Customer Requirements Job Trends in the North West

Customer Requirements
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North West requiring Customer Requirements skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 158 91 129
Rank change year-on-year -67 +38 +94
Permanent jobs citing Customer Requirements 26 123 69
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 0.41% 2.43% 1.55%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.50% 2.66% 1.77%
Number of salaries quoted 12 79 61
10th Percentile - - £26,000
25th Percentile £47,683 £31,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,793 £50,055 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.47% -4.66% +10.53%
75th Percentile £55,470 £53,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £59,750 £61,750 £75,000
England median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £55,275
% change year-on-year -4.76% -5.02% -7.88%

All Process & Methodology Skills
North West

Customer Requirements 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 West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 5,198 4,623 3,899
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 81.05% 91.29% 87.56%
Number of salaries quoted 2,569 2,267 3,029
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,114 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -4.55%
75th Percentile £65,000 £66,445 £68,750
90th Percentile £81,250 £80,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Customer Requirements
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Customer Requirements job vacancy trend in the North West

Customer Requirements
Salary Trend in the North West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Customer Requirements.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Customer Requirements

Customer Requirements
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Customer Requirements in the North West over the 6 months to 15 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Customer Requirements in the North West

Customer Requirements
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Customer Requirements within the North West region over the 6 months to 15 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
Lancashire -11 14 £54,793 +4.37% 3
Cheshire -14 5 £42,500 -63.83% 3
Cumbria +1 3 - -
Manchester -7 3 £55,000 - 10
Merseyside -30 1 - - 3
Customer Requirements
England

Customer Requirements
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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:

Applications
1 3 (11.54%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (11.54%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (7.69%) Adobe After Effects
2 2 (7.69%) Adobe Illustrator
2 2 (7.69%) Adobe Premiere
2 2 (7.69%) Photoshop
2 2 (7.69%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 1 (3.85%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 1 (3.85%) AWS
1 1 (3.85%) ChatGPT
1 1 (3.85%) Google Gemini
1 1 (3.85%) Power Platform
1 1 (3.85%) Serverless
1 1 (3.85%) Twilio
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.85%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.85%) NoSQL
1 1 (3.85%) Power BI
1 1 (3.85%) Qlik Sense
1 1 (3.85%) Tableau
General
1 16 (61.54%) Social Skills
2 11 (42.31%) Avionics
3 9 (34.62%) Influencing Skills
4 3 (11.54%) Electronics
5 2 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (7.69%) Automotive
5 2 (7.69%) Finance
5 2 (7.69%) Manufacturing
5 2 (7.69%) Marketing
5 2 (7.69%) Military
5 2 (7.69%) Public Sector
5 2 (7.69%) Publishing
5 2 (7.69%) Telecoms
6 1 (3.85%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (3.85%) Legal
6 1 (3.85%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (3.85%) Retail
Job Titles
1 14 (53.85%) Systems Engineer
2 9 (34.62%) Senior
2 9 (34.62%) Senior Systems Engineer
3 4 (15.38%) Development Engineer
4 3 (11.54%) Sales Executive
5 2 (7.69%) Analyst
5 2 (7.69%) Business Analyst
6 1 (3.85%) Deployment Engineer
6 1 (3.85%) DV Cleared Business Analyst
6 1 (3.85%) Engineering Manager
6 1 (3.85%) Internal Communications Manager
6 1 (3.85%) Lead
6 1 (3.85%) Software Deployment Engineer
6 1 (3.85%) Systems Manager
6 1 (3.85%) Technical Analyst
6 1 (3.85%) Technical Business Analyst
6 1 (3.85%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.85%) REST
1 1 (3.85%) WebRTC
Miscellaneous
1 2 (7.69%) Graphic Design
1 2 (7.69%) Product Ownership
1 2 (7.69%) Verilog
1 2 (7.69%) VHDL
2 1 (3.85%) CCTV
2 1 (3.85%) e-Learning
2 1 (3.85%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (3.85%) IoT
2 1 (3.85%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (46.15%) Collaborative Working
2 10 (38.46%) Coaching
2 10 (38.46%) Cryptography
2 10 (38.46%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
2 10 (38.46%) Systems Engineering
3 8 (30.77%) Agile
4 5 (19.23%) Quality Management
5 3 (11.54%) B2B
5 3 (11.54%) Business Development
5 3 (11.54%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (11.54%) Feasibility Study
5 3 (11.54%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (11.54%) Telesales
5 3 (11.54%) Translating Business Requirements
6 2 (7.69%) Decision-Making
6 2 (7.69%) Experiential Learning
6 2 (7.69%) Impact Assessments
6 2 (7.69%) Lean Software Development
6 2 (7.69%) Requirements Gathering
6 2 (7.69%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 2 (7.69%) SQL
2 1 (3.85%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 18 (69.23%) Degree
2 15 (57.69%) BPSS Clearance
3 14 (53.85%) HNC
3 14 (53.85%) HND
4 2 (7.69%) DV Cleared
4 2 (7.69%) Security Cleared
5 1 (3.85%) CEH
5 1 (3.85%) Chartered Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (15.38%) QA
System Software
1 1 (3.85%) Firmware
Vendors
1 4 (15.38%) Microsoft
2 2 (7.69%) Adobe
2 2 (7.69%) SAP
3 1 (3.85%) Salesforce