Requirements Gathering Contracts in the UK excluding London

Requirements Gathering (Requirements Elicitation)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Requirements Gathering skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Requirements Gathering over the 6 months to 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 127 128 89
Rank change year-on-year +1 -39 +4
Contract jobs citing Requirements Gathering 343 456 890
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.69% 1.98% 2.92%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.00% 2.22% 3.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 238 333 653
10th Percentile £313 £363 £357
25th Percentile £361 £413 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.11% - +8.25%
75th Percentile £568 £560 £538
90th Percentile £650 £605 £588
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £500
% change year-on-year - +5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 22 9
10th Percentile - £53.64 £23.65
25th Percentile £23.63 £55.75 £25.50
Median hourly rate £36.00 £61.50 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -41.46% +44.71% +77.08%
75th Percentile £58.50 £65.75 £57.95
90th Percentile £75.00 £67.33 £64.40
UK median hourly rate £50.25 £61.50 £53.00
% change year-on-year -18.29% +16.04% +120.83%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Requirements Gathering is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,112 20,583 27,136
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 84.30% 89.45% 89.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,220 14,187 18,951
10th Percentile £250 £258 £235
25th Percentile £381 £400 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £480
Median % change year-on-year - +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £656
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +7.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,064 1,254 1,350
10th Percentile £12.35 £10.63 £12.25
25th Percentile £15.25 £15.25 £14.25
Median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% +75.00% -4.99%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £47.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £73.74 £61.52
UK median hourly rate £36.05 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +0.13% +40.19% +7.00%

Requirements Gathering
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Requirements Gathering in the UK excluding London

Requirements Gathering
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Requirements Gathering in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Requirements Gathering in the UK excluding London

Requirements Gathering
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Requirements Gathering in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Requirements Gathering in the UK excluding London

Requirements Gathering
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Requirements Gathering in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Requirements Gathering in the UK excluding London

Requirements Gathering
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Requirements Gathering in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Requirements Gathering in the UK excluding London

Requirements Gathering
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Requirements Gathering within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 18 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North of England +29 115 £490 +3.16% 65
South East +11 78 £525 +1.94% 49
North West +39 74 £475 +8.57% 37
Midlands +16 69 £377 -24.70% 30
West Midlands +19 61 £359 -28.20% 23
Scotland +24 42 £450 -5.26% 28
Yorkshire -6 40 £490 -5.77% 23
South West -29 22 £450 +4.35% 31
East of England -2 20 £419 -16.25% 10
East Midlands +5 5 £425 -6.59% 7
Northern Ireland +1 1 £513 +28.13% 7
Requirements Gathering
UK

