Business Analysis
4 3 (25.00%) Performance Management
5 2 (16.67%) Housing Management
5 2 (16.67%) Information Architecture
5 2 (16.67%) Information Management
5 2 (16.67%) Master Data Management
5 2 (16.67%) Project Governance
5 2 (16.67%) Risk Management
5 2 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (16.67%) Tech Ops
5 2 (16.67%) Waterfall
5 2 (16.67%) Workload Management
5 2 (16.67%) Workshop Facilitation
6 1 (8.33%) Human-Centred Design
6 1 (8.33%) Systems Engineering
Qualifications
1 7 (58.33%) Security Cleared
2 6 (50.00%) SC Cleared
3 2 (16.67%) DV Cleared
4 1 (8.33%) Degree
4 1 (8.33%) RIBA
System Software
1 1 (8.33%) Active Directory
1 1 (8.33%) Docker
Vendors
1 6 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (25.00%) Google
3 2 (16.67%) NEC
4 1 (8.33%) Aareon
4 1 (8.33%) Capita
4 1 (8.33%) Civica
4 1 (8.33%) Northgate
4 1 (8.33%) Orchard
4 1 (8.33%) VMware