Requirements Gathering Contracts in the Midlands

Requirements Gathering (Requirements Elicitation)
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 68 79 67
Rank change year-on-year +11 -12 +11
Contract jobs citing Requirements Gathering 67 89 158
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 2.45% 2.60% 3.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.98% 2.94% 3.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 70 111
10th Percentile £275 £329 £363
25th Percentile £344 £413 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +5.26% +11.24%
75th Percentile £548 £540 £540
90th Percentile £638 £607 £625
England median daily rate £533 £525 £500
% change year-on-year +1.52% +5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £92.50 £16.25
Median hourly rate - £95.00 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year - +442.86% -16.67%
75th Percentile - £97.50 £18.75
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £58.18 £61.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year -5.40% +44.71% +91.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,250 3,028 4,425
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 82.30% 88.49% 88.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,505 2,116 3,273
10th Percentile £250 £250 £250
25th Percentile £356 £370 £369
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £498 £475
Median % change year-on-year -4.52% +4.74% +17.28%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £565
90th Percentile £700 £680 £653
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +8.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 170 122 148
10th Percentile £11.06 £12.05 £10.50
25th Percentile £13.60 £15.13 £13.73
Median hourly rate £19.00 £18.43 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year +3.08% +5.33% +10.34%
75th Percentile £35.00 £28.69 £22.14
90th Percentile £55.00 £53.53 £34.65
England median hourly rate £36.33 £36.40 £24.35
% change year-on-year -0.18% +49.47% +3.62%

Requirements Gathering
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Requirements Gathering in the Midlands

Requirements Gathering
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Requirements Gathering in the Midlands

Requirements Gathering
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Requirements Gathering in the Midlands over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Requirements Gathering in the Midlands

Requirements Gathering
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Requirements Gathering in the Midlands

Requirements Gathering
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 5 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
West Midlands +9 58 £358 -31.81% 26
East Midlands +10 5 £425 -6.59% 9
Requirements Gathering
England

Requirements Gathering
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 9 (13.43%) CICS
1 9 (13.43%) SAS
2 1 (1.49%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (2.99%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.49%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (4.48%) SAP MII
1 3 (4.48%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (2.99%) SAP HCM
3 1 (1.49%) SAP GRC
3 1 (1.49%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 6 (8.96%) Power Platform
2 1 (1.49%) Azure
2 1 (1.49%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (1.49%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (1.49%) Power Automate
2 1 (1.49%) PowerApps
2 1 (1.49%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
2 1 (1.49%) Salesforce Service Cloud
2 1 (1.49%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 6 (8.96%) LAN
1 6 (8.96%) WAN
2 5 (7.46%) Junos
3 4 (5.97%) BGP
3 4 (5.97%) Cisco IOS
3 4 (5.97%) IPsec
3 4 (5.97%) MPLS
4 3 (4.48%) Network Security
5 2 (2.99%) Firewall
6 1 (1.49%) VPN
6 1 (1.49%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (22.39%) Amazon Redshift
1 15 (22.39%) MySQL
2 10 (14.93%) DB2
3 9 (13.43%) IDMS
4 5 (7.46%) Power BI
5 3 (4.48%) SAP BW
6 1 (1.49%) Data Lake
6 1 (1.49%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (1.49%) Relational Database
6 1 (1.49%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 24 (35.82%) Git
General
1 13 (19.40%) Finance
1 13 (19.40%) Social Skills
2 9 (13.43%) Manufacturing
3 8 (11.94%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (11.94%) Public Sector
4 3 (4.48%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (2.99%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (1.49%) Automotive
6 1 (1.49%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 17 (25.37%) Analyst
2 16 (23.88%) Business Analyst
3 13 (19.40%) Developer
4 11 (16.42%) Consultant
5 10 (14.93%) IBM Mainframe Developer
5 10 (14.93%) Mainframe Developer
6 8 (11.94%) SAP Consultant
7 4 (5.97%) Architect
7 4 (5.97%) Junior
7 4 (5.97%) Network Architect
8 3 (4.48%) Junior Product Owner
8 3 (4.48%) Process Analyst
8 3 (4.48%) Product Owner
9 2 (2.99%) Business Intelligence Analyst
9 2 (2.99%) Business Intelligence Business Analyst
9 2 (2.99%) Functional Consultant
9 2 (2.99%) Lead
9 2 (2.99%) Report Analyst
9 2 (2.99%) Technical Analyst
9 2 (2.99%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.49%) .NET
1 1 (1.49%) Blazor
1 1 (1.49%) Lightning Web Components
1 1 (1.49%) RabbitMQ
1 1 (1.49%) SAP Fiori
1 1 (1.49%) SAP MI
Miscellaneous
1 10 (14.93%) IBM Mainframe
1 10 (14.93%) Mainframe
2 4 (5.97%) Product Ownership
3 3 (4.48%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.49%) Data Structures
4 1 (1.49%) Enterprise Cloud
4 1 (1.49%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.49%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (1.49%) Housing Association
Operating Systems
1 9 (13.43%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (41.79%) Agile
2 25 (37.31%) Scrum
3 18 (26.87%) Analytics
3 18 (26.87%) Stakeholder Management
4 17 (25.37%) Configuration Management
4 17 (25.37%) Continuous Integration
4 17 (25.37%) Data Analytics
4 17 (25.37%) ETL
4 17 (25.37%) Software Engineering
5 16 (23.88%) Data Extraction
5 16 (23.88%) Process Improvement
6 15 (22.39%) Dashboard Development
7 13 (19.40%) Problem-Solving
8 12 (17.91%) Test Strategy
9 7 (10.45%) Business Analysis
9 7 (10.45%) Business Intelligence
9 7 (10.45%) Project Management
10 6 (8.96%) Workflow
11 4 (5.97%) Continuous Improvement
11 4 (5.97%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 10 (14.93%) COBOL
2 9 (13.43%) CLIST
2 9 (13.43%) REXX
2 9 (13.43%) SELCOPY
3 2 (2.99%) SQL
4 1 (1.49%) C#
4 1 (1.49%) Python
Qualifications
1 28 (41.79%) Security Cleared
2 23 (34.33%) SC Cleared
3 5 (7.46%) CCNP
3 5 (7.46%) Cisco Certification
4 4 (5.97%) CCNA
5 3 (4.48%) Degree
5 3 (4.48%) JNCIS
5 3 (4.48%) SAP Certification
6 2 (2.99%) CBAP
7 1 (1.49%) APMP
7 1 (1.49%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (1.49%) IIBA
7 1 (1.49%) ISEB
7 1 (1.49%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (7.46%) SLA
2 3 (4.48%) QA
3 2 (2.99%) Data Quality
4 1 (1.49%) PSD2
Systems Management
1 15 (22.39%) Grafana
Vendors
1 15 (22.39%) Denodo
1 15 (22.39%) Talend
2 14 (20.90%) SAP
3 10 (14.93%) IBM
4 9 (13.43%) Syncsort
5 5 (7.46%) Cisco
5 5 (7.46%) Juniper
6 4 (5.97%) Microsoft
7 3 (4.48%) Salesforce
8 2 (2.99%) Anaplan
9 1 (1.49%) Ariba
9 1 (1.49%) MicroStrategy