Requirements Gathering Contracts with Work from Home Options

Requirements Gathering (Requirements Elicitation)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work 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 93 107 99
Rank change year-on-year +14 -8 +2
Contract jobs citing Requirements Gathering 343 534 1,192
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 2.32% 2.24% 2.72%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.66% 2.50% 2.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 234 396 872
10th Percentile £360 £394 £355
25th Percentile £419 £443 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.38% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £630 £625 £585
90th Percentile £725 £725 £675
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -0.95% +5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 12 6
10th Percentile - £53.50 £26.70
25th Percentile £61.68 £54.53 £43.24
Median hourly rate £63.36 £64.00 £64.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.01% - +169.70%
75th Percentile £65.03 £66.38 £73.25
90th Percentile - £67.50 £79.25
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
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 contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 12,871 21,399 39,942
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.23% 89.63% 91.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,673 15,206 29,099
10th Percentile £325 £363 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +5.42%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 572 495 518
10th Percentile £15.02 £18.49 £14.96
25th Percentile £24.00 £25.75 £20.75
Median hourly rate £43.00 £52.13 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -17.51% +30.33% +66.67%
75th Percentile £60.00 £67.50 £60.00
90th Percentile £74.95 £78.45 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £37.00 £35.65 £26.00
% change year-on-year +3.79% +37.12% +13.04%

Requirements Gathering
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Requirements Gathering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Requirements Gathering trend for jobs with a WFH option

Requirements Gathering
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Requirements Gathering.

Requirements Gathering daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Requirements Gathering
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Requirements Gathering over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Requirements Gathering daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Requirements Gathering
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Requirements Gathering.

