Requirements Gathering Jobs in Scotland

Requirements Gathering (Requirements Elicitation)
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland 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 9 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 147 182 122
Rank change year-on-year +35 -60 +61
Permanent jobs citing Requirements Gathering 14 69 79
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.41% 1.25% 2.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.48% 1.42% 2.28%
Number of salaries quoted 9 46 30
10th Percentile £48,750 £38,750 £36,125
25th Percentile £51,250 £40,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £51,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.75% +2.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £61,250 £61,338 £67,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £81,250 £75,000
UK median annual salary £59,000 £57,965 £60,000
% change year-on-year +1.79% -3.39% +4.35%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,922 4,844 3,471
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 85.14% 87.93% 96.82%
Number of salaries quoted 1,390 1,989 1,955
10th Percentile £26,929 £31,250 £30,500
25th Percentile £32,851 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -
75th Percentile £63,150 £68,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £82,500 £81,250 £82,548
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,249
% change year-on-year - -8.71% +0.42%

Requirements Gathering
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing Requirements Gathering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Requirements Gathering in Scotland

Requirements Gathering
Salary Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Requirements Gathering in Scotland.

Salary trend for Requirements Gathering in Scotland

Requirements Gathering
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Requirements Gathering in Scotland over the 6 months to 9 August 2025.

Salary histogram for Requirements Gathering in Scotland

Requirements Gathering
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Requirements Gathering within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 9 August 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
Glasgow +84 9 £57,500 +8.49% 10
Edinburgh +6 2 £50,000 +8.11% 6
Requirements Gathering
UK

Requirements Gathering
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Applications
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (7.14%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 3 (21.43%) Azure
1 3 (21.43%) Power Platform
2 2 (14.29%) AWS
2 2 (14.29%) AWS IoT
2 2 (14.29%) GCP
3 1 (7.14%) Azure Data Factory
3 1 (7.14%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (7.14%) Miro
3 1 (7.14%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 2 (14.29%) Bluetooth
1 2 (14.29%) Ethernet
1 2 (14.29%) LoRaWAN
1 2 (14.29%) Modbus
1 2 (14.29%) MQTT
2 1 (7.14%) SpaceWire
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (28.57%) MongoDB
1 4 (28.57%) SQL Server
2 2 (14.29%) Power BI
3 1 (7.14%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (7.14%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 3 (21.43%) Git
2 1 (7.14%) GitLab
2 1 (7.14%) JIRA
General
1 8 (57.14%) Finance
2 4 (28.57%) Social Skills
3 3 (21.43%) Marketing
3 3 (21.43%) Telecoms
4 2 (14.29%) Agriculture
4 2 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (14.29%) Electronics
4 2 (14.29%) Manufacturing
4 2 (14.29%) Public Sector
5 1 (7.14%) Automotive
5 1 (7.14%) Banking
5 1 (7.14%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (7.14%) Law
5 1 (7.14%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (35.71%) Developer
2 4 (28.57%) Java Developer
3 3 (21.43%) Analyst
4 2 (14.29%) Business Analyst
4 2 (14.29%) Embedded Engineer
4 2 (14.29%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 2 (14.29%) Product Manager
4 2 (14.29%) Software Engineer
5 1 (7.14%) Business Intelligence Developer
5 1 (7.14%) Consultant
5 1 (7.14%) Lead
5 1 (7.14%) Power BI Developer
5 1 (7.14%) Power Platform Consultant
5 1 (7.14%) Product Analyst
5 1 (7.14%) SAP Manager
5 1 (7.14%) Senior
5 1 (7.14%) Senior Analyst
5 1 (7.14%) Senior Business Analyst
5 1 (7.14%) ServiceNow Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (28.57%) Kafka
1 4 (28.57%) React
2 1 (7.14%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 3 (21.43%) Embedded Systems
2 2 (14.29%) Algorithms
2 2 (14.29%) ARM Cortex
2 2 (14.29%) IoT
3 1 (7.14%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (7.14%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (7.14%) Low-Code
3 1 (7.14%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.14%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (71.43%) Agile
2 5 (35.71%) Continuous Improvement
3 4 (28.57%) Business Intelligence
3 4 (28.57%) Investment Management
4 3 (21.43%) Business Analysis
4 3 (21.43%) Computer Science
4 3 (21.43%) Creative Thinking
4 3 (21.43%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (21.43%) Requirements Analysis
4 3 (21.43%) Software Engineering
4 3 (21.43%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (14.29%) Code Quality
5 2 (14.29%) Collaborative Culture
5 2 (14.29%) Data Acquisition
5 2 (14.29%) Data Science
5 2 (14.29%) Embedded Software Development
5 2 (14.29%) Product Strategy
5 2 (14.29%) Programme Management
5 2 (14.29%) Roadmaps
5 2 (14.29%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 5 (35.71%) Java
2 4 (28.57%) TypeScript
3 3 (21.43%) C
3 3 (21.43%) Python
4 2 (14.29%) Bash
4 2 (14.29%) C++
5 1 (7.14%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 1 (7.14%) Shell Script
5 1 (7.14%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (28.57%) Degree
2 3 (21.43%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (7.14%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (7.14%) SC Cleared
3 1 (7.14%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (14.29%) JTAG
2 1 (7.14%) ECSS
2 1 (7.14%) PMO
2 1 (7.14%) QA
System Software
1 5 (35.71%) Docker
2 2 (14.29%) Embedded Firmware
2 2 (14.29%) Firmware
Vendors
1 4 (28.57%) Oracle
2 3 (21.43%) SAP
3 2 (14.29%) Google
3 2 (14.29%) NVIDIA
4 1 (7.14%) CyberArk
4 1 (7.14%) Microsoft
4 1 (7.14%) ServiceNow