Requirements Gathering Contracts in London

Requirements Gathering (Requirements Elicitation)
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London 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 31 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
31 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 97 101 106
Rank change year-on-year +4 +5 -13
Contract jobs citing Requirements Gathering 420 650 1,020
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 2.40% 2.56% 2.63%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.72% 2.81% 2.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 297 469 712
10th Percentile £400 £400 £368
25th Percentile £463 £463 £461
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £528
Median % change year-on-year - +4.27% -4.09%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £638
90th Percentile £775 £800 £750
England median daily rate £525 £525 £500
% change year-on-year - +5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 9 3
10th Percentile £50.88 £47.15 £34.58
25th Percentile £57.82 £53.50 £45.99
Median hourly rate £65.43 £62.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.68% -3.85% +13.04%
75th Percentile £68.75 £66.00 £68.38
90th Percentile - £68.05 £70.40
England median hourly rate £50.25 £61.50 £53.00
% change year-on-year -18.29% +16.04% +60.61%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

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 London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 15,450 23,106 35,695
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.36% 90.87% 92.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,083 16,714 26,163
10th Percentile £340 £375 £390
25th Percentile £449 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £590 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.78% +2.61% +9.52%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £688
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £543
% change year-on-year -4.55% +1.38% +8.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 320 262 405
10th Percentile £15.50 £18.00 £16.50
25th Percentile £20.00 £22.50 £23.91
Median hourly rate £28.00 £39.21 £35.08
Median % change year-on-year -28.59% +11.79% +7.35%
75th Percentile £48.75 £64.50 £50.00
90th Percentile £68.08 £82.50 £67.50
England median hourly rate £37.50 £37.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year - +50.00% +11.11%

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 31 May 2024.

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 31 May 2024.

