GAP Analysis Contracts in the South West

GAP Analysis
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 100 143 150
Rank change year-on-year +43 +7 +8
Contract jobs citing GAP Analysis 11 14 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.66% 0.44% 0.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.73% 0.53% 0.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 12 16
10th Percentile £424 £469 £394
25th Percentile £447 £525 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £709 £725 £605
90th Percentile £733 - £665
England median daily rate £525 £563 £550
% change year-on-year -6.67% +2.27% +10.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

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 West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,516 2,656 3,250
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 90.35% 83.03% 89.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 965 1,696 2,395
10th Percentile £235 £220 £313
25th Percentile £400 £404 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £549
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -4.37% +9.80%
75th Percentile £623 £625 £644
90th Percentile £688 £700 £719
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 145 336 335
10th Percentile £18.33 £13.86 £9.80
25th Percentile £20.48 £27.50 £17.00
Median hourly rate £63.00 £50.00 £61.50
Median % change year-on-year +26.00% -18.70% +26.16%
75th Percentile £68.00 £70.00 £70.30
90th Percentile £70.00 £77.50 £83.36
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 South West

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

Job vacancy trend for GAP Analysis in the South West

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

Daily rate trend for GAP Analysis in the South West

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing GAP Analysis in the South West over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for GAP Analysis in the South West

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

Hourly rate trend for GAP Analysis in the South West

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Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 West 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
Gloucestershire +19 3 £425 -10.53% 1
Wiltshire +32 2 £725 +3.57% 3
Bristol +15 2 £675 +22.73% 1
Somerset +1 1 £720 +20.00% 1
Cornwall - 1 £625 -
Dorset - 1 £475 -
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England

GAP Analysis
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 1 (9.09%) Confluence
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (9.09%) SharePoint
1 1 (9.09%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Oracle SCM
Cloud Services
1 3 (27.27%) Azure
2 1 (9.09%) AWS
2 1 (9.09%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (9.09%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (9.09%) GCP
2 1 (9.09%) iPaaS
2 1 (9.09%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (9.09%) OCI
2 1 (9.09%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (9.09%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (9.09%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 2 (18.18%) JIRA
General
1 6 (54.55%) Social Skills
2 4 (36.36%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (27.27%) Manufacturing
4 2 (18.18%) Electronics
4 2 (18.18%) Finance
4 2 (18.18%) Public Sector
5 1 (9.09%) Automotive
5 1 (9.09%) General Ledger
5 1 (9.09%) Marketing
5 1 (9.09%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (9.09%) Publishing
5 1 (9.09%) Retail
5 1 (9.09%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 5 (45.45%) Analyst
1 5 (45.45%) Business Analyst
2 3 (27.27%) Architect
2 3 (27.27%) DV Cleared Business Analyst
2 3 (27.27%) Technical Analyst
2 3 (27.27%) Technical Business Analyst
3 2 (18.18%) Enterprise Architect
3 2 (18.18%) Senior
4 1 (9.09%) Business Systems Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) Change Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Dynamics 365 Specialist
4 1 (9.09%) Functional Consultant
4 1 (9.09%) Oracle Consultant
4 1 (9.09%) Oracle Functional Consultant
4 1 (9.09%) Senior Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) Senior Consultant
4 1 (9.09%) Senior Oracle Consultant
4 1 (9.09%) Senior Oracle Functional Consultant
4 1 (9.09%) Systems Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (9.09%) EDI
1 1 (9.09%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) Product Ownership
2 1 (9.09%) FMCG
2 1 (9.09%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (9.09%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (9.09%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (9.09%) Android
1 1 (9.09%) Apple iOS
1 1 (9.09%) Mac OS
1 1 (9.09%) Windows
1 1 (9.09%) Windows 10
1 1 (9.09%) Windows Server
1 1 (9.09%) Windows Server 2016
1 1 (9.09%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (45.45%) Agile
2 4 (36.36%) Business Analysis
2 4 (36.36%) Data Modelling
2 4 (36.36%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (36.36%) User Stories
3 3 (27.27%) Business Case
3 3 (27.27%) Change Management
3 3 (27.27%) Enterprise Architecture
3 3 (27.27%) Use Case
3 3 (27.27%) Workshop Facilitation
4 2 (18.18%) Business Process Improvement
4 2 (18.18%) Business Process Modelling
4 2 (18.18%) Data Governance
4 2 (18.18%) Defect Management
4 2 (18.18%) DevOps
4 2 (18.18%) Process Improvement
4 2 (18.18%) Records Management
4 2 (18.18%) Stakeholder Identification
4 2 (18.18%) Target Operating Model
4 2 (18.18%) Wireframes
Programming Languages
1 1 (9.09%) PowerShell
1 1 (9.09%) VB
1 1 (9.09%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 6 (54.55%) Security Cleared
2 3 (27.27%) DV Cleared
3 2 (18.18%) Degree
3 2 (18.18%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (9.09%) AWS Certification
4 1 (9.09%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 1 (9.09%) Azure Certification
4 1 (9.09%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (9.09%) Master's Degree
4 1 (9.09%) MCP
4 1 (9.09%) MCSA
4 1 (9.09%) MCSE
4 1 (9.09%) SC Cleared
4 1 (9.09%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.09%) Actionable Recommendations
1 1 (9.09%) NCSC
1 1 (9.09%) QA
System Software
1 1 (9.09%) Active Directory
1 1 (9.09%) BitLocker
1 1 (9.09%) Docker
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft App-V
1 1 (9.09%) Virtual Desktop
1 1 (9.09%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (9.09%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 1 (9.09%) Kubernetes
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (9.09%) SCCM
Vendors
1 3 (27.27%) Microsoft
2 2 (18.18%) SAP
3 1 (9.09%) Google
3 1 (9.09%) McAfee
3 1 (9.09%) Oracle
3 1 (9.09%) Symantec
3 1 (9.09%) VMware