Requirements Management Job Trends in the West Midlands

Requirements Management
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring Requirements Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 162 184 169
Rank change year-on-year +22 -15 -56
Permanent jobs citing Requirements Management 16 15 10
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 0.30% 0.36% 0.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.37% 0.40% 0.30%
Number of salaries quoted 5 8 8
10th Percentile £45,829 £68,500 £50,753
25th Percentile £51,250 £73,750 £51,075
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £77,500 £54,825
Median % change year-on-year -16.13% +41.36% +15.42%
75th Percentile £77,250 £81,250 £64,688
90th Percentile £89,175 - £90,000
England median annual salary £63,500 £59,908 £55,750
% change year-on-year +6.00% +7.46% -10.80%

All Process & Methodology Skills
West Midlands

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 in the West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,341 3,795 3,285
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 82.12% 91.62% 87.09%
Number of salaries quoted 2,264 1,687 2,757
10th Percentile £29,000 £32,500 £26,500
25th Percentile £37,938 £41,563 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Requirements Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Requirements Management job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Requirements Management
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Requirements Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Requirements Management

Requirements Management
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Requirements Management in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Requirements Management in the West Midlands

Requirements Management
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Requirements Management within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 14 January 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
Warwickshire - 8 £42,215 - 4
Birmingham +24 4 £76,500 +33.04%
Coventry +4 3 - -
Staffordshire - 1 £65,000 - 1
Requirements Management
England

Requirements Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Applications
1 1 (6.25%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 2 (12.50%) Firewall
1 2 (12.50%) LAN
1 2 (12.50%) VPN
1 2 (12.50%) WAN
Development Applications
1 4 (25.00%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (6.25%) JIRA
General
1 2 (12.50%) Social Skills
2 1 (6.25%) Advertising
2 1 (6.25%) Aerospace
2 1 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (6.25%) Automotive
2 1 (6.25%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (6.25%) Electronics
2 1 (6.25%) Finance
2 1 (6.25%) Legal
2 1 (6.25%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (62.50%) Systems Engineer
2 7 (43.75%) Senior
2 7 (43.75%) Senior Systems Engineer
3 5 (31.25%) Principal Engineer
3 5 (31.25%) Principal Systems Engineer
4 2 (12.50%) Architect
4 2 (12.50%) Network Architect
4 2 (12.50%) Requirements Engineer
5 1 (6.25%) Analyst
5 1 (6.25%) Business Analyst
5 1 (6.25%) Embedded Engineer
5 1 (6.25%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 1 (6.25%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (12.50%) Data Centre
2 1 (6.25%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (68.75%) Systems Engineering
2 6 (37.50%) Validation
2 6 (37.50%) Verification and Validation
3 5 (31.25%) Project Planning
4 3 (18.75%) Enterprise Architecture
4 3 (18.75%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
5 2 (12.50%) Agile
5 2 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (12.50%) High Availability
5 2 (12.50%) Network Design
5 2 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 2 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (6.25%) Analytical Thinking
6 1 (6.25%) Customer Requirements
6 1 (6.25%) Network Architecture
6 1 (6.25%) Performance Improvement
6 1 (6.25%) Problem-Solving
6 1 (6.25%) Project Delivery
6 1 (6.25%) Software Engineering
6 1 (6.25%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.25%) C
1 1 (6.25%) C++
1 1 (6.25%) Embedded C
1 1 (6.25%) MATLAB
1 1 (6.25%) Python
Qualifications
1 12 (75.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 8 (50.00%) Degree
3 3 (18.75%) SC Cleared
3 3 (18.75%) Security Cleared
4 2 (12.50%) DV Cleared
5 1 (6.25%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 15288
Systems Management
1 2 (12.50%) Endace
Vendors
1 2 (12.50%) Cisco
1 2 (12.50%) Juniper