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 30 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 76 67 69
Rank change year-on-year -9 +2 +8
Contract jobs citing Requirements Gathering 58 53 57
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 2.53% 3.01% 2.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.97% 3.24% 2.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 31 42
10th Percentile £400 £413 £481
25th Percentile £475 £506 £541
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% -7.95%
75th Percentile £638 £695 £588
90th Percentile £800 £825 £709
Central London median daily rate £525 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% -7.95%

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 1,955 1,635 2,001
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 85.33% 93.00% 90.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,330 1,034 1,413
10th Percentile £362 £363 £363
25th Percentile £450 £463 £454
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £565
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +1.77% -5.83%
75th Percentile £675 £683 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £574 £550
% change year-on-year -4.14% +4.32% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 12 13
10th Percentile £18.14 £22.00 £19.13
25th Percentile £18.75 £24.00 £20.22
Median hourly rate £27.50 £29.58 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -7.02% +18.30% -28.57%
75th Percentile £47.41 £45.00 £40.00
90th Percentile £59.72 £62.25 £48.57
Central London median hourly rate £26.11 £29.07 £27.81
% change year-on-year -10.18% +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 30 April 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 7 (12.07%) Confluence
2 5 (8.62%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.72%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 1 (1.72%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.72%) SAS
Applications
1 8 (13.79%) MS Visio
2 5 (8.62%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (5.17%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (5.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (1.72%) Actimize
1 1 (1.72%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (1.72%) JDE EnterpriseOne
1 1 (1.72%) Payment Gateway
1 1 (1.72%) Summit
1 1 (1.72%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 6 (10.34%) Power Platform
2 3 (5.17%) Azure
2 3 (5.17%) Snowflake
3 2 (3.45%) Microsoft Purview
3 2 (3.45%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
4 1 (1.72%) AWS
4 1 (1.72%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (1.72%) Azure Logic Apps
4 1 (1.72%) Azure Service Bus
4 1 (1.72%) ChatGPT
4 1 (1.72%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (1.72%) Microsoft Copilot
4 1 (1.72%) OCI
4 1 (1.72%) Power Automate
4 1 (1.72%) SaaS
4 1 (1.72%) Salesforce Service Cloud
4 1 (1.72%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.72%) Broadband
1 1 (1.72%) Internet
1 1 (1.72%) Multicast
1 1 (1.72%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (10.34%) Power BI
2 2 (3.45%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (3.45%) Oracle Database
3 1 (1.72%) Metadata
3 1 (1.72%) RDBMS
3 1 (1.72%) Relational Database
3 1 (1.72%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.72%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 10 (17.24%) JIRA
2 1 (1.72%) Git
General
1 25 (43.10%) Analytical Skills
2 24 (41.38%) Finance
3 23 (39.66%) Social Skills
4 12 (20.69%) Banking
5 7 (12.07%) Public Sector
6 4 (6.90%) Legal
6 4 (6.90%) Presentation Skills
7 3 (5.17%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (3.45%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (3.45%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (3.45%) Investment Banking
