Requirements Gathering Contract Job Trends in County Antrim

Requirements Gathering (Requirements Elicitation)
Northern Ireland > County Antrim

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in County Antrim requiring Requirements Gathering skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 37 28
Rank change year-on-year +10 -9 -4
Contract jobs citing Requirements Gathering 2 1 2
As % of all contract jobs in County Antrim 1.12% 0.44% 1.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.32% 0.48% 1.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile £396 - £511
25th Percentile £414 - £517
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £449 - £556
Median % change year-on-year - - +23.61%
75th Percentile £484 - £617
90th Percentile £503 - £637
Northern Ireland median daily rate £449 - £556
% change year-on-year - - +23.61%

All Process & Methodology Skills
County Antrim

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 County Antrim.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 151 207 127
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in County Antrim 84.36% 90.39% 79.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 80 102 56
10th Percentile £262 £263 £146
25th Percentile £356 £325 £170
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £473 £400
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +18.13% -
75th Percentile £656 £575 £547
90th Percentile £694 £625 £619
Northern Ireland median daily rate £450 £470 £400
% change year-on-year -4.26% +17.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 49 16
10th Percentile - £12.66 £21.19
25th Percentile £14.50 £14.78 £23.89
Median hourly rate £42.61 £17.30 £24.18
Median % change year-on-year +146.27% -28.45% +76.69%
75th Percentile £43.96 £25.15 -
90th Percentile £44.50 - £40.25
Northern Ireland median hourly rate £43.96 £17.30 £24.18
% change year-on-year +154.10% -28.45% +76.69%

Requirements Gathering
Job Vacancy Trend in County Antrim

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Requirements Gathering relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in County Antrim.

Requirements Gathering job vacancy trend in County Antrim

Requirements Gathering
Daily Rate Trend in County Antrim

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in County Antrim citing Requirements Gathering.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in County Antrim citing Requirements Gathering

Requirements Gathering
Daily Rate Histogram in County Antrim

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Requirements Gathering in County Antrim over the 6 months to 11 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Requirements Gathering in County Antrim

Requirements Gathering
Contract Job Locations in County Antrim

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Requirements Gathering within the County Antrim region over the 6 months to 11 September 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Belfast +7 2 £449 - 10
Requirements Gathering
Northern Ireland

Requirements Gathering
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in County Antrim 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:

Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (50.00%) MS Visio
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Banking
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Front Office
2 1 (50.00%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Investment Banking
2 1 (50.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Business Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Data Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Governance Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Implementation Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) MiFID Business Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Monitoring Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Product Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Product Business Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Senior
2 1 (50.00%) Senior Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Senior Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Derivative
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Business Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Business Impact Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Data Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) GAP Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Impact Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Kalman Filter
2 1 (50.00%) Product Governance
2 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) MiFID
1 1 (50.00%) PMO
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft