Hybrid/Remote Requirements Gathering Job Trends

Requirements Gathering (Requirements Elicitation)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring Requirements Gathering skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 187 209 169
Rank change year-on-year +22 -40 -14
Permanent jobs citing Requirements Gathering 316 254 497
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.40% 1.54% 1.98%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.69% 1.66% 2.26%
Number of salaries quoted 254 187 370
10th Percentile £41,075 £40,950 £38,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £48,125 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +3.51% -3.39%
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £89,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £57,965
% change year-on-year -4.17% +3.51% -3.39%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 18,735 15,321 22,033
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.88% 92.93% 87.73%
Number of salaries quoted 13,552 9,025 15,867
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,875 £43,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £59,400 £58,800
Median % change year-on-year +1.01% +1.02% -5.92%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.71%

Requirements Gathering
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Requirements Gathering and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Requirements Gathering job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Requirements Gathering
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Requirements Gathering.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Requirements Gathering

Requirements Gathering
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Requirements Gathering over the 6 months to 7 August 2026.

Requirements Gathering salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Requirements Gathering
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 22 (6.96%) Confluence
2 21 (6.65%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.27%) CMS
3 4 (1.27%) Oracle Workflow
4 2 (0.63%) Umbraco
4 2 (0.63%) WordPress
Applications
1 25 (7.91%) MS Visio
2 21 (6.65%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (2.53%) Trello
4 7 (2.22%) Microsoft Project
5 5 (1.58%) AutoCAD
5 5 (1.58%) DaVinci Resolve
5 5 (1.58%) Microsoft Office
6 3 (0.95%) Chatbot
6 3 (0.95%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 8 (2.53%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (1.58%) Salesforce CRM
3 4 (1.27%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (1.27%) Dynamics NAV
3 4 (1.27%) NetSuite
3 4 (1.27%) Workday HCM
4 3 (0.95%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.95%) SAP BPC
5 2 (0.63%) Oracle Assets
5 2 (0.63%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.32%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.32%) JDE EnterpriseOne
6 1 (0.32%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.32%) Oracle Financials
6 1 (0.32%) Oracle General Ledger
6 1 (0.32%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.32%) Sage 200
6 1 (0.32%) Sage 50
6 1 (0.32%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 60 (18.99%) Azure
2 52 (16.46%) Power Platform
3 29 (9.18%) Dynamics 365
4 26 (8.23%) Azure DevOps
5 22 (6.96%) AWS
6 18 (5.70%) Microsoft 365
6 18 (5.70%) PowerApps
7 12 (3.80%) SaaS
8 9 (2.85%) GCP
8 9 (2.85%) Power Automate
9 8 (2.53%) Lucidchart
10 5 (1.58%) Boomi
10 5 (1.58%) Miro
11 4 (1.27%) Entra ID
11 4 (1.27%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
11 4 (1.27%) Smartsheet
11 4 (1.27%) Snowflake
11 4 (1.27%) SuccessFactors
11 4 (1.27%) WeChat
12 3 (0.95%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.22%) SNMP
2 5 (1.58%) Broadband
3 4 (1.27%) Firewall
3 4 (1.27%) LAN
3 4 (1.27%) NGN
3 4 (1.27%) WLAN
4 2 (0.63%) BGP
4 2 (0.63%) Cisco Firepower
4 2 (0.63%) HTTP
4 2 (0.63%) MPLS
4 2 (0.63%) RFID
4 2 (0.63%) VPN
4 2 (0.63%) WAN
5 1 (0.32%) DWDM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (10.76%) Power BI
2 6 (1.90%) Data Warehouse
3 5 (1.58%) SQL Server
3 5 (1.58%) Tableau
4 4 (1.27%) Metadata
5 3 (0.95%) Data Lake
5 3 (0.95%) NoSQL
5 3 (0.95%) SAP BW
5 3 (0.95%) SAP HANA
6 2 (0.63%) BigQuery
6 2 (0.63%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (0.32%) Big Data
7 1 (0.32%) BusinessObjects
7 1 (0.32%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 1 (0.32%) Oracle Exadata
7 1 (0.32%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.32%) QlikView
7 1 (0.32%) Redis
7 1 (0.32%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.32%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 51 (16.14%) JIRA
2 6 (1.90%) Git
3 2 (0.63%) Balsamiq
3 2 (0.63%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.32%) MLflow
4 1 (0.32%) Vite
General
1 153 (48.42%) Social Skills
2 93 (29.43%) Finance
3 71 (22.47%) Analytical Skills
4 35 (11.08%) Public Sector
5 23 (7.28%) Law
6 22 (6.96%) Presentation Skills
7 17 (5.38%) Marketing
