GAP Analysis Contract Job Trends in Cardiff

GAP Analysis
South Wales > Cardiff

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cardiff requiring GAP Analysis skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 35 31 -
Rank change year-on-year -4 - -
Contract jobs citing GAP Analysis 2 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Cardiff 0.62% 0.53% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.85% 0.59% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £306 £625 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £313 £650 -
Median % change year-on-year -51.92% - -
75th Percentile £319 £675 -
90th Percentile - - -
South Wales median daily rate £313 £650 -
% change year-on-year -51.92% - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Cardiff

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 Cardiff.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 236 169 179
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cardiff 72.84% 89.42% 75.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 163 126 131
10th Percentile £300 £226 £140
25th Percentile £385 £304 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £413 £438
Median % change year-on-year +18.79% -5.71% -2.78%
75th Percentile £600 £499 £550
90th Percentile £775 £665 £600
South Wales median daily rate £490 £403 £413
% change year-on-year +21.74% -2.42% -17.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 9 11
10th Percentile - £12.21 -
25th Percentile £12.21 - £15.48
Median hourly rate £21.00 £13.08 £18.57
Median % change year-on-year +60.55% -29.56% -25.72%
75th Percentile £43.96 £17.00 £25.60
90th Percentile - £24.64 -
South Wales median hourly rate £21.38 £15.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year +37.90% -38.00% +19.08%

GAP Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing GAP Analysis relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Cardiff.

GAP Analysis job vacancy trend in Cardiff

GAP Analysis
Daily Rate Trend in Cardiff

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

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

GAP Analysis
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cardiff by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (100.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Power BI
General
1 2 (100.00%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Backlog Management
1 2 (100.00%) Backlog Refinement
1 2 (100.00%) Business Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Business Process Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) Business Process Mapping
1 2 (100.00%) Business Transformation
1 2 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) Requirements Gathering
1 2 (100.00%) Sprint Planning
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (100.00%) Translating Business Requirements
1 2 (100.00%) User Stories
1 2 (100.00%) Workflow
1 2 (100.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft