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 11 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 583 645 714
Rank change year-on-year +62 +69 -87
Permanent jobs citing GAP Analysis 333 360 589
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 269 230 348
10th Percentile £39,900 £42,725 £41,250
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 £80,000 £90,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,000 £98,000 £92,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,687 £51,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.46% +3.00% +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 84,921 96,445 150,777
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.57% 95.59% 95.69%
Number of salaries quoted 59,902 56,808 82,456
10th Percentile £29,010 £34,000 £33,645
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £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% +10.53%

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 11 May 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 11 May 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 +48 290 £61,500 +2.50% 103
UK excluding London -2 169 £48,687 -5.46% 58
Work from Home +35 112 £52,500 -12.50% 46
London +107 108 £77,500 -6.06% 38
North of England +47 67 £45,000 -10.00% 13
North West +19 42 £45,000 -16.67% 6
Midlands +6 42 £47,500 -13.64% 14
West Midlands +14 29 £43,750 -27.08% 9
South East -4 27 £52,500 +4.48% 16
South West -34 17 £43,500 -11.68% 7
North East +8 13 £37,500 -25.00%
East Midlands -7 13 £48,687 +26.46% 5
Yorkshire +64 12 £61,250 +37.13% 7
Scotland -62 10 £43,924 +2.15% 3
East of England +13 5 £52,500 -12.50% 5
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 10 (3.00%) SharePoint
2 3 (0.90%) Confluence
3 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 21 (6.31%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (5.11%) MS Visio
3 9 (2.70%) Microsoft Excel
4 6 (1.80%) Trello
5 3 (0.90%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 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%) SAP S/4HANA
5 7 (2.10%) Elite 3E
5 7 (2.10%) Remedy ITSM
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 48 (14.41%) Azure
2 44 (13.21%) Dynamics 365
3 28 (8.41%) AWS
4 24 (7.21%) SaaS
5 22 (6.61%) Power Platform
6 20 (6.01%) Microsoft 365
7 19 (5.71%) OCI
8 13 (3.90%) Azure DevOps
9 11 (3.30%) PowerApps
10 8 (2.40%) Entra ID
10 8 (2.40%) Power Automate
11 4 (1.20%) SuccessFactors
12 2 (0.60%) Asana
12 2 (0.60%) Azure Logic Apps
12 2 (0.60%) IBM Cloud
13 1 (0.30%) Azure Sentinel
13 1 (0.30%) Cloud Computing
13 1 (0.30%) Google Workspace
13 1 (0.30%) WhatsApp
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 15 (4.50%) Power BI
2 13 (3.90%) Relational Database
2 13 (3.90%) SQL Server
3 8 (2.40%) CockroachDB
4 7 (2.10%) MySQL
4 7 (2.10%) Tableau
5 6 (1.80%) Big Data
5 6 (1.80%) Snowflake Schema
5 6 (1.80%) Star Schema
6 2 (0.60%) Data Lake
6 2 (0.60%) DTS
6 2 (0.60%) Essbase
6 2 (0.60%) SAP HANA
7 1 (0.30%) Data Mart
7 1 (0.30%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.30%) Metadata
7 1 (0.30%) Oracle BI EE
7 1 (0.30%) Oracle Reports
7 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
General
1 127 (38.14%) Finance
2 105 (31.53%) Social Skills
3 64 (19.22%) Analytical Skills
4 42 (12.61%) Retail
5 36 (10.81%) Presentation Skills
6 26 (7.81%) Law
6 26 (7.81%) Manufacturing
7 25 (7.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 23 (6.91%) Legal
9 22 (6.61%) Public Sector
10 9 (2.70%) Documentation Skills
10 9 (2.70%) Financial Institution
10 9 (2.70%) Pharmaceutical
10 9 (2.70%) Publishing
11 8 (2.40%) Marketing
12 7 (2.10%) Advertising
13 6 (1.80%) Organisational Skills
14 5 (1.50%) Influencing Skills
14 5 (1.50%) Police
14 5 (1.50%) Retail Finance
Job Titles
1 132 (39.64%) Analyst
