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 23 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 122 85 102
Rank change year-on-year -37 +17 +27
Permanent jobs citing Requirements Gathering 31 58 69
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 0.72% 2.99% 2.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.91% 3.11% 2.38%
Number of salaries quoted 19 51 49
10th Percentile £52,400 £43,250 £45,000
25th Percentile £63,125 £52,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £77,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.90% +40.91% -22.81%
75th Percentile £83,250 £87,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £105,500 £95,000 £95,000
Central London median annual salary £67,500 £82,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -17.68% +49.09% -24.14%

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 3,425 1,866 2,898
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 79.95% 96.24% 90.82%
Number of salaries quoted 2,490 1,429 2,332
10th Percentile £47,500 £41,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% - -
75th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £95,000
90th Percentile - £122,500 £112,500
Central London median annual salary £80,000 £75,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +6.67% +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 23 June 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 9 (29.03%) Confluence
2 7 (22.58%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 1 (3.23%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 2 (6.45%) AWS
1 2 (6.45%) Azure
1 2 (6.45%) Power Platform
1 2 (6.45%) SaaS
1 2 (6.45%) Snowflake
2 1 (3.23%) Collibra
2 1 (3.23%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (3.23%) Entra ID
2 1 (3.23%) GCP
2 1 (3.23%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Copilot
2 1 (3.23%) OneDrive
2 1 (3.23%) Power Automate
2 1 (3.23%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.23%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.45%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (6.45%) Power BI
2 1 (3.23%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 9 (29.03%) JIRA
2 1 (3.23%) Git
General
1 13 (41.94%) Finance
2 5 (16.13%) Social Skills
3 3 (9.68%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (9.68%) Legal
4 2 (6.45%) Advertising
4 2 (6.45%) Financial Institution
4 2 (6.45%) General Ledger
5 1 (3.23%) Banking
5 1 (3.23%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (3.23%) Front Office
5 1 (3.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 18 (58.06%) Analyst
2 14 (45.16%) Business Analyst
3 7 (22.58%) Insurance Business Analyst
4 6 (19.35%) Technical Analyst
4 6 (19.35%) Technical Business Analyst
5 4 (12.90%) Business Data Analyst
5 4 (12.90%) Data Analyst
5 4 (12.90%) Product Manager
5 4 (12.90%) Senior
6 3 (9.68%) Market Analyst
6 3 (9.68%) Workday Manager
7 2 (6.45%) Consultant
8 1 (3.23%) Full-Stack JavaScript Developer
8 1 (3.23%) Full-Stack Python Developer
8 1 (3.23%) JavaScript Developer
8 1 (3.23%) Python Developer
8 1 (3.23%) Senior Data Modeller
8 1 (3.23%) Senior Manager
8 1 (3.23%) Solutions Consultant
8 1 (3.23%) SQL Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.23%) Django
1 1 (3.23%) Next.js
1 1 (3.23%) React
Miscellaneous
1 4 (12.90%) Product Ownership
2 2 (6.45%) Derivative
2 2 (6.45%) Equities
2 2 (6.45%) Fixed Income
2 2 (6.45%) Reference Data
3 1 (3.23%) Cyber Defence
3 1 (3.23%) Data Structures
3 1 (3.23%) IoT
3 1 (3.23%) Management Information System
3 1 (3.23%) Onboarding
3 1 (3.23%) PropTech
3 1 (3.23%) Security Operations Centre
3 1 (3.23%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.23%) Linux
1 1 (3.23%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (74.19%) Stakeholder Management
2 12 (38.71%) Agile
3 9 (29.03%) Process Improvement
3 9 (29.03%) User Acceptance Testing
4 8 (25.81%) Analytics
5 6 (19.35%) Data Flow Diagram
5 6 (19.35%) ETL
5 6 (19.35%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 6 (19.35%) Workshop Facilitation
6 5 (16.13%) Business Analysis
7 4 (12.90%) Asset Management
7 4 (12.90%) Business Intelligence
7 4 (12.90%) Problem-Solving
7 4 (12.90%) Roadmaps
7 4 (12.90%) User Stories
8 3 (9.68%) Data Modelling
8 3 (9.68%) Financial Modelling
8 3 (9.68%) Migration
8 3 (9.68%) Project Delivery
8 3 (9.68%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 9 (29.03%) SQL
2 3 (9.68%) Python
3 1 (3.23%) JavaScript
3 1 (3.23%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (6.45%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (16.13%) Data Quality
2 3 (9.68%) IFRS
3 2 (6.45%) GAAP
4 1 (3.23%) GDPR
4 1 (3.23%) IFRS 17
4 1 (3.23%) QA
4 1 (3.23%) Solvency II
Vendors
1 5 (16.13%) Microsoft
2 2 (6.45%) Salesforce
3 1 (3.23%) Databricks
3 1 (3.23%) GoldenSource
3 1 (3.23%) Informatica
3 1 (3.23%) Splunk