GAP Analysis Contracts in the UK excluding London

GAP Analysis
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for GAP Analysis skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited GAP Analysis over the 6 months to 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 249 291 309
Rank change year-on-year +42 +18 -6
Contract jobs citing GAP Analysis 149 160 220
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.73% 0.68% 0.72%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.86% 0.76% 0.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 107 114 164
10th Percentile £454 £400 £327
25th Percentile £500 £414 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year +19.94% +5.32% +11.76%
75th Percentile £738 £680 £538
90th Percentile £741 £732 £630
UK median daily rate £550 £560 £501
% change year-on-year -1.79% +11.89% +5.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 1
Median hourly rate £80.00 £73.75 £53.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.47% +39.15% -
UK median hourly rate £50.56 £73.75 £26.27
% change year-on-year -31.45% +180.74% -41.62%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

GAP Analysis is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,297 21,007 27,024
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 84.45% 89.55% 88.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,312 14,549 18,866
10th Percentile £250 £256 £235
25th Percentile £378 £400 £386
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.57%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,055 1,290 1,325
10th Percentile £12.32 £11.00 £12.22
25th Percentile £15.17 £15.41 £14.00
Median hourly rate £38.00 £35.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.57% +75.00% -6.98%
75th Percentile £61.25 £65.00 £46.17
90th Percentile £72.90 £73.75 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.18
% change year-on-year +1.39% +42.97% +2.78%

GAP Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing GAP Analysis as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for GAP Analysis in the UK excluding London

GAP Analysis
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing GAP Analysis in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for GAP Analysis in the UK excluding London

GAP Analysis
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing GAP Analysis in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for GAP Analysis in the UK excluding London

GAP Analysis
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing GAP Analysis in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for GAP Analysis in the UK excluding London

GAP Analysis
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 9 May 2024. 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
South East +45 72 £725 +39.76% 14
North of England +29 41 £513 +7.89% 12
North West +8 25 £550 +15.79% 8
Yorkshire +29 17 £500 +5.26% 4
South West +16 17 £600 +9.09% 6
Scotland +34 9 £500 +19.76% 2
Midlands +13 9 £450 -33.58% 12
East of England +12 7 £675 +25.58% 6
West Midlands +5 7 £450 -33.82% 7
North East +14 3 - -
GAP Analysis
UK

