GAP Analysis Contracts in Scotland

GAP Analysis
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for GAP Analysis skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited GAP Analysis over the 6 months to 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 117 152 157
Rank change year-on-year +35 +5 -14
Contract jobs citing GAP Analysis 9 15 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.41% 0.53% 0.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.47% 0.58% 0.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 13 10
10th Percentile £438 £383 £306
25th Percentile £474 £409 £351
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £418 £393
Median % change year-on-year +19.76% +6.37% -7.65%
75th Percentile - £430 £437
90th Percentile £535 £435 £493
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £505
% change year-on-year - +8.91% +6.32%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

GAP Analysis 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 Scotland with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,924 2,599 3,271
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 88.58% 92.52% 93.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,158 1,869 2,319
10th Percentile £225 £260 £250
25th Percentile £389 £406 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £470
Median % change year-on-year - +1.06% +10.59%
75th Percentile £587 £558 £550
90th Percentile £663 £650 £625
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 94 56 48
10th Percentile £12.30 £10.63 £15.04
25th Percentile £15.75 £12.04 £19.45
Median hourly rate £18.79 £16.86 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +11.48% -57.86% -0.01%
75th Percentile £40.94 £49.24 £48.95
90th Percentile £60.75 £65.78 £55.75
UK median hourly rate £35.95 £35.80 £25.00
% change year-on-year +0.42% +43.20% +2.04%

GAP Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing GAP Analysis as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for GAP Analysis in Scotland

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing GAP Analysis in Scotland.

Daily rate trend for GAP Analysis in Scotland

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Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing GAP Analysis in Scotland over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for GAP Analysis in Scotland

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing GAP Analysis in Scotland.

Hourly rate trend for GAP Analysis in Scotland

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Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing GAP Analysis within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 5 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
Edinburgh +36 6 £500 +19.76% 3
Glasgow +1 2 £438 +0.63%
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Applications
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 2 (22.22%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 4 (44.44%) Azure
2 2 (22.22%) Amazon GuardDuty
2 2 (22.22%) AWS
2 2 (22.22%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (22.22%) Azure Sentinel
2 2 (22.22%) Dynamics 365
General
1 4 (44.44%) Public Sector
1 4 (44.44%) Social Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (77.78%) Analyst
2 4 (44.44%) Business Analyst
3 2 (22.22%) Cybersecurity Manager
3 2 (22.22%) Digital Analyst
3 2 (22.22%) Digital Business Analyst
3 2 (22.22%) Dynamics 365 Analyst
3 2 (22.22%) Functional Analyst
3 2 (22.22%) Security Manager
4 1 (11.11%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Security Posture
2 1 (11.11%) Cloud Native
2 1 (11.11%) NHS
2 1 (11.11%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (88.89%) Agile
2 6 (66.67%) Business Analysis
3 4 (44.44%) Acceptance Criteria
3 4 (44.44%) Requirements Gathering
3 4 (44.44%) Roadmaps
3 4 (44.44%) User Stories
4 3 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (33.33%) Sprint Planning
4 3 (33.33%) Workshop Facilitation
5 2 (22.22%) Cybersecurity
5 2 (22.22%) DevOps
5 2 (22.22%) Knowledge Management
5 2 (22.22%) Scrum
5 2 (22.22%) SDLC
5 2 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (22.22%) SWOT Analysis
5 2 (22.22%) Use Case
5 2 (22.22%) Vulnerability Assessment
5 2 (22.22%) Vulnerability Management
5 2 (22.22%) Workflow
Qualifications
1 2 (22.22%) Azure Certification
2 1 (11.11%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (22.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (11.11%) Disclosure Scotland
2 1 (11.11%) NCSC
2 1 (11.11%) SNOMED CT
Vendors
1 6 (66.67%) Microsoft