Requirements Gathering Contracts in England

Requirements Gathering (Requirements Elicitation)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in 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 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 129 114 113
Rank change year-on-year -15 -1 -11
Contract jobs citing Requirements Gathering 539 745 1,143
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 2.21% 2.01% 2.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.42% 2.32% 2.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 334 526 821
10th Percentile £350 £355 £388
25th Percentile £438 £413 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £530 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.94% +0.95% +5.00%
75th Percentile £630 £630 £625
90th Percentile £746 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 14 33
10th Percentile £22.75 £23.63 £51.70
25th Percentile £23.38 £35.50 £55.25
Median hourly rate £27.06 £58.18 £61.50
Median % change year-on-year -53.48% -5.40% +44.71%
75th Percentile £47.56 £69.69 £65.75
90th Percentile £61.25 £73.50 £67.20
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £58.18 £61.50
% change year-on-year -50.15% -5.40% +44.71%

All Process and 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 22,247 32,161 45,385
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.13% 86.56% 90.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,550 21,078 31,861
10th Percentile £310 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £768
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 916 2,252 1,585
10th Percentile £14.41 £12.93 £10.91
25th Percentile £18.20 £16.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.15 £35.96 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -18.93% -4.12% +53.06%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.50 £36.42
% change year-on-year -18.31% -2.53% +45.69%

Requirements Gathering
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Requirements Gathering in England

Requirements Gathering
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Requirements Gathering in England

Requirements Gathering
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Requirements Gathering in England over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Requirements Gathering in England

Requirements Gathering
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Requirements Gathering in England

Requirements Gathering
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Requirements Gathering in England over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

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 2 May 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
London 0 339 £560 +1.82% 394
North of England -24 64 £475 -3.06% 135
North West -19 42 £483 +4.32% 102
South East -6 28 £475 -9.52% 143
South West +49 27 £500 +5.26% 39
Midlands -20 27 £519 +37.24% 69
West Midlands -19 23 £513 +43.16% 47
East of England +25 20 £500 +16.96% 42
Yorkshire -19 12 £463 -5.61% 18
North East - 10 £350 - 16
East Midlands +12 4 £525 +20.00% 15
Requirements Gathering
UK

