GAP Analysis Contract Job Trends in the South East

GAP Analysis
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring GAP Analysis skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 169 137 176
Rank change year-on-year -32 +39 +20
Contract jobs citing GAP Analysis 23 32 34
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.53% 0.85% 0.68%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.62% 0.97% 0.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 23 28
10th Percentile £447 £500 £397
25th Percentile £468 £545 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £650 £500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +30.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £706 £701 £612
90th Percentile £745 £719 £635
England median daily rate £525 £625 £550
% change year-on-year -16.00% +13.64% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £26.25
Median hourly rate - - £27.50
75th Percentile - - £28.75
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £90.00 £78.40 £55.00
% change year-on-year +14.80% +42.55% +4.76%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

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 South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,726 3,307 4,517
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 85.28% 88.12% 89.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,436 2,059 2,912
10th Percentile £221 £250 £213
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £523
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -1.91% +1.95%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £615
90th Percentile £675 £688 £688
England median daily rate £505 £525 £544
% change year-on-year -3.81% -3.49% -1.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 371 125 234
10th Percentile £14.75 £19.33 £16.60
25th Percentile £17.00 £26.00 £25.43
Median hourly rate £22.50 £47.78 £53.50
Median % change year-on-year -52.91% -10.69% +42.67%
75th Percentile £48.75 £63.43 £65.71
90th Percentile £75.00 £74.95 £76.53
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +19.70%

GAP Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

GAP Analysis job vacancy trend in the South East

GAP Analysis
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

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

GAP Analysis
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing GAP Analysis in the South East over the 6 months to 19 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for GAP Analysis in the South East

GAP Analysis
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

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

GAP Analysis
Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 19 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
Thames Valley -14 14 £613 -5.77% 5
Berkshire -19 9 £638 -1.92% 3
Hampshire -21 5 £574 -3.21% 6
Buckinghamshire - 3 £625 - 2
East Sussex +5 2 £650 -
Oxfordshire - 2 £460 -
GAP Analysis
England

GAP Analysis
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 1 (4.35%) CMS
Applications
1 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (8.70%) SAP MDG
1 2 (8.70%) SAP SD
1 2 (8.70%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 1 (4.35%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 1 (4.35%) SAP ERP
2 1 (4.35%) SAP EWM
2 1 (4.35%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 2 (8.70%) AWS
1 2 (8.70%) Azure
1 2 (8.70%) GCP
2 1 (4.35%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (4.35%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 3 (13.04%) Firewall
2 1 (4.35%) Network Security
2 1 (4.35%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.35%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 1 (4.35%) JIRA
General
1 13 (56.52%) Social Skills
2 6 (26.09%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (26.09%) Finance
3 3 (13.04%) Documentation Skills
3 3 (13.04%) Public Sector
4 2 (8.70%) Billing
4 2 (8.70%) Telecoms
5 1 (4.35%) Legal
5 1 (4.35%) Marketing
5 1 (4.35%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (26.09%) Analyst
1 6 (26.09%) Business Analyst
1 6 (26.09%) Consultant
2 4 (17.39%) Architect
2 4 (17.39%) Security Consultant
3 3 (13.04%) Cybersecurity Consultant
3 3 (13.04%) Lead
3 3 (13.04%) Senior
4 2 (8.70%) Enterprise Architect
4 2 (8.70%) SAP Architect
4 2 (8.70%) SAP Functional Architect
4 2 (8.70%) SAP MDG Architect
4 2 (8.70%) Senior Analyst
4 2 (8.70%) Senior Business Analyst
5 1 (4.35%) Oracle Consultant
5 1 (4.35%) Oracle Developer
5 1 (4.35%) Portfolio Manager
5 1 (4.35%) SAP Consultant
5 1 (4.35%) Security Analyst
5 1 (4.35%) Telecoms Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (13.04%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (8.70%) SAP ALE
2 2 (8.70%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.70%) Operational Technology
1 2 (8.70%) Replication
1 2 (8.70%) Security Posture
2 1 (4.35%) Data Structures
2 1 (4.35%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (4.35%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (39.13%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 7 (30.43%) Requirements Gathering
3 6 (26.09%) Agile
3 6 (26.09%) Cybersecurity
3 6 (26.09%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (26.09%) Workshop Facilitation
4 5 (21.74%) Business Analysis
5 4 (17.39%) Actionable Insight
5 4 (17.39%) Data Protection
5 4 (17.39%) Incident Response
5 4 (17.39%) Regulatory Compliance
5 4 (17.39%) Risk Management
5 4 (17.39%) SIEM
5 4 (17.39%) User Acceptance Testing
6 3 (13.04%) Cloud Security
6 3 (13.04%) Decision-Making
6 3 (13.04%) Identity Access Management
6 3 (13.04%) Regulatory Change
6 3 (13.04%) Threat Intelligence
6 3 (13.04%) Threat Modelling
Qualifications
1 6 (26.09%) Security Cleared
2 4 (17.39%) SC Cleared
3 2 (8.70%) CEH
3 2 (8.70%) CISM
3 2 (8.70%) CISSP
3 2 (8.70%) Degree
3 2 (8.70%) DV Cleared
3 2 (8.70%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
4 1 (4.35%) Master's Degree
4 1 (4.35%) PMI Certification
4 1 (4.35%) PMP
4 1 (4.35%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (21.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 5 (21.74%) NIST
2 3 (13.04%) Actionable Recommendations
2 3 (13.04%) GDPR
3 2 (8.70%) PMO
4 1 (4.35%) GRC
4 1 (4.35%) QA
Vendors
1 4 (17.39%) Oracle
1 4 (17.39%) SAP
2 2 (8.70%) BiZZdesign
2 2 (8.70%) Sparx
3 1 (4.35%) BT
3 1 (4.35%) Microsoft
3 1 (4.35%) Openreach