GAP Analysis Contracts in the North of England

GAP Analysis
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 138 147 181
Rank change year-on-year +9 +34 -19
Contract jobs citing GAP Analysis 28 38 39
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.85% 0.80% 0.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.94% 0.93% 0.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 25 25
10th Percentile £425 £433 £403
25th Percentile £447 £483 £423
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.26%
75th Percentile £538 £575 £680
90th Percentile £550 £632 £732
England median daily rate £525 £563 £550
% change year-on-year -6.67% +2.27% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £67.50 - -
Median hourly rate £70.00 - -
75th Percentile £72.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £70.00 £50.56 £73.75
% change year-on-year +38.46% -31.45% +180.74%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North of England

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 North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,966 4,089 5,288
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 90.02% 85.76% 90.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,908 2,506 3,674
10th Percentile £263 £300 £302
25th Percentile £378 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £563 £588 £600
90th Percentile £650 £675 £688
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 154 355 207
10th Percentile £13.83 £11.03 £10.63
25th Percentile £18.20 £12.45 £15.25
Median hourly rate £28.75 £17.50 £27.70
Median % change year-on-year +64.29% -36.82% +49.73%
75th Percentile £55.76 £44.41 £45.05
90th Percentile £82.56 £53.90 £65.00
England median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%

GAP Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing GAP Analysis as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for GAP Analysis in the North of England

GAP Analysis
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing GAP Analysis in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for GAP Analysis in the North of England

GAP Analysis
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing GAP Analysis in the North of England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for GAP Analysis in the North of England

GAP Analysis
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing GAP Analysis in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for GAP Analysis in the North of England

GAP Analysis
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

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 North of England region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
North West +9 15 £500 -9.09% 17
Yorkshire +1 9 £463 -7.50% 7
North East +1 4 £528 - 2
GAP Analysis
England

GAP Analysis
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 5 (17.86%) Confluence
2 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (3.57%) SharePoint
2 1 (3.57%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 3 (10.71%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (10.71%) MS Visio
2 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (17.86%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (3.57%) SAP CO
2 1 (3.57%) SAP FI
2 1 (3.57%) SAP FI/CO
2 1 (3.57%) SAP HR
2 1 (3.57%) SAP PP
2 1 (3.57%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 5 (17.86%) Azure
2 3 (10.71%) Power Platform
3 2 (7.14%) AWS
3 2 (7.14%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (7.14%) Dynamics 365
3 2 (7.14%) GCP
3 2 (7.14%) Lucidchart
4 1 (3.57%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (3.57%) Miro
4 1 (3.57%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.57%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (10.71%) Power BI
2 2 (7.14%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 7 (25.00%) JIRA
General
1 17 (60.71%) Social Skills
2 10 (35.71%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (17.86%) Finance
4 4 (14.29%) Pharmaceutical
5 3 (10.71%) Public Sector
6 2 (7.14%) Banking
6 2 (7.14%) Legal
6 2 (7.14%) Local Government
6 2 (7.14%) Retail
7 1 (3.57%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (3.57%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (3.57%) Publishing
7 1 (3.57%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 19 (67.86%) Analyst
1 19 (67.86%) Business Analyst
2 5 (17.86%) Consultant
3 3 (10.71%) Architect
3 3 (10.71%) Business IT Analyst
3 3 (10.71%) IT Analyst
3 3 (10.71%) IT Business Analyst
3 3 (10.71%) SAP Analyst
3 3 (10.71%) SAP Business Analyst
3 3 (10.71%) SAP Consultant
4 2 (7.14%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
4 2 (7.14%) Functional Consultant
4 2 (7.14%) Solutions Architect
5 1 (3.57%) SAP FI Consultant
5 1 (3.57%) SAP Functional Consultant
5 1 (3.57%) SAP PP Consultant
5 1 (3.57%) Senior Analyst
5 1 (3.57%) Senior Business Analyst
5 1 (3.57%) Technical Architect
5 1 (3.57%) Technical Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (7.14%) Product Ownership
2 1 (3.57%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (3.57%) Management Information System
2 1 (3.57%) Public Cloud
2 1 (3.57%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.57%) Android
1 1 (3.57%) Apple iOS
1 1 (3.57%) Mac OS
1 1 (3.57%) Windows
1 1 (3.57%) Windows 10
1 1 (3.57%) Windows Server
1 1 (3.57%) Windows Server 2016
1 1 (3.57%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (53.57%) Agile
1 15 (53.57%) Stakeholder Management
2 11 (39.29%) User Stories
2 11 (39.29%) Workshop Facilitation
3 10 (35.71%) Problem-Solving
4 9 (32.14%) Business Analysis
5 7 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 5 (17.86%) Requirements Gathering
7 4 (14.29%) Business Case
7 4 (14.29%) Business Transformation
7 4 (14.29%) Change Management
7 4 (14.29%) Decision-Making
7 4 (14.29%) Demand Forecasting
7 4 (14.29%) DevOps
7 4 (14.29%) Use Case
8 3 (10.71%) Business Intelligence
8 3 (10.71%) Data Analysis
8 3 (10.71%) Migration
8 3 (10.71%) Scrum
8 3 (10.71%) Six Sigma
Programming Languages
1 2 (7.14%) SQL
2 1 (3.57%) PowerShell
2 1 (3.57%) VB
2 1 (3.57%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 5 (17.86%) Degree
2 2 (7.14%) SC Cleared
2 2 (7.14%) Security Cleared
3 1 (3.57%) CBAP
3 1 (3.57%) CIPD
3 1 (3.57%) MCP
3 1 (3.57%) MCSA
3 1 (3.57%) MCSE
3 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.57%) Actionable Recommendations
1 1 (3.57%) NCSC
System Software
1 1 (3.57%) Active Directory
1 1 (3.57%) BitLocker
1 1 (3.57%) Microsoft App-V
1 1 (3.57%) Virtual Desktop
1 1 (3.57%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (7.14%) HP Data Protector
1 2 (7.14%) NetBackup
2 1 (3.57%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (3.57%) Oracle RMAN
2 1 (3.57%) SCCM
Vendors
1 8 (28.57%) SAP
2 2 (7.14%) Ariba
2 2 (7.14%) Dell
2 2 (7.14%) Fujitsu
2 2 (7.14%) Veritas
3 1 (3.57%) Atlassian
3 1 (3.57%) Google
3 1 (3.57%) McAfee
3 1 (3.57%) Microsoft
3 1 (3.57%) MuleSoft
3 1 (3.57%) Oracle
3 1 (3.57%) Symantec
3 1 (3.57%) VMware