The first table below looks at the demand for GAP Analysis skills in IT jobs advertised for the Manchester region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited GAP Analysis over the 3 months to 20 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 Manchester region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
GAP Analysis
Rank 170 160 132
Rank change year-on-year
-10 -28
Permanent jobs citing GAP Analysis 19 15 38
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 0.470% 0.411% 0.973%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.612% 0.567% 1.417%
Number of salaries quoted 18 15 35
Average salary £37,500 £57,500 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-34.78% +27.77%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £38,750 £33,500
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £60,000 £75,000
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year
-18.18% +10.00%
All Processes & Methodologies
Manchester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
3106 2647 2681
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 76.84% 72.60% 68.67%
Number of salaries quoted 2670 2329 2421
Average salary £37,500 £35,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.63% -5.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £25,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,500 £60,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
GAP Analysis
North West

GAP Analysis
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Manchester GAP Analysis Jobs Demand Trend

GAP Analysis
Salary Trend

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

Manchester GAP Analysis Salary Trend

GAP Analysis
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing GAP Analysis across the Manchester region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Manchester GAP Analysis Salary Histogram

GAP Analysis
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 Manchester region over the 3 months to 20 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Altrincham - 5 £32,500 -
Salford - 2 £27,500 -
GAP Analysis
North West

GAP Analysis
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester 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 20 (74.07%) PRINCE2
2 11 (40.74%) Project Management
2 11 (40.74%) User Acceptance Testing
3 8 (29.63%) ERP
4 7 (25.93%) Performance Management
4 7 (25.93%) SaaS
4 7 (25.93%) Degree
5 6 (22.22%) Agile Software Development
5 6 (22.22%) Finance
6 5 (18.52%) CGI
6 5 (18.52%) UML
6 5 (18.52%) PeopleSoft
6 5 (18.52%) PeopleSoft HRMS
6 5 (18.52%) Data Analysis
6 5 (18.52%) General Ledger
6 5 (18.52%) Software Engineering
6 5 (18.52%) Computer Science
6 5 (18.52%) QA
6 5 (18.52%) Waterfall
6 5 (18.52%) Data Mapping
7 4 (14.81%) Oracle EBS R12
7 4 (14.81%) Cash Management
7 4 (14.81%) Hudson
7 4 (14.81%) Change Control
7 4 (14.81%) Use Case
7 4 (14.81%) Dynamics AX
7 4 (14.81%) Billing
7 4 (14.81%) Data Management
7 4 (14.81%) Oracle EBS
7 4 (14.81%) SOA

GAP Analysis
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester 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.

Application Development
1 5 (18.52%) CGI
Applications
1 4 (14.81%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (18.52%) PeopleSoft HRMS
2 4 (14.81%) Oracle EBS
2 4 (14.81%) Oracle ERP
2 4 (14.81%) Dynamics AX
2 4 (14.81%) Oracle EBS R12
Development Applications
1 4 (14.81%) Hudson
General
1 6 (22.22%) Finance
2 5 (18.52%) General Ledger
3 4 (14.81%) Billing
4 1 (3.704%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 11 (40.74%) Consultant
2 10 (37.04%) Analyst
3 6 (22.22%) Business Analyst
4 5 (18.52%) Functional Consultant
5 4 (14.81%) Systems Manager
5 4 (14.81%) Business Systems Manager
5 4 (14.81%) Functional Analyst
5 4 (14.81%) Business Manager
6 3 (11.11%) Management Consultant
7 1 (3.704%) Junior
7 1 (3.704%) Senior Business Analyst
7 1 (3.704%) Senior Analyst
7 1 (3.704%) SAP Consultant
7 1 (3.704%) PeopleSoft Consultant
7 1 (3.704%) Junior Analyst
7 1 (3.704%) Peoplesoft Functional Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 7 (25.93%) SaaS
2 5 (18.52%) Computer Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (74.07%) PRINCE2
2 11 (40.74%) Project Management
2 11 (40.74%) User Acceptance Testing
3 8 (29.63%) ERP
4 7 (25.93%) Performance Management
5 6 (22.22%) Agile Software Development
6 5 (18.52%) UML
6 5 (18.52%) Data Analysis
6 5 (18.52%) Software Engineering
6 5 (18.52%) Data Mapping
6 5 (18.52%) Waterfall
7 4 (14.81%) Change Control
7 4 (14.81%) Cash Management
7 4 (14.81%) Use Case
7 4 (14.81%) SSADM
7 4 (14.81%) SOA
7 4 (14.81%) Six Sigma
7 4 (14.81%) Data Management
8 3 (11.11%) SAP Implementation
9 1 (3.704%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 4 (14.81%) C
Qualifications
1 7 (25.93%) Degree
2 1 (3.704%) ISEB
2 1 (3.704%) SAP Certification
2 1 (3.704%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (18.52%) QA
Vendors
1 5 (18.52%) PeopleSoft
2 4 (14.81%) SAP
2 4 (14.81%) Cognos
2 4 (14.81%) Microsoft
2 4 (14.81%) Oracle
Wigan, Lancashire
Ecommerce BA- based Wigan £35,000-40,000... Strong understanding of business analysis processes and methodologies, including identification of where business intelligence will add value. Knowledge and understanding...
Assured Recruitment Solutions
Salary: £35k - 45k per year
Posted: 17 May 2013
Altrincham, Cheshire
Business Analyst, Systems Analyst, BA, Business Information Analyst, Business Change, Requirement Gathering, Workshops, Agile, Waterfall, Prince2, UML, QA, Gap Analysis, Business Logic, Altrincham, Cheshire, North West... Working with...
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Manchester, North West
The role of the Implementation Consultant is to provide consultancy in respect of product implementations, from initial feasibility study through to full client implementation, training and post-implementation...
Cornucopia IT Resourcing Limited
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum + Excellent Company Benefits
Posted: 18 May 2013
Salford, North West
To assist in Fit/Gap analysis and data mapping exercises during product / module demonstrations directly with the business... highly analytical, experience of data analysis techniques... Peoplesoft HRMS experience...
Capita Resourcing Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum + Bens
Posted: 14 May 2013
Manchester, North West
The ideal candidate will have experience working on PeopleSoft HRMS.The main purpose of the role is to provide functional expertise to HR systems managed by Group HR...
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum + Bens
Posted: 11 May 2013