Requirements Gathering Contract Job Trends in Essex

Requirements Gathering (Requirements Elicitation)
East of England > Essex

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Essex requiring Requirements Gathering skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 19 - 24
Rank change year-on-year - - +16
Contract jobs citing Requirements Gathering 3 0 6
As % of all contract jobs in Essex 2.63% - 3.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.75% - 3.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £513 - £600
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - £650
Median % change year-on-year - - +28.97%
75th Percentile £538 - £700
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median daily rate £529 £475 £440
% change year-on-year +11.32% +8.02% -12.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £80.00
East of England median hourly rate - £47.25 £80.00
% change year-on-year - -40.94% +23.08%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Essex

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 Essex.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 80 65 159
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Essex 70.18% 78.31% 82.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 33 101
10th Percentile £185 £180 £180
25th Percentile £316 £213 £281
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £318 £450
Median % change year-on-year +33.65% -29.33% -
75th Percentile £504 £538 £571
90th Percentile £572 £600 £600
East of England median daily rate £490 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +3.16% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 2 17
10th Percentile £12.75 £12.00 £16.75
25th Percentile - £13.33 £20.50
Median hourly rate £18.87 £15.61 £40.31
Median % change year-on-year +20.88% -61.28% +16.00%
75th Percentile £23.61 £17.83 £55.50
90th Percentile £71.50 £19.13 £71.00
East of England median hourly rate £21.00 £30.00 £22.00
% change year-on-year -30.00% +36.36% -1.12%

Requirements Gathering
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

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

Requirements Gathering job vacancy trend in Essex

Requirements Gathering
Daily Rate Trend in Essex

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

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

Requirements Gathering
Hourly Rate Trend in Essex

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

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

Requirements Gathering
Contract Job Locations in Essex

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 Essex region over the 6 months to 23 December 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
Basildon - 2 - - 15
Requirements Gathering
East of England

Requirements Gathering
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Essex 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:

Business Applications
1 2 (66.67%) BASE24
1 2 (66.67%) VisionPLUS
2 1 (33.33%) Sage X3
General
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Analyst
1 3 (100.00%) Business Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (33.33%) Data Migration
2 1 (33.33%) ERP
2 1 (33.33%) Migration
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Process Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Project Delivery
2 1 (33.33%) User Stories
2 1 (33.33%) Workshop Facilitation
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Sage