Requirements Gathering Contracts in England

Requirements Gathering (Requirements Elicitation)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Requirements Gathering skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Requirements Gathering over the 6 months to 27 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 112 116 96
Rank change year-on-year +4 -20 -5
Contract jobs citing Requirements Gathering 735 1,086 1,946
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 2.01% 2.26% 2.74%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.33% 2.51% 3.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 512 785 1,349
10th Percentile £354 £388 £363
25th Percentile £413 £431 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.00% -
75th Percentile £630 £638 £594
90th Percentile £725 £750 £688
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £500
% change year-on-year - +5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 30 13
10th Percentile £23.63 £53.28 £25.50
25th Percentile £32.53 £55.75 £25.64
Median hourly rate £50.25 £61.50 £53.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.29% +16.04% +60.61%
75th Percentile £68.75 £65.75 £64.50
90th Percentile £74.38 £67.50 £70.40
UK median hourly rate £47.50 £61.50 £53.00
% change year-on-year -22.76% +16.04% +96.59%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Requirements Gathering 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 31,482 43,192 64,510
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.95% 90.01% 90.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,630 30,308 45,901
10th Percentile £300 £325 £331
25th Percentile £413 £446 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £540
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £768 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,281 1,520 1,737
10th Percentile £12.84 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.80 £15.25
Median hourly rate £36.50 £37.42 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -2.46% +49.68% +11.11%
75th Percentile £61.25 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £36.02 £36.40 £25.68
% change year-on-year -1.02% +41.73% +9.28%

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 27 May 2024.

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 27 May 2024.

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 27 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
London -10 413 £550 - 249
North of England +32 117 £490 +3.16% 61
North West +49 78 £455 +4.00% 36
South East -10 75 £525 +1.94% 114
Midlands +23 70 £400 -15.79% 36
West Midlands +18 62 £370 -26.00% 28
Yorkshire -10 38 £490 -5.08% 20
South West -25 24 £450 +7.46% 32
East of England +9 21 £410 -13.68% 16
East Midlands +8 5 £425 -6.59% 8
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 22 (2.99%) SharePoint
2 16 (2.18%) Confluence
3 12 (1.63%) CICS
3 12 (1.63%) SAS
4 5 (0.68%) CMS
4 5 (0.68%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (0.41%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 3 (0.41%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.41%) ArcGIS
6 2 (0.27%) IIS
6 2 (0.27%) JBoss
6 2 (0.27%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.14%) Alfresco
7 1 (0.14%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.14%) Camunda
7 1 (0.14%) LiveLink
Applications
1 19 (2.59%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (2.18%) Microsoft Office
3 11 (1.50%) MS Visio
4 9 (1.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 6 (0.82%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.41%) AutoCAD
6 3 (0.41%) Chatbot
7 2 (0.27%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.27%) Trello
Business Applications
1 36 (4.90%) SAP S/4HANA
2 28 (3.81%) Dynamics AX
3 13 (1.77%) Dynamics CRM
4 10 (1.36%) Endur
5 8 (1.09%) SAP PM
6 6 (0.82%) SAP Travel Management
7 5 (0.68%) SAP EWM
8 4 (0.54%) Infor SunSystems
8 4 (0.54%) SAP SD
9 3 (0.41%) SAP Hybris
9 3 (0.41%) SAP MII
10 2 (0.27%) Oracle Assets
10 2 (0.27%) Oracle EBS
