Requirements Gathering Contract Job Trends in England

Requirements Gathering (Requirements Elicitation)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Requirements Gathering skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 101 112 134
Rank change year-on-year +11 +22 -37
Contract jobs citing Requirements Gathering 1,249 699 601
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.68% 2.50% 1.88%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.16% 2.76% 2.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 822 473 393
10th Percentile £358 £358 £358
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £501 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.80% -4.67% -4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £638
90th Percentile £677 £725 £701
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 5 9
10th Percentile £38.70 - £29.05
25th Percentile £65.00 £22.75 £30.00
Median hourly rate £67.50 £27.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +145.45% -45.00% -24.53%
75th Percentile £85.00 £49.75 £53.75
90th Percentile £101.51 £55.30 £65.43
UK median hourly rate £67.50 £27.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year +145.45% -31.25% -40.74%

All Process & Methodology Skills
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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 39,523 25,365 27,653
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.90% 90.87% 86.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,845 16,097 16,849
10th Percentile £325 £293 £313
25th Percentile £425 £405 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £638
90th Percentile £738 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,022 1,590 1,111
10th Percentile £13.69 £14.50 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.36 £17.87 £20.27
Median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +59.05% -40.82% -5.56%
75th Percentile £67.44 £44.80 £66.80
90th Percentile £78.75 £67.28 £74.44
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £25.15 £40.00
% change year-on-year +49.11% -37.13% -10.11%

Requirements Gathering
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Requirements Gathering job vacancy trend in England

Requirements Gathering
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

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

Requirements Gathering
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Requirements Gathering in England over the 6 months to 13 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Requirements Gathering in England

Requirements Gathering
Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

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

Requirements Gathering
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Requirements Gathering in England over the 6 months to 13 October 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Requirements Gathering in England

Requirements Gathering
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 Gathering within the England region over the 6 months to 13 October 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
London +19 713 £525 -6.25% 468
South East +13 141 £500 +5.26% 154
North of England -29 137 £475 -5.10% 117
Midlands +10 131 £450 +7.46% 67
West Midlands -7 85 £447 -10.60% 49
North West -34 77 £474 -3.22% 67
South West +4 62 £525 +11.11% 52
Yorkshire -22 49 £469 -8.14% 33
East Midlands +12 44 £500 +39.66% 18
East of England -38 30 £488 +1.83% 39
North East -33 11 £475 +13.43% 17
Requirements Gathering
UK

