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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 65 108 103
Rank change year-on-year +43 -5 +30
Permanent jobs citing Requirements Gathering 69 63 78
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 4.01% 2.20% 2.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.18% 2.36% 2.38%
Number of salaries quoted 64 39 67
10th Percentile £48,750 £44,500 £52,500
25th Percentile £62,188 £48,250 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,250 £62,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +31.60% -16.67% +7.14%
75th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £91,250
90th Percentile £92,500 £101,500 £105,000
Central London median annual salary £82,500 £70,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +17.86% -6.67% +7.14%

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 1,649 2,666 3,278
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 95.93% 93.18% 95.18%
Number of salaries quoted 1,307 1,830 2,944
10th Percentile £40,000 £43,463 £42,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% - +3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £96,250
90th Percentile £122,500 £112,500 £116,250
Central London median annual salary £75,000 £73,000 £74,000
% change year-on-year +2.74% -1.35% +2.07%

Requirements Gathering
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings citing Requirements Gathering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for Requirements Gathering 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 17 September 2025.

Salary histogram for Requirements Gathering in the City of London

Requirements Gathering
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London 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 6 (8.70%) SharePoint
2 4 (5.80%) Confluence
3 3 (4.35%) Apache
3 3 (4.35%) Apache Spark
4 1 (1.45%) CMS
4 1 (1.45%) Headless CMS
4 1 (1.45%) Oracle Workflow
4 1 (1.45%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 7 (10.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (2.90%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (1.45%) Adobe XD
3 1 (1.45%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.45%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (4.35%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.45%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (1.45%) Endur
2 1 (1.45%) Magento
2 1 (1.45%) Oracle Cash Management
2 1 (1.45%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (1.45%) Oracle Receivables
2 1 (1.45%) SAP CO
2 1 (1.45%) SAP FI
2 1 (1.45%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 20 (28.99%) Datadog
2 19 (27.54%) Azure
3 11 (15.94%) Power Platform
4 4 (5.80%) Azure DevOps
4 4 (5.80%) Dynamics 365
4 4 (5.80%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (4.35%) Google Analytics
5 3 (4.35%) Power Automate
5 3 (4.35%) PowerApps
6 2 (2.90%) AWS
6 2 (2.90%) OneDrive
7 1 (1.45%) Azure Data Factory
7 1 (1.45%) Entra ID
7 1 (1.45%) Figma
7 1 (1.45%) Lucidchart
7 1 (1.45%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (1.45%) SaaS
7 1 (1.45%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.45%) IP Telephony
1 1 (1.45%) PBX
1 1 (1.45%) PSTN
1 1 (1.45%) Skype
1 1 (1.45%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (28.99%) Relational Database
2 8 (11.59%) Power BI
3 6 (8.70%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (4.35%) Data Lake
4 3 (4.35%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (2.90%) Metadata
5 2 (2.90%) SQL Server
6 1 (1.45%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (1.45%) Data Mining
6 1 (1.45%) Semantic Layer
6 1 (1.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 6 (8.70%) Git
