Requirements Gathering Contracts in London

Requirements Gathering (Requirements Elicitation)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 105 97 99
Rank change year-on-year -8 +2 +18
Contract jobs citing Requirements Gathering 337 418 693
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 2.69% 2.34% 2.56%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.91% 2.65% 2.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 200 302 494
10th Percentile £363 £400 £400
25th Percentile £463 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £570 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year +3.64% - +4.76%
75th Percentile £669 £650 £688
90th Percentile £775 £786 £800
England median daily rate £525 £530 £525
% change year-on-year -0.94% +0.95% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 5 10
10th Percentile - £52.42 £34.58
25th Percentile £22.75 £61.68 £51.81
Median hourly rate £23.50 £67.50 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year -65.19% +8.00% -11.35%
75th Percentile £39.00 £68.75 £65.56
90th Percentile £47.85 £69.50 £67.03
England median hourly rate £27.06 £58.18 £61.50
% change year-on-year -53.48% -5.40% +44.71%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11,564 15,790 24,631
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.16% 88.55% 91.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,847 11,316 17,711
10th Percentile £350 £338 £375
25th Percentile £440 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £590
Median % change year-on-year - -6.78% +2.61%
75th Percentile £688 £675 £700
90th Percentile £813 £800 £800
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 166 324 278
10th Percentile £16.17 £16.00 £18.59
25th Percentile £22.68 £20.00 £22.53
Median hourly rate £31.67 £29.50 £38.13
Median % change year-on-year +7.36% -22.62% +5.90%
75th Percentile £50.75 £47.56 £62.64
90th Percentile £63.75 £65.93 £76.78
England median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%

Requirements Gathering
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Requirements Gathering in London

Requirements Gathering
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Requirements Gathering in London

Requirements Gathering
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Requirements Gathering in London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Requirements Gathering in London

Requirements Gathering
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Requirements Gathering in London

Requirements Gathering
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Requirements Gathering in London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Requirements Gathering in London

Requirements Gathering
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 1 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
Central London +9 69 £575 +4.55% 36
East London +19 6 £580 +2.29% 4
South London +3 2 £325 -12.16%
West London +6 1 - - 10
North London -4 1 £440 +3.53%
Requirements Gathering
England

