Requirements Management Job Trends in the South East

Requirements Management
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Requirements Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 226 255 284
Rank change year-on-year +29 +29 -35
Permanent jobs citing Requirements Management 102 33 53
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.57% 0.37% 0.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.80% 0.42% 0.51%
Number of salaries quoted 38 27 26
10th Percentile - £45,000 £41,617
25th Percentile £48,750 £50,000 £51,852
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 £67,500 £63,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.59% +7.14% -25.88%
75th Percentile £69,075 £76,750 £78,750
90th Percentile £75,900 £81,500 £81,250
England median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £58,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% +2.56% -13.33%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South East

Requirements Management 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 12,772 7,855 10,411
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 71.30% 87.58% 80.23%
Number of salaries quoted 9,193 4,165 6,112
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £33,750 £40,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -7.41% -1.82%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £82,500 £82,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -7.26%

Requirements Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Requirements Management job vacancy trend in the South East

Requirements Management
Salary Trend in the South East

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

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

Requirements Management
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Requirements Management in the South East over the 6 months to 8 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Requirements Management in the South East

Requirements Management
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 Management within the South East region over the 6 months to 8 September 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 -3 67 £60,000 +4.35% 29
Kent +3 25 £52,500 -4.55% 10
Isle of Wight +10 7 £66,300 -
Berkshire +17 1 - - 4
Thames Valley +5 1 - - 9
Surrey -35 1 £54,808 +18.67% 7
West Sussex - 1 £56,465 - 2
Requirements Management
England

Requirements Management
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:

Applications
1 25 (24.51%) Simulink
2 14 (13.73%) CATIA
3 4 (3.92%) Mathcad
Business Applications
1 2 (1.96%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 1 (0.98%) GitHub
1 1 (0.98%) GitHub Copilot
1 1 (0.98%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (0.98%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.94%) Cisco ISE
2 2 (1.96%) DHCP
2 2 (1.96%) DNS
2 2 (1.96%) Network Security
2 2 (1.96%) OSPF
2 2 (1.96%) TCP/IP
2 2 (1.96%) VLAN
2 2 (1.96%) VPN
2 2 (1.96%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 50 (49.02%) Rational DOORS
2 16 (15.69%) JIRA
3 4 (3.92%) Apache Continuum
3 4 (3.92%) LabVIEW
4 3 (2.94%) Git
5 2 (1.96%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.98%) Subversion
General
1 67 (65.69%) Finance
2 65 (63.73%) Aerospace
3 18 (17.65%) Military
4 12 (11.76%) Social Skills
5 9 (8.82%) Electronics
5 9 (8.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 7 (6.86%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (2.94%) Italian Language
7 3 (2.94%) Japanese Language
8 2 (1.96%) Automotive
9 1 (0.98%) Aeronautics
9 1 (0.98%) Aviation
9 1 (0.98%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.98%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 66 (64.71%) Systems Engineer
2 48 (47.06%) Senior
3 33 (32.35%) Senior Systems Engineer
4 28 (27.45%) Principal Engineer
4 28 (27.45%) Principal Systems Engineer
5 24 (23.53%) Lead
6 11 (10.78%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
7 6 (5.88%) Team Leader
8 3 (2.94%) C++ Software Engineer
8 3 (2.94%) Professional Services Engineer
8 3 (2.94%) Software Engineer
9 2 (1.96%) Network Systems Engineer
9 2 (1.96%) Project Manager
9 2 (1.96%) Senior Manager
9 2 (1.96%) Senior Project Manager
10 1 (0.98%) Configuration Manager
10 1 (0.98%) Data Manager
10 1 (0.98%) DV Cleared Project Manager
10 1 (0.98%) Integration Engineer
10 1 (0.98%) Solutions Designer
Miscellaneous
1 11 (10.78%) Management Information System
2 5 (4.90%) Augmented Reality
2 5 (4.90%) Social Media
3 3 (2.94%) Acoustics
4 2 (1.96%) IoT
4 2 (1.96%) Virtual Reality
5 1 (0.98%) Algorithms
5 1 (0.98%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (0.98%) Embedded Systems
5 1 (0.98%) Operational Technology
5 1 (0.98%) Robotics
5 1 (0.98%) SCADA
5 1 (0.98%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 5 (4.90%) Windows
2 3 (2.94%) Linux
2 3 (2.94%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.98%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 78 (76.47%) Systems Engineering
2 30 (29.41%) Agile
2 30 (29.41%) Mathematics
3 27 (26.47%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
4 25 (24.51%) SysML
5 24 (23.53%) Systems Thinking
6 22 (21.57%) Physics
6 22 (21.57%) Technical Leadership
6 22 (21.57%) Validation
7 20 (19.61%) Verification and Validation
8 19 (18.63%) Customer Requirements
9 17 (16.67%) Coaching
10 16 (15.69%) Continuous Improvement
10 16 (15.69%) Software Engineering
11 12 (11.76%) Configuration Management
12 11 (10.78%) Waterfall
13 10 (9.80%) Asset Management
13 10 (9.80%) Change Management
13 10 (9.80%) Risk Management
13 10 (9.80%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 26 (25.49%) MATLAB
2 3 (2.94%) C
2 3 (2.94%) C++
3 2 (1.96%) C#
4 1 (0.98%) Ada
4 1 (0.98%) Python
4 1 (0.98%) SQL
Qualifications
1 65 (63.73%) BPSS Clearance
2 41 (40.20%) Degree
3 27 (26.47%) Security Cleared
4 24 (23.53%) DV Cleared
5 16 (15.69%) Chartered Engineer
6 10 (9.80%) SC Cleared
7 4 (3.92%) PhD
8 2 (1.96%) CCNA
8 2 (1.96%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.98%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.98%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (24.51%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 7 (6.86%) ISO/IEC 12207
3 6 (5.88%) Accessibility
4 2 (1.96%) AUTOSAR
4 2 (1.96%) MISRA
4 2 (1.96%) MISRA C
5 1 (0.98%) ECSS
5 1 (0.98%) QA
System Software
1 3 (2.94%) Active Directory
1 3 (2.94%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (1.96%) Docker
2 2 (1.96%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (1.96%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (0.98%) Firmware
3 1 (0.98%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 4 (3.92%) BMC PATROL
2 1 (0.98%) SCCM
2 1 (0.98%) SCOM
Vendors
1 21 (20.59%) Siemens
2 17 (16.67%) IBM
3 4 (3.92%) Cisco
4 3 (2.94%) VMware
5 2 (1.96%) Juniper
5 2 (1.96%) SolarWinds
5 2 (1.96%) Veeam
6 1 (0.98%) McAfee
6 1 (0.98%) Microsoft