Requirements Analysis Contract Job Trends in the South West

Requirements Analysis
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South West requiring Requirements Analysis skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 120 136 144
Rank change year-on-year +16 +8 +13
Contract jobs citing Requirements Analysis 4 4 12
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 0.20% 0.16% 0.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.22% 0.19% 0.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 3 6
10th Percentile - - £494
25th Percentile £413 - £553
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £450 £640
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% -29.63% +39.02%
75th Percentile £441 £475 £688
90th Percentile £446 £490 £706
England median daily rate £475 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -13.64% -4.35% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £71.25
Median hourly rate - - £77.50
75th Percentile - - £83.75
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate - £68.75 £78.73
% change year-on-year - -12.67% +36.91%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

Requirements Analysis 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 the South West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,781 2,142 2,810
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 90.36% 83.90% 87.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,007 1,239 1,932
10th Percentile £213 £300 £313
25th Percentile £363 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.24% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £725 £725
England median daily rate £512 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.48% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 271 207 269
10th Percentile £15.00 £22.50 £23.24
25th Percentile £18.87 £47.13 £48.31
Median hourly rate £25.15 £67.50 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -62.74% +12.50% -
75th Percentile £63.75 £72.50 £73.75
90th Percentile £68.00 £75.00 £83.40
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -41.51% -3.37% +41.67%

Requirements Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Requirements Analysis relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Requirements Analysis job vacancy trend in the South West

Requirements Analysis
Daily Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Requirements Analysis.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Requirements Analysis

Requirements Analysis
Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Requirements Analysis.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Requirements Analysis

Requirements Analysis
Contract Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Requirements Analysis within the South West region over the 6 months to 4 October 2025. 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
Bristol +8 4 £425 -5.56% 5
Requirements Analysis
England

Requirements Analysis
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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 4 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 4 (100.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Project Manager
1 4 (100.00%) Telecoms Manager
1 4 (100.00%) Telecoms Project Manager
2 3 (75.00%) Mobile Project Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Work Breakdown Structure
2 3 (75.00%) Product Planning
2 3 (75.00%) Project Management
2 3 (75.00%) Roadmaps
3 1 (25.00%) Impact Assessments
3 1 (25.00%) Project Delivery
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) PMO