Requirements Gathering Job Trends in England

Requirements Gathering (Requirements Elicitation)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in 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 220 178 178
Rank change year-on-year -42 0 -21
Permanent jobs citing Requirements Gathering 529 841 835
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.02% 1.70% 1.84%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.23% 1.88% 2.01%
Number of salaries quoted 320 496 653
10th Percentile £43,675 £38,750 £38,605
25th Percentile £52,500 £42,500 £45,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% - -
75th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £92,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £63,250 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +5.42% - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 42,885 44,702 41,515
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 82.30% 90.14% 91.29%
Number of salaries quoted 25,602 22,418 32,186
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £100,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Requirements Gathering
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Requirements Gathering job vacancy trend in England

Requirements Gathering
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Requirements Gathering.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Requirements Gathering

Requirements Gathering
Salary Histogram in England

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

Salary histogram for Requirements Gathering in England

Requirements Gathering
Job Locations in 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 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
London -8 225 £80,000 +10.34% 243
South East -8 110 £57,500 +4.55% 347
North of England 0 79 £60,000 +41.18% 310
North West +1 54 £60,000 +41.18% 160
Midlands -71 47 £57,500 +9.52% 259
West Midlands -66 30 £57,500 +9.52% 137
East of England +11 25 £55,000 -21.43% 185
East Midlands -30 17 £67,500 +22.73% 107
Yorkshire +5 16 £67,500 +28.57% 130
South West -15 15 £55,000 +1.03% 139
North East +8 9 £52,500 +22.19% 20
Requirements Gathering
UK

Requirements Gathering
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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 21 (3.97%) SharePoint
2 14 (2.65%) Confluence
3 8 (1.51%) Appian
4 3 (0.57%) CMS
5 1 (0.19%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.19%) Headless CMS
5 1 (0.19%) IIS
5 1 (0.19%) Jupyter
5 1 (0.19%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 33 (6.24%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (3.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 18 (3.40%) MS Visio
4 13 (2.46%) Microsoft Office
5 4 (0.76%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.38%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.38%) Trello
Business Applications
1 49 (9.26%) SAP S/4HANA
2 14 (2.65%) Dynamics CRM
3 8 (1.51%) SAP CO
3 8 (1.51%) SAP FI
3 8 (1.51%) SAP FI/CO
4 5 (0.95%) NetSuite
5 4 (0.76%) Oracle Payables
5 4 (0.76%) Oracle Receivables
6 3 (0.57%) Fidessa
6 3 (0.57%) SAP SCM
7 2 (0.38%) Dynamics NAV
7 2 (0.38%) iTrent
7 2 (0.38%) Magento
7 2 (0.38%) Oracle Assets
7 2 (0.38%) Oracle Cash Management
7 2 (0.38%) Oracle General Ledger
7 2 (0.38%) Salesforce CRM
7 2 (0.38%) Temenos T24
7 2 (0.38%) Workday HCM
8 1 (0.19%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 127 (24.01%) Azure
2 95 (17.96%) Power Platform
3 79 (14.93%) Azure DevOps
4 35 (6.62%) Power Automate
5 32 (6.05%) Microsoft 365
6 30 (5.67%) Dynamics 365
7 26 (4.91%) AWS
8 20 (3.78%) PowerApps
9 17 (3.21%) Datadog
10 16 (3.02%) Azure Data Factory
10 16 (3.02%) Microsoft Copilot
11 12 (2.27%) Azure Logic Apps
11 12 (2.27%) GCP
12 11 (2.08%) Microsoft Purview
12 11 (2.08%) SaaS
13 10 (1.89%) Azure AI
13 10 (1.89%) Serverless
14 8 (1.51%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 8 (1.51%) ChatGPT
14 8 (1.51%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 21 (3.97%) LAN
1 21 (3.97%) VPN
1 21 (3.97%) WAN
2 14 (2.65%) Junos
3 11 (2.08%) Firewall
4 9 (1.70%) Network Security
4 9 (1.70%) Wi-Fi
5 7 (1.32%) IPsec
5 7 (1.32%) MPLS
5 7 (1.32%) SD-WAN
6 6 (1.13%) Intrusion Detection
7 5 (0.95%) 5G
7 5 (0.95%) BGP
7 5 (0.95%) Cisco IOS
7 5 (0.95%) Multicast
7 5 (0.95%) Wireless
8 3 (0.57%) PBX
8 3 (0.57%) PSTN
8 3 (0.57%) TCP/IP
8 3 (0.57%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 59 (11.15%) Power BI
2 42 (7.94%) Data Warehouse
3 20 (3.78%) Relational Database
4 19 (3.59%) SQL Server
5 18 (3.40%) Tableau
6 11 (2.08%) DTS
7 10 (1.89%) Data Lake
8 7 (1.32%) Pinecone
9 6 (1.13%) Azure SQL Database
10 5 (0.95%) Qlik Sense
10 5 (0.95%) Tick Data
11 4 (0.76%) Metadata
12 3 (0.57%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
12 3 (0.57%) Oracle BI Publisher
12 3 (0.57%) Power Query
13 2 (0.38%) Amazon RDS
14 1 (0.19%) Cognos Connection
14 1 (0.19%) Cognos Event Studio
14 1 (0.19%) Cognos Framework Manager
14 1 (0.19%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 72 (13.61%) JIRA
2 38 (7.18%) eCATT
2 38 (7.18%) NeoLoad
3 7 (1.32%) Git
3 7 (1.32%) MLflow
4 2 (0.38%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.38%) Moq
4 2 (0.38%) MSTest
4 2 (0.38%) NSubstitute
4 2 (0.38%) NUnit
4 2 (0.38%) Synon
5 1 (0.19%) ERwin
5 1 (0.19%) GitLab
5 1 (0.19%) Team Foundation Server
5 1 (0.19%) Visual Studio
General
1 243 (45.94%) Finance
2 182 (34.40%) Social Skills
3 88 (16.64%) Analytical Skills
4 87 (16.45%) Marketing
5 60 (11.34%) Presentation Skills
6 58 (10.96%) Retail
7 57 (10.78%) Manufacturing
8 29 (5.48%) Law
9 26 (4.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 24 (4.54%) Banking
11 21 (3.97%) Legal
12 20 (3.78%) Influencing Skills
13 17 (3.21%) Public Sector
14 15 (2.84%) Games
14 15 (2.84%) Telecoms
15 14 (2.65%) Financial Institution
16 13 (2.46%) Billing
17 9 (1.70%) Organisational Skills
18 8 (1.51%) Documentation Skills
18 8 (1.51%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 167 (31.57%) Analyst
2 132 (24.95%) Senior
3 113 (21.36%) Business Analyst
4 73 (13.80%) Consultant
5 57 (10.78%) Lead
6 53 (10.02%) Developer
7 31 (5.86%) Project Manager
8 29 (5.48%) Data Engineer
9 28 (5.29%) Azure Data Engineer
9 28 (5.29%) Azure Engineer
9 28 (5.29%) Senior Data Engineer
10 26 (4.91%) Test Leader
11 25 (4.73%) Architect
12 21 (3.97%) Functional Consultant
13 20 (3.78%) Senior Analyst
14 19 (3.59%) Financial Analyst
15 18 (3.40%) Senior Developer
16 16 (3.02%) Automation Test Lead
17 15 (2.84%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
