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 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 135 150 89
Rank change year-on-year +15 -61 +48
Permanent jobs citing Requirements Gathering 24 34 58
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 0.57% 0.96% 2.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.77% 1.10% 2.76%
Number of salaries quoted 16 10 28
10th Percentile £35,000 £54,625 £36,750
25th Percentile £52,500 £65,000 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £70,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +27.27% -4.35%
75th Percentile £68,375 £77,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £78,500 £81,375 £124,000
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 3,101 3,079 2,100
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 74.17% 87.30% 86.17%
Number of salaries quoted 1,821 1,190 1,578
10th Percentile £27,750 £30,000 £27,000
25th Percentile £34,000 £42,500 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +1.85% -1.82%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,750 £83,750
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 14 January 2026.

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 14 January 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
Cambridgeshire +32 15 £71,000 +18.33% 8
Essex -2 6 £50,000 - 3
Hertfordshire -6 3 £57,500 -22.03% 12
Suffolk -12 3 £65,000 +23.81% 5
Norfolk +1 2 £65,000 - 3
Bedfordshire +35 1 £55,000 -21.43% 4
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (4.17%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (8.33%) Integrated Workplace Management System
2 1 (4.17%) Cognos Business Intelligence
Cloud Services
1 7 (29.17%) Power Platform
2 5 (20.83%) AWS
3 2 (8.33%) Power Automate
4 1 (4.17%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.17%) Internet
1 1 (4.17%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (29.17%) Power BI
2 5 (20.83%) Tableau
3 1 (4.17%) BusinessObjects
3 1 (4.17%) Cognos Connection
3 1 (4.17%) Cognos Event Studio
3 1 (4.17%) Cognos Framework Manager
3 1 (4.17%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (4.17%) DTS
3 1 (4.17%) Metadata
3 1 (4.17%) OLAP
3 1 (4.17%) QlikView
3 1 (4.17%) Relational Database
3 1 (4.17%) SQL Server
3 1 (4.17%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 1 (4.17%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 1 (4.17%) GitLab
1 1 (4.17%) Jenkins
1 1 (4.17%) JIRA
General
1 11 (45.83%) Social Skills
2 10 (41.67%) Finance
3 4 (16.67%) Influencing Skills
3 4 (16.67%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (4.17%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (4.17%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (4.17%) Electronics
4 1 (4.17%) Games
4 1 (4.17%) Law
4 1 (4.17%) Manufacturing
4 1 (4.17%) Marketing
4 1 (4.17%) Public Sector
4 1 (4.17%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 13 (54.17%) Lead
2 6 (25.00%) Analyst
2 6 (25.00%) Business Analyst
3 5 (20.83%) Consultant
3 5 (20.83%) Lead Software Engineer
3 5 (20.83%) Software Engineer
4 3 (12.50%) Lead Business Analyst
4 3 (12.50%) Recruitment Consultant
5 2 (8.33%) Business Analyst Team Leader
5 2 (8.33%) Team Leader
6 1 (4.17%) Business Consultant
6 1 (4.17%) Business Intelligence Specialist
6 1 (4.17%) Cognos Developer
6 1 (4.17%) Developer
6 1 (4.17%) Embedded Engineer
6 1 (4.17%) Lead Product Manager
6 1 (4.17%) Product Manager
6 1 (4.17%) Report Developer
6 1 (4.17%) Security Analyst
6 1 (4.17%) Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (20.83%) React
1 5 (20.83%) Web Services
2 1 (4.17%) HTML
2 1 (4.17%) MDX
Miscellaneous
1 6 (25.00%) Product Ownership
2 5 (20.83%) e-Learning
3 4 (16.67%) Data Protection Act
3 4 (16.67%) Freedom of Information Act
4 2 (8.33%) PropTech
4 2 (8.33%) Virtual Team
5 1 (4.17%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 2 (8.33%) Linux
1 2 (8.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (45.83%) Agile
2 9 (37.50%) Business Intelligence
3 8 (33.33%) Scrum
4 7 (29.17%) Coaching
4 7 (29.17%) Test Strategy
5 6 (25.00%) Kanban
5 6 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
5 6 (25.00%) Roadmaps
5 6 (25.00%) Software Engineering
6 5 (20.83%) Analytics
6 5 (20.83%) Continuous Improvement
6 5 (20.83%) Full-Stack Development
6 5 (20.83%) OO
6 5 (20.83%) Product Vision
6 5 (20.83%) Scaled Agile Framework
6 5 (20.83%) Scrum-ban
6 5 (20.83%) SDLC
6 5 (20.83%) User Experience
6 5 (20.83%) UX Design
6 5 (20.83%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 6 (25.00%) Python
2 5 (20.83%) Java
2 5 (20.83%) JavaScript
2 5 (20.83%) TypeScript
3 1 (4.17%) C
3 1 (4.17%) C++
3 1 (4.17%) Rust
Qualifications
1 5 (20.83%) DBS Check
2 2 (8.33%) Degree
3 1 (4.17%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (4.17%) CISSP
3 1 (4.17%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (4.17%) PMI Certification
3 1 (4.17%) PMP
3 1 (4.17%) SC Cleared
3 1 (4.17%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (41.67%) QA
2 4 (16.67%) GDPR
3 1 (4.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (4.17%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (4.17%) Active Directory
1 1 (4.17%) Firmware
Vendors
1 4 (16.67%) Verint
2 1 (4.17%) Cognos
2 1 (4.17%) Dell
2 1 (4.17%) IBM
2 1 (4.17%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.17%) SAP