GAP Analysis Contracts

GAP Analysis
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 28 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 278 240 341
Rank change year-on-year -38 +101 +19
Contract jobs citing GAP Analysis 284 421 385
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.93% 0.97% 0.69%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.02% 1.14% 0.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 186 272 245
10th Percentile £375 £444 £411
25th Percentile £425 £500 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £675
90th Percentile £775 £738 £732
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £600 £525
% change year-on-year -16.67% +14.29% +7.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 10 2
10th Percentile £30.75 £19.69 £29.03
25th Percentile £31.64 - £39.61
Median hourly rate £67.50 £28.00 £59.48
Median % change year-on-year +141.07% -52.92% +127.57%
75th Percentile £90.50 - £79.61
90th Percentile £91.50 £68.75 £90.34
UK excluding London median hourly rate £67.50 £28.00 £59.48
% change year-on-year +141.07% -52.92% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 27,791 36,956 49,780
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 91.01% 85.22% 89.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,543 23,553 34,315
10th Percentile £300 £300 £325
25th Percentile £405 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £504 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% -4.55% +1.85%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +1.01%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,341 2,551 1,689
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.74 £11.87
25th Percentile £17.33 £16.06 £16.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £37.50 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year -32.93% +4.17% +38.46%
75th Percentile £53.95 £61.30 £64.63
90th Percentile £70.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.00 £38.12 £35.00
% change year-on-year -34.42% +8.91% +66.67%

GAP Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing GAP Analysis as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for GAP Analysis in the UK

GAP Analysis
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for GAP Analysis in the UK

GAP Analysis
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing GAP Analysis over the 6 months to 28 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for GAP Analysis in the UK

GAP Analysis
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for GAP Analysis in the UK

GAP Analysis
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing GAP Analysis over the 6 months to 28 June 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for GAP Analysis in the UK

GAP Analysis
Top 16 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 28 June 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
England -45 242 £540 -6.09% 220
London +2 128 £600 +9.09% 119
UK excluding London -28 119 £500 -16.67% 103
Work from Home -20 91 £550 - 112
North of England +12 46 £495 -1.00% 37
South East 0 24 £575 -20.69% 25
Yorkshire +8 23 £450 -10.00% 13
East of England +35 17 £375 -40.00% 15
North West +6 17 £500 -9.09% 22
Scotland +15 14 £463 -7.40% 4
South West +18 10 £475 -11.63% 6
Midlands -12 7 £419 -25.60% 17
North East +6 6 £528 - 2
West Midlands -8 4 - - 10
East Midlands -2 3 £419 -30.65% 4
Wales - 1 £650 -

GAP Analysis
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 24 (8.45%) Confluence
2 8 (2.82%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.76%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.70%) Apache
4 2 (0.70%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.35%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.35%) SAS
Applications
1 22 (7.75%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (4.93%) MS Visio
3 6 (2.11%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (2.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (1.06%) Trello
5 1 (0.35%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 11 (3.87%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (2.11%) Aladdin
3 5 (1.76%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (1.41%) SAP CO
5 3 (1.06%) SAP FI
5 3 (1.06%) SAP FI/CO
5 3 (1.06%) Shopify
6 2 (0.70%) Dynamics AX
6 2 (0.70%) Maximo
6 2 (0.70%) SAP PP
7 1 (0.35%) Oracle Applications
7 1 (0.35%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.35%) Oracle Payroll
7 1 (0.35%) Oracle SCM
7 1 (0.35%) PeopleSoft Financials
7 1 (0.35%) SAP EWM
7 1 (0.35%) SAP GTS
7 1 (0.35%) SAP HR
7 1 (0.35%) SAP MM
7 1 (0.35%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 43 (15.14%) Azure
2 32 (11.27%) AWS
3 19 (6.69%) GCP
4 17 (5.99%) Entra ID
4 17 (5.99%) Power Platform
5 15 (5.28%) Dynamics 365
6 13 (4.58%) Microsoft 365
6 13 (4.58%) SaaS
7 9 (3.17%) Amazon EKS
8 8 (2.82%) Azure AKS
8 8 (2.82%) Google Kubernetes Engine
9 7 (2.46%) AWS CloudFormation
9 7 (2.46%) Azure DevOps
9 7 (2.46%) OneDrive
10 6 (2.11%) Azure Sentinel
11 5 (1.76%) Microsoft Purview
11 5 (1.76%) Miro
12 4 (1.41%) Serverless
12 4 (1.41%) Snowflake
13 3 (1.06%) BigCommerce
Communications & Networking
1 8 (2.82%) Firewall
2 7 (2.46%) Network Security
3 3 (1.06%) Structured Cabling
4 2 (0.70%) SD-WAN
4 2 (0.70%) SSL
4 2 (0.70%) WAN
5 1 (0.35%) ATM
5 1 (0.35%) DNS
5 1 (0.35%) FTP
5 1 (0.35%) Internet
5 1 (0.35%) LAN
5 1 (0.35%) MQTT
5 1 (0.35%) VoIP
5 1 (0.35%) VPN
5 1 (0.35%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (5.63%) Power BI
2 8 (2.82%) Data Warehouse
3 7 (2.46%) Oracle Reports
3 7 (2.46%) Tableau
4 5 (1.76%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 4 (1.41%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 3 (1.06%) BigQuery
6 3 (1.06%) Data Mart
6 3 (1.06%) MS Access
6 3 (1.06%) SQL Server
6 3 (1.06%) Star Schema
7 2 (0.70%) GIS
7 2 (0.70%) Metadata
7 2 (0.70%) Relational Database
7 2 (0.70%) Snowflake Schema
7 2 (0.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.35%) Amazon Redshift
8 1 (0.35%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.35%) NoSQL
8 1 (0.35%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 34 (11.97%) JIRA
2 1 (0.35%) Hudson
2 1 (0.35%) LSMW
2 1 (0.35%) MLflow
2 1 (0.35%) Mockito
2 1 (0.35%) Toad
General
1 127 (44.72%) Social Skills
2 78 (27.46%) Finance
3 47 (16.55%) Analytical Skills
4 28 (9.86%) Banking
5 24 (8.45%) Public Sector
6 18 (6.34%) Front Office
7 17 (5.99%) Documentation Skills
8 10 (3.52%) Retail
9 9 (3.17%) Pharmaceutical
10 8 (2.82%) Military
11 6 (2.11%) Manufacturing
11 6 (2.11%) Marketing
11 6 (2.11%) Organisational Skills
11 6 (2.11%) Retail Banking
12 5 (1.76%) Presentation Skills
13 4 (1.41%) Advertising
13 4 (1.41%) General Ledger
13 4 (1.41%) Influencing Skills
13 4 (1.41%) Investment Banking
13 4 (1.41%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 148 (52.11%) Analyst
2 139 (48.94%) Business Analyst
3 51 (17.96%) Consultant
4 31 (10.92%) Architect
5 27 (9.51%) Lead
6 21 (7.39%) Senior
7 19 (6.69%) Data Analyst
8 18 (6.34%) Senior Analyst
9 15 (5.28%) Senior Business Analyst
10 13 (4.58%) Security Engineer
10 13 (4.58%) Technical Analyst
10 13 (4.58%) Technical Business Analyst
11 10 (3.52%) Data Business Analyst
11 10 (3.52%) Security Architect
12 9 (3.17%) Lead Business Analyst
13 8 (2.82%) Lead Consultant
13 8 (2.82%) SAP Consultant
14 7 (2.46%) Murex Business Analyst
