Requirements Gathering Job Trends

Requirements Gathering (Requirements Elicitation)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Requirements Gathering skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 222 180 181
Rank change year-on-year -42 +1 -11
Permanent jobs citing Requirements Gathering 611 967 960
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.08% 1.56% 1.90%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.29% 1.79% 2.03%
Number of salaries quoted 368 541 751
10th Percentile £42,500 £38,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £45,000 £45,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% - -
75th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £92,500 £92,500 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +9.52% +5.00% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 47,424 53,892 47,309
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 84.09% 86.75% 93.74%
Number of salaries quoted 28,060 28,022 36,472
10th Percentile £28,250 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -0.83%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £98,750 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -13.64% +4.76% -1.87%

Requirements Gathering
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Requirements Gathering job vacancy trend in the UK

Requirements Gathering
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Requirements Gathering.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Requirements Gathering

Requirements Gathering
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Requirements Gathering over the 6 months to 9 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Requirements Gathering in the UK

Requirements Gathering
Top 16 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 9 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
England -40 549 £65,000 +8.33% 394
UK excluding London -48 304 £57,500 +9.52% 365
London +5 241 £80,000 +10.34% 128
Work from Home -22 181 £57,500 -4.17% 220
South East +13 112 £58,375 +3.78% 132
North of England -12 77 £60,000 +41.18% 70
North West +8 55 £58,750 +38.24% 37
Midlands -65 52 £57,500 +9.52% 49
West Midlands -51 35 £57,500 +9.52% 31
East of England +17 27 £55,000 -21.43% 37
Scotland -5 21 £55,000 -15.38% 22
East Midlands +1 17 £67,500 +22.73% 16
Yorkshire -16 15 £67,500 +28.57% 24
South West -17 14 £55,000 +1.03% 40
North East +5 7 £52,500 +28.83% 9
Northern Ireland -12 1 - - 15

