Requirements Gathering Job Trends in Hertfordshire

Requirements Gathering (Requirements Elicitation)
East of England > Hertfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Hertfordshire requiring Requirements Gathering skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 18 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	105	73	75
Rank change year-on-year	-32	+2	-9
Permanent jobs citing Requirements Gathering	14	8	22
As % of all permanent jobs in Hertfordshire	0.57%	0.90%	1.57%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category	0.76%	1.04%	1.99%
Number of salaries quoted	11	7	7
10^th Percentile	£47,000	£54,000	£65,000
25^th Percentile	£52,000	£55,000	£65,625
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£59,000	£57,500	£70,000
Median % change year-on-year	+2.61%	-17.86%	+12.00%
75^th Percentile	£64,250	£62,500	£80,625
90^th Percentile	£68,750	£63,000	£84,500
East of England median annual salary	£58,250	£45,000	£67,500
% change year-on-year	+29.44%	-33.33%	-18.18%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire.

	6 months to 18 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills	1,840	768	1,103
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hertfordshire	74.34%	86.10%	78.90%
Number of salaries quoted	1,243	487	492
10^th Percentile	£30,000	£27,250	£31,250
25^th Percentile	£36,250	£32,500	£45,000
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£54,000	£45,000	£55,000
Median % change year-on-year	+20.00%	-18.18%	-
75^th Percentile	£70,000	£60,000	£72,500
90^th Percentile	£95,000	£75,000	£85,000
East of England median annual salary	£51,500	£45,000	£55,000
% change year-on-year	+14.44%	-18.18%	+1.85%

Requirements Gathering Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Requirements Gathering Salary Trend in Hertfordshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing Requirements Gathering.

Requirements Gathering Salary Histogram in Hertfordshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Requirements Gathering in Hertfordshire over the 6 months to 18 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Requirements Gathering in Hertfordshire

Requirements Gathering Job Locations in Hertfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Requirements Gathering within the Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 18 October 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
Watford	-2	3	£62,500	+13.64%	1
Hemel Hempstead	-	3	£61,500	-	3
Stevenage	-	2	£47,000	-	2
Welwyn Garden City	-	1	£59,000	-
Requirements Gathering East of England

Requirements Gathering Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hertfordshire

For the 6 months to 18 October 2026, job vacancies citing Requirements Gathering also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Hertfordshire region with a requirement for Requirements Gathering.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Agile	71.4%	10
2	Stakeholder Management	50.0%	7
3	Security Cleared	35.7%	5
3	User Stories	35.7%	5
5	Azure	28.6%	4
5	Business Analysis	28.6%	4
5	Waterfall	28.6%	4
8	Continuous Improvement	21.4%	3
8	DevOps	21.4%	3
8	DV Cleared	21.4%	3
8	JIRA	21.4%	3
8	Process Improvement	21.4%	3
8	Project Delivery	21.4%	3
8	Workshop Facilitation	21.4%	3
15	Acceptance Criteria	14.3%	2
15	Analytical Thinking	14.3%	2
15	Azure DevOps	14.3%	2
15	Backlog Prioritisation	14.3%	2
15	BPSS Clearance	14.3%	2
15	Business Case	14.3%	2
15	Business Intelligence	14.3%	2
15	Business Process Modelling	14.3%	2
15	Commercial Awareness	14.3%	2
15	Confluence	14.3%	2
15	Degree	14.3%	2
15	Microsoft	14.3%	2
15	Miro	14.3%	2
15	Model-Based Systems Engineering	14.3%	2
15	PRINCE2	14.3%	2
15	Product Backlog	14.3%	2

Requirements Gathering Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hertfordshire by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Processes & Methodologies

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Agile	71.4%	10
2	Stakeholder Management	50.0%	7
3	User Stories	35.7%	5
4	Business Analysis	28.6%	4
4	Waterfall	28.6%	4
6	Continuous Improvement	21.4%	3
6	DevOps	21.4%	3
6	Process Improvement	21.4%	3
6	Project Delivery	21.4%	3
6	Workshop Facilitation	21.4%	3
11	Acceptance Criteria	14.3%	2
11	Analytical Thinking	14.3%	2
11	Backlog Prioritisation	14.3%	2
11	Business Case	14.3%	2
11	Business Intelligence	14.3%	2
11	Business Process Modelling	14.3%	2
11	Commercial Awareness	14.3%	2
11	Model-Based Systems Engineering	14.3%	2
11	PRINCE2	14.3%	2
11	Product Backlog	14.3%	2