GAP Analysis
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 2 (1.34%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 16 (10.74%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (6.71%) MS Visio
3 7 (4.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (4.03%) Microsoft Excel
5 5 (3.36%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.67%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 15 (10.07%) SAP EWM
1 15 (10.07%) SAP QM
2 4 (2.68%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.67%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.67%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.67%) Oracle Assets
3 1 (0.67%) Oracle General Ledger
3 1 (0.67%) SAP CO
3 1 (0.67%) SAP HCM
3 1 (0.67%) SAP Payroll
3 1 (0.67%) SAP SD
3 1 (0.67%) SAP WM
3 1 (0.67%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 21 (14.09%) Dynamics 365
2 13 (8.72%) Azure
3 9 (6.04%) Power Platform
4 8 (5.37%) PowerApps
5 6 (4.03%) Azure Stack
5 6 (4.03%) Microsoft Purview
6 5 (3.36%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (1.34%) Amazon GuardDuty
7 2 (1.34%) AWS
7 2 (1.34%) Azure Sentinel
7 2 (1.34%) SuccessFactors
8 1 (0.67%) Boomi
8 1 (0.67%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.34%) Firewall
1 2 (1.34%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (6.04%) Power BI
2 6 (4.03%) Data Warehouse
2 6 (4.03%) Snowflake Schema
3 3 (2.01%) Oracle Database
4 2 (1.34%) Oracle Reports
4 2 (1.34%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.67%) Electronic Patient Records
5 1 (0.67%) Ingres
5 1 (0.67%) RDBMS
5 1 (0.67%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (0.67%) JIRA
1 1 (0.67%) Rational Software Modeler
General
1 58 (38.93%) Social Skills
2 40 (26.85%) Analytical Skills
3 23 (15.44%) Finance
4 18 (12.08%) Public Sector
5 11 (7.38%) Telecoms
6 10 (6.71%) Manufacturing
7 8 (5.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 6 (4.03%) Marketing
9 4 (2.68%) Documentation Skills
9 4 (2.68%) Retail
10 3 (2.01%) Military
11 2 (1.34%) Billing
11 2 (1.34%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (1.34%) Local Government
12 1 (0.67%) Electronics
12 1 (0.67%) Law
12 1 (0.67%) Legal
12 1 (0.67%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.67%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 37 (24.83%) Architect
2 35 (23.49%) Analyst
3 30 (20.13%) Consultant
4 29 (19.46%) Business Analyst
5 27 (18.12%) Solutions Architect
6 23 (15.44%) Java Architect
6 23 (15.44%) Java Solutions Architect
7 20 (13.42%) Lead
7 20 (13.42%) SAP Consultant
8 14 (9.40%) SAP QM Consultant
9 9 (6.04%) Senior
10 8 (5.37%) Data Architect
10 8 (5.37%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
11 7 (4.70%) Senior Analyst
12 6 (4.03%) SAP EWM Consultant
13 5 (3.36%) Change Manager
13 5 (3.36%) Senior Business Analyst
13 5 (3.36%) Workstream Lead
14 4 (2.68%) Business Intelligence Lead
14 4 (2.68%) Telecoms Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (4.70%) XML
2 6 (4.03%) JSON
2 6 (4.03%) REST
3 1 (0.67%) Ajax
3 1 (0.67%) HTML
3 1 (0.67%) jQuery
3 1 (0.67%) SAP TM
3 1 (0.67%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 33 (22.15%) Product Ownership
2 6 (4.03%) Data Structures
2 6 (4.03%) Reference Data
3 5 (3.36%) Management Information System
4 3 (2.01%) Security Operations Centre
5 2 (1.34%) NHS
5 2 (1.34%) Security Posture
6 1 (0.67%) Cloud Native
6 1 (0.67%) Data Centre
6 1 (0.67%) Legacy Applications
6 1 (0.67%) Life Science
6 1 (0.67%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.68%) Windows
2 3 (2.01%) Unix
3 2 (1.34%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (26.85%) Problem-Solving
2 35 (23.49%) User Acceptance Testing
2 35 (23.49%) Workshop Facilitation
3 28 (18.79%) Agile
4 25 (16.78%) Translating Business Requirements
5 24 (16.11%) Business Analysis
5 24 (16.11%) Integration Testing
6 20 (13.42%) Project Management
7 19 (12.75%) Data Modelling
7 19 (12.75%) Requirements Gathering
8 18 (12.08%) Continuous Improvement
9 17 (11.41%) User Stories
10 16 (10.74%) Change Management
10 16 (10.74%) Stakeholder Management
11 15 (10.07%) ERP
11 15 (10.07%) Supply Chain Management
12 14 (9.40%) Business Intelligence
13 13 (8.72%) Migration
14 11 (7.38%) Data Migration
14 11 (7.38%) Risk Assessment
Programming Languages
1 24 (16.11%) Java
2 4 (2.68%) SQL
3 3 (2.01%) PL/SQL
4 1 (0.67%) ABAP
4 1 (0.67%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (0.67%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 50 (33.56%) Security Cleared
2 31 (20.81%) DV Cleared
3 20 (13.42%) SC Cleared
4 8 (5.37%) Degree
5 5 (3.36%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (2.01%) CISSP
6 3 (2.01%) Master's Degree
7 2 (1.34%) Azure Certification
7 2 (1.34%) PMI Certification
7 2 (1.34%) PMP
8 1 (0.67%) CBAP
8 1 (0.67%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
8 1 (0.67%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 1 (0.67%) Six Sigma Black Belt
8 1 (0.67%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (4.70%) QA
2 6 (4.03%) Data Quality
3 4 (2.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (2.01%) Actionable Recommendations
5 2 (1.34%) NCSC
5 2 (1.34%) PMO
6 1 (0.67%) Disclosure Scotland
6 1 (0.67%) GDPR
6 1 (0.67%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.67%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 1 (0.67%) JSP 440
6 1 (0.67%) NIST
6 1 (0.67%) NIST 800
6 1 (0.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.67%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 1 (0.67%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 3 (2.01%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 35 (23.49%) SAP
2 29 (19.46%) Microsoft
3 10 (6.71%) BT
4 4 (2.68%) Oracle
4 4 (2.68%) ServiceNow
5 2 (1.34%) Cisco
5 2 (1.34%) JDA
5 2 (1.34%) Sparx
6 1 (0.67%) Cerner
6 1 (0.67%) Civica
6 1 (0.67%) Fortinet
6 1 (0.67%) Splunk
6 1 (0.67%) Workday