Requirements Workshops Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Requirements Gathering Workshops
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Requirements Workshops skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 147 109 130
Rank change year-on-year -38 +21 +20
Contract jobs citing Requirements Workshops 7 1 3
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.23% 0.067% 0.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.29% 0.072% 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 2
10th Percentile £353 - -
25th Percentile £383 £613 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £625 £500
Median % change year-on-year -36.00% +25.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £434 £638 -
90th Percentile £496 - -
South East median daily rate £405 £625 £475
% change year-on-year -35.20% +31.58% -26.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £94.00 - -
25th Percentile £94.59 - -
Median hourly rate £98.62 - -
75th Percentile £102.09 - -
90th Percentile £102.33 - -
South East median hourly rate £98.62 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

Requirements Workshops 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 2,440 1,395 2,276
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 80.74% 93.44% 85.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,583 856 1,242
10th Percentile £306 £298 £220
25th Percentile £407 £402 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% - -1.96%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £600
90th Percentile £688 £681 £675
South East median daily rate £520 £500 £501
% change year-on-year +4.00% -0.10% -1.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 220 72 171
10th Percentile £16.35 £14.20 £14.50
25th Percentile £30.28 £15.03 £19.25
Median hourly rate £81.50 £25.23 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +223.09% -46.89% -9.18%
75th Percentile £88.00 £62.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £104.60 £86.35 £85.65
South East median hourly rate £52.50 £25.15 £50.00
% change year-on-year +108.75% -49.70% -4.76%

Requirements Workshops
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Requirements Workshops job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Requirements Workshops
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

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

Requirements Workshops
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Requirements Workshops in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 14 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Requirements Workshops in the Thames Valley

Requirements Workshops
Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

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

Requirements Workshops
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 Workshops within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 14 June 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 - 6 £400 - 4
Buckinghamshire -34 1 - -
Requirements Workshops
South East

Requirements Workshops
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:

Business Applications
1 2 (28.57%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (14.29%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 2 (28.57%) Azure
1 2 (28.57%) Azure DevOps
1 2 (28.57%) Power Platform
General
1 4 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 3 (42.86%) Finance
3 2 (28.57%) Aerospace
3 2 (28.57%) Influencing Skills
3 2 (28.57%) Legal
3 2 (28.57%) Marketing
3 2 (28.57%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (14.29%) Billing
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Architect
2 3 (42.86%) Consultant
3 2 (28.57%) Analyst
3 2 (28.57%) Business Analyst
3 2 (28.57%) Business Architect
3 2 (28.57%) Lead
3 2 (28.57%) Presales Consultant
3 2 (28.57%) Presales Technical Architect
3 2 (28.57%) Technical Architect
3 2 (28.57%) Technical Consultant
3 2 (28.57%) Technical Presales Consultant
4 1 (14.29%) Functional Consultant
4 1 (14.29%) Lead Business Analyst
4 1 (14.29%) Lead Consultant
4 1 (14.29%) Workday Consultant
4 1 (14.29%) Workday Functional Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) AI Agents
1 2 (28.57%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (14.29%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Workshop Facilitation
2 4 (57.14%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (42.86%) Agile
3 3 (42.86%) Requirements Gathering
3 3 (42.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (28.57%) Acceptance Criteria
4 2 (28.57%) AI
4 2 (28.57%) Business Analysis
4 2 (28.57%) Computer Science
4 2 (28.57%) DevOps
4 2 (28.57%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 2 (28.57%) ERP
4 2 (28.57%) Presales
4 2 (28.57%) Programme Management
4 2 (28.57%) Requirements Management
4 2 (28.57%) Strategic Thinking
4 2 (28.57%) System Integration Testing
4 2 (28.57%) Technical Architecture
4 2 (28.57%) Use Case
4 2 (28.57%) User Stories
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) Security Cleared
2 2 (28.57%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (28.57%) Degree
2 2 (28.57%) SC Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
1 2 (28.57%) SAP
2 1 (14.29%) ServiceNow
2 1 (14.29%) Workday