Requirements Management Job Trends

Requirements Management
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Requirements Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 530 501 687
Rank change year-on-year -29 +186 -48
Permanent jobs citing Requirements Management 186 135 197
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.21% 0.32% 0.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.28% 0.35% 0.24%
Number of salaries quoted 87 73 101
10th Percentile £43,886 £43,626 £42,000
25th Percentile £48,750 £48,869 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,465 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.66% - -15.38%
75th Percentile £68,125 £63,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £76,250 £68,750 £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £56,465 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -1.80% +4.55% -12.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

Requirements Management 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 65,329 38,670 81,283
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 75.37% 92.92% 85.97%
Number of salaries quoted 40,301 22,594 59,579
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -10.51%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,600 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.94% +5.20% -8.41%

Requirements Management
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Requirements Management job vacancy trend in the UK

Requirements Management
Salary Trend

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Requirements Management

Requirements Management
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Requirements Management over the 6 months to 18 April 2026.

Salary histogram for Requirements Management in the UK

Requirements Management
Top 14 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Requirements Management within the UK over the 6 months to 18 April 2026. 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 -23 170 £57,500 - 61
UK excluding London -39 156 £56,465 -1.80% 56
South East -17 64 £58,000 +5.45% 24
North of England -45 51 £50,861 +1.61% 4
North West -12 41 £50,000 -0.11% 3
Midlands -24 23 £48,750 -22.00% 3
West Midlands -17 16 £52,500 -16.00% 1
Work from Home +6 14 £62,500 +8.70% 25
South West -58 14 £61,250 +5.60% 16
London +12 12 £68,250 -24.17% 8
Yorkshire -62 10 £57,500 -14.81% 1
East Midlands -43 7 £45,000 - 2
Scotland -25 2 £75,900 - 3
East of England -34 2 £65,000 +76.87% 5

Requirements Management
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 2 (1.08%) SharePoint
Applications
1 21 (11.29%) Simulink
2 15 (8.06%) CATIA
3 4 (2.15%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (2.15%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 8 (4.30%) AWS
2 7 (3.76%) Azure
3 3 (1.61%) Amazon Cognito
3 3 (1.61%) Amazon S3
3 3 (1.61%) AWS Lambda
3 3 (1.61%) Serverless
4 2 (1.08%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (1.08%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.69%) Profibus
2 4 (2.15%) SNA
3 3 (1.61%) HTTPS
4 2 (1.08%) Firewall
4 2 (1.08%) LAN
4 2 (1.08%) VPN
4 2 (1.08%) VSAT
4 2 (1.08%) WAN
4 2 (1.08%) Wireless
5 1 (0.54%) Cisco ISE
5 1 (0.54%) RS-422
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.61%) Amazon RDS
2 2 (1.08%) GIS
2 2 (1.08%) Tableau
3 1 (0.54%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 68 (36.56%) Rational DOORS
2 33 (17.74%) JIRA
3 5 (2.69%) Apache Continuum
4 2 (1.08%) Subversion
5 1 (0.54%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 33 (17.74%) Social Skills
2 28 (15.05%) Finance
3 27 (14.52%) Aerospace
4 22 (11.83%) Electronics
4 22 (11.83%) Military
5 12 (6.45%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (3.23%) Advertising
6 6 (3.23%) Automotive
6 6 (3.23%) Aviation
6 6 (3.23%) Legal
7 4 (2.15%) Avionics
7 4 (2.15%) Digital Health
7 4 (2.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (2.15%) Presentation Skills
8 3 (1.61%) Retail
9 2 (1.08%) Aeronautics
9 2 (1.08%) Banking
9 2 (1.08%) Law
9 2 (1.08%) Manufacturing
9 2 (1.08%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 91 (48.92%) Systems Engineer
2 74 (39.78%) Senior
3 58 (31.18%) Senior Systems Engineer
4 48 (25.81%) Principal Engineer
4 48 (25.81%) Principal Systems Engineer
5 16 (8.60%) Analyst
6 14 (7.53%) Business Analyst
7 10 (5.38%) Architect
7 10 (5.38%) Requirements Engineer
8 8 (4.30%) Technical Analyst
8 8 (4.30%) Technical Business Analyst
9 7 (3.76%) Lead
10 6 (3.23%) Project Manager
10 6 (3.23%) Requirements Manager
10 6 (3.23%) Systems Manager
10 6 (3.23%) Systems Support
11 5 (2.69%) Instrumentation Engineer
11 5 (2.69%) Senior Electrical Engineer
12 4 (2.15%) Accountant
12 4 (2.15%) Management Accountant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.61%) OpenAPI
1 3 (1.61%) Swagger
2 1 (0.54%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 48 (25.81%) Management Information System
2 12 (6.45%) Self-Motivation
3 6 (3.23%) Acoustics
3 6 (3.23%) Augmented Reality
4 5 (2.69%) Onboarding
5 4 (2.15%) Embedded Systems
5 4 (2.15%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 3 (1.61%) Data Structures
6 3 (1.61%) Product Ownership
7 2 (1.08%) Cyber Defence
7 2 (1.08%) Data Centre
7 2 (1.08%) Driving Licence
7 2 (1.08%) Synthetic Data
8 1 (0.54%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (0.54%) ARM Cortex
8 1 (0.54%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.54%) FPGA
8 1 (0.54%) Operational Technology
8 1 (0.54%) Public Cloud
8 1 (0.54%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.61%) Windows
2 2 (1.08%) Windows Server
2 2 (1.08%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 126 (67.74%) Systems Engineering
2 81 (43.55%) Agile
3 38 (20.43%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
4 36 (19.35%) Validation
5 35 (18.82%) SysML
6 30 (16.13%) Acceptance Criteria
7 29 (15.59%) Cybersecurity
7 29 (15.59%) Waterfall
8 28 (15.05%) Mathematics
9 26 (13.98%) Physics
10 25 (13.44%) Coaching
10 25 (13.44%) Technical Leadership
10 25 (13.44%) Verification and Validation
11 24 (12.90%) Stakeholder Management
12 20 (10.75%) Systems Thinking
13 19 (10.22%) Continuous Improvement
14 18 (9.68%) Information Assurance
15 17 (9.14%) Business Analysis
16 15 (8.06%) Software Engineering
16 15 (8.06%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 26 (13.98%) MATLAB
2 6 (3.23%) SQL
3 2 (1.08%) C
4 1 (0.54%) C++
4 1 (0.54%) Embedded C
4 1 (0.54%) Python
Qualifications
1 114 (61.29%) BPSS Clearance
2 103 (55.38%) Degree
3 22 (11.83%) Security Cleared
4 14 (7.53%) SC Cleared
5 12 (6.45%) Chartered Engineer
6 11 (5.91%) Master's Degree
7 5 (2.69%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (2.15%) ACCA
8 4 (2.15%) AWS Certification
8 4 (2.15%) CIMA
9 3 (1.61%) CAPM
9 3 (1.61%) DV Cleared
9 3 (1.61%) IIBA
9 3 (1.61%) PMI Certification
9 3 (1.61%) PMP
10 1 (0.54%) APMP
10 1 (0.54%) Azure Certification
10 1 (0.54%) ISTQB
10 1 (0.54%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 1 (0.54%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (22.04%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 19 (10.22%) ISO/IEC 12207
3 2 (1.08%) Accessibility
3 2 (1.08%) Actionable Recommendations
3 2 (1.08%) ARP4754
3 2 (1.08%) ARP4761
3 2 (1.08%) DO-160
3 2 (1.08%) QA
System Software
1 3 (1.61%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.08%) Firmware
3 1 (0.54%) Docker
3 1 (0.54%) Terminal Server
3 1 (0.54%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (1.08%) Endace
1 2 (1.08%) SCCM
1 2 (1.08%) SCOM
2 1 (0.54%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 30 (16.13%) IBM
2 20 (10.75%) Siemens
3 6 (3.23%) EMC
4 4 (2.15%) Cisco
4 4 (2.15%) Juniper
4 4 (2.15%) Microsoft
4 4 (2.15%) SAP
5 3 (1.61%) Google
5 3 (1.61%) YouTube
6 2 (1.08%) VMware
7 1 (0.54%) Ariba
7 1 (0.54%) Informatica
7 1 (0.54%) McAfee
7 1 (0.54%) ServiceNow