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 14 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 195 202 200
Rank change year-on-year +7 -2 -32
Permanent jobs citing Requirements Gathering 1,500 1,871 3,312
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.51% 1.86% 2.07%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.77% 1.95% 2.16%
Number of salaries quoted 1,083 1,248 2,055
10th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £48,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,296 £60,000 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.51% +5.26% +3.64%
75th Percentile £71,250 £75,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £90,000 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £49,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.71% +5.00% -

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 84,701 95,929 153,018
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.52% 95.60% 95.73%
Number of salaries quoted 59,701 56,502 82,944
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,740
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

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 14 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Requirements Gathering in the UK

Requirements Gathering
Top 18 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 14 May 2024. 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 +17 1,326 £55,000 -8.33% 339
UK excluding London +17 969 £49,500 -5.71% 207
Work from Home +34 747 £54,000 -9.24% 183
London +2 453 £70,000 +7.69% 158
South East +16 262 £50,000 -4.76% 39
North of England +38 219 £50,000 -7.31% 59
Midlands -13 165 £45,000 -14.29% 34
South West +18 136 £50,000 - 29
North West +6 124 £50,000 -9.09% 32
West Midlands -20 101 £45,000 -18.18% 27
Yorkshire +90 82 £54,900 +3.58% 20
East of England -16 79 £49,500 -17.50% 10
Scotland -40 76 £42,750 -17.79% 22
East Midlands -10 61 £46,000 -12.38% 7
Wales +6 20 £47,000 +10.59% 10
North East -10 13 £57,965 -25.21% 8
Northern Ireland +14 10 £54,400 +3.62% 7
Isle of Man - 4 £54,000 -

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 59 (3.93%) Confluence
2 48 (3.20%) SharePoint
3 25 (1.67%) Microsoft Exchange
4 15 (1.00%) Apache
5 13 (0.87%) CMS
6 11 (0.73%) Apache Spark
7 10 (0.67%) IIS
7 10 (0.67%) SAS
8 5 (0.33%) JBoss
8 5 (0.33%) Tomcat
8 5 (0.33%) WebLogic
8 5 (0.33%) WebSphere
8 5 (0.33%) WildFly
9 2 (0.13%) Drupal
9 2 (0.13%) IBM Domino
9 2 (0.13%) Magnolia
9 2 (0.13%) Moodle
9 2 (0.13%) nginx
9 2 (0.13%) NServiceBus
9 2 (0.13%) Umbraco
Applications
1 111 (7.40%) Microsoft Excel
2 39 (2.60%) MS Visio
3 37 (2.47%) Microsoft Office
4 25 (1.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 18 (1.20%) Microsoft Project
6 13 (0.87%) Sketch
7 6 (0.40%) InVision
7 6 (0.40%) Photoshop
8 4 (0.27%) Windchill
9 3 (0.20%) InDesign
10 2 (0.13%) Adobe XD
11 1 (0.067%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 1 (0.067%) Adobe Illustrator
11 1 (0.067%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 56 (3.73%) Dynamics CRM
2 19 (1.27%) SAP S/4HANA
3 11 (0.73%) Dynamics AX
3 11 (0.73%) Dynamics NAV
3 11 (0.73%) NetSuite
4 10 (0.67%) Maximo
5 9 (0.60%) Salesforce CRM
5 9 (0.60%) Workday HCM
6 7 (0.47%) Oracle ERP
7 6 (0.40%) SAP MDG
8 5 (0.33%) Distributed Ledger
8 5 (0.33%) SAP CO
8 5 (0.33%) SAP FI
8 5 (0.33%) SAP FI/CO
8 5 (0.33%) Teamcenter
9 4 (0.27%) Oracle Payroll
9 4 (0.27%) SAP HCM
9 4 (0.27%) Sonata
10 3 (0.20%) SAP ERP
10 3 (0.20%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 254 (16.93%) Power Platform
2 227 (15.13%) Azure
3 92 (6.13%) Dynamics 365
4 83 (5.53%) SaaS
5 75 (5.00%) AWS
6 62 (4.13%) Microsoft 365
7 53 (3.53%) PowerApps
8 40 (2.67%) Azure DevOps
9 34 (2.27%) Azure Data Factory
10 31 (2.07%) Amazon S3
11 28 (1.87%) Miro
12 27 (1.80%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 25 (1.67%) Entra ID
14 24 (1.60%) Power Automate
