Customer Requirements Contract Job Trends in England

Customer Requirements
UK > England

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

 6 months to
11 Jan 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 392 265 202
Rank change year-on-year -127 -63 +66
Contract jobs citing Customer Requirements 143 240 431
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.46% 0.89% 1.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.52% 1.00% 1.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 71 107 207
10th Percentile £353 £230 £128
25th Percentile £431 £388 £205
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £450
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% +16.67% -11.98%
75th Percentile £615 £639 £600
90th Percentile £800 £738 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £458
% change year-on-year -4.76% +14.75% -12.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 17 101
10th Percentile £6.00 £13.25 £18.93
25th Percentile £17.14 £21.05 £37.91
Median hourly rate £40.44 £45.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -10.14% -30.77% +563.27%
75th Percentile £78.13 £65.62 -
90th Percentile £93.75 £80.24 £73.75
UK median hourly rate £40.44 £24.18 £65.00
% change year-on-year +67.22% -62.80% +563.27%

All Process & Methodology Skills
England

Customer Requirements 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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 27,490 23,991 31,990
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 88.32% 89.05% 87.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,508 14,731 21,614
10th Percentile £304 £310 £305
25th Percentile £409 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,729 768 1,481
10th Percentile £15.16 £15.59 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.88 £20.50 £18.93
Median hourly rate £25.15 £34.75 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -27.63% -18.24% +21.43%
75th Percentile £57.50 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £69.99 £75.00 £77.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £40.50
% change year-on-year -22.62% -19.75% +16.41%

Customer Requirements
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Customer Requirements job vacancy trend in England

Customer Requirements
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Customer Requirements.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Customer Requirements

Customer Requirements
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Customer Requirements in England over the 6 months to 11 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Customer Requirements in England

Customer Requirements
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Customer Requirements.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Customer Requirements

Customer Requirements
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Customer Requirements in England over the 6 months to 11 January 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Customer Requirements in England

Customer Requirements
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Customer Requirements within the England region over the 6 months to 11 January 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
South East -26 34 £440 -22.81% 70
London -52 34 £554 -5.74% 23
South West -17 26 £750 +25.00% 41
East of England -12 22 £528 +41.18% 38
West Midlands -28 16 £360 -24.37% 22
Midlands -45 16 £360 -28.07% 44
North of England -65 16 £450 +95.02% 43
North West -40 8 £450 -28.00% 18
Yorkshire -57 8 £353 +56.67% 19
Customer Requirements
UK

Customer Requirements
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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 5 (3.50%) Confluence
1 5 (3.50%) WebLogic
2 2 (1.40%) Apache Airflow
2 2 (1.40%) Apache Spark
2 2 (1.40%) WebSphere
3 1 (0.70%) Apache
3 1 (0.70%) IIS
3 1 (0.70%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (4.90%) Microsoft Project
2 6 (4.20%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (4.20%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.40%) Simulink
3 2 (1.40%) Windchill
4 1 (0.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (1.40%) Primavera
1 2 (1.40%) SAP FI
1 2 (1.40%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.70%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.70%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.70%) SAP Retail
2 1 (0.70%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 22 (15.38%) Azure
2 18 (12.59%) AWS
3 9 (6.29%) SaaS
4 6 (4.20%) GCP
4 6 (4.20%) Tricentis Tosca
5 4 (2.80%) OpenShift
6 3 (2.10%) AWS CloudFormation
6 3 (2.10%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (2.10%) Mimecast
7 2 (1.40%) IaaS
7 2 (1.40%) PaaS
8 1 (0.70%) Amazon Kinesis
8 1 (0.70%) Amazon S3
8 1 (0.70%) AWS KMS
8 1 (0.70%) Azure Key Vault
8 1 (0.70%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (0.70%) Entra ID
8 1 (0.70%) GitHub
8 1 (0.70%) npm
8 1 (0.70%) Yarn
Communications & Networking
1 18 (12.59%) Firewall
2 12 (8.39%) WAN
3 10 (6.99%) LAN
4 8 (5.59%) BGP
4 8 (5.59%) IPsec
4 8 (5.59%) OSPF
4 8 (5.59%) Structured Cabling
5 4 (2.80%) TCP/IP
6 3 (2.10%) DHCP
6 3 (2.10%) DNS
6 3 (2.10%) Fibre Channel
6 3 (2.10%) iSCSI
6 3 (2.10%) Network Security
6 3 (2.10%) SD-WAN
7 2 (1.40%) DWDM
7 2 (1.40%) Ethernet
7 2 (1.40%) InfiniBand
7 2 (1.40%) SDH
7 2 (1.40%) VPN
7 2 (1.40%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.10%) Relational Database
1 3 (2.10%) SAP HANA
2 2 (1.40%) Big Data
2 2 (1.40%) Elasticsearch
2 2 (1.40%) Hadoop
2 2 (1.40%) Metadata
2 2 (1.40%) MySQL
3 1 (0.70%) Amazon Aurora
3 1 (0.70%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (0.70%) Apache Cassandra
3 1 (0.70%) Data Lake
3 1 (0.70%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.70%) Geospatial Data
3 1 (0.70%) GIS
3 1 (0.70%) Hazelcast
3 1 (0.70%) OLAP
3 1 (0.70%) OLTP
3 1 (0.70%) SAP BW
3 1 (0.70%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 14 (9.79%) JIRA
2 6 (4.20%) Toad
3 2 (1.40%) Cypress.io
3 2 (1.40%) Rational DOORS
4 1 (0.70%) Git
4 1 (0.70%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.70%) webpack
General
1 45 (31.47%) Social Skills
2 25 (17.48%) Public Sector
3 22 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (11.19%) Manufacturing
5 15 (10.49%) Finance
6 9 (6.29%) Telecoms
7 8 (5.59%) Documentation Skills
7 8 (5.59%) Electronics
8 5 (3.50%) Military
9 3 (2.10%) Banking
9 3 (2.10%) Influencing Skills
9 3 (2.10%) Investment Banking
9 3 (2.10%) Marketing
9 3 (2.10%) Retail
10 2 (1.40%) Aerospace
10 2 (1.40%) Games
10 2 (1.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.40%) Legal
10 2 (1.40%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (1.40%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 25 (17.48%) Architect
2 19 (13.29%) Developer
3 18 (12.59%) Analyst
4 15 (10.49%) Consultant
5 14 (9.79%) ServiceNow Developer
6 13 (9.09%) Lead
6 13 (9.09%) Senior
7 10 (6.99%) Network Engineer
8 9 (6.29%) Enterprise Architect
9 8 (5.59%) Lead Architect
9 8 (5.59%) Solutions Architect
10 7 (4.90%) Lead Enterprise Architect
11 6 (4.20%) Data Analyst
11 6 (4.20%) HR Analyst
11 6 (4.20%) HR Data Analyst
12 5 (3.50%) Support Engineer
12 5 (3.50%) Technical Engineer
12 5 (3.50%) Technical Manager
12 5 (3.50%) Technical Support
12 5 (3.50%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (4.20%) .NET
1 6 (4.20%) XML
2 4 (2.80%) Kafka
2 4 (2.80%) XGBoost
3 3 (2.10%) HTML
3 3 (2.10%) React
4 2 (1.40%) .NET Core
4 2 (1.40%) CSS
4 2 (1.40%) Elastic Stack
4 2 (1.40%) Flash
4 2 (1.40%) Middleware
4 2 (1.40%) Node.js
4 2 (1.40%) REST
5 1 (0.70%) Apache NiFi
5 1 (0.70%) AWS CDK
5 1 (0.70%) Django
5 1 (0.70%) Keycloak
5 1 (0.70%) OpenAPI
5 1 (0.70%) Redux
5 1 (0.70%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 14 (9.79%) Data Centre
2 5 (3.50%) AS400
