Requirements Gathering Contracts in the UK excluding London

Requirements Gathering (Requirements Elicitation)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Requirements Gathering skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Requirements Gathering over the 6 months leading up to 7 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 146 127 135
Rank change year-on-year -19 +8 -52
Contract jobs citing Requirements Gathering 222 351 467
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.73% 1.70% 1.96%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.92% 2.01% 2.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 150 245 343
10th Percentile £346 £313 £351
25th Percentile £410 £363 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £475
75th Percentile £558 £575 £550
90th Percentile £625 £666 £600
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 9 23
10th Percentile £21.86 - £53.78
25th Percentile £25.26 £23.63 £56.25
Median hourly rate £27.13 £36.00 £61.50
Median % change year-on-year -24.65% -41.46% +52.50%
75th Percentile £29.50 £70.00 £65.75
90th Percentile £53.05 £75.00 £67.15
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £58.18 £61.50
% change year-on-year -50.15% -5.40% +44.71%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11,581 17,478 21,391
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 90.43% 84.68% 89.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,255 10,443 14,838
10th Percentile £235 £250 £256
25th Percentile £375 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £663 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 839 2,054 1,309
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.31 £11.00
25th Percentile £17.34 £15.24 £15.63
Median hourly rate £27.50 £37.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.67% +7.14% +75.00%
75th Percentile £64.50 £60.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £73.75
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.96 £36.00
% change year-on-year -19.35% -0.11% +44.00%

Requirements Gathering
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Requirements Gathering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Requirements Gathering in the UK excluding London

Requirements Gathering
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Requirements Gathering in the UK excluding London

Requirements Gathering
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Requirements Gathering in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 7 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Requirements Gathering in the UK excluding London

Requirements Gathering
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for Requirements Gathering in the UK excluding London

Requirements Gathering
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Requirements Gathering in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 7 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Requirements Gathering in the UK excluding London

Requirements Gathering
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 Gathering within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 7 May 2025. 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
North of England -24 67 £475 -3.06% 120
North West -13 45 £483 +1.58% 88
Scotland +16 43 £463 +2.78% 26
Midlands -16 28 £513 +36.67% 57
South West +39 27 £500 - 36
South East -20 27 £475 -9.52% 143
West Midlands -18 23 £513 +43.16% 41
East of England +29 20 £500 +19.40% 36
Yorkshire -11 12 £463 -5.61% 21
North East - 10 £350 - 13
East Midlands +11 5 £444 +4.47% 13
Northern Ireland -6 4 - - 9
Channel Islands - 3 £463 - 1
Wales - 3 £351 - 1
Requirements Gathering
UK

Requirements Gathering
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:

