Requirements Gathering Job Trends in the City of London

Requirements Gathering (Requirements Elicitation)
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring Requirements Gathering skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 81 107 96
Rank change year-on-year +26 -11 +7
Permanent jobs citing Requirements Gathering 49 58 69
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 2.18% 2.18% 2.43%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.52% 2.28% 2.56%
Number of salaries quoted 41 32 65
10th Percentile £48,750 £50,125 £53,500
25th Percentile £72,500 £61,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +13.33% +3.45% -6.45%
75th Percentile £105,000 £88,750 £90,000
90th Percentile - £97,500 £100,000
Central London median annual salary £85,000 £80,000 £71,250
% change year-on-year +6.25% +12.28% -5.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
City of London

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 requiring process or methodology skills in the City of London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,946 2,539 2,696
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 86.53% 95.49% 94.83%
Number of salaries quoted 1,429 1,626 2,414
10th Percentile £42,500 £46,625 £40,750
25th Percentile £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% - -
75th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £96,250
90th Percentile £113,750 £116,875 £115,000
Central London median annual salary £77,500 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +3.33% - -

Requirements Gathering
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Requirements Gathering relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Requirements Gathering job vacancy trend in the City of London

Requirements Gathering
Salary Trend in the City of London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Requirements Gathering.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Requirements Gathering

Requirements Gathering
Salary Histogram in the City of London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Requirements Gathering in the City of London over the 6 months to 10 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Requirements Gathering in the City of London

Requirements Gathering
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London 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 3 (6.12%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.04%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (4.08%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (8.16%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (4.08%) Oracle Cash Management
2 2 (4.08%) Oracle Payables
2 2 (4.08%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (2.04%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 16 (32.65%) Datadog
2 15 (30.61%) Azure
3 14 (28.57%) Power Platform
4 7 (14.29%) Azure DevOps
5 6 (12.24%) Microsoft 365
5 6 (12.24%) Microsoft Copilot
6 4 (8.16%) Azure Logic Apps
6 4 (8.16%) Copilot Studio
7 2 (4.08%) Google Analytics
7 2 (4.08%) Power Automate
7 2 (4.08%) PowerApps
8 1 (2.04%) AWS
8 1 (2.04%) Collibra
8 1 (2.04%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (2.04%) GCP
8 1 (2.04%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (2.04%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 3 (6.12%) IP Telephony
1 3 (6.12%) PBX
1 3 (6.12%) PSTN
1 3 (6.12%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (32.65%) Relational Database
2 6 (12.24%) Power BI
3 2 (4.08%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (2.04%) Data Lake
4 1 (2.04%) Semantic Layer
4 1 (2.04%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 5 (10.20%) JIRA
2 3 (6.12%) Git
3 1 (2.04%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (2.04%) Visual Studio
General
1 21 (42.86%) Finance
2 15 (30.61%) Social Skills
3 3 (6.12%) Telecoms
4 2 (4.08%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (4.08%) General Ledger
4 2 (4.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (4.08%) Public Sector
5 1 (2.04%) Banking
5 1 (2.04%) Marketing
5 1 (2.04%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (2.04%) Retail
Job Titles
1 22 (44.90%) Senior
2 20 (40.82%) Developer
3 15 (30.61%) Analyst
4 11 (22.45%) Senior Developer
5 7 (14.29%) Business Analyst
6 5 (10.20%) Financial Analyst
7 3 (6.12%) Data Analyst
7 3 (6.12%) Full-Stack Developer
7 3 (6.12%) Full-Stack JavaScript Developer
7 3 (6.12%) Full-Stack Python Developer
7 3 (6.12%) JavaScript Developer
7 3 (6.12%) Product Analyst
7 3 (6.12%) Product Manager
7 3 (6.12%) Project Manager
7 3 (6.12%) Python Developer
7 3 (6.12%) Senior Analyst
8 2 (4.08%) Business Systems Analyst
8 2 (4.08%) IT Manager
8 2 (4.08%) IT Project Manager
8 2 (4.08%) Junior Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (8.16%) Microsoft Graph
2 3 (6.12%) Django
2 3 (6.12%) Next.js
2 3 (6.12%) React
2 3 (6.12%) REST
2 3 (6.12%) SOAP
2 3 (6.12%) Web Services
3 2 (4.08%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 16 (32.65%) Onboarding
2 5 (10.20%) Product Ownership
3 4 (8.16%) Low-Code
4 3 (6.12%) IVR
5 2 (4.08%) Fixed Income
5 2 (4.08%) Reinsurance
6 1 (2.04%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (2.04%) Augmented Reality
6 1 (2.04%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (55.10%) DevOps
2 25 (51.02%) Stakeholder Management
3 19 (38.78%) Migration
3 19 (38.78%) Scrum
4 18 (36.73%) Agile
5 17 (34.69%) CI/CD
6 16 (32.65%) Document Management
6 16 (32.65%) Error Analysis
6 16 (32.65%) Test Automation
7 8 (16.33%) AI
7 8 (16.33%) Business Analysis
7 8 (16.33%) Mentoring
7 8 (16.33%) User Stories
8 7 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
8 7 (14.29%) CRM
8 7 (14.29%) Decision-Making
9 6 (12.24%) Data Analysis
9 6 (12.24%) Roadmaps
9 6 (12.24%) Use Case
9 6 (12.24%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 21 (42.86%) Python
1 21 (42.86%) SQL
2 17 (34.69%) C#
3 16 (32.65%) Java
4 4 (8.16%) Bicep
5 3 (6.12%) JavaScript
6 2 (4.08%) R
Qualifications
1 2 (4.08%) ACCA
1 2 (4.08%) CBAP
1 2 (4.08%) CIMA
1 2 (4.08%) PMI Certification
1 2 (4.08%) PMP
2 1 (2.04%) AWS Certification
2 1 (2.04%) Azure Certification
2 1 (2.04%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.08%) PMO
2 1 (2.04%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 16 (32.65%) Guidewire
2 11 (22.45%) Microsoft
3 3 (6.12%) Avaya
3 3 (6.12%) Cisco
3 3 (6.12%) Genesys
3 3 (6.12%) Salesforce
4 2 (4.08%) Anaplan
4 2 (4.08%) Google
4 2 (4.08%) Oracle
4 2 (4.08%) Pega
5 1 (2.04%) Atlassian
5 1 (2.04%) Informatica
5 1 (2.04%) PeopleSoft
5 1 (2.04%) Revolut
5 1 (2.04%) Tagetik
5 1 (2.04%) Workday
5 1 (2.04%) WorldPay