Customer Requirements Job Trends in the East of England

Customer Requirements
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring Customer Requirements skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 149 23 127
Rank change year-on-year -126 +104 -81
Permanent jobs citing Customer Requirements 50 328 51
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 0.69% 9.51% 1.09%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.97% 10.83% 1.47%
Number of salaries quoted 34 7 32
10th Percentile £34,000 £33,450 £27,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £57,125 £33,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £67,500 £56,250
Median % change year-on-year -20.74% +20.00% -2.17%
75th Percentile £65,000 £73,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £76,950 -
England median annual salary £51,886 £60,000 £48,500
% change year-on-year -13.52% +23.71% -11.82%

All Process & Methodology Skills
East of England

Customer Requirements falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the East of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 5,136 3,028 3,462
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 70.46% 87.79% 73.97%
Number of salaries quoted 3,663 1,624 2,226
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,500 £27,309
25th Percentile £36,250 £32,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £62,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £75,000 £82,250
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -12.00%

Customer Requirements
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Customer Requirements relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Customer Requirements job vacancy trend in the East of England

Customer Requirements
Salary Trend in the East of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Customer Requirements.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Customer Requirements

Customer Requirements
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Customer Requirements in the East of England over the 6 months to 15 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Customer Requirements in the East of England

Customer Requirements
Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Customer Requirements within the East of England region over the 6 months to 15 August 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Hertfordshire -52 19 £65,000 -6.47% 21
Cambridgeshire -17 10 £55,000 - 11
Bedfordshire -37 10 £45,000 - 6
Essex - 8 £55,000 - 22
Suffolk +13 2 £47,500 -26.92% 1
Norfolk - 1 £50,000 - 4
Customer Requirements
England

Customer Requirements
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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 5 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (6.00%) Simulink
2 3 (6.00%) Stateflow
Cloud Services
1 6 (12.00%) Azure
2 3 (6.00%) AWS
2 3 (6.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.00%) Firewall
1 2 (4.00%) Network Security
1 2 (4.00%) SD-WAN
1 2 (4.00%) WAN
2 1 (2.00%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (6.00%) DTS
Development Applications
1 3 (6.00%) Git
General
1 19 (38.00%) Social Skills
2 15 (30.00%) Aerospace
3 8 (16.00%) Electronics
4 7 (14.00%) Manufacturing
4 7 (14.00%) Presentation Skills
5 5 (10.00%) Automotive
6 4 (8.00%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (8.00%) Telecoms
7 3 (6.00%) Aviation
7 3 (6.00%) Brand Awareness
7 3 (6.00%) Games
7 3 (6.00%) Influencing Skills
7 3 (6.00%) Legal
7 3 (6.00%) Swedish Language
8 1 (2.00%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (2.00%) Finance
8 1 (2.00%) Military
8 1 (2.00%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (20.00%) Presales Engineer
2 8 (16.00%) Security Engineer
3 6 (12.00%) Systems Engineer
4 5 (10.00%) Applications Engineer
4 5 (10.00%) Support Engineer
5 4 (8.00%) Sales Engineer
5 4 (8.00%) Technical Engineer
5 4 (8.00%) Technical Support
5 4 (8.00%) Technical Support Engineer
6 3 (6.00%) Architect
6 3 (6.00%) Business Development Manager
6 3 (6.00%) Business Manager
6 3 (6.00%) Cloud Consultant
6 3 (6.00%) Cloud Infrastructure Consultant
6 3 (6.00%) Consultant
6 3 (6.00%) Development Manager
6 3 (6.00%) Infrastructure Consultant
6 3 (6.00%) Junior
6 3 (6.00%) Security Architect
7 2 (4.00%) Senior
Miscellaneous
1 9 (18.00%) Data Centre
2 6 (12.00%) Driving Licence
3 4 (8.00%) Robotics
4 3 (6.00%) Cyber Threat
4 3 (6.00%) Security Posture
4 3 (6.00%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (4.00%) FPGA
5 2 (4.00%) Management Information System
5 2 (4.00%) Social Media
5 2 (4.00%) Verilog
5 2 (4.00%) VHDL
6 1 (2.00%) CCTV
6 1 (2.00%) IoT
6 1 (2.00%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 3 (6.00%) Windows
1 3 (6.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (26.00%) Presales
2 8 (16.00%) Problem-Solving
3 7 (14.00%) Project Management
4 6 (12.00%) AI
4 6 (12.00%) Business Development
4 6 (12.00%) Identity Access Management
4 6 (12.00%) Mentoring
4 6 (12.00%) Validation
5 5 (10.00%) Collaborative Working
5 5 (10.00%) Customer Engagement
5 5 (10.00%) Cybersecurity
6 4 (8.00%) Customer Service
6 4 (8.00%) Product Management
6 4 (8.00%) Roadmaps
7 3 (6.00%) B2B Sales
7 3 (6.00%) Business Strategy
7 3 (6.00%) Cloud Security
7 3 (6.00%) Decision-Making
7 3 (6.00%) Optimization Problems
7 3 (6.00%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 5 (10.00%) C
1 5 (10.00%) C++
2 3 (6.00%) C#
2 3 (6.00%) Delphi
2 3 (6.00%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 19 (38.00%) Degree
2 9 (18.00%) Security Cleared
3 6 (12.00%) SC Cleared
4 5 (10.00%) Cisco Certification
4 5 (10.00%) CISSP
4 5 (10.00%) PhD
5 3 (6.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 3 (6.00%) CCSK
5 3 (6.00%) DV Cleared
5 3 (6.00%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (4.00%) CCNA
6 2 (4.00%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (4.00%) Master's Degree
7 1 (2.00%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (2.00%) City & Guilds
7 1 (2.00%) HNC
7 1 (2.00%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.00%) NCSC
1 3 (6.00%) NIST
1 3 (6.00%) NIST 800
2 1 (2.00%) ISO/IEC 15288
System Software
1 2 (4.00%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (4.00%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 8 (16.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (6.00%) Dell
3 2 (4.00%) Cisco
3 2 (4.00%) Fortinet
3 2 (4.00%) HubSpot
3 2 (4.00%) Xilinx
4 1 (2.00%) Oracle
4 1 (2.00%) SAP