Customer Requirements Jobs

Customer Requirements
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 116 229 175
Rank change year-on-year +113 -54 +144
Permanent jobs citing Customer Requirements 1,452 1,273 2,030
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 2.60% 1.23% 2.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.78% 1.46% 2.22%
Number of salaries quoted 522 678 602
10th Percentile £43,279 £28,500 £31,262
25th Percentile £48,869 £36,138 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -13.04% -2.54%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £54,793 £48,375 £52,500
% change year-on-year +13.27% -7.86% +5.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 52,256 87,133 91,481
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.58% 84.04% 95.51%
Number of salaries quoted 25,854 60,896 54,581
10th Percentile £28,822 £29,250 £34,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 £55,000 £60,899
Median % change year-on-year +3.64% -9.69% +1.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,564 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.13% -9.09% +4.76%

Customer Requirements
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Customer Requirements as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Customer Requirements in the UK

Customer Requirements
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Customer Requirements.

Salary trend for Customer Requirements in the UK

Customer Requirements
Salary Histogram

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

Salary histogram for Customer Requirements in the UK

Customer Requirements
Top 17 Job Locations

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 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
England +105 1,392 £54,793 +9.59% 587
UK excluding London +113 1,362 £54,793 +13.27% 363
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
Work from Home -88 90 £77,500 +40.91% 266
London +29 60 £82,500 +17.86% 259
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
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 (1.17%) CMS
1 17 (1.17%) Umbraco
2 5 (0.34%) Apache Airflow
2 5 (0.34%) Appian
3 4 (0.28%) Apache Spark
3 4 (0.28%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (0.21%) WinCC
5 2 (0.14%) Apache
5 2 (0.14%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.069%) Confluence
6 1 (0.069%) SharePoint Server
6 1 (0.069%) Skype for Business
6 1 (0.069%) WebSphere
Applications
1 34 (2.34%) Microsoft Excel
2 23 (1.58%) Microsoft Office
2 23 (1.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 16 (1.10%) MS Visio
4 5 (0.34%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (0.28%) Trello
6 2 (0.14%) AutoCAD
6 2 (0.14%) GNU Octave
6 2 (0.14%) OrCAD
6 2 (0.14%) Simulink
7 1 (0.069%) Revit
Business Applications
1 7 (0.48%) Q-Pulse
1 7 (0.48%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (0.34%) Maximo
3 4 (0.28%) Magento
4 3 (0.21%) Shopify
5 1 (0.069%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.069%) LabWindows
5 1 (0.069%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.069%) SAP EWM
5 1 (0.069%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 49 (3.37%) Azure
2 26 (1.79%) AWS
3 21 (1.45%) SaaS
4 18 (1.24%) GCP
5 13 (0.90%) Power Platform
6 12 (0.83%) AWS CloudFormation
6 12 (0.83%) Azure DevOps
6 12 (0.83%) Serverless
7 9 (0.62%) Azure Data Factory
7 9 (0.62%) Pulumi
8 8 (0.55%) Figma
9 7 (0.48%) GitHub
9 7 (0.48%) Microsoft 365
10 6 (0.41%) Amazon S3
11 5 (0.34%) Azure Functions
11 5 (0.34%) Azure Logic Apps
11 5 (0.34%) Azure Service Bus
11 5 (0.34%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 5 (0.34%) Dynamics 365
11 5 (0.34%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 739 (50.90%) 5G
2 733 (50.48%) Wireless
3 732 (50.41%) GSM
4 731 (50.34%) LTE
4 731 (50.34%) Wi-Fi
