Requirements Gathering Contracts in England

Requirements Gathering (Requirements Elicitation)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Requirements Gathering skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Requirements Gathering over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 106 115 94
Rank change year-on-year +9 -21 0
Contract jobs citing Requirements Gathering 759 1,083 1,927
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 2.02% 2.30% 2.75%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.37% 2.56% 3.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 526 789 1,346
10th Percentile £352 £381 £369
25th Percentile £405 £431 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.00% -
75th Percentile £627 £625 £600
90th Percentile £725 £740 £713
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -0.95% +5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 27 14
10th Percentile £23.63 £52.60 £25.50
25th Percentile £31.38 £55.06 £25.97
Median hourly rate £48.75 £61.50 £58.48
Median % change year-on-year -20.73% +5.17% +41.76%
75th Percentile £67.82 £65.75 £70.06
90th Percentile £73.13 £67.50 £80.55
UK median hourly rate £47.50 £61.50 £58.48
% change year-on-year -22.76% +5.17% +55.93%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Requirements Gathering falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 32,030 42,283 63,775
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.40% 89.90% 90.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,779 29,697 45,496
10th Percentile £300 £325 £338
25th Percentile £413 £440 £435
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £775 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,363 1,526 1,693
10th Percentile £12.79 £10.69 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.01 £15.75 £15.63
Median hourly rate £37.50 £36.00 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +40.19% +14.13%
75th Percentile £61.30 £64.59 £50.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.71 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £37.00 £35.65 £26.00
% change year-on-year +3.79% +37.12% +13.04%

Requirements Gathering
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Requirements Gathering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Requirements Gathering in England

Requirements Gathering
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Requirements Gathering in England

Requirements Gathering
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Requirements Gathering in England over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Requirements Gathering in England

Requirements Gathering
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Requirements Gathering in England

Requirements Gathering
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Requirements Gathering in England over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Requirements Gathering in England

Requirements Gathering
Contract Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 12 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
London -2 422 £550 - 161
North of England +16 114 £490 +3.16% 58
Midlands +18 83 £400 -13.98% 31
North West +40 79 £475 +7.04% 33
West Midlands +23 75 £375 -21.05% 24
South East -23 73 £500 -2.91% 47
Yorkshire -13 34 £490 -5.77% 20
South West -18 29 £430 +2.57% 29
East of England +3 22 £410 -8.89% 14
East Midlands -4 5 £425 -1.16% 7
Requirements Gathering
UK