Application Platforms
1 21 (9.46%) Confluence
2 5 (2.25%) ArcGIS
2 5 (2.25%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.35%) CMS
4 2 (0.90%) EPiServer
4 2 (0.90%) Umbraco
4 2 (0.90%) WordPress
5 1 (0.45%) Apache
5 1 (0.45%) JBoss
5 1 (0.45%) MS Project Server
5 1 (0.45%) nginx
5 1 (0.45%) Tomcat
5 1 (0.45%) WebLogic
5 1 (0.45%) WebLogic Portal
5 1 (0.45%) WebSphere
5 1 (0.45%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 21 (9.46%) MS Visio
2 14 (6.31%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (4.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (1.35%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (0.90%) InVision
5 2 (0.90%) UserZoom
6 1 (0.45%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.45%) Trello
Business Applications
1 13 (5.86%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.35%) PeopleSoft Financials
2 3 (1.35%) PeopleSoft HCM
3 2 (0.90%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.90%) SAP CO
3 2 (0.90%) SAP ERP
3 2 (0.90%) SAP MM
3 2 (0.90%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (0.45%) BASE24
4 1 (0.45%) IBM Planning Analytics
4 1 (0.45%) Oracle Applications
4 1 (0.45%) Oracle EBS R12
4 1 (0.45%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.45%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (0.45%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.45%) SAP BPC
4 1 (0.45%) SAP CRM
4 1 (0.45%) SAP PS
4 1 (0.45%) Unit4 Business World
4 1 (0.45%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 21 (9.46%) Power Platform
2 15 (6.76%) Azure
3 11 (4.95%) AWS
4 5 (2.25%) Entra ID
4 5 (2.25%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (2.25%) PowerApps
5 4 (1.80%) Azure DevOps
5 4 (1.80%) Dynamics 365
5 4 (1.80%) Power Automate
6 3 (1.35%) GitHub
6 3 (1.35%) OCI
7 2 (0.90%) Azure Data Factory
7 2 (0.90%) Azure Logic Apps
7 2 (0.90%) Azure Service Bus
7 2 (0.90%) Canva
7 2 (0.90%) IaaS
7 2 (0.90%) Miro
7 2 (0.90%) PaaS
7 2 (0.90%) SaaS
7 2 (0.90%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.35%) HTTP
1 3 (1.35%) Intranet
2 1 (0.45%) ATM
2 1 (0.45%) Internet
2 1 (0.45%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (8.11%) Power BI
2 14 (6.31%) Data Warehouse
3 9 (4.05%) Tableau
4 6 (2.70%) Oracle Database
5 5 (2.25%) SQL Server
6 4 (1.80%) MySQL
6 4 (1.80%) Siebel EIM
7 3 (1.35%) GIS
7 3 (1.35%) PostgreSQL
7 3 (1.35%) SAP HANA
8 2 (0.90%) Azure SQL Database
8 2 (0.90%) Data Mining
8 2 (0.90%) NoSQL
8 2 (0.90%) Oracle Exadata
8 2 (0.90%) Qlik Sense
9 1 (0.45%) Big Data
9 1 (0.45%) EDRMS
9 1 (0.45%) MongoDB
9 1 (0.45%) NonStop SQL
9 1 (0.45%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 29 (13.06%) JIRA
2 2 (0.90%) Axure RP
2 2 (0.90%) Git
2 2 (0.90%) MagicDraw
2 2 (0.90%) Oracle Forms
2 2 (0.90%) Rational Rhapsody
3 1 (0.45%) Bitbucket
3 1 (0.45%) Cypress.io
3 1 (0.45%) LoadRunner
3 1 (0.45%) Postman
3 1 (0.45%) Rational DOORS
3 1 (0.45%) Selenium
General
1 83 (37.39%) Social Skills
2 48 (21.62%) Analytical Skills
3 46 (20.72%) Finance
4 28 (12.61%) Public Sector
5 16 (7.21%) Banking
6 11 (4.95%) Retail
7 10 (4.50%) Presentation Skills
8 8 (3.60%) Influencing Skills
9 6 (2.70%) Manufacturing
10 5 (2.25%) Local Government
10 5 (2.25%) Marketing
11 4 (1.80%) Law
12 3 (1.35%) Legal
12 3 (1.35%) Retail Banking
13 2 (0.90%) Documentation Skills
13 2 (0.90%) Organisational Skills
13 2 (0.90%) Publishing
13 2 (0.90%) Telecoms
14 1 (0.45%) Games
14 1 (0.45%) Military
Job Titles
1 112 (50.45%) Analyst
2 97 (43.69%) Business Analyst
3 21 (9.46%) Consultant
4 18 (8.11%) Architect
5 13 (5.86%) Developer
5 13 (5.86%) Senior
6 12 (5.41%) Data Analyst
7 10 (4.50%) Technical Analyst
7 10 (4.50%) Technical Business Analyst
8 8 (3.60%) SAP Analyst
8 8 (3.60%) SAP Business Analyst
9 7 (3.15%) Lead
9 7 (3.15%) Project Manager
9 7 (3.15%) Solutions Architect
10 6 (2.70%) Data Business Analyst
10 6 (2.70%) SAP Consultant
11 5 (2.25%) Finance Business Analyst
11 5 (2.25%) Infrastructure Architect
11 5 (2.25%) IT Analyst
11 5 (2.25%) SC Cleared Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (3.15%) SOAP
1 7 (3.15%) Web Services
2 6 (2.70%) Oracle Fusion
3 5 (2.25%) REST
4 4 (1.80%) JMS
4 4 (1.80%) Middleware
5 3 (1.35%) CSS
5 3 (1.35%) EDI
5 3 (1.35%) HTML
5 3 (1.35%) IDoc
5 3 (1.35%) J2EE
5 3 (1.35%) JDBC
5 3 (1.35%) RESTful
5 3 (1.35%) XSLT
6 2 (0.90%) React
7 1 (0.45%) AngularJS
7 1 (0.45%) CSS3
7 1 (0.45%) GraphQL
7 1 (0.45%) MyBatis
7 1 (0.45%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 13 (5.86%) Product Ownership
2 10 (4.50%) Management Information System
3 5 (2.25%) Data Protection Act
4 3 (1.35%) Data Structures
4 3 (1.35%) Onboarding
4 3 (1.35%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (0.90%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (0.90%) Clustering
5 2 (0.90%) CMDB
5 2 (0.90%) Educational Technology
5 2 (0.90%) Freedom of Information
5 2 (0.90%) Learning Management System
5 2 (0.90%) PMI
5 2 (0.90%) Renewable Energy
5 2 (0.90%) Replication
5 2 (0.90%) Social Media
5 2 (0.90%) SWIFT Messaging Network
6 1 (0.45%) EMV
6 1 (0.45%) LIMS
6 1 (0.45%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 18 (8.11%) Windows
2 14 (6.31%) Linux
3 4 (1.80%) AIX
4 2 (0.90%) Android
4 2 (0.90%) Apple iOS
4 2 (0.90%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (0.90%) Solaris
4 2 (0.90%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (28.38%) Agile
2 60 (27.03%) Stakeholder Management
3 59 (26.58%) Problem-Solving
4 45 (20.27%) Business Analysis
5 39 (17.57%) Migration
6 36 (16.22%) User Stories
7 33 (14.86%) Change Management
7 33 (14.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 29 (13.06%) Workshop Facilitation
9 26 (11.71%) Data Analysis
10 25 (11.26%) Project Management
11 24 (10.81%) Analytics
12 22 (9.91%) Scrum
13 21 (9.46%) User Acceptance Testing
14 20 (9.01%) Business Intelligence
14 20 (9.01%) Validation
14 20 (9.01%) Waterfall
15 19 (8.56%) Decision-Making
15 19 (8.56%) Project Delivery
16 18 (8.11%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 35 (15.77%) SQL
2 8 (3.60%) Java
2 8 (3.60%) JavaScript
2 8 (3.60%) PL/SQL
3 5 (2.25%) PowerShell
3 5 (2.25%) Python
4 3 (1.35%) ABAP
4 3 (1.35%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 3 (1.35%) Groovy
4 3 (1.35%) PeopleCode
5 2 (0.90%) C++
5 2 (0.90%) COBOL
6 1 (0.45%) Apex Code
6 1 (0.45%) C
6 1 (0.45%) R
Qualifications
1 35 (15.77%) Degree
2 31 (13.96%) Security Cleared
3 22 (9.91%) SC Cleared
4 8 (3.60%) DV Cleared
5 5 (2.25%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (2.25%) SAP Certification
6 4 (1.80%) CBAP
6 4 (1.80%) PMI Certification
7 3 (1.35%) PMP
8 2 (0.90%) CSPO
8 2 (0.90%) IIBA
9 1 (0.45%) ACCA
9 1 (0.45%) CIMA
9 1 (0.45%) CIPFA
9 1 (0.45%) ICAEW
9 1 (0.45%) ISEB
9 1 (0.45%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.45%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.45%) Numerate Degree
9 1 (0.45%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (4.95%) QA
2 9 (4.05%) Data Quality
3 6 (2.70%) Accessibility
4 3 (1.35%) Disclosure Scotland
4 3 (1.35%) GDPR
5 2 (0.90%) SLA
6 1 (0.45%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.45%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.45%) ISO 8583
6 1 (0.45%) JSP 440
6 1 (0.45%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.45%) PMO
6 1 (0.45%) WCAG
System Software
1 6 (2.70%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.90%) Docker
2 2 (0.90%) Oracle RAC
3 1 (0.45%) LXC
3 1 (0.45%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 5 (2.25%) Jamf Pro
2 3 (1.35%) Ansible
2 3 (1.35%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.90%) Data Guard
3 2 (0.90%) Failover Clustering
3 2 (0.90%) HP Data Protector
3 2 (0.90%) Microsoft Clustering
3 2 (0.90%) NetBackup
3 2 (0.90%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
3 2 (0.90%) Oracle Flashback
3 2 (0.90%) PTC Integrity
4 1 (0.45%) Oracle Identity Management
4 1 (0.45%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 36 (16.22%) Microsoft
2 23 (10.36%) Oracle
3 21 (9.46%) SAP
4 6 (2.70%) IBM
5 5 (2.25%) Apple
5 5 (2.25%) Samsung
5 5 (2.25%) ServiceNow
5 5 (2.25%) SOTI
5 5 (2.25%) VMware
6 4 (1.80%) Dell
6 4 (1.80%) IFS
6 4 (1.80%) Salesforce
6 4 (1.80%) Siebel
7 3 (1.35%) Adobe
7 3 (1.35%) CA Agile Central
7 3 (1.35%) PeopleSoft
7 3 (1.35%) Red Hat
8 2 (0.90%) Dynatrace
8 2 (0.90%) Facebook
8 2 (0.90%) Twitter