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

6 months to
15 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 571 639 703
Rank change year-on-year +68 +64 -68
Permanent jobs citing GAP Analysis 343 353 595
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.35% 0.35% 0.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.40% 0.37% 0.39%
Number of salaries quoted 272 225 348
10th Percentile £40,000 £42,600 £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 £80,313 £90,000 £79,063
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £49,990 £51,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -2.93% +3.00% +5.26%

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 84,815 95,319 153,046
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.51% 95.59% 95.74%
Number of salaries quoted 59,706 56,021 82,390
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,645
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +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% +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 15 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 15 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 +54 298 £61,500 +2.50% 102
UK excluding London -23 180 £49,990 -2.93% 57
Work from Home +21 118 £52,500 -12.50% 48
London +106 106 £78,750 -4.55% 36
North of England +50 68 £45,000 -10.00% 13
Midlands +16 51 £47,500 -13.64% 14
North West +19 43 £45,000 -16.67% 5
West Midlands +27 35 £46,250 -22.92% 9
South East -6 27 £52,500 +4.48% 16
South West -30 17 £43,500 -11.68% 8
East Midlands -4 16 £48,687 +26.46% 5
North East +9 13 £37,500 -25.00%
Yorkshire +71 12 £61,250 +37.13% 8
Scotland -56 11 £44,347 +3.13% 3
East of England -1 5 £52,500 -12.50% 4
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 (2.92%) SharePoint
2 3 (0.87%) Confluence
3 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 21 (6.12%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (4.96%) MS Visio
3 9 (2.62%) Microsoft Excel
4 6 (1.75%) Trello
5 3 (0.87%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (0.58%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 22 (6.41%) Workday HCM
2 15 (4.37%) Dynamics CRM
3 14 (4.08%) Oracle General Ledger
3 14 (4.08%) Oracle Payables
3 14 (4.08%) Oracle Receivables
4 13 (3.79%) Oracle Cash Management
5 9 (2.62%) SAP S/4HANA
6 7 (2.04%) Elite 3E
6 7 (2.04%) Remedy ITSM
6 7 (2.04%) SAP HCM
7 6 (1.75%) Dynamics AX
8 5 (1.46%) SAP IBP
8 5 (1.46%) SAP PP
9 4 (1.17%) Dynamics NAV
9 4 (1.17%) Oracle Payroll
10 2 (0.58%) Dynamics GP
10 2 (0.58%) Oracle Financials
10 2 (0.58%) SAP MDG
10 2 (0.58%) SAP MDM
10 2 (0.58%) SAP Retail
Cloud Services
1 48 (13.99%) Azure
2 45 (13.12%) Dynamics 365
3 28 (8.16%) AWS
4 24 (7.00%) SaaS
5 23 (6.71%) Power Platform
6 20 (5.83%) Microsoft 365
7 19 (5.54%) OCI
8 13 (3.79%) Azure DevOps
9 11 (3.21%) PowerApps
10 8 (2.33%) Entra ID
10 8 (2.33%) Power Automate
11 7 (2.04%) SuccessFactors
12 2 (0.58%) Asana
12 2 (0.58%) Azure Logic Apps
12 2 (0.58%) IBM Cloud
13 1 (0.29%) Azure Sentinel
13 1 (0.29%) Cloud Computing
13 1 (0.29%) Google Workspace
13 1 (0.29%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 16 (4.66%) Firewall
2 6 (1.75%) LAN
3 5 (1.46%) Network Security
4 2 (0.58%) Intranet
5 1 (0.29%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (0.29%) NAS
5 1 (0.29%) SAN
5 1 (0.29%) Software-Defined Networking
5 1 (0.29%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (4.37%) Power BI
2 13 (3.79%) Relational Database
2 13 (3.79%) SQL Server
3 8 (2.33%) CockroachDB
4 7 (2.04%) MySQL
4 7 (2.04%) Tableau
5 6 (1.75%) Big Data
5 6 (1.75%) Snowflake Schema
5 6 (1.75%) Star Schema
6 2 (0.58%) Data Lake
6 2 (0.58%) DTS
6 2 (0.58%) Essbase
6 2 (0.58%) SAP HANA
7 1 (0.29%) Data Mart
7 1 (0.29%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.29%) Metadata
7 1 (0.29%) Oracle BI EE
7 1 (0.29%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (0.29%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 11 (3.21%) JIRA
2 8 (2.33%) Jaeger
2 8 (2.33%) Jenkins
2 8 (2.33%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 126 (36.73%) Finance
2 105 (30.61%) Social Skills
3 65 (18.95%) Analytical Skills
4 49 (14.29%) Retail
5 36 (10.50%) Presentation Skills
6 31 (9.04%) Legal
7 29 (8.45%) Law
8 26 (7.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 26 (7.58%) Manufacturing
9 22 (6.41%) Public Sector
10 10 (2.92%) Marketing
11 9 (2.62%) Documentation Skills
11 9 (2.62%) Financial Institution
11 9 (2.62%) Pharmaceutical
11 9 (2.62%) Publishing
