GAP Analysis Contracts in England

GAP Analysis
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for GAP Analysis skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited GAP Analysis over the 6 months to 17 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 255 344 372
Rank change year-on-year +89 +28 -13
Contract jobs citing GAP Analysis 326 335 487
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.89% 0.70% 0.69%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.04% 0.77% 0.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 218 226 345
10th Percentile £443 £413 £375
25th Percentile £500 £475 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £575 £520
Median % change year-on-year -2.17% +10.58% +9.47%
75th Percentile £700 £675 £630
90th Percentile £738 £750 £700
UK median daily rate £550 £561 £525
% change year-on-year -1.92% +6.81% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 3
10th Percentile £17.66 £55.38 £25.53
25th Percentile £19.19 £61.56 £25.57
Median hourly rate £24.56 £73.75 £26.27
Median % change year-on-year -66.70% +180.74% -41.62%
75th Percentile £41.00 £86.56 £39.95
90th Percentile £64.40 £93.13 £47.78
UK median hourly rate £24.56 £73.75 £26.27
% change year-on-year -66.70% +180.74% -41.62%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,491 43,355 63,906
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.40% 90.10% 90.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,622 30,435 45,445
10th Percentile £300 £325 £331
25th Percentile £413 £450 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £540
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £765 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,249 1,535 1,743
10th Percentile £12.92 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.95 £16.13 £15.25
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.25 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +0.69% +45.00% +7.94%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £36.05 £35.65 £25.68
% change year-on-year +1.11% +38.82% +5.90%

GAP Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for GAP Analysis in England

GAP Analysis
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing GAP Analysis in England.

Daily rate trend for GAP Analysis in England

GAP Analysis
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing GAP Analysis in England over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for GAP Analysis in England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing GAP Analysis in England.

Hourly rate trend for GAP Analysis in England

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Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing GAP Analysis in England over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for GAP Analysis in England

