Requirements Gathering Contract Job Trends in the North West

Requirements Gathering (Requirements Elicitation)
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North West requiring Requirements Gathering skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 78 76 76
Rank change year-on-year -2 0 +18
Contract jobs citing Requirements Gathering 67 46 61
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 2.69% 2.19% 2.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.06% 2.51% 2.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 59 28 43
10th Percentile £313 £404 £325
25th Percentile £373 £461 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £405 £551 £550
Median % change year-on-year -26.50% +0.18% +10.00%
75th Percentile £488 £603 £641
90th Percentile £500 £627 £675
England median daily rate £500 £545 £550
% change year-on-year -8.26% -0.91% +4.76%

All Process & Methodology Skills
North West

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 the North West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,189 1,835 2,303
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 87.77% 87.26% 87.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,423 1,046 1,570
10th Percentile £213 £270 £306
25th Percentile £358 £390 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +0.76%
75th Percentile £550 £571 £600
90th Percentile £650 £656 £676
England median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.42% -2.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 192 94 151
10th Percentile £16.58 £16.00 £16.25
25th Percentile £21.60 £21.05 £18.70
Median hourly rate £41.68 £29.62 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +40.74% -25.96% +14.29%
75th Percentile £56.89 £46.18 £46.91
90th Percentile £69.94 £69.28 £65.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +27.14%

Requirements Gathering
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Requirements Gathering job vacancy trend in the North West

Requirements Gathering
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Requirements Gathering.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Requirements Gathering

Requirements Gathering
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Requirements Gathering in the North West over the 6 months to 8 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Requirements Gathering in the North West

Requirements Gathering
Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Requirements Gathering.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Requirements Gathering

Requirements Gathering
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 Gathering within the North West region over the 6 months to 8 January 2026. 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 -4 29 £402 -31.05% 10
Manchester +10 28 £426 -10.32% 18
Merseyside -18 4 £438 -28.57% 2
Lancashire -20 2 £500 - 8
Requirements Gathering
England

Requirements Gathering
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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:

