Requirements Gathering Contracts in the North West

Requirements Gathering (Requirements Elicitation)
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West requiring Requirements Gathering skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Requirements Gathering over the 6 months leading up to 18 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 66 73 86
Rank change year-on-year +7 +13 -11
Contract jobs citing Requirements Gathering 66 52 59
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 3.01% 2.16% 2.03%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.40% 2.57% 2.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 56 32 46
10th Percentile £346 £363 £363
25th Percentile £413 £400 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £478 £488 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.05% -2.50% +0.50%
75th Percentile £550 £551 £575
90th Percentile £628 £598 £647
England median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% +7.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £55.25
England median hourly rate £27.50 £48.75 £61.50
% change year-on-year -43.59% -20.73% +0.82%

All Process and 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 1,943 2,023 2,573
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 88.64% 84.12% 88.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,252 1,216 1,765
10th Percentile £282 £313 £285
25th Percentile £375 £406 £402
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - -
75th Percentile £575 £588 £588
90th Percentile £671 £680 £661
England median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 126 167 157
10th Percentile £13.50 £10.95 £15.90
25th Percentile £18.87 £16.06 £18.50
Median hourly rate £27.19 £35.00 £30.76
Median % change year-on-year -22.32% +13.80% +41.21%
75th Percentile £55.37 £51.91 £46.18
90th Percentile £73.13 £70.90 £65.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £42.75 £40.55
% change year-on-year -41.17% +5.44% +50.28%

Requirements Gathering
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Requirements Gathering in the North West

Requirements Gathering
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

Daily rate trend for Requirements Gathering in the North West

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 18 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Requirements Gathering in the North West

Requirements Gathering
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

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

Hourly rate trend for Requirements Gathering in the North West

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 18 August 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
Manchester +3 34 £475 -5.00% 37
Cheshire -16 17 £469 -15.04% 8
Merseyside +5 8 £750 +191.26% 7
Lancashire 0 6 £550 +15.79% 39
Requirements Gathering
England

Requirements Gathering
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:

