Requirements Gathering Contract Job Trends in Suffolk

Requirements Gathering (Requirements Elicitation)
East of England > Suffolk

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

6 months to
26 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 20 15
Rank change year-on-year +2 -5 +11
Contract jobs citing Requirements Gathering 2 1 1
As % of all contract jobs in Suffolk 1.56% 1.20% 1.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.25% 1.54% 1.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 1
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £351 £450 £600
Median % change year-on-year -22.00% -25.00% +17.07%
East of England median daily rate £580 £500 £418
% change year-on-year +16.00% +19.76% -7.22%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Suffolk

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 Suffolk.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 89 65 66
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Suffolk 69.53% 78.31% 80.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 53 36 44
10th Percentile £214 £200 £128
25th Percentile £395 £225 £297
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £375 £475
Median % change year-on-year +40.00% -21.05% -25.78%
75th Percentile £666 £495 £538
90th Percentile £713 £638 £626
East of England median daily rate £475 £490 £475
% change year-on-year -3.06% +3.16% -2.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 3 6
10th Percentile £17.08 - £11.25
25th Percentile £19.00 - £12.69
Median hourly rate £21.00 £70.00 £29.25
Median % change year-on-year -70.00% +139.32% +95.00%
75th Percentile £24.38 - £53.69
90th Percentile £24.61 - £68.34
East of England median hourly rate £21.90 £54.00 £38.12
% change year-on-year -59.44% +41.66% +34.94%

Requirements Gathering
Job Vacancy Trend in Suffolk

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

Requirements Gathering job vacancy trend in Suffolk

Requirements Gathering
Daily Rate Trend in Suffolk

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

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

Requirements Gathering
Hourly Rate Trend in Suffolk

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

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

Requirements Gathering
Contract Job Locations in Suffolk

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Requirements Gathering within the Suffolk region over the 6 months to 26 March 2026. 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
Ipswich +2 1 £351 -22.00% 3
Requirements Gathering
East of England

Requirements Gathering
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Suffolk 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 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Business Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Business Systems Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Business Systems Manager
2 1 (50.00%) Project Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (50.00%) Senior
2 1 (50.00%) Senior Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Senior Business Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Business Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 1 (50.00%) Housing Management
2 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Translating Business Requirements
2 1 (50.00%) Workshop Facilitation