14 7 (2.46%) SAP Analyst
14 7 (2.46%) SAP Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (3.52%) SAML
2 9 (3.17%) OAuth
2 9 (3.17%) OpenID
3 7 (2.46%) JSON
3 7 (2.46%) Oracle Fusion
4 6 (2.11%) OAuth2
5 3 (1.06%) DCOM
5 3 (1.06%) VML
6 1 (0.35%) .NET
6 1 (0.35%) ADO
6 1 (0.35%) Apache Camel
6 1 (0.35%) BAPI
6 1 (0.35%) EDI
6 1 (0.35%) HTML
6 1 (0.35%) Murex MxML
6 1 (0.35%) REST
6 1 (0.35%) SOAP
6 1 (0.35%) Spring
6 1 (0.35%) Spring Batch
6 1 (0.35%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 16 (5.63%) Product Ownership
2 12 (4.23%) Onboarding
3 10 (3.52%) Cloud Native
3 10 (3.52%) Management Information System
4 9 (3.17%) Data Centre
4 9 (3.17%) Security Posture
5 8 (2.82%) Derivative
6 6 (2.11%) Data Structures
6 6 (2.11%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 5 (1.76%) Hybrid Cloud
8 4 (1.41%) PMI
9 3 (1.06%) Analytical Mindset
9 3 (1.06%) Cyber Threat
9 3 (1.06%) Interest Rate Derivative
9 3 (1.06%) IoT
9 3 (1.06%) Legacy Systems
9 3 (1.06%) Market Risk
10 2 (0.70%) CMDB
10 2 (0.70%) Distributed Computing
10 2 (0.70%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 8 (2.82%) Windows
2 1 (0.35%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 94 (33.10%) Agile
2 88 (30.99%) Stakeholder Management
3 72 (25.35%) Business Analysis
4 65 (22.89%) Workshop Facilitation
5 54 (19.01%) Problem-Solving
6 53 (18.66%) Requirements Gathering
7 51 (17.96%) User Stories
8 43 (15.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 40 (14.08%) Roadmaps
10 38 (13.38%) Migration
11 37 (13.03%) Change Management
11 37 (13.03%) Scrum
12 36 (12.68%) Validation
13 34 (11.97%) Data Analysis
13 34 (11.97%) Risk Management
14 27 (9.51%) Data Modelling
14 27 (9.51%) Project Management
15 25 (8.80%) Process Improvement
15 25 (8.80%) Project Delivery
15 25 (8.80%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 50 (17.61%) SQL
2 7 (2.46%) PowerShell
3 6 (2.11%) Python
4 2 (0.70%) PL/SQL
4 2 (0.70%) VBA
5 1 (0.35%) ABAP
5 1 (0.35%) Java
5 1 (0.35%) Perl
Qualifications
1 34 (11.97%) Degree
2 26 (9.15%) Security Cleared
3 19 (6.69%) SC Cleared
4 8 (2.82%) CISSP
4 8 (2.82%) IIBA
5 7 (2.46%) CBAP
6 6 (2.11%) PMI Certification
7 5 (1.76%) Microsoft Certification
7 5 (1.76%) PMP
8 4 (1.41%) CISA
8 4 (1.41%) DV Cleared
9 3 (1.06%) AWS Certification
9 3 (1.06%) Azure Certification
9 3 (1.06%) CISM
9 3 (1.06%) CSPO
9 3 (1.06%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
9 3 (1.06%) Master's Degree
10 2 (0.70%) ACCA
10 2 (0.70%) CIMA
10 2 (0.70%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (14.79%) NIST
2 29 (10.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 15 (5.28%) Data Quality
3 15 (5.28%) GDPR
4 13 (4.58%) QA
5 12 (4.23%) MiFID
6 11 (3.87%) NIST 800
7 10 (3.52%) EMIR
7 10 (3.52%) HIPAA
8 8 (2.82%) PCI DSS
9 7 (2.46%) COBIT
9 7 (2.46%) JSP 440
9 7 (2.46%) NCSC
10 6 (2.11%) Actionable Recommendations
11 5 (1.76%) GRC
12 3 (1.06%) COREP
12 3 (1.06%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 2 (0.70%) Cyber Essentials
13 2 (0.70%) ISO 20022
13 2 (0.70%) SEPA
System Software
1 15 (5.28%) Active Directory
2 6 (2.11%) Firmware
3 1 (0.35%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 11 (3.87%) Kubernetes
2 9 (3.17%) Single Sign-On
3 7 (2.46%) Terraform
4 3 (1.06%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.70%) HP Data Protector
5 2 (0.70%) NetBackup
6 1 (0.35%) CASB
6 1 (0.35%) HP ALM
6 1 (0.35%) HP Quality Center
6 1 (0.35%) Oracle RMAN
6 1 (0.35%) QRadar
6 1 (0.35%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 37 (13.03%) Microsoft
2 32 (11.27%) SAP
3 20 (7.04%) Oracle
4 10 (3.52%) Salesforce
5 8 (2.82%) Alibaba
5 8 (2.82%) Google
5 8 (2.82%) Murex
5 8 (2.82%) ServiceNow
6 7 (2.46%) CyberArk
6 7 (2.46%) Splunk
7 6 (2.11%) CrowdStrike
8 5 (1.76%) Ariba
8 5 (1.76%) Cisco
8 5 (1.76%) Symantec
9 4 (1.41%) Adobe
9 4 (1.41%) Atlassian
9 4 (1.41%) Broadcom
9 4 (1.41%) Charles River
9 4 (1.41%) Duck Creek
9 4 (1.41%) Okta