Requirements Engineer Contracts in the UK excluding London

Requirements Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Requirements Engineer daily rate in the UK excluding London is £375 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 395 454 514
Rank change year-on-year +59 +60 -84
Contract jobs requiring a Requirements Engineer 3 1 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.014% 0.004% 0.006%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.016% 0.004% 0.007%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £408
25th Percentile £363 - £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 - £454
75th Percentile £388 - £502
90th Percentile - - £523
UK median daily rate £450 - £454
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £70.50 £36.75 -
Median hourly rate £71.00 £38.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +84.42% - -
75th Percentile £71.50 £40.25 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £71.00 £67.50 £39.29
% change year-on-year +5.19% +71.80% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 19,245 22,798 29,861
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.68% 94.05% 95.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,847 15,968 20,881
10th Percentile £213 £225 £200
25th Percentile £363 £393 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £598 £594 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,208 1,203 1,503
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.43 £12.06
25th Percentile £15.63 £18.13 £14.25
Median hourly rate £37.50 £42.50 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -11.76% +117.95% +2.63%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £42.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £75.00 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £35.50 £45.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year -21.11% +95.65% +0.94%

Requirements Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Requirements Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Requirements Engineer in the UK excluding London

Requirements Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Requirements Engineer in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Requirements Engineer in the UK excluding London

Requirements Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Requirements Engineer in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Requirements Engineer in the UK excluding London

Requirements Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Requirements Engineer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 23 April 2024. 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
South West - 2 - - 3
East of England - 1 £375 -
Requirements Engineer
UK

Requirements Engineer Skill Set
Top 28 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 23 April 2024, Requirements Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Requirements Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) Aerospace
1 2 (66.67%) Windows
2 1 (33.33%) Linux
2 1 (33.33%) VoIP
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (33.33%) LabVIEW
2 1 (33.33%) Teamcenter
2 1 (33.33%) TOGAF
2 1 (33.33%) Data Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Supplier Management
2 1 (33.33%) SysML
2 1 (33.33%) Enterprise Architecture
2 1 (33.33%) Network Security
2 1 (33.33%) Requirements Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) Network Management
2 1 (33.33%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (33.33%) 4G
2 1 (33.33%) Security Hardening
2 1 (33.33%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) 5G
2 1 (33.33%) Systems Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) Sparx
2 1 (33.33%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Public Sector

Requirements Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
1 1 (33.33%) Teamcenter
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) 4G
1 1 (33.33%) 5G
1 1 (33.33%) Network Security
1 1 (33.33%) VoIP
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) LabVIEW
1 1 (33.33%) Rational DOORS
General
1 2 (66.67%) Aerospace
2 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Windows
2 1 (33.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Data Analysis
1 1 (33.33%) Enterprise Architecture
1 1 (33.33%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
1 1 (33.33%) Network Management
1 1 (33.33%) Requirements Engineering
1 1 (33.33%) Security Hardening
1 1 (33.33%) Supplier Management
1 1 (33.33%) SysML
1 1 (33.33%) Systems Engineering
1 1 (33.33%) TOGAF
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 1 (33.33%) Sparx