Requirements Engineering Contract Job Trends in the North of England

Requirements Engineering
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring Requirements Engineering skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 205 156 -
Rank change year-on-year -49 - -
Contract jobs citing Requirements Engineering 1 4 0
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 0.021% 0.11% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.024% 0.13% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 0
10th Percentile - £573 -
25th Percentile £483 £581 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £605 -
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% - -
75th Percentile £508 £621 -
90th Percentile - £625 -
England median daily rate £500 £593 £525
% change year-on-year -15.61% +12.86% -8.70%

All Process & Methodology Skills
North of England

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 the North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,206 3,050 4,100
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 88.34% 86.89% 88.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,788 1,738 2,713
10th Percentile £220 £263 £300
25th Percentile £363 £380 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.11% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £550 £575 £600
90th Percentile £647 £669 £675
England median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 259 145 201
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.09 £15.32
25th Percentile £19.75 £17.08 £17.72
Median hourly rate £29.60 £27.39 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.09% -8.72% +36.36%
75th Percentile £55.00 £46.18 £46.18
90th Percentile £69.25 £67.91 £62.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +25.35%

Requirements Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Requirements Engineering job vacancy trend in the North of England

Requirements Engineering
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Requirements Engineering.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Requirements Engineering

Requirements Engineering
Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Requirements Engineering.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Requirements Engineering

Requirements Engineering
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Requirements Engineering within the North of England region over the 6 months to 29 December 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
Yorkshire - 1 £495 - 2
Requirements Engineering
England

Requirements Engineering
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Business Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Data Business Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Data Migration Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Data Migration Business Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Migration Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Business Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Business Process Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Data Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) GAP Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Lean Six Sigma
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Model Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
1 1 (100.00%) Six Sigma
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) User Stories
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Waterfall
1 1 (100.00%) Workshop Facilitation