Requirements Gathering
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 (6.53%) Confluence
2 6 (1.78%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.19%) CMS
3 4 (1.19%) Drupal
4 2 (0.59%) Appian
4 2 (0.59%) Umbraco
5 1 (0.30%) IBM HTTP Server
5 1 (0.30%) SAS
Applications
1 36 (10.68%) Microsoft Excel
2 26 (7.72%) MS Visio
3 19 (5.64%) Microsoft Office
4 9 (2.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 8 (2.37%) Microsoft Project
6 5 (1.48%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (1.19%) Trello
8 2 (0.59%) Adobe XD
8 2 (0.59%) Notepad++
8 2 (0.59%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 8 (2.37%) SAP MDG
2 6 (1.78%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (1.48%) SAP Retail
3 5 (1.48%) SAP S/4HANA
4 4 (1.19%) SAP CAR
4 4 (1.19%) SAP MM
5 3 (0.89%) FLEXCUBE
5 3 (0.89%) SAP CO
5 3 (0.89%) SAP FI
5 3 (0.89%) SAP FI/CO
6 2 (0.59%) Dynamics AX
6 2 (0.59%) Endur
6 2 (0.59%) Kondor
6 2 (0.59%) Misys Midas
6 2 (0.59%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (0.59%) Oracle General Ledger
6 2 (0.59%) Salesforce CRM
6 2 (0.59%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.30%) OpenText VIM for SAP
7 1 (0.30%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 51 (15.13%) Azure
2 45 (13.35%) Power Platform
3 21 (6.23%) AWS
4 13 (3.86%) Azure DevOps
5 12 (3.56%) Microsoft 365
6 10 (2.97%) Dynamics 365
7 9 (2.67%) Lucidchart
8 8 (2.37%) Serverless
8 8 (2.37%) Snowflake
9 6 (1.78%) Azure Data Factory
9 6 (1.78%) dbt
9 6 (1.78%) SaaS
10 5 (1.48%) Microsoft Copilot
10 5 (1.48%) PaaS
11 4 (1.19%) Amazon S3
11 4 (1.19%) AWS Lambda
11 4 (1.19%) Cloud Computing
11 4 (1.19%) Figma
11 4 (1.19%) IBM Blueworks
11 4 (1.19%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.48%) Network Security
2 4 (1.19%) BGP
2 4 (1.19%) Firewall
2 4 (1.19%) LAN
3 3 (0.89%) IPsec
3 3 (0.89%) MPLS
3 3 (0.89%) WAN
4 2 (0.59%) Cisco ASA
4 2 (0.59%) HTTP
4 2 (0.59%) Software-Defined Networking
4 2 (0.59%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.30%) Cisco Nexus
5 1 (0.30%) Cisco Wireless
5 1 (0.30%) Ethernet VPN
5 1 (0.30%) MQTT
5 1 (0.30%) Multicast
5 1 (0.30%) VLAN
5 1 (0.30%) VPN
5 1 (0.30%) VXLAN
5 1 (0.30%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (12.46%) Power BI
2 20 (5.93%) Data Warehouse
3 14 (4.15%) SQL Server
3 14 (4.15%) Tableau
4 9 (2.67%) BusinessObjects
5 6 (1.78%) Crystal Reports
6 5 (1.48%) Metadata
6 5 (1.48%) MS Access
6 5 (1.48%) Relational Database
6 5 (1.48%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 4 (1.19%) Amazon Athena
8 3 (0.89%) Data Lake
8 3 (0.89%) SAP BW
9 2 (0.59%) Azure SQL Database
9 2 (0.59%) Big Data
9 2 (0.59%) PostgreSQL
10 1 (0.30%) BigQuery
10 1 (0.30%) Delta Lake
10 1 (0.30%) Power Query
10 1 (0.30%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 39 (11.57%) JIRA
2 8 (2.37%) Git
3 6 (1.78%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.89%) Bitbucket Server
5 2 (0.59%) Bitbucket
5 2 (0.59%) Eclipse
5 2 (0.59%) JUnit
5 2 (0.59%) MagicDraw
5 2 (0.59%) SonarQube
5 2 (0.59%) XMLSpy
6 1 (0.30%) AdminStudio
6 1 (0.30%) IntelliJ
6 1 (0.30%) MSI
6 1 (0.30%) Postman
6 1 (0.30%) RStudio
6 1 (0.30%) Storybook
6 1 (0.30%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (0.30%) TeamCity
General
1 135 (40.06%) Social Skills
2 106 (31.45%) Finance
3 90 (26.71%) Analytical Skills
4 36 (10.68%) Banking
5 24 (7.12%) Retail
6 22 (6.53%) Front Office
7 18 (5.34%) Public Sector
8 17 (5.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 14 (4.15%) Marketing
10 13 (3.86%) Documentation Skills
11 12 (3.56%) Influencing Skills
11 12 (3.56%) Legal
12 9 (2.67%) Presentation Skills
13 8 (2.37%) Investment Banking
14 7 (2.08%) Back Office
14 7 (2.08%) Financial Institution
14 7 (2.08%) Law
15 6 (1.78%) Organisational Skills
16 4 (1.19%) Manufacturing
16 4 (1.19%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 166 (49.26%) Analyst
2 144 (42.73%) Business Analyst
3 42 (12.46%) Senior
4 31 (9.20%) Architect
5 27 (8.01%) Developer
6 25 (7.42%) Consultant
7 18 (5.34%) Technical Analyst
8 16 (4.75%) Data Analyst
8 16 (4.75%) Project Manager
8 16 (4.75%) Technical Business Analyst
9 15 (4.45%) Senior Analyst
9 15 (4.45%) Senior Business Analyst
10 13 (3.86%) Data Business Analyst
10 13 (3.86%) Lead
11 12 (3.56%) Product Owner
12 11 (3.26%) Designer
12 11 (3.26%) Infrastructure Analyst
12 11 (3.26%) Infrastructure Business Analyst
13 9 (2.67%) IT Business Analyst
