Requirements Gathering Jobs in the UK excluding London

Requirements Gathering (Requirements Elicitation)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Requirements Gathering skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Requirements Gathering over the 6 months leading up to 17 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 252 211 231
Rank change year-on-year -41 +20 -36
Permanent jobs citing Requirements Gathering 447 972 930
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.13% 1.36% 1.57%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.21% 1.63% 1.64%
Number of salaries quoted 330 679 607
10th Percentile £38,750 £33,966 £37,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £60,741 £68,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £71,250 £81,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% +5.26%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,887 59,718 56,668
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 92.92% 83.64% 95.62%
Number of salaries quoted 18,036 41,241 29,108
10th Percentile £26,902 £27,250 £30,500
25th Percentile £37,574 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,810 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.62% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% -9.84% +1.67%

Requirements Gathering
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Requirements Gathering in the UK excluding London

Requirements Gathering
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for Requirements Gathering in the UK excluding London

Requirements Gathering
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Requirements Gathering in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 17 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Requirements Gathering in the UK excluding London

Requirements Gathering
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 Requirements Gathering within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 17 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
North of England -27 135 £50,055 -2.33% 121
Midlands +24 132 £52,500 +16.67% 67
North West -23 113 £50,055 +0.11% 86
West Midlands +49 99 £53,250 +18.33% 49
South East -54 86 £45,000 -10.00% 172
Scotland +78 37 £60,000 +37.93% 23
East Midlands -9 32 £47,500 -4.04% 15
East of England -3 26 £62,750 +26.77% 44
Yorkshire +1 20 £50,500 -8.18% 26
South West -4 18 £55,000 +10.00% 44
Wales +32 11 £52,611 +11.94% 7
Northern Ireland +34 2 £55,000 +1.10% 10
North East +30 2 £49,550 -14.52% 9
Requirements Gathering
UK

