Requirements Gathering Jobs in the North West

Requirements Gathering (Requirements Elicitation)
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West requiring Requirements Gathering skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Requirements Gathering over the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 174 176 176
Rank change year-on-year +2 0 -30
Permanent jobs citing Requirements Gathering 132 123 123
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 1.69% 1.19% 1.62%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.76% 1.47% 1.70%
Number of salaries quoted 101 102 90
10th Percentile £38,750 £34,750 £36,050
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,500 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £57,500 £60,741 £81,250
90th Percentile £63,750 £70,000 -
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% +8.11%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

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 West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 7,486 8,394 7,245
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 95.93% 81.13% 95.44%
Number of salaries quoted 3,793 6,316 3,841
10th Percentile £25,750 £27,500 £31,125
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £61,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £76,840 £80,000 £81,250
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

Requirements Gathering
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing Requirements Gathering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Requirements Gathering in the North West

Requirements Gathering
Salary Trend in the North West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Requirements Gathering in the North West.

Salary trend for Requirements Gathering in the North West

Requirements Gathering
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Requirements Gathering in the North West over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Requirements Gathering in the North West

Requirements Gathering
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 Requirements Gathering within the North West region over the 6 months to 30 May 2025. 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 -23 60 £50,055 -13.65% 32
Manchester +32 53 £47,500 -7.32% 111
Merseyside +28 9 £52,500 +31.25% 40
Cheshire +4 9 £57,750 +15.50% 71
Cumbria -71 1 £35,698 -32.00% 1
Requirements Gathering
England

