Requirements Gathering Job Trends in the North East

Requirements Gathering (Requirements Elicitation)
England > North East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North East requiring Requirements Gathering skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 69 85 61
Rank change year-on-year +16 -24 +17
Permanent jobs citing Requirements Gathering 9 4 12
As % of all permanent jobs in the North East 0.87% 0.43% 1.61%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.11% 0.48% 1.80%
Number of salaries quoted 9 4 12
10th Percentile £46,100 £34,974 -
25th Percentile £47,500 £48,809 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £59,715 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.08% -29.75% +74.36%
75th Percentile £60,000 £67,500 -
90th Percentile £68,750 £76,500 -
England median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
North East

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 the North East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 810 827 667
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 78.64% 88.92% 89.29%
Number of salaries quoted 547 337 572
10th Percentile £28,250 £30,750 £29,525
25th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £68,750 £61,445
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Requirements Gathering
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

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

Requirements Gathering job vacancy trend in the North East

Requirements Gathering
Salary Trend in the North East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Requirements Gathering.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Requirements Gathering

Requirements Gathering
Salary Histogram in the North East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Requirements Gathering in the North East over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Requirements Gathering in the North East

Requirements Gathering
Job Locations in the North East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Requirements Gathering within the North East region over the 6 months to 14 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
Tyne and Wear +16 9 £52,500 +98.11% 9
Requirements Gathering
England

Requirements Gathering
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North East 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 7 (77.78%) Azure
2 5 (55.56%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (11.11%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (22.22%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (11.11%) Metadata
2 1 (11.11%) Power BI
General
1 2 (22.22%) Retail
2 1 (11.11%) Law
2 1 (11.11%) Legal
2 1 (11.11%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (77.78%) Analyst
2 6 (66.67%) Business Analyst
3 3 (33.33%) Development Analyst
3 3 (33.33%) Software Analyst
3 3 (33.33%) Software Development Analyst
3 3 (33.33%) Software Development Business Analyst
4 2 (22.22%) Azure Data Engineer
4 2 (22.22%) Azure Engineer
4 2 (22.22%) Business IT Analyst
4 2 (22.22%) Data Engineer
4 2 (22.22%) IT Analyst
4 2 (22.22%) IT Business Analyst
4 2 (22.22%) Senior
4 2 (22.22%) Senior Data Engineer
5 1 (11.11%) Business Data Analyst
5 1 (11.11%) Data Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (77.78%) Agile
2 6 (66.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 6 (66.67%) User Stories
3 5 (55.56%) DevOps
4 3 (33.33%) SDLC
5 2 (22.22%) CI/CD
5 2 (22.22%) Data Modelling
6 1 (11.11%) Business Case
6 1 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
6 1 (11.11%) Change Management
6 1 (11.11%) Customer Service
6 1 (11.11%) Impact Assessments
6 1 (11.11%) ITIL
6 1 (11.11%) MoSCoW
6 1 (11.11%) PRINCE
6 1 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
6 1 (11.11%) Scenario Testing
6 1 (11.11%) Service Design
6 1 (11.11%) Translating Business Requirements
6 1 (11.11%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 2 (22.22%) Python
1 2 (22.22%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) ISEB
1 1 (11.11%) PMI Certification
1 1 (11.11%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) GDPR