Requirements Gathering Contract Job Trends in Lancashire

Requirements Gathering (Requirements Elicitation)
North West > Lancashire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Lancashire requiring Requirements Gathering skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 34 20 31
Rank change year-on-year -14 +11 +1
Contract jobs citing Requirements Gathering 2 7 9
As % of all contract jobs in Lancashire 0.99% 4.76% 4.07%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.17% 5.74% 4.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 5 9
10th Percentile - - £515
25th Percentile - £463 £613
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £650
Median % change year-on-year - -23.08% +16.07%
75th Percentile - £600 -
90th Percentile - £614 £783
North West median daily rate £445 £551 £500
% change year-on-year -19.24% +10.20% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Lancashire

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 Lancashire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 171 122 203
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Lancashire 84.24% 82.99% 91.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 87 59 118
10th Percentile £165 £272 £393
25th Percentile £356 £425 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £455 £518 £623
Median % change year-on-year -12.08% -16.87% +18.57%
75th Percentile £555 £556 £717
90th Percentile £679 £624 £720
North West median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 52 18 51
10th Percentile £25.15 £25.80 £20.58
25th Percentile £41.94 £32.89 £45.88
Median hourly rate £45.46 £46.18 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year -1.56% - +15.39%
75th Percentile £63.20 £54.69 £50.00
90th Percentile £74.26 £66.28 £61.99
North West median hourly rate £32.50 £30.95 £36.73
% change year-on-year +5.01% -15.72% +42.29%

Requirements Gathering
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

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

Requirements Gathering job vacancy trend in Lancashire

Requirements Gathering
Daily Rate Trend in Lancashire

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

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

Requirements Gathering
Hourly Rate Trend in Lancashire

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

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

Requirements Gathering
Contract Job Locations in Lancashire

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 Lancashire region over the 6 months to 22 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
Preston -7 1 £500 +5.26% 1
Requirements Gathering
North West

Requirements Gathering
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Lancashire 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 1 (50.00%) Moodle
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Local Government
2 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Lead
1 1 (50.00%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Learning Management System
1 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Change Management
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Asset Management
2 1 (50.00%) Business Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Coaching
2 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (50.00%) Contract Management
2 1 (50.00%) Contract Negotiation
2 1 (50.00%) Data Migration
2 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (50.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 1 (50.00%) Migration
2 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Workflow
2 1 (50.00%) Workflow Analysis
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) APMG
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Saba