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 6 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 67 114 110
Rank change year-on-year +47 -4 +27
Permanent jobs citing Requirements Gathering 59 55 63
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 3.67% 2.00% 2.08%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.85% 2.12% 2.19%
Number of salaries quoted 57 26 59
10th Percentile £52,500 £43,750 £54,500
25th Percentile £72,500 £60,000 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £71,250 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +19.30% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £92,500 £79,375 £90,625
90th Percentile £105,000 £117,500 £100,000
Central London median annual salary £85,000 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +13.33% - -

All Process and 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 1,531 2,592 2,880
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 95.33% 94.08% 95.02%
Number of salaries quoted 1,191 1,699 2,597
10th Percentile £40,000 £46,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £57,250 £55,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £75,000
75th Percentile £97,500 £95,000 £96,250
90th Percentile £122,500 £115,000 £115,000
Central London median annual salary £75,000 £75,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year - +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 6 November 2025.

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 5 (8.47%) SharePoint
2 2 (3.39%) Confluence
3 1 (1.69%) CMS
3 1 (1.69%) Headless CMS
3 1 (1.69%) Oracle Workflow
3 1 (1.69%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 4 (6.78%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.69%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (8.47%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (3.39%) Oracle Cash Management
2 2 (3.39%) Oracle Payables
2 2 (3.39%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (1.69%) Endur
3 1 (1.69%) Magento
3 1 (1.69%) SAP CO
3 1 (1.69%) SAP FI
3 1 (1.69%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 24 (40.68%) Datadog
2 13 (22.03%) Power Platform
3 12 (20.34%) Azure
4 6 (10.17%) Azure DevOps
5 4 (6.78%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (5.08%) Dynamics 365
6 3 (5.08%) Power Automate
6 3 (5.08%) PowerApps
7 2 (3.39%) Google Analytics
7 2 (3.39%) Microsoft Purview
7 2 (3.39%) OneDrive
8 1 (1.69%) AWS
8 1 (1.69%) Collibra
8 1 (1.69%) Entra ID
8 1 (1.69%) GCP
8 1 (1.69%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.39%) IP Telephony
1 2 (3.39%) PBX
1 2 (3.39%) PSTN
1 2 (3.39%) VoIP
2 1 (1.69%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (40.68%) Relational Database
2 8 (13.56%) Power BI
3 2 (3.39%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (1.69%) Data Lake
4 1 (1.69%) Metadata
4 1 (1.69%) Semantic Layer
4 1 (1.69%) SQL Server
4 1 (1.69%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 5 (8.47%) JIRA
2 3 (5.08%) Git
3 1 (1.69%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (1.69%) Visual Studio
General
1 18 (30.51%) Social Skills
2 17 (28.81%) Finance
3 4 (6.78%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (3.39%) General Ledger
4 2 (3.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (3.39%) Public Sector
4 2 (3.39%) Retail
4 2 (3.39%) Telecoms
5 1 (1.69%) Automotive
5 1 (1.69%) Back Office
5 1 (1.69%) Banking
5 1 (1.69%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (1.69%) Financial Institution
5 1 (1.69%) Front Office
5 1 (1.69%) Legal
5 1 (1.69%) Marketing
5 1 (1.69%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 28 (47.46%) Developer
2 17 (28.81%) Analyst
3 13 (22.03%) Senior
4 10 (16.95%) Senior Developer
5 9 (15.25%) Business Analyst
6 5 (8.47%) Data Analyst
6 5 (8.47%) Financial Analyst
6 5 (8.47%) Project Manager
7 3 (5.08%) Business Systems Analyst
7 3 (5.08%) Full-Stack Developer
7 3 (5.08%) Full-Stack JavaScript Developer
7 3 (5.08%) Full-Stack Python Developer
7 3 (5.08%) IT Manager
7 3 (5.08%) JavaScript Developer
7 3 (5.08%) Python Developer
7 3 (5.08%) Systems Analyst
8 2 (3.39%) Finance Business Analyst
8 2 (3.39%) Finance Systems Analyst
8 2 (3.39%) Lead
8 2 (3.39%) Product Owner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (5.08%) Django
1 3 (5.08%) Next.js
1 3 (5.08%) React
2 2 (3.39%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (3.39%) REST
2 2 (3.39%) SOAP
2 2 (3.39%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 24 (40.68%) Onboarding
2 2 (3.39%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (3.39%) IVR
2 2 (3.39%) Product Ownership
2 2 (3.39%) Reinsurance
3 1 (1.69%) Augmented Reality
3 1 (1.69%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (1.69%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.69%) Taxonomies
3 1 (1.69%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.69%) Windows
1 1 (1.69%) Windows Server
1 1 (1.69%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (59.32%) Migration
2 34 (57.63%) Stakeholder Management
3 31 (52.54%) DevOps
4 27 (45.76%) Scrum
5 25 (42.37%) CI/CD
5 25 (42.37%) Document Management
6 24 (40.68%) Error Analysis
6 24 (40.68%) Test Automation
7 19 (32.20%) Agile
8 10 (16.95%) Business Analysis
9 9 (15.25%) CRM
9 9 (15.25%) ITIL
10 8 (13.56%) Data Migration
10 8 (13.56%) Decision-Making
11 7 (11.86%) AI
11 7 (11.86%) Data Analysis
11 7 (11.86%) Problem-Solving
11 7 (11.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 7 (11.86%) User Stories
12 6 (10.17%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 33 (55.93%) SQL
2 27 (45.76%) Python
3 25 (42.37%) C#
4 24 (40.68%) Java
5 3 (5.08%) JavaScript
6 1 (1.69%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 7 (11.86%) PMI Certification
1 7 (11.86%) PMP
2 6 (10.17%) CBAP
3 2 (3.39%) ACCA
3 2 (3.39%) Azure Certification
3 2 (3.39%) CIMA
4 1 (1.69%) AWS Certification
4 1 (1.69%) Degree
4 1 (1.69%) MCSE
4 1 (1.69%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 1 (1.69%) Active Directory
1 1 (1.69%) Hyper-V
1 1 (1.69%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 25 (42.37%) Guidewire
2 7 (11.86%) Microsoft
3 3 (5.08%) Oracle
4 2 (3.39%) Anaplan
4 2 (3.39%) Avaya
4 2 (3.39%) Cisco
4 2 (3.39%) Genesys
4 2 (3.39%) Google
4 2 (3.39%) Pega
4 2 (3.39%) Salesforce
4 2 (3.39%) SAP
5 1 (1.69%) Atlassian
5 1 (1.69%) Informatica
5 1 (1.69%) Nintex
5 1 (1.69%) OpenLink
5 1 (1.69%) PeopleSoft
5 1 (1.69%) Revolut
5 1 (1.69%) Tagetik
5 1 (1.69%) VMware
5 1 (1.69%) WorldPay