Requirements Gathering
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 39 (7.24%) Confluence
2 13 (2.41%) SharePoint
3 5 (0.93%) ArcGIS
3 5 (0.93%) CMS
4 4 (0.74%) Drupal
5 2 (0.37%) Appian
5 2 (0.37%) Umbraco
6 1 (0.19%) IBM HTTP Server
6 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.19%) MS Project Server
6 1 (0.19%) SAS
Applications
1 47 (8.72%) Microsoft Excel
2 33 (6.12%) MS Visio
3 22 (4.08%) Microsoft Office
4 13 (2.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 9 (1.67%) Microsoft Project
6 5 (0.93%) Spreadsheet
6 5 (0.93%) Trello
7 2 (0.37%) Adobe XD
7 2 (0.37%) InVision
7 2 (0.37%) Notepad++
7 2 (0.37%) Sketch
7 2 (0.37%) UserZoom
8 1 (0.19%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 15 (2.78%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (1.48%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (1.48%) SAP MDG
3 7 (1.30%) SAP CO
4 6 (1.11%) SAP MM
5 5 (0.93%) SAP FI
5 5 (0.93%) SAP FI/CO
5 5 (0.93%) SAP Retail
6 4 (0.74%) PeopleSoft Financials
6 4 (0.74%) PeopleSoft HCM
6 4 (0.74%) SAP CAR
6 4 (0.74%) SAP ERP
7 3 (0.56%) FLEXCUBE
7 3 (0.56%) Oracle ERP
7 3 (0.56%) SAP SD
7 3 (0.56%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 3 (0.56%) Workday HCM
8 2 (0.37%) Oracle General Ledger
8 2 (0.37%) SAP BPC
8 2 (0.37%) SAP HCM
Cloud Services
1 67 (12.43%) Azure
2 66 (12.24%) Power Platform
3 27 (5.01%) AWS
4 17 (3.15%) Azure DevOps
4 17 (3.15%) Microsoft 365
5 14 (2.60%) Dynamics 365
6 11 (2.04%) Lucidchart
7 10 (1.86%) Snowflake
8 9 (1.67%) PowerApps
8 9 (1.67%) Serverless
9 8 (1.48%) Azure Data Factory
9 8 (1.48%) Entra ID
10 7 (1.30%) Power Automate
10 7 (1.30%) SaaS
11 6 (1.11%) dbt
12 5 (0.93%) Microsoft Copilot
12 5 (0.93%) PaaS
13 4 (0.74%) Amazon S3
13 4 (0.74%) Cloud Computing
13 4 (0.74%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.11%) Firewall
2 5 (0.93%) HTTP
2 5 (0.93%) Network Security
3 4 (0.74%) BGP
3 4 (0.74%) LAN
4 3 (0.56%) IPsec
4 3 (0.56%) MPLS
4 3 (0.56%) WAN
4 3 (0.56%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (0.37%) ATM
5 2 (0.37%) Cisco ASA
5 2 (0.37%) Software-Defined Networking
5 2 (0.37%) VPN
6 1 (0.19%) Cisco Nexus
6 1 (0.19%) Cisco Wireless
6 1 (0.19%) Ethernet
6 1 (0.19%) Ethernet VPN
6 1 (0.19%) Internet
6 1 (0.19%) Intranet
6 1 (0.19%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 60 (11.13%) Power BI
2 28 (5.19%) Data Warehouse
3 23 (4.27%) Tableau
4 17 (3.15%) SQL Server
5 9 (1.67%) BusinessObjects
6 6 (1.11%) Crystal Reports
6 6 (1.11%) Oracle Database
6 6 (1.11%) Relational Database
6 6 (1.11%) SAP HANA
7 5 (0.93%) Amazon Athena
7 5 (0.93%) Metadata
7 5 (0.93%) MS Access
7 5 (0.93%) PostgreSQL
7 5 (0.93%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 4 (0.74%) Azure SQL Database
8 4 (0.74%) Data Lake
8 4 (0.74%) MySQL
8 4 (0.74%) SAP BW
9 3 (0.56%) Big Data
9 3 (0.56%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 62 (11.50%) JIRA
2 10 (1.86%) Git
3 6 (1.11%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.74%) MagicDraw
5 3 (0.56%) Bitbucket
5 3 (0.56%) Bitbucket Server
6 2 (0.37%) Axure RP
6 2 (0.37%) Eclipse
6 2 (0.37%) JUnit
6 2 (0.37%) Oracle Forms
6 2 (0.37%) Rational Rhapsody
6 2 (0.37%) SonarQube
6 2 (0.37%) XMLSpy
7 1 (0.19%) AdminStudio
7 1 (0.19%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.19%) IntelliJ
7 1 (0.19%) MSI
7 1 (0.19%) Selenium
7 1 (0.19%) Team Foundation Server
7 1 (0.19%) TeamCity
General
1 211 (39.15%) Social Skills
2 149 (27.64%) Finance
3 123 (22.82%) Analytical Skills
4 49 (9.09%) Banking
5 33 (6.12%) Public Sector
6 32 (5.94%) Retail
7 22 (4.08%) Front Office
8 18 (3.34%) Marketing
8 18 (3.34%) Presentation Skills
9 17 (3.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 17 (3.15%) Influencing Skills
10 15 (2.78%) Legal
11 14 (2.60%) Documentation Skills
12 11 (2.04%) Law
13 10 (1.86%) Manufacturing
14 9 (1.67%) Local Government
15 8 (1.48%) Investment Banking
15 8 (1.48%) Organisational Skills
16 7 (1.30%) Back Office
16 7 (1.30%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 246 (45.64%) Analyst
2 216 (40.07%) Business Analyst
3 59 (10.95%) Consultant
4 52 (9.65%) Senior
5 50 (9.28%) Architect
6 38 (7.05%) Developer
7 28 (5.19%) Technical Analyst
8 26 (4.82%) Data Analyst
8 26 (4.82%) Technical Business Analyst
9 24 (4.45%) Lead
9 24 (4.45%) Project Manager
10 18 (3.34%) Data Business Analyst
11 17 (3.15%) SAP Consultant
11 17 (3.15%) Senior Analyst
11 17 (3.15%) Senior Business Analyst
12 16 (2.97%) Solutions Architect
13 15 (2.78%) Business IT Analyst
13 15 (2.78%) IT Analyst
13 15 (2.78%) IT Business Analyst
14 14 (2.60%) Infrastructure Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (2.60%) .NET
2 12 (2.23%) HTML
3 10 (1.86%) CSS
4 7 (1.30%) .NET Core
4 7 (1.30%) AngularJS
4 7 (1.30%) Oracle Fusion
4 7 (1.30%) React
4 7 (1.30%) RESTful
4 7 (1.30%) Web Services
5 6 (1.11%) HTML5
5 6 (1.11%) REST
5 6 (1.11%) SOAP
6 4 (0.74%) CSS3
6 4 (0.74%) FpML
7 3 (0.56%) FIX Protocol
7 3 (0.56%) IDoc
7 3 (0.56%) SailPoint
7 3 (0.56%) Vue
7 3 (0.56%) XML
7 3 (0.56%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 36 (6.68%) Product Ownership
2 22 (4.08%) Management Information System
3 18 (3.34%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 14 (2.60%) Derivative
5 10 (1.86%) Equities
6 9 (1.67%) Greenfield Project
6 9 (1.67%) Onboarding
7 8 (1.48%) Fixed Income
8 7 (1.30%) Data Protection Act
8 7 (1.30%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 5 (0.93%) Analytical Mindset
9 5 (0.93%) Cloud Native
9 5 (0.93%) PMI
9 5 (0.93%) Public Cloud
9 5 (0.93%) Security Posture
9 5 (0.93%) Self-Motivation
10 4 (0.74%) Algorithms
10 4 (0.74%) Low-Code
10 4 (0.74%) Reference Data
11 3 (0.56%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 22 (4.08%) Windows
2 14 (2.60%) Linux
3 4 (0.74%) Unix
4 3 (0.56%) Android
4 3 (0.56%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.37%) AIX
5 2 (0.37%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.19%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 179 (33.21%) Agile
2 131 (24.30%) Stakeholder Management
3 120 (22.26%) Problem-Solving
4 108 (20.04%) Business Analysis
5 86 (15.96%) Workshop Facilitation
6 82 (15.21%) Project Management
7 80 (14.84%) User Stories
8 78 (14.47%) Migration
9 77 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 71 (13.17%) Analytics
11 68 (12.62%) Data Analysis
12 64 (11.87%) Business Intelligence
13 50 (9.28%) Change Management
14 46 (8.53%) User Acceptance Testing
15 45 (8.35%) DevOps
16 43 (7.98%) Scrum
16 43 (7.98%) Validation
16 43 (7.98%) Waterfall
17 42 (7.79%) Project Delivery
18 40 (7.42%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 85 (15.77%) SQL
2 30 (5.57%) Python
3 19 (3.53%) Java
4 17 (3.15%) JavaScript
5 14 (2.60%) PowerShell
6 8 (1.48%) C#
7 7 (1.30%) PL/SQL
8 5 (0.93%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 5 (0.93%) TypeScript
9 4 (0.74%) ABAP
9 4 (0.74%) PeopleCode
9 4 (0.74%) R
9 4 (0.74%) T-SQL
9 4 (0.74%) VBA
10 3 (0.56%) C++
10 3 (0.56%) COBOL
10 3 (0.56%) Groovy
10 3 (0.56%) PHP
11 2 (0.37%) Bash
11 2 (0.37%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 70 (12.99%) Degree
2 69 (12.80%) Security Cleared
3 54 (10.02%) SC Cleared
4 13 (2.41%) PMI Certification
5 11 (2.04%) CBAP
5 11 (2.04%) Computer Science Degree
5 11 (2.04%) PMP
6 10 (1.86%) DV Cleared
7 7 (1.30%) Master's Degree
8 6 (1.11%) SAP Certification
9 4 (0.74%) CFA
9 4 (0.74%) Cisco Certification
9 4 (0.74%) CISSP
9 4 (0.74%) Microsoft Certification
10 3 (0.56%) CSPO
10 3 (0.56%) IIBA
11 2 (0.37%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 2 (0.37%) CCIE
11 2 (0.37%) CCNP
11 2 (0.37%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (5.57%) QA
2 13 (2.41%) Accessibility
3 12 (2.23%) Data Quality
4 8 (1.48%) GDPR
5 7 (1.30%) MiFID
6 6 (1.11%) SLA
7 5 (0.93%) EMIR
8 4 (0.74%) Actionable Recommendations
8 4 (0.74%) PCI DSS
9 3 (0.56%) Dodd-Frank
9 3 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 2 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.37%) Government Security Classifications
10 2 (0.37%) HIPAA
10 2 (0.37%) ISO 8583
10 2 (0.37%) NIST
10 2 (0.37%) PMO
10 2 (0.37%) SOC 2
10 2 (0.37%) WCAG
11 1 (0.19%) GRC
System Software
1 14 (2.60%) Active Directory
2 6 (1.11%) Docker
3 3 (0.56%) Virtual Servers
4 1 (0.19%) Microsoft App-V
4 1 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 8 (1.48%) Kubernetes
2 7 (1.30%) Terraform
3 6 (1.11%) Ansible
3 6 (1.11%) Jamf Pro
4 2 (0.37%) HP Data Protector
4 2 (0.37%) NetBackup
4 2 (0.37%) PTC Integrity
5 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.19%) Oracle RMAN
5 1 (0.19%) SCCM
5 1 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 87 (16.14%) Microsoft
2 61 (11.32%) SAP
3 31 (5.75%) Oracle
4 27 (5.01%) ServiceNow
5 22 (4.08%) Salesforce
6 10 (1.86%) Adobe
6 10 (1.86%) Ariba
7 8 (1.48%) Cisco
8 6 (1.11%) Apple
8 6 (1.11%) Samsung
8 6 (1.11%) SOTI
8 6 (1.11%) VMware
9 5 (0.93%) Google
9 5 (0.93%) IBM
9 5 (0.93%) IFS
9 5 (0.93%) Murex
9 5 (0.93%) PeopleSoft
9 5 (0.93%) Workday
10 3 (0.56%) Planview
10 3 (0.56%) Siebel