Requirements Gathering Contracts in the City of London

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

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London requiring Requirements Gathering skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Requirements Gathering over the 6 months leading up to 20 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 65 71 73
Rank change year-on-year +6 +2 +32
Contract jobs citing Requirements Gathering 57 57 107
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 3.28% 2.63% 3.02%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.51% 2.91% 3.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 42 76
10th Percentile £413 £464 £438
25th Percentile £516 £516 £473
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £619 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -8.33% +12.15%
75th Percentile £725 £606 £725
90th Percentile £810 £735 £823
Central London median daily rate £575 £550 £600
% change year-on-year +4.55% -8.33% +13.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £51.25
Median hourly rate - - £52.50
75th Percentile - - £53.75
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median hourly rate £23.50 - £52.50
% change year-on-year - - -25.53%

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 1,625 1,959 3,245
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 93.61% 90.44% 91.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,017 1,379 2,192
10th Percentile £356 £350 £356
25th Percentile £463 £450 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £565 £600
Median % change year-on-year +1.77% -5.83% +4.35%
75th Percentile £688 £688 £730
90th Percentile £775 £813 £825
Central London median daily rate £565 £550 £600
% change year-on-year +2.73% -8.33% +5.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 12 26
10th Percentile £22.00 £19.95 £14.75
25th Percentile £23.75 £20.22 £17.08
Median hourly rate £28.15 £25.63 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +9.85% -26.79% -13.58%
75th Percentile £43.75 £40.00 £57.50
90th Percentile £60.75 £41.65 £88.30
Central London median hourly rate £29.07 £27.81 £35.00
% change year-on-year +4.53% -20.54% -13.58%

Requirements Gathering
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings citing Requirements Gathering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for Requirements Gathering in the City of London

Requirements Gathering
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Requirements Gathering in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for Requirements Gathering in the City of London

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 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Requirements Gathering in the City of London

Requirements Gathering
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Requirements Gathering in the City of London.

