Requirements Gathering Contract Job Trends in the East of England

Requirements Gathering (Requirements Elicitation)
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring Requirements Gathering skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 57 80 79
Rank change year-on-year +23 -1 +13
Contract jobs citing Requirements Gathering 39 13 32
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 2.78% 0.94% 1.71%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.09% 1.16% 1.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 8 17
10th Percentile £407 £321 £237
25th Percentile £416 £409 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £456 £500 £425
Median % change year-on-year -8.75% +17.65% -15.00%
75th Percentile £568 £541 £575
90th Percentile £575 £560 £700
England median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.71% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 2
10th Percentile - - £73.25
25th Percentile - - £74.38
Median hourly rate £59.00 £50.00 £77.50
Median % change year-on-year +18.00% -35.48% -
75th Percentile - - £79.38
90th Percentile - - £79.75
England median hourly rate £53.75 £40.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +34.38% -38.46% +5.69%

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 1,261 1,118 1,642
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 89.81% 80.55% 87.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 544 445 892
10th Percentile £198 £221 £225
25th Percentile £371 £313 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -
75th Percentile £588 £563 £613
90th Percentile £681 £650 £725
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 342 250 370
10th Percentile £14.25 £15.00 £13.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.62 £14.25
Median hourly rate £21.00 £27.59 £19.81
Median % change year-on-year -23.87% +39.25% -5.67%
75th Percentile £59.75 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £74.88 £70.00 £77.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £40.33 £44.50
% change year-on-year -37.63% -9.38% +27.14%

Requirements Gathering
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Requirements Gathering job vacancy trend in the East of England

Requirements Gathering
Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

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

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

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 24 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Requirements Gathering in the East of England

Requirements Gathering
Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

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

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

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 24 October 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 +5 16 £450 -7.69% 5
Bedfordshire +2 9 £450 - 2
Hertfordshire 0 9 £550 +10.00% 10
Essex +3 3 £525 +40.00%
Norfolk - 2 £463 -
Requirements Gathering
England

Requirements Gathering
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:

Application Platforms
1 20 (51.28%) WebSphere
2 15 (38.46%) WebLogic
3 5 (12.82%) Apache
3 5 (12.82%) IIS
4 2 (5.13%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (2.56%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (12.82%) Maximo
2 2 (5.13%) BASE24
2 2 (5.13%) VisionPLUS
3 1 (2.56%) Oracle Retail
3 1 (2.56%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 2 (5.13%) SaaS
2 1 (2.56%) AWS
2 1 (2.56%) Azure
2 1 (2.56%) Power Platform
2 1 (2.56%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (12.82%) Amazon RDS
1 5 (12.82%) DB2
1 5 (12.82%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.56%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (7.69%) AdminStudio
1 3 (7.69%) JIRA
General
1 8 (20.51%) Social Skills
2 7 (17.95%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (7.69%) Finance
4 2 (5.13%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (5.13%) Retail
5 1 (2.56%) Manufacturing
5 1 (2.56%) Marketing
5 1 (2.56%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 19 (48.72%) Consultant
2 12 (30.77%) Analyst
2 12 (30.77%) Business Analyst
3 5 (12.82%) Maximo Consultant
4 2 (5.13%) Product Owner
4 2 (5.13%) Senior
5 1 (2.56%) Accountant
5 1 (2.56%) ICT Analyst
5 1 (2.56%) ICT Business Analyst
5 1 (2.56%) IT Analyst
5 1 (2.56%) IT Business Analyst
5 1 (2.56%) IT Engineer
5 1 (2.56%) ITSM Analyst
5 1 (2.56%) Maximo Engineer
5 1 (2.56%) Retail Business Analyst
5 1 (2.56%) Senior Design Engineer
5 1 (2.56%) Systems Accountant
5 1 (2.56%) Technical Analyst
5 1 (2.56%) Technical Business Analyst
5 1 (2.56%) Transformation Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (38.46%) .NET
1 15 (38.46%) HTML
1 15 (38.46%) Middleware
1 15 (38.46%) Node.js
2 6 (15.38%) XML
3 5 (12.82%) SOAP
3 5 (12.82%) Web Services
4 2 (5.13%) Software Packaging
5 1 (2.56%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.13%) Analytical Mindset
1 2 (5.13%) Product Ownership
2 1 (2.56%) Data Structures
2 1 (2.56%) FMCG
2 1 (2.56%) IoT
2 1 (2.56%) Management Information System
2 1 (2.56%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 7 (17.95%) Windows
2 5 (12.82%) Windows Server
3 2 (5.13%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (25.64%) ITSM
2 8 (20.51%) CI/CD
3 7 (17.95%) Business Analysis
4 6 (15.38%) Facilities Management
4 6 (15.38%) Stakeholder Management
4 6 (15.38%) Workflow
5 5 (12.82%) CAFM
5 5 (12.82%) Data Analysis
5 5 (12.82%) DevOps
5 5 (12.82%) Service Design
5 5 (12.82%) Service Management
5 5 (12.82%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 5 (12.82%) System Testing
5 5 (12.82%) User Stories
6 4 (10.26%) Agile
6 4 (10.26%) Migration
6 4 (10.26%) Performance Metrics
6 4 (10.26%) User Acceptance Testing
6 4 (10.26%) Workshop Facilitation
7 3 (7.69%) Customer Requirements
Programming Languages
1 15 (38.46%) C
1 15 (38.46%) C++
1 15 (38.46%) Java
1 15 (38.46%) PHP
2 6 (15.38%) Python
2 6 (15.38%) SQL
3 5 (12.82%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 6 (15.38%) SC Cleared
1 6 (15.38%) Security Cleared
2 3 (7.69%) CBAP
3 1 (2.56%) ACCA
3 1 (2.56%) CIMA
3 1 (2.56%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (2.56%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (20.51%) QA
2 1 (2.56%) GDPR
Systems Management
1 3 (7.69%) SCCM
Vendors
1 15 (38.46%) Dynatrace
2 6 (15.38%) Microsoft
3 5 (12.82%) IBM
3 5 (12.82%) ServiceNow
4 2 (5.13%) Oracle
5 1 (2.56%) Retek
5 1 (2.56%) Sage