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 23 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 103 70 74
Rank change year-on-year -33 +4 0
Permanent jobs citing Requirements Gathering 11 10 24
As % of all permanent jobs in Hertfordshire 0.47% 1.21% 1.60%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.64% 1.39% 2.07%
Number of salaries quoted 9 8 8
10th Percentile £50,600 £54,250 £61,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £55,000 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 £58,750 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.43% -16.07% +16.67%
75th Percentile £64,750 £62,813 £79,688
90th Percentile £74,500 £69,375 £84,000
East of England median annual salary £62,000 £45,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +37.78% -25.00% -11.11%

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,706 718 1,158
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 72.87% 86.71% 77.35%
Number of salaries quoted 1,188 456 568
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,750 £26,000
25th Percentile £38,750 £35,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £45,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% -18.18% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £60,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £82,500 £80,000
East of England median annual salary £52,500 £45,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year +16.67% -16.67% -1.82%

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 job vacancy trend in Hertfordshire

Requirements Gathering
Salary Trend in Hertfordshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing Requirements Gathering.

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 23 September 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 23 September 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% 5
Hemel Hempstead - 2 £61,500 - 6
Stevenage -6 1 £47,000 -41.25% 3
Welwyn Garden City - 1 £59,000 -
Requirements Gathering
East of England

Requirements Gathering
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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 2 (18.18%) Confluence
2 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (9.09%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (9.09%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 3 (27.27%) Azure
2 2 (18.18%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (18.18%) Miro
3 1 (9.09%) Entra ID
3 1 (9.09%) Figma
3 1 (9.09%) Lucidchart
3 1 (9.09%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (9.09%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 1 (9.09%) DHCP
1 1 (9.09%) DNS
1 1 (9.09%) Firewall
1 1 (9.09%) VLAN
1 1 (9.09%) VPN
1 1 (9.09%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (9.09%) Oracle BI Publisher
1 1 (9.09%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 3 (27.27%) JIRA
General
1 6 (54.55%) Social Skills
2 3 (27.27%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (27.27%) Public Sector
3 1 (9.09%) Aerospace
3 1 (9.09%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Finance
3 1 (9.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (9.09%) Marketing
3 1 (9.09%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Retail
Job Titles
1 4 (36.36%) Analyst
1 4 (36.36%) Business Analyst
2 3 (27.27%) Senior
2 3 (27.27%) Senior Analyst
2 3 (27.27%) Senior Business Analyst
3 2 (18.18%) Consultant
4 1 (9.09%) Business Consultant
4 1 (9.09%) Functional Consultant
4 1 (9.09%) IT Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) IT Manager
4 1 (9.09%) IT Project Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Oracle Consultant
4 1 (9.09%) Oracle Functional Consultant
4 1 (9.09%) Process Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Product Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Project Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Senior Business Consultant
4 1 (9.09%) Senior Consultant
4 1 (9.09%) Systems Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Systems Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (9.09%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 3 (27.27%) Product Ownership
2 2 (18.18%) Driving Licence
3 1 (9.09%) FMCG
3 1 (9.09%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (9.09%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (9.09%) Windows
1 1 (9.09%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (72.73%) Agile
2 6 (54.55%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (36.36%) User Stories
4 3 (27.27%) Business Analysis
4 3 (27.27%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (27.27%) Project Delivery
4 3 (27.27%) Waterfall
4 3 (27.27%) Workshop Facilitation
5 2 (18.18%) Acceptance Criteria
5 2 (18.18%) Backlog Prioritisation
5 2 (18.18%) Commercial Awareness
5 2 (18.18%) DevOps
5 2 (18.18%) PRINCE2
5 2 (18.18%) Process Improvement
5 2 (18.18%) Product Backlog
5 2 (18.18%) Project Management
5 2 (18.18%) Roadmaps
5 2 (18.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 2 (18.18%) Strategic Roadmap
5 2 (18.18%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (9.09%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 3 (27.27%) Security Cleared
2 2 (18.18%) DV Cleared
3 1 (9.09%) Azure Certification
3 1 (9.09%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (9.09%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (9.09%) Active Directory
1 1 (9.09%) Hyper-V
1 1 (9.09%) Virtual Machines
1 1 (9.09%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 1 (9.09%) Acronis
1 1 (9.09%) Aruba
1 1 (9.09%) Datto
1 1 (9.09%) Draytek
1 1 (9.09%) Meraki
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft
1 1 (9.09%) Oracle
1 1 (9.09%) ServiceNow
1 1 (9.09%) SonicWALL
1 1 (9.09%) VMware
1 1 (9.09%) WatchGuard