Cheshire GAP Analysis Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for GAP Analysis skills within the Cheshire region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited GAP Analysis over the 3 months to 13 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Ascot Aylesbury Basildon Basingstoke Bath Bedfordshire Berkshire Birmingham Bradford Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Cheshire Chester City of London Coventry Croydon Docklands, London Dorset East Midlands East of England Edinburgh England Essex Farnborough Guildford Hammersmith Hampshire Harlow Harrogate Hertfordshire Hounslow Kenilworth Leamington Spa Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Liverpool London Manchester Merseyside Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newport North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Poole Reading Salisbury Scotland Slough Somerset South East South Wales South West St Albans Stirling Surrey Thames Valley UK Wales Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Welwyn Garden City West Midlands West Yorkshire Wiltshire Worcestershire York Yorkshire	3 months to 13 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	137	-
Rank change on same period last year	-
Matching permanent IT job ads	7	0
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	0.004 %	0.000 %
As % of the category below	0.376 %	0.000 %
Salaries quoted	6	0
Average minimum salary	£49,833	-
Average salary	£51,917	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum salary	£54,000	-
UK excluding London average salary	£44,865	£48,750
% change on same period last year	-7.96 %
Processes & Methodologies Cheshire
Matching permanent IT job ads	1863	1804
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	1.082 %	0.776 %
Salaries quoted	1702	1635
Average minimum salary	£35,773	£37,260
Average salary	£39,474	£40,129
% change on same period last year	-1.63 %
Average maximum salary	£43,174	£42,998
UK excluding London average salary	£42,657	£44,229
% change on same period last year	-3.55 %
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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing GAP Analysis across the Cheshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

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Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing GAP Analysis across the Cheshire region.

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Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing GAP Analysis across the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 13 October 2008.

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Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GAP Analysis within the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 13 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Average Salary Last 3 Months	Average Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year
Chester	-	1	£60,000	-
Warrington	-	1	£37,500	-

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Top 18 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT jobs across the Cheshire 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 IT job ads sampled that cited GAP Analysis.

1 4 (50.00 %) Finance 2 3 (37.50 %) Information Security 2 3 (37.50 %) Data Security 3 2 (25.00 %) Change Management 3 2 (25.00 %) Project Management 3 2 (25.00 %) Data Modelling 3 2 (25.00 %) QA 4 1 (12.50 %) Business Analysis 4 1 (12.50 %) Legal 4 1 (12.50 %) Stakeholder Management 4 1 (12.50 %) Microsoft 4 1 (12.50 %) Axapta 4 1 (12.50 %) Internet 4 1 (12.50 %) UML 4 1 (12.50 %) RAD

4 1 (12.50 %) SSADM 4 1 (12.50 %) RUP 4 1 (12.50 %) MS Excel

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT jobs across the Cheshire 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 IT job ads sampled that cited GAP Analysis. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications 1 1 (12.50 %) MS Excel	Business Applications 1 1 (12.50 %) Axapta
Communications & Networking 1 1 (12.50 %) Internet	General 1 4 (50.00 %) Finance 2 1 (12.50 %) Legal
Job Titles 1 3 (37.50 %) Business Analyst 1 3 (37.50 %) Analyst 1 3 (37.50 %) Security Officer 2 2 (25.00 %) Solutions Architect 2 2 (25.00 %) Architect 3 1 (12.50 %) Business Process Analyst 3 1 (12.50 %) Process Analyst 3 1 (12.50 %) Change Analyst 3 1 (12.50 %) Implementation Analyst 3 1 (12.50 %) Business Change Analyst 3 1 (12.50 %) Consultant	Processes & Methodologies 1 3 (37.50 %) Data Security 1 3 (37.50 %) Information Security 2 2 (25.00 %) Data Modelling 2 2 (25.00 %) Project Management 2 2 (25.00 %) Change Management 3 1 (12.50 %) Stakeholder Management 3 1 (12.50 %) UML 3 1 (12.50 %) RAD 3 1 (12.50 %) SSADM 3 1 (12.50 %) RUP 3 1 (12.50 %) Business Analysis
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 2 (25.00 %) QA	Vendors 1 1 (12.50 %) Microsoft