Requirements Gathering Contract Job Trends in Oxford

Requirements Gathering (Requirements Elicitation)
Oxfordshire > Oxford

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Oxford requiring Requirements Gathering skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 16 12
Rank change year-on-year +1 -4 -
Contract jobs citing Requirements Gathering 5 2 1
As % of all contract jobs in Oxford 4.35% 3.85% 1.45%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.25% 4.17% 2.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £230 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £240 £400 £500
Median % change year-on-year -40.00% -20.00% -
75th Percentile £263 - -
90th Percentile £270 - -
Oxfordshire median daily rate £258 £419 £500
% change year-on-year -38.51% -16.25% -20.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Oxford

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 Oxford.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 80 48 49
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Oxford 69.57% 92.31% 71.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 54 19 42
10th Percentile £289 £214 £183
25th Percentile £358 £222 £282
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £350 £444
Median % change year-on-year +46.43% -21.13% -1.39%
75th Percentile £638 £494 £500
90th Percentile £793 £618 £567
Oxfordshire median daily rate £500 £444 £450
% change year-on-year +12.68% -1.39% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 6 3
10th Percentile £29.00 - -
25th Percentile £35.56 £25.15 -
Median hourly rate £55.00 £51.08 £12.50
Median % change year-on-year +7.68% +308.60% -
75th Percentile £63.75 £87.97 £14.25
90th Percentile - £89.63 £15.30
Oxfordshire median hourly rate £38.00 £25.15 £14.25
% change year-on-year +51.09% +76.49% -55.88%

Requirements Gathering
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxford

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

Requirements Gathering job vacancy trend in Oxford

Requirements Gathering
Daily Rate Trend in Oxford

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxford citing Requirements Gathering

Requirements Gathering
Hourly Rate Trend in Oxford

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxford citing Requirements Gathering

Requirements Gathering
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Oxford 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 3 (60.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (60.00%) Documentation Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Finance
2 2 (40.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 2 (40.00%) Japanese Language
2 2 (40.00%) Public Sector
2 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Analyst
1 3 (60.00%) Business Analyst
2 2 (40.00%) Senior
3 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) AI Agents
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (60.00%) Agile
2 3 (60.00%) Business Analysis
2 3 (60.00%) ITIL
2 3 (60.00%) ITSM
2 3 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (60.00%) Project Delivery
2 3 (60.00%) Service Management
3 2 (40.00%) AI
3 2 (40.00%) Business Case
3 2 (40.00%) Commercialisation
3 2 (40.00%) Cost Reduction
3 2 (40.00%) Customer Experience
3 2 (40.00%) Machine Learning
3 2 (40.00%) Product Management
3 2 (40.00%) Roadmaps
3 2 (40.00%) Software Engineering
3 2 (40.00%) Use Case
3 2 (40.00%) Validation
3 2 (40.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) Degree
1 3 (60.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (40.00%) BPSS Clearance