Requirements Engineering Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Requirements Engineering
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring Requirements Engineering skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank - - 126
Rank change year-on-year - - +39
Contract jobs citing Requirements Engineering 0 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London - - 0.092%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - - 0.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £453
25th Percentile - - £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £475
Median % change year-on-year - - -16.67%
75th Percentile - - £506
90th Percentile - - £518
Central London median daily rate - - £475
% change year-on-year - - -16.67%

All Process & Methodology Skills
City of London

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 requiring process or methodology skills in the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,961 1,613 1,970
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 84.67% 93.56% 90.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,340 1,012 1,391
10th Percentile £363 £351 £350
25th Percentile £450 £461 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £574 £560
Median % change year-on-year -4.14% +2.46% -6.67%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £563 £550
% change year-on-year -2.22% +2.27% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 13 12
10th Percentile £17.69 £22.00 £19.95
25th Percentile £18.75 £23.75 £20.22
Median hourly rate £26.64 £28.15 £25.63
Median % change year-on-year -5.38% +9.85% -26.79%
75th Percentile £52.24 £43.75 £40.00
90th Percentile £59.72 £60.75 £41.65
Central London median hourly rate £26.11 £29.07 £27.81
% change year-on-year -10.18% +4.53% -20.54%

Requirements Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Requirements Engineering job vacancy trend in the City of London

Requirements Engineering
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Requirements Engineering.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Requirements Engineering