Requirements Engineering Job Trends in the Midlands

Requirements Engineering
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring Requirements Engineering skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 215 232 231
Rank change year-on-year +17 -1 +90
Permanent jobs citing Requirements Engineering 1 4 3
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.013% 0.063% 0.052%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.016% 0.069% 0.061%
Number of salaries quoted 1 4 3
10th Percentile - - £41,850
25th Percentile £47,500 - £43,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +26.32% +16.48%
75th Percentile £52,500 - £51,375
90th Percentile - - £52,950
England median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% - +25.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 6,306 5,768 4,955
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 81.32% 90.45% 86.58%
Number of salaries quoted 3,486 2,526 4,080
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £26,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £35,153
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Requirements Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Requirements Engineering job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Requirements Engineering
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Requirements Engineering.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Requirements Engineering

Requirements Engineering
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Requirements Engineering within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 12 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
West Midlands +20 1 £50,000 -16.67% 1
Requirements Engineering
England

Requirements Engineering
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI
General
1 1 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Business Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Data Business Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Report Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Business Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Reporting Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Business Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft