Requirements Engineering Contract Job Trends in Reading

Requirements Engineering
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Reading requiring Requirements Engineering skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 87 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Requirements Engineering 5 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 0.45% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.55% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £414 - -
25th Percentile £417 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £443 - -
75th Percentile £477 - -
90th Percentile £485 - -
Berkshire median daily rate £443 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Median hourly rate £83.00 - -
Berkshire median hourly rate £83.00 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Reading

Requirements Engineering 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 Reading.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 907 546 955
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 82.23% 91.61% 86.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 524 345 513
10th Percentile £375 £344 £350
25th Percentile £454 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £580
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -9.48% +5.45%
75th Percentile £638 £609 £650
90th Percentile £733 £650 £700
Berkshire median daily rate £550 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 119 23 26
10th Percentile £35.22 - £14.50
25th Percentile £71.22 £14.75 £50.81
Median hourly rate £85.00 £28.50 £61.33
Median % change year-on-year +198.25% -53.53% -7.08%
75th Percentile £100.42 £58.00 £73.57
90th Percentile £105.10 £66.60 £87.46
Berkshire median hourly rate £80.28 £37.28 £61.50
% change year-on-year +115.33% -39.38% +2.49%

Requirements Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Requirements Engineering job vacancy trend in Reading

Requirements Engineering
Daily Rate Trend in Reading

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Requirements Engineering.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Requirements Engineering

Requirements Engineering
Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Requirements Engineering.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Requirements Engineering

Requirements Engineering
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (20.00%) Confluence
1 1 (20.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (20.00%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Azure
1 1 (20.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (20.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) Power BI
General
1 2 (40.00%) Aerospace
1 2 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (40.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (20.00%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Analyst
1 3 (60.00%) Business Analyst
2 2 (40.00%) Architect
2 2 (40.00%) Principal Architect
2 2 (40.00%) Principal Security Architect
2 2 (40.00%) Product Architect
2 2 (40.00%) Security Architect
3 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared Business Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Senior
3 1 (20.00%) Senior Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Senior Business Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Senior Transformation Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Transformation Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Virtual Team
2 1 (20.00%) Onboarding
2 1 (20.00%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Validation
2 3 (60.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (60.00%) User Stories
2 3 (60.00%) Vulnerability Management
3 2 (40.00%) Acceptance Criteria
3 2 (40.00%) Agile
3 2 (40.00%) Business Analysis
3 2 (40.00%) Computer Science
3 2 (40.00%) Digital Enablement
3 2 (40.00%) Digital Engineering
3 2 (40.00%) SBOM
3 2 (40.00%) Scenario Testing
3 2 (40.00%) Security Architecture
3 2 (40.00%) Systems Engineering
3 2 (40.00%) Threat Modelling
3 2 (40.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 2 (40.00%) Verification and Validation
3 2 (40.00%) Virtual Team Management
3 2 (40.00%) Workshop Facilitation
4 1 (20.00%) Impact Assessments
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) Degree
1 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) CompTIA Security+
2 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (60.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (40.00%) NIST
2 2 (40.00%) NIST 800
3 1 (20.00%) GRC
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Ceridian
1 1 (20.00%) NGA Human Resources