Requirements Gathering
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 23 (5.15%) Confluence
2 12 (2.68%) SharePoint
3 9 (2.01%) CMS
4 2 (0.45%) Oracle Workflow
4 2 (0.45%) Sitecore CMS
5 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.22%) Umbraco
Applications
1 22 (4.92%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (3.80%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (1.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (1.12%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.45%) Oracle Smart View
4 2 (0.45%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.22%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.22%) Notion
5 1 (0.22%) Trello
Business Applications
1 38 (8.50%) NetSuite
2 8 (1.79%) Magento
2 8 (1.79%) Shopify
3 7 (1.57%) Infor M3
3 7 (1.57%) Oracle ERP
4 6 (1.34%) SAP S/4HANA
5 5 (1.12%) Dynamics CRM
6 2 (0.45%) Dynamics AX
6 2 (0.45%) Oracle Assets
6 2 (0.45%) Oracle Cash Management
6 2 (0.45%) Oracle Financials
6 2 (0.45%) Oracle General Ledger
6 2 (0.45%) Oracle Payables
6 2 (0.45%) Oracle Receivables
6 2 (0.45%) SAP EWM
6 2 (0.45%) Siebel CRM
7 1 (0.22%) SAP MDG
7 1 (0.22%) SAP Payroll
7 1 (0.22%) SAP SD
7 1 (0.22%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 55 (12.30%) Power Platform
2 47 (10.51%) Azure
3 26 (5.82%) AWS
4 21 (4.70%) SaaS
5 19 (4.25%) Dynamics 365
6 9 (2.01%) Entra ID
7 8 (1.79%) Microsoft 365
8 7 (1.57%) Amazon S3
8 7 (1.57%) Azure Data Factory
8 7 (1.57%) Azure Logic Apps
9 6 (1.34%) Amazon EC2
9 6 (1.34%) Amazon ECR
9 6 (1.34%) Amazon EKS
9 6 (1.34%) PowerApps
9 6 (1.34%) Slack
9 6 (1.34%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 5 (1.12%) GCP
11 4 (0.89%) Azure Functions
11 4 (0.89%) Serverless
12 3 (0.67%) BigCommerce
Communications & Networking
1 16 (3.58%) LAN
1 16 (3.58%) WAN
2 15 (3.36%) BGP
2 15 (3.36%) IPsec
2 15 (3.36%) MPLS
3 14 (3.13%) Cisco IOS
3 14 (3.13%) Junos
4 3 (0.67%) VPN
5 2 (0.45%) ATM
5 2 (0.45%) Bluetooth
5 2 (0.45%) Cisco Firepower
5 2 (0.45%) HTTP
5 2 (0.45%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (0.45%) Wireless
6 1 (0.22%) Firewall
6 1 (0.22%) LoRaWAN
6 1 (0.22%) MQTT
6 1 (0.22%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.22%) SpaceWire
6 1 (0.22%) Spanning Tree
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (11.41%) Power BI
2 21 (4.70%) SQL Server
3 14 (3.13%) MongoDB
4 13 (2.91%) Data Warehouse
5 11 (2.46%) MySQL
6 8 (1.79%) Data Lake
7 6 (1.34%) Azure SQL Database
7 6 (1.34%) Tableau
8 5 (1.12%) Amazon RDS
8 5 (1.12%) MariaDB
8 5 (1.12%) PostgreSQL
8 5 (1.12%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 4 (0.89%) NoSQL
10 3 (0.67%) MS Access
10 3 (0.67%) Oracle Database
11 2 (0.45%) Oracle Reports
11 2 (0.45%) Power Query
11 2 (0.45%) Relational Database
11 2 (0.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 1 (0.22%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 58 (12.98%) Rational DOORS
2 31 (6.94%) JIRA
3 11 (2.46%) Git
4 8 (1.79%) GitLab
5 3 (0.67%) JMeter
5 3 (0.67%) LSMW
5 3 (0.67%) Visual Studio
6 2 (0.45%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.45%) Selenium
7 1 (0.22%) Android Studio
7 1 (0.22%) Eclipse
7 1 (0.22%) ERwin
7 1 (0.22%) JUnit
7 1 (0.22%) NetBeans
7 1 (0.22%) Oracle APEX
7 1 (0.22%) Xcode
General
1 143 (31.99%) Social Skills
2 142 (31.77%) Finance
3 128 (28.64%) Analytical Skills
4 49 (10.96%) Law
5 44 (9.84%) Manufacturing
6 39 (8.72%) Organisational Skills
7 21 (4.70%) Documentation Skills
8 20 (4.47%) Presentation Skills
9 17 (3.80%) Public Sector
10 15 (3.36%) Legal
10 15 (3.36%) Marketing
11 13 (2.91%) Banking
12 10 (2.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 10 (2.24%) Influencing Skills
13 7 (1.57%) Electronics
13 7 (1.57%) Retail
14 6 (1.34%) Local Government
14 6 (1.34%) Tech for Good
15 4 (0.89%) Billing
16 2 (0.45%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 155 (34.68%) Analyst
2 104 (23.27%) Business Analyst
3 46 (10.29%) Consultant
4 45 (10.07%) Systems Engineer
5 34 (7.61%) Electronics Engineer
6 33 (7.38%) Developer
6 33 (7.38%) Senior
7 32 (7.16%) Lead
8 30 (6.71%) Functional Consultant
8 30 (6.71%) NetSuite Consultant
9 29 (6.49%) Systems Analyst
10 24 (5.37%) Architect
10 24 (5.37%) Principal Engineer
10 24 (5.37%) Principal Systems Engineer
10 24 (5.37%) Requirements Engineer
11 22 (4.92%) Logistics Engineer
11 22 (4.92%) Project Engineer
12 21 (4.70%) Senior Analyst
