Requirements Gathering (Requirements Elicitation)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Requirements Gathering skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Requirements Gathering over the 6 months to 7 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 157 169 157
Rank change year-on-year +12 -12 -10
Permanent jobs citing Requirements Gathering 1,150 2,769 3,130
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 2.17% 2.25% 2.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.31% 2.35% 2.56%
Number of salaries quoted 734 1,875 2,247
10th Percentile £36,256 £41,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -
75th Percentile £78,750 £76,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £91,250 £84,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - - +5.26%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Requirements Gathering is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 49,863 117,613 122,319
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 94.11% 95.75% 95.45%
Number of salaries quoted 36,022 72,003 82,155
10th Percentile £32,500 £34,700 £32,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £61,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.64% +1.67% +9.09%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £99,680 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £53,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -1.87% +7.00% +4.17%

Requirements Gathering
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Requirements Gathering in the UK

Requirements Gathering
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Requirements Gathering in the UK

Requirements Gathering
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Requirements Gathering over the 6 months to 7 December 2023.

Salary histogram for Requirements Gathering in the UK

Requirements Gathering
Top 17 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 7 December 2023. 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 +1 972 £60,000 - 469
UK excluding London +24 636 £50,000 - 273
Work from Home +32 584 £60,000 +4.35% 245
London -8 403 £72,500 +3.57% 195
North of England +66 168 £55,000 +10.00% 73
South East -13 134 £47,500 -9.52% 78
Midlands +52 131 £51,000 +2.00% 47
North West +94 98 £55,000 +1.85% 47
West Midlands +45 87 £51,000 +2.00% 34
Scotland +39 66 £42,500 -26.09% 11
Yorkshire +35 64 £50,000 - 21
South West -13 60 £50,000 +2.04% 39
East of England +86 51 £85,000 +54.55% 25
East Midlands +39 43 £52,500 +16.67% 13
Wales +1 27 £50,000 +17.65% 1
Northern Ireland +43 23 £38,750 -35.42% 4
North East +44 13 £85,000 +88.89% 8

