The first table below looks at the demand for GAP Analysis skills in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited GAP Analysis over the 3 months to 21 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Processes & Methodologies category for the England region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
GAP Analysis
Rank 241 249 239
Rank change year-on-year
+8 -10
Contract jobs citing GAP Analysis 314 384 407
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.742% 0.718% 0.735%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.040% 1.051% 1.078%
Number of daily rates quoted 208 238 260
Average daily rate £447 £448 £438
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-0.05% +2.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £300 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £633 £575
UK excluding London average daily rate £389 £400 £366
% change year-on-year
-2.81% +9.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 10 17
Average hourly rate £35.44 £25.00 £33.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+41.76% -25.92%
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £30.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
- -7.69%
All Processes & Methodologies
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
30182 36546 37754
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 71.34% 68.30% 68.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 18435 21484 21848
Average daily rate £425 £413 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.90% -8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £275 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £595 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 936 1202 1371
Average hourly rate £32.00 £25.00 £28.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+28.00% -12.28%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.61 £13.12 £13.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £50.00 £46.50 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.50 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.00% -16.66%
GAP Analysis
UK

GAP Analysis
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing GAP Analysis across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

England GAP Analysis Jobs Demand Trend

GAP Analysis
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing GAP Analysis across the England region.

England GAP Analysis Daily Rate Trend

GAP Analysis
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing GAP Analysis across the England region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

England GAP Analysis Daily Rate Histogram

GAP Analysis
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing GAP Analysis across the England region.

England GAP Analysis Hourly Rate Trend

GAP Analysis
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing GAP Analysis within the England region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
London -7 195 £450 -5.26%
South East +20 36 £375 +2.73%
East Midlands -9 17 £425 +1.13%
South West +17 14 £410 -3.52%
West Midlands +10 13 £425 +15.25%
East of England +15 12 £388 +29.16%
North West +7 12 £298 -55.92%
Yorkshire +9 7 £360 +12.94%
North East - 4 £278 -
Midlands +2 1 - -
GAP Analysis
UK

GAP Analysis
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing GAP Analysis also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited GAP Analysis.

1 204 (34.69%) Finance
2 169 (28.74%) Business Analysis
3 131 (22.28%) Banking
4 107 (18.20%) Stakeholder Management
5 90 (15.31%) Project Management
6 82 (13.95%) SAP
7 80 (13.61%) Migration
8 79 (13.44%) SQL
9 71 (12.07%) UML
10 66 (11.22%) Oracle
11 64 (10.88%) Change Management
12 58 (9.864%) User Acceptance Testing
13 56 (9.524%) Retail
14 55 (9.354%) Data Analysis
15 52 (8.844%) MS Visio
16 48 (8.163%) PRINCE2
17 47 (7.993%) CRM
17 47 (7.993%) Business Transformation
18 46 (7.823%) Data Mapping
18 46 (7.823%) Data Modelling
18 46 (7.823%) Business Intelligence
19 44 (7.483%) Requirements Analysis
20 42 (7.143%) Degree
20 42 (7.143%) Telecoms
21 41 (6.973%) Investment Banking
21 41 (6.973%) Asset Management
22 40 (6.803%) Microsoft
23 38 (6.463%) ITIL
24 37 (6.293%) BPR
25 35 (5.952%) Agile Software Development

