GAP Analysis Job Trends in the East of England

GAP Analysis
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring GAP Analysis skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 146 177 138
Rank change year-on-year +31 -39 +71
Permanent jobs citing GAP Analysis 11 3 2
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 0.27% 0.085% 0.089%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.36% 0.098% 0.10%
Number of salaries quoted 8 0 2
10th Percentile £46,000 - -
25th Percentile £47,500 - £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 - £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.55%
75th Percentile £57,500 - £53,750
90th Percentile £59,000 - -
England median annual salary £67,500 £55,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +22.73% -21.43% +12.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
East of England

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 the East of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,097 3,046 1,976
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 75.15% 86.63% 88.14%
Number of salaries quoted 1,808 1,208 1,437
10th Percentile £27,588 £30,000 £27,000
25th Percentile £33,500 £42,500 £39,085
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% - -
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,813 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

GAP Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

GAP Analysis job vacancy trend in the East of England

GAP Analysis
Salary Trend in the East of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing GAP Analysis.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing GAP Analysis

GAP Analysis
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing GAP Analysis in the East of England over the 6 months to 4 January 2026.

Salary histogram for GAP Analysis in the East of England

GAP Analysis
Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GAP Analysis within the East of England region over the 6 months to 4 January 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
Hertfordshire +17 5 £50,000 -
Cambridgeshire +15 5 £55,000 -
Essex - 1 £45,000 -
GAP Analysis
England

GAP Analysis
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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 3 (27.27%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (18.18%) Integrated Workplace Management System
2 1 (9.09%) Cognos Business Intelligence
2 1 (9.09%) iTrent
Cloud Services
1 4 (36.36%) Azure
2 2 (18.18%) Power Automate
2 2 (18.18%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (9.09%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (45.45%) SQL Server
2 2 (18.18%) Power BI
3 1 (9.09%) Cognos Connection
3 1 (9.09%) Cognos Event Studio
3 1 (9.09%) Cognos Framework Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (9.09%) Metadata
3 1 (9.09%) OLAP
3 1 (9.09%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 1 (9.09%) SQL Server Integration Services
General
1 6 (54.55%) Finance
2 4 (36.36%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 7 (63.64%) Analyst
2 6 (54.55%) Business Analyst
3 4 (36.36%) Technical Analyst
3 4 (36.36%) Technical Business Analyst
4 3 (27.27%) Senior
4 3 (27.27%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
5 1 (9.09%) Cognos Developer
5 1 (9.09%) Developer
5 1 (9.09%) Report Developer
5 1 (9.09%) Systems Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (9.09%) MDX
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) PropTech
2 1 (9.09%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (54.55%) User Stories
2 5 (45.45%) DevOps
2 5 (45.45%) Migration
3 4 (36.36%) Agile
3 4 (36.36%) Business Analysis
3 4 (36.36%) Business Strategy
3 4 (36.36%) Data Migration
3 4 (36.36%) Enterprise Architecture
3 4 (36.36%) IT Governance
3 4 (36.36%) ITIL
3 4 (36.36%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (36.36%) Process Improvement
3 4 (36.36%) Requirements Gathering
3 4 (36.36%) Scrum
3 4 (36.36%) SDLC
3 4 (36.36%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (36.36%) UML
3 4 (36.36%) User Acceptance Testing
4 3 (27.27%) Customer Service
4 3 (27.27%) Regtech
Qualifications
1 1 (9.09%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (18.18%) QA
System Software
1 1 (9.09%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 4 (36.36%) Microsoft
1 4 (36.36%) Salesforce
2 1 (9.09%) Cognos
2 1 (9.09%) IBM