Requirements Gathering Contracts

Requirements Gathering (Requirements Elicitation)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Requirements Gathering skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Requirements Gathering over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 112 114 96
Rank change year-on-year +2 -18 -3
Contract jobs citing Requirements Gathering 862 1,253 2,396
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 2.00% 2.24% 2.74%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.34% 2.49% 3.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 582 891 1,647
10th Percentile £350 £380 £363
25th Percentile £405 £431 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.00% -
75th Percentile £625 £623 £588
90th Percentile £725 £725 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -5.26% - +8.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 29 14
10th Percentile £23.63 £51.00 £25.50
25th Percentile £35.50 £54.88 £25.97
Median hourly rate £47.50 £61.50 £55.48
Median % change year-on-year -22.76% +10.86% +47.93%
75th Percentile £68.75 £65.75 £64.88
90th Percentile £73.75 £67.50 £74.73
UK excluding London median hourly rate £36.00 £61.50 £45.58
% change year-on-year -41.46% +34.94% +55.82%

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 contract job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,802 50,277 79,372
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.47% 89.69% 90.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,632 34,811 55,790
10th Percentile £300 £325 £345
25th Percentile £413 £438 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £644
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £488
% change year-on-year - +2.56% +9.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,530 1,673 1,868
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.72 £15.63
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.25 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +0.69% +41.16% +9.74%
75th Percentile £60.75 £65.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.12 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +8.91% +75.00% -4.76%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Requirements Gathering in the UK

Requirements Gathering
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Requirements Gathering over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Requirements Gathering in the UK

Requirements Gathering
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Requirements Gathering in the UK

Requirements Gathering
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Requirements Gathering over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Requirements Gathering in the UK

Requirements Gathering
Top 15 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Requirements Gathering within the UK over the 6 months to 1 June 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +1 740 £525 - 393
London 0 420 £550 - 190
Work from Home +21 349 £545 +3.81% 218
UK excluding London -4 346 £450 -5.26% 221
North of England +19 114 £490 +3.16% 54
North West +41 78 £465 +3.33% 34
South East -13 75 £525 +1.94% 44
Midlands +18 71 £400 -15.79% 38
West Midlands +15 63 £375 -21.05% 28
Scotland +18 43 £450 -5.26% 26
Yorkshire -7 35 £490 -5.77% 17
South West -21 25 £450 +12.50% 35
East of England +1 20 £410 -8.89% 15
East Midlands +1 5 £425 -5.56% 10
Northern Ireland 0 2 £513 +28.13% 4

