GAP Analysis Job Trends in the North West

GAP Analysis
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North West requiring GAP Analysis skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 177 188 170
Rank change year-on-year +11 -18 +108
Permanent jobs citing GAP Analysis 6 21 18
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 0.098% 0.40% 0.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.12% 0.45% 0.52%
Number of salaries quoted 2 14 14
10th Percentile - £39,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £39,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.89% +12.22% -5.26%
75th Percentile £47,500 £63,125 £61,563
90th Percentile - £83,375 £84,500
England median annual salary £67,500 £55,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +22.73% -21.43% +12.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
North West

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 North West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 5,122 4,712 3,458
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 83.27% 90.23% 89.61%
Number of salaries quoted 2,464 2,332 2,655
10th Percentile £28,000 £32,500 £31,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -5.45% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £66,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £82,548
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 North West

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

GAP Analysis job vacancy trend in the North West

GAP Analysis
Salary Trend in the North West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing GAP Analysis.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing GAP Analysis

GAP Analysis
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GAP Analysis within the North West region over the 6 months to 31 December 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
Cheshire -14 6 £45,000 -65.38% 8
GAP Analysis
England

GAP Analysis
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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 Management
3 2 (33.33%) Data Strategy
3 2 (33.33%) Decision-Making
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