GAP Analysis Contracts in the South East

GAP Analysis
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 15 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 129 124 166
Rank change year-on-year -5 +42 +38
Contract jobs citing GAP Analysis 17 71 49
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.57% 1.30% 0.87%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.63% 1.54% 0.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 48 33
10th Percentile £385 £500 £340
25th Percentile £463 £654 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £725 £525
Median % change year-on-year -10.34% +38.10% +5.00%
75th Percentile - £738 £677
90th Percentile £723 £765 £742
England median daily rate £540 £563 £575
% change year-on-year -4.00% -2.17% +12.58%

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 2,709 4,610 5,010
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 91.30% 84.31% 89.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,731 2,685 3,481
10th Percentile £250 £250 £248
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £510
Median % change year-on-year - -1.96% +2.00%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £619
90th Percentile £663 £700 £700
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 170 436 220
10th Percentile £13.46 £13.00 £16.25
25th Percentile £15.00 £18.20 £22.16
Median hourly rate £27.88 £47.50 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year -41.31% -3.06% +127.90%
75th Percentile £62.24 £62.50 £64.72
90th Percentile £75.00 £76.86 £75.00
England median hourly rate £29.00 £36.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year -20.55% -2.67% +50.00%

GAP Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for GAP Analysis in the South East

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing GAP Analysis in the South East.

Daily rate trend for GAP Analysis in the South East

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing GAP Analysis in the South East over the 6 months to 15 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for GAP Analysis in the South East

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing GAP Analysis in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for GAP Analysis in the South East

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 15 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
Hampshire +5 5 £475 -34.48% 7
Thames Valley -2 5 £575 -20.72% 14
Berkshire -5 5 £575 -21.77% 14
East Sussex - 3 £650 - 2
Kent - 3 - - 4
West Sussex - 1 £700 -
GAP Analysis
England

GAP Analysis
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Business Applications
1 3 (17.65%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (5.88%) Oracle Applications
2 1 (5.88%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (5.88%) Oracle EBS R12
2 1 (5.88%) Oracle Payroll
2 1 (5.88%) SAP EWM
Cloud Services
1 4 (23.53%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (5.88%) AWS
2 1 (5.88%) Azure
2 1 (5.88%) Azure Sentinel
2 1 (5.88%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.88%) DNS
1 1 (5.88%) Firewall
1 1 (5.88%) LAN
1 1 (5.88%) Network Security
1 1 (5.88%) SD-WAN
1 1 (5.88%) SSL
1 1 (5.88%) VoIP
1 1 (5.88%) WAN
1 1 (5.88%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 2 (11.76%) JIRA
General
1 10 (58.82%) Social Skills
2 4 (23.53%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (23.53%) Documentation Skills
3 3 (17.65%) Finance
4 2 (11.76%) Public Sector
5 1 (5.88%) Manufacturing
5 1 (5.88%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 5 (29.41%) Analyst
1 5 (29.41%) Consultant
2 3 (17.65%) Business Analyst
2 3 (17.65%) Tester
3 2 (11.76%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
3 2 (11.76%) Dynamics AX Consultant
3 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Consultant
3 2 (11.76%) Process Analyst
3 2 (11.76%) QA Tester
3 2 (11.76%) Senior
3 2 (11.76%) Senior Analyst
4 1 (5.88%) Enterprise Architect
4 1 (5.88%) IT Architect
4 1 (5.88%) IT Security Architect
4 1 (5.88%) Lead
4 1 (5.88%) Oracle Consultant
4 1 (5.88%) Security Architect
4 1 (5.88%) Security Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Technical Analyst
4 1 (5.88%) Technical Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.88%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.88%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (5.88%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (5.88%) Management Information System
1 1 (5.88%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (41.18%) Migration
2 5 (29.41%) User Stories
3 4 (23.53%) Agile
3 4 (23.53%) Data Migration
3 4 (23.53%) ERP
3 4 (23.53%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (23.53%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 4 (23.53%) Workshop Facilitation
4 3 (17.65%) Acceptance Criteria
4 3 (17.65%) Customer Requirements
4 3 (17.65%) Cutover Planning
4 3 (17.65%) Cybersecurity
4 3 (17.65%) End-to-End Testing
4 3 (17.65%) Exploratory Testing
4 3 (17.65%) Performance Testing
4 3 (17.65%) Project Management
4 3 (17.65%) Security Testing
4 3 (17.65%) Test Automation
5 2 (11.76%) Cloud Security
5 2 (11.76%) Regulatory Compliance
Qualifications
1 4 (23.53%) Security Cleared
2 3 (17.65%) DV Cleared
3 2 (11.76%) CISA
3 2 (11.76%) CISSP
3 2 (11.76%) SC Cleared
4 1 (5.88%) CISM
4 1 (5.88%) CRISC
4 1 (5.88%) Degree
4 1 (5.88%) GCIA
4 1 (5.88%) GCIH
4 1 (5.88%) GIAC
4 1 (5.88%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (17.65%) NIST
1 3 (17.65%) QA
2 2 (11.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (5.88%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (5.88%) COBIT
3 1 (5.88%) COSO
3 1 (5.88%) GDPR
3 1 (5.88%) ITGC
3 1 (5.88%) NIST 800
3 1 (5.88%) PCI DSS
3 1 (5.88%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Systems Management
1 1 (5.88%) CASB
1 1 (5.88%) QRadar
Vendors
1 3 (17.65%) Microsoft
1 3 (17.65%) Oracle
2 2 (11.76%) SAP
3 1 (5.88%) Aruba
3 1 (5.88%) Cisco
3 1 (5.88%) CyberArk
3 1 (5.88%) Palo Alto
3 1 (5.88%) Splunk