GAP Analysis Contracts in Bedfordshire

GAP Analysis
East of England > Bedfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Bedfordshire requiring GAP Analysis skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited GAP Analysis over the 6 months leading up to 28 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 26 33 30
Rank change year-on-year +7 -3 +11
Contract jobs citing GAP Analysis 14 1 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 6.19% 0.49% 0.63%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.83% 0.58% 0.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £85 - -
25th Percentile £86 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £88 - -
75th Percentile £282 - -
90th Percentile £398 - -
East of England median daily rate £413 £650 £575
% change year-on-year -36.54% +13.04% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 1 1
10th Percentile £86.25 - -
25th Percentile £90.13 - -
Median hourly rate £91.00 £80.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +13.75% +45.45% -
75th Percentile £91.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median hourly rate £90.00 £48.33 £55.00
% change year-on-year +86.24% -12.14% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Bedfordshire

GAP Analysis falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Bedfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 205 171 143
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 90.71% 83.82% 89.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 100 102 92
10th Percentile £196 £313 £231
25th Percentile £494 £366 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £554 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +10.75% - -
75th Percentile £628 £575 £600
90th Percentile £689 £650 £623
East of England median daily rate £500 £425 £500
% change year-on-year +17.65% -15.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 20 3
10th Percentile £27.94 £15.29 £58.00
25th Percentile £59.88 £27.81 £62.50
Median hourly rate £80.00 £52.50 £75.00
Median % change year-on-year +52.38% -30.00% +36.36%
75th Percentile £89.00 £66.38 £85.00
90th Percentile £91.50 £68.13 £88.00
East of England median hourly rate £37.50 £40.00 £21.00
% change year-on-year -6.25% +90.48% +6.01%

GAP Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for GAP Analysis in Bedfordshire

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bedfordshire

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

Daily rate trend for GAP Analysis in Bedfordshire

GAP Analysis
Daily Rate Histogram in Bedfordshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing GAP Analysis in Bedfordshire over the 6 months to 28 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for GAP Analysis in Bedfordshire

GAP Analysis
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Bedfordshire

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

Hourly rate trend for GAP Analysis in Bedfordshire

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Contract Job Locations in Bedfordshire

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 Bedfordshire region over the 6 months to 28 July 2025. 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
Luton +6 14 £88 - 1
GAP Analysis
East of England

GAP Analysis
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bedfordshire 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 4 (28.57%) Microsoft Exchange
1 4 (28.57%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (28.57%) Azure
1 4 (28.57%) Azure Sentinel
1 4 (28.57%) Entra ID
1 4 (28.57%) Microsoft 365
1 4 (28.57%) Microsoft Purview
1 4 (28.57%) OneDrive
General
1 9 (64.29%) Military
2 5 (35.71%) Social Skills
3 2 (14.29%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 13 (92.86%) Security Engineer
2 9 (64.29%) Lead
3 4 (28.57%) Design Engineer
3 4 (28.57%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Architect
4 1 (7.14%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 5 (35.71%) Management Information System
2 1 (7.14%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 4 (28.57%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (64.29%) Incident Management
1 9 (64.29%) Information Assurance
1 9 (64.29%) Key Management
1 9 (64.29%) Patch Management
1 9 (64.29%) Security Management
2 8 (57.14%) MODAF
2 8 (57.14%) SABSA
3 5 (35.71%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
4 4 (28.57%) Data Loss Prevention
4 4 (28.57%) Identity Access Management
4 4 (28.57%) Identity Management
4 4 (28.57%) Impact Analysis
4 4 (28.57%) Knowledge Transfer
4 4 (28.57%) Privileged Identity Management
4 4 (28.57%) Security Operations
4 4 (28.57%) Zero Trust
5 1 (7.14%) Agile
5 1 (7.14%) Business Analysis
5 1 (7.14%) Change Management
5 1 (7.14%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (28.57%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 8 (57.14%) Degree
1 8 (57.14%) SC Cleared
1 8 (57.14%) Security Cleared
2 4 (28.57%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (7.14%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (92.86%) NIST
2 9 (64.29%) JSP 440
2 9 (64.29%) NCSC
2 9 (64.29%) NIST 800
3 4 (28.57%) GDPR
3 4 (28.57%) HIPAA
3 4 (28.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 8 (57.14%) Firmware
2 4 (28.57%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 5 (35.71%) Microsoft