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 31 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
Central London +6 69 £550 -8.33% 19
West London +28 8 £627 +56.75% 5
South London +12 5 £365 -33.64%
East London -4 2 £518 - 4
North London +2 1 £425 -19.05%
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 23 (5.48%) SharePoint
2 7 (1.67%) Confluence
3 6 (1.43%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (1.19%) CMS
5 3 (0.71%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.24%) Alfresco
6 1 (0.24%) Camunda
6 1 (0.24%) IIS
6 1 (0.24%) JBoss
6 1 (0.24%) LiveLink
Applications
1 13 (3.10%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (1.90%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.95%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (0.95%) MS Visio
3 4 (0.95%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.48%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.48%) Trello
Business Applications
1 22 (5.24%) Dynamics AX
2 20 (4.76%) SAP S/4HANA
3 10 (2.38%) Endur
4 8 (1.90%) Dynamics CRM
5 6 (1.43%) SAP Travel Management
6 4 (0.95%) SAP SD
7 2 (0.48%) WebTrends
8 1 (0.24%) Actimize
8 1 (0.24%) Fidessa
8 1 (0.24%) Oracle EBS
8 1 (0.24%) Oracle EBS R12
8 1 (0.24%) Oracle ERP
8 1 (0.24%) Oracle Financials
8 1 (0.24%) Oracle General Ledger
8 1 (0.24%) Salesforce CRM
8 1 (0.24%) SAP CCM
8 1 (0.24%) SAP CO
8 1 (0.24%) SAP FI
8 1 (0.24%) SAP FI/CO
8 1 (0.24%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 90 (21.43%) Azure
2 46 (10.95%) Power Platform
3 43 (10.24%) Dynamics 365
4 27 (6.43%) Azure DevOps
5 25 (5.95%) PowerApps
6 22 (5.24%) Power Automate
7 15 (3.57%) AWS
8 13 (3.10%) Salesforce Service Cloud
9 11 (2.62%) SaaS
10 8 (1.90%) Azure Service Bus
10 8 (1.90%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
11 6 (1.43%) Microsoft 365
12 5 (1.19%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 5 (1.19%) Amazon EC2
12 5 (1.19%) Amazon EKS
12 5 (1.19%) Amazon S3
12 5 (1.19%) Cloud Computing
12 5 (1.19%) Route 53
12 5 (1.19%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 4 (0.95%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 9 (2.14%) SSH
2 6 (1.43%) Cisco IOS
2 6 (1.43%) IOS XR
2 6 (1.43%) MPLS
3 5 (1.19%) BGP
3 5 (1.19%) Network Security
4 2 (0.48%) Broadband
4 2 (0.48%) Ethernet VPN
4 2 (0.48%) Firewall
4 2 (0.48%) HTTP
4 2 (0.48%) IPv6
4 2 (0.48%) L2TP
4 2 (0.48%) SD-WAN
4 2 (0.48%) Unified Communications
4 2 (0.48%) VPLS
4 2 (0.48%) VPN
4 2 (0.48%) WAN
5 1 (0.24%) FIX Connectivity
5 1 (0.24%) NX-OS
5 1 (0.24%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (9.52%) Power BI
2 26 (6.19%) Data Lake
3 25 (5.95%) SQL Server
4 22 (5.24%) Data Warehouse
5 9 (2.14%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 8 (1.90%) KDB
7 6 (1.43%) PostgreSQL
7 6 (1.43%) Tableau
8 5 (1.19%) Amazon RDS
8 5 (1.19%) Big Data
8 5 (1.19%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
8 5 (1.19%) Geospatial Data
9 4 (0.95%) DB2
9 4 (0.95%) NoSQL
9 4 (0.95%) SAP HANA
10 3 (0.71%) Data Mart
10 3 (0.71%) Flink
10 3 (0.71%) GIS
10 3 (0.71%) Oracle Reports
10 3 (0.71%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 27 (6.43%) JIRA
2 10 (2.38%) Cucumber
3 9 (2.14%) Git
3 9 (2.14%) JUnit
4 6 (1.43%) Jenkins
5 5 (1.19%) GitLab
6 4 (0.95%) Visual Website Optimizer
7 2 (0.48%) Android Studio
7 2 (0.48%) Team Foundation Server
8 1 (0.24%) Eclipse
8 1 (0.24%) HP UFT
8 1 (0.24%) Oracle Forms
8 1 (0.24%) Selenium
8 1 (0.24%) Vagrant
8 1 (0.24%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.24%) WebDriver
General
1 151 (35.95%) Social Skills
2 148 (35.24%) Finance
3 87 (20.71%) Analytical Skills
4 57 (13.57%) Banking
5 43 (10.24%) Public Sector
6 27 (6.43%) Retail
7 25 (5.95%) General Ledger
8 21 (5.00%) Back Office
8 21 (5.00%) Front Office
9 19 (4.52%) Presentation Skills
10 14 (3.33%) Marketing
11 12 (2.86%) Financial Institution
11 12 (2.86%) Investment Banking
12 11 (2.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 7 (1.67%) Billing
14 5 (1.19%) Advertising
14 5 (1.19%) Influencing Skills
14 5 (1.19%) Legal
15 3 (0.71%) Games
15 3 (0.71%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 168 (40.00%) Analyst
2 159 (37.86%) Business Analyst
3 62 (14.76%) Senior
4 60 (14.29%) Consultant
5 54 (12.86%) Developer
6 28 (6.67%) Architect
7 27 (6.43%) Data Business Analyst
8 26 (6.19%) Senior Analyst
9 24 (5.71%) Product Owner
9 24 (5.71%) Senior Business Analyst
10 19 (4.52%) Data Analyst
11 18 (4.29%) Microsoft Consultant
12 17 (4.05%) Lead
