GAP Analysis Job Trends in Cheshire

GAP Analysis
North West > Cheshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Cheshire requiring GAP Analysis skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 75 66 59
Rank change year-on-year -9 -7 +57
Permanent jobs citing GAP Analysis 6 5 3
As % of all permanent jobs in Cheshire 0.69% 0.54% 0.63%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.81% 0.72% 0.69%
Number of salaries quoted 2 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £42,500 £125,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £130,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -65.38% +246.67% -26.11%
75th Percentile £47,500 £135,000 £38,750
90th Percentile - - -
North West median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £49,418
% change year-on-year -18.18% +11.30% +4.04%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cheshire

GAP Analysis falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Cheshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 745 699 434
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheshire 85.44% 75.24% 91.75%
Number of salaries quoted 405 368 321
10th Percentile £27,600 £32,500 £23,850
25th Percentile £34,250 £40,000 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,720 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.56% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £60,000 £57,854 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £68,484 £78,000
North West median annual salary £50,000 £52,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% -5.45% +4.76%

GAP Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing GAP Analysis relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Cheshire.

GAP Analysis job vacancy trend in Cheshire

GAP Analysis
Salary Trend in Cheshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing GAP Analysis.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing GAP Analysis

GAP Analysis
Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GAP Analysis within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 9 November 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Chester - 4 - - 1
GAP Analysis
North West

GAP Analysis
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

General
1 6 (100.00%) Finance
2 4 (66.67%) Banking
2 4 (66.67%) Billing
2 4 (66.67%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Architect
1 4 (66.67%) Payments Architect
2 2 (33.33%) MIS Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (66.67%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
1 4 (66.67%) SWIFT Messaging Network
2 2 (33.33%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Agile
1 4 (66.67%) Business Analysis
1 4 (66.67%) Fintech
1 4 (66.67%) Migration
1 4 (66.67%) Requirements Gathering
1 4 (66.67%) Technical Leadership
1 4 (66.67%) Validation
2 3 (50.00%) AI
2 3 (50.00%) Artificial Intelligence Engineering
2 3 (50.00%) Software Engineering
3 2 (33.33%) Actionable Insight
3 2 (33.33%) Analytics
3 2 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (33.33%) Data Governance
3 2 (33.33%) Data Strategy
3 2 (33.33%) Decision-Making
3 2 (33.33%) People Management
3 2 (33.33%) Process Improvement
3 2 (33.33%) Service Delivery
3 2 (33.33%) User Experience
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (66.67%) ISO 20022
1 4 (66.67%) SEPA
1 4 (66.67%) TARGET2
2 2 (33.33%) Data Quality
2 2 (33.33%) GDPR