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 20 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 86 60 66
Rank change year-on-year -26 +6 +16
Contract jobs citing Requirements Gathering 53 57 60
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 2.19% 3.30% 2.75%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.55% 3.52% 3.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 30 42
10th Percentile £350 £383 £463
25th Percentile £425 £472 £503
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% -9.28%
75th Percentile £638 £725 £613
90th Percentile £813 £739 £735
Central London median daily rate £525 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% -8.33%

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 2,079 1,620 1,977
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 85.73% 93.75% 90.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,399 1,028 1,379
10th Percentile £363 £350 £363
25th Percentile £450 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 16 14
10th Percentile £17.56 £19.25 £20.01
25th Percentile £18.75 £24.43 £20.29
Median hourly rate £24.47 £29.75 £26.63
Median % change year-on-year -17.76% +11.74% -23.93%
75th Percentile £42.91 £52.50 £40.00
90th Percentile £60.25 £76.25 £47.73
Central London median hourly rate £27.50 £29.07 £27.81
% change year-on-year -5.40% +4.53% -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 20 June 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 (5.66%) Confluence
2 2 (3.77%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.89%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 1 (1.89%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.89%) SAS
Applications
1 2 (3.77%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (3.77%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (3.77%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.89%) Actimize
1 1 (1.89%) JDE EnterpriseOne
1 1 (1.89%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (1.89%) Oracle Payroll
1 1 (1.89%) SAP PM
1 1 (1.89%) SAP QM
1 1 (1.89%) Summit
1 1 (1.89%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 5 (9.43%) Power Platform
2 3 (5.66%) Snowflake
3 2 (3.77%) OCI
3 2 (3.77%) SaaS
3 2 (3.77%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
4 1 (1.89%) Azure
4 1 (1.89%) Azure Logic Apps
4 1 (1.89%) Azure Service Bus
4 1 (1.89%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (1.89%) Salesforce Service Cloud
4 1 (1.89%) SuccessFactors
4 1 (1.89%) Vertex AI
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.77%) Internet
1 2 (3.77%) VPN
2 1 (1.89%) Broadband
2 1 (1.89%) Firewall
2 1 (1.89%) LAN
2 1 (1.89%) Multicast
2 1 (1.89%) WAN
2 1 (1.89%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (1.89%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (9.43%) Power BI
2 2 (3.77%) Oracle Database
3 1 (1.89%) Crystal Reports
3 1 (1.89%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.89%) Metadata
3 1 (1.89%) RDBMS
3 1 (1.89%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 7 (13.21%) JIRA
General
1 19 (35.85%) Social Skills
2 17 (32.08%) Finance
3 16 (30.19%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (16.98%) Banking
5 4 (7.55%) Public Sector
6 3 (5.66%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (3.77%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (3.77%) Law
7 2 (3.77%) Legal
7 2 (3.77%) Manufacturing
7 2 (3.77%) Retail
8 1 (1.89%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.89%) Front Office
8 1 (1.89%) General Ledger
8 1 (1.89%) Investment Banking
8 1 (1.89%) Marketing
8 1 (1.89%) Police
Job Titles
1 29 (54.72%) Analyst
2 28 (52.83%) Business Analyst
3 7 (13.21%) Consultant
4 6 (11.32%) Project Manager
5 5 (9.43%) Senior
5 5 (9.43%) Senior Business Analyst
5 5 (9.43%) Technical Analyst
5 5 (9.43%) Technical Business Analyst
6 4 (7.55%) Banking Analyst
6 4 (7.55%) Banking Business Analyst
6 4 (7.55%) Data Business Analyst
6 4 (7.55%) Senior Analyst
7 3 (5.66%) Data Analyst
7 3 (5.66%) Developer
7 3 (5.66%) FX Business Analyst
7 3 (5.66%) Principal Consultant
8 2 (3.77%) Administrator
8 2 (3.77%) Business IT Analyst
8 2 (3.77%) Credit Analyst
8 2 (3.77%) Functional Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (5.66%) Middleware
2 2 (3.77%) JSON
2 2 (3.77%) XML
3 1 (1.89%) Kafka
3 1 (1.89%) LDAP
3 1 (1.89%) OAuth
3 1 (1.89%) RESTful
3 1 (1.89%) SailPoint
3 1 (1.89%) SAML
3 1 (1.89%) SOAP
3 1 (1.89%) Web Services
3 1 (1.89%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 6 (11.32%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 4 (7.55%) Derivative
2 4 (7.55%) Onboarding
2 4 (7.55%) Product Ownership
3 3 (5.66%) Fixed Income
4 2 (3.77%) Credit Risk
4 2 (3.77%) Data Centre
4 2 (3.77%) PMI
4 2 (3.77%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (3.77%) Virtual Team
5 1 (1.89%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.89%) Data Structures
5 1 (1.89%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.89%) Equities
5 1 (1.89%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.89%) Market Risk
5 1 (1.89%) Replication
5 1 (1.89%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.77%) Unix
2 1 (1.89%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (30.19%) Agile
2 15 (28.30%) Workshop Facilitation
3 14 (26.42%) Business Analysis
3 14 (26.42%) Project Delivery
4 13 (24.53%) Problem-Solving
4 13 (24.53%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 13 (24.53%) Stakeholder Management
5 11 (20.75%) Validation
6 10 (18.87%) Project Management
7 8 (15.09%) Business Intelligence
7 8 (15.09%) Data Modelling
8 7 (13.21%) Data Analysis
9 6 (11.32%) Migration
9 6 (11.32%) Use Case
9 6 (11.32%) User Acceptance Testing
9 6 (11.32%) Waterfall
10 5 (9.43%) Analytics
10 5 (9.43%) Change Management
10 5 (9.43%) Collaborative Working
11 4 (7.55%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 13 (24.53%) SQL
2 4 (7.55%) Python
3 1 (1.89%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 1 (1.89%) Groovy
3 1 (1.89%) JavaScript
3 1 (1.89%) Korn
3 1 (1.89%) PL/SQL
3 1 (1.89%) Shell Script
3 1 (1.89%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 8 (15.09%) SC Cleared
1 8 (15.09%) Security Cleared
2 3 (5.66%) Degree
2 3 (5.66%) PMI Certification
2 3 (5.66%) PMP
3 2 (3.77%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (3.77%) CBAP
3 2 (3.77%) Master's Degree
4 1 (1.89%) CCIE
4 1 (1.89%) CCNP
4 1 (1.89%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (1.89%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (16.98%) Data Quality
2 5 (9.43%) QA
3 3 (5.66%) GDPR
4 1 (1.89%) GAAP
4 1 (1.89%) IFRS
4 1 (1.89%) ISO 20022
4 1 (1.89%) PMO
4 1 (1.89%) SLA
Systems Management
1 1 (1.89%) ITRS Geneos
1 1 (1.89%) logstash
Vendors
1 6 (11.32%) Microsoft
2 4 (7.55%) Oracle
3 3 (5.66%) Databricks
3 3 (5.66%) SAP
4 2 (3.77%) Salesforce
4 2 (3.77%) ServiceNow
4 2 (3.77%) Workday
5 1 (1.89%) Adobe
5 1 (1.89%) Alteryx
5 1 (1.89%) Bloomberg
5 1 (1.89%) BT
5 1 (1.89%) Cisco
5 1 (1.89%) Fortinet
5 1 (1.89%) Google
5 1 (1.89%) iManage
5 1 (1.89%) JD Edwards
5 1 (1.89%) LexisNexis
5 1 (1.89%) Murex
5 1 (1.89%) Pega
5 1 (1.89%) Solace