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 29 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 240 247 277
Rank change year-on-year +7 +30 +35
Contract jobs citing GAP Analysis 96 154 157
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.75% 0.75% 0.69%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.82% 0.89% 0.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 69 109 106
10th Percentile £397 £428 £401
25th Percentile £425 £500 £432
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £600 £525
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +14.29% +7.69%
75th Percentile £600 £738 £680
90th Percentile £655 - £740
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 4 1
10th Percentile £28.08 £20.06 -
25th Percentile - £25.16 £92.50
Median hourly rate £31.64 £46.50 £95.00
Median % change year-on-year -31.96% -51.05% +79.25%
75th Percentile £77.85 £70.63 £97.50
90th Percentile £86.92 £76.25 -
UK median hourly rate £70.00 £28.00 £95.00
% change year-on-year +150.00% -70.53% +261.63%

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 11,664 17,222 20,402
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 90.66% 83.58% 89.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,264 10,282 14,009
10th Percentile £235 £250 £260
25th Percentile £375 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +3.04%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £650 £688 £690
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 845 2,110 1,238
10th Percentile £13.83 £12.40 £10.63
25th Percentile £16.95 £15.39 £15.22
Median hourly rate £25.15 £38.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -33.82% +8.57% +75.00%
75th Percentile £60.63 £61.30 £64.63
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £73.75
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £36.50 £36.13
% change year-on-year -24.66% +1.04% +40.67%

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 29 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 29 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 29 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 +1 34 £500 - 27
South East -8 20 £575 -20.69% 47
North West -4 17 £500 -9.09% 17
Scotland +17 16 £430 -14.00% 7
South West +35 12 £475 -20.83% 10
Yorkshire +5 12 £450 -10.00% 10
Midlands +9 7 £447 +5.18% 14
East of England +29 6 £438 -35.19% 14
West Midlands +12 5 £625 +47.06% 12
North East +1 5 £528 - 1
East Midlands - 2 £419 - 2
Wales - 1 £650 -
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 11 (11.46%) Confluence
2 2 (2.08%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (2.08%) SharePoint
2 2 (2.08%) SharePoint Server
3 1 (1.04%) SAS
Applications
1 9 (9.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (5.21%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (5.21%) MS Visio
3 1 (1.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (5.21%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (2.08%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (1.04%) Actimize
3 1 (1.04%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (1.04%) Oracle Applications
3 1 (1.04%) Oracle EBS R12
3 1 (1.04%) Oracle Payroll
3 1 (1.04%) Oracle SCM
3 1 (1.04%) Q-Pulse
3 1 (1.04%) SAP CO
3 1 (1.04%) SAP EWM
3 1 (1.04%) SAP FI
3 1 (1.04%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (1.04%) SAP HR
3 1 (1.04%) SAP PP
3 1 (1.04%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 10 (10.42%) Azure
2 9 (9.38%) AWS
3 8 (8.33%) Dynamics 365
4 7 (7.29%) Power Platform
5 4 (4.17%) GCP
6 3 (3.13%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (2.08%) IaaS
7 2 (2.08%) Lucidchart
7 2 (2.08%) Microsoft 365
7 2 (2.08%) OCI
7 2 (2.08%) PaaS
7 2 (2.08%) SaaS
7 2 (2.08%) Serverless
8 1 (1.04%) Amazon EventBridge
8 1 (1.04%) Amazon S3
8 1 (1.04%) AWS Fargate
8 1 (1.04%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (1.04%) GitHub Actions
8 1 (1.04%) Miro
8 1 (1.04%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.13%) DNS
1 3 (3.13%) Firewall
1 3 (3.13%) Network Security
2 2 (2.08%) SSL
3 1 (1.04%) FTP
3 1 (1.04%) LAN
3 1 (1.04%) SD-WAN
3 1 (1.04%) VoIP
3 1 (1.04%) WAN
3 1 (1.04%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (6.25%) Power BI
2 4 (4.17%) Oracle Reports
3 3 (3.13%) Oracle BI Publisher
4 2 (2.08%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (2.08%) Tableau
5 1 (1.04%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
5 1 (1.04%) GIS
5 1 (1.04%) MongoDB
5 1 (1.04%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 14 (14.58%) JIRA
2 1 (1.04%) Mockito
2 1 (1.04%) Toad
General
1 49 (51.04%) Social Skills
2 26 (27.08%) Analytical Skills
3 20 (20.83%) Finance
4 12 (12.50%) Public Sector
5 7 (7.29%) Banking
6 5 (5.21%) Documentation Skills
6 5 (5.21%) Pharmaceutical
7 4 (4.17%) Manufacturing
8 3 (3.13%) Retail
9 2 (2.08%) Electronics
9 2 (2.08%) Legal
9 2 (2.08%) Local Government
9 2 (2.08%) Marketing
