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 31 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 86 108 106
Rank change year-on-year +22 -2 -8
Permanent jobs citing Requirements Gathering 48 55 66
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 1.89% 2.13% 2.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.20% 2.23% 2.26%
Number of salaries quoted 40 30 61
10th Percentile £48,750 £51,125 £48,000
25th Percentile £71,250 £61,375 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.33% +7.14% -8.20%
75th Percentile £105,000 £88,750 £87,500
90th Percentile - £97,500 £100,000
Central London median annual salary £83,750 £80,000 £68,750
% change year-on-year +4.69% +16.36% -8.33%

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 2,183 2,469 2,919
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 85.81% 95.66% 93.80%
Number of salaries quoted 1,589 1,562 2,608
10th Percentile £43,375 £46,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £58,750 £56,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% - -
75th Percentile £100,000 £95,750 £96,250
90th Percentile £110,850 £117,500 £113,750
Central London median annual salary £79,500 £75,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +6.00% +3.45% -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 31 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 (6.25%) Confluence
1 3 (6.25%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (2.08%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (8.33%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (4.17%) Oracle Cash Management
2 2 (4.17%) Oracle Payables
2 2 (4.17%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (2.08%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 14 (29.17%) Azure
1 14 (29.17%) Power Platform
2 13 (27.08%) Datadog
3 6 (12.50%) Azure DevOps
3 6 (12.50%) Microsoft Copilot
4 5 (10.42%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (8.33%) Azure Logic Apps
5 4 (8.33%) Copilot Studio
6 2 (4.17%) Google Analytics
6 2 (4.17%) Snowflake
7 1 (2.08%) AWS
7 1 (2.08%) Collibra
7 1 (2.08%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (2.08%) GCP
7 1 (2.08%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (2.08%) Power Automate
7 1 (2.08%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 3 (6.25%) IP Telephony
1 3 (6.25%) PBX
1 3 (6.25%) PSTN
1 3 (6.25%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (27.08%) Relational Database
2 7 (14.58%) Power BI
3 3 (6.25%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (2.08%) Data Lake
4 1 (2.08%) Semantic Layer
4 1 (2.08%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 6 (12.50%) JIRA
2 3 (6.25%) Git
3 1 (2.08%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (2.08%) Visual Studio
General
1 22 (45.83%) Finance
2 14 (29.17%) Social Skills
3 3 (6.25%) Telecoms
4 2 (4.17%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (4.17%) Banking
4 2 (4.17%) General Ledger
4 2 (4.17%) Public Sector
5 1 (2.08%) Advertising
5 1 (2.08%) Financial Institution
5 1 (2.08%) Front Office
5 1 (2.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (2.08%) Marketing
5 1 (2.08%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (2.08%) Retail
Job Titles
1 22 (45.83%) Senior
2 17 (35.42%) Analyst
2 17 (35.42%) Developer
3 11 (22.92%) Senior Developer
4 9 (18.75%) Business Analyst
5 5 (10.42%) Financial Analyst
6 3 (6.25%) Data Analyst
6 3 (6.25%) Full-Stack Developer
6 3 (6.25%) Full-Stack JavaScript Developer
6 3 (6.25%) Full-Stack Python Developer
6 3 (6.25%) Insurance Business Analyst
6 3 (6.25%) JavaScript Developer
6 3 (6.25%) Product Analyst
6 3 (6.25%) Product Manager
6 3 (6.25%) Python Developer
6 3 (6.25%) Senior Analyst
7 2 (4.17%) Artificial Intelligence Analyst
7 2 (4.17%) Digital Product Manager
7 2 (4.17%) Finance Business Analyst
7 2 (4.17%) Finance Systems Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (8.33%) Microsoft Graph
2 3 (6.25%) Django
2 3 (6.25%) Next.js
2 3 (6.25%) React
2 3 (6.25%) REST
2 3 (6.25%) SOAP
2 3 (6.25%) Web Services
3 2 (4.17%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 13 (27.08%) Onboarding
2 5 (10.42%) Product Ownership
3 4 (8.33%) Low-Code
4 3 (6.25%) IVR
5 2 (4.17%) Fixed Income
5 2 (4.17%) Reinsurance
6 1 (2.08%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (2.08%) Augmented Reality
6 1 (2.08%) Management Information System
6 1 (2.08%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (47.92%) DevOps
1 23 (47.92%) Stakeholder Management
2 19 (39.58%) Agile
3 16 (33.33%) Migration
4 15 (31.25%) Scrum
5 14 (29.17%) CI/CD
6 13 (27.08%) Document Management
6 13 (27.08%) Error Analysis
6 13 (27.08%) Test Automation
7 9 (18.75%) User Stories
8 8 (16.67%) AI
8 8 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
8 8 (16.67%) Mentoring
9 7 (14.58%) Business Analysis
9 7 (14.58%) CRM
9 7 (14.58%) Decision-Making
10 6 (12.50%) Data Analysis
10 6 (12.50%) Roadmaps
10 6 (12.50%) User Acceptance Testing
10 6 (12.50%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 20 (41.67%) SQL
2 19 (39.58%) Python
3 14 (29.17%) C#
4 13 (27.08%) Java
5 4 (8.33%) Bicep
6 3 (6.25%) JavaScript
7 2 (4.17%) R
Qualifications
1 2 (4.17%) ACCA
1 2 (4.17%) CBAP
1 2 (4.17%) CIMA
1 2 (4.17%) Degree
2 1 (2.08%) AWS Certification
2 1 (2.08%) Azure Certification
2 1 (2.08%) PMI Certification
2 1 (2.08%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.17%) Data Quality
1 2 (4.17%) PMO
Vendors
1 13 (27.08%) Guidewire
2 10 (20.83%) Microsoft
3 4 (8.33%) Salesforce
4 3 (6.25%) Avaya
4 3 (6.25%) Cisco
4 3 (6.25%) Genesys
5 2 (4.17%) Anaplan
5 2 (4.17%) Google
5 2 (4.17%) Oracle
5 2 (4.17%) Pega
6 1 (2.08%) Atlassian
6 1 (2.08%) GoldenSource
6 1 (2.08%) Informatica
6 1 (2.08%) PeopleSoft
6 1 (2.08%) Revolut
6 1 (2.08%) Tagetik
6 1 (2.08%) Workday
6 1 (2.08%) WorldPay