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 29 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 62 77 67
Rank change year-on-year +15 -10 +22
Contract jobs citing Requirements Gathering 60 52 84
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 3.37% 2.40% 3.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.63% 2.62% 3.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 45 35 60
10th Percentile £352 £428 £425
25th Percentile £405 £488 £522
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £625 £550
Median % change year-on-year -16.00% +13.64% -
75th Percentile £638 £703 £641
90th Percentile £760 £841 £730
Central London median daily rate £525 £633 £550
% change year-on-year -17.00% +15.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £26.25 - -
Median hourly rate £27.50 - -
75th Percentile £28.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median hourly rate £27.50 - -

All Process and 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 1,654 1,982 2,419
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 92.87% 91.51% 89.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,159 1,217 1,711
10th Percentile £339 £375 £363
25th Percentile £421 £475 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - -
75th Percentile £675 £688 £694
90th Percentile £756 £788 £813
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 17 13
10th Percentile £20.02 £16.70 -
25th Percentile £25.75 £22.00 £17.00
Median hourly rate £34.00 £42.50 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +54.55% -47.12%
75th Percentile £47.50 £112.00 £53.00
90th Percentile £63.75 £137.50 £72.75
Central London median hourly rate £28.00 £35.00 £26.75
% change year-on-year -20.00% +30.84% -47.55%

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 29 November 2025.

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 9 (15.00%) Confluence
2 3 (5.00%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.67%) Apache
3 1 (1.67%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 13 (21.67%) MS Visio
2 9 (15.00%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (6.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (3.33%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (5.00%) Oracle Cash Management
1 3 (5.00%) Oracle EBS
1 3 (5.00%) Oracle Financials
1 3 (5.00%) Oracle General Ledger
1 3 (5.00%) Oracle Payables
1 3 (5.00%) Oracle Receivables
2 1 (1.67%) Aladdin
2 1 (1.67%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.67%) Endur
2 1 (1.67%) OpenLink RightAngle
2 1 (1.67%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (1.67%) SAP BRIM
2 1 (1.67%) SAP FI-CA
2 1 (1.67%) SAP MDG
2 1 (1.67%) SAP PLM
2 1 (1.67%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (1.67%) SAP VC
Cloud Services
1 12 (20.00%) Azure
2 5 (8.33%) Azure DevOps
2 5 (8.33%) Power Platform
3 4 (6.67%) AWS
4 3 (5.00%) Microsoft Purview
5 1 (1.67%) Azure Data Factory
5 1 (1.67%) Azure Functions
5 1 (1.67%) Azure Logic Apps
5 1 (1.67%) Azure Service Bus
5 1 (1.67%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 1 (1.67%) ChatGPT
5 1 (1.67%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (1.67%) GCP
5 1 (1.67%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (1.67%) Microsoft Copilot
5 1 (1.67%) Power Automate
5 1 (1.67%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
5 1 (1.67%) Salesforce Service Cloud
5 1 (1.67%) Serverless
5 1 (1.67%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.67%) Firewall
1 1 (1.67%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (8.33%) Power BI
2 3 (5.00%) SQL Server
2 3 (5.00%) Tableau
3 2 (3.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (1.67%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (1.67%) Data Lake
4 1 (1.67%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (1.67%) Delta Lake
4 1 (1.67%) Informix
4 1 (1.67%) MySQL
4 1 (1.67%) Power Query
4 1 (1.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 11 (18.33%) JIRA
2 2 (3.33%) Git
3 1 (1.67%) GitLab
3 1 (1.67%) Gradle
3 1 (1.67%) MSTest
3 1 (1.67%) Postman
General
1 32 (53.33%) Finance
2 30 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 18 (30.00%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (25.00%) Banking
5 6 (10.00%) Public Sector
6 5 (8.33%) Front Office
7 4 (6.67%) Investment Banking
8 3 (5.00%) Billing
8 3 (5.00%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (5.00%) Financial Institution
8 3 (5.00%) Legal
9 2 (3.33%) Back Office
9 2 (3.33%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (3.33%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (3.33%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (1.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (1.67%) Law
10 1 (1.67%) Marketing
10 1 (1.67%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 31 (51.67%) Analyst
2 29 (48.33%) Business Analyst
3 11 (18.33%) Consultant
4 10 (16.67%) Senior
5 7 (11.67%) Senior Business Analyst
6 6 (10.00%) Senior Analyst
6 6 (10.00%) Technical Analyst
6 6 (10.00%) Technical Business Analyst
7 4 (6.67%) Developer
7 4 (6.67%) Functional Consultant
8 3 (5.00%) Architect
8 3 (5.00%) Banking Analyst
8 3 (5.00%) Oracle Consultant
8 3 (5.00%) Oracle Financials Consultant
8 3 (5.00%) Oracle Financials Functional Consultant
8 3 (5.00%) Oracle Functional Consultant
8 3 (5.00%) Payments Analyst
8 3 (5.00%) Payments Business Analyst
8 3 (5.00%) Senior Manager
8 3 (5.00%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (5.00%) JSON
2 2 (3.33%) .NET
2 2 (3.33%) .NET Framework
2 2 (3.33%) RESTful
3 1 (1.67%) .NET Core
3 1 (1.67%) ADO
3 1 (1.67%) DCOM
3 1 (1.67%) React
3 1 (1.67%) SailPoint
3 1 (1.67%) Spring
3 1 (1.67%) Swagger
3 1 (1.67%) SwiftUI
3 1 (1.67%) WinForms
3 1 (1.67%) WPF
3 1 (1.67%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 8 (13.33%) Product Ownership
2 3 (5.00%) Onboarding
2 3 (5.00%) PMI
2 3 (5.00%) SWIFT Messaging Network
3 2 (3.33%) Derivative
3 2 (3.33%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (3.33%) Management Information System
3 2 (3.33%) Virtual Team
4 1 (1.67%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (1.67%) Credit Risk
4 1 (1.67%) Data Centre
4 1 (1.67%) Distributed Computing
4 1 (1.67%) Distributed Systems
4 1 (1.67%) Educational Technology
4 1 (1.67%) Fixed Income
4 1 (1.67%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (1.67%) Hedge funds
4 1 (1.67%) Market Risk
4 1 (1.67%) Mobile App
4 1 (1.67%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.33%) Linux
1 2 (3.33%) Windows
2 1 (1.67%) Apple iOS
2 1 (1.67%) Unix
2 1 (1.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (43.33%) Agile
2 21 (35.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 17 (28.33%) Workshop Facilitation
4 16 (26.67%) Business Analysis
5 15 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
5 15 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 15 (25.00%) User Stories
6 13 (21.67%) User Acceptance Testing
7 12 (20.00%) Project Delivery
7 12 (20.00%) Validation
8 11 (18.33%) Scrum
9 10 (16.67%) Data Analysis
9 10 (16.67%) Project Management
10 9 (15.00%) DevOps
11 8 (13.33%) Analytics
11 8 (13.33%) Migration
12 7 (11.67%) Data Mapping
12 7 (11.67%) Roadmaps
12 7 (11.67%) SDLC
12 7 (11.67%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 16 (26.67%) SQL
2 4 (6.67%) C#
3 3 (5.00%) Python
4 2 (3.33%) Java
4 2 (3.33%) PowerShell
5 1 (1.67%) ABAP
5 1 (1.67%) C++
5 1 (1.67%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 1 (1.67%) Fortran
5 1 (1.67%) MATLAB
5 1 (1.67%) R
5 1 (1.67%) Swift
5 1 (1.67%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (18.33%) Degree
2 7 (11.67%) Security Cleared
3 6 (10.00%) SC Cleared
4 4 (6.67%) CBAP
5 3 (5.00%) PMI Certification
6 2 (3.33%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (3.33%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (3.33%) IIBA
6 2 (3.33%) Master's Degree
7 1 (1.67%) CFA
7 1 (1.67%) CISM
7 1 (1.67%) CISSP
7 1 (1.67%) DV Cleared
7 1 (1.67%) ISTQB
7 1 (1.67%) MBA
7 1 (1.67%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (10.00%) QA
2 5 (8.33%) GDPR
3 4 (6.67%) EMIR
4 3 (5.00%) Data Quality
4 3 (5.00%) MiFID
5 2 (3.33%) Dodd-Frank
5 2 (3.33%) ISO 20022
5 2 (3.33%) PCI DSS
5 2 (3.33%) PSD2
6 1 (1.67%) COBIT
6 1 (1.67%) GRC
6 1 (1.67%) ISO 8583
6 1 (1.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (1.67%) NIST
6 1 (1.67%) PMO
6 1 (1.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (1.67%) SEPA
System Software
1 1 (1.67%) Active Directory
1 1 (1.67%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (1.67%) Terraform
Vendors
1 17 (28.33%) Microsoft
2 6 (10.00%) Oracle
3 4 (6.67%) SAP
4 2 (3.33%) Salesforce
5 1 (1.67%) Atlassian
5 1 (1.67%) Charles River
5 1 (1.67%) Databricks
5 1 (1.67%) Duck Creek
5 1 (1.67%) iManage
5 1 (1.67%) Informatica
5 1 (1.67%) ION Trading
5 1 (1.67%) OpenLink
5 1 (1.67%) Plaid
5 1 (1.67%) ServiceNow
5 1 (1.67%) Talend
5 1 (1.67%) Workday
5 1 (1.67%) Xceptor