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Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing GAP Analysis within the England region over the 6 months to 17 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +76 174 £550 -4.35% 42
South East +38 71 £725 +38.10% 17
North of England +29 41 £500 +2.56% 12
North West +11 25 £550 +15.79% 4
South West +6 19 £600 +6.95% 8
Yorkshire +24 17 £500 -11.11% 8
Midlands +7 9 £450 -33.58% 14
East of England +15 8 £675 +25.58% 4
West Midlands +7 7 £450 -33.82% 8
North East +16 3 - -
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GAP Analysis
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 17 (5.21%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.53%) Confluence
3 3 (0.92%) Oracle Workflow
4 1 (0.31%) Oracle Coherence
Applications
1 21 (6.44%) Microsoft Office
2 20 (6.13%) MS Visio
3 8 (2.45%) Microsoft Excel
4 7 (2.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (1.53%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.61%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.31%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 16 (4.91%) SAP EWM
1 16 (4.91%) SAP QM
2 6 (1.84%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (1.23%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (1.23%) Oracle General Ledger
4 2 (0.61%) Oracle Assets
4 2 (0.61%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 2 (0.61%) SAP ERP
4 2 (0.61%) Temenos Globus
5 1 (0.31%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (0.31%) Loan IQ
5 1 (0.31%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.31%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.31%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.31%) Oracle Financials
5 1 (0.31%) SAP CO
5 1 (0.31%) SAP Payroll
5 1 (0.31%) SAP PP
5 1 (0.31%) SAP SD
5 1 (0.31%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 34 (10.43%) Dynamics 365
2 30 (9.20%) Azure
3 14 (4.29%) Power Platform
4 12 (3.68%) Microsoft Purview
5 11 (3.37%) Azure Stack
6 8 (2.45%) PowerApps
7 7 (2.15%) Miro
8 5 (1.53%) Azure DevOps
8 5 (1.53%) Microsoft 365
9 4 (1.23%) AWS
10 2 (0.61%) AWS CodePipeline
10 2 (0.61%) IaaS
10 2 (0.61%) SaaS
10 2 (0.61%) SuccessFactors
11 1 (0.31%) Boomi
11 1 (0.31%) OCI
11 1 (0.31%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
11 1 (0.31%) Workato
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.53%) Firewall
2 2 (0.61%) Intranet
2 2 (0.61%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (0.31%) DNS
3 1 (0.31%) Internet
3 1 (0.31%) SSH
3 1 (0.31%) SSL
3 1 (0.31%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (4.91%) Data Warehouse
2 13 (3.99%) Power BI
3 11 (3.37%) Snowflake Schema
4 4 (1.23%) Data Mining
4 4 (1.23%) NoSQL
5 3 (0.92%) Oracle Database
5 3 (0.92%) Oracle Reports
5 3 (0.92%) Relational Database
5 3 (0.92%) SAP HANA
6 2 (0.61%) Data Mart
6 2 (0.61%) SQL Server
7 1 (0.31%) Electronic Patient Records
7 1 (0.31%) Ingres
7 1 (0.31%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 7 (2.15%) JIRA
2 1 (0.31%) Rational Software Modeler
2 1 (0.31%) Toad
General
1 113 (34.66%) Finance
2 92 (28.22%) Social Skills
3 58 (17.79%) Analytical Skills
4 52 (15.95%) Banking
5 35 (10.74%) Public Sector
6 13 (3.99%) Manufacturing
7 12 (3.68%) Telecoms
8 11 (3.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 10 (3.07%) Marketing
9 10 (3.07%) Retail
10 7 (2.15%) Documentation Skills
10 7 (2.15%) Investment Banking
11 5 (1.53%) Advertising
11 5 (1.53%) Back Office
12 4 (1.23%) Financial Institution
12 4 (1.23%) Influencing Skills
12 4 (1.23%) International Banking
12 4 (1.23%) Local Government
12 4 (1.23%) Military
13 3 (0.92%) Billing
Job Titles
1 142 (43.56%) Analyst
2 122 (37.42%) Business Analyst
3 53 (16.26%) Architect
4 44 (13.50%) Consultant
5 32 (9.82%) Lead
6 26 (7.98%) Senior
6 26 (7.98%) Solutions Architect
7 23 (7.06%) SAP Consultant
8 22 (6.75%) Java Architect
8 22 (6.75%) Java Solutions Architect
9 19 (5.83%) Financial Analyst
10 17 (5.21%) Senior Analyst
11 16 (4.91%) Finance Business Analyst
12 15 (4.60%) Data Business Analyst
12 15 (4.60%) SAP QM Consultant
13 14 (4.29%) Data Architect
13 14 (4.29%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
13 14 (4.29%) Service Analyst
14 12 (3.68%) Data Migration Analyst
14 12 (3.68%) Senior Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (4.91%) REST
2 13 (3.99%) XML
3 12 (3.68%) JSON
4 3 (0.92%) Oracle Fusion
4 3 (0.92%) SAP PI
5 2 (0.61%) FIX Protocol
5 2 (0.61%) Kafka
5 2 (0.61%) Web Services
6 1 (0.31%) Ajax
6 1 (0.31%) HTML
6 1 (0.31%) IDoc
6 1 (0.31%) jQuery
6 1 (0.31%) JWT
6 1 (0.31%) OAuth
6 1 (0.31%) SailPoint
6 1 (0.31%) SAML
6 1 (0.31%) SAP TM
6 1 (0.31%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 43 (13.19%) Product Ownership
2 13 (3.99%) Reference Data
3 12 (3.68%) Data Structures
4 9 (2.76%) Management Information System
5 5 (1.53%) SWIFT Messaging Network
6 4 (1.23%) Data Protection Act
6 4 (1.23%) Onboarding
7 3 (0.92%) IoT
8 2 (0.61%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (0.61%) CMDB
8 2 (0.61%) Derivative
8 2 (0.61%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 2 (0.61%) Security Operations Centre
9 1 (0.31%) Cloud Native
9 1 (0.31%) Housing Association
9 1 (0.31%) Legacy Applications
9 1 (0.31%) Replication
9 1 (0.31%) Security Posture
9 1 (0.31%) Self-Motivation
9 1 (0.31%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 5 (1.53%) Windows
2 3 (0.92%) Linux
2 3 (0.92%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (21.47%) User Acceptance Testing
2 57 (17.48%) Problem-Solving
3 55 (16.87%) Change Management
4 50 (15.34%) Agile
4 50 (15.34%) Requirements Gathering
5 49 (15.03%) Workshop Facilitation
6 47 (14.42%) Stakeholder Management
6 47 (14.42%) User Stories
7 44 (13.50%) Migration
8 42 (12.88%) Business Analysis
9 37 (11.35%) Data Modelling
10 36 (11.04%) Data Migration
11 35 (10.74%) ERP
12 31 (9.51%) Data Mapping
13 30 (9.20%) Project Management
14 27 (8.28%) DevOps
14 27 (8.28%) Integration Testing
15 26 (7.98%) Risk Management
16 25 (7.67%) Data Management
16 25 (7.67%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 27 (8.28%) Java
2 23 (7.06%) SQL
3 3 (0.92%) PL/SQL
3 3 (0.92%) VBA
4 2 (0.61%) ABAP
4 2 (0.61%) JavaScript
4 2 (0.61%) Python
5 1 (0.31%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 1 (0.31%) Groovy
5 1 (0.31%) R
Qualifications
1 57 (17.48%) Security Cleared
2 32 (9.82%) DV Cleared
3 28 (8.59%) SC Cleared
4 26 (7.98%) Degree
5 10 (3.07%) Microsoft Certification
6 6 (1.84%) CISSP
7 4 (1.23%) Master's Degree
8 3 (0.92%) CISM
9 2 (0.61%) ACCA
9 2 (0.61%) CBAP
9 2 (0.61%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
9 2 (0.61%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (0.61%) PMI Certification
9 2 (0.61%) PMP
10 1 (0.31%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.31%) CIMA
10 1 (0.31%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.31%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 1 (0.31%) Six Sigma Black Belt
10 1 (0.31%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (9.51%) Data Quality
2 26 (7.98%) QA
3 10 (3.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 8 (2.45%) PCI DSS
5 5 (1.53%) PMO
5 5 (1.53%) SLA
6 4 (1.23%) ISO 20022
6 4 (1.23%) NIST
7 3 (0.92%) Basel III
7 3 (0.92%) GRC
8 2 (0.61%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (0.61%) COREP
8 2 (0.61%) FINREP
8 2 (0.61%) GDPR
8 2 (0.61%) NIST 800
9 1 (0.31%) Basel II
9 1 (0.31%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 1 (0.31%) JSP 440
9 1 (0.31%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 2 (0.61%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (0.31%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.31%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 4 (1.23%) ZABBIX
2 2 (0.61%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 50 (15.34%) SAP
2 40 (12.27%) Microsoft
3 12 (3.68%) Oracle
4 10 (3.07%) BT
5 8 (2.45%) ServiceNow
6 4 (1.23%) CyberSource
6 4 (1.23%) Splunk
7 3 (0.92%) Bloomberg
7 3 (0.92%) GoldenSource
7 3 (0.92%) Guidewire
8 2 (0.61%) Cisco
8 2 (0.61%) Duck Creek
8 2 (0.61%) JDA
8 2 (0.61%) Murex
8 2 (0.61%) Salesforce
8 2 (0.61%) Sparx
9 1 (0.31%) Cerner
9 1 (0.31%) Civica
9 1 (0.31%) Remedy
9 1 (0.31%) Workday