Requirements Gathering
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 6 (4.55%) CMS
2 4 (3.03%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.52%) Sitecore CMS
4 1 (0.76%) Confluence
Applications
1 7 (5.30%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (3.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (1.52%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.52%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 15 (11.36%) NetSuite
2 4 (3.03%) Magento
2 4 (3.03%) Shopify
3 2 (1.52%) Siebel CRM
4 1 (0.76%) Unit4 Business World
4 1 (0.76%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 15 (11.36%) Azure
2 14 (10.61%) Power Platform
3 3 (2.27%) AWS
3 3 (2.27%) Azure Data Factory
3 3 (2.27%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (2.27%) Azure Logic Apps
3 3 (2.27%) Entra ID
3 3 (2.27%) SaaS
4 2 (1.52%) Azure Functions
4 2 (1.52%) Azure Service Bus
4 2 (1.52%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (1.52%) Serverless
5 1 (0.76%) Amazon S3
5 1 (0.76%) Azure API Management
5 1 (0.76%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (0.76%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (0.76%) Google Data Studio
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.27%) Junos
1 3 (2.27%) LAN
1 3 (2.27%) VPN
1 3 (2.27%) WAN
1 3 (2.27%) Wi-Fi
2 2 (1.52%) HTTP
3 1 (0.76%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (9.85%) Power BI
2 5 (3.79%) SQL Server
3 4 (3.03%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 3 (2.27%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (1.52%) Oracle Reports
5 2 (1.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.76%) Amazon Redshift
6 1 (0.76%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.76%) Data Mart
6 1 (0.76%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.76%) Oracle ODI
6 1 (0.76%) Power Query
6 1 (0.76%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.76%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 1 (0.76%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 54 (40.91%) Rational DOORS
2 3 (2.27%) Git
3 1 (0.76%) Eclipse
3 1 (0.76%) GitLab
3 1 (0.76%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.76%) JIRA
3 1 (0.76%) JUnit
3 1 (0.76%) NetBeans
General
1 41 (31.06%) Finance
2 26 (19.70%) Social Skills
3 20 (15.15%) Analytical Skills
4 19 (14.39%) Organisational Skills
5 11 (8.33%) Presentation Skills
6 8 (6.06%) Legal
7 7 (5.30%) Banking
8 5 (3.79%) Law
9 4 (3.03%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (2.27%) Manufacturing
11 2 (1.52%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (1.52%) Public Sector
11 2 (1.52%) Tech for Good
12 1 (0.76%) Local Government
12 1 (0.76%) Marketing
12 1 (0.76%) Retail
Job Titles
1 53 (40.15%) Electronics Engineer
1 53 (40.15%) Systems Engineer
2 24 (18.18%) Analyst
3 17 (12.88%) Consultant
4 15 (11.36%) Business Analyst
4 15 (11.36%) Functional Consultant
4 15 (11.36%) NetSuite Consultant
5 12 (9.09%) Developer
6 11 (8.33%) Lead
7 6 (4.55%) Senior
8 5 (3.79%) Architect
8 5 (3.79%) Lead Developer
9 4 (3.03%) C# Developer
9 4 (3.03%) Insight Analyst
9 4 (3.03%) Software Engineer
10 3 (2.27%) Software Developer
10 3 (2.27%) Technical Analyst
10 3 (2.27%) Technical Business Analyst
11 2 (1.52%) Business Systems Analyst
11 2 (1.52%) Systems Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (5.30%) .NET
2 5 (3.79%) ASP.NET
3 4 (3.03%) CSS
3 4 (3.03%) HTML
4 3 (2.27%) .NET Framework
4 3 (2.27%) Entity Framework
4 3 (2.27%) Vue
5 2 (1.52%) Blazor
5 2 (1.52%) Middleware
5 2 (1.52%) React
5 2 (1.52%) RESTful
6 1 (0.76%) .NET Core
6 1 (0.76%) ASP.NET Core
6 1 (0.76%) ASP.NET Web API
6 1 (0.76%) gRPC
6 1 (0.76%) REST
6 1 (0.76%) Svelte
6 1 (0.76%) Web Services
6 1 (0.76%) WinForms
6 1 (0.76%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 12 (9.09%) Product Ownership
2 7 (5.30%) Social Media
3 4 (3.03%) Mainframe
4 2 (1.52%) Client/Server
4 2 (1.52%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (0.76%) Credit Risk
5 1 (0.76%) Data Structures
5 1 (0.76%) Housing Association
5 1 (0.76%) Low-Code
5 1 (0.76%) Management Information System
5 1 (0.76%) Market Risk
5 1 (0.76%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 6 (4.55%) Windows
2 5 (3.79%) Windows Vista
3 2 (1.52%) Linux
4 1 (0.76%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (49.24%) Data Analysis
2 58 (43.94%) Validation
3 54 (40.91%) Requirements Management
3 54 (40.91%) Systems Engineering
4 53 (40.15%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
5 25 (18.94%) Problem-Solving
6 24 (18.18%) Collaborative Working
7 22 (16.67%) Project Management
8 21 (15.91%) Agile
9 19 (14.39%) CRM
10 18 (13.64%) ERP
10 18 (13.64%) Migration
11 16 (12.12%) Continuous Improvement
11 16 (12.12%) Data Migration
12 13 (9.85%) Business Intelligence
13 11 (8.33%) Business Strategy
13 11 (8.33%) User Stories
14 10 (7.58%) Project Delivery
15 8 (6.06%) Use Case
16 7 (5.30%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 11 (8.33%) SQL
2 7 (5.30%) C#
3 4 (3.03%) T-SQL
4 3 (2.27%) Go
4 3 (2.27%) Python
5 2 (1.52%) Java
5 2 (1.52%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.76%) Objective-C
6 1 (0.76%) PHP
6 1 (0.76%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.76%) Progress 4GL
6 1 (0.76%) R
6 1 (0.76%) Swift
6 1 (0.76%) VB
6 1 (0.76%) VBA
Qualifications
1 66 (50.00%) Degree
2 54 (40.91%) HND
3 53 (40.15%) HNC
4 26 (19.70%) BPSS Clearance
5 11 (8.33%) DBS Check
6 5 (3.79%) Security Cleared
7 4 (3.03%) SC Cleared
8 3 (2.27%) CCNA
8 3 (2.27%) CCNP
8 3 (2.27%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (2.27%) JNCIA
9 2 (1.52%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (0.76%) DV Cleared
10 1 (0.76%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (5.30%) Data Quality
1 7 (5.30%) QA
1 7 (5.30%) SLA
2 1 (0.76%) GDPR
System Software
1 1 (0.76%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.76%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (0.76%) Kubernetes
1 1 (0.76%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (0.76%) SCCM
1 1 (0.76%) Terraform
Vendors
1 11 (8.33%) Microsoft
2 7 (5.30%) ServiceNow
3 5 (3.79%) Salesforce
4 4 (3.03%) Cisco
5 3 (2.27%) Juniper
5 3 (2.27%) Oracle
6 2 (1.52%) Siebel
6 2 (1.52%) Sitecore
7 1 (0.76%) Capita
7 1 (0.76%) Google
7 1 (0.76%) iManage
7 1 (0.76%) Informatica
7 1 (0.76%) Meraki
7 1 (0.76%) Progress
7 1 (0.76%) Red Hat