13 15 (3.57%) C# Developer
13 15 (3.57%) Functional Consultant
13 15 (3.57%) Java Developer
14 14 (3.33%) Financial Analyst
14 14 (3.33%) SAP Consultant
15 13 (3.10%) Technical Analyst
15 13 (3.10%) Technical Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (4.76%) Web Services
2 18 (4.29%) XML
3 15 (3.57%) .NET
3 15 (3.57%) JSON
4 12 (2.86%) ASP.NET
5 11 (2.62%) SOAP
5 11 (2.62%) Spring
6 10 (2.38%) REST
7 9 (2.14%) Hibernate
7 9 (2.14%) J2EE
7 9 (2.14%) JPA
8 8 (1.90%) Lightning Web Components
9 7 (1.67%) .NET Framework
9 7 (1.67%) React
9 7 (1.67%) SAP TM
10 5 (1.19%) ASP.NET Core
10 5 (1.19%) CSS
10 5 (1.19%) EDI
10 5 (1.19%) HTML
10 5 (1.19%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 50 (11.90%) Product Ownership
2 27 (6.43%) Data Structures
3 15 (3.57%) Management Information System
4 14 (3.33%) Fixed Income
5 13 (3.10%) Derivative
6 10 (2.38%) Onboarding
6 10 (2.38%) Reinsurance
6 10 (2.38%) Self-Motivation
7 9 (2.14%) Data Protection Act
7 9 (2.14%) Enterprise Software
7 9 (2.14%) Linux Command Line
8 7 (1.67%) Distributed Systems
8 7 (1.67%) Equity Derivative
8 7 (1.67%) Replication
8 7 (1.67%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 5 (1.19%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 4 (0.95%) Equities
10 4 (0.95%) Greenfield Project
10 4 (0.95%) Legacy Systems
10 4 (0.95%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 10 (2.38%) Linux
1 10 (2.38%) Unix
2 9 (2.14%) Windows
3 4 (0.95%) Android
3 4 (0.95%) VMS
4 3 (0.71%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.24%) AIX
5 1 (0.24%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.24%) Mac OS X
5 1 (0.24%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 107 (25.48%) Agile
2 80 (19.05%) User Stories
3 72 (17.14%) Stakeholder Management
4 64 (15.24%) Business Analysis
5 62 (14.76%) Migration
6 61 (14.52%) User Acceptance Testing
7 60 (14.29%) DevOps
8 58 (13.81%) Problem-Solving
9 48 (11.43%) Business Intelligence
10 47 (11.19%) Project Management
10 47 (11.19%) Scrum
11 46 (10.95%) Data Modelling
12 41 (9.76%) Roadmaps
13 39 (9.29%) GAP Analysis
14 35 (8.33%) Analytics
15 34 (8.10%) Requirements Workshops
15 34 (8.10%) Workshop Facilitation
16 33 (7.86%) Data Migration
17 32 (7.62%) Data Analysis
18 31 (7.38%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 53 (12.62%) SQL
2 35 (8.33%) Python
3 22 (5.24%) Java
4 20 (4.76%) C#
5 8 (1.90%) PL/SQL
6 6 (1.43%) Apex Code
6 6 (1.43%) JavaScript
6 6 (1.43%) Perl
7 5 (1.19%) PowerShell
7 5 (1.19%) XPath
7 5 (1.19%) XQuery
8 4 (0.95%) T-SQL
8 4 (0.95%) VBA
9 3 (0.71%) Kotlin
10 2 (0.48%) C++
10 2 (0.48%) COBOL
10 2 (0.48%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 2 (0.48%) REXX
10 2 (0.48%) SELCOPY
11 1 (0.24%) R
Qualifications
1 67 (15.95%) Degree
2 36 (8.57%) Security Cleared
3 26 (6.19%) SC Cleared
4 14 (3.33%) Computer Science Degree
5 12 (2.86%) Master's Degree
6 7 (1.67%) CCNP
6 7 (1.67%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (0.95%) CBAP
7 4 (0.95%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (0.71%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (0.48%) CCIE
9 2 (0.48%) CSPO
9 2 (0.48%) IIBA
9 2 (0.48%) MBA
9 2 (0.48%) PhD
10 1 (0.24%) BC Cleared
10 1 (0.24%) ISEB
10 1 (0.24%) PMI Certification
10 1 (0.24%) PMP
10 1 (0.24%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (10.00%) QA
2 18 (4.29%) Data Quality
3 12 (2.86%) PCI DSS
4 4 (0.95%) ISO 20022
5 3 (0.71%) GDPR
6 2 (0.48%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.24%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 1 (0.24%) GRC
7 1 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 6 (1.43%) Docker
2 2 (0.48%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.48%) Time Sharing Option
2 2 (0.48%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (0.48%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 6 (1.43%) Kubernetes
1 6 (1.43%) Terraform
2 5 (1.19%) Ansible
2 5 (1.19%) Grafana
2 5 (1.19%) Prometheus
3 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.24%) SCCM
3 1 (0.24%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 68 (16.19%) Microsoft
2 39 (9.29%) SAP
3 32 (7.62%) Oracle
4 23 (5.48%) Salesforce
5 8 (1.90%) Google
6 7 (1.67%) Cisco
7 6 (1.43%) Calypso
7 6 (1.43%) Databricks
7 6 (1.43%) Guidewire
7 6 (1.43%) Nokia
7 6 (1.43%) ServiceNow
8 5 (1.19%) IBM
8 5 (1.19%) ION Trading
8 5 (1.19%) OpenLink
9 4 (0.95%) Adobe
9 4 (0.95%) Bloomberg
9 4 (0.95%) Murex
9 4 (0.95%) Optimizely
9 4 (0.95%) Refinitiv
9 4 (0.95%) Reuters