GAP Analysis
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for GAP Analysis skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited GAP Analysis over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 581 624 716
Rank change year-on-year +43 +92 -69
Permanent jobs citing GAP Analysis 333 375 575
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.34% 0.36% 0.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.39% 0.37% 0.39%
Number of salaries quoted 275 243 354
10th Percentile £40,000 £42,550 £41,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £82,500 £90,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £91,250 £97,500 £92,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £49,338 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -6.02% +5.00% +6.95%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

GAP Analysis is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,305 100,095 147,310
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.99% 95.64% 95.57%
Number of salaries quoted 59,591 58,745 83,129
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.29% +3.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

GAP Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing GAP Analysis as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for GAP Analysis in the UK

GAP Analysis
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for GAP Analysis in the UK

GAP Analysis
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing GAP Analysis over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for GAP Analysis in the UK

GAP Analysis
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GAP Analysis within the UK over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. 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
England +69 289 £61,500 +2.50% 96
UK excluding London -3 165 £49,338 -6.02% 57
London +110 112 £80,000 -3.03% 43
Work from Home +31 109 £52,500 -12.50% 48
North of England +60 67 £45,000 -10.00% 14
North West +29 43 £45,000 -21.05% 11
Midlands +15 37 £47,500 -13.64% 12
West Midlands +28 28 £46,250 -22.92% 9
South East +16 28 £52,500 +5.00% 14
South West -5 17 £43,500 -20.91% 4
North East +10 13 £37,500 -25.00%
Yorkshire +73 11 £65,000 +41.05% 3
Scotland -67 10 £43,924 +2.15% 5
East Midlands -9 8 £48,687 +26.46% 3
East of England 0 5 £52,500 -8.70% 7
Channel Islands - 1 £100,000 -