Requirements Gathering
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
1 111 (8.89%) Confluence
2 42 (3.36%) SharePoint
3 9 (0.72%) Apache
3 9 (0.72%) Apache Airflow
4 7 (0.56%) CMS
5 6 (0.48%) Apache Spark
6 3 (0.24%) ArcGIS
6 3 (0.24%) TIBCO ActiveMatrix
6 3 (0.24%) Umbraco
7 2 (0.16%) Appian
7 2 (0.16%) Kentico
7 2 (0.16%) SAS
7 2 (0.16%) Sitecore CMS
8 1 (0.080%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 1 (0.080%) Drupal
8 1 (0.080%) EPiServer
8 1 (0.080%) Headless CMS
8 1 (0.080%) Liferay
8 1 (0.080%) Moodle
8 1 (0.080%) Totara
Applications
1 68 (5.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 53 (4.24%) MS Visio
3 28 (2.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 22 (1.76%) Microsoft Office
5 7 (0.56%) Spreadsheet
6 5 (0.40%) Microsoft Project
7 3 (0.24%) Notion
8 2 (0.16%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.080%) CPLEX
9 1 (0.080%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 46 (3.68%) SAP S/4HANA
2 39 (3.12%) Dynamics CRM
3 21 (1.68%) Oracle Payables
4 19 (1.52%) Workday HCM
5 17 (1.36%) Oracle Receivables
6 14 (1.12%) NetSuite
7 13 (1.04%) Oracle ERP
7 13 (1.04%) SAP FI
8 9 (0.72%) Oracle General Ledger
9 7 (0.56%) SAP CO
9 7 (0.56%) SAP FI/CO
9 7 (0.56%) SAP HCM
10 6 (0.48%) Dynamics NAV
10 6 (0.48%) Maximo
10 6 (0.48%) Oracle EBS
10 6 (0.48%) Teamcenter
11 5 (0.40%) Aladdin
11 5 (0.40%) Oracle Financials
11 5 (0.40%) SAP PM
11 5 (0.40%) SAP PSCD
Cloud Services
1 175 (14.01%) Azure
2 142 (11.37%) Power Platform
3 71 (5.68%) Azure DevOps
4 55 (4.40%) AWS
5 54 (4.32%) Dynamics 365
6 41 (3.28%) Microsoft 365
7 33 (2.64%) SaaS
8 32 (2.56%) Power Automate
9 31 (2.48%) GCP
9 31 (2.48%) PowerApps
10 28 (2.24%) Microsoft Copilot
11 25 (2.00%) Entra ID
11 25 (2.00%) Salesforce Service Cloud
12 24 (1.92%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
13 22 (1.76%) OCI
14 20 (1.60%) Snowflake
15 19 (1.52%) GitHub
16 15 (1.20%) Copilot Studio
17 13 (1.04%) SuccessFactors
18 12 (0.96%) Azure AI
Communications & Networking
1 8 (0.64%) Firewall
2 6 (0.48%) Intranet
2 6 (0.48%) Network Security
2 6 (0.48%) VPN
3 5 (0.40%) Multicast
4 3 (0.24%) DNS
4 3 (0.24%) WAN
5 2 (0.16%) Internet
5 2 (0.16%) Kerberos
5 2 (0.16%) LAN
5 2 (0.16%) MPLS
5 2 (0.16%) Unified Communications
5 2 (0.16%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (0.080%) CTI
6 1 (0.080%) Extranet
6 1 (0.080%) NAS
6 1 (0.080%) PBX
6 1 (0.080%) SAN
6 1 (0.080%) SSL
6 1 (0.080%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 105 (8.41%) Power BI
2 49 (3.92%) Data Warehouse
3 24 (1.92%) Metadata
4 22 (1.76%) SQL Server
5 17 (1.36%) Data Lake
6 15 (1.20%) Tableau
7 11 (0.88%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 9 (0.72%) Relational Database
8 9 (0.72%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 8 (0.64%) Amazon Redshift
9 8 (0.64%) BigQuery
9 8 (0.64%) Oracle BI Publisher
10 7 (0.56%) Big Data
10 7 (0.56%) Looker
10 7 (0.56%) Star Schema
11 6 (0.48%) Data Hub
11 6 (0.48%) Flink
11 6 (0.48%) GIS
11 6 (0.48%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 5 (0.40%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 157 (12.57%) JIRA
2 12 (0.96%) Git
3 8 (0.64%) GitLab
3 8 (0.64%) Rational DOORS
3 8 (0.64%) Rational Rhapsody
4 7 (0.56%) Jenkins
