Customer Requirements Jobs in the UK excluding London

Customer Requirements
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Customer Requirements skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Customer Requirements over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 77 190 138
Rank change year-on-year +113 -52 +89
Permanent jobs citing Customer Requirements 1,362 1,089 1,520
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 3.43% 1.45% 2.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.71% 1.77% 2.78%
Number of salaries quoted 472 564 297
10th Percentile £44,100 £27,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £48,869 £33,888 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,793 £48,375 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +13.27% -7.86% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £61,250 £66,500
90th Percentile £69,875 £72,500 £84,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +10.00% -13.04% -2.54%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,721 61,614 54,758
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 92.53% 82.28% 95.52%
Number of salaries quoted 17,560 42,296 28,644
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,250 £30,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,564 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.13% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £57,000 £55,000 £60,899
% change year-on-year +3.64% -9.69% +1.50%

Customer Requirements
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Customer Requirements as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Customer Requirements in the UK excluding London

Customer Requirements
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Customer Requirements in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Customer Requirements in the UK excluding London

Customer Requirements
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Customer Requirements in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Customer Requirements in the UK excluding London

Customer Requirements
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Customer Requirements within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 31 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
South East +66 397 £65,000 +40.54% 85
North of England +125 354 £50,055 +0.11% 73
East of England +122 325 £66,250 +20.45% 38
North West +110 319 £50,055 +0.11% 40
Midlands -14 203 £50,000 - 84
East Midlands +71 192 £51,250 +70.83% 42
South West +42 46 £56,121 +27.55% 41
Wales +52 26 £65,000 +100.00% 13
Yorkshire +31 26 £51,250 -6.82% 23
West Midlands -110 11 £44,000 -23.48% 40
Scotland +115 9 £32,000 -24.71% 25
North East +48 9 £55,000 +36.65% 10
Northern Ireland +37 6 £60,000 - 4
Customer Requirements
UK