8 2 (3.45%) Retail
9 1 (1.72%) Financial Institution
9 1 (1.72%) Front Office
9 1 (1.72%) Law
9 1 (1.72%) Manufacturing
9 1 (1.72%) Police
Job Titles
1 35 (60.34%) Analyst
2 34 (58.62%) Business Analyst
3 9 (15.52%) Senior
4 8 (13.79%) Senior Business Analyst
5 7 (12.07%) Project Manager
5 7 (12.07%) Senior Analyst
6 5 (8.62%) Banking Analyst
7 4 (6.90%) Banking Business Analyst
7 4 (6.90%) Consultant
7 4 (6.90%) Data Business Analyst
7 4 (6.90%) Technical Analyst
7 4 (6.90%) Technical Business Analyst
8 3 (5.17%) Data Analyst
8 3 (5.17%) FX Business Analyst
8 3 (5.17%) Payments Analyst
8 3 (5.17%) Payments Business Analyst
8 3 (5.17%) Product Manager
9 2 (3.45%) Lead
9 2 (3.45%) Senior Banking Business Analyst
9 2 (3.45%) ServiceNow Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.45%) JSON
1 2 (3.45%) Middleware
1 2 (3.45%) RESTful
1 2 (3.45%) XML
2 1 (1.72%) .NET
2 1 (1.72%) .NET Core
2 1 (1.72%) .NET Framework
2 1 (1.72%) Kafka
2 1 (1.72%) LDAP
2 1 (1.72%) Murex MxML
2 1 (1.72%) OAuth
2 1 (1.72%) React
2 1 (1.72%) SailPoint
2 1 (1.72%) SAML
2 1 (1.72%) SOAP
2 1 (1.72%) Web Services
2 1 (1.72%) WinForms
2 1 (1.72%) WPF
2 1 (1.72%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 6 (10.34%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
1 6 (10.34%) Product Ownership
2 5 (8.62%) PMI
3 4 (6.90%) Onboarding
3 4 (6.90%) Virtual Team
4 3 (5.17%) Market Risk
5 2 (3.45%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (3.45%) Credit Risk
5 2 (3.45%) Derivative
5 2 (3.45%) Fixed Income
5 2 (3.45%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (3.45%) Management Information System
5 2 (3.45%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (3.45%) SWIFT Messaging Network
6 1 (1.72%) Data Centre
6 1 (1.72%) Data Structures
6 1 (1.72%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (1.72%) Equities
6 1 (1.72%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.45%) Unix
2 1 (1.72%) Linux
2 1 (1.72%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (36.21%) Agile
2 20 (34.48%) Stakeholder Management
3 19 (32.76%) Workshop Facilitation
4 17 (29.31%) Business Analysis
5 16 (27.59%) Project Delivery
6 15 (25.86%) Problem-Solving
6 15 (25.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 13 (22.41%) Project Management
8 9 (15.52%) User Stories
8 9 (15.52%) Validation
9 8 (13.79%) BPMN
9 8 (13.79%) Business Intelligence
9 8 (13.79%) Data Modelling
9 8 (13.79%) Visualisation
10 7 (12.07%) Data Mapping
10 7 (12.07%) Migration
10 7 (12.07%) Process Improvement
10 7 (12.07%) Roadmaps
10 7 (12.07%) Use Case
11 6 (10.34%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 12 (20.69%) SQL
2 4 (6.90%) Python
3 1 (1.72%) C#
3 1 (1.72%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 1 (1.72%) Groovy
3 1 (1.72%) Java
3 1 (1.72%) JavaScript
3 1 (1.72%) PL/SQL
3 1 (1.72%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 9 (15.52%) Security Cleared
2 8 (13.79%) SC Cleared
3 7 (12.07%) PMI Certification
4 5 (8.62%) Degree
5 4 (6.90%) BPSS Clearance
5 4 (6.90%) PMP
6 3 (5.17%) CBAP
6 3 (5.17%) Master's Degree
7 1 (1.72%) CFA
7 1 (1.72%) DV Cleared
7 1 (1.72%) IIBA
7 1 (1.72%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (17.24%) Data Quality
2 5 (8.62%) QA
3 2 (3.45%) GDPR
3 2 (3.45%) ISO 20022
4 1 (1.72%) Basel III
4 1 (1.72%) ISO 8583
4 1 (1.72%) PCI DSS
4 1 (1.72%) PMO
4 1 (1.72%) PSD2
4 1 (1.72%) SLA
Systems Management
1 1 (1.72%) ITRS Geneos
1 1 (1.72%) logstash
Vendors
1 12 (20.69%) Microsoft
2 3 (5.17%) Databricks
2 3 (5.17%) Oracle
3 2 (3.45%) Salesforce
3 2 (3.45%) SAP
3 2 (3.45%) ServiceNow
3 2 (3.45%) Workday
4 1 (1.72%) Adobe
4 1 (1.72%) Alteryx
4 1 (1.72%) BT
4 1 (1.72%) iManage
4 1 (1.72%) JD Edwards
4 1 (1.72%) LexisNexis
4 1 (1.72%) Murex
4 1 (1.72%) Pega
4 1 (1.72%) Qualtrics
4 1 (1.72%) Solace