Requirements Analysis Contract Job Trends in the East of England

Requirements Analysis
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring Requirements Analysis skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 98 80 97
Rank change year-on-year -18 +17 +19
Contract jobs citing Requirements Analysis 7 6 12
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 0.44% 0.53% 0.72%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.52% 0.63% 0.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 5 2
10th Percentile - - £296
25th Percentile £563 £306 £317
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £313 £369
Median % change year-on-year +84.00% -15.25% -26.25%
75th Percentile £588 £319 £430
90th Percentile - £428 £457
England median daily rate £475 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -13.64% - -2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 9
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £73.09
Median hourly rate £70.00 £75.00 £78.73
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% -4.73% +31.21%
75th Percentile - - £88.75
90th Percentile - - £89.00
England median hourly rate £70.00 £75.00 £78.73
% change year-on-year -6.67% -4.73% +31.21%

All Process and Methodology Skills
East of England

Requirements Analysis 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 East of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,349 952 1,477
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 84.42% 84.17% 88.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 554 407 789
10th Percentile £194 £240 £226
25th Percentile £363 £339 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £483 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.63% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £579 £586 £600
90th Percentile £675 £680 £700
England median daily rate £505 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -3.81% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 440 183 343
10th Percentile £14.08 - £14.16
25th Percentile £16.40 £15.62 £15.00
Median hourly rate £20.88 £30.00 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year -30.42% +36.36% -1.12%
75th Percentile £61.18 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.20 £77.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +22.57%

Requirements Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Requirements Analysis relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Requirements Analysis job vacancy trend in the East of England

Requirements Analysis
Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Requirements Analysis.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Requirements Analysis

Requirements Analysis
Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Requirements Analysis.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Requirements Analysis

Requirements Analysis
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Requirements Analysis within the East of England region over the 6 months to 22 December 2025. 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
Hertfordshire -19 7 £575 +84.00% 10
Requirements Analysis
England

Requirements Analysis
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (14.29%) NetSuite
Development Applications
1 6 (85.71%) Git
1 6 (85.71%) JIRA
1 6 (85.71%) PVCS
1 6 (85.71%) Rational DOORS
General
1 6 (85.71%) Electronics
2 1 (14.29%) Finance
2 1 (14.29%) Law
2 1 (14.29%) Legal
Job Titles
1 6 (85.71%) Software Engineer
2 5 (71.43%) C Software Engineer
2 5 (71.43%) C/C++ Embedded Software Engineer
2 5 (71.43%) C/C++ Software Engineer
2 5 (71.43%) C++ Software Engineer
2 5 (71.43%) Embedded C Engineer
2 5 (71.43%) Embedded C Software Engineer
2 5 (71.43%) Embedded C/C++ Engineer
2 5 (71.43%) Embedded C/C++ Software Engineer
2 5 (71.43%) Embedded C++ Engineer
2 5 (71.43%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
2 5 (71.43%) Embedded Engineer
2 5 (71.43%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Architect
3 1 (14.29%) Integration Architect
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Code Coverage
1 6 (85.71%) Software Engineering
1 6 (85.71%) Unit Testing
1 6 (85.71%) Workflow
2 1 (14.29%) Business Strategy
2 1 (14.29%) CRM
2 1 (14.29%) ERP
2 1 (14.29%) Integration Patterns
2 1 (14.29%) ITSM
2 1 (14.29%) Programme Delivery
2 1 (14.29%) Systems Analysis
2 1 (14.29%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 6 (85.71%) C
1 6 (85.71%) C++
2 5 (71.43%) Embedded C
2 5 (71.43%) Embedded C++
System Software
1 6 (85.71%) Virtual Machines
1 6 (85.71%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 6 (85.71%) ANSYS
1 6 (85.71%) IBM
1 6 (85.71%) VMware
2 1 (14.29%) Oracle
2 1 (14.29%) Salesforce
2 1 (14.29%) SAP
2 1 (14.29%) ServiceNow