Customer Requirements
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Application Platforms
1 17 (1.25%) CMS
1 17 (1.25%) Umbraco
2 5 (0.37%) Apache Airflow
2 5 (0.37%) Appian
3 4 (0.29%) Apache Spark
4 3 (0.22%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.15%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.073%) Apache
6 1 (0.073%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 23 (1.69%) Microsoft Excel
1 23 (1.69%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (1.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 12 (0.88%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.29%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (0.29%) Trello
5 2 (0.15%) GNU Octave
5 2 (0.15%) OrCAD
5 2 (0.15%) Simulink
6 1 (0.073%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 7 (0.51%) Q-Pulse
2 6 (0.44%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (0.37%) Maximo
4 4 (0.29%) Magento
5 3 (0.22%) Shopify
6 1 (0.073%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.073%) LabWindows
Cloud Services
1 26 (1.91%) Azure
2 11 (0.81%) Power Platform
2 11 (0.81%) Serverless
3 10 (0.73%) Azure DevOps
4 9 (0.66%) AWS
4 9 (0.66%) SaaS
5 8 (0.59%) Azure Data Factory
5 8 (0.59%) Figma
6 5 (0.37%) Amazon S3
6 5 (0.37%) Azure Functions
6 5 (0.37%) Azure Logic Apps
6 5 (0.37%) Azure Service Bus
6 5 (0.37%) GitHub
6 5 (0.37%) GitHub Actions
6 5 (0.37%) MinIO
6 5 (0.37%) Power Automate
7 4 (0.29%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 4 (0.29%) Google Workspace
7 4 (0.29%) Microsoft 365
7 4 (0.29%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 729 (53.52%) 5G
2 723 (53.08%) GSM
3 722 (53.01%) LTE
3 722 (53.01%) Wi-Fi
3 722 (53.01%) Wireless
4 721 (52.94%) Bluetooth
4 721 (52.94%) UMTS
5 19 (1.40%) WAN
6 17 (1.25%) Intranet
7 12 (0.88%) SD-WAN
8 10 (0.73%) Internet
9 9 (0.66%) OSPF
10 8 (0.59%) EIGRP
11 7 (0.51%) Firewall
11 7 (0.51%) Network Security
12 6 (0.44%) BGP
12 6 (0.44%) RIP
12 6 (0.44%) SNMP
12 6 (0.44%) SSH
13 5 (0.37%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (1.40%) SQL Server
2 5 (0.37%) Power BI
2 5 (0.37%) SAP HANA
3 4 (0.29%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (0.29%) DTS
4 3 (0.22%) Amazon RDS
4 3 (0.22%) Azure SQL Database
4 3 (0.22%) Data Lake
5 2 (0.15%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.073%) Airbyte
6 1 (0.073%) MySQL
6 1 (0.073%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 59 (4.33%) Rational DOORS
2 18 (1.32%) JIRA
3 12 (0.88%) Git
4 9 (0.66%) Selenium
5 5 (0.37%) Postman
5 5 (0.37%) Robot Framework
5 5 (0.37%) Snyk
6 4 (0.29%) Balsamiq
6 4 (0.29%) Subversion
6 4 (0.29%) Visual Studio
6 4 (0.29%) Visual Studio Code
7 2 (0.15%) Maven
8 1 (0.073%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 1 (0.073%) CMake
8 1 (0.073%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.073%) ERwin
8 1 (0.073%) FitNesse
8 1 (0.073%) Jenkins
8 1 (0.073%) Newman
8 1 (0.073%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 745 (54.70%) Electronics
2 227 (16.67%) Social Skills
3 192 (14.10%) Avionics
4 147 (10.79%) Aerospace
5 112 (8.22%) Manufacturing
6 65 (4.77%) Influencing Skills
7 59 (4.33%) Finance
8 40 (2.94%) Analytical Skills
9 22 (1.62%) Military
10 17 (1.25%) Organisational Skills
10 17 (1.25%) Telecoms
11 16 (1.17%) Presentation Skills
11 16 (1.17%) Retail
12 14 (1.03%) Aviation
13 12 (0.88%) Law
14 9 (0.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 9 (0.66%) Public Sector
15 6 (0.44%) Pharmaceutical
15 6 (0.44%) Police
16 4 (0.29%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 727 (53.38%) Electronics Engineer
2 723 (53.08%) Test Engineer
3 721 (52.94%) Electronics Test Engineer
4 282 (20.70%) Senior
5 245 (17.99%) Systems Engineer
6 231 (16.96%) Senior Systems Engineer
7 141 (10.35%) Architect
8 60 (4.41%) Solutions Architect
9 56 (4.11%) Systems Architect
10 53 (3.89%) Project Manager
11 43 (3.16%) Lead
12 32 (2.35%) Infrastructure Manager
13 31 (2.28%) Infrastructure Project Manager
14 28 (2.06%) Software Team Leader
14 28 (2.06%) Team Leader
15 22 (1.62%) Developer
16 21 (1.54%) Senior Manager
17 17 (1.25%) Umbraco Developer
18 16 (1.17%) Software Engineer
19 15 (1.10%) Senior Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (2.06%) XML
2 23 (1.69%) CSS
2 23 (1.69%) HTML
3 17 (1.25%) HTML5
3 17 (1.25%) jQuery
4 8 (0.59%) .NET
4 8 (0.59%) AngularJS
5 6 (0.44%) .NET Framework
6 5 (0.37%) Apache NiFi
6 5 (0.37%) ASP.NET Web API
6 5 (0.37%) Bootstrap
6 5 (0.37%) JSON
6 5 (0.37%) Kafka
6 5 (0.37%) SAP Fiori
6 5 (0.37%) SAPUI5
