GAP Analysis Contract Job Trends in the West Midlands

GAP Analysis
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring GAP Analysis skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 115 93 113
Rank change year-on-year -22 +20 +57
Contract jobs citing GAP Analysis 6 21 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.33% 1.12% 0.53%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.38% 1.36% 0.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 15 8
10th Percentile £458 £448 £418
25th Percentile £469 £506 £528
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £618 £550
Median % change year-on-year -19.09% +12.36% +12.82%
75th Percentile £544 £638 £581
90th Percentile £563 £720 £743
England median daily rate £528 £588 £550
% change year-on-year -10.21% +6.82% +4.76%

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Midlands

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 West Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,597 1,541 1,770
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 88.72% 81.88% 85.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,018 982 1,189
10th Percentile £248 £251 £263
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% -
75th Percentile £588 £625 £600
90th Percentile £675 £725 £725
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 106 38 51
10th Percentile £12.62 £14.70 £14.54
25th Percentile £16.30 £15.94 £20.43
Median hourly rate £24.34 £28.50 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -14.60% +3.64% +52.78%
75th Percentile £35.00 £42.88 £43.00
90th Percentile £50.00 £55.85 £67.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £44.06
% change year-on-year -41.51% -2.39% +51.91%

GAP Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for GAP Analysis in the West Midlands

GAP Analysis
Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing GAP Analysis.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing GAP Analysis

GAP Analysis
Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing GAP Analysis.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing GAP Analysis

GAP Analysis
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

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 West Midlands region over the 6 months to 22 September 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
Solihull - 2 - -
Warwickshire -6 1 £450 -28.00% 2
Coventry -7 1 - - 2
Birmingham -8 1 £550 -8.33% 2
Shropshire - 1 - - 1
GAP Analysis
England

GAP Analysis
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Primavera
1 1 (16.67%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 2 (33.33%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (16.67%) Azure
2 1 (16.67%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) Firewall
1 1 (16.67%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) EDMS
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Oracle Forms
General
1 2 (33.33%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Finance
2 1 (16.67%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Architect
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft 365 Architect
2 1 (16.67%) Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Business Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) Cybersecurity Specialist
2 1 (16.67%) Product Owner
2 1 (16.67%) Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (16.67%) Middleware
1 1 (16.67%) REST
1 1 (16.67%) SOAP
1 1 (16.67%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (16.67%) Product Ownership
2 1 (16.67%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Agile
1 2 (33.33%) Analytics
1 2 (33.33%) ERP
1 2 (33.33%) Impact Assessments
1 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (33.33%) Roadmaps
1 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (33.33%) User Stories
2 1 (16.67%) Business Case
2 1 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (16.67%) Process Improvement
2 1 (16.67%) Product Roadmap
2 1 (16.67%) Project Delivery
2 1 (16.67%) Project Roadmap
2 1 (16.67%) Requirements Gathering
2 1 (16.67%) User Experience
2 1 (16.67%) Waterfall
2 1 (16.67%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) Degree
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (16.67%) ISO 22301
1 1 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (16.67%) NCSC
1 1 (16.67%) NIST
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) SAP
2 1 (16.67%) Cisco
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (16.67%) Oracle
2 1 (16.67%) Workday