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 18 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 95 106 104
Rank change year-on-year +11 -2 -8
Permanent jobs citing Requirements Gathering 49 51 65
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 1.77% 2.02% 2.09%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.07% 2.11% 2.24%
Number of salaries quoted 39 26 56
10th Percentile £48,750 £46,875 £46,250
25th Percentile £64,375 £61,375 £54,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,500 £75,000 £66,250
Median % change year-on-year +7.33% +13.21% -11.67%
75th Percentile £105,000 £88,750 £87,500
90th Percentile - £97,500 £100,000
Central London median annual salary £80,500 £80,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +0.63% +23.08% -13.33%

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 2,363 2,417 2,903
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 85.37% 95.91% 93.25%
Number of salaries quoted 1,710 1,551 2,569
10th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £39,750
25th Percentile £60,000 £55,000 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% - -
75th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £96,250
90th Percentile £110,000 £117,750 £115,000
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 18 February 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 (12.24%) Confluence
2 4 (8.16%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 4 (8.16%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (4.08%) Oracle Cash Management
2 2 (4.08%) Oracle Payables
2 2 (4.08%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (2.04%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 13 (26.53%) Azure
1 13 (26.53%) Power Platform
2 11 (22.45%) Datadog
3 6 (12.24%) Microsoft Copilot
4 5 (10.20%) Azure DevOps
5 4 (8.16%) Azure Logic Apps
5 4 (8.16%) Copilot Studio
5 4 (8.16%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (4.08%) Google Analytics
6 2 (4.08%) Snowflake
7 1 (2.04%) AWS
7 1 (2.04%) Collibra
7 1 (2.04%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (2.04%) GCP
7 1 (2.04%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 3 (6.12%) IP Telephony
1 3 (6.12%) PBX
1 3 (6.12%) PSTN
1 3 (6.12%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (22.45%) Relational Database
2 7 (14.29%) Power BI
3 3 (6.12%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (2.04%) Data Lake
4 1 (2.04%) Semantic Layer
4 1 (2.04%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 8 (16.33%) JIRA
2 3 (6.12%) Git
3 1 (2.04%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (2.04%) Visual Studio
General
1 24 (48.98%) Finance
2 13 (26.53%) Social Skills
3 3 (6.12%) Telecoms
4 2 (4.08%) Banking
4 2 (4.08%) General Ledger
4 2 (4.08%) Public Sector
5 1 (2.04%) Advertising
5 1 (2.04%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (2.04%) Financial Institution
5 1 (2.04%) Front Office
5 1 (2.04%) Marketing
5 1 (2.04%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (2.04%) Retail
Job Titles
1 22 (44.90%) Senior
2 20 (40.82%) Analyst
3 15 (30.61%) Developer
4 12 (24.49%) Business Analyst
5 11 (22.45%) Senior Developer
6 5 (10.20%) Financial Analyst
7 4 (8.16%) Insurance Business Analyst
7 4 (8.16%) Product Manager
8 3 (6.12%) Data Analyst
8 3 (6.12%) Full-Stack Developer
8 3 (6.12%) Full-Stack JavaScript Developer
8 3 (6.12%) Full-Stack Python Developer
8 3 (6.12%) JavaScript Developer
8 3 (6.12%) Product Analyst
8 3 (6.12%) Python Developer
8 3 (6.12%) Senior Analyst
8 3 (6.12%) Technical Analyst
8 3 (6.12%) Technical Business Analyst
9 2 (4.08%) Artificial Intelligence Analyst
9 2 (4.08%) Finance Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (8.16%) Microsoft Graph
2 3 (6.12%) Django
2 3 (6.12%) Next.js
2 3 (6.12%) React
2 3 (6.12%) REST
2 3 (6.12%) SOAP
2 3 (6.12%) Web Services
3 2 (4.08%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 11 (22.45%) Onboarding
2 6 (12.24%) Product Ownership
3 4 (8.16%) Low-Code
4 3 (6.12%) IVR
5 2 (4.08%) Fixed Income
5 2 (4.08%) Reinsurance
6 1 (2.04%) Augmented Reality
6 1 (2.04%) Management Information System
6 1 (2.04%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (48.98%) Stakeholder Management
2 20 (40.82%) Agile
2 20 (40.82%) DevOps
3 14 (28.57%) Migration
4 12 (24.49%) CI/CD
4 12 (24.49%) Scrum
5 11 (22.45%) Document Management
5 11 (22.45%) Error Analysis
5 11 (22.45%) Test Automation
6 10 (20.41%) User Stories
7 9 (18.37%) User Acceptance Testing
8 8 (16.33%) AI
8 8 (16.33%) Business Intelligence
8 8 (16.33%) Mentoring
9 6 (12.24%) Business Analysis
9 6 (12.24%) CRM
9 6 (12.24%) Data Analysis
9 6 (12.24%) Decision-Making
9 6 (12.24%) Roadmaps
9 6 (12.24%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 18 (36.73%) SQL
2 17 (34.69%) Python
3 12 (24.49%) C#
4 11 (22.45%) Java
5 4 (8.16%) Bicep
6 3 (6.12%) JavaScript
7 2 (4.08%) R
Qualifications
1 3 (6.12%) Degree
2 2 (4.08%) ACCA
2 2 (4.08%) CBAP
2 2 (4.08%) CIMA
3 1 (2.04%) AWS Certification
3 1 (2.04%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.08%) Data Quality
1 2 (4.08%) PMO
Vendors
1 11 (22.45%) Guidewire
2 9 (18.37%) Microsoft
3 4 (8.16%) Salesforce
4 3 (6.12%) Avaya
4 3 (6.12%) Cisco
4 3 (6.12%) Genesys
5 2 (4.08%) Anaplan
5 2 (4.08%) Google
5 2 (4.08%) Oracle
5 2 (4.08%) Pega
6 1 (2.04%) Atlassian
6 1 (2.04%) GoldenSource
6 1 (2.04%) Informatica
6 1 (2.04%) PeopleSoft
6 1 (2.04%) Revolut
6 1 (2.04%) Tagetik
6 1 (2.04%) Workday
6 1 (2.04%) WorldPay