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 30 (3.48%) SharePoint
2 22 (2.55%) Confluence
3 14 (1.62%) CICS
3 14 (1.62%) SAS
4 7 (0.81%) Microsoft Exchange
5 5 (0.58%) CMS
6 4 (0.46%) ArcGIS
6 4 (0.46%) IIS
6 4 (0.46%) JBoss
7 3 (0.35%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 3 (0.35%) Apache Airflow
7 3 (0.35%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.12%) Alfresco
8 1 (0.12%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.12%) Camunda
8 1 (0.12%) LiveLink
8 1 (0.12%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 20 (2.32%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (1.97%) Microsoft Office
3 14 (1.62%) MS Visio
4 11 (1.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 6 (0.70%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.35%) AutoCAD
6 3 (0.35%) Chatbot
6 3 (0.35%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.23%) Trello
8 1 (0.12%) Revit
Business Applications
1 37 (4.29%) SAP S/4HANA
2 29 (3.36%) Dynamics AX
3 11 (1.28%) Dynamics CRM
3 11 (1.28%) SAP EWM
4 10 (1.16%) Endur
5 9 (1.04%) SAP SD
6 7 (0.81%) SAP PM
6 7 (0.81%) SAP Travel Management
7 5 (0.58%) NetSuite
8 4 (0.46%) Infor SunSystems
8 4 (0.46%) SAP MM
9 3 (0.35%) SAP CO
9 3 (0.35%) SAP Hybris
9 3 (0.35%) SAP MII
10 2 (0.23%) Oracle EBS
10 2 (0.23%) SAP FI
10 2 (0.23%) SAP FI/CO
10 2 (0.23%) SAP HCM
10 2 (0.23%) SAP PP
10 2 (0.23%) WebTrends
Cloud Services
1 135 (15.66%) Azure
2 77 (8.93%) Power Platform
3 62 (7.19%) Dynamics 365
4 41 (4.76%) AWS
5 40 (4.64%) Azure DevOps
6 35 (4.06%) PowerApps
7 32 (3.71%) Power Automate
8 20 (2.32%) SaaS
9 14 (1.62%) Microsoft 365
10 13 (1.51%) Salesforce Service Cloud
11 12 (1.39%) Amazon S3
12 11 (1.28%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 11 (1.28%) Amazon EC2
12 11 (1.28%) Amazon EKS
12 11 (1.28%) Route 53
12 11 (1.28%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 10 (1.16%) Cloud Computing
13 10 (1.16%) Snowflake
14 9 (1.04%) GCP
15 8 (0.93%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 13 (1.51%) Network Security
1 13 (1.51%) WAN
2 10 (1.16%) Cisco IOS
2 10 (1.16%) LAN
2 10 (1.16%) MPLS
3 9 (1.04%) BGP
3 9 (1.04%) Firewall
3 9 (1.04%) SSH
4 8 (0.93%) Junos
4 8 (0.93%) VPN
5 6 (0.70%) IOS XR
6 5 (0.58%) Wireshark
7 4 (0.46%) IPsec
7 4 (0.46%) Unified Communications
7 4 (0.46%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (0.35%) DNS
9 2 (0.23%) HTTP
9 2 (0.23%) Internet
9 2 (0.23%) IPv6
9 2 (0.23%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 64 (7.42%) Power BI
2 35 (4.06%) Data Lake
3 29 (3.36%) Data Warehouse
4 27 (3.13%) SQL Server
5 22 (2.55%) DB2
6 20 (2.32%) Amazon Redshift
7 19 (2.20%) MySQL
8 13 (1.51%) IDMS
9 11 (1.28%) Amazon RDS
9 11 (1.28%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 9 (1.04%) Tableau
11 8 (0.93%) Geospatial Data
11 8 (0.93%) KDB
12 7 (0.81%) Big Data
12 7 (0.81%) GIS
12 7 (0.81%) NoSQL
12 7 (0.81%) PostgreSQL
13 6 (0.70%) Relational Database
14 5 (0.58%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
14 5 (0.58%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 72 (8.35%) JIRA
2 47 (5.45%) Git
3 16 (1.86%) Jenkins