15 22 (1.47%) Amazon EC2
16 21 (1.40%) OCI
17 13 (0.87%) OneDrive
18 12 (0.80%) GitHub
19 9 (0.60%) Cloud Computing
19 9 (0.60%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 16 (1.07%) WAN
2 14 (0.93%) 5G
2 14 (0.93%) SD-WAN
3 12 (0.80%) HTTP
3 12 (0.80%) Unified Communications
4 11 (0.73%) Internet
5 10 (0.67%) Broadband
5 10 (0.67%) WPA
6 9 (0.60%) Firewall
7 8 (0.53%) Intranet
7 8 (0.53%) SAN
7 8 (0.53%) Wireless
8 6 (0.40%) Cisco Firepower
8 6 (0.40%) VPN
9 5 (0.33%) DNS
10 4 (0.27%) Ethernet
10 4 (0.27%) Remote Desktop
11 3 (0.20%) SSL
12 2 (0.13%) Cisco Nexus
12 2 (0.13%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 220 (14.67%) Power BI
2 101 (6.73%) SQL Server
3 84 (5.60%) Data Warehouse
4 50 (3.33%) Tableau
5 38 (2.53%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 28 (1.87%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 24 (1.60%) Power Query
8 21 (1.40%) Data Lake
9 18 (1.20%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
10 17 (1.13%) Metadata
10 17 (1.13%) Oracle Reports
11 16 (1.07%) Amazon QuickSight
11 16 (1.07%) NoSQL
12 15 (1.00%) Amazon Redshift
13 12 (0.80%) Data Mining
14 11 (0.73%) Relational Database
15 10 (0.67%) DynamoDB
16 9 (0.60%) Big Data
16 9 (0.60%) MongoDB
16 9 (0.60%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 137 (9.13%) JIRA
2 28 (1.87%) Git
3 16 (1.07%) Visual Studio
4 15 (1.00%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 12 (0.80%) Eclipse
6 9 (0.60%) GitLab
6 9 (0.60%) TestRail
7 7 (0.47%) JMeter
7 7 (0.47%) Rational DOORS
7 7 (0.47%) Selenium
8 6 (0.40%) Cucumber
8 6 (0.40%) LoadRunner
8 6 (0.40%) Team Foundation Server
9 5 (0.33%) Gatling
9 5 (0.33%) Postman
9 5 (0.33%) Subversion
10 4 (0.27%) Jenkins
11 3 (0.20%) Rational Rhapsody
12 2 (0.13%) Hudson
12 2 (0.13%) SoapUI
General
1 505 (33.67%) Social Skills
2 329 (21.93%) Finance
3 296 (19.73%) Analytical Skills
4 96 (6.40%) Retail
5 86 (5.73%) Marketing
6 76 (5.07%) Law
7 75 (5.00%) Public Sector
8 71 (4.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 69 (4.60%) Presentation Skills
10 62 (4.13%) Manufacturing
11 49 (3.27%) Organisational Skills
12 45 (3.00%) Legal
13 44 (2.93%) Banking
14 25 (1.67%) Influencing Skills
15 24 (1.60%) Local Government
16 23 (1.53%) Electronics
17 18 (1.20%) Telecoms
18 17 (1.13%) Front Office
18 17 (1.13%) Games
19 14 (0.93%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 543 (36.20%) Analyst
2 350 (23.33%) Business Analyst
3 208 (13.87%) Senior
4 181 (12.07%) Consultant
5 153 (10.20%) Developer
6 107 (7.13%) Senior Analyst
7 106 (7.07%) Lead
8 92 (6.13%) Project Manager
9 77 (5.13%) Senior Business Analyst
10 73 (4.87%) Architect
11 53 (3.53%) IT Analyst
12 47 (3.13%) Technical Consultant
13 46 (3.07%) Business IT Analyst
13 46 (3.07%) IT Business Analyst
14 44 (2.93%) Data Analyst
15 42 (2.80%) Product Owner
16 37 (2.47%) Business Intelligence Developer
17 36 (2.40%) Solutions Architect
18 35 (2.33%) Senior Consultant
19 33 (2.20%) Systems Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 66 (4.40%) HTML
2 51 (3.40%) .NET
3 35 (2.33%) CSS
4 34 (2.27%) JSON
4 34 (2.27%) Web Services
5 33 (2.20%) REST
6 31 (2.07%) XML
7 30 (2.00%) AngularJS
8 21 (1.40%) React
9 17 (1.13%) EDI
9 17 (1.13%) Spring
9 17 (1.13%) XSL
10 16 (1.07%) RESTful
11 15 (1.00%) ASP.NET
12 14 (0.93%) Lightning Web Components
13 12 (0.80%) Hibernate
13 12 (0.80%) HTML5
13 12 (0.80%) Middleware
14 11 (0.73%) SOAP
15 10 (0.67%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 112 (7.47%) Self-Motivation
2 111 (7.40%) Product Ownership
3 52 (3.47%) Management Information System
4 36 (2.40%) Onboarding
5 32 (2.13%) Data Centre
6 22 (1.47%) Greenfield Project
7 20 (1.33%) Virtual Team
8 19 (1.27%) Legacy Systems
9 17 (1.13%) Public Cloud
10 16 (1.07%) NHS
11 14 (0.93%) Data Structures
11 14 (0.93%) Driving Licence
11 14 (0.93%) Low-Code
12 13 (0.87%) Mobile App
13 12 (0.80%) Reference Data