Requirements Gathering
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 51 (4.43%) Confluence
2 18 (1.57%) SharePoint
3 8 (0.70%) OpenEdge
4 7 (0.61%) OpenStack
4 7 (0.61%) SAS
5 5 (0.43%) IBM Domino
6 4 (0.35%) WordPress
7 2 (0.17%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 2 (0.17%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.17%) CMS
8 1 (0.087%) Apache
8 1 (0.087%) Kentico
8 1 (0.087%) MS Exchange
8 1 (0.087%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.087%) Sitecore CMS
8 1 (0.087%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.087%) Umbraco
Applications
1 41 (3.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (1.48%) MS Visio
3 13 (1.13%) Microsoft Office
4 9 (0.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 8 (0.70%) InDesign
5 8 (0.70%) Photoshop
6 6 (0.52%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.087%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 28 (2.43%) SAP S/4HANA
2 27 (2.35%) Dynamics CRM
3 14 (1.22%) SAP CO
3 14 (1.22%) SAP FI
3 14 (1.22%) SAP FI/CO
4 9 (0.78%) Dynamics AX
5 7 (0.61%) NetSuite
6 6 (0.52%) Dynamics NAV
6 6 (0.52%) Oracle Financials
7 5 (0.43%) Oracle ERP
7 5 (0.43%) Oracle Receivables
8 4 (0.35%) SAP ERP
8 4 (0.35%) SAP GRC
8 4 (0.35%) SAP MM
8 4 (0.35%) SAP Oil and Gas
8 4 (0.35%) SAP PP
9 3 (0.26%) IBM Planning Analytics
9 3 (0.26%) Shopify
9 3 (0.26%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
10 2 (0.17%) Ripple
Cloud Services
1 331 (28.78%) Azure
2 308 (26.78%) Power Platform
3 242 (21.04%) Dynamics 365
4 208 (18.09%) Azure DevOps
5 43 (3.74%) Microsoft 365
5 43 (3.74%) SaaS
6 41 (3.57%) AWS
7 36 (3.13%) PowerApps
8 23 (2.00%) FinancialForce
9 20 (1.74%) Azure Data Factory
10 16 (1.39%) Power Automate
10 16 (1.39%) Serverless
11 12 (1.04%) Cloud Computing
11 12 (1.04%) SuccessFactors
12 11 (0.96%) Azure Functions
12 11 (0.96%) WhatsApp
13 10 (0.87%) Amazon S3
13 10 (0.87%) GCP
14 9 (0.78%) IaaS
14 9 (0.78%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 29 (2.52%) Internet
2 12 (1.04%) Intranet
3 11 (0.96%) Cisco Nexus
3 11 (0.96%) Firewall
4 10 (0.87%) BGP
4 10 (0.87%) OSPF
5 9 (0.78%) MPLS
6 8 (0.70%) DHCP
6 8 (0.70%) DNS
7 7 (0.61%) Ethernet VPN
7 7 (0.61%) FabricPath
7 7 (0.61%) HTTP
7 7 (0.61%) VXLAN
8 5 (0.43%) LAN
8 5 (0.43%) Wireless
9 4 (0.35%) VPN
10 3 (0.26%) IPsec
10 3 (0.26%) SAN
10 3 (0.26%) TCP/IP
10 3 (0.26%) VRRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 103 (8.96%) Power BI
2 83 (7.22%) SQL Server
3 67 (5.83%) Data Warehouse
4 28 (2.43%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 25 (2.17%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 21 (1.83%) Tableau
7 19 (1.65%) Data Lake
7 19 (1.65%) Relational Database
8 15 (1.30%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 13 (1.13%) Oracle Reports
10 11 (0.96%) Power Query
11 10 (0.87%) Metadata
12 9 (0.78%) NoSQL
13 8 (0.70%) Amazon RDS
13 8 (0.70%) Big Data
13 8 (0.70%) BusinessObjects
13 8 (0.70%) PostgreSQL
13 8 (0.70%) RDBMS
14 7 (0.61%) Microsoft Analysis Services
14 7 (0.61%) Redis
Development Applications
1 70 (6.09%) JIRA
2 31 (2.70%) Git
3 12 (1.04%) Visual Studio
4 8 (0.70%) Sonatype Nexus
5 6 (0.52%) TestRail
6 4 (0.35%) Bitbucket
6 4 (0.35%) Postman
6 4 (0.35%) SoapUI
7 3 (0.26%) Firebug
7 3 (0.26%) Selenium
7 3 (0.26%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 2 (0.17%) Bugzilla
8 2 (0.17%) CMake
8 2 (0.17%) CruiseControl
8 2 (0.17%) Gemini Tracker
8 2 (0.17%) Hudson
8 2 (0.17%) Subversion
8 2 (0.17%) TeamCity
8 2 (0.17%) VSS/SourceSafe
9 1 (0.087%) REST Assured
General
1 465 (40.43%) Finance
2 265 (23.04%) Social Skills
3 155 (13.48%) Analytical Skills
4 71 (6.17%) Retail
5 69 (6.00%) Law
5 69 (6.00%) Legal
5 69 (6.00%) Manufacturing
6 61 (5.30%) Banking
7 45 (3.91%) Marketing
8 37 (3.22%) Financial Institution
9 30 (2.61%) Public Sector
10 28 (2.43%) Influencing Skills
11 25 (2.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 24 (2.09%) Back Office
13 17 (1.48%) Advertising
14 16 (1.39%) Organisational Skills
15 12 (1.04%) Telecoms
16 11 (0.96%) Presentation Skills
17 9 (0.78%) Investment Banking
18 8 (0.70%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 314 (27.30%) Analyst
2 278 (24.17%) Architect
3 217 (18.87%) Business Analyst
4 195 (16.96%) Solutions Architect
5 186 (16.17%) Dynamics 365 Architect
6 182 (15.83%) Senior
7 150 (13.04%) Developer
8 146 (12.70%) Dynamics 365 Solution Architect
9 122 (10.61%) Consultant
10 56 (4.87%) Lead
11 44 (3.83%) Senior Architect
12 40 (3.48%) Senior Analyst
13 38 (3.30%) Software Engineer
14 36 (3.13%) Senior Consultant
15 35 (3.04%) Senior Business Analyst
16 34 (2.96%) Business Intelligence Developer
16 34 (2.96%) Senior Developer
17 33 (2.87%) Senior Solutions Architect