Requirements Gathering
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 29 (4.75%) SharePoint
2 24 (3.93%) Confluence
3 5 (0.82%) Appian
4 3 (0.49%) CMS
5 2 (0.33%) ArcGIS
5 2 (0.33%) Jupyter
6 1 (0.16%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.16%) HCL Notes
6 1 (0.16%) Headless CMS
6 1 (0.16%) IIS
6 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.16%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.16%) Smallworld
6 1 (0.16%) WildFly
Applications
1 41 (6.71%) Microsoft Excel
2 22 (3.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 21 (3.44%) Microsoft Office
4 17 (2.78%) MS Visio
5 12 (1.96%) Oracle Smart View
6 5 (0.82%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.33%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.33%) Trello
Business Applications
1 52 (8.51%) SAP S/4HANA
2 26 (4.26%) Dynamics CRM
3 16 (2.62%) Oracle Payables
3 16 (2.62%) Oracle Receivables
4 14 (2.29%) Oracle Assets
4 14 (2.29%) Oracle General Ledger
5 12 (1.96%) Hyperion Planning
5 12 (1.96%) Oracle Financials
6 8 (1.31%) SAP CO
6 8 (1.31%) SAP FI
6 8 (1.31%) SAP FI/CO
7 6 (0.98%) NetSuite
8 5 (0.82%) Dynamics NAV
8 5 (0.82%) Oracle ERP
9 4 (0.65%) SAP PM
9 4 (0.65%) Visualfiles
10 3 (0.49%) Fidessa
10 3 (0.49%) iTrent
10 3 (0.49%) Salesforce CRM
11 2 (0.33%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 143 (23.40%) Azure
2 121 (19.80%) Power Platform
3 81 (13.26%) Azure DevOps
4 50 (8.18%) Dynamics 365
5 37 (6.06%) Power Automate
6 36 (5.89%) Microsoft 365
7 25 (4.09%) AWS
7 25 (4.09%) PowerApps
8 20 (3.27%) Datadog
9 15 (2.45%) Microsoft Copilot
9 15 (2.45%) SaaS
10 14 (2.29%) Azure Data Factory
10 14 (2.29%) GCP
11 13 (2.13%) Microsoft Purview
12 12 (1.96%) Azure Logic Apps
13 9 (1.47%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 9 (1.47%) GitHub
14 8 (1.31%) Azure AI
14 8 (1.31%) Snowflake
15 7 (1.15%) Copilot Studio
Communications & Networking
1 25 (4.09%) WAN
2 24 (3.93%) LAN
2 24 (3.93%) VPN
3 18 (2.95%) Junos
4 12 (1.96%) Firewall
4 12 (1.96%) Wi-Fi
5 9 (1.47%) Network Security
6 7 (1.15%) IPsec
6 7 (1.15%) MPLS
6 7 (1.15%) SD-WAN
7 6 (0.98%) 5G
7 6 (0.98%) BGP
7 6 (0.98%) Intrusion Detection
7 6 (0.98%) Multicast
7 6 (0.98%) Wireless
8 5 (0.82%) Cisco IOS
9 3 (0.49%) FIX Connectivity
9 3 (0.49%) IP Telephony
9 3 (0.49%) TCP/IP
9 3 (0.49%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 80 (13.09%) Power BI
2 45 (7.36%) Data Warehouse
3 27 (4.42%) Relational Database
4 19 (3.11%) SQL Server
4 19 (3.11%) Tableau
5 12 (1.96%) Essbase
6 11 (1.80%) DTS
7 10 (1.64%) Data Lake
8 8 (1.31%) Azure SQL Database
9 7 (1.15%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 7 (1.15%) Tick Data
10 6 (0.98%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 5 (0.82%) Qlik Sense
12 4 (0.65%) Pinecone
13 3 (0.49%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
13 3 (0.49%) GIS
13 3 (0.49%) Oracle BI Publisher
13 3 (0.49%) Power Query
14 2 (0.33%) Metadata
14 2 (0.33%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 82 (13.42%) JIRA
2 38 (6.22%) eCATT
2 38 (6.22%) NeoLoad
3 12 (1.96%) Oracle Forms
4 11 (1.80%) Git
5 4 (0.65%) MLflow
6 3 (0.49%) Visual Studio Code
7 2 (0.33%) Moq
7 2 (0.33%) MSTest
7 2 (0.33%) NSubstitute
7 2 (0.33%) NUnit
7 2 (0.33%) Synon
8 1 (0.16%) ERwin
8 1 (0.16%) GitLab
8 1 (0.16%) IntelliJ
8 1 (0.16%) Jenkins
8 1 (0.16%) jMock
8 1 (0.16%) JUnit
8 1 (0.16%) Team Foundation Server
8 1 (0.16%) Visual Studio
General
1 275 (45.01%) Finance
2 211 (34.53%) Social Skills
3 110 (18.00%) Analytical Skills
4 98 (16.04%) Marketing
5 68 (11.13%) Manufacturing
6 66 (10.80%) Retail
7 64 (10.47%) Presentation Skills
8 46 (7.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 37 (6.06%) Law
10 27 (4.42%) Influencing Skills
11 26 (4.26%) Banking
11 26 (4.26%) Public Sector
12 25 (4.09%) Legal
13 20 (3.27%) Games
14 17 (2.78%) Organisational Skills
15 16 (2.62%) Telecoms
16 15 (2.45%) Financial Institution
17 14 (2.29%) Billing
18 9 (1.47%) Documentation Skills
19 8 (1.31%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 207 (33.88%) Analyst
2 152 (24.88%) Senior
3 124 (20.29%) Business Analyst
4 76 (12.44%) Consultant
5 75 (12.27%) Developer
6 65 (10.64%) Lead
7 39 (6.38%) Project Manager
8 37 (6.06%) Senior Analyst
9 32 (5.24%) Architect
10 27 (4.42%) Azure Data Engineer
10 27 (4.42%) Azure Engineer
10 27 (4.42%) Data Engineer
10 27 (4.42%) Senior Data Engineer
11 26 (4.26%) Test Leader
12 25 (4.09%) Functional Consultant
13 22 (3.60%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
13 22 (3.60%) Financial Analyst
14 21 (3.44%) Senior Developer