18 14 (2.65%) Senior Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (2.84%) REST
2 14 (2.65%) .NET
2 14 (2.65%) Web Services
3 11 (2.08%) Django
3 11 (2.08%) OAuth
3 11 (2.08%) React
4 9 (1.70%) OpenAPI
4 9 (1.70%) RESTful
4 9 (1.70%) Swagger
5 8 (1.51%) Flask
6 7 (1.32%) FastAPI
6 7 (1.32%) HTML
6 7 (1.32%) JWT
6 7 (1.32%) NumPy
6 7 (1.32%) Pandas
6 7 (1.32%) pytest
6 7 (1.32%) PyTorch
6 7 (1.32%) scikit-learn
6 7 (1.32%) TensorFlow
6 7 (1.32%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 45 (8.51%) Product Ownership
2 32 (6.05%) Onboarding
3 28 (5.29%) Management Information System
4 16 (3.02%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 14 (2.65%) Low-Code
6 12 (2.27%) AI Agents
7 11 (2.08%) Data Centre
7 11 (2.08%) Legacy Systems
7 11 (2.08%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 10 (1.89%) Self-Motivation
9 9 (1.70%) Analytical Mindset
9 9 (1.70%) Fixed Income
10 6 (1.13%) e-Learning
11 5 (0.95%) Data Protection Act
11 5 (0.95%) Data Structures
11 5 (0.95%) Distributed Computing
11 5 (0.95%) Equities
11 5 (0.95%) Freedom of Information Act
11 5 (0.95%) Life Science
11 5 (0.95%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 13 (2.46%) Windows
2 7 (1.32%) Linux
3 2 (0.38%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.19%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 198 (37.43%) Agile
2 141 (26.65%) Stakeholder Management
3 105 (19.85%) Business Analysis
4 101 (19.09%) Problem-Solving
5 96 (18.15%) Roadmaps
6 88 (16.64%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 82 (15.50%) Project Management
8 80 (15.12%) ERP
9 78 (14.74%) DevOps
9 78 (14.74%) Scrum
10 74 (13.99%) Project Delivery
11 73 (13.80%) Decision-Making
11 73 (13.80%) User Stories
12 72 (13.61%) AI
13 71 (13.42%) Migration
14 67 (12.67%) Change Management
14 67 (12.67%) User Acceptance Testing
15 65 (12.29%) Business Intelligence
15 65 (12.29%) CI/CD
15 65 (12.29%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 102 (19.28%) SQL
2 88 (16.64%) Python
3 34 (6.43%) C#
4 31 (5.86%) Java
5 28 (5.29%) JavaScript
6 7 (1.32%) TypeScript
7 6 (1.13%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 6 (1.13%) VBA
8 5 (0.95%) ABAP
8 5 (0.95%) Kusto Query Language
9 4 (0.76%) ActionScript
9 4 (0.76%) ActionScript 3.0
9 4 (0.76%) Bicep
9 4 (0.76%) Objective-C
9 4 (0.76%) R
10 3 (0.57%) C++
11 2 (0.38%) Kotlin
11 2 (0.38%) RPG
12 1 (0.19%) Rust
12 1 (0.19%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 84 (15.88%) Degree
2 50 (9.45%) Security Cleared
3 38 (7.18%) SC Cleared
4 26 (4.91%) DV Cleared
5 22 (4.16%) PMI Certification
6 20 (3.78%) CCNA
6 20 (3.78%) Cisco Certification
6 20 (3.78%) Computer Science Degree
7 19 (3.59%) CCNP
8 18 (3.40%) PMP
9 15 (2.84%) Master's Degree
10 14 (2.65%) Microsoft Certification
11 11 (2.08%) JNCIA
12 10 (1.89%) JNCIS
13 9 (1.70%) BPSS Clearance
14 7 (1.32%) CBAP
14 7 (1.32%) IIBA
15 6 (1.13%) Azure Certification
16 5 (0.95%) SAP Certification
17 4 (0.76%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (8.32%) QA
2 16 (3.02%) Data Quality
3 11 (2.08%) ISO 20022
3 11 (2.08%) SEPA
4 8 (1.51%) PMO
5 7 (1.32%) TARGET2
6 6 (1.13%) Accessibility
6 6 (1.13%) GDPR
7 5 (0.95%) ISO/IEC 15288
8 3 (0.57%) Actionable Recommendations
8 3 (0.57%) MiFID
8 3 (0.57%) SLA
9 2 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.38%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.38%) Solvency II
10 1 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 13 (2.46%) Docker
2 4 (0.76%) Virtual Machines
2 4 (0.76%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (0.57%) Active Directory
4 2 (0.38%) Firmware
4 2 (0.38%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.38%) KVM
4 2 (0.38%) RHEV
4 2 (0.38%) Xen
Systems Management
1 38 (7.18%) HP ALM
2 11 (2.08%) Kubernetes
3 5 (0.95%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (0.38%) Nagios
4 2 (0.38%) Proxmox
5 1 (0.19%) Terraform
Vendors
1 85 (16.07%) Microsoft
2 68 (12.85%) SAP
3 39 (7.37%) HP
4 28 (5.29%) Cisco
5 20 (3.78%) Juniper
6 17 (3.21%) Guidewire
7 16 (3.02%) Oracle
8 14 (2.65%) Databricks
8 14 (2.65%) Google
9 13 (2.46%) Salesforce
10 12 (2.27%) Anaplan
10 12 (2.27%) Dell
11 7 (1.32%) Automation Anywhere
11 7 (1.32%) Fortinet
11 7 (1.32%) OpenAI
11 7 (1.32%) Pega
11 7 (1.32%) UiPath
12 6 (1.13%) Atlassian
12 6 (1.13%) ServiceNow
12 6 (1.13%) Tagetik