Requirements Gathering Contract Job Trends in Northern Ireland

Requirements Gathering (Requirements Elicitation)
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Northern Ireland requiring Requirements Gathering skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 34 37 27
Rank change year-on-year +3 -10 -4
Contract jobs citing Requirements Gathering 2 1 4
As % of all contract jobs in Northern Ireland 0.88% 0.41% 2.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.02% 0.45% 2.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile £396 - £511
25th Percentile £414 - £517
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £449 - £556
Median % change year-on-year - - +23.61%
75th Percentile £484 - £617
90th Percentile £503 - £637
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £506
% change year-on-year - -1.14% -6.34%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £37.50
Median hourly rate - - £40.00
75th Percentile - - £42.50
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £68.50 £38.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year +80.26% -20.00% -29.63%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 196 220 141
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 86.34% 90.91% 77.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 95 103 63
10th Percentile £252 £253 £148
25th Percentile £366 £325 £184
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £470 £400
Median % change year-on-year -4.26% +17.50% -
75th Percentile £653 £575 £563
90th Percentile £694 £625 £645
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 51 53 17
10th Percentile £14.50 £12.85 £21.19
25th Percentile £16.00 £14.78 -
Median hourly rate £43.96 £17.30 £24.18
Median % change year-on-year +154.10% -28.45% +76.69%
75th Percentile - £25.15 -
90th Percentile £44.50 - £41.15
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +59.05% -41.51% +3.61%

Requirements Gathering
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Requirements Gathering job vacancy trend in Northern Ireland

Requirements Gathering
Daily Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing Requirements Gathering.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing Requirements Gathering

Requirements Gathering
Daily Rate Histogram in Northern Ireland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Requirements Gathering in Northern Ireland over the 6 months to 11 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Requirements Gathering in Northern Ireland

Requirements Gathering
Hourly Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing Requirements Gathering.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing Requirements Gathering

Requirements Gathering
Contract Job Locations in Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 11 September 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
County Antrim +10 2 £449 - 11
Requirements Gathering
UK

Requirements Gathering
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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:

Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (50.00%) MS Visio
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Banking
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Front Office
2 1 (50.00%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Investment Banking
2 1 (50.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Business Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Data Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Governance Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Implementation Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) MiFID Business Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Monitoring Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Product Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Product Business Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Senior
2 1 (50.00%) Senior Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Senior Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Derivative
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Business Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Business Impact Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Data Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) GAP Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Impact Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Kalman Filter
2 1 (50.00%) Product Governance
2 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) MiFID
1 1 (50.00%) PMO
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft