Customer Requirements Job Trends in the South East

Customer Requirements
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Customer Requirements skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 178 201 142
Rank change year-on-year +23 -59 -51
Permanent jobs citing Customer Requirements 107 53 286
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.79% 0.79% 1.84%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.07% 0.87% 2.17%
Number of salaries quoted 71 35 185
10th Percentile £26,500 £52,500 £30,350
25th Percentile £33,500 £55,000 £39,490
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +38.89% -21.74%
75th Percentile £70,000 £69,375 £61,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £76,750 £69,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% +4.76% -8.70%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South East

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 South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 10,040 6,072 13,168
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 73.85% 89.96% 84.65%
Number of salaries quoted 6,474 3,286 9,686
10th Percentile £29,750 £29,375 £27,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £68,750 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £78,750
England median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -12.00%

Customer Requirements
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Customer Requirements job vacancy trend in the South East

Customer Requirements
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Customer Requirements.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Customer Requirements

Customer Requirements
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Customer Requirements in the South East over the 6 months to 10 April 2026.

Salary histogram for Customer Requirements in the South East

Customer Requirements
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Customer Requirements within the South East region over the 6 months to 10 April 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
Hampshire 0 34 £65,000 +8.33% 16
Thames Valley 0 24 £40,000 -40.74% 21
Berkshire +20 15 £42,500 -39.29% 11
West Sussex - 15 £90,000 - 6
Isle of Wight +2 8 £50,000 -23.08% 1
Kent -28 7 £44,500 -19.09% 4
Oxfordshire -7 5 £37,000 -45.19% 2
Surrey -20 5 £32,000 -48.80% 5
Sussex - 5 £60,000 - 3
Buckinghamshire -30 4 £40,000 -33.33% 8
East Sussex - 3 £30,000 - 3
Customer Requirements
England