GAP Analysis
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing GAP Analysis also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited GAP Analysis. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 20 (3.401%) SAP XI
2 11 (1.871%) XML
3 8 (1.361%) .NET
3 8 (1.361%) J2EE
4 7 (1.190%) CSS
5 6 (1.020%) HTML
6 5 (0.850%) Middleware
6 5 (0.850%) ASP.NET
7 4 (0.680%) Oracle Fusion
8 3 (0.510%) SAP CO-PA
8 3 (0.510%) FpML
8 3 (0.510%) WebCenter
9 2 (0.340%) WebSphere
10 1 (0.170%) JSON
10 1 (0.170%) MDX
10 1 (0.170%) FIX Protocol
10 1 (0.170%) GWT
10 1 (0.170%) Spring
10 1 (0.170%) SAML
10 1 (0.170%) XBRL
Application Platforms
1 21 (3.571%) WebLogic
2 20 (3.401%) SharePoint
3 18 (3.061%) IIS
4 17 (2.891%) Tomcat
5 16 (2.721%) Apache
6 4 (0.680%) Oracle Workflow
7 3 (0.510%) FileNet
7 3 (0.510%) Documentum
7 3 (0.510%) MS Exchange
7 3 (0.510%) Lync
7 3 (0.510%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 2 (0.340%) CMS
8 2 (0.340%) ESB
9 1 (0.170%) WebSphere Message Broker
9 1 (0.170%) Oracle Application Server
9 1 (0.170%) Lotus Domino
9 1 (0.170%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 52 (8.844%) MS Visio
2 30 (5.102%) MS Excel
2 30 (5.102%) MS Office
3 20 (3.401%) MS PowerPoint
4 16 (2.721%) MS Project
5 1 (0.170%) Office 365
5 1 (0.170%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 9 (1.531%) Oracle EBS R12
2 6 (1.020%) Oracle EBS
3 5 (0.850%) Temenos T24
3 5 (0.850%) SAP PM
4 4 (0.680%) Summit
4 4 (0.680%) Dynamics NAV
4 4 (0.680%) Dynamics CRM
5 3 (0.510%) SAP EHS
5 3 (0.510%) SAP CO
5 3 (0.510%) FLEXCUBE
5 3 (0.510%) VisionPLUS
5 3 (0.510%) SAP PP
5 3 (0.510%) SAP FI
5 3 (0.510%) Oracle CRM
5 3 (0.510%) Hyperion Planning
6 2 (0.340%) SAP FSCM
6 2 (0.340%) Oracle BPM
6 2 (0.340%) PeopleSoft HRMS
6 2 (0.340%) SAP SD
6 2 (0.340%) Lawson
Communications & Networking
1 20 (3.401%) 3G
2 19 (3.231%) 4G
3 18 (3.061%) 2G
4 11 (1.871%) LAN
5 10 (1.701%) HTTP
6 9 (1.531%) WAN
7 8 (1.361%) Network Security
8 7 (1.190%) ATM
9 5 (0.850%) MPLS
9 5 (0.850%) Wireless
9 5 (0.850%) SDH
10 4 (0.680%) CTI
10 4 (0.680%) Firewall
10 4 (0.680%) Internet
11 3 (0.510%) BSS
11 3 (0.510%) Extranet
12 2 (0.340%) IPv6
12 2 (0.340%) HTTPS
12 2 (0.340%) WLAN
12 2 (0.340%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (4.082%) Oracle Reports
2 23 (3.912%) Data Warehouse
3 22 (3.741%) Oracle BI EE
4 21 (3.571%) ReportNet
5 20 (3.401%) BusinessObjects XI
5 20 (3.401%) BusinessObjects
6 9 (1.531%) Data Mining
6 9 (1.531%) Oracle 10g
7 8 (1.361%) Oracle 11g
8 7 (1.190%) SAP BW
8 7 (1.190%) OLAP
9 6 (1.020%) SAP Data Services
9 6 (1.020%) Star Schema
9 6 (1.020%) Oracle OLAP
10 5 (0.850%) Essbase
10 5 (0.850%) Oracle 8/8i
11 4 (0.680%) SQL Server
11 4 (0.680%) SAP BI
11 4 (0.680%) QlikView
12 3 (0.510%) TOAD
Development Applications
1 16 (2.721%) JIRA
2 6 (1.020%) JUnit
3 3 (0.510%) PeopleTools
3 3 (0.510%) Rational Rose
3 3 (0.510%) Balsamiq Mockups
4 2 (0.340%) Team Foundation Server
4 2 (0.340%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.340%) Visual Studio
4 2 (0.340%) ERwin
5 1 (0.170%) Maven
5 1 (0.170%) TestDirector
5 1 (0.170%) Eclipse
5 1 (0.170%) ClearCase
General
1 204 (34.69%) Finance
2 131 (22.28%) Banking
3 56 (9.524%) Retail
4 42 (7.143%) Telecoms
5 41 (6.973%) Investment Banking
6 31 (5.272%) Retail Banking
7 27 (4.592%) Legal
8 19 (3.231%) Front Office
9 17 (2.891%) Marketing
10 16 (2.721%) Back Office
11 12 (2.041%) Manufacturing
12 8 (1.361%) Financial Institution
12 8 (1.361%) Billing
13 7 (1.190%) General Ledger
14 6 (1.020%) Law
14 6 (1.020%) Advertising
14 6 (1.020%) Publishing
15 5 (0.850%) International Banking
16 4 (0.680%) Automotive
16 4 (0.680%) Corporate Banking
Job Titles
1 369 (62.76%) Analyst
2 336 (57.14%) Business Analyst
3 73 (12.41%) Consultant
4 33 (5.612%) Data Analyst
4 33 (5.612%) Developer
5 31 (5.272%) Project Manager
6 29 (4.932%) Architect
7 22 (3.741%) Senior Analyst
8 21 (3.571%) Systems Analyst
8 21 (3.571%) Banking Business Analyst
8 21 (3.571%) Service Manager
9 19 (3.231%) Senior Business Analyst
9 19 (3.231%) Transition Manager
10 18 (3.061%) Performance Manager
10 18 (3.061%) SAP Consultant
10 18 (3.061%) Service Performance Manager
11 17 (2.891%) Siebel Business Analyst
12 15 (2.551%) Solutions Architect
12 15 (2.551%) Siebel Analyst
13 14 (2.381%) Technical Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 23 (3.912%) Derivative
2 20 (3.401%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 19 (3.231%) Computer Science
