GAP Analysis Job Trends in the West Midlands

GAP Analysis
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the West Midlands 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 168 187 156
Rank change year-on-year +19 -31 +122
Permanent jobs citing GAP Analysis 4 15 19
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 0.076% 0.34% 0.57%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.092% 0.38% 0.64%
Number of salaries quoted 3 9 15
10th Percentile £54,250 £36,250 £39,224
25th Percentile £55,000 £60,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +13.04% +21.05%
75th Percentile £60,000 £79,050 £73,750
90th Percentile £60,750 £79,240 £87,500
England median annual salary £67,500 £55,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +22.73% -21.43% +12.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
West Midlands

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 West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,342 3,941 2,958
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 82.64% 90.58% 88.78%
Number of salaries quoted 2,242 1,778 2,516
10th Percentile £29,000 £32,500 £26,500
25th Percentile £38,125 £41,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £83,625 £82,500 £77,500
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 West Midlands

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

GAP Analysis job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

GAP Analysis
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

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

GAP Analysis
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GAP Analysis within the West Midlands 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
Shropshire - 2 £57,500 - 5
Birmingham +19 1 - - 4
Staffordshire - 1 £57,500 - 4
GAP Analysis
England

GAP Analysis
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (25.00%) CMS
Applications
1 2 (50.00%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (25.00%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) 3GPP
General
1 3 (75.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (75.00%) Retail
2 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Manufacturing
3 1 (25.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Analyst
1 3 (75.00%) Business Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Lead
2 1 (25.00%) SAP Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) SAP Business Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) SAP PP Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) SAP PP Business Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (50.00%) Agile
2 2 (50.00%) Data Analysis
2 2 (50.00%) ITIL
2 2 (50.00%) Quality Management
2 2 (50.00%) Systems Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) Change Control
3 1 (25.00%) Coaching
3 1 (25.00%) Compliance Management
3 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (25.00%) Data Migration
3 1 (25.00%) Migration
3 1 (25.00%) Production Planning
3 1 (25.00%) QMS
3 1 (25.00%) Validation
3 1 (25.00%) Verification and Validation
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) NCSC
1 1 (25.00%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) SAP