GAP Analysis Contracts in the Thames Valley

GAP Analysis
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 96 108 114
Rank change year-on-year +12 +6 +35
Contract jobs citing GAP Analysis 6 37 37
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.40% 1.38% 1.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.43% 1.58% 1.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 23 25
10th Percentile £455 £520 £355
25th Percentile £500 £627 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £735 £513
Median % change year-on-year -25.85% +43.41% +7.89%
75th Percentile £650 £756 £721
90th Percentile £778 £773 £749
South East median daily rate £650 £725 £500
% change year-on-year -10.34% +45.00% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,403 2,340 2,682
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 92.85% 87.12% 91.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 851 1,306 1,860
10th Percentile £300 £213 £320
25th Percentile £413 £369 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.26%
75th Percentile £605 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £508
% change year-on-year - -1.53% +1.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 58 170 62
10th Percentile £14.20 £15.30 £18.60
25th Percentile £14.54 £19.48 £24.86
Median hourly rate £32.05 £45.00 £51.25
Median % change year-on-year -28.78% -12.20% +192.86%
75th Percentile £62.44 £64.57 £66.21
90th Percentile £78.03 £85.65 £79.19
South East median hourly rate £28.00 £47.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year -41.05% -5.00% +122.22%

GAP Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for GAP Analysis in the Thames Valley

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing GAP Analysis in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for GAP Analysis in the Thames Valley

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Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

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

Daily rate histogram for GAP Analysis in the Thames Valley

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing GAP Analysis in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for GAP Analysis in the Thames Valley

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Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley 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
Berkshire +2 6 £545 -25.85% 3
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South East

GAP Analysis
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 1 (16.67%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (16.67%) Oracle EBS R12
1 1 (16.67%) SAP EWM
Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) Azure
1 1 (16.67%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) DNS
1 1 (16.67%) Firewall
1 1 (16.67%) LAN
1 1 (16.67%) Network Security
1 1 (16.67%) SD-WAN
1 1 (16.67%) SSL
1 1 (16.67%) VoIP
1 1 (16.67%) WAN
1 1 (16.67%) Wireless
General
1 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Manufacturing
2 1 (16.67%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Consultant
2 2 (33.33%) Analyst
2 2 (33.33%) Business Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Audit Consultant
3 1 (16.67%) Cybersecurity Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Network Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Network Security Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Oracle Consultant
3 1 (16.67%) SAP Consultant
3 1 (16.67%) SAP EWM Consultant
3 1 (16.67%) Security Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Security Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Senior Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Senior Business Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Senior Security Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) SOC Consultant
3 1 (16.67%) Technical Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Technical Business Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Voice Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (16.67%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Actionable Insight
1 2 (33.33%) Cloud Security
1 2 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (33.33%) Project Delivery
1 2 (33.33%) Roadmaps
1 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (16.67%) Acceptance Criteria
2 1 (16.67%) Customer Journey Map
2 1 (16.67%) Design Patterns
2 1 (16.67%) Incident Response
2 1 (16.67%) Journey Map
2 1 (16.67%) MITRE ATT&CK
2 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (16.67%) RBAC
2 1 (16.67%) Requirements Gathering
2 1 (16.67%) SOAR
2 1 (16.67%) Strategic Roadmap
2 1 (16.67%) Threat Intelligence
2 1 (16.67%) Workshop Facilitation
2 1 (16.67%) Zero Trust
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) CISA
1 1 (16.67%) CISM
1 1 (16.67%) CISSP
1 1 (16.67%) GCIA
1 1 (16.67%) GCIH
1 1 (16.67%) GIAC
1 1 (16.67%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
1 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
1 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) NIST
2 1 (16.67%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (16.67%) GDPR
2 1 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (16.67%) NIST 800
2 1 (16.67%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) CASB
1 1 (16.67%) QRadar
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Aruba
1 1 (16.67%) Cisco
1 1 (16.67%) Oracle
1 1 (16.67%) Palo Alto
1 1 (16.67%) SAP
1 1 (16.67%) Splunk