12 7 (2.04%) Advertising
13 6 (1.75%) Organisational Skills
13 6 (1.75%) Police
14 5 (1.46%) Local Government
14 5 (1.46%) Retail Finance
Job Titles
1 140 (40.82%) Analyst
2 98 (28.57%) Business Analyst
3 67 (19.53%) Consultant
4 40 (11.66%) Senior
5 35 (10.20%) Functional Consultant
6 29 (8.45%) Architect
7 27 (7.87%) Lead
8 19 (5.54%) Project Manager
9 15 (4.37%) Oracle Consultant
9 15 (4.37%) Security Analyst
9 15 (4.37%) Technical Architect
9 15 (4.37%) Workday Consultant
9 15 (4.37%) Workday Functional Consultant
10 14 (4.08%) Dynamics 365 Analyst
10 14 (4.08%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
11 13 (3.79%) Information Analyst
11 13 (3.79%) Information Security Analyst
12 12 (3.50%) Oracle Financials Consultant
12 12 (3.50%) Senior Analyst
12 12 (3.50%) Senior Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (3.21%) HTML
1 11 (3.21%) JSON
1 11 (3.21%) Kafka
2 8 (2.33%) Middleware
2 8 (2.33%) OpenTelemetry
2 8 (2.33%) Spring Boot
3 7 (2.04%) REST
3 7 (2.04%) SOAP
3 7 (2.04%) Web Services
3 7 (2.04%) XML
4 5 (1.46%) SAP TM
5 4 (1.17%) .NET
5 4 (1.17%) EDI
6 2 (0.58%) SAP ALE
7 1 (0.29%) FIX Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 32 (9.33%) Management Information System
2 15 (4.37%) Legacy Systems
2 15 (4.37%) Onboarding
3 14 (4.08%) Self-Motivation
4 10 (2.92%) e-Learning
5 9 (2.62%) Cyber Threat
6 8 (2.33%) Distributed Systems
6 8 (2.33%) Renewable Energy
7 7 (2.04%) Product Ownership
8 6 (1.75%) Data Centre
8 6 (1.75%) FMCG
8 6 (1.75%) Security Posture
8 6 (1.75%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 5 (1.46%) Cyberattack
9 5 (1.46%) Operational Technology
10 3 (0.87%) Data Structures
10 3 (0.87%) Low-Code
10 3 (0.87%) PMI
11 2 (0.58%) Algorithms
11 2 (0.58%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 14 (4.08%) Windows
2 12 (3.50%) Linux
3 2 (0.58%) Windows 10
3 2 (0.58%) Windows 7
3 2 (0.58%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 89 (25.95%) Agile
2 85 (24.78%) Business Analysis
3 72 (20.99%) Process Improvement
4 57 (16.62%) Stakeholder Management
5 55 (16.03%) Project Management
6 52 (15.16%) Problem-Solving
7 51 (14.87%) Requirements Gathering
7 51 (14.87%) Workshop Facilitation
8 50 (14.58%) Roadmaps
9 43 (12.54%) User Stories
10 42 (12.24%) Data Modelling
11 41 (11.95%) Cybersecurity
12 39 (11.37%) Impact Assessments
13 38 (11.08%) Migration
14 37 (10.79%) Change Management
14 37 (10.79%) DevOps
15 35 (10.20%) Presales
15 35 (10.20%) Project Delivery
16 34 (9.91%) Coaching
16 34 (9.91%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 28 (8.16%) SQL
2 13 (3.79%) Python
3 11 (3.21%) JavaScript
4 10 (2.92%) Java
5 8 (2.33%) PowerShell
6 7 (2.04%) Perl
7 6 (1.75%) R
7 6 (1.75%) T-SQL
8 2 (0.58%) MATLAB
9 1 (0.29%) ABAP
9 1 (0.29%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 65 (18.95%) Security Cleared
2 45 (13.12%) Degree
3 38 (11.08%) SC Cleared
4 21 (6.12%) BPSS Clearance
5 16 (4.66%) CISSP
6 12 (3.50%) APMP
7 10 (2.92%) DBS Check
8 9 (2.62%) CISM
8 9 (2.62%) ISACA
9 7 (2.04%) CRISC
9 7 (2.04%) Microsoft Certification
10 6 (1.75%) CCSK
10 6 (1.75%) IIBA
10 6 (1.75%) Master's Degree
10 6 (1.75%) PCI QSA
11 5 (1.46%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 5 (1.46%) AWS Certification
11 5 (1.46%) Azure Certification
11 5 (1.46%) CCSP
11 5 (1.46%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (10.79%) QA
2 27 (7.87%) GRC
3 23 (6.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 19 (5.54%) NIST
5 17 (4.96%) Cyber Essentials
5 17 (4.96%) PCI DSS
6 9 (2.62%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 8 (2.33%) GDPR
7 8 (2.33%) NCSC
8 5 (1.46%) IASME
9 3 (0.87%) COBIT
9 3 (0.87%) Data Quality
9 3 (0.87%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 3 (0.87%) ITGC
10 2 (0.58%) ISO/IEC 12207
10 2 (0.58%) ISO/IEC 15288
10 2 (0.58%) SLA
10 2 (0.58%) SOC 2
11 1 (0.29%) IFRS
11 1 (0.29%) PMO
System Software
1 14 (4.08%) Active Directory
2 8 (2.33%) Docker
Systems Management
1 12 (3.50%) Kubernetes
2 11 (3.21%) Ansible
3 8 (2.33%) Kiali
4 3 (0.87%) Terraform
5 2 (0.58%) HP ALM
5 2 (0.58%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 67 (19.53%) Microsoft
2 36 (10.50%) Oracle
3 22 (6.41%) Workday
4 20 (5.83%) SAP
5 17 (4.96%) ServiceNow
6 9 (2.62%) IFS
7 8 (2.33%) AppDynamics
7 8 (2.33%) CrowdStrike
7 8 (2.33%) Qualys
7 8 (2.33%) Splunk
8 7 (2.04%) BMC
8 7 (2.04%) HP
8 7 (2.04%) Remedy
9 2 (0.58%) Hyperion
9 2 (0.58%) IBM
9 2 (0.58%) JDA
9 2 (0.58%) PeopleSoft
9 2 (0.58%) Red Hat
9 2 (0.58%) Salesforce
10 1 (0.29%) UiPath