Application Platforms
1 9 (13.43%) Confluence
2 1 (1.49%) Moodle
2 1 (1.49%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (8.96%) MS Visio
2 2 (2.99%) Chatbot
2 2 (2.99%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.49%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (1.49%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (4.48%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (2.99%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (1.49%) SAP FI-CA
Cloud Services
1 19 (28.36%) AWS
2 11 (16.42%) Azure
3 6 (8.96%) Apigee
3 6 (8.96%) Kong
4 2 (2.99%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (2.99%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (2.99%) Miro
4 2 (2.99%) Power Platform
5 1 (1.49%) GCP
5 1 (1.49%) OCI
5 1 (1.49%) Smartsheet
5 1 (1.49%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.48%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (2.99%) Power BI
2 2 (2.99%) Qlik Sense
3 1 (1.49%) Electronic Patient Records
3 1 (1.49%) Oracle BI Publisher
3 1 (1.49%) Oracle Database
3 1 (1.49%) Power Query
3 1 (1.49%) Relational Database
3 1 (1.49%) Snowflake Schema
3 1 (1.49%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.49%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 24 (35.82%) JIRA
2 8 (11.94%) Git
3 2 (2.99%) Postman
General
1 28 (41.79%) Finance
2 21 (31.34%) Analytical Skills
2 21 (31.34%) Social Skills
3 14 (20.90%) Banking
4 11 (16.42%) Public Sector
5 4 (5.97%) Presentation Skills
5 4 (5.97%) Retail Banking
6 3 (4.48%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (2.99%) Manufacturing
7 2 (2.99%) Marketing
8 1 (1.49%) Billing
8 1 (1.49%) Digital Health
8 1 (1.49%) Financial Institution
8 1 (1.49%) Local Government
8 1 (1.49%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (1.49%) Retail
8 1 (1.49%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 42 (62.69%) Analyst
2 38 (56.72%) Business Analyst
3 14 (20.90%) Developer
4 7 (10.45%) Technical Analyst
4 7 (10.45%) Technical Business Analyst
5 6 (8.96%) Java Developer
5 6 (8.96%) Senior
5 6 (8.96%) Senior Analyst
5 6 (8.96%) Senior Business Analyst
6 5 (7.46%) Salesforce Analyst
7 4 (5.97%) Backend Developer
8 3 (4.48%) Lead
8 3 (4.48%) Mobile Developer
8 3 (4.48%) Project Manager
8 3 (4.48%) Salesforce Business Analyst
9 2 (2.99%) Consultant
9 2 (2.99%) Data Analyst
9 2 (2.99%) Payments Business Analyst
9 2 (2.99%) Security Analyst
9 2 (2.99%) Service Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (25.37%) REST
2 12 (17.91%) Spring
2 12 (17.91%) Spring Boot
3 10 (14.93%) OAuth
4 8 (11.94%) JMS
4 8 (11.94%) JSON
4 8 (11.94%) SOAP
4 8 (11.94%) Swagger
4 8 (11.94%) XML
5 6 (8.96%) JWT
5 6 (8.96%) OpenAPI
6 4 (5.97%) OAuth2
7 1 (1.49%) GraphQL
7 1 (1.49%) Middleware
7 1 (1.49%) Nuxt
7 1 (1.49%) Oracle Fusion
7 1 (1.49%) PySpark
7 1 (1.49%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 8 (11.94%) SWIFT Messaging Network
2 7 (10.45%) Cloud Native
3 5 (7.46%) Product Ownership
4 4 (5.97%) Data Structures
4 4 (5.97%) Mobile App
5 3 (4.48%) NHS
6 2 (2.99%) Digital Wallet
6 2 (2.99%) Management Information System
6 2 (2.99%) Security Operations Centre
7 1 (1.49%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (1.49%) FMCG
7 1 (1.49%) Learning Management System
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.49%) Windows
1 1 (1.49%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (50.75%) Problem-Solving
2 33 (49.25%) Agile
3 31 (46.27%) Stakeholder Management
4 17 (25.37%) Business Analysis
4 17 (25.37%) DevOps
5 16 (23.88%) User Acceptance Testing
6 15 (22.39%) Workshop Facilitation
7 14 (20.90%) Change Management
7 14 (20.90%) CI/CD
8 12 (17.91%) SDLC
8 12 (17.91%) User Stories
9 11 (16.42%) GAP Analysis
9 11 (16.42%) Test Automation
9 11 (16.42%) Translating Business Requirements
10 10 (14.93%) Decision-Making
10 10 (14.93%) Microservices
10 10 (14.93%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 10 (14.93%) Validation
11 9 (13.43%) Computer Science
11 9 (13.43%) Integration Testing
Programming Languages
1 19 (28.36%) SQL
2 12 (17.91%) Java
3 4 (5.97%) Kotlin
4 1 (1.49%) Python
4 1 (1.49%) T-SQL
4 1 (1.49%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 12 (17.91%) Degree
2 7 (10.45%) Computer Science Degree
3 6 (8.96%) BPSS Clearance
3 6 (8.96%) Security Cleared
4 2 (2.99%) SC Cleared
5 1 (1.49%) APMG
5 1 (1.49%) Azure Certification
5 1 (1.49%) CBAP
5 1 (1.49%) PMI Certification
5 1 (1.49%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (16.42%) QA
2 10 (14.93%) PSD2
3 8 (11.94%) ISO 20022
3 8 (11.94%) SEPA
4 3 (4.48%) Accessibility
5 2 (2.99%) Data Quality
5 2 (2.99%) NIST
5 2 (2.99%) PCI DSS
6 1 (1.49%) ISO 8583
System Software
1 7 (10.45%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (10.45%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 11 (16.42%) Oracle
2 10 (14.93%) Microsoft
3 7 (10.45%) SAP
4 6 (8.96%) MuleSoft
5 5 (7.46%) Salesforce
6 1 (1.49%) Databricks
6 1 (1.49%) OpenAI
6 1 (1.49%) Saba
6 1 (1.49%) Sage
6 1 (1.49%) ServiceNow