5 6 (0.48%) Claude Code
6 3 (0.24%) Balsamiq
6 3 (0.24%) Oracle Forms
7 2 (0.16%) ERwin
7 2 (0.16%) GCC
7 2 (0.16%) GDB
7 2 (0.16%) PowerDesigner
7 2 (0.16%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.080%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.080%) Hudson
8 1 (0.080%) NeoLoad
8 1 (0.080%) PowerBuilder
8 1 (0.080%) Selenium
8 1 (0.080%) Zephyr
General
1 488 (39.07%) Social Skills
2 452 (36.19%) Finance
3 307 (24.58%) Analytical Skills
4 143 (11.45%) Banking
5 134 (10.73%) Public Sector
6 116 (9.29%) Documentation Skills
7 73 (5.84%) Retail
8 50 (4.00%) Influencing Skills
9 49 (3.92%) Legal
10 46 (3.68%) Manufacturing
11 45 (3.60%) Front Office
12 27 (2.16%) Marketing
12 27 (2.16%) Presentation Skills
13 24 (1.92%) Billing
14 23 (1.84%) General Ledger
14 23 (1.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 23 (1.84%) Investment Banking
15 21 (1.68%) Organisational Skills
16 18 (1.44%) Pharmaceutical
17 16 (1.28%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 648 (51.88%) Analyst
2 610 (48.84%) Business Analyst
3 166 (13.29%) Consultant
4 160 (12.81%) Senior
5 98 (7.85%) Senior Analyst
6 93 (7.45%) Senior Business Analyst
7 78 (6.24%) Developer
8 76 (6.08%) Lead
9 57 (4.56%) Architect
9 57 (4.56%) Technical Analyst
10 48 (3.84%) Data Business Analyst
11 44 (3.52%) Technical Business Analyst
12 42 (3.36%) Finance Business Analyst
12 42 (3.36%) Financial Analyst
13 40 (3.20%) Functional Consultant
14 37 (2.96%) Product Owner
15 35 (2.80%) Project Manager
16 29 (2.32%) Oracle Consultant
16 29 (2.32%) SAP Consultant
17 28 (2.24%) Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (2.88%) Oracle Fusion
2 21 (1.68%) Middleware
3 18 (1.44%) Terraform
4 15 (1.20%) REST
5 14 (1.12%) .NET
5 14 (1.12%) ADO
5 14 (1.12%) JSON
6 10 (0.80%) Kafka
7 8 (0.64%) SailPoint
8 7 (0.56%) OAuth
9 6 (0.48%) OpenID
10 5 (0.40%) Apache Beam
10 5 (0.40%) LDAP
10 5 (0.40%) OpenAPI
10 5 (0.40%) SAML
10 5 (0.40%) SOAP
10 5 (0.40%) STL
10 5 (0.40%) Swagger
10 5 (0.40%) XML
10 5 (0.40%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 156 (12.49%) Product Ownership
2 55 (4.40%) Onboarding
3 43 (3.44%) Management Information System
4 36 (2.88%) Data Structures
5 32 (2.56%) Data Protection Act
6 30 (2.40%) AI Agents
7 26 (2.08%) Enterprise Software
7 26 (2.08%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 26 (2.08%) Legacy Systems
8 24 (1.92%) Analytical Mindset
9 20 (1.60%) CMDB
9 20 (1.60%) Derivative
9 20 (1.60%) FMCG
10 17 (1.36%) Fixed Income
11 14 (1.12%) Credit Risk
11 14 (1.12%) Market Risk
11 14 (1.12%) Virtual Team
12 13 (1.04%) Cloud Native
12 13 (1.04%) NHS
13 12 (0.96%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 16 (1.28%) Linux
2 10 (0.80%) Windows
3 6 (0.48%) Unix
4 3 (0.24%) Android
4 3 (0.24%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.16%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.16%) Debian
5 2 (0.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.16%) Rocky
5 2 (0.16%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.080%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 647 (51.80%) Stakeholder Management
2 444 (35.55%) Workshop Facilitation
3 443 (35.47%) Agile
4 414 (33.15%) Business Analysis
5 348 (27.86%) User Stories
