GAP Analysis Jobs

GAP Analysis
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 575 584 633
Rank change year-on-year +9 +49 +66
Permanent jobs citing GAP Analysis 117 330 376
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.22% 0.34% 0.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.24% 0.39% 0.38%
Number of salaries quoted 62 272 244
10th Percentile £39,225 £40,000 £42,575
25th Percentile £46,250 £45,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £61,250
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +2.04% +2.08%
75th Percentile £74,688 £81,563 £90,000
90th Percentile £88,375 £91,250 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £48,687 £51,500
% change year-on-year +12.97% -5.46% +3.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 48,568 84,685 99,386
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.32% 85.99% 95.63%
Number of salaries quoted 26,511 59,837 58,366
10th Percentile £30,500 £29,000 £34,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -10.57% +2.50%
75th Percentile £76,009 £72,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £98,750 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +4.76%

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 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for GAP Analysis in the UK

GAP Analysis
Top 15 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 1 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
England +9 108 £56,000 -8.94% 144
UK excluding London +123 78 £55,000 +12.97% 82
Work from Home +122 35 £51,250 -2.38% 97
London +31 32 £71,250 -10.94% 82
South East +111 30 £55,000 +4.76% 22
Midlands +63 18 £78,700 +65.68% 13
East Midlands +57 15 £49,000 +0.64% 1
North of England +32 13 £52,500 +16.67% 26
North West +2 12 £53,750 +19.44% 17
South West +101 11 £48,894 +12.40% 9
Scotland +125 3 £45,635 +3.90% 6
East of England +55 3 £63,000 +20.00% 5
West Midlands +24 2 £78,700 +70.16% 12
Yorkshire +66 1 £50,000 -23.08% 7
Wales - 1 - - 1

