Requirements Engineering Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Requirements Engineering
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Requirements Engineering skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 134 105 -
Rank change year-on-year -29 - -
Contract jobs citing Requirements Engineering 16 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.54% 0.067% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.66% 0.072% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £83 - -
South East median daily rate £438 £600 £475
% change year-on-year -27.08% +26.32% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 1 0
10th Percentile £81.79 - -
25th Percentile £82.39 £70.00 -
Median hourly rate £83.58 £75.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +11.43% - -
75th Percentile £84.68 £80.00 -
90th Percentile £85.36 - -
South East median hourly rate £83.58 £75.00 -
% change year-on-year +11.43% - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 the Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,427 1,386 2,272
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 81.31% 92.90% 87.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,600 847 1,261
10th Percentile £303 £295 £213
25th Percentile £405 £400 £370
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.00% - -
75th Percentile £600 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £675
South East median daily rate £515 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +3.00% - -1.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 193 61 167
10th Percentile £16.35 £14.20 £14.17
25th Percentile £28.00 £14.30 £19.25
Median hourly rate £81.50 £27.76 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +193.59% -38.31% -11.85%
75th Percentile £85.50 £62.24 £63.75
90th Percentile £103.30 £77.19 £85.65
South East median hourly rate £52.50 £25.82 £47.50
% change year-on-year +103.35% -45.65% -5.00%

Requirements Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Requirements Engineering job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Requirements Engineering
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Requirements Engineering.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Requirements Engineering

Requirements Engineering
Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Requirements Engineering.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Requirements Engineering

Requirements Engineering
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Requirements Engineering within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 21 May 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
Berkshire -9 16 £83 -
Requirements Engineering
South East

Requirements Engineering
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 (6.25%) Confluence
1 1 (6.25%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (6.25%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 1 (6.25%) Azure
1 1 (6.25%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (6.25%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.25%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 8 (50.00%) Rational DOORS
General
1 12 (75.00%) Aerospace
2 5 (31.25%) Manufacturing
3 3 (18.75%) Social Skills
4 1 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (6.25%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (37.50%) Delivery Manager
1 6 (37.50%) Engineering Manager
1 6 (37.50%) Product Delivery Manager
1 6 (37.50%) Product Manager
1 6 (37.50%) Requirements Manager
2 4 (25.00%) Architect
2 4 (25.00%) Security Architect
3 3 (18.75%) Principal Architect
3 3 (18.75%) Principal Security Architect
3 3 (18.75%) Product Architect
3 3 (18.75%) Security Engineer
3 3 (18.75%) Systems Engineer
4 2 (12.50%) DOORS Engineer
4 2 (12.50%) Principal Engineer
4 2 (12.50%) Principal Security Engineer
4 2 (12.50%) Product Engineer
5 1 (6.25%) Business Analyst
5 1 (6.25%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 1 (6.25%) Cybersecurity Architect
5 1 (6.25%) Lead Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.25%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 7 (43.75%) Virtual Team
2 3 (18.75%) Management Information System
2 3 (18.75%) Product Ownership
2 3 (18.75%) Taxonomies
3 2 (12.50%) Onboarding
4 1 (6.25%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (81.25%) Systems Engineering
2 10 (62.50%) Computer Science
3 8 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
3 8 (50.00%) Migration
3 8 (50.00%) Validation
3 8 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
4 7 (43.75%) SBOM
4 7 (43.75%) Security Architecture
4 7 (43.75%) Threat Modelling
4 7 (43.75%) Verification and Validation
4 7 (43.75%) Virtual Team Management
5 5 (31.25%) Continuous Improvement
5 5 (31.25%) Digital Enablement
5 5 (31.25%) Digital Engineering
5 5 (31.25%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
5 5 (31.25%) PLM
5 5 (31.25%) Programme Management
6 4 (25.00%) Agile
6 4 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 3 (18.75%) Change Control
Qualifications
1 15 (93.75%) Security Cleared
2 11 (68.75%) Degree
3 4 (25.00%) SC Cleared
4 3 (18.75%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (6.25%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (43.75%) NIST
2 7 (43.75%) NIST 800
3 5 (31.25%) Data Quality
4 1 (6.25%) GRC
Vendors
1 3 (18.75%) IBM