GAP Analysis Contract Job Trends in Birmingham

GAP Analysis
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Birmingham requiring GAP Analysis skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 67 57 68
Rank change year-on-year -10 +11 +15
Contract jobs citing GAP Analysis 2 10 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Birmingham 0.34% 1.40% 0.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.38% 1.70% 0.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 9 2
10th Percentile - £483 £633
25th Percentile £525 £513 £644
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £725
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% -17.24% +48.72%
75th Percentile £575 £630 £844
90th Percentile - £775 £878
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £618 £550
% change year-on-year -19.09% +12.36% +12.82%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Birmingham

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 Birmingham.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 530 589 705
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 88.93% 82.49% 83.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 349 392 457
10th Percentile £200 £200 £267
25th Percentile £363 £388 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £559 £638 £613
90th Percentile £639 £750 £731
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £520 £500
% change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 52 10 25
10th Percentile - £21.18 £12.98
25th Percentile £12.62 £29.30 £15.50
Median hourly rate £18.87 £50.00 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -62.26% +81.82% +52.78%
75th Percentile £22.08 £55.19 £67.50
90th Percentile £26.51 £57.53 -
West Midlands median hourly rate £24.34 £24.31 £27.50
% change year-on-year +0.11% -11.59% +55.19%

GAP Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Job vacancy trend for GAP Analysis in Birmingham

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Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing GAP Analysis.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing GAP Analysis

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Hourly Rate Trend in Birmingham

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing GAP Analysis.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing GAP Analysis

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Firewall
1 1 (50.00%) Network Security
General
1 1 (50.00%) Advertising
1 1 (50.00%) Banking
1 1 (50.00%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Banking Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Banking Business Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Business Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity Specialist
1 1 (50.00%) Mortgage Business Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Security Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Business Process Improvement
1 1 (50.00%) Business Transformation
1 1 (50.00%) Change Management
1 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (50.00%) Process Improvement
1 1 (50.00%) Requirements Analysis
1 1 (50.00%) Requirements Gathering
1 1 (50.00%) Requirements Workshops
1 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (50.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (50.00%) ISO 22301
1 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (50.00%) NCSC
1 1 (50.00%) NIST
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft