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 1 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 72 67 70
Rank change year-on-year -5 +3 +7
Contract jobs citing Requirements Gathering 66 60 58
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 2.75% 3.20% 2.82%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.15% 3.40% 3.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 50 33 41
10th Percentile £356 £389 £450
25th Percentile £451 £413 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £669 £725 £638
90th Percentile £739 £748 £751
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £27.50 -
Central London median hourly rate - £23.50 -

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 2,096 1,765 1,877
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 87.22% 94.03% 91.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,416 1,153 1,278
10th Percentile £368 £331 £373
25th Percentile £455 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 22 16
10th Percentile £17.60 £17.57 £17.25
25th Percentile £18.75 £24.66 £20.43
Median hourly rate £19.50 £29.75 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year -34.45% +10.19% -13.60%
75th Percentile £41.25 £54.75 £82.19
90th Percentile £60.78 £63.75 £137.50
Central London median hourly rate £23.16 £31.00 £27.00
% change year-on-year -25.29% +14.81% -22.86%

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 1 August 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 3 (4.55%) Confluence
2 2 (3.03%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.52%) CMS
3 1 (1.52%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.52%) SAS
Applications
1 2 (3.03%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (3.03%) MS Visio
2 1 (1.52%) Chatbot
2 1 (1.52%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (4.55%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (3.03%) SAP MDG
3 1 (1.52%) Actimize
3 1 (1.52%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (1.52%) JDE EnterpriseOne
3 1 (1.52%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (1.52%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (1.52%) Oracle Payroll
3 1 (1.52%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (1.52%) SAP CO
3 1 (1.52%) SAP FI
3 1 (1.52%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (1.52%) SAP PM
3 1 (1.52%) SAP QM
3 1 (1.52%) Summit
3 1 (1.52%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 10 (15.15%) Azure
1 10 (15.15%) Power Platform
2 4 (6.06%) Azure DevOps
2 4 (6.06%) Snowflake
3 3 (4.55%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (3.03%) AWS
4 2 (3.03%) Azure AI
4 2 (3.03%) GCP
4 2 (3.03%) Microsoft Copilot
4 2 (3.03%) OCI
4 2 (3.03%) OpenShift
4 2 (3.03%) Power Automate
4 2 (3.03%) SaaS
4 2 (3.03%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
5 1 (1.52%) Copilot Studio
5 1 (1.52%) Google Gemini
5 1 (1.52%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (1.52%) PaaS
5 1 (1.52%) SuccessFactors
5 1 (1.52%) Vertex AI
Communications & Networking
1 4 (6.06%) VPN
2 3 (4.55%) Firewall
2 3 (4.55%) Multicast
3 2 (3.03%) DNS
4 1 (1.52%) Internet
4 1 (1.52%) LAN
4 1 (1.52%) SSH
4 1 (1.52%) SSL
4 1 (1.52%) WAN
4 1 (1.52%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (1.52%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (12.12%) Power BI
2 3 (4.55%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (4.55%) Metadata
3 2 (3.03%) Data Lake
3 2 (3.03%) Oracle Database
3 2 (3.03%) SAP BW
4 1 (1.52%) Crystal Reports
4 1 (1.52%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
4 1 (1.52%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (1.52%) Qlik Sense
4 1 (1.52%) RDBMS
4 1 (1.52%) Relational Database
4 1 (1.52%) SQL Server
4 1 (1.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (1.52%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 8 (12.12%) JIRA
2 2 (3.03%) GitLab
2 2 (3.03%) Jenkins
General
1 28 (42.42%) Social Skills
2 22 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 22 (33.33%) Finance
3 9 (13.64%) Banking
4 7 (10.61%) Public Sector
5 4 (6.06%) Marketing
5 4 (6.06%) Retail
6 3 (4.55%) Legal
6 3 (4.55%) Presentation Skills
6 3 (4.55%) Retail Banking
7 2 (3.03%) Back Office
7 2 (3.03%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (3.03%) Front Office
7 2 (3.03%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (3.03%) Law
7 2 (3.03%) Manufacturing
7 2 (3.03%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (1.52%) General Ledger
8 1 (1.52%) Investment Banking
8 1 (1.52%) Military
Job Titles
1 33 (50.00%) Analyst
1 33 (50.00%) Business Analyst
2 8 (12.12%) Consultant
2 8 (12.12%) Technical Analyst
2 8 (12.12%) Technical Business Analyst
3 6 (9.09%) Developer
3 6 (9.09%) Senior
4 5 (7.58%) Data Analyst
4 5 (7.58%) Data Business Analyst
4 5 (7.58%) Senior Business Analyst
5 4 (6.06%) Senior Analyst
6 3 (4.55%) Functional Consultant
6 3 (4.55%) Middleware Engineer
6 3 (4.55%) Principal Consultant
6 3 (4.55%) Product Manager
7 2 (3.03%) Business Integration Analyst
7 2 (3.03%) Integration Analyst
7 2 (3.03%) Product Owner
7 2 (3.03%) Salesforce Administrator
7 2 (3.03%) SAP Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (6.06%) Middleware
2 2 (3.03%) OpenTelemetry
3 1 (1.52%) JSON
3 1 (1.52%) LDAP
3 1 (1.52%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (1.52%) SailPoint
3 1 (1.52%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 9 (13.64%) Product Ownership
2 7 (10.61%) Onboarding
3 5 (7.58%) Fixed Income
3 5 (7.58%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 4 (6.06%) AI Agents
4 4 (6.06%) Data Centre
4 4 (6.06%) Data Structures
4 4 (6.06%) Derivative
5 3 (4.55%) Replication
5 3 (4.55%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (3.03%) Credit Risk
6 2 (3.03%) FMCG
6 2 (3.03%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (3.03%) Reference Data
7 1 (1.52%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (1.52%) Equities
7 1 (1.52%) Life Science
7 1 (1.52%) Market Risk
7 1 (1.52%) Reinsurance
7 1 (1.52%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 5 (7.58%) Linux
2 4 (6.06%) Unix
3 2 (3.03%) Windows
3 2 (3.03%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 19 (28.79%) Workshop Facilitation
3 17 (25.76%) Agile
3 17 (25.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 15 (22.73%) Problem-Solving
4 15 (22.73%) Validation
5 14 (21.21%) Business Analysis
5 14 (21.21%) Business Intelligence
6 12 (18.18%) Data Modelling
6 12 (18.18%) User Acceptance Testing
6 12 (18.18%) User Stories
7 11 (16.67%) Data Analysis
7 11 (16.67%) Translating Business Requirements
8 9 (13.64%) AI
8 9 (13.64%) Continuous Improvement
9 8 (12.12%) Decision-Making
9 8 (12.12%) Migration
10 7 (10.61%) Backlog Management
10 7 (10.61%) Digital Transformation Programme
10 7 (10.61%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 18 (27.27%) SQL
2 8 (12.12%) Python
3 3 (4.55%) PowerShell
3 3 (4.55%) Shell Script
4 2 (3.03%) Bash
5 1 (1.52%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 1 (1.52%) Korn
5 1 (1.52%) PL/SQL
5 1 (1.52%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 11 (16.67%) SC Cleared
1 11 (16.67%) Security Cleared
2 2 (3.03%) Degree
2 2 (3.03%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (1.52%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (1.52%) CCIE
3 1 (1.52%) CCNP
3 1 (1.52%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (1.52%) DV Cleared
3 1 (1.52%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (21.21%) Data Quality
2 7 (10.61%) QA
3 2 (3.03%) Accessibility
3 2 (3.03%) GDPR
4 1 (1.52%) GAAP
4 1 (1.52%) GRC
4 1 (1.52%) IFRS
4 1 (1.52%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (3.03%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (4.55%) ITRS Geneos
2 2 (3.03%) Ansible
2 2 (3.03%) Kubernetes
2 2 (3.03%) Terraform
Vendors
1 10 (15.15%) Microsoft
2 6 (9.09%) SAP
3 5 (7.58%) Databricks
3 5 (7.58%) Oracle
4 3 (4.55%) Google
4 3 (4.55%) ServiceNow
4 3 (4.55%) Solace
5 2 (3.03%) Dynatrace
5 2 (3.03%) Informatica
5 2 (3.03%) OpenAI
5 2 (3.03%) Salesforce
5 2 (3.03%) Workday
6 1 (1.52%) Bloomberg
6 1 (1.52%) Cisco
6 1 (1.52%) iManage
6 1 (1.52%) JD Edwards
6 1 (1.52%) LexisNexis
6 1 (1.52%) Murex
6 1 (1.52%) Qualtrics
6 1 (1.52%) UiPath