Requirements Gathering Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Requirements Gathering (Requirements Elicitation)
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring Requirements Gathering skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 84 66 66
Rank change year-on-year -18 0 +14
Contract jobs citing Requirements Gathering 56 60 60
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 2.29% 3.31% 2.81%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.67% 3.53% 3.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 32 41
10th Percentile £352 £388 £463
25th Percentile £438 £509 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £596 £550
Median % change year-on-year -11.95% +8.41% -8.33%
75th Percentile £645 £725 £625
90th Percentile £810 £749 £738
Central London median daily rate £525 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% -4.35%

All Process & Methodology Skills
City of London

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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,094 1,701 1,946
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 85.78% 93.87% 91.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,417 1,091 1,348
10th Percentile £367 £350 £363
25th Percentile £450 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £563 £575
Median % change year-on-year -2.22% -2.17% -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £552 £560
% change year-on-year -0.36% -1.43% -6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 20 15
10th Percentile £17.60 £17.02 £20.04
25th Percentile £18.18 £24.43 £20.36
Median hourly rate £19.50 £29.75 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year -34.45% +10.19% -22.86%
75th Percentile £42.13 £50.75 £40.92
90th Percentile £59.72 £66.25 £67.35
Central London median hourly rate £24.47 £31.00 £27.81
% change year-on-year -21.08% +11.47% -20.54%

Requirements Gathering
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Requirements Gathering job vacancy trend in the City of London

Requirements Gathering
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

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

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

Requirements Gathering
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Requirements Gathering in the City of London over the 6 months to 4 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Requirements Gathering in the City of London

Requirements Gathering
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Requirements Gathering.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Requirements Gathering