5 730 (50.28%) Bluetooth
5 730 (50.28%) UMTS
6 21 (1.45%) WAN
7 17 (1.17%) Intranet
8 13 (0.90%) SD-WAN
9 11 (0.76%) Internet
10 10 (0.69%) Firewall
10 10 (0.69%) Network Security
11 9 (0.62%) OSPF
12 8 (0.55%) EIGRP
13 6 (0.41%) BGP
13 6 (0.41%) RIP
13 6 (0.41%) SNMP
13 6 (0.41%) SSH
13 6 (0.41%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (1.52%) SQL Server
2 7 (0.48%) Power BI
3 6 (0.41%) DTS
4 5 (0.34%) SAP HANA
5 4 (0.28%) Azure SQL Database
5 4 (0.28%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (0.21%) Amazon RDS
6 3 (0.21%) Data Lake
7 2 (0.14%) NoSQL
7 2 (0.14%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.069%) Airbyte
8 1 (0.069%) Elasticsearch
8 1 (0.069%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.069%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 59 (4.06%) Rational DOORS
2 20 (1.38%) JIRA
3 14 (0.96%) Git
4 9 (0.62%) Selenium
5 5 (0.34%) Postman
5 5 (0.34%) Robot Framework
5 5 (0.34%) Snyk
5 5 (0.34%) Visual Studio
6 4 (0.28%) Balsamiq
6 4 (0.28%) Subversion
6 4 (0.28%) Visual Studio Code
7 2 (0.14%) ERwin
7 2 (0.14%) Maven
8 1 (0.069%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 1 (0.069%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.069%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.069%) FitNesse
8 1 (0.069%) Jenkins
8 1 (0.069%) JUnit
8 1 (0.069%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 754 (51.93%) Electronics
2 255 (17.56%) Social Skills
3 194 (13.36%) Avionics
4 149 (10.26%) Aerospace
5 113 (7.78%) Manufacturing
6 83 (5.72%) Finance
7 66 (4.55%) Influencing Skills
8 46 (3.17%) Analytical Skills
9 27 (1.86%) Presentation Skills
10 23 (1.58%) Military
11 19 (1.31%) Organisational Skills
12 18 (1.24%) Public Sector
12 18 (1.24%) Retail
12 18 (1.24%) Telecoms
13 17 (1.17%) Marketing
14 14 (0.96%) Aviation
15 12 (0.83%) Law
16 10 (0.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 8 (0.55%) Police
18 7 (0.48%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 736 (50.69%) Electronics Engineer
2 732 (50.41%) Test Engineer
3 730 (50.28%) Electronics Test Engineer
4 304 (20.94%) Senior
5 256 (17.63%) Systems Engineer
6 233 (16.05%) Senior Systems Engineer
7 157 (10.81%) Architect
8 68 (4.68%) Solutions Architect
9 56 (3.86%) Systems Architect
10 55 (3.79%) Project Manager
11 51 (3.51%) Lead
12 32 (2.20%) Infrastructure Manager
13 31 (2.13%) Infrastructure Project Manager
14 28 (1.93%) Software Team Leader
14 28 (1.93%) Team Leader
15 27 (1.86%) Developer
16 23 (1.58%) Consultant
16 23 (1.58%) Senior Manager
17 17 (1.17%) Software Engineer
17 17 (1.17%) Umbraco Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (2.07%) XML
2 24 (1.65%) CSS
2 24 (1.65%) HTML
3 17 (1.17%) HTML5
3 17 (1.17%) jQuery
4 9 (0.62%) .NET
4 9 (0.62%) Loki
5 8 (0.55%) AngularJS
6 7 (0.48%) JSON
7 6 (0.41%) .NET Framework
7 6 (0.41%) Apache NiFi
7 6 (0.41%) ASP.NET Web API
7 6 (0.41%) Flash
7 6 (0.41%) Kafka
7 6 (0.41%) SAP Fiori
8 5 (0.34%) Bootstrap
8 5 (0.34%) SAPUI5
8 5 (0.34%) Tailwind CSS
9 4 (0.28%) NgRx
9 4 (0.28%) RxJS
Miscellaneous
1 743 (51.17%) Driving Licence
2 71 (4.89%) Management Information System
3 26 (1.79%) NHS
4 24 (1.65%) Self-Motivation
5 15 (1.03%) Embedded Systems
6 13 (0.90%) Cloud Native
7 11 (0.76%) Product Ownership
8 8 (0.55%) Onboarding
8 8 (0.55%) Self-Driving Car
8 8 (0.55%) Social Network
8 8 (0.55%) Virtual Team
9 7 (0.48%) e-Learning
9 7 (0.48%) Reference Data
10 6 (0.41%) Renewable Energy
11 5 (0.34%) Client/Server
11 5 (0.34%) CPLD
11 5 (0.34%) Data Centre
11 5 (0.34%) FPGA
11 5 (0.34%) Hybrid Cloud
11 5 (0.34%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 17 (1.17%) Linux
2 9 (0.62%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 9 (0.62%) Windows
3 6 (0.41%) Windows Server
4 5 (0.34%) Unix
5 4 (0.28%) Solaris
6 3 (0.21%) AIX
7 2 (0.14%) zOS
