Requirements Engineering Contract Job Trends in Luton

Requirements Engineering
Bedfordshire > Luton

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Luton requiring Requirements Engineering skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 33 - 22
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Requirements Engineering 2 0 6
As % of all contract jobs in Luton 1.04% - 4.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.17% - 4.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £375
75th Percentile - - £388
90th Percentile - - -
Bedfordshire median daily rate - - £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 5
10th Percentile £75.40 - -
25th Percentile £76.00 - £65.25
Median hourly rate £77.00 - £65.50
75th Percentile £78.00 - £65.75
90th Percentile £78.60 - -
Bedfordshire median hourly rate £77.00 - £65.50

All Process & Methodology Skills
Luton

Requirements Engineering 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 Luton.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 171 91 132
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Luton 89.06% 97.85% 94.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 74 54 78
10th Percentile £363 - £318
25th Percentile £500 £500 £464
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £600 £525
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +14.29% +9.09%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £583
90th Percentile £650 £746 £656
Bedfordshire median daily rate £500 £600 £525
% change year-on-year -16.67% +14.29% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 14 26
10th Percentile £56.32 £61.28 -
25th Percentile £62.50 £65.63 £15.39
Median hourly rate £68.21 £80.00 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -14.74% +272.09% -73.94%
75th Percentile £75.00 £88.00 £60.25
90th Percentile £79.00 £91.15 £65.75
Bedfordshire median hourly rate £68.21 £72.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year -5.92% +237.21% -71.33%

Requirements Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Luton

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

Requirements Engineering job vacancy trend in Luton

Requirements Engineering
Daily Rate Trend in Luton

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Luton citing Requirements Engineering.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Luton citing Requirements Engineering

Requirements Engineering
Hourly Rate Trend in Luton

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Luton citing Requirements Engineering.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Luton citing Requirements Engineering

Requirements Engineering
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Luton 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:

Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Rational DOORS
1 2 (100.00%) Rational Rhapsody
1 2 (100.00%) VectorCAST
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Ada Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Ada Software Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Principal Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Principal Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Customer Requirements
1 2 (100.00%) Integration Testing
1 2 (100.00%) OO
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Systems Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) UML
1 2 (100.00%) Validation
1 2 (100.00%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Ada
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) DO-178B
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Firmware