Customer Requirements
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 2 (1.87%) Gentran
2 1 (0.93%) Apache
2 1 (0.93%) Apache Airflow
2 1 (0.93%) Appian
2 1 (0.93%) IIS
Applications
1 9 (8.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (6.54%) CATIA
3 5 (4.67%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (3.74%) AutoCAD
5 2 (1.87%) EPLAN
6 1 (0.93%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.93%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.93%) Q-Pulse
Cloud Services
1 7 (6.54%) Azure
1 7 (6.54%) Mimecast
2 4 (3.74%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (2.80%) AWS
3 3 (2.80%) Power Platform
4 2 (1.87%) GCP
4 2 (1.87%) Power Automate
4 2 (1.87%) PowerApps
4 2 (1.87%) SaaS
5 1 (0.93%) Amazon S3
5 1 (0.93%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (0.93%) MinIO
Communications & Networking
1 8 (7.48%) Firewall
1 8 (7.48%) VPN
2 7 (6.54%) WAN
3 6 (5.61%) BGP
3 6 (5.61%) Cisco Firepower
3 6 (5.61%) HTTP
3 6 (5.61%) MPLS
3 6 (5.61%) Network Security
3 6 (5.61%) SNMP
4 5 (4.67%) Broadband
5 3 (2.80%) IP Telephony
6 2 (1.87%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.87%) Power BI
2 1 (0.93%) Airbyte
2 1 (0.93%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 8 (7.48%) JIRA
2 7 (6.54%) Rational DOORS
3 1 (0.93%) Robot Framework
3 1 (0.93%) Selenium
3 1 (0.93%) Snyk
General
1 16 (14.95%) Social Skills
2 14 (13.08%) Finance
3 13 (12.15%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (8.41%) Aerospace
5 7 (6.54%) Organisational Skills
5 7 (6.54%) Presentation Skills
6 5 (4.67%) Electronics
7 4 (3.74%) Marketing
7 4 (3.74%) Retail
8 3 (2.80%) Legal
8 3 (2.80%) Manufacturing
9 2 (1.87%) Aviation
9 2 (1.87%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (1.87%) Games
9 2 (1.87%) Military
9 2 (1.87%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (0.93%) Advertising
10 1 (0.93%) Aeronautics
Job Titles
1 27 (25.23%) Systems Engineer
2 19 (17.76%) Architect
3 17 (15.89%) Senior
4 12 (11.21%) Account Manager
5 10 (9.35%) Senior Manager
6 9 (8.41%) Consultant
6 9 (8.41%) Senior Account Manager
7 8 (7.48%) Solutions Architect
8 6 (5.61%) Analyst
8 6 (5.61%) Senior Consultant
9 5 (4.67%) Coordinator
9 5 (4.67%) Head of Sales
9 5 (4.67%) Lead
9 5 (4.67%) Principal Engineer
9 5 (4.67%) Principal Systems Engineer
10 4 (3.74%) Head of Mobile
10 4 (3.74%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 4 (3.74%) Integration Engineer
10 4 (3.74%) Security Architect
10 4 (3.74%) Test and Integration Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.80%) CSS
1 3 (2.80%) HTML
1 3 (2.80%) XML
2 2 (1.87%) EDI
2 2 (1.87%) JSON
2 2 (1.87%) JSON Schema
2 2 (1.87%) LDAP
2 2 (1.87%) Regular Expression
3 1 (0.93%) Apache NiFi
3 1 (0.93%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 9 (8.41%) Driving Licence
2 8 (7.48%) Self-Motivation
3 7 (6.54%) Web Conferencing
4 6 (5.61%) PKI
5 5 (4.67%) Management Information System
5 5 (4.67%) Onboarding
6 3 (2.80%) EPoS
7 2 (1.87%) FMCG
7 2 (1.87%) SCADA
8 1 (0.93%) Cloud Native
8 1 (0.93%) e-Learning
8 1 (0.93%) Embedded Systems
8 1 (0.93%) Low-Code
8 1 (0.93%) Reference Data
8 1 (0.93%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 9 (8.41%) Windows
2 7 (6.54%) Linux
3 4 (3.74%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.87%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (20.56%) Systems Engineering
2 18 (16.82%) Continuous Improvement
3 14 (13.08%) Technical Leadership
4 10 (9.35%) Customer Service
4 10 (9.35%) Presales
5 9 (8.41%) CRM
5 9 (8.41%) Cybersecurity
5 9 (8.41%) Software Engineering
6 8 (7.48%) Data Visualisation
6 8 (7.48%) Incident Response
6 8 (7.48%) Requirements Gathering
6 8 (7.48%) Validation
6 8 (7.48%) Visualisation
7 7 (6.54%) Customer Experience
7 7 (6.54%) Decision-Making
7 7 (6.54%) Line Management
7 7 (6.54%) Logistics
7 7 (6.54%) Project Delivery
7 7 (6.54%) Systems Thinking
7 7 (6.54%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (6.54%) SQL
2 6 (5.61%) MATLAB
3 4 (3.74%) C
4 3 (2.80%) JavaScript
5 2 (1.87%) Shell Script
5 2 (1.87%) VBA
6 1 (0.93%) PL/SQL
6 1 (0.93%) Python
Qualifications
1 24 (22.43%) Degree
2 15 (14.02%) BPSS Clearance
2 15 (14.02%) Security Cleared
3 12 (11.21%) DV Cleared
4 6 (5.61%) HND
4 6 (5.61%) SC Cleared
5 5 (4.67%) HNC
6 4 (3.74%) Chartered Engineer
7 2 (1.87%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (8.41%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 2 (1.87%) GDPR
2 2 (1.87%) NCSC
3 1 (0.93%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.93%) IEC 61508
3 1 (0.93%) QA
3 1 (0.93%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (3.74%) Active Directory
1 4 (3.74%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (2.80%) Firmware
3 2 (1.87%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 6 (5.61%) Endace
2 1 (0.93%) Ansible
2 1 (0.93%) Functional Safety
2 1 (0.93%) Terraform
Vendors
1 11 (10.28%) Cisco
1 11 (10.28%) Microsoft
2 10 (9.35%) VMware
3 9 (8.41%) IBM
4 7 (6.54%) Barracuda Networks
4 7 (6.54%) Fortinet
4 7 (6.54%) N-able
4 7 (6.54%) Sophos
5 6 (5.61%) F5
5 6 (5.61%) Juniper
6 3 (2.80%) Siemens
7 2 (1.87%) Allen-Bradley
7 2 (1.87%) HP
7 2 (1.87%) ServiceNow
7 2 (1.87%) Wonderware
8 1 (0.93%) Black Duck
8 1 (0.93%) Blue Prism
8 1 (0.93%) Coverity
8 1 (0.93%) Rockwell
8 1 (0.93%) UiPath