4 10 (1.16%) Cucumber
5 9 (1.04%) JUnit
6 5 (0.58%) GitLab
7 4 (0.46%) Eclipse
7 4 (0.46%) Vagrant
7 4 (0.46%) Visual Website Optimizer
8 3 (0.35%) InstallShield
8 3 (0.35%) MSI
9 2 (0.23%) AdminStudio
9 2 (0.23%) Android Studio
9 2 (0.23%) Team Foundation Server
10 1 (0.12%) Balsamiq
10 1 (0.12%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.12%) HP UFT
10 1 (0.12%) Oracle Forms
10 1 (0.12%) Visual Studio
10 1 (0.12%) WebDriver
General
1 296 (34.34%) Social Skills
2 247 (28.65%) Finance
3 136 (15.78%) Analytical Skills
4 79 (9.16%) Public Sector
5 69 (8.00%) Banking
6 49 (5.68%) Retail
7 43 (4.99%) Manufacturing
8 36 (4.18%) Presentation Skills
9 32 (3.71%) General Ledger
10 23 (2.67%) Back Office
10 23 (2.67%) Front Office
11 21 (2.44%) Marketing
12 19 (2.20%) Pharmaceutical
13 16 (1.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 14 (1.62%) Financial Institution
14 14 (1.62%) Investment Banking
15 10 (1.16%) Billing
15 10 (1.16%) Documentation Skills
16 9 (1.04%) Telecoms
17 8 (0.93%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 349 (40.49%) Analyst
2 316 (36.66%) Business Analyst
3 133 (15.43%) Consultant
4 82 (9.51%) Developer
5 77 (8.93%) Senior
6 71 (8.24%) Architect
7 40 (4.64%) SAP Consultant
8 37 (4.29%) Senior Analyst
9 34 (3.94%) Lead
9 34 (3.94%) Senior Business Analyst
10 32 (3.71%) Data Business Analyst
11 31 (3.60%) Project Manager
12 30 (3.48%) Technical Analyst
13 29 (3.36%) Data Analyst
14 28 (3.25%) Product Owner
15 26 (3.02%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
15 26 (3.02%) Technical Business Analyst
16 23 (2.67%) Solutions Architect
17 22 (2.55%) Functional Consultant
18 19 (2.20%) Microsoft Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (3.83%) Web Services
2 20 (2.32%) .NET
2 20 (2.32%) XML
3 19 (2.20%) SOAP
4 18 (2.09%) JSON
4 18 (2.09%) REST
5 14 (1.62%) ASP.NET
6 11 (1.28%) HTML
6 11 (1.28%) Spring
7 10 (1.16%) .NET Framework
7 10 (1.16%) J2EE
7 10 (1.16%) React
8 9 (1.04%) Hibernate
8 9 (1.04%) JPA
8 9 (1.04%) Lightning Web Components
9 8 (0.93%) CSS
9 8 (0.93%) SAP TM
10 5 (0.58%) ASP.NET Core
10 5 (0.58%) EDI
10 5 (0.58%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 72 (8.35%) Product Ownership
2 39 (4.52%) Data Structures
3 28 (3.25%) Management Information System
4 15 (1.74%) Self-Motivation
5 14 (1.62%) Fixed Income
5 14 (1.62%) IBM Mainframe
5 14 (1.62%) Mainframe
6 13 (1.51%) Data Protection Act
6 13 (1.51%) Derivative
7 11 (1.28%) Enterprise Software
7 11 (1.28%) Onboarding
8 10 (1.16%) Reinsurance
9 9 (1.04%) Linux Command Line
10 8 (0.93%) SWIFT Messaging Network
11 7 (0.81%) Distributed Systems
11 7 (0.81%) Equity Derivative
11 7 (0.81%) Legacy Systems
11 7 (0.81%) NHS
11 7 (0.81%) Replication
12 6 (0.70%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 28 (3.25%) Windows
2 17 (1.97%) Unix
3 16 (1.86%) Linux
4 13 (1.51%) zOS
5 5 (0.58%) Android
5 5 (0.58%) VMS
5 5 (0.58%) Windows 10
6 4 (0.46%) AIX
6 4 (0.46%) Apple iOS
6 4 (0.46%) Solaris
7 3 (0.35%) Windows Server
8 1 (0.12%) Mac OS X
8 1 (0.12%) Windows 7
8 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 251 (29.12%) Agile