Application Platforms
1 8 (12.12%) Confluence
2 2 (3.03%) Apache
2 2 (3.03%) IIS
2 2 (3.03%) WebSphere
Applications
1 7 (10.61%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (6.06%) MS Visio
3 2 (3.03%) InVision
3 2 (3.03%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (3.03%) UserZoom
4 1 (1.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (1.52%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (6.06%) Maximo
2 3 (4.55%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (1.52%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (1.52%) SAP MM
3 1 (1.52%) SAP PS
Cloud Services
1 6 (9.09%) AWS
2 5 (7.58%) Azure
2 5 (7.58%) GitHub
3 3 (4.55%) Google Sheets
3 3 (4.55%) SaaS
4 2 (3.03%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (3.03%) Power Platform
5 1 (1.52%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (1.52%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.52%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.52%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (9.09%) Siebel EIM
2 2 (3.03%) Amazon RDS
2 2 (3.03%) DB2
2 2 (3.03%) Power BI
2 2 (3.03%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.52%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.52%) MongoDB
3 1 (1.52%) MySQL
3 1 (1.52%) NoSQL
3 1 (1.52%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (1.52%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 15 (22.73%) JIRA
2 6 (9.09%) Git
3 4 (6.06%) Cucumber
3 4 (6.06%) GitLab
3 4 (6.06%) Jenkins
3 4 (6.06%) JUnit
4 2 (3.03%) Axure RP
5 1 (1.52%) Bitbucket
General
1 38 (57.58%) Social Skills
2 23 (34.85%) Finance
3 18 (27.27%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (22.73%) Public Sector
5 14 (21.21%) Banking
6 4 (6.06%) Manufacturing
6 4 (6.06%) Presentation Skills
6 4 (6.06%) Retail
7 3 (4.55%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (3.03%) Legal
9 1 (1.52%) Games
9 1 (1.52%) General Ledger
9 1 (1.52%) Law
9 1 (1.52%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 27 (40.91%) Analyst
2 25 (37.88%) Business Analyst
3 11 (16.67%) Developer
4 7 (10.61%) Consultant
5 5 (7.58%) Java Developer
5 5 (7.58%) Product Manager
5 5 (7.58%) Siebel Developer
6 4 (6.06%) Maximo Consultant
6 4 (6.06%) Senior
6 4 (6.06%) Technical Manager
7 3 (4.55%) Architect
7 3 (4.55%) Commercial Officer
7 3 (4.55%) Operations Manager
7 3 (4.55%) ServiceNow Business Analyst
7 3 (4.55%) Technical Business Analyst
8 2 (3.03%) AWS Developer
8 2 (3.03%) Cybersecurity Analyst
8 2 (3.03%) Implementation Analyst
8 2 (3.03%) Technical Operations Manager
8 2 (3.03%) User Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (12.12%) SOAP
1 8 (12.12%) Web Services
2 7 (10.61%) JMS
3 6 (9.09%) REST
4 5 (7.58%) React
4 5 (7.58%) RESTful
4 5 (7.58%) Spring
4 5 (7.58%) Spring Boot
5 4 (6.06%) Kafka
6 3 (4.55%) CSS
6 3 (4.55%) HTML
7 2 (3.03%) XML
8 1 (1.52%) AngularJS
8 1 (1.52%) CSS3
8 1 (1.52%) HTML5
8 1 (1.52%) LDAP
8 1 (1.52%) Node.js
8 1 (1.52%) OAuth
8 1 (1.52%) SailPoint
8 1 (1.52%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 9 (13.64%) Product Ownership
2 6 (9.09%) Management Information System
3 3 (4.55%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (3.03%) Data Structures
4 2 (3.03%) Security Operations Centre
4 2 (3.03%) Team-Oriented Environment
5 1 (1.52%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.52%) Cloud Native
5 1 (1.52%) CMDB
5 1 (1.52%) Credit Risk
5 1 (1.52%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.52%) EPoS
5 1 (1.52%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (1.52%) PMI
5 1 (1.52%) Renewable Energy
5 1 (1.52%) SWIFT Messaging Network
5 1 (1.52%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 6 (9.09%) Linux
2 2 (3.03%) Android
2 2 (3.03%) Apple iOS
2 2 (3.03%) Windows
2 2 (3.03%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (48.48%) Agile
2 24 (36.36%) Stakeholder Management
3 20 (30.30%) Migration
3 20 (30.30%) Problem-Solving
4 17 (25.76%) Change Management
5 16 (24.24%) Business Analysis
6 13 (19.70%) Project Management
6 13 (19.70%) SDLC
7 12 (18.18%) Business Case
8 11 (16.67%) Roadmaps
9 10 (15.15%) Waterfall
10 9 (13.64%) User Acceptance Testing
11 8 (12.12%) Scrum
11 8 (12.12%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 7 (10.61%) Data Modelling
12 7 (10.61%) End-to-End Testing
12 7 (10.61%) Performance Tuning
12 7 (10.61%) Product Strategy
12 7 (10.61%) Sprint Planning
12 7 (10.61%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 17 (25.76%) SQL
2 7 (10.61%) Java
2 7 (10.61%) Python
3 6 (9.09%) PL/SQL
4 5 (7.58%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 13 (19.70%) Security Cleared
2 12 (18.18%) SC Cleared
3 7 (10.61%) Degree
4 3 (4.55%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (4.55%) CBAP
5 2 (3.03%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (3.03%) PMI Certification
6 1 (1.52%) Master's Degree
6 1 (1.52%) PMP
6 1 (1.52%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (10.61%) QA
2 2 (3.03%) Accessibility
2 2 (3.03%) COBIT
2 2 (3.03%) Data Quality
2 2 (3.03%) NIST
3 1 (1.52%) GDPR
3 1 (1.52%) HIPAA
3 1 (1.52%) ISO 20022
3 1 (1.52%) PSD2
3 1 (1.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (1.52%) SEPA
System Software
1 3 (4.55%) Docker
2 1 (1.52%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (3.03%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 14 (21.21%) Microsoft
2 9 (13.64%) Oracle
3 6 (9.09%) SAP
3 6 (9.09%) Siebel
4 5 (7.58%) ServiceNow
5 4 (6.06%) IBM
6 3 (4.55%) Google
7 2 (3.03%) CA Agile Central
8 1 (1.52%) Okta