8 16 (5.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 15 (4.75%) Legal
10 14 (4.43%) Retail
11 13 (4.11%) Organisational Skills
12 12 (3.80%) Manufacturing
13 9 (2.85%) General Ledger
14 8 (2.53%) Documentation Skills
15 7 (2.22%) Telecoms
16 6 (1.90%) Banking
17 4 (1.27%) Financial Institution
17 4 (1.27%) Influencing Skills
17 4 (1.27%) Mandarin Language
18 3 (0.95%) French Language
Job Titles
1 122 (38.61%) Analyst
2 102 (32.28%) Business Analyst
3 72 (22.78%) Senior
4 60 (18.99%) Consultant
5 40 (12.66%) Senior Analyst
6 31 (9.81%) Senior Business Analyst
7 27 (8.54%) Senior Consultant
8 22 (6.96%) Lead
9 19 (6.01%) Project Manager
10 18 (5.70%) Developer
11 17 (5.38%) Software Engineer
12 13 (4.11%) Business Consultant
13 10 (3.16%) Architect
13 10 (3.16%) Business IT Analyst
13 10 (3.16%) IT Analyst
13 10 (3.16%) IT Business Analyst
13 10 (3.16%) Technical Analyst
13 10 (3.16%) Technical Business Analyst
14 9 (2.85%) Product Manager
14 9 (2.85%) Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (3.16%) React
2 8 (2.53%) Gherkin
3 7 (2.22%) Web Services
4 6 (1.90%) .NET
4 6 (1.90%) Middleware
5 5 (1.58%) LangChain
5 5 (1.58%) LlamaIndex
5 5 (1.58%) REST
6 4 (1.27%) .NET Framework
6 4 (1.27%) SailPoint
7 3 (0.95%) CSS
7 3 (0.95%) EDI
7 3 (0.95%) HTML
7 3 (0.95%) JSON
7 3 (0.95%) LangGraph
7 3 (0.95%) XML
8 2 (0.63%) .NET Core
8 2 (0.63%) ASP.NET
8 2 (0.63%) SOAP
8 2 (0.63%) Symfony
Miscellaneous
1 51 (16.14%) Product Ownership
2 14 (4.43%) Onboarding
2 14 (4.43%) Self-Motivation
3 13 (4.11%) IoT
4 11 (3.48%) Data Structures
4 11 (3.48%) Management Information System
5 10 (3.16%) PropTech
6 9 (2.85%) Driving Licence
7 7 (2.22%) e-Learning
7 7 (2.22%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 7 (2.22%) Legacy Systems
8 6 (1.90%) Low-Code
9 5 (1.58%) Cloud Native
9 5 (1.58%) FMCG
10 4 (1.27%) CMDB
10 4 (1.27%) Enterprise Software
10 4 (1.27%) Marketing Technology
10 4 (1.27%) Private Cloud
10 4 (1.27%) Social Media
10 4 (1.27%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 9 (2.85%) Windows
2 3 (0.95%) Linux
2 3 (0.95%) Windows Server
3 2 (0.63%) VxWorks
4 1 (0.32%) AIX
4 1 (0.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.32%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 152 (48.10%) Agile
2 110 (34.81%) Business Analysis
3 105 (33.23%) Problem-Solving
4 86 (27.22%) Stakeholder Management
5 81 (25.63%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 80 (25.32%) Continuous Improvement
7 76 (24.05%) Workshop Facilitation
8 59 (18.67%) User Stories
9 57 (18.04%) Decision-Making
10 53 (16.77%) Mentoring
11 52 (16.46%) User Acceptance Testing
12 50 (15.82%) ERP
13 49 (15.51%) Project Management
13 49 (15.51%) Translating Business Requirements
14 48 (15.19%) Project Delivery
15 44 (13.92%) Business Intelligence
16 43 (13.61%) AI
16 43 (13.61%) Analytics
17 42 (13.29%) Process Improvement
17 42 (13.29%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 47 (14.87%) SQL
2 41 (12.97%) Python
3 29 (9.18%) JavaScript
4 15 (4.75%) Java
5 14 (4.43%) TypeScript
6 12 (3.80%) VBA
7 10 (3.16%) C++
8 6 (1.90%) C#
9 5 (1.58%) PHP
10 3 (0.95%) Rust
11 2 (0.63%) Ada
11 2 (0.63%) Apex Code
11 2 (0.63%) SOQL
11 2 (0.63%) SOSL
12 1 (0.32%) Bash
12 1 (0.32%) C
12 1 (0.32%) Dart
12 1 (0.32%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 1 (0.32%) PowerShell
12 1 (0.32%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 36 (11.39%) Degree
2 35 (11.08%) Security Cleared
3 27 (8.54%) SC Cleared
4 16 (5.06%) PMI Certification
5 13 (4.11%) PMP
6 11 (3.48%) DBS Check
7 9 (2.85%) ACCA
8 8 (2.53%) DV Cleared
8 8 (2.53%) Master's Degree
9 6 (1.90%) ISEB
10 5 (1.58%) CIMA
11 4 (1.27%) Azure Certification
11 4 (1.27%) BPSS Clearance
11 4 (1.27%) CCNP
11 4 (1.27%) Cisco Certification
11 4 (1.27%) Microsoft Certification
11 4 (1.27%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 4 (1.27%) RHCSA
11 4 (1.27%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 3 (0.95%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (6.33%) Accessibility
1 20 (6.33%) Data Quality
2 16 (5.06%) QA
3 12 (3.80%) GDPR
4 6 (1.90%) PMO
5 4 (1.27%) PERC
6 3 (0.95%) IFRS
7 2 (0.63%) IFRS 17
7 2 (0.63%) SLA
7 2 (0.63%) Solvency II
8 1 (0.32%) GAAP
8 1 (0.32%) WCAG
System Software
1 4 (1.27%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (0.95%) Docker
3 1 (0.32%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 2 (0.63%) Endace
1 2 (0.63%) Kubernetes
1 2 (0.63%) Terraform
2 1 (0.32%) Data Guard
2 1 (0.32%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
2 1 (0.32%) Oracle Flashback
Vendors
1 59 (18.67%) Microsoft
2 29 (9.18%) Salesforce
2 29 (9.18%) SAP
3 11 (3.48%) Oracle
4 9 (2.85%) Adobe
5 8 (2.53%) ServiceNow
5 8 (2.53%) Workday
6 6 (1.90%) Databricks
6 6 (1.90%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
7 5 (1.58%) Alteryx
7 5 (1.58%) Avid
7 5 (1.58%) CyberArk
7 5 (1.58%) SolarWinds
7 5 (1.58%) Splunk
8 4 (1.27%) BeyondTrust
8 4 (1.27%) Citrix
8 4 (1.27%) Marketo
8 4 (1.27%) MuleSoft
8 4 (1.27%) Okta
8 4 (1.27%) VMware