Requirements Gathering
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 23 (3.03%) SharePoint
2 19 (2.50%) Confluence
3 12 (1.58%) CICS
3 12 (1.58%) SAS
4 6 (0.79%) Microsoft Exchange
5 5 (0.66%) CMS
6 3 (0.40%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 3 (0.40%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.26%) ArcGIS
7 2 (0.26%) IIS
7 2 (0.26%) JBoss
7 2 (0.26%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.13%) Alfresco
8 1 (0.13%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.13%) Camunda
8 1 (0.13%) LiveLink
Applications
1 17 (2.24%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (1.98%) Microsoft Office
3 12 (1.58%) MS Visio
4 9 (1.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 6 (0.79%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.40%) AutoCAD
6 3 (0.40%) Chatbot
6 3 (0.40%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.26%) Trello
Business Applications
1 28 (3.69%) SAP S/4HANA
2 23 (3.03%) Dynamics AX
3 10 (1.32%) Dynamics CRM
4 9 (1.19%) Endur
5 7 (0.92%) SAP PM
6 6 (0.79%) NetSuite
6 6 (0.79%) SAP Travel Management
7 5 (0.66%) SAP SD
8 4 (0.53%) Infor SunSystems
8 4 (0.53%) SAP EWM
9 3 (0.40%) SAP CO
9 3 (0.40%) SAP FI
9 3 (0.40%) SAP FI/CO
9 3 (0.40%) SAP Hybris
9 3 (0.40%) SAP MII
10 2 (0.26%) Salesforce CRM
10 2 (0.26%) SAP HCM
10 2 (0.26%) WebTrends
11 1 (0.13%) SAP GRC
11 1 (0.13%) SAP IS-U
Cloud Services
1 113 (14.89%) Azure
2 63 (8.30%) Power Platform
3 51 (6.72%) Dynamics 365
4 29 (3.82%) Azure DevOps
5 28 (3.69%) AWS
6 27 (3.56%) PowerApps
7 24 (3.16%) Power Automate
8 17 (2.24%) SaaS
9 13 (1.71%) Salesforce Service Cloud
10 10 (1.32%) Microsoft 365
11 9 (1.19%) Cloud Computing
12 8 (1.05%) Azure Service Bus
12 8 (1.05%) GCP
12 8 (1.05%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
13 7 (0.92%) Snowflake
14 6 (0.79%) Akamai
14 6 (0.79%) Amazon S3
14 6 (0.79%) Cloudflare
15 5 (0.66%) Route 53
15 5 (0.66%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 13 (1.71%) WAN
2 11 (1.45%) Cisco IOS
3 10 (1.32%) Firewall
3 10 (1.32%) LAN
3 10 (1.32%) MPLS
4 9 (1.19%) BGP
4 9 (1.19%) SSH
5 8 (1.05%) Junos
5 8 (1.05%) VPN
6 7 (0.92%) IOS XR
6 7 (0.92%) Network Security
7 5 (0.66%) Wireshark
8 4 (0.53%) IPsec
8 4 (0.53%) Unified Communications
8 4 (0.53%) Wi-Fi
9 3 (0.40%) DNS
9 3 (0.40%) SD-WAN
10 2 (0.26%) Ethernet VPN
10 2 (0.26%) IP Telephony
10 2 (0.26%) NX-OS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (6.98%) Power BI
2 28 (3.69%) Data Lake
2 28 (3.69%) Data Warehouse
3 27 (3.56%) Amazon Redshift
3 27 (3.56%) MySQL
4 25 (3.29%) SQL Server
5 18 (2.37%) DB2
6 11 (1.45%) IDMS
6 11 (1.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 9 (1.19%) KDB
8 8 (1.05%) Tableau
9 7 (0.92%) Geospatial Data
9 7 (0.92%) GIS
10 6 (0.79%) Big Data
10 6 (0.79%) PostgreSQL
11 5 (0.66%) Amazon RDS
11 5 (0.66%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
11 5 (0.66%) Metadata
12 4 (0.53%) SAP BW
12 4 (0.53%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 56 (7.38%) JIRA
2 49 (6.46%) Git
3 10 (1.32%) Cucumber
4 9 (1.19%) Jenkins
4 9 (1.19%) JUnit
5 5 (0.66%) GitLab
6 4 (0.53%) Visual Website Optimizer
7 3 (0.40%) Eclipse
7 3 (0.40%) InstallShield
7 3 (0.40%) MSI
8 2 (0.26%) AdminStudio
8 2 (0.26%) Android Studio
8 2 (0.26%) Gradle
8 2 (0.26%) IntelliJ
8 2 (0.26%) Maven
8 2 (0.26%) Rational DOORS
8 2 (0.26%) Rational Rhapsody
8 2 (0.26%) Team Foundation Server
8 2 (0.26%) Vagrant
9 1 (0.13%) Bitbucket
General
1 267 (35.18%) Social Skills
2 211 (27.80%) Finance
3 118 (15.55%) Analytical Skills
4 66 (8.70%) Banking
4 66 (8.70%) Public Sector
5 44 (5.80%) Retail
6 39 (5.14%) Manufacturing
7 31 (4.08%) Presentation Skills
8 26 (3.43%) Front Office
9 24 (3.16%) General Ledger
10 22 (2.90%) Back Office
10 22 (2.90%) Marketing
11 18 (2.37%) Pharmaceutical
12 13 (1.71%) Financial Institution
13 12 (1.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 12 (1.58%) Investment Banking
14 11 (1.45%) Billing
15 10 (1.32%) Telecoms
16 9 (1.19%) Documentation Skills
17 8 (1.05%) Legal
Job Titles
1 311 (40.97%) Analyst
2 282 (37.15%) Business Analyst
3 92 (12.12%) Consultant
4 83 (10.94%) Developer
5 71 (9.35%) Senior
6 63 (8.30%) Architect
7 34 (4.48%) Senior Analyst
8 31 (4.08%) Senior Business Analyst
9 30 (3.95%) Lead
10 29 (3.82%) Data Analyst
10 29 (3.82%) Product Owner
10 29 (3.82%) Project Manager
11 28 (3.69%) Data Business Analyst
12 26 (3.43%) SAP Consultant
13 20 (2.64%) Technical Analyst
13 20 (2.64%) Technical Business Analyst
14 19 (2.50%) Functional Consultant
14 19 (2.50%) Java Developer