2 5 (3.50%) Onboarding
2 5 (3.50%) Product Ownership
3 4 (2.80%) FPGA
4 3 (2.10%) Cloud Native
4 3 (2.10%) PKI
5 2 (1.40%) Algorithms
5 2 (1.40%) CUDA
5 2 (1.40%) Derivative
5 2 (1.40%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (1.40%) Management Information System
5 2 (1.40%) PCIe
5 2 (1.40%) Replication
5 2 (1.40%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (1.40%) Verilog
5 2 (1.40%) VHDL
6 1 (0.70%) Blackberry
6 1 (0.70%) Clustering
6 1 (0.70%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 20 (13.99%) Windows
2 12 (8.39%) Linux
3 5 (3.50%) Windows Server
3 5 (3.50%) Windows Server 2019
4 2 (1.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (1.40%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.70%) CentOS
5 1 (0.70%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (19.58%) Problem-Solving
2 26 (18.18%) Agile
3 18 (12.59%) ITIL
3 18 (12.59%) Knowledge Transfer
3 18 (12.59%) Stakeholder Management
4 16 (11.19%) Project Delivery
5 15 (10.49%) Continuous Improvement
5 15 (10.49%) Mentoring
5 15 (10.49%) Validation
6 14 (9.79%) Roadmaps
7 13 (9.09%) ITSM
7 13 (9.09%) Product Strategy
8 12 (8.39%) Project Management
8 12 (8.39%) Scaled Agile Framework
9 11 (7.69%) Computer Science
9 11 (7.69%) User Acceptance Testing
10 10 (6.99%) CI/CD
10 10 (6.99%) Technical Leadership
11 9 (6.29%) Decision-Making
11 9 (6.29%) IT4IT
Programming Languages
1 19 (13.29%) Python
2 16 (11.19%) Java
3 13 (9.09%) SQL
4 9 (6.29%) JavaScript
5 8 (5.59%) PowerShell
6 5 (3.50%) Bash
7 4 (2.80%) C
7 4 (2.80%) C#
7 4 (2.80%) C++
8 3 (2.10%) PHP
9 2 (1.40%) MATLAB
9 2 (1.40%) Perl
9 2 (1.40%) SystemVerilog
9 2 (1.40%) Tcl
9 2 (1.40%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.70%) Go
10 1 (0.70%) Jython
Qualifications
1 68 (47.55%) Security Cleared
2 46 (32.17%) SC Cleared
3 28 (19.58%) Degree
4 13 (9.09%) ISEB
5 10 (6.99%) CCNP
5 10 (6.99%) Cisco Certification
6 9 (6.29%) ITIL Certification
7 7 (4.90%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 6 (4.20%) AWS Certification
8 6 (4.20%) DV Cleared
9 5 (3.50%) APMP
9 5 (3.50%) Computer Science Degree
10 4 (2.80%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (2.80%) ISTQB
10 4 (2.80%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 3 (2.10%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 3 (2.10%) MCSE
11 3 (2.10%) Microsoft Certification
12 2 (1.40%) CISM
12 2 (1.40%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (9.79%) QA
2 11 (7.69%) COBIT
3 6 (4.20%) SLA
4 5 (3.50%) HMG Security Policy Framework
4 5 (3.50%) JSP 440
5 4 (2.80%) GDPR
6 3 (2.10%) NIST
7 2 (1.40%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 2 (1.40%) DO-254
7 2 (1.40%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.70%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.70%) Data Quality
8 1 (0.70%) Def Stans
8 1 (0.70%) ECSS
8 1 (0.70%) EU AI Act
8 1 (0.70%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.70%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 8 (5.59%) Docker
2 6 (4.20%) Firmware
3 5 (3.50%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (2.80%) Active Directory
5 3 (2.10%) Hyper-V
5 3 (2.10%) NFS
5 3 (2.10%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (2.10%) vSphere
6 2 (1.40%) Ceph
6 2 (1.40%) Lustre
6 2 (1.40%) Slurm Workload Manager
6 2 (1.40%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.70%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 9 (6.29%) Kubernetes
2 6 (4.20%) Terraform
3 4 (2.80%) Ansible
4 3 (2.10%) vRealize
5 2 (1.40%) EMC NetWorker
6 1 (0.70%) Argo
6 1 (0.70%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 1 (0.70%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.70%) Red Hat Satellite
6 1 (0.70%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 21 (14.69%) ServiceNow
2 17 (11.89%) Palo Alto
3 15 (10.49%) Cisco
3 15 (10.49%) SAP
4 13 (9.09%) Microsoft
5 11 (7.69%) VMware
6 10 (6.99%) Aruba
7 9 (6.29%) CheckPoint
8 7 (4.90%) Fortinet
9 6 (4.20%) Atlassian
9 6 (4.20%) F5
9 6 (4.20%) Oracle
9 6 (4.20%) Salesforce
10 5 (3.50%) Juniper
10 5 (3.50%) Splunk
11 4 (2.80%) webMethods
12 3 (2.10%) Computacenter
12 3 (2.10%) NetApp
12 3 (2.10%) Nokia
12 3 (2.10%) Veeam
251 Customer Requirements jobs in England