Requirements Gathering
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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 12 (3.50%) CICS
1 12 (3.50%) SAS
2 9 (2.62%) Confluence
3 4 (1.17%) SharePoint
4 3 (0.87%) ArcGIS
5 2 (0.58%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 2 (0.58%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.29%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 8 (2.33%) Microsoft Office
1 8 (2.33%) MS Visio
2 6 (1.75%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (1.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.87%) AutoCAD
4 2 (0.58%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.58%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.29%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 15 (4.37%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (2.33%) SAP PM
3 5 (1.46%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (1.17%) Infor SunSystems
4 4 (1.17%) SAP EWM
5 3 (0.87%) Dynamics AX
5 3 (0.87%) SAP MII
6 2 (0.58%) SAP HCM
6 2 (0.58%) SAP Hybris
7 1 (0.29%) Magento
7 1 (0.29%) NetSuite
7 1 (0.29%) SAP GRC
7 1 (0.29%) SAP GTS
7 1 (0.29%) SAP IBP
7 1 (0.29%) SAP PP
7 1 (0.29%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 30 (8.75%) Azure
2 19 (5.54%) AWS
2 19 (5.54%) Power Platform
3 12 (3.50%) Dynamics 365
4 8 (2.33%) Azure DevOps
5 6 (1.75%) Akamai
5 6 (1.75%) Cloudflare
5 6 (1.75%) SaaS
6 5 (1.46%) Cloud Computing
6 5 (1.46%) Snowflake
7 4 (1.17%) GCP
8 3 (0.87%) Power Automate
8 3 (0.87%) PowerApps
9 2 (0.58%) Azure Data Factory
9 2 (0.58%) Microsoft 365
9 2 (0.58%) PaaS
9 2 (0.58%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
9 2 (0.58%) SAP Commerce Cloud
9 2 (0.58%) SuccessFactors
10 1 (0.29%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 10 (2.92%) WAN
2 9 (2.62%) LAN
3 8 (2.33%) Junos
4 7 (2.04%) Firewall
5 6 (1.75%) VPN
6 5 (1.46%) Network Security
6 5 (1.46%) Wireshark
7 4 (1.17%) BGP
7 4 (1.17%) Cisco IOS
7 4 (1.17%) IPsec
7 4 (1.17%) MPLS
7 4 (1.17%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (0.87%) DNS
9 2 (0.58%) Cisco Firepower
9 2 (0.58%) Radio Access Network
9 2 (0.58%) SAN
10 1 (0.29%) ATM
10 1 (0.29%) Internet
10 1 (0.29%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (4.96%) Power BI
2 16 (4.66%) Amazon Redshift
2 16 (4.66%) MySQL
3 13 (3.79%) DB2
4 11 (3.21%) IDMS
5 6 (1.75%) Data Warehouse
6 4 (1.17%) Data Lake
6 4 (1.17%) Relational Database
6 4 (1.17%) SAP BW
7 3 (0.87%) Geospatial Data
7 3 (0.87%) GIS
7 3 (0.87%) NoSQL
7 3 (0.87%) RDBMS
7 3 (0.87%) Tableau
8 2 (0.58%) Big Data
8 2 (0.58%) Oracle Database
8 2 (0.58%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 1 (0.29%) Impala
9 1 (0.29%) SAP HANA
9 1 (0.29%) Sqoop
Development Applications
1 32 (9.33%) JIRA
2 28 (8.16%) Git
3 1 (0.29%) Bitbucket
3 1 (0.29%) Jenkins
General
1 111 (32.36%) Social Skills
2 73 (21.28%) Finance
3 36 (10.50%) Analytical Skills
4 34 (9.91%) Manufacturing
5 31 (9.04%) Public Sector
6 17 (4.96%) Pharmaceutical
7 15 (4.37%) Retail
8 11 (3.21%) Banking
9 10 (2.92%) Presentation Skills
10 7 (2.04%) Documentation Skills
11 6 (1.75%) Automotive
11 6 (1.75%) Marketing
12 5 (1.46%) Organisational Skills
12 5 (1.46%) Telecoms
13 4 (1.17%) Local Government
14 3 (0.87%) Advertising
14 3 (0.87%) Corporate Banking
14 3 (0.87%) Law
15 2 (0.58%) Games
15 2 (0.58%) Military
Job Titles
1 161 (46.94%) Analyst
2 138 (40.23%) Business Analyst
3 40 (11.66%) Consultant
4 28 (8.16%) Architect
5 24 (7.00%) Project Manager
6 21 (6.12%) Developer
7 15 (4.37%) Technical Analyst
8 12 (3.50%) IBM Mainframe Developer
8 12 (3.50%) Mainframe Developer
9 11 (3.21%) Lead
9 11 (3.21%) SAP Consultant
9 11 (3.21%) Senior
10 9 (2.62%) Product Analyst
10 9 (2.62%) Systems Analyst
10 9 (2.62%) Technical Business Analyst
11 7 (2.04%) Management Consultant
11 7 (2.04%) Network Architect
11 7 (2.04%) Service Management Consultant
11 7 (2.04%) Solutions Architect
11 7 (2.04%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (2.33%) Web Services
2 4 (1.17%) REST
2 4 (1.17%) SOAP
3 3 (0.87%) .NET
4 2 (0.58%) .NET Framework