9 2 (2.08%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (2.08%) Publishing
9 2 (2.08%) Telecoms
10 1 (1.04%) Advertising
10 1 (1.04%) Automotive
10 1 (1.04%) Health Technology
10 1 (1.04%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 55 (57.29%) Analyst
2 48 (50.00%) Business Analyst
3 14 (14.58%) Senior
4 13 (13.54%) Consultant
4 13 (13.54%) Senior Analyst
5 12 (12.50%) Architect
5 12 (12.50%) Senior Business Analyst
6 7 (7.29%) Technical Analyst
6 7 (7.29%) Technical Business Analyst
7 5 (5.21%) Data Analyst
7 5 (5.21%) Microsoft 365 Architect
8 4 (4.17%) SAP Consultant
9 3 (3.13%) Business IT Analyst
9 3 (3.13%) Functional Consultant
9 3 (3.13%) IT Analyst
9 3 (3.13%) IT Business Analyst
9 3 (3.13%) SAP Analyst
9 3 (3.13%) SAP Business Analyst
9 3 (3.13%) Solutions Architect
9 3 (3.13%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.17%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (1.04%) .NET
2 1 (1.04%) Apache Camel
2 1 (1.04%) AWS CDK
2 1 (1.04%) EDI
2 1 (1.04%) JWT
2 1 (1.04%) OAuth
2 1 (1.04%) OpenID
2 1 (1.04%) REST
2 1 (1.04%) SAML
2 1 (1.04%) Spring
2 1 (1.04%) Spring Batch
2 1 (1.04%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 7 (7.29%) Management Information System
2 5 (5.21%) Product Ownership
3 2 (2.08%) Distributed Computing
3 2 (2.08%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (1.04%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (1.04%) Cloud Native
4 1 (1.04%) CMDB
4 1 (1.04%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (1.04%) Data Centre
4 1 (1.04%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (1.04%) Data Structures
4 1 (1.04%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.04%) FMCG
4 1 (1.04%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (1.04%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.04%) Operational Technology
4 1 (1.04%) PKI
4 1 (1.04%) Public Cloud
4 1 (1.04%) Security Operations Centre
4 1 (1.04%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.08%) Android
1 2 (2.08%) Apple iOS
1 2 (2.08%) Mac OS
1 2 (2.08%) Windows
1 2 (2.08%) Windows 10
1 2 (2.08%) Windows Server
1 2 (2.08%) Windows Server 2016
1 2 (2.08%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (42.71%) Agile
2 38 (39.58%) Stakeholder Management
3 32 (33.33%) Business Analysis
4 26 (27.08%) Problem-Solving
5 25 (26.04%) User Stories
6 24 (25.00%) Workshop Facilitation
7 17 (17.71%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 14 (14.58%) Business Case
9 13 (13.54%) Change Management
9 13 (13.54%) Migration
9 13 (13.54%) Requirements Gathering
10 12 (12.50%) Data Modelling
10 12 (12.50%) Process Improvement
11 11 (11.46%) Business Intelligence
11 11 (11.46%) Project Delivery
12 10 (10.42%) Decision-Making
13 9 (9.38%) Cybersecurity
13 9 (9.38%) Roadmaps
13 9 (9.38%) Six Sigma
13 9 (9.38%) Target Operating Model
Programming Languages
1 11 (11.46%) SQL
2 2 (2.08%) PowerShell
2 2 (2.08%) VB
2 2 (2.08%) VBScript
3 1 (1.04%) Java
3 1 (1.04%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 15 (15.63%) Security Cleared
2 11 (11.46%) Degree
3 7 (7.29%) DV Cleared
3 7 (7.29%) SC Cleared
4 5 (5.21%) IIBA
5 3 (3.13%) CBAP
5 3 (3.13%) CISSP
6 2 (2.08%) CISA
6 2 (2.08%) CISM
6 2 (2.08%) CRISC
6 2 (2.08%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
6 2 (2.08%) MCP
6 2 (2.08%) MCSA
6 2 (2.08%) MCSE
6 2 (2.08%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (1.04%) GCIA
7 1 (1.04%) GCIH
7 1 (1.04%) GIAC
7 1 (1.04%) SAS Certification
7 1 (1.04%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (9.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 9 (9.38%) NIST
2 6 (6.25%) QA
3 4 (4.17%) Actionable Recommendations
3 4 (4.17%) COBIT
3 4 (4.17%) Data Quality
4 3 (3.13%) NCSC
5 2 (2.08%) GDPR
5 2 (2.08%) NIST 800
5 2 (2.08%) PCI DSS
6 1 (1.04%) COSO
6 1 (1.04%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (1.04%) ISO 22301
6 1 (1.04%) ISO 9001
6 1 (1.04%) ITGC
6 1 (1.04%) JSP 440
6 1 (1.04%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (1.04%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (2.08%) Active Directory
1 2 (2.08%) BitLocker
1 2 (2.08%) Microsoft App-V
1 2 (2.08%) Virtual Desktop
1 2 (2.08%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (1.04%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (2.08%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 2 (2.08%) HP Data Protector
1 2 (2.08%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (2.08%) NetBackup
1 2 (2.08%) SCCM
2 1 (1.04%) CASB
2 1 (1.04%) Oracle RMAN
2 1 (1.04%) QRadar
Vendors
1 12 (12.50%) SAP
2 9 (9.38%) Microsoft
2 9 (9.38%) Oracle
3 4 (4.17%) Symantec
4 3 (3.13%) Cisco
4 3 (3.13%) CyberArk
4 3 (3.13%) Splunk
5 2 (2.08%) Ariba
5 2 (2.08%) Atlassian
5 2 (2.08%) Broadcom
5 2 (2.08%) CrowdStrike
5 2 (2.08%) Dell
5 2 (2.08%) Fujitsu
5 2 (2.08%) Google
5 2 (2.08%) McAfee
5 2 (2.08%) MuleSoft
5 2 (2.08%) Veritas
5 2 (2.08%) VMware
6 1 (1.04%) Aruba
6 1 (1.04%) Computacenter