4 17 (2.891%) Management Information System
5 16 (2.721%) Reference Data
6 12 (2.041%) FMCG
7 9 (1.531%) NHS
8 8 (1.361%) Credit Risk
9 6 (1.020%) SWIFT
9 6 (1.020%) Equities
9 6 (1.020%) Market Risk
10 5 (0.850%) Interest Rate Derivative
10 5 (0.850%) Fixed Income
10 5 (0.850%) Visualisation
11 4 (0.680%) IIBA
11 4 (0.680%) iPad
11 4 (0.680%) Data Extraction
11 4 (0.680%) Mobile App
12 3 (0.510%) Taxonomies
12 3 (0.510%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 24 (4.082%) Windows
2 11 (1.871%) Linux
3 10 (1.701%) UNIX
4 3 (0.510%) VMS
4 3 (0.510%) AIX
5 2 (0.340%) Windows Server 2008
5 2 (0.340%) Windows Server 2003
6 1 (0.170%) Solaris
6 1 (0.170%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.170%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 169 (28.74%) Business Analysis
2 107 (18.20%) Stakeholder Management
3 90 (15.31%) Project Management
4 80 (13.61%) Migration
5 71 (12.07%) UML
6 64 (10.88%) Change Management
7 58 (9.864%) User Acceptance Testing
8 55 (9.354%) Data Analysis
9 48 (8.163%) PRINCE2
10 47 (7.993%) CRM
10 47 (7.993%) Business Transformation
11 46 (7.823%) Data Mapping
11 46 (7.823%) Data Modelling
11 46 (7.823%) Business Intelligence
12 44 (7.483%) Requirements Analysis
13 41 (6.973%) Asset Management
14 38 (6.463%) ITIL
15 37 (6.293%) BPR
16 35 (5.952%) Agile Software Development
16 35 (5.952%) Data Migration
Programming Languages
1 79 (13.44%) SQL
2 22 (3.741%) Java
3 15 (2.551%) PL/SQL
4 9 (1.531%) C
5 4 (0.680%) C#
5 4 (0.680%) Shell Script
6 3 (0.510%) PeopleCode
6 3 (0.510%) C++
6 3 (0.510%) VBA
7 2 (0.340%) Python
7 2 (0.340%) Perl
8 1 (0.170%) PHP
8 1 (0.170%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.170%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.170%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 42 (7.143%) Degree
2 23 (3.912%) Security Cleared
3 19 (3.231%) SC Cleared
4 17 (2.891%) ISEB
5 6 (1.020%) CISSP
6 5 (0.850%) CISM
6 5 (0.850%) PMP
6 5 (0.850%) PMI Certification
7 4 (0.680%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 4 (0.680%) ITIL Certification
8 3 (0.510%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 3 (0.510%) JNCIE
8 3 (0.510%) MOS
8 3 (0.510%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (0.510%) CCIE
9 2 (0.340%) BC Cleared
9 2 (0.340%) CIMA
9 2 (0.340%) ISEB Practitioner
9 2 (0.340%) Six Sigma Black Belt
10 1 (0.170%) ACCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (2.381%) Basel III
1 14 (2.381%) QA
2 13 (2.211%) Basel II
3 12 (2.041%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 12 (2.041%) Solvency II
4 11 (1.871%) FATCA
5 10 (1.701%) SLA
6 7 (1.190%) Data Quality
7 6 (1.020%) COBIT
8 4 (0.680%) ISO 9000
9 1 (0.170%) MiFID
9 1 (0.170%) BS25999
9 1 (0.170%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 4 (0.680%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (0.510%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.510%) UAG
2 3 (0.510%) Forefront TMG
3 2 (0.340%) XenApp
3 2 (0.340%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 17 (2.891%) HP Quality Center
2 3 (0.510%) SCOM
3 1 (0.170%) EMC NetWorker
3 1 (0.170%) Netcool
3 1 (0.170%) Netcool/OMNIbus
3 1 (0.170%) NetBackup
3 1 (0.170%) Cisco UCCX
3 1 (0.170%) Cisco CUCM
3 1 (0.170%) Cisco UCCE
Vendors
1 82 (13.95%) SAP
2 66 (11.22%) Oracle
3 40 (6.803%) Microsoft
4 31 (5.272%) Siebel
5 25 (4.252%) Cognos
6 21 (3.571%) Business Objects
7 15 (2.551%) Cisco
7 15 (2.551%) IBM
8 9 (1.531%) Informatica
9 8 (1.361%) PeopleSoft
9 8 (1.361%) Juniper
10 5 (0.850%) Teradata
10 5 (0.850%) Charles River
11 4 (0.680%) Sybase
11 4 (0.680%) Citrix
11 4 (0.680%) HP
11 4 (0.680%) VMware
11 4 (0.680%) Hyperion
12 3 (0.510%) ATG
12 3 (0.510%) Progress
Nottingham, East Midlands
You will ideally have the following experience: Business Analysis Requirements Capturing Process Analysis Gap analysis between current and future processesStrong Documentation skills are a must for this role...
Harvey Nash plc
Rate: £325 per day
Posted: 8 May 2013
City of London
You will meet the following requirements: Strong core BA skills: Business Case Analysis, Requirements gathering, Gap Analysis and specification writing Investment Management or Asset Management background Experience of...
Orgtel
Rate: £500 - £550 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
City of London
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Orgtel
Rate: £500 - £550 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
City of London
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Orgtel