15 18 (2.37%) Solutions Architect
16 17 (2.24%) Microsoft Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (3.82%) Web Services
2 21 (2.77%) XML
3 18 (2.37%) JSON
4 17 (2.24%) .NET
5 15 (1.98%) SOAP
6 14 (1.84%) REST
7 13 (1.71%) ASP.NET
8 11 (1.45%) Spring
9 10 (1.32%) J2EE
9 10 (1.32%) React
10 9 (1.19%) Hibernate
10 9 (1.19%) JPA
10 9 (1.19%) Lightning Web Components
11 8 (1.05%) .NET Framework
12 7 (0.92%) HTML
12 7 (0.92%) SAP TM
13 5 (0.66%) ASP.NET Core
13 5 (0.66%) CSS
13 5 (0.66%) EDI
13 5 (0.66%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 65 (8.56%) Product Ownership
2 32 (4.22%) Data Structures
3 27 (3.56%) Management Information System
4 17 (2.24%) Fixed Income
5 16 (2.11%) Self-Motivation
6 14 (1.84%) Derivative
7 12 (1.58%) Data Protection Act
7 12 (1.58%) Enterprise Software
7 12 (1.58%) IBM Mainframe
7 12 (1.58%) Mainframe
8 11 (1.45%) Reinsurance
9 9 (1.19%) Linux Command Line
9 9 (1.19%) Onboarding
10 7 (0.92%) Cloud Native
10 7 (0.92%) Replication
10 7 (0.92%) SWIFT Messaging Network
11 6 (0.79%) Algorithms
11 6 (0.79%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 6 (0.79%) Greenfield Project
11 6 (0.79%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 22 (2.90%) Windows
2 13 (1.71%) Linux
2 13 (1.71%) Unix
3 11 (1.45%) zOS
4 6 (0.79%) Windows 10
5 5 (0.66%) Android
6 4 (0.53%) Apple iOS
6 4 (0.53%) VMS
7 3 (0.40%) Windows Server
8 2 (0.26%) AIX
8 2 (0.26%) Solaris
9 1 (0.13%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 222 (29.25%) Agile
2 157 (20.69%) Stakeholder Management
3 134 (17.65%) Business Analysis
4 124 (16.34%) User Stories
5 117 (15.42%) Problem-Solving
6 104 (13.70%) Scrum
7 98 (12.91%) Project Management
8 91 (11.99%) User Acceptance Testing
9 90 (11.86%) Migration
10 79 (10.41%) DevOps
11 76 (10.01%) Analytics
12 73 (9.62%) Workshop Facilitation
13 67 (8.83%) Business Intelligence
14 66 (8.70%) Roadmaps
15 62 (8.17%) Requirements Workshops
16 61 (8.04%) Software Engineering
17 60 (7.91%) GAP Analysis
18 54 (7.11%) Process Improvement
19 53 (6.98%) Data Modelling
20 52 (6.85%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 80 (10.54%) SQL
2 40 (5.27%) Python
3 28 (3.69%) Java
4 23 (3.03%) C#
5 18 (2.37%) PL/SQL
6 15 (1.98%) COBOL
7 13 (1.71%) REXX
8 12 (1.58%) SELCOPY
9 11 (1.45%) CLIST
10 9 (1.19%) JavaScript
11 7 (0.92%) Apex Code
11 7 (0.92%) PowerShell
12 6 (0.79%) Perl
13 5 (0.66%) C++
13 5 (0.66%) Kotlin
13 5 (0.66%) T-SQL
13 5 (0.66%) XPath
13 5 (0.66%) XQuery
14 4 (0.53%) VB
14 4 (0.53%) VBA
Qualifications
1 119 (15.68%) Degree
2 98 (12.91%) Security Cleared
3 74 (9.75%) SC Cleared
4 22 (2.90%) Computer Science Degree
5 21 (2.77%) Cisco Certification
6 20 (2.64%) CCNP
7 19 (2.50%) Master's Degree
8 15 (1.98%) IIBA
9 11 (1.45%) CBAP
10 10 (1.32%) CCNA
11 9 (1.19%) Microsoft Certification
12 7 (0.92%) DV Cleared
13 6 (0.79%) BPSS Clearance
14 5 (0.66%) JNCIS
15 4 (0.53%) ACCA
15 4 (0.53%) CIMA
15 4 (0.53%) ISTQB
15 4 (0.53%) JNCIA
15 4 (0.53%) PMI Certification
15 4 (0.53%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 57 (7.51%) QA
2 21 (2.77%) Data Quality
3 18 (2.37%) GDPR
4 14 (1.84%) PCI DSS
5 12 (1.58%) Good Clinical Practice
5 12 (1.58%) GxP
6 9 (1.19%) Actionable Recommendations
7 5 (0.66%) SLA
8 4 (0.53%) ISO 20022
9 3 (0.40%) HL7
9 3 (0.40%) PMO
10 1 (0.13%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 1 (0.13%) Government Security Classifications
10 1 (0.13%) GRC
10 1 (0.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 1 (0.13%) NCSC
10 1 (0.13%) PSD2
System Software
1 5 (0.66%) Docker
2 3 (0.40%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.26%) Microsoft App-V
3 2 (0.26%) Time Sharing Option
3 2 (0.26%) Virtual Servers
3 2 (0.26%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.13%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 31 (4.08%) Grafana
2 7 (0.92%) Kubernetes
2 7 (0.92%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (0.92%) SCCM
2 7 (0.92%) Terraform
3 5 (0.66%) Ansible
3 5 (0.66%) Prometheus
4 2 (0.26%) Tivoli
5 1 (0.13%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.13%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 103 (13.57%) Microsoft
2 81 (10.67%) SAP
3 37 (4.87%) Salesforce
4 36 (4.74%) Oracle
5 26 (3.43%) Denodo
5 26 (3.43%) Talend
6 20 (2.64%) Cisco
6 20 (2.64%) IBM
7 13 (1.71%) Syncsort
8 12 (1.58%) F5
9 11 (1.45%) Juniper
10 10 (1.32%) ServiceNow
11 8 (1.05%) Google
11 8 (1.05%) Guidewire
12 7 (0.92%) Adobe
12 7 (0.92%) Avaloq
12 7 (0.92%) Databricks
12 7 (0.92%) ION Trading
12 7 (0.92%) Nokia
13 6 (0.79%) Calypso