Requirements Gathering Contract Job Trends in Milton Keynes

Requirements Gathering (Requirements Elicitation)
Buckinghamshire > Milton Keynes

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Milton Keynes requiring Requirements Gathering skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 47 37 43
Rank change year-on-year -10 +6 +13
Contract jobs citing Requirements Gathering 5 1 13
As % of all contract jobs in Milton Keynes 1.03% 0.50% 2.66%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.31% 0.53% 3.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 7
10th Percentile £620 - £366
25th Percentile £631 £520 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £540 £475
Median % change year-on-year +20.37% +13.68% -13.64%
75th Percentile £688 £560 £580
90th Percentile £710 - £585
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £650 £483 £475
% change year-on-year +34.72% +1.58% -13.64%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Milton Keynes

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 Milton Keynes.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 382 188 426
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 78.44% 93.53% 87.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 263 141 310
10th Percentile £269 £274 £279
25th Percentile £392 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% - -
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £640 £650 £660
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £500 £501 £475
% change year-on-year -0.10% +5.37% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 3 29
10th Percentile £15.69 £13.10 £15.85
25th Percentile £16.35 £14.75 £18.00
Median hourly rate £18.32 £18.70 £23.22
Median % change year-on-year -2.03% -19.45% +60.10%
75th Percentile £29.61 £19.60 £30.00
90th Percentile £36.00 £20.14 £48.75
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £18.32 £38.25 £24.00
% change year-on-year -52.10% +59.38% +50.00%

Requirements Gathering
Job Vacancy Trend in Milton Keynes

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

Requirements Gathering job vacancy trend in Milton Keynes

Requirements Gathering
Daily Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing Requirements Gathering

Requirements Gathering
Hourly Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing Requirements Gathering

Requirements Gathering
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Milton Keynes 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) Oracle Reports
General
1 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Legal
2 1 (20.00%) Marketing
2 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (20.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Analyst
1 3 (60.00%) Business Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Business Integration Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Fibre Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Integration Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Lead
2 1 (20.00%) Security Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Senior
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Business Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Telecoms Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Telecoms Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (20.00%) Onboarding
1 1 (20.00%) Security Operations Centre
1 1 (20.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Agile
1 4 (80.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 4 (80.00%) Workshop Facilitation
2 3 (60.00%) Business Analysis
2 3 (60.00%) Impact Assessments
2 3 (60.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 3 (60.00%) Validation
3 2 (40.00%) Acceptance Criteria
3 2 (40.00%) Business Process Mapping
3 2 (40.00%) GAP Analysis
3 2 (40.00%) Project Planning
3 2 (40.00%) System Testing
3 2 (40.00%) User Experience
3 2 (40.00%) User Stories
4 1 (20.00%) Change Management
4 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (20.00%) Decision-Making
4 1 (20.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
4 1 (20.00%) Service Design
4 1 (20.00%) Threat Modelling
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) CBAP
2 1 (20.00%) Degree
2 1 (20.00%) ISEB
2 1 (20.00%) ISEB Practitioner
2 1 (20.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) PMO
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) BT
1 1 (20.00%) Openreach
1 1 (20.00%) Oracle