13 19 (4.25%) Business Systems Analyst
13 19 (4.25%) Network Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (3.36%) React
2 8 (1.79%) .NET
3 6 (1.34%) Django
3 6 (1.34%) Flask
3 6 (1.34%) Lambda Expressions
3 6 (1.34%) REST
4 4 (0.89%) ASP.NET
4 4 (0.89%) CSS
4 4 (0.89%) FastAPI
4 4 (0.89%) Kafka
4 4 (0.89%) Middleware
4 4 (0.89%) SOAP
4 4 (0.89%) Vue
5 3 (0.67%) .NET Framework
5 3 (0.67%) Entity Framework
5 3 (0.67%) HTML
5 3 (0.67%) Oracle Fusion
5 3 (0.67%) RESTful
5 3 (0.67%) SailPoint
6 2 (0.45%) Gherkin
Miscellaneous
1 22 (4.92%) Product Ownership
2 11 (2.46%) Legacy Systems
2 11 (2.46%) Self-Motivation
3 7 (1.57%) Social Media
3 7 (1.57%) Taxonomies
4 6 (1.34%) Algorithms
4 6 (1.34%) Molecular Biology
5 5 (1.12%) Analytical Mindset
5 5 (1.12%) Data Protection Act
5 5 (1.12%) Driving Licence
5 5 (1.12%) Mainframe
5 5 (1.12%) Management Information System
5 5 (1.12%) Onboarding
6 3 (0.67%) Client/Server
6 3 (0.67%) Data Structures
6 3 (0.67%) Legacy Applications
6 3 (0.67%) Mobile App
6 3 (0.67%) PMI
7 2 (0.45%) Cyber Threat
7 2 (0.45%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 11 (2.46%) Linux
2 9 (2.01%) Windows
3 5 (1.12%) Windows Vista
4 4 (0.89%) Unix
5 1 (0.22%) AIX
5 1 (0.22%) Android
5 1 (0.22%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.22%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.22%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 116 (25.95%) Agile
2 101 (22.60%) Problem-Solving
3 97 (21.70%) Data Analysis
4 90 (20.13%) Project Management
5 79 (17.67%) Validation
6 75 (16.78%) Systems Engineering
7 73 (16.33%) ERP
8 70 (15.66%) Stakeholder Management
9 69 (15.44%) Requirements Management
10 66 (14.77%) CRM
11 56 (12.53%) Business Intelligence
12 54 (12.08%) Migration
13 50 (11.19%) Collaborative Working
13 50 (11.19%) Data Migration
13 50 (11.19%) User Stories
14 44 (9.84%) Continuous Improvement
15 43 (9.62%) Decision-Making
16 42 (9.40%) Logistics
17 39 (8.72%) Business Analysis
18 34 (7.61%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 75 (16.78%) SQL
2 22 (4.92%) Python
3 12 (2.68%) JavaScript
4 11 (2.46%) T-SQL
4 11 (2.46%) TypeScript
5 10 (2.24%) C#
6 7 (1.57%) Java
7 6 (1.34%) RPG
8 5 (1.12%) PL/SQL
9 4 (0.89%) Go
9 4 (0.89%) VBA
10 3 (0.67%) Groovy
10 3 (0.67%) PowerShell
11 2 (0.45%) ABAP
11 2 (0.45%) C
12 1 (0.22%) C++
12 1 (0.22%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 1 (0.22%) Progress 4GL
12 1 (0.22%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.22%) VB
Qualifications
1 133 (29.75%) Degree
2 43 (9.62%) HNC
3 40 (8.95%) BPSS Clearance
4 39 (8.72%) Security Cleared
5 35 (7.83%) HND
5 35 (7.83%) SC Cleared
6 17 (3.80%) CCNA
6 17 (3.80%) CCNP
6 17 (3.80%) Cisco Certification
6 17 (3.80%) JNCIS
7 12 (2.68%) DBS Check
8 8 (1.79%) CBAP
8 8 (1.79%) PMI Certification
9 7 (1.57%) Computer Science Degree
9 7 (1.57%) IIBA
9 7 (1.57%) Master's Degree
9 7 (1.57%) PMP
10 6 (1.34%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 4 (0.89%) ISTQB
11 4 (0.89%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (5.15%) QA
1 23 (5.15%) SLA
2 12 (2.68%) Data Quality
3 6 (1.34%) GDPR
3 6 (1.34%) GxP
4 2 (0.45%) PMO
5 1 (0.22%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.22%) ECSS
5 1 (0.22%) GRC
5 1 (0.22%) HIPAA
5 1 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.22%) JTAG
5 1 (0.22%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.22%) Solvency II
5 1 (0.22%) WCAG
System Software
1 7 (1.57%) Docker
2 2 (0.45%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.22%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (0.22%) Firmware
3 1 (0.22%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.22%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (1.57%) Kubernetes
2 6 (1.34%) Kustomize
3 3 (0.67%) Grafana
3 3 (0.67%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 2 (0.45%) Ansible
4 2 (0.45%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.22%) SCCM
5 1 (0.22%) Terraform
Vendors
1 40 (8.95%) Microsoft
2 26 (5.82%) Oracle
3 21 (4.70%) SAP
4 18 (4.03%) Cisco
5 17 (3.80%) Juniper
6 11 (2.46%) Salesforce
7 9 (2.01%) ServiceNow
8 7 (1.57%) Databricks
8 7 (1.57%) Infor
9 6 (1.34%) BT
9 6 (1.34%) Sawtooth Software
10 5 (1.12%) PeopleSoft
11 4 (0.89%) F5
11 4 (0.89%) Google
12 3 (0.67%) BeyondTrust
12 3 (0.67%) CyberArk
12 3 (0.67%) iManage
12 3 (0.67%) Okta
13 2 (0.45%) Freshdesk
13 2 (0.45%) Sitecore