2 167 (19.37%) Stakeholder Management
3 149 (17.29%) Business Analysis
4 137 (15.89%) User Stories
5 127 (14.73%) Problem-Solving
6 108 (12.53%) Project Management
7 105 (12.18%) Scrum
8 103 (11.95%) DevOps
9 98 (11.37%) User Acceptance Testing
10 92 (10.67%) Migration
11 79 (9.16%) Business Intelligence
12 78 (9.05%) Workshop Facilitation
13 75 (8.70%) Requirements Workshops
14 72 (8.35%) Analytics
15 70 (8.12%) Roadmaps
16 68 (7.89%) GAP Analysis
17 57 (6.61%) Data Modelling
18 55 (6.38%) Software Engineering
19 52 (6.03%) Data Analysis
19 52 (6.03%) Data Migration
Programming Languages
1 96 (11.14%) SQL
2 48 (5.57%) Python
3 32 (3.71%) Java
4 25 (2.90%) PL/SQL
5 23 (2.67%) C#
6 17 (1.97%) COBOL
7 15 (1.74%) REXX
8 14 (1.62%) SELCOPY
9 13 (1.51%) CLIST
10 11 (1.28%) JavaScript
11 7 (0.81%) Apex Code
11 7 (0.81%) PowerShell
12 6 (0.70%) Perl
13 5 (0.58%) C++
13 5 (0.58%) T-SQL
13 5 (0.58%) XPath
13 5 (0.58%) XQuery
14 4 (0.46%) TypeScript
14 4 (0.46%) VB
14 4 (0.46%) VBA
Qualifications
1 130 (15.08%) Degree
2 98 (11.37%) Security Cleared
3 73 (8.47%) SC Cleared
4 22 (2.55%) Computer Science Degree
5 20 (2.32%) Cisco Certification
6 19 (2.20%) CCNP
6 19 (2.20%) Master's Degree
7 15 (1.74%) IIBA
8 14 (1.62%) Microsoft Certification
9 12 (1.39%) CBAP
10 10 (1.16%) CCNA
11 8 (0.93%) BPSS Clearance
12 7 (0.81%) DV Cleared
12 7 (0.81%) PMI Certification
13 6 (0.70%) PMP
14 5 (0.58%) JNCIS
15 4 (0.46%) ISTQB
15 4 (0.46%) JNCIA
15 4 (0.46%) PhD
15 4 (0.46%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 75 (8.70%) QA
2 23 (2.67%) Data Quality
3 17 (1.97%) GDPR
4 14 (1.62%) PCI DSS
4 14 (1.62%) SLA
5 12 (1.39%) Good Clinical Practice
5 12 (1.39%) GxP
6 8 (0.93%) Actionable Recommendations
7 7 (0.81%) PMO
8 4 (0.46%) ISO 20022
9 3 (0.35%) Disclosure Scotland
9 3 (0.35%) HL7
10 1 (0.12%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 1 (0.12%) Government Security Classifications
10 1 (0.12%) GRC
10 1 (0.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 1 (0.12%) NCSC
10 1 (0.12%) PMBOK
10 1 (0.12%) PSD2
10 1 (0.12%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 12 (1.39%) Docker
2 4 (0.46%) Active Directory
2 4 (0.46%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (0.35%) Virtual Servers
4 2 (0.23%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.23%) Microsoft App-V
4 2 (0.23%) Time Sharing Option
4 2 (0.23%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.12%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 29 (3.36%) Grafana
2 15 (1.74%) Terraform
3 13 (1.51%) Kubernetes
4 11 (1.28%) Prometheus
5 7 (0.81%) Microsoft Intune
6 6 (0.70%) SCCM
7 5 (0.58%) Ansible
8 4 (0.46%) Tivoli
9 1 (0.12%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 125 (14.50%) Microsoft
2 103 (11.95%) SAP
3 47 (5.45%) Oracle
4 39 (4.52%) Salesforce
5 23 (2.67%) IBM
6 20 (2.32%) ServiceNow
7 19 (2.20%) Cisco
8 18 (2.09%) Denodo
8 18 (2.09%) Talend
9 15 (1.74%) Syncsort
10 13 (1.51%) F5
11 11 (1.28%) Avaloq
11 11 (1.28%) Juniper
12 8 (0.93%) Ariba
12 8 (0.93%) Google
12 8 (0.93%) Pega
13 7 (0.81%) Adobe
13 7 (0.81%) Calypso
13 7 (0.81%) Databricks
14 6 (0.70%) Workday