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 9 (7.69%) CMS
2 7 (5.98%) Sitecore CMS
3 5 (4.27%) SharePoint
4 3 (2.56%) Confluence
5 2 (1.71%) Oracle Workflow
5 2 (1.71%) Umbraco
5 2 (1.71%) WordPress
6 1 (0.85%) Apache
6 1 (0.85%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.85%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.85%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 13 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (7.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (5.13%) MS Visio
4 3 (2.56%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (2.56%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (1.71%) Adobe XD
5 2 (1.71%) Oracle Smart View
5 2 (1.71%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.85%) Camtasia
6 1 (0.85%) Revit
6 1 (0.85%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (4.27%) Dynamics AX
2 3 (2.56%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (1.71%) Oracle Assets
3 2 (1.71%) Oracle Cash Management
3 2 (1.71%) Oracle ERP
3 2 (1.71%) Oracle Financials
3 2 (1.71%) Oracle General Ledger
3 2 (1.71%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (1.71%) Oracle Receivables
3 2 (1.71%) ResourceLink
3 2 (1.71%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.85%) Elite 3E
4 1 (0.85%) Endur
4 1 (0.85%) Odoo
4 1 (0.85%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 14 (11.97%) Azure
1 14 (11.97%) Dynamics 365
2 9 (7.69%) Google Analytics
3 8 (6.84%) Power Platform
4 6 (5.13%) AWS
5 5 (4.27%) SaaS
6 4 (3.42%) Microsoft 365
7 3 (2.56%) Cloud Computing
7 3 (2.56%) OCI
7 3 (2.56%) PowerApps
8 2 (1.71%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (1.71%) Azure Functions
8 2 (1.71%) Azure Logic Apps
8 2 (1.71%) Azure Service Bus
8 2 (1.71%) Figma
8 2 (1.71%) Google Ads
8 2 (1.71%) PaaS
8 2 (1.71%) Power Automate
8 2 (1.71%) Serverless
8 2 (1.71%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 5 (4.27%) Firewall
2 3 (2.56%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.85%) DNS
3 1 (0.85%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (5.13%) Power BI
2 4 (3.42%) Relational Database
2 4 (3.42%) Tableau
3 2 (1.71%) Snowflake Schema
4 1 (0.85%) Big Data
4 1 (0.85%) BigQuery
4 1 (0.85%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.85%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 4 (3.42%) JIRA
2 1 (0.85%) Jaeger
General
1 44 (37.61%) Social Skills
2 34 (29.06%) Finance
3 31 (26.50%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (11.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 13 (11.11%) Marketing
5 10 (8.55%) Law
5 10 (8.55%) Presentation Skills
6 9 (7.69%) Legal
7 8 (6.84%) Advertising
7 8 (6.84%) Publishing
8 7 (5.98%) Retail
9 5 (4.27%) Influencing Skills
10 4 (3.42%) Public Sector
11 3 (2.56%) Banking
11 3 (2.56%) German Language
11 3 (2.56%) Manufacturing
12 2 (1.71%) Billing
12 2 (1.71%) General Ledger
12 2 (1.71%) Local Government
12 2 (1.71%) Police
Job Titles
1 28 (23.93%) Analyst
2 21 (17.95%) Business Analyst
3 17 (14.53%) Lead
4 12 (10.26%) Consultant
5 10 (8.55%) Project Engineer
6 9 (7.69%) Electrical Engineer
6 9 (7.69%) Senior
7 8 (6.84%) Architect
7 8 (6.84%) Cybersecurity Engineer
7 8 (6.84%) Security Engineer
7 8 (6.84%) Senior Analyst
8 7 (5.98%) Digital Executive
8 7 (5.98%) Functional Consultant
8 7 (5.98%) Information Officer
8 7 (5.98%) Risk Officer
8 7 (5.98%) Senior Business Analyst
8 7 (5.98%) SEO Executive
9 5 (4.27%) Cybersecurity Practitioner
9 5 (4.27%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
10 4 (3.42%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.42%) CSS
1 4 (3.42%) HTML
1 4 (3.42%) REST
2 3 (2.56%) Oracle Fusion
3 2 (1.71%) Middleware
3 2 (1.71%) SOAP
4 1 (0.85%) OpenTelemetry
4 1 (0.85%) SAP Fiori
4 1 (0.85%) Spring
4 1 (0.85%) Spring Boot
4 1 (0.85%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 23 (19.66%) Management Information System
2 11 (9.40%) Product Ownership
3 10 (8.55%) Security Posture
3 10 (8.55%) Self-Motivation
4 7 (5.98%) Analytical Mindset
4 7 (5.98%) Blog
4 7 (5.98%) Data Protection Act
5 4 (3.42%) Legacy Systems
6 3 (2.56%) Onboarding
7 2 (1.71%) Algorithms
7 2 (1.71%) Social Media
7 2 (1.71%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 1 (0.85%) Cyber Threat
8 1 (0.85%) Data Structures
8 1 (0.85%) e-Learning
8 1 (0.85%) Greenfield Project
8 1 (0.85%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (0.85%) iPhone
8 1 (0.85%) Learning Management System
8 1 (0.85%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 5 (4.27%) Windows
2 4 (3.42%) Linux
2 4 (3.42%) Mac OS
3 3 (2.56%) Unix
4 2 (1.71%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.85%) Android
5 1 (0.85%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.85%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.85%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.85%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (22.22%) Cybersecurity
2 24 (20.51%) Agile
3 23 (19.66%) Information Security
4 22 (18.80%) Analytics
4 22 (18.80%) Project Management
4 22 (18.80%) Requirements Gathering
5 21 (17.95%) Performance Management
5 21 (17.95%) Stakeholder Management
6 20 (17.09%) Business Analysis
7 19 (16.24%) Data Modelling
8 18 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
9 16 (13.68%) Risk Management
9 16 (13.68%) Roadmaps
10 15 (12.82%) Mentoring
10 15 (12.82%) Migration
11 14 (11.97%) Project Delivery
11 14 (11.97%) Supply Chain Management
12 13 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
13 12 (10.26%) Actionable Insight
13 12 (10.26%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 5 (4.27%) SQL
2 2 (1.71%) JavaScript
3 1 (0.85%) Java
3 1 (0.85%) PowerShell
3 1 (0.85%) Python
3 1 (0.85%) VB
3 1 (0.85%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 19 (16.24%) Degree
2 15 (12.82%) CISM
3 13 (11.11%) CISSP
4 12 (10.26%) Security Cleared
5 9 (7.69%) HND
6 8 (6.84%) CRISC
6 8 (6.84%) SC Cleared
7 7 (5.98%) Microsoft Certification
7 7 (5.98%) Network+ Certification
8 6 (5.13%) MCP
9 3 (2.56%) CCSK
9 3 (2.56%) IIBA
10 2 (1.71%) AWS Certification
10 2 (1.71%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 2 (1.71%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 2 (1.71%) CBAP
10 2 (1.71%) CEH
10 2 (1.71%) CTC Cleared
11 1 (0.85%) CISMP
11 1 (0.85%) ICAEW
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (21.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 20 (17.09%) Cyber Essentials
3 19 (16.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 10 (8.55%) NIST
5 9 (7.69%) GDPR
6 8 (6.84%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 5 (4.27%) Def Stans
8 4 (3.42%) PMO
9 3 (2.56%) Data Quality
9 3 (2.56%) PCI DSS
10 2 (1.71%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (1.71%) GRC
10 2 (1.71%) NCSC
11 1 (0.85%) ISO 20022
11 1 (0.85%) ISO 22301
11 1 (0.85%) ISO 9001
11 1 (0.85%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 1 (0.85%) QA
System Software
1 1 (0.85%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.85%) BitLocker
1 1 (0.85%) Docker
1 1 (0.85%) Microsoft App-V
1 1 (0.85%) Virtual Desktop
1 1 (0.85%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (0.85%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 1 (0.85%) CSIRT
1 1 (0.85%) Kiali
1 1 (0.85%) Kubernetes
1 1 (0.85%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (0.85%) Nessus
1 1 (0.85%) SCCM
Vendors
1 36 (30.77%) Microsoft
2 10 (8.55%) Google
3 9 (7.69%) Ahrefs
4 8 (6.84%) Salesforce
5 7 (5.98%) Screaming Frog
5 7 (5.98%) Sitecore
6 6 (5.13%) SAP
7 4 (3.42%) Intel
8 3 (2.56%) Oracle
9 2 (1.71%) Adobe
9 2 (1.71%) Cognos
10 1 (0.85%) Fortinet
10 1 (0.85%) Informatica
10 1 (0.85%) McAfee
10 1 (0.85%) Rapid7
10 1 (0.85%) Sophos
10 1 (0.85%) Splunk
10 1 (0.85%) Symantec
10 1 (0.85%) Talend
10 1 (0.85%) VMware