Requirements Gathering Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Requirements Gathering (Requirements Elicitation)
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Requirements Gathering skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 111 157 112
Rank change year-on-year +46 -45 +20
Permanent jobs citing Requirements Gathering 57 26 70
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 1.43% 0.75% 2.08%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.76% 0.82% 2.30%
Number of salaries quoted 11 15 48
10th Percentile £41,250 £48,750 £40,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £53,125 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £51,250
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +21.95% -2.38%
75th Percentile £66,875 £63,750 £77,375
90th Percentile £68,750 £72,000 £85,000
South East median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% +10.00% -5.66%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 the Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,241 3,189 3,041
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 81.31% 91.43% 90.51%
Number of salaries quoted 1,729 1,476 2,216
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £31,875
25th Percentile £35,000 £45,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £67,500 £76,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £90,000 £85,000
South East median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £53,500
% change year-on-year -13.04% +7.48% -2.73%

Requirements Gathering
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Requirements Gathering relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Requirements Gathering job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Requirements Gathering
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Requirements Gathering.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Requirements Gathering

Requirements Gathering
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Requirements Gathering in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 31 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Requirements Gathering in the Thames Valley

Requirements Gathering
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Requirements Gathering within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 31 December 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
Berkshire +44 48 £45,000 -18.18% 97
Oxfordshire +16 5 - - 21
Buckinghamshire +5 4 £66,250 +17.78% 32
Requirements Gathering
South East

Requirements Gathering
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 4 (7.02%) Confluence
1 4 (7.02%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (3.51%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (3.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (1.75%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.75%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 38 (66.67%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 38 (66.67%) Azure DevOps
2 6 (10.53%) Power Platform
3 4 (7.02%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (5.26%) Miro
5 2 (3.51%) AWS
5 2 (3.51%) Azure
5 2 (3.51%) GCP
5 2 (3.51%) Google Workspace
6 1 (1.75%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 4 (7.02%) Firewall
1 4 (7.02%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (10.53%) Power BI
2 1 (1.75%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (1.75%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 42 (73.68%) JIRA
2 38 (66.67%) eCATT
2 38 (66.67%) NeoLoad
3 1 (1.75%) Git
General
1 41 (71.93%) Finance
2 38 (66.67%) Manufacturing
2 38 (66.67%) Marketing
3 22 (38.60%) Presentation Skills
4 12 (21.05%) Influencing Skills
5 11 (19.30%) Analytical Skills
6 10 (17.54%) Social Skills
7 2 (3.51%) Automotive
7 2 (3.51%) Retail
8 1 (1.75%) Banking
8 1 (1.75%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 29 (50.88%) Senior
2 27 (47.37%) Lead
3 26 (45.61%) Test Leader
4 22 (38.60%) Analyst
5 16 (28.07%) Automation Test Lead
6 12 (21.05%) Performance Analyst
6 12 (21.05%) Performance Test Analyst
6 12 (21.05%) Test Analyst
6 12 (21.05%) Testing Analyst
7 10 (17.54%) Performance Test Leader
8 5 (8.77%) Support Analyst
9 3 (5.26%) 3rd Line Engineer
9 3 (5.26%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
9 3 (5.26%) Senior Manager
9 3 (5.26%) Software Analyst
9 3 (5.26%) Software Support Analyst
9 3 (5.26%) Technical Analyst
10 2 (3.51%) Applications Support
10 2 (3.51%) Applications Support Analyst
10 2 (3.51%) Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.75%) OAuth
1 1 (1.75%) OAuth2
1 1 (1.75%) OpenID
1 1 (1.75%) RESTful
1 1 (1.75%) SAML
1 1 (1.75%) Spring
1 1 (1.75%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 3 (5.26%) Life Science
1 3 (5.26%) Onboarding
2 2 (3.51%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.75%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (1.75%) Data Centre
3 1 (1.75%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (66.67%) Performance Testing
1 38 (66.67%) Product Roadmap
1 38 (66.67%) Roadmaps
1 38 (66.67%) Source to Pay
1 38 (66.67%) Test Management
1 38 (66.67%) Test Strategy
2 28 (49.12%) ERP
3 26 (45.61%) Continuous Delivery
4 22 (38.60%) Visualisation
5 18 (31.58%) Continuous Improvement
6 16 (28.07%) Test Automation
7 13 (22.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 12 (21.05%) Load Testing
8 12 (21.05%) Performance Analysis
8 12 (21.05%) Programme Management
8 12 (21.05%) Risk Management
8 12 (21.05%) User Experience
9 7 (12.28%) Problem-Solving
10 6 (10.53%) Business Intelligence
11 5 (8.77%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 8 (14.04%) SQL
2 5 (8.77%) C#
2 5 (8.77%) Data Analysis Expressions
2 5 (8.77%) Kusto Query Language
2 5 (8.77%) Python
3 1 (1.75%) Java
Qualifications
1 4 (7.02%) Degree
2 1 (1.75%) HP APS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.51%) SLA
2 1 (1.75%) QA
System Software
1 4 (7.02%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 38 (66.67%) HP ALM
2 1 (1.75%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 39 (68.42%) HP
2 38 (66.67%) SAP
3 4 (7.02%) Aruba
3 4 (7.02%) Cisco
3 4 (7.02%) Draytek
3 4 (7.02%) Fortinet
3 4 (7.02%) Meraki
3 4 (7.02%) Sophos
4 2 (3.51%) Google
5 1 (1.75%) ConnectWise
5 1 (1.75%) Foundry
5 1 (1.75%) Microsoft
5 1 (1.75%) Palantir
5 1 (1.75%) ServiceNow
5 1 (1.75%) VMware
5 1 (1.75%) Workday