Requirements Gathering Job Trends in London

Requirements Gathering (Requirements Elicitation)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in London requiring Requirements Gathering skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 174 166 154
Rank change year-on-year -8 -12 -22
Permanent jobs citing Requirements Gathering 215 312 370
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.56% 2.01% 2.08%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.77% 2.12% 2.23%
Number of salaries quoted 113 199 315
10th Percentile £52,500 £41,250 £49,054
25th Percentile £67,500 £55,000 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £72,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.34% - +3.57%
75th Percentile £92,500 £82,500 £87,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £95,000 £100,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
London

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 London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 12,131 14,686 16,556
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 88.15% 94.41% 92.89%
Number of salaries quoted 7,756 8,093 13,294
10th Percentile £36,250 £43,250 £41,500
25th Percentile £51,250 £56,250 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,801 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.60% - -
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £117,500 £120,000 £116,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Requirements Gathering
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Requirements Gathering job vacancy trend in London

Requirements Gathering
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Requirements Gathering.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Requirements Gathering

Requirements Gathering
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Requirements Gathering in London over the 6 months to 5 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Requirements Gathering in London

Requirements Gathering
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 Gathering within the London region over the 6 months to 5 January 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
Central London +34 53 £85,000 +6.25% 46
South London +29 5 £73,750 +103.45% 5
West London +1 2 £75,000 -16.67% 4
Requirements Gathering
England

