GAP Analysis Contracts in the UK excluding London

GAP Analysis
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 254 258 302
Rank change year-on-year +4 +44 -2
Contract jobs citing GAP Analysis 82 142 162
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.64% 0.68% 0.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.71% 0.81% 0.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 60 101 114
10th Percentile £408 £425 £391
25th Percentile £429 £500 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £610 £500
Median % change year-on-year -18.03% +22.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £628 £738 £669
90th Percentile £690 - £721
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +9.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 1 2
10th Percentile - - £55.38
25th Percentile £31.64 - £61.56
Median hourly rate £50.82 £80.00 £73.75
Median % change year-on-year -36.48% +8.47% +39.15%
75th Percentile £80.53 - £86.56
90th Percentile £87.85 - £93.13
UK median hourly rate £71.80 £50.56 £73.75
% change year-on-year +42.02% -31.45% +180.74%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11,543 17,602 21,544
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 90.42% 84.74% 89.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,249 10,520 14,947
10th Percentile £235 £250 £255
25th Percentile £375 £380 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £483 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.50% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £662 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 825 2,048 1,307
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.33 £11.00
25th Percentile £17.30 £15.28 £16.00
Median hourly rate £27.50 £37.34 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.35% +3.72% +80.00%
75th Percentile £64.50 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £72.98
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

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 1 May 2025.

