Requirements Gathering Job Trends in Kent

Requirements Gathering (Requirements Elicitation)
South East > Kent

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Kent requiring Requirements Gathering skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 86 70 53
Rank change year-on-year -16 -17 +16
Permanent jobs citing Requirements Gathering 2 6 9
As % of all permanent jobs in Kent 0.19% 0.81% 1.55%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.23% 0.92% 1.91%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 3
10th Percentile - - £37,250
25th Percentile £51,875 £53,750 £44,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,750 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.17% - +4.55%
75th Percentile £65,625 £61,250 £60,625
90th Percentile - - £61,750
South East median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% +10.00% -5.66%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Kent

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 Kent.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 854 650 471
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kent 82.43% 88.20% 81.07%
Number of salaries quoted 444 222 373
10th Percentile £27,500 £28,650 £25,450
25th Percentile £30,000 £37,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £54,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -25.93% +20.00% -10.00%
75th Percentile £55,000 £68,063 £58,750
90th Percentile £71,750 £79,425 £67,500
South East median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £53,500
% change year-on-year -13.04% +7.48% -2.73%

Requirements Gathering
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

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

Requirements Gathering job vacancy trend in Kent

Requirements Gathering
Salary Trend in Kent

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Kent citing Requirements Gathering.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Kent citing Requirements Gathering

Requirements Gathering
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Kent 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Business Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Software Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (50.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Business Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) Coaching
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) Logistics
2 1 (50.00%) MoSCoW
2 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Scenario Testing
2 1 (50.00%) SDLC
2 1 (50.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Strategic Thinking
2 1 (50.00%) User Stories
2 1 (50.00%) Waterfall
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) BT