6 317 (25.38%) User Acceptance Testing
7 299 (23.94%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 244 (19.54%) Problem-Solving
9 206 (16.49%) Validation
10 199 (15.93%) Acceptance Criteria
11 197 (15.77%) Migration
12 169 (13.53%) Process Improvement
13 167 (13.37%) Translating Business Requirements
14 166 (13.29%) Requirements Workshops
15 163 (13.05%) Continuous Improvement
16 158 (12.65%) AI
17 150 (12.01%) Decision-Making
18 137 (10.97%) Roadmaps
19 134 (10.73%) Project Delivery
20 132 (10.57%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 200 (16.01%) SQL
2 68 (5.44%) Python
3 23 (1.84%) Java
4 15 (1.20%) Scala
5 11 (0.88%) C#
6 10 (0.80%) Shell Script
7 9 (0.72%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 8 (0.64%) JavaScript
8 8 (0.64%) Korn
9 7 (0.56%) T-SQL
10 6 (0.48%) Bash
11 5 (0.40%) PowerShell
11 5 (0.40%) SOQL
12 4 (0.32%) ABAP
13 3 (0.24%) C++
13 3 (0.24%) TypeScript
14 2 (0.16%) Apex Code
14 2 (0.16%) Go
14 2 (0.16%) PL/SQL
14 2 (0.16%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 178 (14.25%) Security Cleared
2 142 (11.37%) SC Cleared
3 105 (8.41%) Degree
4 27 (2.16%) BPSS Clearance
5 24 (1.92%) DV Cleared
6 23 (1.84%) PMP
7 22 (1.76%) PMI Certification
8 17 (1.36%) Computer Science Degree
9 16 (1.28%) ACCA
9 16 (1.28%) CIMA
10 15 (1.20%) CBAP
11 14 (1.12%) IIBA
11 14 (1.12%) Microsoft Certification
12 8 (0.64%) CISSP
12 8 (0.64%) CSPO
12 8 (0.64%) FFIEC
13 7 (0.56%) Azure Certification
14 6 (0.48%) ISEB
15 4 (0.32%) Master's Degree
16 3 (0.24%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 122 (9.77%) Data Quality
2 64 (5.12%) QA
3 34 (2.72%) Accessibility
4 17 (1.36%) GDPR
5 13 (1.04%) GRC
6 12 (0.96%) NIST
7 9 (0.72%) Actionable Recommendations
7 9 (0.72%) IFRS
8 7 (0.56%) PMO
9 6 (0.48%) COBIT
10 5 (0.40%) ISO 20022
10 5 (0.40%) Solvency II
10 5 (0.40%) WCAG
11 4 (0.32%) Basel III
11 4 (0.32%) IFRS 9
11 4 (0.32%) SEPA
12 3 (0.24%) EMIR
12 3 (0.24%) IFRS 17
12 3 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 42001
12 3 (0.24%) MiFID
System Software
1 18 (1.44%) Docker
2 17 (1.36%) Active Directory
3 8 (0.64%) Virtual Desktop
4 6 (0.48%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.16%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.16%) VMware NSX
5 2 (0.16%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 27 (2.16%) Kubernetes
2 7 (0.56%) Ansible
3 5 (0.40%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (0.24%) Control-M
4 3 (0.24%) ITRS Geneos
5 1 (0.080%) Autotask
5 1 (0.080%) Docker Swarm
5 1 (0.080%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.080%) Grafana
5 1 (0.080%) HP ALM
5 1 (0.080%) Nagios
5 1 (0.080%) PowerCLI
5 1 (0.080%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.080%) SCOM
5 1 (0.080%) vCenter Server
5 1 (0.080%) vRealize
5 1 (0.080%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 224 (17.93%) Microsoft
2 124 (9.93%) SAP
3 98 (7.85%) Oracle
4 68 (5.44%) Salesforce
5 67 (5.36%) ServiceNow
6 30 (2.40%) Databricks
7 25 (2.00%) Murex
8 24 (1.92%) Google
8 24 (1.92%) Workday
9 21 (1.68%) IBM
10 15 (1.20%) CyberArk
11 11 (0.88%) Bloomberg
12 10 (0.80%) Ariba
12 10 (0.80%) IFS
12 10 (0.80%) Informatica
12 10 (0.80%) Pega
12 10 (0.80%) Splunk
13 9 (0.72%) Guidewire
13 9 (0.72%) OpenAI
14 8 (0.64%) UiPath