Requirements Gathering hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Requirements Gathering
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 13 (3.79%) SharePoint
2 11 (3.21%) Confluence
3 8 (2.33%) CICS
3 8 (2.33%) SAS
4 5 (1.46%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (0.87%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.87%) ArcGIS
6 2 (0.58%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 2 (0.58%) CMS
6 2 (0.58%) IIS
6 2 (0.58%) JBoss
7 1 (0.29%) Alfresco
7 1 (0.29%) Camunda
7 1 (0.29%) LiveLink
7 1 (0.29%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 8 (2.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (1.75%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (1.46%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.87%) Chatbot
4 3 (0.87%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.58%) Trello
6 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.29%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 17 (4.96%) Dynamics AX
2 12 (3.50%) SAP S/4HANA
3 8 (2.33%) Endur
4 7 (2.04%) SAP Travel Management
5 4 (1.17%) SAP EWM
6 3 (0.87%) Dynamics CRM
6 3 (0.87%) SAP SD
7 2 (0.58%) SAP CO
7 2 (0.58%) SAP Hybris
8 1 (0.29%) Maximo
8 1 (0.29%) Oracle EBS
8 1 (0.29%) Oracle ERP
8 1 (0.29%) Salesforce CRM
8 1 (0.29%) SAP CCM
8 1 (0.29%) SAP ERP
8 1 (0.29%) SAP FI
8 1 (0.29%) SAP FI/CO
8 1 (0.29%) SAP MM
8 1 (0.29%) SAP Payroll
8 1 (0.29%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 57 (16.62%) Azure
2 29 (8.45%) Power Platform
3 27 (7.87%) Dynamics 365
4 22 (6.41%) Azure DevOps
5 19 (5.54%) Power Automate
5 19 (5.54%) PowerApps
6 18 (5.25%) AWS
7 9 (2.62%) SaaS
8 7 (2.04%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 7 (2.04%) Amazon EC2
8 7 (2.04%) Amazon EKS
8 7 (2.04%) Amazon S3
8 7 (2.04%) Route 53
8 7 (2.04%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 5 (1.46%) GCP
9 5 (1.46%) Microsoft 365
9 5 (1.46%) Salesforce Service Cloud
10 4 (1.17%) Azure Service Bus
10 4 (1.17%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
11 3 (0.87%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 8 (2.33%) Network Security
2 4 (1.17%) Firewall
3 3 (0.87%) WAN
4 2 (0.58%) Internet
4 2 (0.58%) LAN
4 2 (0.58%) SD-WAN
4 2 (0.58%) VPN
4 2 (0.58%) WinSCP
4 2 (0.58%) Wireshark
5 1 (0.29%) Cisco Firepower
5 1 (0.29%) Cisco IOS
5 1 (0.29%) IOS XR
5 1 (0.29%) Junos
5 1 (0.29%) MPLS
5 1 (0.29%) NX-OS
5 1 (0.29%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.29%) Wireless
5 1 (0.29%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (7.29%) Power BI
2 18 (5.25%) Data Lake
3 14 (4.08%) SQL Server
4 13 (3.79%) DB2
5 12 (3.50%) Amazon Redshift
5 12 (3.50%) Data Warehouse
5 12 (3.50%) MySQL
6 8 (2.33%) IDMS
7 7 (2.04%) Amazon RDS
8 5 (1.46%) GIS
9 4 (1.17%) Relational Database
10 3 (0.87%) Airbyte
10 3 (0.87%) Flink
10 3 (0.87%) NoSQL
11 2 (0.58%) Data Mart
11 2 (0.58%) Geospatial Data
11 2 (0.58%) KDB
11 2 (0.58%) Looker
11 2 (0.58%) PostgreSQL
11 2 (0.58%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 31 (9.04%) JIRA
2 27 (7.87%) Git
3 9 (2.62%) Jenkins
4 4 (1.17%) Eclipse
5 2 (0.58%) Vagrant
6 1 (0.29%) Android Studio
6 1 (0.29%) Balsamiq
6 1 (0.29%) GitLab
6 1 (0.29%) InstallShield
6 1 (0.29%) MSI
General
1 123 (35.86%) Social Skills
2 99 (28.86%) Finance
3 49 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
4 36 (10.50%) Banking
5 33 (9.62%) Public Sector
6 19 (5.54%) Retail
7 18 (5.25%) General Ledger
8 13 (3.79%) Front Office
9 12 (3.50%) Manufacturing
9 12 (3.50%) Presentation Skills
10 10 (2.92%) Back Office
10 10 (2.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 10 (2.92%) Marketing
11 8 (2.33%) Financial Institution
12 7 (2.04%) Billing
13 5 (1.46%) Investment Banking
14 4 (1.17%) Influencing Skills
15 3 (0.87%) Documentation Skills
15 3 (0.87%) Local Government
15 3 (0.87%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 133 (38.78%) Analyst
1 133 (38.78%) Business Analyst
2 60 (17.49%) Consultant
3 30 (8.75%) Architect
3 30 (8.75%) Developer
4 23 (6.71%) Senior
5 15 (4.37%) Data Business Analyst
5 15 (4.37%) SAP Consultant
6 13 (3.79%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
6 13 (3.79%) Lead
6 13 (3.79%) Product Owner
6 13 (3.79%) Project Manager
6 13 (3.79%) Senior Analyst
6 13 (3.79%) Senior Business Analyst
7 12 (3.50%) Microsoft Consultant
7 12 (3.50%) Technical Analyst
8 11 (3.21%) C# Developer
8 11 (3.21%) Implementation Analyst
9 10 (2.92%) Solutions Architect