8 1 (0.069%) Android
8 1 (0.069%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.069%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.069%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.069%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.069%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 824 (56.75%) Mentoring
2 797 (54.89%) Coaching
3 761 (52.41%) Validation
4 737 (50.76%) Verification and Validation
5 732 (50.41%) Test Strategy
6 283 (19.49%) Systems Engineering
7 241 (16.60%) Requirements Management
8 221 (15.22%) Business Case
9 165 (11.36%) SDLC
10 134 (9.23%) Feasibility Study
11 132 (9.09%) Hazard Analysis
12 108 (7.44%) Collaborative Working
13 88 (6.06%) Problem-Solving
14 85 (5.85%) Project Management
15 81 (5.58%) Roadmaps
16 79 (5.44%) Systems Thinking
17 71 (4.89%) Configuration Management
18 65 (4.48%) Business Analysis
18 65 (4.48%) ERP
19 64 (4.41%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 54 (3.72%) SQL
2 34 (2.34%) C#
3 25 (1.72%) C
4 23 (1.58%) Python
5 16 (1.10%) JavaScript
6 14 (0.96%) Ada
7 13 (0.90%) C++
8 10 (0.69%) Bash
9 9 (0.62%) Go
10 8 (0.55%) MATLAB
10 8 (0.55%) TypeScript
11 7 (0.48%) PL/SQL
11 7 (0.48%) VB
12 4 (0.28%) Perl
13 3 (0.21%) Java
13 3 (0.21%) PHP
13 3 (0.21%) PowerShell
13 3 (0.21%) R
14 2 (0.14%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 2 (0.14%) Scala
Qualifications
1 1,143 (78.72%) Degree
2 796 (54.82%) HND
3 312 (21.49%) BPSS Clearance
4 96 (6.61%) HNC
5 80 (5.51%) Chartered Engineer
6 62 (4.27%) Security Cleared
7 44 (3.03%) SC Cleared
8 20 (1.38%) Computer Science Degree
9 18 (1.24%) Master's Degree
9 18 (1.24%) PhD
10 16 (1.10%) DV Cleared
11 5 (0.34%) PMI Certification
12 4 (0.28%) APMP
12 4 (0.28%) CCNP
12 4 (0.28%) Cisco Certification
12 4 (0.28%) PRINCE2 Certification
12 4 (0.28%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 3 (0.21%) Microsoft Certification
14 2 (0.14%) ITIL Certification
14 2 (0.14%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 71 (4.89%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 30 (2.07%) NEBOSH
3 22 (1.52%) GDPR
4 18 (1.24%) QA
5 17 (1.17%) Accessibility
5 17 (1.17%) WCAG
6 13 (0.90%) PMO
7 8 (0.55%) Data Quality
8 4 (0.28%) Def Stans
8 4 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 3 (0.21%) Cyber Essentials
9 3 (0.21%) SLA
10 2 (0.14%) ISO 14001
10 2 (0.14%) ISO 9001
10 2 (0.14%) NCSC
10 2 (0.14%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.14%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 1 (0.069%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 1 (0.069%) ECSS
11 1 (0.069%) NIST
System Software
1 7 (0.48%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (0.28%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.14%) Embedded Firmware
3 2 (0.14%) Firmware
3 2 (0.14%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.069%) BitLocker
4 1 (0.069%) Microsoft App-V
4 1 (0.069%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.069%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 19 (1.31%) Terraform
2 9 (0.62%) Grafana
2 9 (0.62%) Kubernetes
3 5 (0.34%) Ansible
4 4 (0.28%) FortiGate
5 3 (0.21%) Functional Safety
6 2 (0.14%) NetBackup
7 1 (0.069%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.069%) Backup Exec
7 1 (0.069%) HP UCMDB
7 1 (0.069%) Kibana
7 1 (0.069%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.069%) OPNET
7 1 (0.069%) SCCM
Vendors
1 61 (4.20%) Microsoft
2 57 (3.93%) IBM
3 20 (1.38%) Cisco
3 20 (1.38%) HP
4 15 (1.03%) Oracle
5 14 (0.96%) Google
6 10 (0.69%) Hitachi
6 10 (0.69%) SAP
7 8 (0.55%) Fortinet
7 8 (0.55%) VMware
8 7 (0.48%) CheckPoint
9 6 (0.41%) Databricks
9 6 (0.41%) Dell
9 6 (0.41%) SolarWinds
10 5 (0.34%) BiZZdesign
10 5 (0.34%) Black Duck
10 5 (0.34%) Red Hat
10 5 (0.34%) Salesforce
10 5 (0.34%) Siemens
10 5 (0.34%) UiPath