Requirements Gathering Contracts in the East of England

Requirements Gathering (Requirements Elicitation)
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the East of England 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 4 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 56 85 95
Rank change year-on-year +29 +10 -15
Contract jobs citing Requirements Gathering 31 25 27
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 2.73% 1.31% 1.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.08% 1.55% 1.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 18 15
10th Percentile £411 - £367
25th Percentile £450 £405 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £428 £450
Median % change year-on-year +16.96% -5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £565 £547 £553
90th Percentile £575 £641 £590
England median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - +4.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 2
10th Percentile - £39.85 £73.25
25th Percentile - £46.38 £74.38
Median hourly rate £59.00 £60.00 £77.50
Median % change year-on-year -1.67% -22.58% +31.36%
75th Percentile - £75.00 £79.38
90th Percentile - - £79.75
England median hourly rate £38.00 £50.00 £61.50
% change year-on-year -24.00% -18.70% +4.24%

All Process and Methodology Skills
East of England

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 East of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,007 1,614 1,741
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 88.72% 84.33% 87.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 500 645 1,018
10th Percentile £206 £200 £230
25th Percentile £363 £313 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £438 £500
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -12.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £573 £600
90th Percentile £650 £650 £701
England median daily rate £515 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -1.90% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 206 605 349
10th Percentile £14.99 £14.26 £13.41
25th Percentile £17.05 £15.62 £14.25
Median hourly rate £32.07 £40.00 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -19.83% +90.48% +7.69%
75th Percentile £65.56 £63.75 £63.75
90th Percentile £82.50 £70.75 £73.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £38.12 £37.50
% change year-on-year -34.02% +1.65% +45.12%

Requirements Gathering
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Requirements Gathering in the East of England

Requirements Gathering
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

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

Daily rate trend for Requirements Gathering in the East of England

Requirements Gathering
Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Requirements Gathering in the East of England over the 6 months to 4 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Requirements Gathering in the East of England

Requirements Gathering
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

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

Hourly rate trend for Requirements Gathering in the East of England

Requirements Gathering
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 Gathering within the East of England region over the 6 months to 4 July 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
Cambridgeshire +16 13 £450 +9.76% 30
Hertfordshire +35 12 £550 +25.36% 39
Bedfordshire +2 5 £475 - 31
Essex +10 1 £525 +40.00% 39
Requirements Gathering
England

Requirements Gathering
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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 12 (38.71%) WebSphere
2 8 (25.81%) WebLogic
3 4 (12.90%) Apache
3 4 (12.90%) IIS
4 1 (3.23%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (3.23%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (12.90%) Maximo
2 1 (3.23%) IBM Planning Analytics
2 1 (3.23%) Sage X3
2 1 (3.23%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 5 (16.13%) Entra ID
2 2 (6.45%) SaaS
3 1 (3.23%) Azure
3 1 (3.23%) Azure Data Factory
3 1 (3.23%) Azure Logic Apps
3 1 (3.23%) Azure Service Bus
3 1 (3.23%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.23%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (12.90%) Amazon RDS
1 4 (12.90%) DB2
1 4 (12.90%) SQL Server
2 1 (3.23%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (3.23%) Big Data
2 1 (3.23%) GIS
Development Applications
1 3 (9.68%) AdminStudio
General
1 9 (29.03%) Social Skills
2 8 (25.81%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (6.45%) Documentation Skills
3 2 (6.45%) Finance
4 1 (3.23%) Manufacturing
4 1 (3.23%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (3.23%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 12 (38.71%) Consultant
2 9 (29.03%) Analyst
3 8 (25.81%) Business Analyst
4 4 (12.90%) Maximo Consultant
5 2 (6.45%) Lead
5 2 (6.45%) Senior
5 2 (6.45%) Technical Analyst
5 2 (6.45%) Technical Business Analyst
6 1 (3.23%) Finance Business Analyst
6 1 (3.23%) Financial Analyst
6 1 (3.23%) Financial Business Analyst
6 1 (3.23%) ICT Business Analyst
6 1 (3.23%) Integration Analyst
6 1 (3.23%) IT Analyst
6 1 (3.23%) IT Business Analyst
6 1 (3.23%) IT Consultant
6 1 (3.23%) IT Engineer
6 1 (3.23%) Maximo Engineer
6 1 (3.23%) Senior Design Engineer
6 1 (3.23%) TM1 Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (25.81%) .NET
1 8 (25.81%) HTML
1 8 (25.81%) Middleware
1 8 (25.81%) Node.js
2 5 (16.13%) Web Services
3 4 (12.90%) SOAP
3 4 (12.90%) XML
4 2 (6.45%) Software Packaging
5 1 (3.23%) MDX
5 1 (3.23%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.45%) Analytical Mindset
1 2 (6.45%) Management Information System
2 1 (3.23%) IoT
2 1 (3.23%) LIMS
2 1 (3.23%) Mobile App
2 1 (3.23%) Onboarding
2 1 (3.23%) PMI
2 1 (3.23%) Product Ownership
2 1 (3.23%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 11 (35.48%) Windows
2 4 (12.90%) Windows Server
3 2 (6.45%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (22.58%) Agile
1 7 (22.58%) Business Analysis
1 7 (22.58%) ITSM
1 7 (22.58%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (19.35%) Customer Requirements
2 6 (19.35%) PRINCE2
2 6 (19.35%) Technical Leadership
3 5 (16.13%) CI/CD
3 5 (16.13%) Data Analysis
3 5 (16.13%) Migration
3 5 (16.13%) Mobile Device Management
3 5 (16.13%) Workflow
4 4 (12.90%) CAFM
4 4 (12.90%) DevOps
4 4 (12.90%) Facilities Management
4 4 (12.90%) Service Design
4 4 (12.90%) Service Management
4 4 (12.90%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (12.90%) System Testing
4 4 (12.90%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 8 (25.81%) C
1 8 (25.81%) C++
1 8 (25.81%) Java
1 8 (25.81%) PHP
2 6 (19.35%) SQL
3 5 (16.13%) PowerShell
4 4 (12.90%) JavaScript
4 4 (12.90%) Python
Qualifications
1 10 (32.26%) SC Cleared
1 10 (32.26%) Security Cleared
2 3 (9.68%) CBAP
3 2 (6.45%) Degree
4 1 (3.23%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (3.23%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (22.58%) QA
Systems Management
1 5 (16.13%) Jamf Pro
2 3 (9.68%) SCCM
Vendors
1 11 (35.48%) Microsoft
2 8 (25.81%) Dynatrace
3 5 (16.13%) Apple
3 5 (16.13%) IBM
3 5 (16.13%) Samsung
3 5 (16.13%) ServiceNow
3 5 (16.13%) SOTI
4 2 (6.45%) Computacenter
5 1 (3.23%) Cognos
5 1 (3.23%) Sage
5 1 (3.23%) Workday