Requirements Gathering
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 8 (3.72%) Appian
2 6 (2.79%) Confluence
2 6 (2.79%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.93%) CMS
4 1 (0.47%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.47%) Jupyter
4 1 (0.47%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 14 (6.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 13 (6.05%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (3.26%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (3.26%) MS Visio
4 4 (1.86%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (2.79%) Dynamics CRM
1 6 (2.79%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (2.33%) SAP CO
2 5 (2.33%) SAP FI
2 5 (2.33%) SAP FI/CO
3 4 (1.86%) Fidessa
4 3 (1.40%) SAP SCM
5 2 (0.93%) Oracle Cash Management
5 2 (0.93%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.93%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (0.93%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (0.93%) Temenos T24
5 2 (0.93%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 56 (26.05%) Azure
2 37 (17.21%) Power Platform
3 21 (9.77%) Azure DevOps
4 18 (8.37%) Power Automate
5 16 (7.44%) Azure Data Factory
5 16 (7.44%) Datadog
6 15 (6.98%) Microsoft Copilot
7 13 (6.05%) Microsoft 365
8 11 (5.12%) AWS
8 11 (5.12%) Dynamics 365
9 9 (4.19%) Azure AI
9 9 (4.19%) ChatGPT
9 9 (4.19%) Microsoft Purview
10 8 (3.72%) Anthropic Claude
10 8 (3.72%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 6 (2.79%) PaaS
11 6 (2.79%) SaaS
11 6 (2.79%) Snowflake
12 5 (2.33%) Copilot Studio
12 5 (2.33%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.79%) Multicast
2 3 (1.40%) IP Telephony
2 3 (1.40%) PBX
2 3 (1.40%) PSTN
2 3 (1.40%) VoIP
3 2 (0.93%) FIX Connectivity
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (8.37%) Power BI
2 16 (7.44%) Relational Database
3 13 (6.05%) SQL Server
4 11 (5.12%) Data Warehouse
5 10 (4.65%) Data Lake
6 8 (3.72%) Pinecone
7 7 (3.26%) DTS
8 6 (2.79%) Tableau
9 4 (1.86%) Tick Data
10 3 (1.40%) Power Query
11 2 (0.93%) Azure SQL Database
12 1 (0.47%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
12 1 (0.47%) Delta Lake
12 1 (0.47%) Metadata
12 1 (0.47%) NoSQL
12 1 (0.47%) Qlik Sense
12 1 (0.47%) Semantic Layer
12 1 (0.47%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 20 (9.30%) JIRA
2 8 (3.72%) MLflow
3 4 (1.86%) Git
4 2 (0.93%) Synon
5 1 (0.47%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.47%) Team Foundation Server
5 1 (0.47%) Visual Studio
General
1 114 (53.02%) Finance
2 85 (39.53%) Social Skills
3 32 (14.88%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (12.09%) Marketing
5 18 (8.37%) Presentation Skills
6 17 (7.91%) Banking
6 17 (7.91%) Law
7 15 (6.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 13 (6.05%) Retail
9 11 (5.12%) Games
10 10 (4.65%) Financial Institution
10 10 (4.65%) Legal
11 8 (3.72%) Billing
11 8 (3.72%) Documentation Skills
12 6 (2.79%) General Ledger
13 5 (2.33%) Telecoms
14 4 (1.86%) Corporate Banking
14 4 (1.86%) Organisational Skills
14 4 (1.86%) Public Sector
14 4 (1.86%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 65 (30.23%) Analyst
2 52 (24.19%) Business Analyst
3 44 (20.47%) Senior
4 35 (16.28%) Developer
5 25 (11.63%) Consultant
6 20 (9.30%) Project Manager
7 14 (6.51%) Senior Analyst
8 13 (6.05%) Financial Analyst
9 12 (5.58%) Senior Developer
10 11 (5.12%) Senior Business Analyst
11 10 (4.65%) Architect
11 10 (4.65%) Functional Consultant
11 10 (4.65%) Product Manager
11 10 (4.65%) SAP Consultant
12 9 (4.19%) Finance Business Analyst
12 9 (4.19%) IT Manager
13 8 (3.72%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
13 8 (3.72%) Automation Engineer
13 8 (3.72%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
13 8 (3.72%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (6.05%) REST
2 12 (5.58%) Django
3 11 (5.12%) Web Services
4 9 (4.19%) Flask
5 8 (3.72%) Faiss
5 8 (3.72%) FastAPI
5 8 (3.72%) Hugging Face
5 8 (3.72%) JWT
5 8 (3.72%) NumPy
5 8 (3.72%) OAuth
5 8 (3.72%) OpenAPI
5 8 (3.72%) Pandas
5 8 (3.72%) pytest
5 8 (3.72%) PyTorch
5 8 (3.72%) RESTful
5 8 (3.72%) scikit-learn
5 8 (3.72%) Swagger
5 8 (3.72%) TensorFlow
6 7 (3.26%) React
7 6 (2.79%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 23 (10.70%) Onboarding
2 16 (7.44%) Management Information System
3 14 (6.51%) Low-Code
4 13 (6.05%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 11 (5.12%) Product Ownership
6 10 (4.65%) Fixed Income
6 10 (4.65%) Legacy Systems
7 8 (3.72%) AI Agents
8 7 (3.26%) Self-Motivation
8 7 (3.26%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 6 (2.79%) Distributed Computing
9 6 (2.79%) Enterprise Cloud
9 6 (2.79%) Equities
10 5 (2.33%) Analytical Mindset
11 4 (1.86%) Distributed Architecture
11 4 (1.86%) Eurex
11 4 (1.86%) PMI
12 3 (1.40%) OTC Derivatives
12 3 (1.40%) Reinsurance
12 3 (1.40%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 6 (2.79%) Linux
2 5 (2.33%) Windows
3 1 (0.47%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 99 (46.05%) Agile
2 77 (35.81%) Stakeholder Management
3 54 (25.12%) Business Analysis
4 48 (22.33%) AI
4 48 (22.33%) Problem-Solving
5 46 (21.40%) DevOps
6 45 (20.93%) Scrum
7 44 (20.47%) Migration
8 42 (19.53%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 37 (17.21%) Change Management
9 37 (17.21%) Project Management
10 36 (16.74%) Decision-Making
11 34 (15.81%) User Acceptance Testing
12 31 (14.42%) Roadmaps
12 31 (14.42%) User Stories
13 30 (13.95%) Analytics
13 30 (13.95%) Use Case
13 30 (13.95%) Workshop Facilitation
14 29 (13.49%) CI/CD
15 28 (13.02%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 46 (21.40%) SQL
2 40 (18.60%) Python
3 22 (10.23%) Java
4 18 (8.37%) C#
5 12 (5.58%) JavaScript
6 4 (1.86%) ABAP
6 4 (1.86%) Bicep
7 3 (1.40%) ActionScript
7 3 (1.40%) ActionScript 3.0
7 3 (1.40%) Objective-C
7 3 (1.40%) R
8 2 (0.93%) C++
8 2 (0.93%) RPG
9 1 (0.47%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 36 (16.74%) Degree
2 17 (7.91%) PMI Certification
3 13 (6.05%) Computer Science Degree
3 13 (6.05%) PMP
4 9 (4.19%) Security Cleared
5 6 (2.79%) CBAP
5 6 (2.79%) IIBA
5 6 (2.79%) SC Cleared
6 5 (2.33%) Master's Degree
7 4 (1.86%) MBA
7 4 (1.86%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (1.86%) SAP Certification
8 3 (1.40%) DV Cleared
9 2 (0.93%) ACCA
9 2 (0.93%) Azure Certification
9 2 (0.93%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (0.93%) CIMA
10 1 (0.47%) ISEB
10 1 (0.47%) Oracle Certification
10 1 (0.47%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (9.30%) QA
2 13 (6.05%) Data Quality
3 7 (3.26%) ISO 20022
3 7 (3.26%) PMO
3 7 (3.26%) SEPA
4 3 (1.40%) Actionable Recommendations
4 3 (1.40%) MiFID
4 3 (1.40%) TARGET2
5 2 (0.93%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.47%) Solvency II
System Software
1 13 (6.05%) Docker
2 1 (0.47%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.47%) Hyper-V
2 1 (0.47%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 10 (4.65%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.86%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 46 (21.40%) Microsoft
2 17 (7.91%) SAP
3 16 (7.44%) Guidewire
4 13 (6.05%) Anaplan
5 11 (5.12%) Oracle
6 10 (4.65%) Salesforce
7 8 (3.72%) Automation Anywhere
7 8 (3.72%) Databricks
7 8 (3.72%) OpenAI
7 8 (3.72%) UiPath
8 7 (3.26%) Dell
8 7 (3.26%) Pega
9 6 (2.79%) Alteryx
9 6 (2.79%) Atlassian
9 6 (2.79%) Tagetik
10 5 (2.33%) Google
10 5 (2.33%) WorldPay
11 4 (1.86%) ION Trading
11 4 (1.86%) Patsystems
11 4 (1.86%) Reuters