Requirements Gathering Contract Job Trends in Preston

Requirements Gathering (Requirements Elicitation)
Lancashire > Preston

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Preston 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 18 13 17
Rank change year-on-year -5 +4 -
Contract jobs citing Requirements Gathering 1 4 1
As % of all contract jobs in Preston 1.28% 6.35% 1.56%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.56% 6.90% 1.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £463 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £550
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -13.64% -
75th Percentile - £488 £575
90th Percentile - - -
Lancashire median daily rate £500 £488 £650
% change year-on-year +2.56% -25.00% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Preston

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 Preston.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 64 58 61
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Preston 82.05% 92.06% 95.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 35 16
10th Percentile £180 £253 £350
25th Percentile £488 £463 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £538 £475
Median % change year-on-year +2.23% +13.26% +18.01%
75th Percentile £680 £573 £593
90th Percentile £790 £649 £730
Lancashire median daily rate £500 £531 £538
% change year-on-year -5.88% -1.16% +0.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 9 42
10th Percentile £39.53 £22.79 £13.96
25th Percentile £40.13 £26.88 -
Median hourly rate £41.94 £28.75 £16.06
Median % change year-on-year +45.88% +79.02% -62.21%
75th Percentile £45.84 £31.52 £46.18
90th Percentile £74.26 £43.24 £50.00
Lancashire median hourly rate £45.46 £30.96 £45.00
% change year-on-year +46.83% -31.20% +5.88%

Requirements Gathering
Job Vacancy Trend in Preston

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

Requirements Gathering job vacancy trend in Preston

Requirements Gathering
Daily Rate Trend in Preston

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

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

Requirements Gathering
Hourly Rate Trend in Preston

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

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

Requirements Gathering
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Preston 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 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Local Government
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Lead
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Asset Management
1 1 (100.00%) Business Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Coaching
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Workflow
1 1 (100.00%) Workflow Analysis
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) APMG