Requirements Gathering Job Trends in the East of England

Requirements Gathering (Requirements Elicitation)
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring Requirements Gathering skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 134 145 81
Rank change year-on-year +11 -64 +62
Permanent jobs citing Requirements Gathering 25 35 56
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 0.60% 0.98% 2.61%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.79% 1.13% 2.94%
Number of salaries quoted 18 11 27
10th Percentile £35,000 £62,500 £36,750
25th Percentile £36,875 £65,000 £41,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -21.43% +7.69% +13.04%
75th Percentile £63,438 £78,125 £85,000
90th Percentile £69,050 £87,500 £124,500
England median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
East of England

Requirements Gathering 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 3,157 3,107 1,902
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 75.74% 86.62% 88.80%
Number of salaries quoted 1,843 1,235 1,375
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,200 £27,000
25th Percentile £33,500 £43,125 £39,085
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% - -
75th Percentile £65,000 £73,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £85,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Requirements Gathering
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Requirements Gathering job vacancy trend in the East of England

Requirements Gathering
Salary Trend in the East of England

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

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

Requirements Gathering
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Requirements Gathering in the East of England over the 6 months to 30 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Requirements Gathering in the East of England

Requirements Gathering
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 Requirements Gathering within the East of England region over the 6 months to 30 December 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Cambridgeshire - 11 £65,000 - 29
Essex -11 10 £42,500 -39.29% 43
Hertfordshire +1 4 £60,000 -18.64% 48
Suffolk -18 3 £65,000 +23.81% 15
Norfolk +2 2 £65,000 - 12
Bedfordshire +31 1 £55,000 -21.43% 28
Requirements Gathering
England

Requirements Gathering
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 4 (16.00%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (8.00%) iTrent
2 1 (4.00%) Cognos Business Intelligence
2 1 (4.00%) Integrated Workplace Management System
Cloud Services
1 6 (24.00%) Power Platform
2 3 (12.00%) AWS
3 1 (4.00%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (4.00%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.00%) Internet
1 1 (4.00%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (24.00%) Power BI
2 5 (20.00%) Tableau
3 1 (4.00%) BusinessObjects
3 1 (4.00%) Cognos Connection
3 1 (4.00%) Cognos Event Studio
3 1 (4.00%) Cognos Framework Manager
3 1 (4.00%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (4.00%) DTS
3 1 (4.00%) Metadata
3 1 (4.00%) OLAP
3 1 (4.00%) QlikView
3 1 (4.00%) Relational Database
3 1 (4.00%) SQL Server
3 1 (4.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 1 (4.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 1 (4.00%) GitLab
1 1 (4.00%) Jenkins
General
1 13 (52.00%) Finance
2 9 (36.00%) Social Skills
3 4 (16.00%) Influencing Skills
3 4 (16.00%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (4.00%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (4.00%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (4.00%) Electronics
4 1 (4.00%) Games
4 1 (4.00%) Law
4 1 (4.00%) Manufacturing
4 1 (4.00%) Marketing
4 1 (4.00%) Public Sector
4 1 (4.00%) Tech for Good
4 1 (4.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 11 (44.00%) Lead
2 7 (28.00%) Analyst
2 7 (28.00%) Consultant
3 5 (20.00%) Business Analyst
3 5 (20.00%) Recruitment Consultant
4 3 (12.00%) Lead Business Analyst
4 3 (12.00%) Lead Software Engineer
4 3 (12.00%) Software Engineer
5 2 (8.00%) Business Analyst Team Leader
5 2 (8.00%) Systems Analyst
5 2 (8.00%) Team Leader
6 1 (4.00%) Business Consultant
6 1 (4.00%) Business Intelligence Specialist
6 1 (4.00%) Cognos Developer
6 1 (4.00%) Developer
6 1 (4.00%) Product Manager
6 1 (4.00%) Report Developer
6 1 (4.00%) Support Specialist
6 1 (4.00%) Technical Analyst
6 1 (4.00%) Technical Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (12.00%) React
1 3 (12.00%) Web Services
2 1 (4.00%) HTML
2 1 (4.00%) MDX
Miscellaneous
1 4 (16.00%) Data Protection Act
1 4 (16.00%) Freedom of Information Act
1 4 (16.00%) Product Ownership
2 3 (12.00%) e-Learning
3 2 (8.00%) Virtual Team
4 1 (4.00%) Management Information System
4 1 (4.00%) PropTech
Operating Systems
1 2 (8.00%) Linux
1 2 (8.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (40.00%) Agile
2 8 (32.00%) Business Intelligence
3 7 (28.00%) Analytics
3 7 (28.00%) Coaching
4 6 (24.00%) Scrum
5 5 (20.00%) SDLC
5 5 (20.00%) Test Strategy
5 5 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
6 4 (16.00%) Customer Service
6 4 (16.00%) Data Protection
6 4 (16.00%) Data Visualisation
6 4 (16.00%) GAP Analysis
6 4 (16.00%) Kanban
6 4 (16.00%) Migration
6 4 (16.00%) Roadmaps
6 4 (16.00%) Software Engineering
6 4 (16.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 4 (16.00%) Visualisation
7 3 (12.00%) Full-Stack Development
7 3 (12.00%) Product Vision
Programming Languages
1 4 (16.00%) Python
2 3 (12.00%) Java
2 3 (12.00%) JavaScript
2 3 (12.00%) TypeScript
3 1 (4.00%) C
3 1 (4.00%) C++
3 1 (4.00%) Rust
Qualifications
1 3 (12.00%) DBS Check
2 2 (8.00%) Degree
3 1 (4.00%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (4.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (4.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (4.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (28.00%) QA
2 4 (16.00%) GDPR
System Software
1 1 (4.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (4.00%) Firmware
Vendors
1 4 (16.00%) Verint
2 1 (4.00%) Cognos
2 1 (4.00%) Dell
2 1 (4.00%) IBM
2 1 (4.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.00%) Salesforce
2 1 (4.00%) SAP