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 30 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 48 89 87
Rank change year-on-year +41 -2 -10
Contract jobs citing Requirements Gathering 42 15 32
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 3.36% 0.90% 1.62%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.81% 1.09% 1.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 10 18
10th Percentile £405 £349 £361
25th Percentile £425 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £538 £513
Median % change year-on-year -6.98% +4.88% +4.33%
75th Percentile £561 £596 £573
90th Percentile £575 £738 £700
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - +2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 2
10th Percentile - £51.50 £73.25
25th Percentile - £53.75 £74.38
Median hourly rate £59.00 £60.00 £77.50
Median % change year-on-year -1.67% -22.58% +31.36%
75th Percentile - £68.75 £79.38
90th Percentile - £72.50 £79.75
England median hourly rate £25.50 £50.00 £61.50
% change year-on-year -49.00% -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 1,103 1,380 1,725
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 88.31% 83.13% 87.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 519 540 984
10th Percentile £200 £197 £225
25th Percentile £375 £306 £358
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £425 £500
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% -15.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £553 £600
90th Percentile £650 £650 £704
England median daily rate £512 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.48% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 258 514 360
10th Percentile £14.99 £14.48 £13.41
25th Percentile £18.04 £15.62 £14.25
Median hourly rate £37.50 £40.00 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +90.48% +6.01%
75th Percentile £66.50 £60.00 £64.63
90th Percentile £82.22 £70.00 £73.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £41.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year -39.40% -2.35% +63.46%

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 30 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 30 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 17 £425 -24.78% 8
Hertfordshire +28 16 £525 +7.69% 10
Bedfordshire +2 8 £450 - 5
Essex +6 1 £525 +40.00% 4
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 20 (47.62%) WebSphere
2 15 (35.71%) WebLogic
3 5 (11.90%) Apache
3 5 (11.90%) IIS
4 1 (2.38%) Confluence
4 1 (2.38%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 1 (2.38%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (2.38%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (2.38%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (2.38%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (11.90%) Maximo
2 1 (2.38%) IBM Planning Analytics
2 1 (2.38%) Sage X3
2 1 (2.38%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 5 (11.90%) Entra ID
2 2 (4.76%) SaaS
3 1 (2.38%) AWS
3 1 (2.38%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (2.38%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.38%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (11.90%) Amazon RDS
1 5 (11.90%) DB2
1 5 (11.90%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.38%) Big Data
2 1 (2.38%) GIS
Development Applications
1 3 (7.14%) AdminStudio
2 1 (2.38%) JIRA
General
1 11 (26.19%) Social Skills
2 8 (19.05%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (4.76%) Documentation Skills
3 2 (4.76%) Finance
4 1 (2.38%) Manufacturing
4 1 (2.38%) Marketing
4 1 (2.38%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (2.38%) Retail
Job Titles
1 19 (45.24%) Consultant
2 9 (21.43%) Analyst
2 9 (21.43%) Business Analyst
3 5 (11.90%) Maximo Consultant
4 2 (4.76%) Lead
4 2 (4.76%) Product Owner
4 2 (4.76%) Senior
5 1 (2.38%) Analytics Developer
5 1 (2.38%) Finance Business Analyst
5 1 (2.38%) Financial Analyst
5 1 (2.38%) ICT Analyst
5 1 (2.38%) ICT Business Analyst
5 1 (2.38%) IT Analyst
5 1 (2.38%) IT Business Analyst
5 1 (2.38%) IT Engineer
5 1 (2.38%) ITSM Analyst
5 1 (2.38%) Maximo Engineer
5 1 (2.38%) Senior Design Engineer
5 1 (2.38%) TM1 Developer
5 1 (2.38%) Transformation Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (35.71%) .NET
1 15 (35.71%) HTML
1 15 (35.71%) Middleware
1 15 (35.71%) Node.js
2 5 (11.90%) SOAP
2 5 (11.90%) Web Services
2 5 (11.90%) XML
3 2 (4.76%) Software Packaging
4 1 (2.38%) MDX
Miscellaneous
1 2 (4.76%) Analytical Mindset
1 2 (4.76%) Management Information System
1 2 (4.76%) Product Ownership
2 1 (2.38%) IoT
2 1 (2.38%) Mobile App
2 1 (2.38%) Onboarding
2 1 (2.38%) PMI
2 1 (2.38%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (2.38%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 12 (28.57%) Windows
2 5 (11.90%) Windows Server
3 2 (4.76%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (23.81%) ITSM
2 8 (19.05%) Agile
2 8 (19.05%) Business Analysis
2 8 (19.05%) CI/CD
2 8 (19.05%) Customer Requirements
3 7 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
3 7 (16.67%) User Stories
4 6 (14.29%) PRINCE2
4 6 (14.29%) Workflow
5 5 (11.90%) CAFM
5 5 (11.90%) Data Analysis
5 5 (11.90%) DevOps
5 5 (11.90%) Facilities Management
5 5 (11.90%) Mobile Device Management
5 5 (11.90%) Service Management
5 5 (11.90%) Stakeholder Management
5 5 (11.90%) System Testing
5 5 (11.90%) Technical Leadership
5 5 (11.90%) Use Case
5 5 (11.90%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 15 (35.71%) C
1 15 (35.71%) C++
1 15 (35.71%) Java
1 15 (35.71%) PHP
2 7 (16.67%) SQL
3 6 (14.29%) Python
4 5 (11.90%) JavaScript
4 5 (11.90%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 11 (26.19%) SC Cleared
1 11 (26.19%) Security Cleared
2 3 (7.14%) CBAP
3 2 (4.76%) Degree
4 1 (2.38%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (2.38%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (23.81%) QA
2 1 (2.38%) GDPR
Systems Management
1 5 (11.90%) Jamf Pro
2 3 (7.14%) SCCM
Vendors
1 15 (35.71%) Dynatrace
2 12 (28.57%) Microsoft
3 6 (14.29%) IBM
4 5 (11.90%) Apple
4 5 (11.90%) Samsung
4 5 (11.90%) ServiceNow
4 5 (11.90%) SOTI
5 2 (4.76%) Computacenter
6 1 (2.38%) Cognos
6 1 (2.38%) Oracle
6 1 (2.38%) Sage
6 1 (2.38%) Workday