Requirements Gathering Contracts in Hertfordshire

Requirements Gathering (Requirements Elicitation)
East of England > Hertfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Hertfordshire 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 4 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 37 68 67
Rank change year-on-year +31 -1 -10
Contract jobs citing Requirements Gathering 9 6 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 2.80% 0.72% 0.88%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.16% 0.80% 1.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 6 1
10th Percentile £459 £382 -
25th Percentile £479 £414 £556
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £439 £563
Median % change year-on-year +13.96% -22.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile £560 £494 £569
90th Percentile £633 £500 -
East of England median daily rate £500 £419 £450
% change year-on-year +19.40% -6.94% -7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £66.25 - -
Median hourly rate £67.50 - £65.00
75th Percentile £68.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median hourly rate £47.25 £53.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -10.85% -18.46% +10.17%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 285 749 690
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 88.79% 89.70% 87.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 139 268 366
10th Percentile £389 £236 £240
25th Percentile £446 £323 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £425 £500
Median % change year-on-year +29.41% -15.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £625 £600 £675
90th Percentile £675 £713 £763
East of England median daily rate £500 £461 £475
% change year-on-year +8.40% -2.89% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 83 319 154
10th Percentile £21.44 £38.12 £21.00
25th Percentile £46.91 £40.00 £53.56
Median hourly rate £65.00 £50.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +30.00% -23.08% +30.00%
75th Percentile £81.01 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £80.00 £76.70
East of England median hourly rate £40.00 £40.00 £22.00
% change year-on-year - +81.82% +41.94%

Requirements Gathering
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Requirements Gathering in Hertfordshire

Requirements Gathering
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Daily rate trend for Requirements Gathering in Hertfordshire

Requirements Gathering
Daily Rate Histogram in Hertfordshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Requirements Gathering in Hertfordshire over the 6 months to 4 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Requirements Gathering in Hertfordshire

Requirements Gathering
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Requirements Gathering in Hertfordshire

Requirements Gathering
Contract Job Locations in Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 4 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
Hatfield +11 6 £500 - 2
Stevenage - 1 - - 2
Watford - 1 £425 - 1
Requirements Gathering
East of England

Requirements Gathering
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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 (11.11%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
1 1 (11.11%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 5 (55.56%) Entra ID
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (11.11%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (11.11%) Big Data
1 1 (11.11%) GIS
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) MagicDraw
1 1 (11.11%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 7 (77.78%) Social Skills
2 3 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (22.22%) Lead
1 2 (22.22%) Senior
2 1 (11.11%) Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) Business Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) Project Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Senior Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) Senior Business Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) Senior Systems Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) IoT
1 1 (11.11%) Management Information System
1 1 (11.11%) Mobile App
1 1 (11.11%) Onboarding
1 1 (11.11%) PMI
1 1 (11.11%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 5 (55.56%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (66.67%) PRINCE2
1 6 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (55.56%) Agile
2 5 (55.56%) Customer Requirements
2 5 (55.56%) Mobile Device Management
2 5 (55.56%) Technical Leadership
3 3 (33.33%) Time Management
4 2 (22.22%) Project Management
5 1 (11.11%) Business Analysis
5 1 (11.11%) GAP Analysis
5 1 (11.11%) ITIL
5 1 (11.11%) Matrix Management
5 1 (11.11%) Requirements Analysis
5 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (11.11%) SysML
5 1 (11.11%) Test Management
5 1 (11.11%) UML
5 1 (11.11%) Use Case
5 1 (11.11%) User Acceptance Testing
5 1 (11.11%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 5 (55.56%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 6 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 6 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 1 (11.11%) Degree
2 1 (11.11%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (22.22%) QA
Systems Management
1 5 (55.56%) Jamf Pro
2 1 (11.11%) PTC Integrity
Vendors
1 6 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 5 (55.56%) Apple
2 5 (55.56%) Samsung
2 5 (55.56%) SOTI
3 2 (22.22%) Computacenter
4 1 (11.11%) IBM
4 1 (11.11%) PTC
4 1 (11.11%) Sparx
4 1 (11.11%) Workday