Requirements Engineering Job Trends in London

Requirements Engineering
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in London requiring Requirements Engineering skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 401 - 485
Rank change year-on-year - - +106
Permanent jobs citing Requirements Engineering 5 0 14
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.024% - 0.060%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.030% - 0.066%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 9
10th Percentile - - £42,400
25th Percentile £62,500 - £47,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 - £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -48.72%
75th Percentile £67,500 - £77,500
90th Percentile - - £105,000
England median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% -12.00% +11.61%

All Process & Methodology Skills
London

Requirements Engineering 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 London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 16,875 11,788 21,300
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 81.41% 96.06% 90.93%
Number of salaries quoted 11,349 7,191 15,883
10th Percentile £40,000 £42,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £55,411 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.14% -6.67%
75th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £122,500 £115,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%

Requirements Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Requirements Engineering job vacancy trend in London

Requirements Engineering
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Requirements Engineering.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Requirements Engineering

Requirements Engineering
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Requirements Engineering within the London region over the 6 months to 21 May 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
South London - 1 - -
West London - 1 - - 1
Central London - 1 £65,000 - 1
Requirements Engineering
England

Requirements Engineering
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 (20.00%) CMS
Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Maya
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) OCI
2 1 (20.00%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (60.00%) Data Warehouse
General
1 3 (60.00%) Finance
2 2 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Games
2 2 (40.00%) Law
2 2 (40.00%) Local Government
2 2 (40.00%) Public Sector
2 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Advertising
3 1 (20.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Systems Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Business Data Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Business Systems Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Data Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Requirements Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Systems Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Enterprise Software
1 2 (40.00%) NHS
1 2 (40.00%) Product Ownership
2 1 (20.00%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Windows
1 1 (20.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Business Strategy
1 3 (60.00%) Workshop Facilitation
2 2 (40.00%) Business Development
2 2 (40.00%) Computer Science
2 2 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (40.00%) Data Migration
2 2 (40.00%) IT Strategy
2 2 (40.00%) Mentoring
2 2 (40.00%) Migration
2 2 (40.00%) Programme Management
2 2 (40.00%) Risk Management
2 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (40.00%) Technology Transformation
2 2 (40.00%) Thought Leadership
2 2 (40.00%) Validation
3 1 (20.00%) Agile
3 1 (20.00%) Ergonomics
3 1 (20.00%) Human Factors
3 1 (20.00%) Scrum
3 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) Degree
2 2 (40.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (20.00%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) Data Quality
1 1 (20.00%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Oracle
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) Remedy