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
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing GAP Analysis in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram 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 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
North of England +9 28 £500 - 31
South East -5 19 £650 -10.34% 25
North West +9 15 £500 -9.09% 22
Scotland +17 13 £428 -14.50% 15
South West +43 11 £625 +4.17% 11
Yorkshire +1 9 £463 -7.50% 7
East of England +29 6 £438 -35.19% 5
Midlands +18 5 £488 +8.33% 14
West Midlands +11 4 £556 +23.61% 13
North East +1 4 £528 - 2
East Midlands - 1 £447 - 1
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 7 (8.54%) Confluence
2 2 (2.44%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (2.44%) SharePoint
2 2 (2.44%) SharePoint Server
3 1 (1.22%) SAS
Applications
1 6 (7.32%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (6.10%) MS Visio
3 3 (3.66%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (6.10%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (3.66%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (1.22%) Actimize
3 1 (1.22%) Oracle Applications
3 1 (1.22%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (1.22%) Oracle EBS R12
3 1 (1.22%) Oracle Payroll
3 1 (1.22%) Oracle SCM
3 1 (1.22%) SAP CO
3 1 (1.22%) SAP EWM
3 1 (1.22%) SAP FI
3 1 (1.22%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (1.22%) SAP HR
3 1 (1.22%) SAP PP
3 1 (1.22%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 10 (12.20%) Azure
2 7 (8.54%) Dynamics 365
2 7 (8.54%) Power Platform
3 6 (7.32%) AWS
4 4 (4.88%) GCP
5 3 (3.66%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (2.44%) IaaS
6 2 (2.44%) Lucidchart
6 2 (2.44%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (2.44%) OCI
6 2 (2.44%) PaaS
6 2 (2.44%) SaaS
7 1 (1.22%) Amazon Cognito
7 1 (1.22%) Amazon ECS
7 1 (1.22%) Amazon EKS
7 1 (1.22%) Amazon S3
7 1 (1.22%) AWS Fargate
7 1 (1.22%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (1.22%) Miro
7 1 (1.22%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.66%) DNS
2 2 (2.44%) SSL
3 1 (1.22%) Firewall
3 1 (1.22%) FTP
3 1 (1.22%) LAN
3 1 (1.22%) Network Security
3 1 (1.22%) SD-WAN
3 1 (1.22%) VoIP
3 1 (1.22%) WAN
3 1 (1.22%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (7.32%) Power BI
2 2 (2.44%) Tableau
3 1 (1.22%) GIS
3 1 (1.22%) MongoDB
3 1 (1.22%) NoSQL
3 1 (1.22%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 12 (14.63%) JIRA
2 1 (1.22%) Mockito
2 1 (1.22%) Toad
General
1 42 (51.22%) Social Skills
2 22 (26.83%) Analytical Skills
3 17 (20.73%) Public Sector
4 14 (17.07%) Finance
5 5 (6.10%) Documentation Skills
5 5 (6.10%) Pharmaceutical
6 4 (4.88%) Manufacturing
7 3 (3.66%) Banking
7 3 (3.66%) Retail
8 2 (2.44%) Electronics
8 2 (2.44%) Legal
8 2 (2.44%) Local Government
8 2 (2.44%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (2.44%) Publishing
8 2 (2.44%) Telecoms
9 1 (1.22%) Automotive
9 1 (1.22%) General Ledger
9 1 (1.22%) Marketing
9 1 (1.22%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (1.22%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 48 (58.54%) Analyst
2 43 (52.44%) Business Analyst
3 14 (17.07%) Senior
4 13 (15.85%) Senior Analyst
5 12 (14.63%) Senior Business Analyst
6 11 (13.41%) Consultant
7 9 (10.98%) Architect
8 5 (6.10%) Technical Analyst
8 5 (6.10%) Technical Business Analyst
9 4 (4.88%) Business IT Analyst
9 4 (4.88%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
9 4 (4.88%) IT Analyst
9 4 (4.88%) IT Business Analyst
9 4 (4.88%) SAP Consultant
10 3 (3.66%) Data Analyst
10 3 (3.66%) DV Cleared Business Analyst
10 3 (3.66%) Enterprise Architect
10 3 (3.66%) Functional Consultant
10 3 (3.66%) Lead
10 3 (3.66%) SAP Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.44%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (1.22%) .NET
2 1 (1.22%) Apache Camel
2 1 (1.22%) AWS CDK
2 1 (1.22%) EDI
2 1 (1.22%) JWT
2 1 (1.22%) Middleware
2 1 (1.22%) OAuth
2 1 (1.22%) OpenID
2 1 (1.22%) REST
2 1 (1.22%) SAML
2 1 (1.22%) Spring
2 1 (1.22%) Spring Batch
2 1 (1.22%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 7 (8.54%) Management Information System
2 5 (6.10%) Product Ownership
3 3 (3.66%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (2.44%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (1.22%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.22%) Cloud Native
5 1 (1.22%) CMDB
5 1 (1.22%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (1.22%) Data Structures
5 1 (1.22%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.22%) FMCG
5 1 (1.22%) Operational Technology
5 1 (1.22%) PKI
5 1 (1.22%) Public Cloud
5 1 (1.22%) Security Operations Centre
5 1 (1.22%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.44%) Android
1 2 (2.44%) Apple iOS
1 2 (2.44%) Mac OS
1 2 (2.44%) Windows
1 2 (2.44%) Windows 10
1 2 (2.44%) Windows Server
1 2 (2.44%) Windows Server 2016
1 2 (2.44%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (40.24%) Agile
2 30 (36.59%) Stakeholder Management
3 28 (34.15%) User Stories
4 26 (31.71%) Business Analysis
5 23 (28.05%) Workshop Facilitation
6 22 (26.83%) Problem-Solving
7 15 (18.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 14 (17.07%) Migration
9 11 (13.41%) Business Case
9 11 (13.41%) Requirements Gathering
10 10 (12.20%) Change Management
10 10 (12.20%) Process Improvement
10 10 (12.20%) Roadmaps
11 9 (10.98%) DevOps
11 9 (10.98%) Target Operating Model
11 9 (10.98%) Use Case
12 8 (9.76%) Actionable Insight
12 8 (9.76%) Cybersecurity
12 8 (9.76%) Decision-Making
12 8 (9.76%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 6 (7.32%) SQL
2 2 (2.44%) PowerShell
2 2 (2.44%) VB
2 2 (2.44%) VBScript
3 1 (1.22%) Java
3 1 (1.22%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 15 (18.29%) Security Cleared
2 9 (10.98%) Degree
3 7 (8.54%) DV Cleared
3 7 (8.54%) SC Cleared
4 5 (6.10%) IIBA
5 3 (3.66%) CISSP
5 3 (3.66%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (2.44%) CBAP
6 2 (2.44%) CISA
6 2 (2.44%) CISM
6 2 (2.44%) CRISC
6 2 (2.44%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
6 2 (2.44%) MCP
6 2 (2.44%) MCSA
6 2 (2.44%) MCSE
6 2 (2.44%) TOGAF Certification
7 1 (1.22%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 1 (1.22%) Azure Certification
7 1 (1.22%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (1.22%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (6.10%) NIST
1 5 (6.10%) QA
2 4 (4.88%) Actionable Recommendations
2 4 (4.88%) Data Quality
3 3 (3.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (3.66%) NCSC
4 2 (2.44%) GDPR
4 2 (2.44%) NIST 800
4 2 (2.44%) PCI DSS
5 1 (1.22%) COBIT
5 1 (1.22%) COSO
5 1 (1.22%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (1.22%) ITGC
5 1 (1.22%) JSP 440
5 1 (1.22%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (1.22%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (3.66%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.44%) BitLocker
2 2 (2.44%) Microsoft App-V
2 2 (2.44%) Virtual Desktop
2 2 (2.44%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.22%) Docker
3 1 (1.22%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (2.44%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 2 (2.44%) HP Data Protector
1 2 (2.44%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (2.44%) NetBackup
1 2 (2.44%) SCCM
2 1 (1.22%) CASB
2 1 (1.22%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.22%) Oracle RMAN
2 1 (1.22%) QRadar
Vendors
1 12 (14.63%) SAP
2 9 (10.98%) Microsoft
3 7 (8.54%) Oracle
4 3 (3.66%) Google
5 2 (2.44%) Ariba
5 2 (2.44%) Atlassian
5 2 (2.44%) Dell
5 2 (2.44%) Fujitsu
5 2 (2.44%) McAfee
5 2 (2.44%) MuleSoft
5 2 (2.44%) Symantec
5 2 (2.44%) Veritas
5 2 (2.44%) VMware
6 1 (1.22%) Alibaba
6 1 (1.22%) AVEVA
6 1 (1.22%) Cisco
6 1 (1.22%) CyberArk
6 1 (1.22%) Okta
6 1 (1.22%) Palo Alto
6 1 (1.22%) Talend