GAP Analysis Contract Job Trends in the East Midlands

GAP Analysis
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East Midlands requiring GAP Analysis skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 70 53 62
Rank change year-on-year -17 +9 +19
Contract jobs citing GAP Analysis 5 1 2
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 0.57% 0.17% 0.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.67% 0.20% 0.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 1
10th Percentile £341 - -
25th Percentile £387 - £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £356 £550
Median % change year-on-year +16.01% -35.27% +22.22%
75th Percentile £447 - £575
90th Percentile £509 - -
England median daily rate £525 £600 £550
% change year-on-year -12.50% +9.09% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
East Midlands

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 the East Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 746 509 602
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 84.39% 86.86% 83.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 460 314 427
10th Percentile £188 £250 £213
25th Percentile £352 £340 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £422 £425 £453
Median % change year-on-year -0.76% -6.18% -4.63%
75th Percentile £525 £545 £575
90th Percentile £625 £625 £686
England median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 87 23 45
10th Percentile £15.90 £15.48 £12.80
25th Percentile £16.35 £17.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £18.87 £22.50 £22.28
Median % change year-on-year -16.13% +1.01% +32.35%
75th Percentile £25.00 £27.65 £51.50
90th Percentile £25.15 £38.49 £62.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +25.35%

GAP Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

GAP Analysis job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

GAP Analysis
Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing GAP Analysis.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing GAP Analysis

GAP Analysis
Daily Rate Histogram in the East Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing GAP Analysis in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 29 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for GAP Analysis in the East Midlands

GAP Analysis
Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing GAP Analysis.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing GAP Analysis

GAP Analysis
Contract Job Locations in the East Midlands

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 East Midlands region over the 6 months to 29 December 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
Derbyshire - 3 £413 - 4
Northamptonshire -14 2 £435 +22.19% 2
GAP Analysis
England

GAP Analysis
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (40.00%) Jupyter
2 1 (20.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (20.00%) MS Visio
1 1 (20.00%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Lucidchart
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (40.00%) Finance
1 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Analyst
1 2 (40.00%) Business Analyst
1 2 (40.00%) Consultant
1 2 (40.00%) Kubernetes Consultant
1 2 (40.00%) Performance Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) ITSM Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Process Improvement Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Process Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Project Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Analytical Mindset
1 2 (40.00%) Beowulf
1 2 (40.00%) Contract for Difference
2 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Business Analysis
2 2 (40.00%) Actionable Insight
2 2 (40.00%) Agile
2 2 (40.00%) AI
2 2 (40.00%) Data Science
2 2 (40.00%) Process Improvement
2 2 (40.00%) SDLC
2 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (40.00%) Use Case
2 2 (40.00%) Workshop Facilitation
3 1 (20.00%) Conflict Resolution
3 1 (20.00%) Customer Service
3 1 (20.00%) Decision-Making
3 1 (20.00%) Lean Six Sigma
3 1 (20.00%) Order to Cash
3 1 (20.00%) Regulatory Compliance
3 1 (20.00%) Requirements Gathering
3 1 (20.00%) Traceability Matrix
3 1 (20.00%) WFM
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) Degree
2 1 (20.00%) PMI Certification
2 1 (20.00%) PMP
System Software
1 2 (40.00%) Docker
1 2 (40.00%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 2 (40.00%) Kubernetes
1 2 (40.00%) Podman
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) NVIDIA
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) Remedy
2 1 (20.00%) ServiceNow
2 1 (20.00%) Zoho