GAP Analysis Jobs in the North West

GAP Analysis
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West requiring GAP Analysis skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited GAP Analysis over the 6 months leading up to 14 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 281 253 271
Rank change year-on-year -28 +18 +12
Permanent jobs citing GAP Analysis 8 42 28
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.10% 0.43% 0.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.10% 0.52% 0.37%
Number of salaries quoted 6 31 17
10th Percentile £45,750 - £43,250
25th Percentile £60,313 £40,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £87,500 £45,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year +94.44% -16.67% +8.00%
75th Percentile £101,563 £56,250 £60,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £65,000 £63,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £61,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% +4.35%

All Process and 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 7,653 8,153 7,519
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 95.85% 82.81% 95.63%
Number of salaries quoted 4,004 6,185 3,939
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,500 £30,966
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £61,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

GAP Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for GAP Analysis in the North West

GAP Analysis
Salary Trend in the North West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing GAP Analysis in the North West.

Salary trend for GAP Analysis in the North West

GAP Analysis
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing GAP Analysis in the North West over the 6 months to 14 May 2025.

Salary histogram for GAP Analysis in the North West

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 14 May 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
Manchester +34 5 £87,500 +66.67% 15
Merseyside +25 1 - - 2
Cheshire -2 1 - - 6
Lancashire - 1 £40,000 - 11
GAP Analysis
England

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

Application Platforms
1 1 (12.50%) Confluence
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (12.50%) SharePoint
1 1 (12.50%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (50.00%) Dynamics 365
2 3 (37.50%) Azure
3 2 (25.00%) Azure Functions
3 2 (25.00%) Azure Logic Apps
3 2 (25.00%) Azure Service Bus
3 2 (25.00%) Power Platform
3 2 (25.00%) PowerApps
3 2 (25.00%) Serverless
4 1 (12.50%) Azure API Management
4 1 (12.50%) Azure Event Grid
4 1 (12.50%) Azure Table
4 1 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) DNS
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) JIRA
General
1 6 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (37.50%) Finance
3 2 (25.00%) Marketing
4 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (12.50%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (12.50%) Electronics
4 1 (12.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (12.50%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (12.50%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
4 1 (12.50%) Publishing
4 1 (12.50%) Retail
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) Architect
2 2 (25.00%) Integration Architect
3 1 (12.50%) Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Azure Architect
3 1 (12.50%) Business Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Cybersecurity Practitioner
3 1 (12.50%) Dynamics 365 Architect
3 1 (12.50%) Microsoft 365 Architect
3 1 (12.50%) Pensions Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Pensions Business Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Senior
3 1 (12.50%) Senior Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Senior Business Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Technical Architect
3 1 (12.50%) Wintel Architect
3 1 (12.50%) Wintel Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (25.00%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Legacy Systems
1 2 (25.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (12.50%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (12.50%) Legacy Applications
2 1 (12.50%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Android
1 1 (12.50%) Apple iOS
1 1 (12.50%) Mac OS
1 1 (12.50%) Windows
1 1 (12.50%) Windows 10
1 1 (12.50%) Windows Server
1 1 (12.50%) Windows Server 2016
1 1 (12.50%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Data Modelling
2 3 (37.50%) Migration
2 3 (37.50%) Supply Chain Management
2 3 (37.50%) User Stories
3 2 (25.00%) Agile
3 2 (25.00%) Asset Management
3 2 (25.00%) Cost Management
3 2 (25.00%) Data Management
3 2 (25.00%) Data Migration
3 2 (25.00%) Decision-Making
3 2 (25.00%) Information Security
3 2 (25.00%) Integration Patterns
3 2 (25.00%) Inventory Management
3 2 (25.00%) Logistics
3 2 (25.00%) Roadmaps
3 2 (25.00%) Service Management
3 2 (25.00%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (12.50%) API Management
4 1 (12.50%) Business Strategy
4 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 1 (12.50%) PowerShell
1 1 (12.50%) VB
1 1 (12.50%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (12.50%) CISM
2 1 (12.50%) Degree
2 1 (12.50%) MCP
2 1 (12.50%) MCSA
2 1 (12.50%) MCSE
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (12.50%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (12.50%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (12.50%) Def Stans
2 1 (12.50%) ISO 22301
2 1 (12.50%) ISO 9001
2 1 (12.50%) NCSC
2 1 (12.50%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (12.50%) Active Directory
1 1 (12.50%) BitLocker
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft App-V
1 1 (12.50%) Virtual Desktop
1 1 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (12.50%) SCCM
Vendors
1 6 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (12.50%) McAfee
2 1 (12.50%) Symantec
2 1 (12.50%) VMware