Requirements Gathering Job Trends in the North West

Requirements Gathering (Requirements Elicitation)
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North West requiring Requirements Gathering skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 129 129 119
Rank change year-on-year 0 -10 +79
Permanent jobs citing Requirements Gathering 51 79 78
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 0.80% 1.57% 1.73%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.99% 1.72% 1.98%
Number of salaries quoted 38 66 68
10th Percentile £47,625 - £36,270
25th Percentile £52,813 £38,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £42,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +41.18% -19.05% -1.87%
75th Percentile £73,438 £51,875 £63,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £84,161 £85,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% - -

All Process & 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 5,155 4,593 3,945
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 81.26% 91.15% 87.61%
Number of salaries quoted 2,531 2,248 3,069
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 £66,250 £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%

Requirements Gathering
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Requirements Gathering job vacancy trend in the North West

Requirements Gathering
Salary Trend in the North West

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

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

Requirements Gathering
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Requirements Gathering in the North West over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

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 13 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
Manchester -19 24 £63,750 +50.00% 20
Cheshire -8 10 £75,000 +30.43% 8
Cumbria - 8 £60,000 - 1
Lancashire +13 4 £60,000 +44.58% 10
Merseyside -3 4 £58,750 -9.62% 1
Requirements Gathering
England

Requirements Gathering
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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (7.84%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.96%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (5.88%) MS Visio
2 1 (1.96%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (9.80%) NetSuite
2 2 (3.92%) Oracle Assets
2 2 (3.92%) Oracle General Ledger
2 2 (3.92%) Oracle Payables
2 2 (3.92%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (1.96%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (1.96%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 18 (35.29%) Azure
2 11 (21.57%) AWS
3 8 (15.69%) GCP
4 7 (13.73%) Power Platform
5 6 (11.76%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (3.92%) Microsoft Copilot
6 2 (3.92%) Microsoft Purview
6 2 (3.92%) OCI
6 2 (3.92%) SaaS
7 1 (1.96%) dbt
7 1 (1.96%) Lucidchart
7 1 (1.96%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (11.76%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (5.88%) Power BI
3 1 (1.96%) DB2
3 1 (1.96%) Qlik Sense
3 1 (1.96%) Relational Database
3 1 (1.96%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.96%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (1.96%) JIRA
General
1 30 (58.82%) Finance
2 14 (27.45%) Analytical Skills
3 12 (23.53%) Social Skills
4 8 (15.69%) Retail
5 5 (9.80%) Banking
5 5 (9.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 4 (7.84%) Billing
6 4 (7.84%) Financial Institution
6 4 (7.84%) Marketing
7 3 (5.88%) Law
7 3 (5.88%) Legal
7 3 (5.88%) Public Sector
8 2 (3.92%) Electronics
8 2 (3.92%) General Ledger
8 2 (3.92%) Manufacturing
8 2 (3.92%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (3.92%) Telecoms
9 1 (1.96%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (1.96%) Investment Banking
9 1 (1.96%) Military
Job Titles
1 12 (23.53%) Consultant
2 9 (17.65%) Senior
3 8 (15.69%) Infrastructure Manager
3 8 (15.69%) Infrastructure Project Manager
3 8 (15.69%) Project Manager
4 7 (13.73%) Analyst
4 7 (13.73%) Architect
4 7 (13.73%) Business Analyst
5 6 (11.76%) Azure Data Engineer
5 6 (11.76%) Azure Engineer
5 6 (11.76%) Data Engineer
5 6 (11.76%) Senior Data Engineer
6 5 (9.80%) Developer
6 5 (9.80%) Functional Consultant
6 5 (9.80%) NetSuite Consultant
6 5 (9.80%) Technology Consultant
7 4 (7.84%) Lead
7 4 (7.84%) Lead Developer
7 4 (7.84%) Payments Architect
8 2 (3.92%) Microsoft 365 Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (7.84%) .NET
2 3 (5.88%) OAuth
2 3 (5.88%) Spring
3 2 (3.92%) OAuth2
3 2 (3.92%) Oracle Fusion
3 2 (3.92%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 8 (15.69%) Data Centre
2 6 (11.76%) Product Ownership
3 4 (7.84%) AI Agents
3 4 (7.84%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 4 (7.84%) SWIFT Messaging Network
4 2 (3.92%) Mobile App
5 1 (1.96%) Data Structures
5 1 (1.96%) Driving Licence
5 1 (1.96%) IoT
5 1 (1.96%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.96%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 8 (15.69%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (31.37%) Stakeholder Management
2 15 (29.41%) AI
3 14 (27.45%) Problem-Solving
4 12 (23.53%) Project Management
5 10 (19.61%) Business Development
5 10 (19.61%) CI/CD
5 10 (19.61%) Roadmaps
6 9 (17.65%) Data Modelling
6 9 (17.65%) Project Delivery
7 8 (15.69%) Agile
7 8 (15.69%) Change Management
7 8 (15.69%) Continuous Improvement
7 8 (15.69%) Mentoring
7 8 (15.69%) Technical Leadership
7 8 (15.69%) Translating Business Requirements
7 8 (15.69%) Workshop Facilitation
8 7 (13.73%) Collaborative Culture
9 6 (11.76%) Business Analysis
9 6 (11.76%) ERP
10 5 (9.80%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 7 (13.73%) Python
1 7 (13.73%) SQL
2 4 (7.84%) Java
3 3 (5.88%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 10 (19.61%) Degree
2 3 (5.88%) Security Cleared
3 2 (3.92%) DV Cleared
3 2 (3.92%) Master's Degree
4 1 (1.96%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (11.76%) QA
2 4 (7.84%) Accessibility
2 4 (7.84%) ISO 20022
2 4 (7.84%) SEPA
2 4 (7.84%) TARGET2
3 1 (1.96%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.96%) PCI DSS
3 1 (1.96%) PMO
Systems Management
1 1 (1.96%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 8 (15.69%) Google
2 6 (11.76%) Microsoft
3 5 (9.80%) Oracle
4 2 (3.92%) SAP
5 1 (1.96%) Databricks
5 1 (1.96%) IBM
5 1 (1.96%) iManage
5 1 (1.96%) Salesforce