1 6 (8.70%) JIRA
General
1 20 (28.99%) Finance
1 20 (28.99%) Social Skills
2 9 (13.04%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (4.35%) Back Office
3 3 (4.35%) Public Sector
4 2 (2.90%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (2.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (2.90%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (1.45%) Automotive
5 1 (1.45%) Financial Institution
5 1 (1.45%) Front Office
5 1 (1.45%) General Ledger
5 1 (1.45%) Legal
5 1 (1.45%) Retail
5 1 (1.45%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 27 (39.13%) Developer
2 25 (36.23%) Analyst
3 18 (26.09%) Business Analyst
4 6 (8.70%) Insurance Business Analyst
4 6 (8.70%) Project Manager
4 6 (8.70%) Senior
5 5 (7.25%) Data Analyst
5 5 (7.25%) Python Developer
6 4 (5.80%) Data Engineer
7 3 (4.35%) Agile Business Analyst
7 3 (4.35%) Business Transformation Analyst
7 3 (4.35%) Business Transformation Business Analyst
7 3 (4.35%) Data Manager
7 3 (4.35%) Full-Stack Developer
7 3 (4.35%) JavaScript Developer
7 3 (4.35%) Platform Engineer
7 3 (4.35%) Product Owner
7 3 (4.35%) Project Analyst
7 3 (4.35%) Reinsurance Business Analyst
7 3 (4.35%) Transformation Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (10.14%) React
2 6 (8.70%) Django
2 6 (8.70%) Next.js
3 2 (2.90%) .NET
4 1 (1.45%) AngularJS
4 1 (1.45%) CSS
4 1 (1.45%) CSS3
4 1 (1.45%) GraphQL
4 1 (1.45%) HTML
4 1 (1.45%) HTML5
4 1 (1.45%) LangChain
4 1 (1.45%) Oracle Fusion
4 1 (1.45%) REST
4 1 (1.45%) SOAP
4 1 (1.45%) Vue
4 1 (1.45%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 19 (27.54%) Onboarding
2 4 (5.80%) Analytical Mindset
2 4 (5.80%) Product Ownership
3 3 (4.35%) Reinsurance
4 2 (2.90%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.45%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (1.45%) IVR
5 1 (1.45%) Taxonomies
5 1 (1.45%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.45%) Windows
1 1 (1.45%) Windows Server
1 1 (1.45%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (44.93%) Migration
2 28 (40.58%) DevOps
2 28 (40.58%) Stakeholder Management
3 26 (37.68%) Agile
4 24 (34.78%) Scrum
5 23 (33.33%) Document Management
6 20 (28.99%) CI/CD
6 20 (28.99%) Error Analysis
6 20 (28.99%) Test Automation
7 13 (18.84%) Business Analysis
7 13 (18.84%) Decision-Making
8 11 (15.94%) Data Analysis
8 11 (15.94%) Problem-Solving
9 9 (13.04%) ITIL
10 8 (11.59%) Artificial Intelligence
10 8 (11.59%) Project Management
10 8 (11.59%) Use Case
10 8 (11.59%) User Stories
10 8 (11.59%) Waterfall
11 7 (10.14%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 32 (46.38%) SQL
2 26 (37.68%) Python
3 20 (28.99%) C#
3 20 (28.99%) Java
4 7 (10.14%) JavaScript
5 3 (4.35%) T-SQL
6 1 (1.45%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 7 (10.14%) PMI Certification
1 7 (10.14%) PMP
2 5 (7.25%) CBAP
3 4 (5.80%) Degree
4 2 (2.90%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (1.45%) ACCA
5 1 (1.45%) Azure Certification
5 1 (1.45%) CIMA
5 1 (1.45%) MCP
5 1 (1.45%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.35%) QA
2 1 (1.45%) Accessibility
2 1 (1.45%) Data Quality
2 1 (1.45%) GDPR
2 1 (1.45%) PMO
2 1 (1.45%) Solvency II
System Software
1 1 (1.45%) Active Directory
1 1 (1.45%) Docker
1 1 (1.45%) Hyper-V
1 1 (1.45%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 22 (31.88%) Guidewire
2 8 (11.59%) Microsoft
3 4 (5.80%) Databricks
4 3 (4.35%) Google
4 3 (4.35%) Salesforce
4 3 (4.35%) SAP
5 2 (2.90%) Oracle
6 1 (1.45%) Adobe
6 1 (1.45%) Anaplan
6 1 (1.45%) Atlassian
6 1 (1.45%) Avaya
6 1 (1.45%) Cisco
6 1 (1.45%) Genesys
6 1 (1.45%) Nintex
6 1 (1.45%) OpenLink
6 1 (1.45%) Pega
6 1 (1.45%) PeopleSoft
6 1 (1.45%) Tagetik
6 1 (1.45%) VMware