Requirements Gathering Contract Job Trends in Portsmouth

Requirements Gathering (Requirements Elicitation)
Hampshire > Portsmouth

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Portsmouth requiring Requirements Gathering skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 - 31
Rank change year-on-year - - +10
Contract jobs citing Requirements Gathering 5 0 6
As % of all contract jobs in Portsmouth 3.11% - 2.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.35% - 2.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 5
10th Percentile - - £449
25th Percentile - - £522
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £364 - £544
Median % change year-on-year - - +4.62%
75th Percentile - - £700
90th Percentile - - £790
Hampshire median daily rate £438 £544 £535
% change year-on-year -19.54% +1.64% -2.73%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Portsmouth

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 Portsmouth.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 115 93 244
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Portsmouth 71.43% 83.04% 87.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 50 51 119
10th Percentile £310 £321 £400
25th Percentile £413 £413 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% -1.82% +10.00%
75th Percentile £550 £619 £633
90th Percentile £646 £660 £805
Hampshire median daily rate £535 £550 £570
% change year-on-year -2.73% -3.51% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 19 57
10th Percentile £16.11 £31.25 £28.55
25th Percentile £25.01 £35.00 £59.44
Median hourly rate £47.50 £62.50 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year -24.00% - +4.17%
75th Percentile £53.46 £63.13 £70.00
90th Percentile £60.56 £72.00 £80.00
Hampshire median hourly rate £20.71 £56.38 £47.50
% change year-on-year -63.26% +18.68% +5.56%

Requirements Gathering
Job Vacancy Trend in Portsmouth

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

Requirements Gathering job vacancy trend in Portsmouth

Requirements Gathering
Daily Rate Trend in Portsmouth

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

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

Requirements Gathering
Hourly Rate Trend in Portsmouth

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

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

Requirements Gathering
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Portsmouth 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (40.00%) Power BI
General
1 2 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (40.00%) Documentation Skills
1 2 (40.00%) Finance
1 2 (40.00%) Retail
2 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) User Researcher
2 2 (40.00%) Lead
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Actionable Insight
1 3 (60.00%) Agile
1 3 (60.00%) Cognitive Psychology
1 3 (60.00%) Design Persona
1 3 (60.00%) Ergonomics
1 3 (60.00%) Ethnography
1 3 (60.00%) Front End Development
1 3 (60.00%) Human Factors
1 3 (60.00%) Market Research
1 3 (60.00%) Psychology
1 3 (60.00%) Qualitative Research
1 3 (60.00%) Quantitative Research
1 3 (60.00%) Service Design
1 3 (60.00%) Usability Testing
1 3 (60.00%) User Experience
1 3 (60.00%) User Research
1 3 (60.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
1 3 (60.00%) UX Design
2 2 (40.00%) Data Protection
2 2 (40.00%) Process Improvement
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (60.00%) Actionable Recommendations
2 2 (40.00%) GDPR
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) IFS