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 1 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 109 92 113
Rank change year-on-year -17 +21 -17
Permanent jobs citing Requirements Gathering 42 47 62
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 1.26% 2.27% 1.97%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.50% 2.37% 2.14%
Number of salaries quoted 26 35 51
10th Percentile £48,750 £43,950 £46,250
25th Percentile £63,750 £52,500 £48,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £78,750 £75,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% +36.36% -26.67%
75th Percentile £105,000 £88,750 £80,875
90th Percentile - £97,500 £100,000
Central London median annual salary £78,750 £75,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% +36.36% -26.67%

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 2,793 1,984 2,896
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 83.52% 95.94% 92.08%
Number of salaries quoted 1,964 1,495 2,479
10th Percentile £43,375 £42,500 £41,323
25th Percentile £58,750 £55,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% - -
75th Percentile £98,750 £97,500 £97,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £120,000 £115,000
Central London median annual salary £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% - -

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 1 April 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 6 (14.29%) Confluence
2 5 (11.90%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 3 (7.14%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (2.38%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 9 (21.43%) Azure
1 9 (21.43%) Power Platform
2 6 (14.29%) Microsoft Copilot
3 5 (11.90%) Datadog
4 4 (9.52%) Azure Logic Apps
4 4 (9.52%) Copilot Studio
4 4 (9.52%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (4.76%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (4.76%) Collibra
5 2 (4.76%) Google Analytics
5 2 (4.76%) Snowflake
6 1 (2.38%) AWS
6 1 (2.38%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (2.38%) GCP
6 1 (2.38%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.76%) IP Telephony
1 2 (4.76%) PBX
1 2 (4.76%) PSTN
1 2 (4.76%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (11.90%) Relational Database
2 3 (7.14%) Power BI
3 1 (2.38%) Data Lake
3 1 (2.38%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (2.38%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 7 (16.67%) JIRA
2 2 (4.76%) Git
3 1 (2.38%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (2.38%) Visual Studio
General
1 20 (47.62%) Finance
2 8 (19.05%) Social Skills
3 2 (4.76%) Banking
3 2 (4.76%) Public Sector
3 2 (4.76%) Telecoms
4 1 (2.38%) Advertising
4 1 (2.38%) Financial Institution
4 1 (2.38%) Front Office
4 1 (2.38%) Retail
Job Titles
1 18 (42.86%) Analyst
2 17 (40.48%) Senior
3 12 (28.57%) Business Analyst
4 8 (19.05%) Developer
5 6 (14.29%) Senior Developer
6 5 (11.90%) Insurance Business Analyst
6 5 (11.90%) Product Manager
7 4 (9.52%) Technical Analyst
7 4 (9.52%) Technical Business Analyst
8 3 (7.14%) Business Data Analyst
8 3 (7.14%) Data Analyst
8 3 (7.14%) Senior Analyst
8 3 (7.14%) Workday Manager
9 2 (4.76%) Artificial Intelligence Analyst
9 2 (4.76%) Full-Stack JavaScript Developer
9 2 (4.76%) Full-Stack Python Developer
9 2 (4.76%) JavaScript Developer
9 2 (4.76%) Junior Analyst
9 2 (4.76%) Product Analyst
9 2 (4.76%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (9.52%) Microsoft Graph
2 2 (4.76%) Django
2 2 (4.76%) Next.js
2 2 (4.76%) React
2 2 (4.76%) REST
2 2 (4.76%) SOAP
2 2 (4.76%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 5 (11.90%) Onboarding
1 5 (11.90%) Product Ownership
2 4 (9.52%) Low-Code
3 2 (4.76%) Fixed Income
3 2 (4.76%) IVR
4 1 (2.38%) IoT
4 1 (2.38%) Management Information System
4 1 (2.38%) PropTech
4 1 (2.38%) Reference Data
4 1 (2.38%) Reinsurance
4 1 (2.38%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (2.38%) Taxonomies
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (45.24%) Stakeholder Management
2 17 (40.48%) Agile
3 11 (26.19%) DevOps
4 7 (16.67%) AI
4 7 (16.67%) Mentoring
4 7 (16.67%) User Acceptance Testing
4 7 (16.67%) User Stories
5 6 (14.29%) Analytics
5 6 (14.29%) CI/CD
6 5 (11.90%) Coaching
6 5 (11.90%) Creative Thinking
6 5 (11.90%) Document Management
6 5 (11.90%) Error Analysis
6 5 (11.90%) Generative AI
6 5 (11.90%) Migration
6 5 (11.90%) Process Improvement
6 5 (11.90%) Project Delivery
6 5 (11.90%) Roadmaps
6 5 (11.90%) Test Automation
6 5 (11.90%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 10 (23.81%) Python
1 10 (23.81%) SQL
2 6 (14.29%) C#
3 5 (11.90%) Java
4 4 (9.52%) Bicep
5 2 (4.76%) JavaScript
5 2 (4.76%) R
Qualifications
1 2 (4.76%) Degree
2 1 (2.38%) AWS Certification
2 1 (2.38%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (7.14%) Data Quality
2 2 (4.76%) PMO
3 1 (2.38%) GDPR
3 1 (2.38%) IFRS
3 1 (2.38%) IFRS 17
3 1 (2.38%) Solvency II
Vendors
1 10 (23.81%) Microsoft
2 5 (11.90%) Guidewire
3 3 (7.14%) Salesforce
4 2 (4.76%) Avaya
4 2 (4.76%) Cisco
4 2 (4.76%) Genesys
4 2 (4.76%) Google
4 2 (4.76%) Informatica
5 1 (2.38%) Databricks
5 1 (2.38%) GoldenSource
5 1 (2.38%) Revolut
5 1 (2.38%) Workday