10 2 (0.27%) Oracle EBS R12
10 2 (0.27%) Oracle Financials
10 2 (0.27%) Oracle General Ledger
10 2 (0.27%) Oracle Payables
10 2 (0.27%) SAP HCM
10 2 (0.27%) WebTrends
11 1 (0.14%) SAP IS-U
Cloud Services
1 114 (15.51%) Azure
2 66 (8.98%) Power Platform
3 58 (7.89%) Dynamics 365
4 32 (4.35%) Azure DevOps
5 31 (4.22%) AWS
6 30 (4.08%) PowerApps
7 28 (3.81%) Power Automate
8 19 (2.59%) SaaS
9 11 (1.50%) Salesforce Service Cloud
10 10 (1.36%) Cloud Computing
11 8 (1.09%) Azure Service Bus
11 8 (1.09%) GCP
11 8 (1.09%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
11 8 (1.09%) Snowflake
12 6 (0.82%) Akamai
12 6 (0.82%) Amazon S3
12 6 (0.82%) Cloudflare
12 6 (0.82%) Microsoft 365
13 5 (0.68%) Route 53
13 5 (0.68%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 11 (1.50%) WAN
2 10 (1.36%) Cisco IOS
2 10 (1.36%) LAN
2 10 (1.36%) MPLS
2 10 (1.36%) Network Security
3 9 (1.22%) BGP
3 9 (1.22%) Firewall
3 9 (1.22%) SSH
4 8 (1.09%) Junos
4 8 (1.09%) VPN
5 6 (0.82%) IOS XR
6 5 (0.68%) Wireshark
7 4 (0.54%) IPsec
7 4 (0.54%) Unified Communications
7 4 (0.54%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (0.41%) DNS
9 2 (0.27%) HTTP
9 2 (0.27%) Internet
9 2 (0.27%) IPv6
9 2 (0.27%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 57 (7.76%) Power BI
2 33 (4.49%) Data Lake
3 27 (3.67%) Data Warehouse
4 24 (3.27%) SQL Server
5 18 (2.45%) Amazon Redshift
5 18 (2.45%) DB2
6 17 (2.31%) MySQL
7 11 (1.50%) IDMS
8 10 (1.36%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 9 (1.22%) Tableau
10 8 (1.09%) Geospatial Data
10 8 (1.09%) KDB
11 7 (0.95%) Big Data
11 7 (0.95%) GIS
12 6 (0.82%) PostgreSQL
12 6 (0.82%) SAP HANA
13 5 (0.68%) Amazon RDS
13 5 (0.68%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
13 5 (0.68%) Metadata
14 4 (0.54%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 52 (7.07%) JIRA
2 38 (5.17%) Git
3 10 (1.36%) Cucumber
4 9 (1.22%) JUnit
5 8 (1.09%) Jenkins
6 5 (0.68%) GitLab
7 4 (0.54%) Visual Website Optimizer
8 3 (0.41%) InstallShield
8 3 (0.41%) MSI
9 2 (0.27%) AdminStudio
9 2 (0.27%) Android Studio
9 2 (0.27%) Team Foundation Server
9 2 (0.27%) Vagrant
10 1 (0.14%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.14%) Eclipse
10 1 (0.14%) HP UFT
10 1 (0.14%) Oracle Forms
10 1 (0.14%) Selenium
10 1 (0.14%) Visual Studio
10 1 (0.14%) WebDriver
General
1 257 (34.97%) Social Skills
2 220 (29.93%) Finance
3 124 (16.87%) Analytical Skills
4 68 (9.25%) Public Sector
5 67 (9.12%) Banking
6 49 (6.67%) Retail
7 39 (5.31%) Manufacturing
8 33 (4.49%) Presentation Skills
9 31 (4.22%) General Ledger
10 24 (3.27%) Front Office
11 23 (3.13%) Back Office
12 19 (2.59%) Marketing
13 17 (2.31%) Pharmaceutical
14 15 (2.04%) Financial Institution
15 12 (1.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 12 (1.63%) Investment Banking
16 10 (1.36%) Billing
17 9 (1.22%) Telecoms
18 8 (1.09%) Documentation Skills
19 7 (0.95%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 304 (41.36%) Analyst
2 272 (37.01%) Business Analyst
3 98 (13.33%) Consultant
4 77 (10.48%) Developer
5 75 (10.20%) Senior
6 60 (8.16%) Architect
7 33 (4.49%) Senior Analyst
8 30 (4.08%) Data Business Analyst
8 30 (4.08%) Senior Business Analyst
9 29 (3.95%) Product Owner
10 28 (3.81%) Data Analyst
10 28 (3.81%) SAP Consultant
11 27 (3.67%) Project Manager
12 25 (3.40%) Lead
13 22 (2.99%) Technical Analyst
14 21 (2.86%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
15 19 (2.59%) Microsoft Consultant
15 19 (2.59%) Solutions Architect
15 19 (2.59%) Technical Business Analyst
16 18 (2.45%) Functional Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (3.81%) Web Services
2 20 (2.72%) XML
3 18 (2.45%) JSON
4 17 (2.31%) .NET
5 15 (2.04%) SOAP
6 14 (1.90%) REST
7 12 (1.63%) ASP.NET
8 11 (1.50%) Spring
9 10 (1.36%) J2EE
10 9 (1.22%) .NET Framework
10 9 (1.22%) Hibernate
10 9 (1.22%) JPA
10 9 (1.22%) Lightning Web Components
11 8 (1.09%) HTML
12 7 (0.95%) React
12 7 (0.95%) SAP TM
13 5 (0.68%) ASP.NET Core
13 5 (0.68%) CSS
13 5 (0.68%) EDI