6 5 (0.37%) Tailwind CSS
7 4 (0.29%) NgRx
7 4 (0.29%) RxJS
8 3 (0.22%) Laravel
8 3 (0.22%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 734 (53.89%) Driving Licence
2 70 (5.14%) Management Information System
3 24 (1.76%) Self-Motivation
4 20 (1.47%) NHS
5 15 (1.10%) Embedded Systems
6 9 (0.66%) Product Ownership
7 8 (0.59%) Cloud Native
7 8 (0.59%) Self-Driving Car
7 8 (0.59%) Social Network
8 7 (0.51%) e-Learning
8 7 (0.51%) Reference Data
9 5 (0.37%) Client/Server
9 5 (0.37%) CPLD
9 5 (0.37%) FPGA
9 5 (0.37%) Low-Code
9 5 (0.37%) Onboarding
9 5 (0.37%) Virtual Team
10 4 (0.29%) Linux Command Line
11 3 (0.22%) Acoustics
11 3 (0.22%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 12 (0.88%) Linux
2 8 (0.59%) Windows
3 5 (0.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 5 (0.37%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.22%) AIX
4 3 (0.22%) Solaris
4 3 (0.22%) Unix
5 1 (0.073%) Android
5 1 (0.073%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.073%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.073%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.073%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.073%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (0.073%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 796 (58.44%) Mentoring
2 787 (57.78%) Coaching
3 743 (54.55%) Validation
4 728 (53.45%) Verification and Validation
5 721 (52.94%) Test Strategy
6 278 (20.41%) Systems Engineering
7 240 (17.62%) Requirements Management
8 220 (16.15%) Business Case
9 164 (12.04%) SDLC
10 133 (9.77%) Feasibility Study
11 131 (9.62%) Hazard Analysis
12 103 (7.56%) Collaborative Working
13 79 (5.80%) Systems Thinking
14 73 (5.36%) Problem-Solving
14 73 (5.36%) Project Management
15 72 (5.29%) Roadmaps
16 71 (5.21%) Configuration Management
17 65 (4.77%) Business Analysis
17 65 (4.77%) ERP
18 63 (4.63%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 38 (2.79%) SQL
2 30 (2.20%) C#
3 25 (1.84%) C
4 14 (1.03%) Ada
4 14 (1.03%) JavaScript
5 11 (0.81%) Python
6 10 (0.73%) C++
7 8 (0.59%) MATLAB
8 7 (0.51%) PL/SQL
8 7 (0.51%) TypeScript
9 4 (0.29%) Perl
9 4 (0.29%) VB
10 3 (0.22%) PHP
10 3 (0.22%) R
11 2 (0.15%) Java
11 2 (0.15%) Pascal
11 2 (0.15%) PowerShell
11 2 (0.15%) Scala
11 2 (0.15%) T-SQL
12 1 (0.073%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 1,119 (82.16%) Degree
2 786 (57.71%) HND
3 306 (22.47%) BPSS Clearance
4 95 (6.98%) HNC
5 78 (5.73%) Chartered Engineer
6 45 (3.30%) Security Cleared
7 29 (2.13%) SC Cleared
8 19 (1.40%) Computer Science Degree
9 18 (1.32%) Master's Degree
9 18 (1.32%) PhD
10 12 (0.88%) DV Cleared
11 5 (0.37%) PMI Certification
12 4 (0.29%) APMP
12 4 (0.29%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 3 (0.22%) CCNP
13 3 (0.22%) Cisco Certification
13 3 (0.22%) Microsoft Certification
13 3 (0.22%) PRINCE2 Certification
14 2 (0.15%) ITIL Certification
14 2 (0.15%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 71 (5.21%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 30 (2.20%) NEBOSH
3 22 (1.62%) GDPR
4 17 (1.25%) Accessibility
4 17 (1.25%) WCAG
5 14 (1.03%) QA
6 11 (0.81%) PMO
7 7 (0.51%) Data Quality
8 4 (0.29%) Def Stans
9 3 (0.22%) SLA
10 2 (0.15%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.15%) ISO 14001
10 2 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 2 (0.15%) NCSC
11 1 (0.073%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 1 (0.073%) ECSS
11 1 (0.073%) GMP
11 1 (0.073%) ISO 9000
11 1 (0.073%) NIST
11 1 (0.073%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 7 (0.51%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (0.22%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.15%) Embedded Firmware
3 2 (0.15%) Firmware
3 2 (0.15%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.073%) BitLocker
4 1 (0.073%) Microsoft App-V
4 1 (0.073%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 8 (0.59%) Terraform
2 5 (0.37%) Ansible
3 4 (0.29%) FortiGate
4 2 (0.15%) NetBackup
5 1 (0.073%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (0.073%) Backup Exec
5 1 (0.073%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.073%) SCCM
Vendors
1 57 (4.19%) IBM
2 48 (3.52%) Microsoft
3 19 (1.40%) HP
4 17 (1.25%) Cisco
5 9 (0.66%) Google
6 8 (0.59%) SAP
6 8 (0.59%) VMware
7 6 (0.44%) CheckPoint
7 6 (0.44%) Fortinet
7 6 (0.44%) SolarWinds
8 5 (0.37%) BiZZdesign
8 5 (0.37%) Black Duck
8 5 (0.37%) UiPath
9 4 (0.29%) Agilent
9 4 (0.29%) Dell
9 4 (0.29%) Juniper
10 3 (0.22%) Databricks
11 2 (0.15%) EMC
11 2 (0.15%) Siemens
11 2 (0.15%) Veritas