Hourly rate trend for Requirements Gathering in the City of London

Requirements Gathering
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 5 (8.77%) Confluence
2 3 (5.26%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (10.53%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (8.77%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (5.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (5.26%) MS Visio
4 2 (3.51%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (3.51%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (3.51%) Aladdin
2 1 (1.75%) Bloomberg AIM
2 1 (1.75%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.75%) SAP CAR
2 1 (1.75%) SAP MDG
2 1 (1.75%) SAP MM
2 1 (1.75%) SAP Retail
2 1 (1.75%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 13 (22.81%) Azure
2 9 (15.79%) Power Platform
3 6 (10.53%) Azure Data Factory
3 6 (10.53%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (8.77%) Microsoft Copilot
5 4 (7.02%) AWS
5 4 (7.02%) PaaS
5 4 (7.02%) Serverless
6 2 (3.51%) IBM Blueworks
7 1 (1.75%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (1.75%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 1 (1.75%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (1.75%) Entra ID
7 1 (1.75%) Figma
7 1 (1.75%) GitHub
7 1 (1.75%) Google Workspace
7 1 (1.75%) IaaS
7 1 (1.75%) OneDrive
7 1 (1.75%) SaaS
7 1 (1.75%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 3 (5.26%) Network Security
2 2 (3.51%) Cisco ASA
2 2 (3.51%) Software-Defined Networking
3 1 (1.75%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (15.79%) Power BI
2 7 (12.28%) SQL Server
3 6 (10.53%) Tableau
4 5 (8.77%) BusinessObjects
4 5 (8.77%) Crystal Reports
4 5 (8.77%) Data Warehouse
4 5 (8.77%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (3.51%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (1.75%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 8 (14.04%) JIRA
2 4 (7.02%) Jenkins
3 2 (3.51%) Bitbucket
3 2 (3.51%) Bitbucket Server
3 2 (3.51%) Git
3 2 (3.51%) JUnit
3 2 (3.51%) SonarQube
General
1 30 (52.63%) Social Skills
2 25 (43.86%) Finance
3 14 (24.56%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (15.79%) Banking
5 7 (12.28%) Documentation Skills
6 6 (10.53%) Front Office
7 4 (7.02%) Financial Institution
8 3 (5.26%) Back Office
8 3 (5.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (5.26%) Investment Banking
8 3 (5.26%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (3.51%) Public Sector
9 2 (3.51%) Retail
10 1 (1.75%) General Ledger
10 1 (1.75%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 29 (50.88%) Analyst
2 23 (40.35%) Business Analyst
3 10 (17.54%) Developer
4 9 (15.79%) Senior
5 6 (10.53%) Architect
5 6 (10.53%) Lead
6 5 (8.77%) Consultant
6 5 (8.77%) Power BI Developer
7 4 (7.02%) Azure Architect
7 4 (7.02%) Business IT Analyst
7 4 (7.02%) Data Analyst
7 4 (7.02%) IT Analyst
7 4 (7.02%) IT Business Analyst
7 4 (7.02%) Lead Business Analyst
7 4 (7.02%) Lead Consultant
7 4 (7.02%) Project Manager
7 4 (7.02%) Senior Analyst
7 4 (7.02%) Senior Business Analyst
7 4 (7.02%) Solutions Architect
8 3 (5.26%) Data Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (5.26%) .NET
1 3 (5.26%) .NET Core
1 3 (5.26%) HTML
2 2 (3.51%) ASP.NET
2 2 (3.51%) ASP.NET Core
2 2 (3.51%) CSS
2 2 (3.51%) FIX Protocol
2 2 (3.51%) FpML
3 1 (1.75%) Kafka
3 1 (1.75%) OAuth
3 1 (1.75%) OpenID
3 1 (1.75%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 4 (7.02%) Cloud Native
1 4 (7.02%) Equities
1 4 (7.02%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
1 4 (7.02%) Management Information System
1 4 (7.02%) Public Cloud
2 3 (5.26%) Greenfield Project
3 2 (3.51%) Algorithms
3 2 (3.51%) Fixed Income
3 2 (3.51%) PMI
3 2 (3.51%) Reference Data
4 1 (1.75%) Derivative
4 1 (1.75%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.75%) Product Ownership
4 1 (1.75%) Reinsurance
4 1 (1.75%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.51%) Linux
1 2 (3.51%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (33.33%) Business Analysis
2 18 (31.58%) Agile
3 15 (26.32%) Data Analysis
4 14 (24.56%) Stakeholder Management
5 10 (17.54%) Project Management
6 9 (15.79%) DevOps
6 9 (15.79%) Project Delivery
7 8 (14.04%) Asset Management
7 8 (14.04%) GAP Analysis
8 7 (12.28%) Change Management
8 7 (12.28%) CI/CD
8 7 (12.28%) Problem-Solving
8 7 (12.28%) Process Improvement
8 7 (12.28%) User Stories
8 7 (12.28%) Validation
8 7 (12.28%) Visualisation
9 6 (10.53%) Continuous Improvement
9 6 (10.53%) Scrum
9 6 (10.53%) Waterfall
9 6 (10.53%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 21 (36.84%) SQL
2 3 (5.26%) C#
2 3 (5.26%) Python
3 2 (3.51%) Java
3 2 (3.51%) JavaScript
3 2 (3.51%) T-SQL
3 2 (3.51%) VBA
Qualifications
1 9 (15.79%) Security Cleared
2 8 (14.04%) SC Cleared
3 6 (10.53%) Degree
4 4 (7.02%) CBAP
5 3 (5.26%) PMI Certification
6 2 (3.51%) CCIE
6 2 (3.51%) CCNP
6 2 (3.51%) CFA
6 2 (3.51%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (3.51%) Master's Degree
6 2 (3.51%) PMP
7 1 (1.75%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (1.75%) IIBA
7 1 (1.75%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (12.28%) MiFID
2 6 (10.53%) EMIR
3 3 (5.26%) QA
4 2 (3.51%) Government Security Classifications
5 1 (1.75%) Accessibility
5 1 (1.75%) Data Quality
5 1 (1.75%) Dodd-Frank
5 1 (1.75%) GDPR
5 1 (1.75%) SLA
5 1 (1.75%) UCITS
System Software
1 2 (3.51%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (7.02%) Ansible
1 4 (7.02%) Terraform
2 3 (5.26%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 21 (36.84%) Microsoft
2 5 (8.77%) ServiceNow
3 3 (5.26%) Salesforce
4 2 (3.51%) Blue Prism
4 2 (3.51%) Charles River
4 2 (3.51%) Cisco
4 2 (3.51%) SAP
4 2 (3.51%) SimCorp
4 2 (3.51%) UiPath
5 1 (1.75%) Adobe
5 1 (1.75%) Advent
5 1 (1.75%) Bloomberg
5 1 (1.75%) Confluent
5 1 (1.75%) Duck Creek
5 1 (1.75%) Google
5 1 (1.75%) Guidewire
5 1 (1.75%) Oracle
5 1 (1.75%) PeopleSoft
5 1 (1.75%) Progress
5 1 (1.75%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud