GAP Analysis Contract Job Trends in the South West

GAP Analysis
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South West requiring GAP Analysis skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 99 108 155
Rank change year-on-year +9 +47 +2
Contract jobs citing GAP Analysis 14 27 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.72% 1.01% 0.091%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.79% 1.22% 0.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 15 2
10th Percentile £403 £363 -
25th Percentile £463 £456 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% -9.09% +15.79%
75th Percentile £629 £547 £575
90th Percentile £645 £638 -
England median daily rate £525 £600 £550
% change year-on-year -12.50% +9.09% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 7 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £57.50 - -
Median hourly rate £65.00 £28.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +132.14% - -
75th Percentile £72.50 - -
90th Percentile - £43.80 -
England median hourly rate £88.75 £28.00 £41.25
% change year-on-year +216.96% -32.12% -

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 1,770 2,222 2,859
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 90.40% 83.50% 87.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,020 1,344 1,981
10th Percentile £220 £277 £313
25th Percentile £367 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £621 £638 £650
90th Percentile £701 £701 £725
England median daily rate £508 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.33% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 233 217 259
10th Percentile £14.87 £16.75 £20.20
25th Percentile £18.51 £50.00 £42.55
Median hourly rate £25.15 £70.00 £63.00
Median % change year-on-year -64.07% +11.11% +9.14%
75th Percentile £60.00 £72.50 £75.25
90th Percentile £69.75 £75.00 £83.40
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £43.33
% change year-on-year -41.51% -0.76% +48.85%

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

GAP Analysis
Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

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

GAP Analysis
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing GAP Analysis in the South West over the 6 months to 14 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for GAP Analysis in the South West

GAP Analysis
Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

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

GAP Analysis
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 14 September 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
Wiltshire +20 6 £622 - 1
Bristol +6 3 £575 +5.75% 2
Somerset +4 2 £475 -13.24%
Gloucestershire +7 1 - - 1
Devon - 1 £325 -
Dorset - 1 £475 -
GAP Analysis
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 (7.14%) Confluence
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (7.14%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 1 (7.14%) Oracle SCM
Cloud Services
1 2 (14.29%) Azure
2 1 (7.14%) AWS
2 1 (7.14%) Azure Sentinel
2 1 (7.14%) Entra ID
2 1 (7.14%) GCP
2 1 (7.14%) iPaaS
2 1 (7.14%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Purview
2 1 (7.14%) OCI
2 1 (7.14%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.14%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.14%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 1 (7.14%) JIRA
General
1 7 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (28.57%) Public Sector
3 2 (14.29%) Manufacturing
3 2 (14.29%) Military
4 1 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (7.14%) Automotive
4 1 (7.14%) Electronics
4 1 (7.14%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (7.14%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 6 (42.86%) Architect
2 4 (28.57%) Analyst
3 3 (21.43%) Business Analyst
4 2 (14.29%) Consultant
5 1 (7.14%) Change Manager
5 1 (7.14%) Enterprise Architect
5 1 (7.14%) Functional Consultant
5 1 (7.14%) Network Architect
5 1 (7.14%) Oracle Consultant
5 1 (7.14%) Oracle Functional Consultant
5 1 (7.14%) Principal Consultant
5 1 (7.14%) Security Architect
5 1 (7.14%) Security Engineer
5 1 (7.14%) Senior Consultant
5 1 (7.14%) Senior Functional Consultant
5 1 (7.14%) Senior Oracle Consultant
5 1 (7.14%) Senior Oracle Functional Consultant
5 1 (7.14%) Service Analyst
5 1 (7.14%) Technical Analyst
5 1 (7.14%) Technical Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (28.57%) CMDB
2 1 (7.14%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (7.14%) Data Centre
2 1 (7.14%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.14%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (42.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 6 (42.86%) Stakeholder Management
1 6 (42.86%) Validation
2 5 (35.71%) ITIL
2 5 (35.71%) Roadmaps
3 4 (28.57%) Actionable Insight
3 4 (28.57%) Architectural Design
3 4 (28.57%) Asset Management
3 4 (28.57%) Operations Management
3 4 (28.57%) Workshop Facilitation
4 2 (14.29%) Knowledge Transfer
4 2 (14.29%) Supply Chain Planning
5 1 (7.14%) Business Case
5 1 (7.14%) Business Strategy
5 1 (7.14%) Critical Thinking
5 1 (7.14%) Cybersecurity
5 1 (7.14%) Impact Analysis
5 1 (7.14%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (7.14%) Product Roadmap
5 1 (7.14%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.14%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 8 (57.14%) Security Cleared
2 7 (50.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (7.14%) Degree
3 1 (7.14%) DV Cleared
3 1 (7.14%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (7.14%) Accessibility
2 1 (7.14%) GDPR
2 1 (7.14%) HIPAA
2 1 (7.14%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (7.14%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 4 (28.57%) ServiceNow
2 1 (7.14%) F5
2 1 (7.14%) Microsoft
2 1 (7.14%) Oracle
2 1 (7.14%) SAP