13 5 (0.68%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 62 (8.44%) Product Ownership
2 38 (5.17%) Data Structures
3 29 (3.95%) Management Information System
4 16 (2.18%) Self-Motivation
5 14 (1.90%) Derivative
5 14 (1.90%) Fixed Income
6 12 (1.63%) IBM Mainframe
6 12 (1.63%) Mainframe
7 11 (1.50%) Data Protection Act
7 11 (1.50%) Enterprise Software
8 10 (1.36%) Onboarding
9 9 (1.22%) Linux Command Line
9 9 (1.22%) Reinsurance
10 8 (1.09%) Distributed Systems
10 8 (1.09%) Equity Derivative
11 7 (0.95%) Cloud Native
11 7 (0.95%) Replication
11 7 (0.95%) SWIFT Messaging Network
12 6 (0.82%) Data Centre
12 6 (0.82%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 20 (2.72%) Windows
2 14 (1.90%) Linux
3 13 (1.77%) Unix
4 11 (1.50%) zOS
5 5 (0.68%) Windows 10
6 4 (0.54%) Android
6 4 (0.54%) Apple iOS
6 4 (0.54%) VMS
7 2 (0.27%) AIX
7 2 (0.27%) Solaris
7 2 (0.27%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 204 (27.76%) Agile
2 149 (20.27%) Stakeholder Management
3 129 (17.55%) Business Analysis
4 121 (16.46%) User Stories
5 115 (15.65%) Problem-Solving
6 97 (13.20%) Project Management
6 97 (13.20%) Scrum
7 91 (12.38%) User Acceptance Testing
8 84 (11.43%) DevOps
8 84 (11.43%) Migration
9 72 (9.80%) Business Intelligence
10 68 (9.25%) Analytics
11 66 (8.98%) Workshop Facilitation
12 65 (8.84%) Requirements Workshops
13 60 (8.16%) Roadmaps
14 52 (7.07%) GAP Analysis
14 52 (7.07%) Software Engineering
15 51 (6.94%) Data Modelling
16 50 (6.80%) SDLC
17 49 (6.67%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 80 (10.88%) SQL
2 41 (5.58%) Python
3 25 (3.40%) Java
4 23 (3.13%) C#
5 18 (2.45%) PL/SQL
6 15 (2.04%) COBOL
7 13 (1.77%) REXX
8 12 (1.63%) SELCOPY
9 11 (1.50%) CLIST
10 9 (1.22%) JavaScript
11 7 (0.95%) Apex Code
11 7 (0.95%) PowerShell
12 6 (0.82%) Perl
13 5 (0.68%) C++
13 5 (0.68%) XPath
13 5 (0.68%) XQuery
14 4 (0.54%) T-SQL
14 4 (0.54%) VB
14 4 (0.54%) VBA
15 3 (0.41%) C
Qualifications
1 120 (16.33%) Degree
2 87 (11.84%) Security Cleared
3 61 (8.30%) SC Cleared
4 22 (2.99%) Computer Science Degree
5 21 (2.86%) Cisco Certification
6 20 (2.72%) CCNP
7 18 (2.45%) Master's Degree
8 14 (1.90%) IIBA
9 11 (1.50%) CCNA
10 10 (1.36%) CBAP
11 9 (1.22%) Microsoft Certification
12 7 (0.95%) DV Cleared
13 6 (0.82%) BPSS Clearance
14 5 (0.68%) JNCIS
14 5 (0.68%) PhD
15 4 (0.54%) ACCA
15 4 (0.54%) ISTQB
15 4 (0.54%) JNCIA
15 4 (0.54%) PMI Certification
15 4 (0.54%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 59 (8.03%) QA
2 22 (2.99%) Data Quality
3 18 (2.45%) GDPR
4 15 (2.04%) PCI DSS
5 12 (1.63%) Good Clinical Practice
5 12 (1.63%) GxP
6 8 (1.09%) Actionable Recommendations
7 7 (0.95%) SLA
8 4 (0.54%) ISO 20022
9 3 (0.41%) HL7
9 3 (0.41%) PMO
10 1 (0.14%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 1 (0.14%) Government Security Classifications
10 1 (0.14%) GRC
10 1 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 1 (0.14%) NCSC
10 1 (0.14%) PSD2
10 1 (0.14%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 6 (0.82%) Docker
2 2 (0.27%) Microsoft App-V
2 2 (0.27%) Time Sharing Option
2 2 (0.27%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (0.27%) Virtual Servers
2 2 (0.27%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.14%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.14%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 22 (2.99%) Grafana
2 7 (0.95%) Kubernetes
2 7 (0.95%) Terraform
3 5 (0.68%) Ansible
3 5 (0.68%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (0.68%) Prometheus
3 5 (0.68%) SCCM
4 2 (0.27%) Tivoli
5 1 (0.14%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 102 (13.88%) Microsoft
2 83 (11.29%) SAP
3 39 (5.31%) Oracle
4 34 (4.63%) Salesforce
5 19 (2.59%) Cisco
6 18 (2.45%) IBM
7 17 (2.31%) Denodo
7 17 (2.31%) Talend
8 13 (1.77%) Syncsort
9 11 (1.50%) F5
9 11 (1.50%) Juniper
10 10 (1.36%) ServiceNow
11 8 (1.09%) Google
12 7 (0.95%) Adobe
12 7 (0.95%) Avaloq
13 6 (0.82%) Calypso
13 6 (0.82%) Databricks
13 6 (0.82%) Guidewire
13 6 (0.82%) Nokia
14 5 (0.68%) OpenLink