GAP Analysis Contracts

GAP Analysis
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 266 336 365
Rank change year-on-year +70 +29 -34
Contract jobs citing GAP Analysis 368 408 650
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.87% 0.71% 0.74%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.00% 0.79% 0.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 236 271 445
10th Percentile £442 £413 £375
25th Percentile £500 £472 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £572 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +8.95% +10.53%
75th Percentile £689 £675 £638
90th Percentile £738 £750 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £600 £525 £488
% change year-on-year +14.29% +7.69% +11.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 3
10th Percentile £17.66 - £25.53
25th Percentile £19.19 £92.50 £25.57
Median hourly rate £24.56 £95.00 £26.27
Median % change year-on-year -74.15% +261.63% -41.62%
75th Percentile £41.00 £97.50 £39.95
90th Percentile £64.40 - £47.78
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.00 £95.00 £53.00
% change year-on-year -70.53% +79.25% -

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 contract job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,622 51,397 80,021
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.09% 89.76% 90.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,613 35,611 56,174
10th Percentile £300 £325 £344
25th Percentile £413 £439 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +7.07%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £480
% change year-on-year - +4.17% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,439 1,690 1,913
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.77 £15.50
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +1.39% +40.19% +7.00%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.50
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.00 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +8.57% +75.00% -6.54%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for GAP Analysis in the UK

GAP Analysis
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing GAP Analysis over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for GAP Analysis in the UK

GAP Analysis
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for GAP Analysis in the UK

GAP Analysis
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing GAP Analysis over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for GAP Analysis in the UK