18 31 (2.70%) Payments Solutions Architect
18 31 (2.70%) Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 68 (5.91%) HTML
2 63 (5.48%) AngularJS
3 60 (5.22%) .NET
4 46 (4.00%) CSS
5 26 (2.26%) RESTful
6 23 (2.00%) ASP.NET
6 23 (2.00%) ASP.NET MVC
7 21 (1.83%) React
8 18 (1.57%) HTML5
9 17 (1.48%) SOAP
9 17 (1.48%) Web Services
9 17 (1.48%) XML
10 15 (1.30%) Ajax
11 13 (1.13%) Angular 2
11 13 (1.13%) CSS3
11 13 (1.13%) EDI
11 13 (1.13%) Node.js
12 12 (1.04%) .NET Framework
12 12 (1.04%) Blazor
12 12 (1.04%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 72 (6.26%) Product Ownership
2 37 (3.22%) Self-Motivation
3 36 (3.13%) Enterprise Software
4 30 (2.61%) Management Information System
5 24 (2.09%) Data Centre
6 23 (2.00%) Distributed Applications
7 17 (1.48%) Greenfield Project
7 17 (1.48%) Mobile App
8 16 (1.39%) Legacy Systems
9 13 (1.13%) Embedded Systems
9 13 (1.13%) Virtual Team
10 12 (1.04%) Data Structures
10 12 (1.04%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 11 (0.96%) Mali
11 11 (0.96%) Onboarding
12 8 (0.70%) Low-Code
12 8 (0.70%) Marketing Technology
13 7 (0.61%) Algorithms
13 7 (0.61%) Taxonomies
14 6 (0.52%) Distributed Computing
Operating Systems
1 32 (2.78%) Linux
2 15 (1.30%) Android
3 13 (1.13%) Windows
4 8 (0.70%) Windows Server
5 7 (0.61%) Mac OS
6 3 (0.26%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.17%) Unix
7 2 (0.17%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.087%) VMS
8 1 (0.087%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 458 (39.83%) Agile
2 276 (24.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 232 (20.17%) DevOps
4 231 (20.09%) Actionable Insight
5 226 (19.65%) Mentoring
6 214 (18.61%) Customer Engagement
7 190 (16.52%) Supply Chain Management
8 175 (15.22%) Problem-Solving
9 163 (14.17%) Stakeholder Management
10 161 (14.00%) Business Analysis
11 132 (11.48%) Business Intelligence
12 109 (9.48%) Project Management
12 109 (9.48%) SDLC
13 107 (9.30%) ERP
14 102 (8.87%) User Stories
15 93 (8.09%) Roadmaps
16 91 (7.91%) Migration
17 84 (7.30%) Scrum
18 83 (7.22%) CRM
18 83 (7.22%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 190 (16.52%) SQL
2 98 (8.52%) JavaScript
3 62 (5.39%) C#
4 50 (4.35%) Java
5 47 (4.09%) Python
6 36 (3.13%) T-SQL
7 26 (2.26%) TypeScript
8 25 (2.17%) C++
9 18 (1.57%) C
10 15 (1.30%) PowerShell
11 12 (1.04%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 11 (0.96%) Ruby
13 9 (0.78%) PHP
13 9 (0.78%) PL/SQL
14 8 (0.70%) OpenEdge ABL
14 8 (0.70%) Progress 4GL
15 6 (0.52%) VB
15 6 (0.52%) XAML
16 5 (0.43%) VBA
17 4 (0.35%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 134 (11.65%) Degree
2 56 (4.87%) Security Cleared
3 50 (4.35%) Computer Science Degree
4 33 (2.87%) SC Cleared
5 12 (1.04%) BPSS Clearance
6 11 (0.96%) CCNP
6 11 (0.96%) Cisco Certification
7 9 (0.78%) ISEB
7 9 (0.78%) Microsoft Certification
8 8 (0.70%) ISTQB
8 8 (0.70%) Master's Degree
9 7 (0.61%) DBS Check
9 7 (0.61%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 6 (0.52%) CCNA
10 6 (0.52%) DV Cleared
11 5 (0.43%) CISSP
11 5 (0.43%) MCSE
12 4 (0.35%) CISM
12 4 (0.35%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 4 (0.35%) Tableau Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 58 (5.04%) QA
2 25 (2.17%) Data Quality
3 24 (2.09%) NIST
4 12 (1.04%) PMO
4 12 (1.04%) SLA
5 8 (0.70%) GDPR
6 7 (0.61%) Accessibility
7 6 (0.52%) MiFID
8 5 (0.43%) GRC
9 4 (0.35%) Actionable Recommendations
9 4 (0.35%) COBIT
10 3 (0.26%) ISO 26262
11 1 (0.087%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 1 (0.087%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.087%) HL7
11 1 (0.087%) ISO/IEC 15288
System Software
1 15 (1.30%) Firmware
2 11 (0.96%) Active Directory
2 11 (0.96%) Embedded Firmware
2 11 (0.96%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (0.87%) Docker
4 3 (0.26%) vCloud
4 3 (0.26%) VMware NSX
5 2 (0.17%) vSphere
6 1 (0.087%) BitLocker
6 1 (0.087%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.087%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 15 (1.30%) Kubernetes
2 10 (0.87%) FortiGate
3 8 (0.70%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (0.26%) Nagios
4 3 (0.26%) SCCM
5 1 (0.087%) PingFederate
5 1 (0.087%) Progress Chef
5 1 (0.087%) Terraform
5 1 (0.087%) Tivoli
5 1 (0.087%) WSUS
Vendors
1 345 (30.00%) Microsoft
2 79 (6.87%) SAP
3 69 (6.00%) Oracle
4 56 (4.87%) Salesforce
5 40 (3.48%) ServiceNow
6 29 (2.52%) Sage
7 25 (2.17%) Atlassian
7 25 (2.17%) HubSpot
8 23 (2.00%) Pardot
9 22 (1.91%) Google
10 17 (1.48%) Cisco
11 13 (1.13%) Juniper
11 13 (1.13%) VMware
12 11 (0.96%) Adobe
13 10 (0.87%) Palo Alto
14 8 (0.70%) BMC
14 8 (0.70%) IBM
14 8 (0.70%) Progress
15 6 (0.52%) Cadence
15 6 (0.52%) Cognos