13 9 (2.67%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (3.86%) .NET
2 9 (2.67%) HTML
3 7 (2.08%) .NET Core
3 7 (2.08%) CSS
4 6 (1.78%) AngularJS
5 5 (1.48%) FpML
5 5 (1.48%) HTML5
5 5 (1.48%) React
6 4 (1.19%) FIX Protocol
7 3 (0.89%) ASP.NET
7 3 (0.89%) CSS3
7 3 (0.89%) DCOM
7 3 (0.89%) RESTful
7 3 (0.89%) SailPoint
7 3 (0.89%) XML
8 2 (0.59%) ADO
8 2 (0.59%) JSON
8 2 (0.59%) Oracle Fusion
8 2 (0.59%) REST
8 2 (0.59%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 25 (7.42%) Product Ownership
2 16 (4.75%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 16 (4.75%) Management Information System
3 11 (3.26%) Derivative
4 10 (2.97%) Equities
5 9 (2.67%) Greenfield Project
6 8 (2.37%) Fixed Income
7 6 (1.78%) Onboarding
8 5 (1.48%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 4 (1.19%) Algorithms
9 4 (1.19%) Analytical Mindset
9 4 (1.19%) Cloud Native
9 4 (1.19%) Data Protection Act
9 4 (1.19%) Low-Code
9 4 (1.19%) Public Cloud
9 4 (1.19%) Reference Data
10 3 (0.89%) Credit Risk
10 3 (0.89%) Equity Derivative
10 3 (0.89%) OTC Derivatives
10 3 (0.89%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 3 (0.89%) Linux
1 3 (0.89%) Windows
2 2 (0.59%) Unix
3 1 (0.30%) Android
3 1 (0.30%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.30%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 120 (35.61%) Agile
2 82 (24.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 77 (22.85%) Business Analysis
3 77 (22.85%) Problem-Solving
4 65 (19.29%) Workshop Facilitation
5 59 (17.51%) Project Management
6 52 (15.43%) User Stories
7 50 (14.84%) Analytics
7 50 (14.84%) Data Analysis
8 49 (14.54%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 42 (12.46%) Business Intelligence
10 39 (11.57%) Migration
11 34 (10.09%) DevOps
12 28 (8.31%) User Experience
13 27 (8.01%) Scrum
14 26 (7.72%) Visualisation
15 25 (7.42%) Risk Management
16 24 (7.12%) Data Modelling
16 24 (7.12%) ITIL
16 24 (7.12%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 57 (16.91%) SQL
2 24 (7.12%) Python
3 12 (3.56%) Java
4 9 (2.67%) JavaScript
5 8 (2.37%) C#
6 6 (1.78%) PowerShell
7 5 (1.48%) TypeScript
8 4 (1.19%) T-SQL
8 4 (1.19%) VBA
9 3 (0.89%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 3 (0.89%) PHP
9 3 (0.89%) R
10 2 (0.59%) Bash
10 2 (0.59%) VBScript
11 1 (0.30%) C
11 1 (0.30%) C++
11 1 (0.30%) COBOL
11 1 (0.30%) MATLAB
11 1 (0.30%) PeopleCode
11 1 (0.30%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 45 (13.35%) Degree
2 36 (10.68%) Security Cleared
3 29 (8.61%) SC Cleared
4 9 (2.67%) PMI Certification
5 8 (2.37%) PMP
6 7 (2.08%) CBAP
7 6 (1.78%) Computer Science Degree
8 5 (1.48%) Master's Degree
9 4 (1.19%) CFA
9 4 (1.19%) Cisco Certification
9 4 (1.19%) CISSP
10 3 (0.89%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (0.59%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 2 (0.59%) CCIE
11 2 (0.59%) CCNP
11 2 (0.59%) CEH
11 2 (0.59%) CISA
11 2 (0.59%) DV Cleared
11 2 (0.59%) IIBA
11 2 (0.59%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (6.82%) QA
2 9 (2.67%) Accessibility
2 9 (2.67%) Data Quality
3 7 (2.08%) MiFID
4 6 (1.78%) GDPR
5 5 (1.48%) EMIR
6 4 (1.19%) Actionable Recommendations
6 4 (1.19%) SLA
7 3 (0.89%) Dodd-Frank
7 3 (0.89%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.59%) Government Security Classifications
8 2 (0.59%) HIPAA
8 2 (0.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (0.59%) NIST
8 2 (0.59%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.30%) Basel III
9 1 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.30%) ISO 8583
9 1 (0.30%) PSD2
9 1 (0.30%) WCAG
System Software
1 7 (2.08%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.48%) Docker
3 2 (0.59%) Virtual Servers
4 1 (0.30%) Microsoft App-V
4 1 (0.30%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 6 (1.78%) Kubernetes
2 5 (1.48%) Terraform
3 4 (1.19%) Ansible
4 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.30%) SCCM
4 1 (0.30%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 52 (15.43%) Microsoft
2 38 (11.28%) SAP
3 18 (5.34%) Salesforce
3 18 (5.34%) ServiceNow
4 11 (3.26%) Oracle
5 9 (2.67%) Ariba
6 7 (2.08%) Adobe
6 7 (2.08%) Cisco
7 5 (1.48%) Google
8 3 (0.89%) Planview
9 2 (0.59%) Bloomberg
9 2 (0.59%) Blue Prism
9 2 (0.59%) Calypso
9 2 (0.59%) Foundry
9 2 (0.59%) Guidewire
9 2 (0.59%) HubSpot
9 2 (0.59%) Murex
9 2 (0.59%) Palantir
9 2 (0.59%) Progress
9 2 (0.59%) Workday