2 90 (27.03%) Business Analyst
3 68 (20.42%) Consultant
4 37 (11.11%) Senior
5 35 (10.51%) Functional Consultant
6 29 (8.71%) Architect
7 27 (8.11%) Lead
8 19 (5.71%) Project Manager
9 15 (4.50%) Oracle Consultant
9 15 (4.50%) Security Analyst
9 15 (4.50%) Technical Architect
9 15 (4.50%) Workday Consultant
9 15 (4.50%) Workday Functional Consultant
10 14 (4.20%) Dynamics 365 Analyst
10 14 (4.20%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
11 13 (3.90%) Information Analyst
11 13 (3.90%) Information Security Analyst
12 12 (3.60%) Oracle Financials Consultant
12 12 (3.60%) Senior Analyst
12 12 (3.60%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (3.30%) Kafka
2 10 (3.00%) HTML
2 10 (3.00%) JSON
3 8 (2.40%) Middleware
3 8 (2.40%) OpenTelemetry
3 8 (2.40%) Spring Boot
4 7 (2.10%) REST
4 7 (2.10%) SOAP
4 7 (2.10%) Web Services
4 7 (2.10%) XML
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 32 (9.61%) Management Information System
2 15 (4.50%) Legacy Systems
3 14 (4.20%) Onboarding
4 13 (3.90%) Self-Motivation
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%) 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
10 5 (1.50%) Operational Technology
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 14 (4.20%) Windows
2 12 (3.60%) Linux
3 2 (0.60%) Windows 10
3 2 (0.60%) Windows 7
3 2 (0.60%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 87 (26.13%) Agile
2 77 (23.12%) Business Analysis
3 65 (19.52%) Process Improvement
4 58 (17.42%) Stakeholder Management
5 54 (16.22%) Project Management
6 51 (15.32%) Problem-Solving
6 51 (15.32%) Workshop Facilitation
7 50 (15.02%) Roadmaps
8 47 (14.11%) Requirements Gathering
9 43 (12.91%) User Stories
10 42 (12.61%) Cybersecurity
10 42 (12.61%) Data Modelling
11 37 (11.11%) Change Management
11 37 (11.11%) DevOps
11 37 (11.11%) Migration
12 34 (10.21%) Information Security
12 34 (10.21%) Presales
12 34 (10.21%) Project Delivery
13 32 (9.61%) Impact Assessments
14 31 (9.31%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 27 (8.11%) SQL
2 13 (3.90%) Python
3 10 (3.00%) Java
3 10 (3.00%) JavaScript
4 8 (2.40%) PowerShell
5 7 (2.10%) Perl
6 6 (1.80%) R
6 6 (1.80%) T-SQL
7 2 (0.60%) MATLAB
8 1 (0.30%) ABAP
8 1 (0.30%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 66 (19.82%) Security Cleared
2 39 (11.71%) SC Cleared
3 35 (10.51%) 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
8 9 (2.70%) ISACA
9 7 (2.10%) CRISC
9 7 (2.10%) Microsoft Certification
10 6 (1.80%) CCSK
10 6 (1.80%) IIBA
10 6 (1.80%) Master's Degree
10 6 (1.80%) PCI QSA
11 5 (1.50%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 5 (1.50%) AWS Certification
11 5 (1.50%) Azure Certification
11 5 (1.50%) CCSP
11 5 (1.50%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (9.01%) QA
2 27 (8.11%) GRC
3 24 (7.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 19 (5.71%) Cyber Essentials
4 19 (5.71%) NIST
5 17 (5.11%) PCI DSS
6 9 (2.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 8 (2.40%) GDPR
7 8 (2.40%) NCSC
8 5 (1.50%) IASME
9 3 (0.90%) COBIT
9 3 (0.90%) Data Quality
9 3 (0.90%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 3 (0.90%) ITGC
10 2 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 12207
10 2 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 15288
10 2 (0.60%) SLA
10 2 (0.60%) SOC 2
11 1 (0.30%) IFRS
11 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 66 (19.82%) Microsoft
2 33 (9.91%) Oracle
3 19 (5.71%) Workday
4 17 (5.11%) SAP
4 17 (5.11%) ServiceNow
5 9 (2.70%) IFS
6 8 (2.40%) AppDynamics
6 8 (2.40%) CrowdStrike
6 8 (2.40%) Qualys
6 8 (2.40%) Splunk
7 7 (2.10%) BMC
7 7 (2.10%) HP
7 7 (2.10%) Remedy
8 2 (0.60%) Hyperion
8 2 (0.60%) IBM
8 2 (0.60%) JDA
8 2 (0.60%) PeopleSoft
8 2 (0.60%) Red Hat
8 2 (0.60%) Salesforce
9 1 (0.30%) Cisco