4 2 (0.58%) Entity Framework
4 2 (0.58%) HTML
4 2 (0.58%) JSON
4 2 (0.58%) SAP Fiori
5 1 (0.29%) .NET Core
5 1 (0.29%) AngularJS
5 1 (0.29%) ASP.NET MVC
5 1 (0.29%) Blazor
5 1 (0.29%) HTML5
5 1 (0.29%) Kafka
5 1 (0.29%) Lightning Web Components
5 1 (0.29%) PySpark
5 1 (0.29%) RabbitMQ
5 1 (0.29%) RESTful
5 1 (0.29%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 16 (4.66%) Product Ownership
2 12 (3.50%) IBM Mainframe
2 12 (3.50%) Mainframe
3 10 (2.92%) Management Information System
4 5 (1.46%) Data Structures
4 5 (1.46%) Self-Motivation
5 4 (1.17%) Cloud Native
5 4 (1.17%) Data Centre
5 4 (1.17%) Data Protection Act
5 4 (1.17%) Industry 4.0
5 4 (1.17%) IoT
5 4 (1.17%) Life Science
5 4 (1.17%) Robotics
6 3 (0.87%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 3 (0.87%) Mobile App
6 3 (0.87%) NHS
7 2 (0.58%) Algorithms
7 2 (0.58%) Embedded Systems
7 2 (0.58%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (0.58%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 11 (3.21%) zOS
2 9 (2.62%) Windows
3 3 (0.87%) Apple iOS
3 3 (0.87%) Linux
3 3 (0.87%) Windows 10
4 2 (0.58%) Unix
5 1 (0.29%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 129 (37.61%) Agile
2 84 (24.49%) Business Analysis
3 77 (22.45%) Stakeholder Management
4 58 (16.91%) Project Management
5 55 (16.03%) Problem-Solving
6 53 (15.45%) Scrum
7 47 (13.70%) User Stories
8 32 (9.33%) Software Engineering
9 31 (9.04%) Workshop Facilitation
10 29 (8.45%) Analytics
11 27 (7.87%) Project Delivery
11 27 (7.87%) User Acceptance Testing
12 26 (7.58%) Continuous Improvement
12 26 (7.58%) DevOps
12 26 (7.58%) Process Improvement
12 26 (7.58%) Waterfall
13 25 (7.29%) CRM
13 25 (7.29%) Roadmaps
14 23 (6.71%) Configuration Management
14 23 (6.71%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 33 (9.62%) SQL
2 14 (4.08%) PL/SQL
3 13 (3.79%) COBOL
4 11 (3.21%) CLIST
4 11 (3.21%) REXX
5 10 (2.92%) SELCOPY
6 3 (0.87%) C
6 3 (0.87%) C#
6 3 (0.87%) Java
6 3 (0.87%) Python
7 2 (0.58%) JavaScript
7 2 (0.58%) VB
8 1 (0.29%) ABAP
8 1 (0.29%) Apex Code
8 1 (0.29%) Bicep
8 1 (0.29%) C++
8 1 (0.29%) JCL
8 1 (0.29%) Scala
8 1 (0.29%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.29%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 54 (15.74%) Degree
1 54 (15.74%) Security Cleared
2 39 (11.37%) SC Cleared
3 14 (4.08%) Cisco Certification
4 13 (3.79%) CCNP
4 13 (3.79%) IIBA
5 11 (3.21%) CCNA
6 8 (2.33%) CBAP
6 8 (2.33%) Computer Science Degree
7 6 (1.75%) DV Cleared
8 5 (1.46%) JNCIS
8 5 (1.46%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (1.17%) ACCA
9 4 (1.17%) CIMA
9 4 (1.17%) JNCIA
9 4 (1.17%) Master's Degree
9 4 (1.17%) SAP Certification
10 3 (0.87%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (0.87%) ISEB
10 3 (0.87%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (5.83%) QA
2 15 (4.37%) GDPR
2 15 (4.37%) SLA
3 12 (3.50%) Good Clinical Practice
3 12 (3.50%) GxP
4 6 (1.75%) Actionable Recommendations
5 4 (1.17%) Data Quality
6 3 (0.87%) Disclosure Scotland
6 3 (0.87%) HL7
7 2 (0.58%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.58%) PMO
8 1 (0.29%) Government Security Classifications
8 1 (0.29%) NCSC
8 1 (0.29%) PSD2
8 1 (0.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.29%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 2 (0.58%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.29%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.29%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 16 (4.66%) Grafana
2 3 (0.87%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (0.87%) SCCM
2 3 (0.87%) Terraform
3 1 (0.29%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.29%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 42 (12.24%) SAP
2 33 (9.62%) Microsoft
3 16 (4.66%) Denodo
3 16 (4.66%) Talend
4 14 (4.08%) Salesforce
5 12 (3.50%) IBM
5 12 (3.50%) ServiceNow
6 11 (3.21%) Avaloq
6 11 (3.21%) Syncsort
7 10 (2.92%) Cisco
7 10 (2.92%) Juniper
8 8 (2.33%) F5
9 5 (1.46%) Oracle
10 4 (1.17%) Pega
10 4 (1.17%) Sun
11 3 (0.87%) Anaplan
11 3 (0.87%) ESRI
11 3 (0.87%) JDA
11 3 (0.87%) Siemens
12 2 (0.58%) VMware