13 12 (0.80%) Renewable Energy
14 11 (0.73%) Algorithms
15 10 (0.67%) Taxonomies
16 9 (0.60%) Cloud Native
16 9 (0.60%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 50 (3.33%) Windows
2 40 (2.67%) Linux
3 17 (1.13%) Windows Server
4 15 (1.00%) Windows 10
5 10 (0.67%) Unix
6 8 (0.53%) Android
6 8 (0.53%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.067%) CentOS
7 1 (0.067%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 473 (31.53%) Agile
2 377 (25.13%) Problem-Solving
3 259 (17.27%) Project Management
4 250 (16.67%) Business Analysis
5 243 (16.20%) Business Intelligence
6 207 (13.80%) Stakeholder Management
7 186 (12.40%) Roadmaps
8 173 (11.53%) User Stories
9 156 (10.40%) Migration
10 142 (9.47%) Project Delivery
11 141 (9.40%) Analytics
12 139 (9.27%) Workshop Facilitation
13 138 (9.20%) Scrum
14 133 (8.87%) Mentoring
15 129 (8.60%) Actionable Insight
16 116 (7.73%) Decision-Making
17 109 (7.27%) Process Improvement
17 109 (7.27%) SDLC
18 108 (7.20%) ERP
19 104 (6.93%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 313 (20.87%) SQL
2 127 (8.47%) Python
3 74 (4.93%) C#
4 69 (4.60%) Java
4 69 (4.60%) JavaScript
5 53 (3.53%) T-SQL
6 42 (2.80%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 30 (2.00%) PL/SQL
8 24 (1.60%) PowerShell
9 20 (1.33%) R
10 15 (1.00%) C
11 13 (0.87%) C++
11 13 (0.87%) PHP
12 12 (0.80%) VBA
13 11 (0.73%) RPG
13 11 (0.73%) TypeScript
14 10 (0.67%) MATLAB
14 10 (0.67%) VB
15 9 (0.60%) Embedded C
16 4 (0.27%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 259 (17.27%) Degree
2 173 (11.53%) Security Cleared
3 115 (7.67%) SC Cleared
4 46 (3.07%) DBS Check
5 40 (2.67%) Computer Science Degree
6 36 (2.40%) Master's Degree
7 30 (2.00%) BPSS Clearance
8 17 (1.13%) PMI Certification
9 16 (1.07%) Microsoft Certification
10 14 (0.93%) DV Cleared
11 13 (0.87%) PMP
12 12 (0.80%) AWS Certification
12 12 (0.80%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 9 (0.60%) CISM
13 9 (0.60%) CISSP
13 9 (0.60%) ISTQB
13 9 (0.60%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
14 8 (0.53%) PRINCE2 Certification
15 7 (0.47%) CSPO
16 6 (0.40%) JNCIS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 93 (6.20%) QA
2 44 (2.93%) Data Quality
3 15 (1.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 13 (0.87%) Accessibility
5 12 (0.80%) ISO 9001
6 9 (0.60%) PMO
7 8 (0.53%) Actionable Recommendations
7 8 (0.53%) GDPR
8 5 (0.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 4 (0.27%) JTAG
9 4 (0.27%) Solvency II
10 3 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials
10 3 (0.20%) NIST
11 2 (0.13%) SLA
12 1 (0.067%) ECSS
12 1 (0.067%) GMP
System Software
1 29 (1.93%) Active Directory
2 20 (1.33%) Docker
3 18 (1.20%) Firmware
4 13 (0.87%) VMware Infrastructure
5 12 (0.80%) Embedded Firmware
5 12 (0.80%) Hyper-V
6 5 (0.33%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (0.27%) Virtual Desktop
8 3 (0.20%) vSphere
9 1 (0.067%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 28 (1.87%) Kubernetes
2 17 (1.13%) Microsoft Intune
3 7 (0.47%) Terraform
4 6 (0.40%) SCCM
5 4 (0.27%) WSUS
6 2 (0.13%) Ansible
6 2 (0.13%) Grafana
6 2 (0.13%) HP ALM
6 2 (0.13%) Puppet
7 1 (0.067%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.067%) Graylog
7 1 (0.067%) HP SiteScope
7 1 (0.067%) Jamf Pro
7 1 (0.067%) Nagios
7 1 (0.067%) Perfmon
7 1 (0.067%) PingFederate
7 1 (0.067%) TeamSite
7 1 (0.067%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 278 (18.53%) Microsoft
2 90 (6.00%) Oracle
3 73 (4.87%) Salesforce
4 72 (4.80%) SAP
5 23 (1.53%) Adobe
6 22 (1.47%) ServiceNow
7 15 (1.00%) IFS
7 15 (1.00%) VMware
8 14 (0.93%) Workday
9 13 (0.87%) Apple
9 13 (0.87%) EMC
10 10 (0.67%) Cisco
11 8 (0.53%) Databricks
11 8 (0.53%) Epicor
11 8 (0.53%) F5
11 8 (0.53%) Sage
12 7 (0.47%) ION Trading
12 7 (0.47%) Juniper
12 7 (0.47%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
13 6 (0.40%) IBM