Requirements Gathering
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London 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 4 (7.14%) Confluence
2 2 (3.57%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.79%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 1 (1.79%) CMS
3 1 (1.79%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.79%) SAS
Applications
1 3 (5.36%) MS Visio
2 2 (3.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (3.57%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.79%) Actimize
1 1 (1.79%) JDE EnterpriseOne
1 1 (1.79%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (1.79%) Oracle Payroll
1 1 (1.79%) SAP PM
1 1 (1.79%) SAP QM
1 1 (1.79%) Summit
1 1 (1.79%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 5 (8.93%) Power Platform
2 3 (5.36%) Snowflake
3 2 (3.57%) Azure
3 2 (3.57%) OCI
3 2 (3.57%) SaaS
3 2 (3.57%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
4 1 (1.79%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (1.79%) Azure Logic Apps
4 1 (1.79%) Azure Service Bus
4 1 (1.79%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (1.79%) Miro
4 1 (1.79%) Salesforce Service Cloud
4 1 (1.79%) SuccessFactors
4 1 (1.79%) Vertex AI
Communications & Networking
1 3 (5.36%) VPN
2 2 (3.57%) Internet
2 2 (3.57%) Multicast
3 1 (1.79%) Broadband
3 1 (1.79%) Firewall
3 1 (1.79%) LAN
3 1 (1.79%) WAN
3 1 (1.79%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (1.79%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (8.93%) Power BI
2 2 (3.57%) Oracle Database
3 1 (1.79%) Crystal Reports
3 1 (1.79%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.79%) Metadata
3 1 (1.79%) RDBMS
3 1 (1.79%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 7 (12.50%) JIRA
General
1 22 (39.29%) Social Skills
2 17 (30.36%) Analytical Skills
2 17 (30.36%) Finance
3 8 (14.29%) Banking
4 4 (7.14%) Public Sector
5 3 (5.36%) Influencing Skills
5 3 (5.36%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (3.57%) Law
6 2 (3.57%) Legal
6 2 (3.57%) Manufacturing
6 2 (3.57%) Retail
7 1 (1.79%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.79%) Front Office
7 1 (1.79%) General Ledger
7 1 (1.79%) Investment Banking
7 1 (1.79%) Marketing
7 1 (1.79%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.79%) Police
Job Titles
1 30 (53.57%) Analyst
1 30 (53.57%) Business Analyst
2 7 (12.50%) Consultant
3 6 (10.71%) Project Manager
4 5 (8.93%) Senior
4 5 (8.93%) Senior Business Analyst
4 5 (8.93%) Technical Analyst
4 5 (8.93%) Technical Business Analyst
5 4 (7.14%) Data Business Analyst
5 4 (7.14%) Senior Analyst
6 3 (5.36%) Banking Analyst
6 3 (5.36%) Banking Business Analyst
6 3 (5.36%) Data Analyst
6 3 (5.36%) Developer
6 3 (5.36%) FX Business Analyst
6 3 (5.36%) Principal Consultant
7 2 (3.57%) Credit Analyst
7 2 (3.57%) IT Business Analyst
7 2 (3.57%) Product Analyst
7 2 (3.57%) Salesforce Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (7.14%) Middleware
2 2 (3.57%) JSON
2 2 (3.57%) XML
3 1 (1.79%) Kafka
3 1 (1.79%) LDAP
3 1 (1.79%) OAuth
3 1 (1.79%) RESTful
3 1 (1.79%) SailPoint
3 1 (1.79%) SAML
3 1 (1.79%) SOAP
3 1 (1.79%) Web Services
3 1 (1.79%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 7 (12.50%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 5 (8.93%) Product Ownership
3 4 (7.14%) Derivative
3 4 (7.14%) Fixed Income
3 4 (7.14%) Onboarding
4 3 (5.36%) Data Centre
4 3 (5.36%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (3.57%) Credit Risk
5 2 (3.57%) Replication
5 2 (3.57%) Virtual Team
6 1 (1.79%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (1.79%) Data Structures
6 1 (1.79%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (1.79%) Equities
6 1 (1.79%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (1.79%) Market Risk
6 1 (1.79%) PMI
6 1 (1.79%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 3 (5.36%) Unix
2 2 (3.57%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (28.57%) Agile
1 16 (28.57%) Workshop Facilitation
2 15 (26.79%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 14 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 14 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 13 (23.21%) Business Analysis
4 13 (23.21%) Project Delivery
5 12 (21.43%) Validation
6 10 (17.86%) Data Analysis
6 10 (17.86%) Project Management
7 9 (16.07%) Business Intelligence
8 8 (14.29%) Data Modelling
8 8 (14.29%) User Acceptance Testing
9 7 (12.50%) Migration
10 5 (8.93%) Analytics
10 5 (8.93%) Change Management
10 5 (8.93%) Data Migration
10 5 (8.93%) Use Case
10 5 (8.93%) User Stories
10 5 (8.93%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 14 (25.00%) SQL
2 5 (8.93%) Python
3 2 (3.57%) Shell Script
4 1 (1.79%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (1.79%) Groovy
4 1 (1.79%) JavaScript
4 1 (1.79%) Korn
4 1 (1.79%) PL/SQL
4 1 (1.79%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 8 (14.29%) SC Cleared
1 8 (14.29%) Security Cleared
2 3 (5.36%) Degree
2 3 (5.36%) PMP
3 2 (3.57%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (3.57%) PMI Certification
4 1 (1.79%) CBAP
4 1 (1.79%) CCIE
4 1 (1.79%) CCNP
4 1 (1.79%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (1.79%) DV Cleared
4 1 (1.79%) IIBA
4 1 (1.79%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (17.86%) Data Quality
2 6 (10.71%) QA
3 3 (5.36%) GDPR
4 1 (1.79%) GAAP
4 1 (1.79%) IFRS
4 1 (1.79%) ISO 20022
4 1 (1.79%) PMO
4 1 (1.79%) SLA
Systems Management
1 2 (3.57%) ITRS Geneos
2 1 (1.79%) logstash
Vendors
1 6 (10.71%) Microsoft
2 4 (7.14%) Oracle
3 3 (5.36%) Databricks
3 3 (5.36%) SAP
4 2 (3.57%) Salesforce
4 2 (3.57%) ServiceNow
4 2 (3.57%) Solace
4 2 (3.57%) Workday
5 1 (1.79%) Adobe
5 1 (1.79%) Alteryx
5 1 (1.79%) Bloomberg
5 1 (1.79%) BT
5 1 (1.79%) Cisco
5 1 (1.79%) Fortinet
5 1 (1.79%) Google
5 1 (1.79%) iManage
5 1 (1.79%) JD Edwards
5 1 (1.79%) LexisNexis
5 1 (1.79%) Murex
5 1 (1.79%) Pega