Requirements Engineering Job Trends in the South East

Requirements Engineering
England > South East

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

6 months to
6 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 269 282 277
Rank change year-on-year +13 -5 +143
Permanent jobs citing Requirements Engineering 2 13 4
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.019% 0.14% 0.049%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.024% 0.16% 0.055%
Number of salaries quoted 0 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £47,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £50,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - -16.67% +3.45%
75th Percentile - £52,500 £65,000
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% - +25.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South East

Requirements Engineering 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 8,326 8,020 7,334
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 80.48% 87.89% 89.09%
Number of salaries quoted 4,927 3,878 5,081
10th Percentile £27,750 £32,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £34,500 £45,000 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +8.49% -3.64%
75th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £81,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Requirements Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Requirements Engineering job vacancy trend in the South East

Requirements Engineering
Salary Trend in the South East

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

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

Requirements Engineering
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 Requirements Engineering within the South East region over the 6 months to 6 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
Hampshire +34 2 - - 4
Requirements Engineering
England

Requirements Engineering
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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco IOS
1 2 (100.00%) VoIP
General
1 2 (100.00%) Electronics
1 2 (100.00%) Military
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Systems Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Linux Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Linux Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
1 2 (100.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 2 (100.00%) Customer Requirements
1 2 (100.00%) Project Delivery
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) Def Stans
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco