GAP Analysis Job Trends in Dorset

GAP Analysis
South West > Dorset

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Dorset requiring GAP Analysis skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 53 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing GAP Analysis 2 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Dorset 0.31% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.40% - -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £61,375 - -
25th Percentile £61,563 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,750 - -
75th Percentile £66,563 - -
90th Percentile £67,125 - -
South West median annual salary £67,500 £48,894 £43,500
% change year-on-year +38.05% +12.40% -11.68%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Dorset

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 Dorset.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 497 269 1,078
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Dorset 75.88% 88.49% 84.22%
Number of salaries quoted 272 135 605
10th Percentile £28,000 £27,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £30,000 £36,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £40,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -20.00% -
75th Percentile £63,750 £53,125 £60,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £63,750 £65,750
South West median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £51,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% +2.94% -5.56%

GAP Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in Dorset

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

GAP Analysis job vacancy trend in Dorset

GAP Analysis
Salary Trend in Dorset

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Dorset citing GAP Analysis.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Dorset citing GAP Analysis

GAP Analysis
Job Locations in Dorset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GAP Analysis within the Dorset region over the 6 months to 9 June 2026. 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
Bournemouth - 1 £65,000 -
Wareham - 1 £62,500 -
GAP Analysis
South West

GAP Analysis
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Dorset 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:

Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Business Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Electrical Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Principal Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Principal Systems Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) EDIFACT
1 1 (50.00%) IDoc
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Agile
1 1 (50.00%) Asset Management
1 1 (50.00%) Competitor Analysis
1 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (50.00%) Data Interpretation
1 1 (50.00%) Migration
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (50.00%) Requirements Gathering
1 1 (50.00%) SDLC
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Validation
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) GDPR
1 1 (50.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft