Requirements Analysis Contracts in the North West

Requirements Analysis
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West requiring Requirements Analysis skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Requirements Analysis over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 105 129 149
Rank change year-on-year +24 +20 +7
Contract jobs citing Requirements Analysis 15 8 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.76% 0.29% 0.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.84% 0.34% 0.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 6 7
10th Percentile £426 £395 £403
25th Percentile £435 £405 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £504 £410 £475
Median % change year-on-year +22.96% -13.68% -2.56%
75th Percentile £541 £415 £525
90th Percentile £600 - £529
England median daily rate £525 £525 £530
% change year-on-year - -0.94% +0.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 0
Median hourly rate £86.00 - -
England median hourly rate £86.00 £82.50 £53.57
% change year-on-year +4.24% +54.02% +34.84%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

Requirements Analysis 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 West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,776 2,377 2,894
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 90.24% 86.28% 90.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,147 1,519 2,058
10th Percentile £300 £306 £313
25th Percentile £393 £405 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £593 £588
90th Percentile £661 £688 £675
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 108 244 144
10th Percentile £15.97 £10.95 £16.85
25th Percentile £22.66 £13.30 £21.25
Median hourly rate £31.88 £21.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +51.81% -40.00% +70.82%
75th Percentile £60.00 £45.22 £48.91
90th Percentile £83.96 £57.50 £65.00
England median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%

Requirements Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing Requirements Analysis as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Requirements Analysis in the North West

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Requirements Analysis in the North West.

Daily rate trend for Requirements Analysis in the North West

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Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Requirements Analysis in the North West over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Requirements Analysis in the North West

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Requirements Analysis in the North West.

Hourly rate trend for Requirements Analysis in the North West

Requirements Analysis
Contract Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Requirements Analysis within the North West region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Cheshire +5 10 £469 +14.39% 4
Manchester +17 2 £494 - 4
Cumbria - 2 £600 -
Lancashire - 1 £523 - 1
Requirements Analysis
England

Requirements Analysis
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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:

Applications
1 4 (26.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 4 (26.67%) MS Visio
2 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 7 (46.67%) SAP HR
1 7 (46.67%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 1 (6.67%) AWS
Development Applications
1 1 (6.67%) JIRA
General
1 5 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (6.67%) Banking
2 1 (6.67%) Pharmaceutical
2 1 (6.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (40.00%) Consultant
1 6 (40.00%) SAP Consultant
2 5 (33.33%) Analyst
2 5 (33.33%) Payroll Consultant
2 5 (33.33%) SAP Payroll Consultant
3 4 (26.67%) Business Analyst
4 3 (20.00%) Senior
4 3 (20.00%) Senior Analyst
4 3 (20.00%) Senior Business Analyst
4 3 (20.00%) ServiceNow Business Analyst
5 2 (13.33%) HR Consultant
5 2 (13.33%) SAP HR Consultant
6 1 (6.67%) AWS Architect
6 1 (6.67%) HR Manager
6 1 (6.67%) Implementation Specialist
6 1 (6.67%) Infrastructure Solutions Architect
6 1 (6.67%) Payroll Manager
6 1 (6.67%) SAP HR/Payroll Consultant
6 1 (6.67%) Test Analyst
6 1 (6.67%) VMware Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 4 (26.67%) CMDB
2 3 (20.00%) Management Information System
3 1 (6.67%) Life Science
3 1 (6.67%) LIMS
3 1 (6.67%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (40.00%) Test Scripting
2 5 (33.33%) Agile
2 5 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 5 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
3 4 (26.67%) Business Analysis
3 4 (26.67%) Continuous Improvement
3 4 (26.67%) Decision-Making
3 4 (26.67%) Focus Group
3 4 (26.67%) ITSM
3 4 (26.67%) Risk Management
3 4 (26.67%) Service Catalogue
3 4 (26.67%) Service Management
3 4 (26.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 4 (26.67%) Test Strategy
4 3 (20.00%) Customer Requirements
4 3 (20.00%) Stakeholder Identification
5 2 (13.33%) Scrum
6 1 (6.67%) Data Analysis
6 1 (6.67%) Validation
Qualifications
1 4 (26.67%) Degree
2 1 (6.67%) SC Cleared
2 1 (6.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.67%) GxP
1 1 (6.67%) HIPAA
1 1 (6.67%) QA
System Software
1 1 (6.67%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 1 (6.67%) VxRail
Vendors
1 7 (46.67%) SAP
2 4 (26.67%) ServiceNow
3 1 (6.67%) VMware