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 12 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 126 201 160
Rank change year-on-year +75 -41 +26
Permanent jobs citing Requirements Gathering 38 77 60
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 1.27% 1.15% 1.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.37% 1.24% 1.38%
Number of salaries quoted 27 51 32
10th Percentile £47,500 £37,500 £39,000
25th Percentile £53,125 £40,500 £42,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £42,500 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year +41.18% -16.67% -9.33%
75th Percentile £65,625 £55,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £76,250 £61,250 £75,585
UK median annual salary £60,000 £54,598 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.89% -9.00% +6.19%

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 2,783 6,201 4,355
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 92.95% 92.47% 94.22%
Number of salaries quoted 1,366 2,420 2,190
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,750 £32,000
25th Percentile £44,000 £40,375 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -8.70% +6.20%
75th Percentile £63,608 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £82,979 £80,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% -9.84% +1.67%

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 12 May 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 12 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
Glasgow +163 21 £62,500 +42.05% 8
Edinburgh +5 8 £60,000 +20.00% 13
Fife - 4 - - 1
East Ayrshire - 2 - -
South Ayrshire - 1 - -
Moray - 1 - -
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 3 (7.89%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 8 (21.05%) Azure
2 5 (13.16%) GCP
3 2 (5.26%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (2.63%) AWS
4 1 (2.63%) AWS IoT
4 1 (2.63%) Power Platform
4 1 (2.63%) SaaS
4 1 (2.63%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.63%) Bluetooth
1 1 (2.63%) Ethernet
1 1 (2.63%) LoRaWAN
1 1 (2.63%) Modbus
1 1 (2.63%) MQTT
1 1 (2.63%) SpaceWire
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (21.05%) MongoDB
2 4 (10.53%) NoSQL
2 4 (10.53%) SQL Server
3 3 (7.89%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 5 (13.16%) Rational DOORS
2 2 (5.26%) Git
2 2 (5.26%) JIRA
3 1 (2.63%) GitLab
General
1 17 (44.74%) Finance
2 11 (28.95%) Social Skills
3 4 (10.53%) Tech for Good
4 3 (7.89%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (7.89%) Influencing Skills
4 3 (7.89%) Legal
5 2 (5.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (5.26%) Manufacturing
5 2 (5.26%) Marketing
5 2 (5.26%) Telecoms
6 1 (2.63%) Agriculture
6 1 (2.63%) Automotive
6 1 (2.63%) Electronics
6 1 (2.63%) Law
6 1 (2.63%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (2.63%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (2.63%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 7 (18.42%) ERP Manager
2 6 (15.79%) Lead
3 5 (13.16%) Principal Engineer
3 5 (13.16%) Principal Systems Engineer
3 5 (13.16%) Project Manager
3 5 (13.16%) Requirements Engineer
4 4 (10.53%) Business Analyst
4 4 (10.53%) Developer
4 4 (10.53%) Java Developer
4 4 (10.53%) Software Engineer
5 3 (7.89%) Integration Manager
5 3 (7.89%) Integration Project Manager
5 3 (7.89%) Sustainability Manager
6 2 (5.26%) Analyst
6 2 (5.26%) Delivery Manager
6 2 (5.26%) Lead Business Analyst
6 2 (5.26%) Service Delivery Manager
6 2 (5.26%) Service Manager
6 2 (5.26%) Software Team Leader
6 2 (5.26%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (21.05%) React
2 4 (10.53%) FastAPI
2 4 (10.53%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 5 (13.16%) Algorithms
2 2 (5.26%) Embedded Systems
3 1 (2.63%) ARM Cortex
3 1 (2.63%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (2.63%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (2.63%) IoT
3 1 (2.63%) Low-Code
3 1 (2.63%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 5 (13.16%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (50.00%) Agile
2 9 (23.68%) Project Management
3 8 (21.05%) Problem-Solving
4 7 (18.42%) CRM
4 7 (18.42%) Data Migration
4 7 (18.42%) ERP
4 7 (18.42%) Migration
4 7 (18.42%) Roadmaps
5 6 (15.79%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 6 (15.79%) Workflow
6 5 (13.16%) CI/CD
6 5 (13.16%) Continuous Improvement
6 5 (13.16%) Customer-Centricity
6 5 (13.16%) Requirements Management
6 5 (13.16%) Software Engineering
6 5 (13.16%) Systems Engineering
6 5 (13.16%) Validation
6 5 (13.16%) Verification and Validation
7 4 (10.53%) Investment Management
7 4 (10.53%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 6 (15.79%) Python
2 5 (13.16%) Java
3 4 (10.53%) JavaScript
3 4 (10.53%) TypeScript
4 3 (7.89%) SQL
5 2 (5.26%) C
6 1 (2.63%) Bash
6 1 (2.63%) C++
6 1 (2.63%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 11 (28.95%) Degree
2 5 (13.16%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (5.26%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (2.63%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (2.63%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (2.63%) PMI Certification
4 1 (2.63%) PMP
4 1 (2.63%) SC Cleared
4 1 (2.63%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.26%) PMO
2 1 (2.63%) ECSS
2 1 (2.63%) JTAG
2 1 (2.63%) QA
System Software
1 5 (13.16%) Docker
2 1 (2.63%) Embedded Firmware
2 1 (2.63%) Firmware
Vendors
1 4 (10.53%) Oracle
2 2 (5.26%) SAP
3 1 (2.63%) Google
3 1 (2.63%) Microsoft
3 1 (2.63%) NVIDIA
3 1 (2.63%) ServiceNow