Requirements Gathering Contract Job Trends in Surrey

Requirements Gathering (Requirements Elicitation)
South East > Surrey

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Surrey requiring Requirements Gathering skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 49 45 61
Rank change year-on-year -4 +16 +1
Contract jobs citing Requirements Gathering 4 3 11
As % of all contract jobs in Surrey 0.93% 0.78% 1.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.10% 0.87% 1.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 3 10
10th Percentile £423 - £313
25th Percentile £448 - £328
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £365 £419
Median % change year-on-year +36.99% -12.84% -22.45%
75th Percentile £547 £426 £466
90th Percentile £564 £463 £588
South East median daily rate £498 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -5.24% -0.94% +10.99%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Surrey

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 Surrey.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 364 344 564
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Surrey 84.45% 88.89% 85.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 237 222 436
10th Percentile £204 £203 £200
25th Percentile £313 £289 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £506
Median % change year-on-year - -6.17% -1.22%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £595
90th Percentile £678 £650 £675
South East median daily rate £500 £505 £513
% change year-on-year -0.99% -1.51% +1.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 16 36
10th Percentile £25.15 £16.63 £16.38
25th Percentile £28.63 £23.21 £27.50
Median hourly rate £55.00 £24.18 £59.81
Median % change year-on-year +127.46% -59.57% +32.91%
75th Percentile £58.13 £28.31 £76.53
90th Percentile £75.00 £52.82 £77.93
South East median hourly rate £23.58 £43.94 £53.50
% change year-on-year -46.35% -17.87% +18.89%

Requirements Gathering
Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

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

Requirements Gathering job vacancy trend in Surrey

Requirements Gathering
Daily Rate Trend in Surrey

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

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

Requirements Gathering
Daily Rate Histogram in Surrey

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Requirements Gathering in Surrey over the 6 months to 18 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Requirements Gathering in Surrey

Requirements Gathering
Hourly Rate Trend in Surrey

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

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

Requirements Gathering
Contract Job Locations in Surrey

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 Surrey region over the 6 months to 18 January 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
Leatherhead +4 2 £513 +7.89%
Sunbury-on-Thames - 1 £413 -
Requirements Gathering
South East

Requirements Gathering
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Surrey 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:

Applications
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 2 (50.00%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Salesforce CRM
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (25.00%) Finance
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Analyst
1 3 (75.00%) Business Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Business IT Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Finance Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Finance Project Manager
2 1 (25.00%) IT Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) IT Business Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Agile
1 3 (75.00%) Business Analysis
1 3 (75.00%) Project Management
2 2 (50.00%) ERP
2 2 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 2 (50.00%) Validation
2 2 (50.00%) Waterfall
2 2 (50.00%) Workshop Facilitation
3 1 (25.00%) Business Case
3 1 (25.00%) Business Process Modelling
3 1 (25.00%) Change Control
3 1 (25.00%) Cutover Planning
3 1 (25.00%) Epics
3 1 (25.00%) Feasibility Study
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) Swim Lanes
3 1 (25.00%) Test Planning
3 1 (25.00%) Test Strategy
3 1 (25.00%) User Stories
3 1 (25.00%) Wireframes
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) Salesforce