Requirements Engineering Contracts in England

Requirements Engineering
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Requirements Engineering skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Requirements Engineering over the 6 months to 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 489 638 708
Rank change year-on-year +149 +70 -108
Contract jobs citing Requirements Engineering 48 24 69
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.13% 0.048% 0.097%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.15% 0.053% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 11 54
10th Percentile - £475 £358
25th Percentile £405 £505 £418
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £625 £500
Median % change year-on-year -28.00% +25.00% +16.62%
75th Percentile £497 £750 £569
90th Percentile £550 £788 £619
UK median daily rate £450 £625 £500
% change year-on-year -28.00% +25.00% -2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 6 1
10th Percentile - £29.46 -
25th Percentile £65.25 £41.38 -
Median hourly rate £65.50 £64.13 £39.29
Median % change year-on-year +2.14% +63.21% -
75th Percentile £68.21 £77.38 -
90th Percentile £70.66 £84.00 -
UK median hourly rate £65.50 £64.13 £39.29
% change year-on-year +2.14% +63.21% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Requirements Engineering is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 32,086 45,187 64,582
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.56% 90.18% 90.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,040 31,727 45,864
10th Percentile £300 £325 £331
25th Percentile £413 £445 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +8.59%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £765 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,256 1,594 1,765
10th Percentile £12.96 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £36.33 £36.77 £24.35
Median % change year-on-year -1.19% +51.01% +1.46%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.69
UK median hourly rate £35.95 £36.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -0.14% +44.00% +2.04%

Requirements Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Requirements Engineering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Requirements Engineering in England

Requirements Engineering
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Requirements Engineering in England.

Daily rate trend for Requirements Engineering in England

Requirements Engineering
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Requirements Engineering in England over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Requirements Engineering in England

Requirements Engineering
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Requirements Engineering in England.

Hourly rate trend for Requirements Engineering in England

Requirements Engineering
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 Requirements Engineering within the England region over the 6 months to 3 May 2024. 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
East of England - 14 £410 - 2
North of England +38 12 £410 -23.36% 5
North West +28 12 £410 - 5
London +98 11 £475 -24.00% 8
Midlands +30 4 £525 - 4
South West +17 4 £463 -45.59% 12
South East +16 3 £475 -5.00% 9
West Midlands +25 2 £525 - 3
East Midlands +22 2 £550 - 1
Requirements Engineering
UK

Requirements Engineering
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 1 (2.08%) Adobe Experience Manager
1 1 (2.08%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (10.42%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.08%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.08%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (2.08%) MS Visio
2 1 (2.08%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (2.08%) Aladdin
1 1 (2.08%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (2.08%) Magento
1 1 (2.08%) SAP Hybris
1 1 (2.08%) SimCorp Dimension
1 1 (2.08%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 9 (18.75%) Azure
2 6 (12.50%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (6.25%) Miro
4 1 (2.08%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (2.08%) Power Platform
4 1 (2.08%) SAP Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.17%) Internet
1 2 (4.17%) Network Security
2 1 (2.08%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (6.25%) NoSQL
1 3 (6.25%) SAP HANA
2 2 (4.17%) Oracle Database
3 1 (2.08%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (2.08%) Power BI
3 1 (2.08%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 1 (2.08%) JIRA
1 1 (2.08%) LabVIEW
1 1 (2.08%) Rational DOORS
General
1 12 (25.00%) Manufacturing
1 12 (25.00%) Pharmaceutical
1 12 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 11 (22.92%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (20.83%) Finance
4 7 (14.58%) Public Sector
5 3 (6.25%) Back Office
5 3 (6.25%) Banking
6 2 (4.17%) Military
7 1 (2.08%) Automotive
7 1 (2.08%) Corporate Banking
7 1 (2.08%) Electronics
7 1 (2.08%) German Language
7 1 (2.08%) Investment Banking
7 1 (2.08%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (2.08%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (2.08%) Retail
7 1 (2.08%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 33 (68.75%) Analyst
2 30 (62.50%) Business Analyst
3 8 (16.67%) Systems Engineer
4 7 (14.58%) Senior
5 5 (10.42%) Principal Engineer
5 5 (10.42%) Principal Systems Engineer
5 5 (10.42%) Senior Analyst
6 4 (8.33%) Finance Business Analyst
6 4 (8.33%) Financial Analyst
6 4 (8.33%) Requirements Engineer
6 4 (8.33%) Senior Business Analyst
7 3 (6.25%) Business IT Analyst
7 3 (6.25%) IT Analyst
7 3 (6.25%) IT Business Analyst
7 3 (6.25%) Technical Analyst
8 2 (4.17%) Developer
8 2 (4.17%) Process Analyst
8 2 (4.17%) Senior Systems Engineer
9 1 (2.08%) Project Analyst
9 1 (2.08%) Service Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (6.25%) SAP PI
Miscellaneous
1 6 (12.50%) Product Ownership
2 3 (6.25%) SWIFT Messaging Network
3 2 (4.17%) Cyberattack
3 2 (4.17%) Management Information System
4 1 (2.08%) Onboarding
4 1 (2.08%) Video Conferencing
4 1 (2.08%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.08%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (41.67%) Business Analysis
2 19 (39.58%) Agile
2 19 (39.58%) Requirements Gathering
3 15 (31.25%) Stakeholder Management
4 14 (29.17%) Stakeholder Analysis
5 13 (27.08%) Lean Six Sigma
5 13 (27.08%) Requirements Analysis
5 13 (27.08%) Six Sigma
6 12 (25.00%) Business Process Modelling
6 12 (25.00%) Data Governance
6 12 (25.00%) Data Protection
7 9 (18.75%) Systems Engineering
8 8 (16.67%) Acceptance Criteria
8 8 (16.67%) Product Backlog
8 8 (16.67%) User Stories
8 8 (16.67%) Waterfall
9 7 (14.58%) Problem-Solving
9 7 (14.58%) Project Management
10 6 (12.50%) DevOps
10 6 (12.50%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 6 (12.50%) SQL
2 1 (2.08%) C
2 1 (2.08%) C++
2 1 (2.08%) Data Analysis Expressions
2 1 (2.08%) Java
2 1 (2.08%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 20 (41.67%) Degree
2 13 (27.08%) IIBA
3 6 (12.50%) Security Cleared
4 4 (8.33%) SC Cleared
5 3 (6.25%) CBAP
6 1 (2.08%) APMP
6 1 (2.08%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (2.08%) DV Cleared
6 1 (2.08%) ISEB
6 1 (2.08%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (25.00%) GDPR
1 12 (25.00%) Good Clinical Practice
1 12 (25.00%) GxP
2 4 (8.33%) PCI DSS
3 3 (6.25%) ISO 20022
4 2 (4.17%) SLA
5 1 (2.08%) Data Quality
5 1 (2.08%) P3O
5 1 (2.08%) QA
System Software
1 2 (4.17%) vSphere
Vendors
1 4 (8.33%) Microsoft
1 4 (8.33%) SAP
2 3 (6.25%) CyberSource
3 2 (4.17%) Oracle
3 2 (4.17%) VMware
4 1 (2.08%) Adobe
4 1 (2.08%) Atlassian
4 1 (2.08%) Avaloq
4 1 (2.08%) Salesforce
4 1 (2.08%) SimCorp