GAP Analysis
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 11 (3.30%) SharePoint
2 3 (0.90%) Confluence
3 2 (0.60%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.30%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.30%) Jupyter
Applications
1 22 (6.61%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (5.11%) MS Visio
3 9 (2.70%) Microsoft Excel
4 6 (1.80%) Trello
5 2 (0.60%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.60%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 19 (5.71%) Workday HCM
2 14 (4.20%) Dynamics CRM
2 14 (4.20%) Oracle General Ledger
2 14 (4.20%) Oracle Payables
2 14 (4.20%) Oracle Receivables
3 13 (3.90%) Oracle Cash Management
4 9 (2.70%) Elite 3E
4 9 (2.70%) Remedy ITSM
5 8 (2.40%) SAP S/4HANA
6 6 (1.80%) Dynamics AX
7 5 (1.50%) SAP IBP
7 5 (1.50%) SAP PP
8 4 (1.20%) Dynamics NAV
8 4 (1.20%) Oracle Payroll
8 4 (1.20%) SAP HCM
9 2 (0.60%) Dynamics GP
9 2 (0.60%) Oracle Financials
9 2 (0.60%) SAP MDG
9 2 (0.60%) SAP MDM
9 2 (0.60%) SAP Retail
Cloud Services
1 51 (15.32%) Azure
2 45 (13.51%) Dynamics 365
3 28 (8.41%) AWS
4 26 (7.81%) SaaS
5 25 (7.51%) Power Platform
6 21 (6.31%) Microsoft 365
7 19 (5.71%) OCI
8 14 (4.20%) Azure DevOps
9 12 (3.60%) PowerApps
10 8 (2.40%) Entra ID
10 8 (2.40%) Power Automate
11 5 (1.50%) Azure Logic Apps
12 4 (1.20%) SuccessFactors
13 2 (0.60%) Asana
13 2 (0.60%) IBM Cloud
14 1 (0.30%) Amazon S3
14 1 (0.30%) Azure Sentinel
14 1 (0.30%) Cloud Computing
14 1 (0.30%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 16 (4.80%) Firewall
2 6 (1.80%) LAN
3 5 (1.50%) Network Security
4 2 (0.60%) Intranet
5 1 (0.30%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (0.30%) NAS
5 1 (0.30%) SAN
5 1 (0.30%) Software-Defined Networking
5 1 (0.30%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (5.41%) Power BI
1 18 (5.41%) SQL Server
2 16 (4.80%) Relational Database
3 9 (2.70%) MySQL
4 8 (2.40%) CockroachDB
5 7 (2.10%) Tableau
6 6 (1.80%) Big Data
6 6 (1.80%) Snowflake Schema
6 6 (1.80%) Star Schema
7 5 (1.50%) Data Lake
8 2 (0.60%) DTS
8 2 (0.60%) Essbase
8 2 (0.60%) Metadata
8 2 (0.60%) SAP HANA
9 1 (0.30%) Data Mart
9 1 (0.30%) Data Warehouse
9 1 (0.30%) OLAP
9 1 (0.30%) OLTP
9 1 (0.30%) Oracle Reports
9 1 (0.30%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 11 (3.30%) JIRA
2 8 (2.40%) Jaeger
2 8 (2.40%) Jenkins
2 8 (2.40%) Sonatype Nexus
3 1 (0.30%) Bitbucket
3 1 (0.30%) GitLab
General
1 130 (39.04%) Finance
2 110 (33.03%) Social Skills
3 62 (18.62%) Analytical Skills
4 35 (10.51%) Presentation Skills
5 33 (9.91%) Retail
6 29 (8.71%) Law
7 28 (8.41%) Manufacturing
8 25 (7.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 22 (6.61%) Public Sector
10 15 (4.50%) Legal
11 9 (2.70%) Documentation Skills
11 9 (2.70%) Financial Institution
11 9 (2.70%) Pharmaceutical
11 9 (2.70%) Publishing
12 8 (2.40%) Marketing
13 7 (2.10%) Advertising
14 6 (1.80%) Organisational Skills
15 5 (1.50%) Influencing Skills
15 5 (1.50%) Local Government
15 5 (1.50%) Police
Job Titles
1 121 (36.34%) Analyst
2 81 (24.32%) Business Analyst
3 76 (22.82%) Consultant
4 38 (11.41%) Senior
5 35 (10.51%) Functional Consultant
6 32 (9.61%) Architect
7 25 (7.51%) Lead
8 18 (5.41%) Project Manager
9 17 (5.11%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
9 17 (5.11%) Technical Architect
10 16 (4.80%) Security Consultant
11 15 (4.50%) Oracle Consultant
11 15 (4.50%) Workday Consultant
11 15 (4.50%) Workday Functional Consultant
12 14 (4.20%) Dynamics 365 Analyst
12 14 (4.20%) Solutions Architect
13 13 (3.90%) Security Analyst
14 12 (3.60%) Oracle Financials Consultant
14 12 (3.60%) Senior Analyst
14 12 (3.60%) Senior Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (3.60%) HTML
1 12 (3.60%) JSON
2 11 (3.30%) Kafka
3 9 (2.70%) REST
3 9 (2.70%) SOAP
3 9 (2.70%) Web Services
3 9 (2.70%) XML
4 8 (2.40%) Middleware
4 8 (2.40%) OpenTelemetry
4 8 (2.40%) Spring Boot
5 5 (1.50%) SAP TM
6 4 (1.20%) EDI
7 3 (0.90%) .NET
8 2 (0.60%) SAP ALE
9 1 (0.30%) FIX Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 34 (10.21%) Management Information System
2 17 (5.11%) Legacy Systems
3 13 (3.90%) Self-Motivation
4 12 (3.60%) Onboarding
5 10 (3.00%) e-Learning
6 9 (2.70%) Cyber Threat
7 8 (2.40%) Distributed Systems
7 8 (2.40%) Renewable Energy
8 7 (2.10%) Operational Technology
8 7 (2.10%) Product Ownership
9 6 (1.80%) Data Centre
9 6 (1.80%) FMCG
9 6 (1.80%) Security Posture
9 6 (1.80%) SWIFT Messaging Network
10 5 (1.50%) Cyberattack
11 3 (0.90%) Data Structures
11 3 (0.90%) Low-Code
11 3 (0.90%) PMI
12 2 (0.60%) Algorithms
12 2 (0.60%) LIMS
Operating Systems
1 15 (4.50%) Windows
2 13 (3.90%) Linux
3 2 (0.60%) Windows 10
3 2 (0.60%) Windows 7
3 2 (0.60%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 86 (25.83%) Agile
2 68 (20.42%) Business Analysis
3 58 (17.42%) Stakeholder Management
4 57 (17.12%) Process Improvement
5 54 (16.22%) Project Management
6 51 (15.32%) Workshop Facilitation
7 50 (15.02%) Roadmaps
8 49 (14.71%) Problem-Solving
9 47 (14.11%) Cybersecurity
10 46 (13.81%) Requirements Gathering
11 43 (12.91%) Data Modelling
11 43 (12.91%) User Stories
12 38 (11.41%) DevOps
13 37 (11.11%) Migration
14 36 (10.81%) Change Management
14 36 (10.81%) Presales
15 35 (10.51%) Project Delivery
16 33 (9.91%) Information Security
17 32 (9.61%) User Acceptance Testing
18 30 (9.01%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 31 (9.31%) SQL
2 15 (4.50%) Python
3 12 (3.60%) JavaScript
4 10 (3.00%) Java
5 9 (2.70%) Perl
6 8 (2.40%) PowerShell
7 6 (1.80%) R
7 6 (1.80%) T-SQL
8 2 (0.60%) MATLAB
9 1 (0.30%) ABAP
9 1 (0.30%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 72 (21.62%) Security Cleared
2 45 (13.51%) SC Cleared
3 24 (7.21%) Degree
4 21 (6.31%) BPSS Clearance
5 16 (4.80%) CISSP
6 12 (3.60%) APMP
7 10 (3.00%) DBS Check
8 9 (2.70%) CISM
9 8 (2.40%) ISACA
10 7 (2.10%) CRISC
10 7 (2.10%) Microsoft Certification
10 7 (2.10%) PCI QSA
11 6 (1.80%) CCSK
11 6 (1.80%) CREST Certified
11 6 (1.80%) IIBA
11 6 (1.80%) Master's Degree
12 5 (1.50%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 5 (1.50%) AWS Certification
12 5 (1.50%) Azure Certification
12 5 (1.50%) Cyber Scheme
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (7.51%) GRC
2 23 (6.91%) Cyber Essentials
2 23 (6.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 23 (6.91%) QA
3 18 (5.41%) NIST
3 18 (5.41%) PCI DSS
4 9 (2.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 9 (2.70%) NCSC
5 8 (2.40%) GDPR
6 5 (1.50%) IASME
7 3 (0.90%) COBIT
7 3 (0.90%) Data Quality
7 3 (0.90%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 3 (0.90%) ITGC
8 2 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 12207
8 2 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 15288
8 2 (0.60%) SLA
9 1 (0.30%) IFRS
9 1 (0.30%) ISO 22301
9 1 (0.30%) PMO
System Software
1 14 (4.20%) Active Directory
2 8 (2.40%) Docker
Systems Management
1 12 (3.60%) Kubernetes
2 11 (3.30%) Ansible
3 8 (2.40%) Kiali
4 3 (0.90%) Terraform
5 2 (0.60%) HP ALM
5 2 (0.60%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 69 (20.72%) Microsoft
2 35 (10.51%) Oracle
3 19 (5.71%) Workday
4 18 (5.41%) ServiceNow
5 16 (4.80%) SAP
6 9 (2.70%) BMC
6 9 (2.70%) HP
6 9 (2.70%) IFS
6 9 (2.70%) Remedy
7 8 (2.40%) AppDynamics
7 8 (2.40%) CrowdStrike
7 8 (2.40%) Qualys
7 8 (2.40%) Splunk
8 3 (0.90%) Salesforce
9 2 (0.60%) Hyperion
9 2 (0.60%) IBM
9 2 (0.60%) JDA
9 2 (0.60%) PeopleSoft
9 2 (0.60%) Red Hat
10 1 (0.30%) Informatica