Rate: £425 - £450 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
England
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Orgtel
Rate: £425 - £450 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013
Midlands
Facilitated/led workshops with subject matter experts to elicit current as-is processes and business rules *Using gap analysis and my extensive experience of enterprise systems, affiliation with...
Redrock Consulting Ltd
Rate: £300 - £301 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013
City of London
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Capita Resourcing Ltd
Posted: 15 May 2013
City, London
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Capita Resourcing - IT Resourcing
Posted: 15 May 2013
London
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Aston Carter
Rate: £350 - £450 per day
Posted: 20 May 2013
Halifax, West Yorkshire
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Hydrogen Group
Rate: £380.00 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013
City, London
The aim of this change programme is to re-align and improve its premium and claims information to enable relevant management reporting and analytics capabilities... Experience of capturing...
Lorien Resourcing
Rate: £450 - £475 per day
Posted: 20 May 2013
Halifax, West Yorkshire
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Hydrogen Group
Rate: £450.00 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013
Yorkshire
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Ideal Training
Rate: Excellent Daily Rate Negotiable
Posted: 17 May 2013
Surrey
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Fidelity Worldwide Investment
Rate: Competitive
Posted: 20 May 2013
City, London
Any exposure to risk management systems would be advantageous. You will have excellent authoring and technical skills with extensive banking experience and exposure to MM, FX, bonds and...
Benedict Cole Limited
Rate: £430 - £450 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013
Northampton, Northamptonshire
You will have experience of business change, business transformation, BPR backgrounds with process mapping experience, requirements gathering, gap analysis, requirements capture, workshop facilitation, etc... Very experienced in requirements...
Clarity Resourcing Ltd
Rate: £399 - £450 per day
Posted: 16 May 2013
City of London
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Capita Resourcing
Posted: 30 April 2013
Swindon, Wiltshire
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Clarity Resourcing Ltd
Rate: £375 - £400 per day
Posted: 16 May 2013
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ANSON MCCADE
Rate: Up to £400 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
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Rullion IT Plus
Posted: 16 May 2013
London
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Aston Carter
Rate: £300 - £550 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
City of London
Excellent understanding of Management information solutions*Good understanding of workflow tools and their usage*Good understanding of Global Investment Banking *Good understanding of technical issues rolling out /supporting...
Rate: £400 - £500 per day
Posted: 11 May 2013
North East
Working closely within different teams and 3rd party providers to successfully define mainframe specifications, be responsible for mainframe design, GAP analysis and manage budget costs and timescales... Candidates...
Lorien Resourcing
Rate: Upon application
Posted: 20 May 2013
London
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Axica Recruitment
Rate: Up to £500 Per Day
Posted: 1 May 2013
London
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Posted: 1 May 2013
Hertfordshire, South East
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Hudson
Rate: Market rate
Posted: 7 May 2013
City of London
Main FunctionSupport US Cash Programme release testing: ProvideQualityCentre training Produce assigned SIT Test Plan and test packs documents according to the standard as provided by the Test Manager...
Huxley Associates
Rate: £400 - £500 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
Liverpool, Merseyside
You will be responsible to the Test Programme Office for the management of all technical infrastructure testing from the initial data centre build out and installation of application...
LA International
Rate: £400 - £500 per day
Posted: 20 May 2013