15 19 (3.11%) Senior Business Analyst
15 19 (3.11%) Systems Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (3.27%) .NET
2 13 (2.13%) Web Services
3 12 (1.96%) React
3 12 (1.96%) REST
4 9 (1.47%) Django
5 7 (1.15%) HTML
5 7 (1.15%) OAuth
5 7 (1.15%) RESTful
6 6 (0.98%) CSS
6 6 (0.98%) FIX Protocol
6 6 (0.98%) Oracle Fusion
6 6 (0.98%) SOAP
6 6 (0.98%) XML
7 5 (0.82%) Flask
7 5 (0.82%) Next.js
7 5 (0.82%) SAP Fiori
8 4 (0.65%) FastAPI
8 4 (0.65%) JWT
8 4 (0.65%) OpenAPI
8 4 (0.65%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 44 (7.20%) Product Ownership
2 37 (6.06%) Onboarding
3 36 (5.89%) Management Information System
4 16 (2.62%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 13 (2.13%) AI Agents
6 12 (1.96%) Analytical Mindset
6 12 (1.96%) Data Centre
7 11 (1.80%) Low-Code
7 11 (1.80%) Self-Motivation
7 11 (1.80%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 10 (1.64%) Fixed Income
9 7 (1.15%) Legacy Systems
10 6 (0.98%) Distributed Computing
10 6 (0.98%) Equities
10 6 (0.98%) Life Science
10 6 (0.98%) OTC Derivatives
10 6 (0.98%) Tandem
10 6 (0.98%) Wiki
11 5 (0.82%) Data Protection Act
11 5 (0.82%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 19 (3.11%) Windows
2 9 (1.47%) Linux
3 2 (0.33%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.16%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 241 (39.44%) Agile
2 158 (25.86%) Stakeholder Management
3 122 (19.97%) Business Analysis
4 119 (19.48%) Problem-Solving
5 111 (18.17%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 109 (17.84%) Roadmaps
7 102 (16.69%) ERP
7 102 (16.69%) Project Management
8 92 (15.06%) Migration
9 87 (14.24%) Continuous Improvement
10 86 (14.08%) Business Intelligence
10 86 (14.08%) Scrum
11 84 (13.75%) DevOps
11 84 (13.75%) Project Delivery
12 79 (12.93%) Decision-Making
13 77 (12.60%) User Acceptance Testing
13 77 (12.60%) User Stories
13 77 (12.60%) Workshop Facilitation
14 73 (11.95%) AI
15 71 (11.62%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 130 (21.28%) SQL
2 99 (16.20%) Python
3 41 (6.71%) C#
4 35 (5.73%) Java
5 34 (5.56%) JavaScript
6 12 (1.96%) Groovy
7 9 (1.47%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 6 (0.98%) VBA
9 5 (0.82%) ABAP
9 5 (0.82%) C++
9 5 (0.82%) Kusto Query Language
9 5 (0.82%) TypeScript
10 4 (0.65%) ActionScript
10 4 (0.65%) ActionScript 3.0
10 4 (0.65%) Bicep
10 4 (0.65%) Objective-C
10 4 (0.65%) R
11 2 (0.33%) PowerShell
11 2 (0.33%) RPG
12 1 (0.16%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 88 (14.40%) Degree
2 55 (9.00%) Security Cleared
3 45 (7.36%) SC Cleared
4 27 (4.42%) DV Cleared
5 25 (4.09%) PMI Certification
6 23 (3.76%) CCNA
6 23 (3.76%) Cisco Certification
6 23 (3.76%) Computer Science Degree
6 23 (3.76%) PMP
7 22 (3.60%) CCNP
7 22 (3.60%) Microsoft Certification
8 17 (2.78%) Master's Degree
9 15 (2.45%) JNCIA
10 11 (1.80%) JNCIS
11 9 (1.47%) CBAP
12 7 (1.15%) Azure Certification
12 7 (1.15%) DBS Check
13 5 (0.82%) PRINCE2 Certification
13 5 (0.82%) SAP Certification
14 4 (0.65%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (7.20%) QA
2 16 (2.62%) Data Quality
3 12 (1.96%) PMO
4 11 (1.80%) ISO 20022
4 11 (1.80%) SEPA
5 9 (1.47%) Accessibility
5 9 (1.47%) GDPR
6 8 (1.31%) SLA
7 7 (1.15%) TARGET2
8 6 (0.98%) MiFID
9 3 (0.49%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (0.33%) Solvency II
11 1 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials
11 1 (0.16%) GAAP
11 1 (0.16%) IFRS
11 1 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 1 (0.16%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.16%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 13 (2.13%) Docker
2 5 (0.82%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.65%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (0.65%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.49%) Firmware
5 2 (0.33%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.33%) KVM
5 2 (0.33%) RHEV
5 2 (0.33%) Xen
Systems Management
1 38 (6.22%) HP ALM
2 8 (1.31%) Kubernetes
3 5 (0.82%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (0.33%) Nagios
4 2 (0.33%) Proxmox
4 2 (0.33%) Terraform
5 1 (0.16%) Ansible
Vendors
1 112 (18.33%) Microsoft
2 71 (11.62%) SAP
3 39 (6.38%) HP
4 32 (5.24%) Cisco
5 27 (4.42%) Oracle
6 24 (3.93%) Juniper
7 21 (3.44%) Salesforce
8 20 (3.27%) Guidewire
9 17 (2.78%) Google
10 16 (2.62%) Databricks
11 12 (1.96%) Dell
11 12 (1.96%) Hyperion
12 11 (1.80%) Anaplan
13 10 (1.64%) Atlassian
14 9 (1.47%) ServiceNow
15 7 (1.15%) Fortinet
15 7 (1.15%) Pega
16 6 (0.98%) F5
16 6 (0.98%) Tagetik
17 5 (0.82%) Verint