9 10 (2.92%) Technical Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (3.50%) .NET
2 10 (2.92%) Web Services
3 9 (2.62%) ASP.NET
3 9 (2.62%) SOAP
4 8 (2.33%) REST
4 8 (2.33%) SAP TM
5 5 (1.46%) HTML
6 4 (1.17%) .NET Framework
7 3 (0.87%) CSS
7 3 (0.87%) EDI
7 3 (0.87%) JSON
7 3 (0.87%) Oracle Fusion
7 3 (0.87%) React
7 3 (0.87%) RESTful
8 2 (0.58%) Entity Framework
8 2 (0.58%) Lightning Web Components
8 2 (0.58%) Murex MxML
8 2 (0.58%) Spring
8 2 (0.58%) XML
9 1 (0.29%) FIX Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 29 (8.45%) Product Ownership
2 18 (5.25%) Data Structures
3 9 (2.62%) IBM Mainframe
3 9 (2.62%) Mainframe
4 8 (2.33%) Derivative
5 7 (2.04%) Reinsurance
6 6 (1.75%) Replication
6 6 (1.75%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (1.46%) Data Centre
7 5 (1.46%) Distributed Systems
7 5 (1.46%) Equity Derivative
8 4 (1.17%) Fixed Income
8 4 (1.17%) Legacy Systems
8 4 (1.17%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 3 (0.87%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 3 (0.87%) Greenfield Project
9 3 (0.87%) Onboarding
10 2 (0.58%) Analytical Mindset
10 2 (0.58%) NHS
10 2 (0.58%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 10 (2.92%) Windows
2 8 (2.33%) zOS
3 5 (1.46%) VMS
4 4 (1.17%) Unix
5 2 (0.58%) AIX
5 2 (0.58%) Linux
5 2 (0.58%) Solaris
6 1 (0.29%) Android
6 1 (0.29%) Windows 7
6 1 (0.29%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.29%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (0.29%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 108 (31.49%) Agile
2 69 (20.12%) User Stories
3 59 (17.20%) Stakeholder Management
4 54 (15.74%) Business Analysis
5 47 (13.70%) DevOps
6 43 (12.54%) Scrum
7 39 (11.37%) Requirements Workshops
8 38 (11.08%) Project Management
9 37 (10.79%) Problem-Solving
9 37 (10.79%) User Acceptance Testing
10 36 (10.50%) Migration
11 35 (10.20%) Business Intelligence
12 32 (9.33%) GAP Analysis
13 24 (7.00%) Analytics
13 24 (7.00%) Workshop Facilitation
14 23 (6.71%) Data Migration
15 22 (6.41%) Risk Management
15 22 (6.41%) Software Engineering
16 21 (6.12%) Project Delivery
17 20 (5.83%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 27 (7.87%) SQL
2 18 (5.25%) Python
3 17 (4.96%) C#
4 11 (3.21%) COBOL
4 11 (3.21%) Java
5 10 (2.92%) REXX
6 9 (2.62%) SELCOPY
7 8 (2.33%) CLIST
8 7 (2.04%) PL/SQL
9 4 (1.17%) JavaScript
10 3 (0.87%) TypeScript
11 1 (0.29%) Bicep
11 1 (0.29%) Kotlin
11 1 (0.29%) PowerShell
11 1 (0.29%) R
11 1 (0.29%) Rust
11 1 (0.29%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.29%) VBA
Qualifications
1 42 (12.24%) Degree
2 37 (10.79%) Security Cleared
3 33 (9.62%) SC Cleared
4 8 (2.33%) Microsoft Certification
5 7 (2.04%) Master's Degree
6 5 (1.46%) BPSS Clearance
6 5 (1.46%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (1.46%) PMI Certification
6 5 (1.46%) PMP
7 4 (1.17%) CCNP
7 4 (1.17%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (0.58%) CBAP
8 2 (0.58%) CCIE
8 2 (0.58%) CCNA
8 2 (0.58%) CSPO
8 2 (0.58%) DV Cleared
8 2 (0.58%) IIBA
8 2 (0.58%) MBA
8 2 (0.58%) Six Sigma Green Belt
9 1 (0.29%) APMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (10.20%) QA
2 14 (4.08%) Data Quality
3 6 (1.75%) PMO
4 5 (1.46%) SLA
5 4 (1.17%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.58%) Actionable Recommendations
6 2 (0.58%) Disclosure Scotland
6 2 (0.58%) GDPR
6 2 (0.58%) ISO 20022
7 1 (0.29%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 1 (0.29%) Government Security Classifications
7 1 (0.29%) HL7
7 1 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.29%) NCSC
System Software
1 7 (2.04%) Docker
2 3 (0.87%) Virtual Servers
3 2 (0.58%) Hyper-V
3 2 (0.58%) Time Sharing Option
3 2 (0.58%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.29%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 18 (5.25%) Grafana
2 9 (2.62%) Terraform
3 7 (2.04%) Kubernetes
3 7 (2.04%) Prometheus
4 2 (0.58%) Tivoli
5 1 (0.29%) Ansible
5 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.29%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 53 (15.45%) Microsoft
2 27 (7.87%) SAP
3 17 (4.96%) Oracle
4 15 (4.37%) IBM
5 14 (4.08%) Salesforce
6 11 (3.21%) Denodo
6 11 (3.21%) Talend
7 10 (2.92%) Syncsort
8 8 (2.33%) Pega
9 7 (2.04%) F5
10 6 (1.75%) ServiceNow
11 5 (1.46%) Guidewire
11 5 (1.46%) OpenLink
12 4 (1.17%) Avaloq
12 4 (1.17%) Bloomberg
12 4 (1.17%) Cisco
12 4 (1.17%) Duck Creek
12 4 (1.17%) Refinitiv
13 3 (0.87%) Ariba
13 3 (0.87%) Juniper