GAP Analysis
Top 14 Contract Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 20 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
England +87 325 £563 -2.17% 113
London +91 174 £550 -4.35% 50
Work from Home +97 151 £550 -4.35% 51
UK excluding London +49 150 £600 +14.29% 61
South East +43 70 £725 +38.10% 17
North of England +32 41 £500 +2.56% 14
North West +10 25 £550 +15.79% 6
South West +13 19 £600 +6.95% 8
Yorkshire +30 17 £500 -11.11% 7
Scotland +35 9 £500 +19.76% 3
Midlands -5 9 £450 -33.58% 17
East of England +17 8 £675 +25.58% 3
West Midlands +3 7 £450 -33.82% 12
North East +14 3 - - 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 17 (4.62%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.36%) Confluence
3 4 (1.09%) Oracle Workflow
4 1 (0.27%) Oracle Coherence
Applications
1 23 (6.25%) Microsoft Office
2 22 (5.98%) MS Visio
3 10 (2.72%) Microsoft Excel
4 9 (2.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (1.36%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.54%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.27%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 17 (4.62%) SAP EWM
2 16 (4.35%) SAP QM
3 12 (3.26%) SAP S/4HANA
4 4 (1.09%) Dynamics CRM
5 3 (0.82%) Oracle General Ledger
5 3 (0.82%) SAP CO
5 3 (0.82%) SAP SD
6 2 (0.54%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 2 (0.54%) SAP ERP
6 2 (0.54%) Temenos Globus
7 1 (0.27%) Dynamics AX
7 1 (0.27%) Loan IQ
7 1 (0.27%) Oracle Assets
7 1 (0.27%) SAP FI
7 1 (0.27%) SAP FI/CO
7 1 (0.27%) SAP LE
7 1 (0.27%) SAP Payroll
7 1 (0.27%) SAP PP
7 1 (0.27%) SAP WM
7 1 (0.27%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 39 (10.60%) Dynamics 365
2 38 (10.33%) Azure
3 14 (3.80%) Microsoft Purview
3 14 (3.80%) Power Platform
4 13 (3.53%) Azure Stack
5 8 (2.17%) PowerApps
6 7 (1.90%) Azure DevOps
6 7 (1.90%) Miro
7 6 (1.63%) AWS
8 5 (1.36%) Microsoft 365
9 3 (0.82%) Azure Sentinel
9 3 (0.82%) SuccessFactors
10 2 (0.54%) Amazon GuardDuty
10 2 (0.54%) AWS CodePipeline
10 2 (0.54%) IaaS
10 2 (0.54%) SaaS
11 1 (0.27%) Boomi
11 1 (0.27%) OCI
11 1 (0.27%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
11 1 (0.27%) Workato
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.36%) Firewall
2 2 (0.54%) Broadband
2 2 (0.54%) Cisco IOS
2 2 (0.54%) GPON
2 2 (0.54%) IGMP
2 2 (0.54%) Intranet
2 2 (0.54%) Intrusion Detection
2 2 (0.54%) LAN
2 2 (0.54%) MPLS
2 2 (0.54%) VoIP
3 1 (0.27%) BGP
3 1 (0.27%) Cisco IPT
3 1 (0.27%) DNS
3 1 (0.27%) Network Security
3 1 (0.27%) SSH
3 1 (0.27%) SSL
3 1 (0.27%) VLAN
3 1 (0.27%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (4.89%) Data Warehouse
2 13 (3.53%) Power BI
2 13 (3.53%) Snowflake Schema
3 5 (1.36%) Oracle Database
4 4 (1.09%) Data Mining
4 4 (1.09%) NoSQL
4 4 (1.09%) SAP HANA
5 3 (0.82%) Oracle Reports
5 3 (0.82%) Relational Database
6 2 (0.54%) Data Mart
6 2 (0.54%) SQL Server
7 1 (0.27%) Electronic Patient Records
7 1 (0.27%) Ingres
7 1 (0.27%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 7 (1.90%) JIRA
2 1 (0.27%) Rational Software Modeler
General
1 125 (33.97%) Finance
2 102 (27.72%) Social Skills
3 64 (17.39%) Analytical Skills
4 58 (15.76%) Banking
5 41 (11.14%) Public Sector
6 17 (4.62%) Manufacturing
7 13 (3.53%) Telecoms
8 11 (2.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 10 (2.72%) Marketing
9 10 (2.72%) Retail
10 7 (1.90%) Documentation Skills
10 7 (1.90%) Investment Banking
11 5 (1.36%) Advertising
11 5 (1.36%) Back Office
11 5 (1.36%) Influencing Skills
12 4 (1.09%) Financial Institution
12 4 (1.09%) International Banking
12 4 (1.09%) Law
12 4 (1.09%) Legal
12 4 (1.09%) Military
Job Titles
1 161 (43.75%) Analyst
2 134 (36.41%) Business Analyst
3 60 (16.30%) Architect
4 53 (14.40%) Consultant
5 34 (9.24%) Lead
6 30 (8.15%) Solutions Architect
7 29 (7.88%) Senior
8 26 (7.07%) SAP Consultant
9 22 (5.98%) Java Architect
9 22 (5.98%) Java Solutions Architect
10 19 (5.16%) Senior Analyst
11 18 (4.89%) Financial Analyst
12 17 (4.62%) Banking Analyst
13 16 (4.35%) Data Architect
13 16 (4.35%) Finance Business Analyst
13 16 (4.35%) Service Analyst
14 15 (4.08%) Data Business Analyst
14 15 (4.08%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
14 15 (4.08%) SAP QM Consultant
15 13 (3.53%) Banking Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (4.89%) REST
2 15 (4.08%) XML
3 14 (3.80%) JSON
4 3 (0.82%) Oracle Fusion
4 3 (0.82%) SAP PI
5 2 (0.54%) FIX Protocol
5 2 (0.54%) Kafka
5 2 (0.54%) Web Services
6 1 (0.27%) Ajax
6 1 (0.27%) HTML
6 1 (0.27%) IDoc
6 1 (0.27%) jQuery
6 1 (0.27%) JWT
6 1 (0.27%) OAuth
6 1 (0.27%) SailPoint
6 1 (0.27%) SAML
6 1 (0.27%) SAP TM
6 1 (0.27%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 45 (12.23%) Product Ownership
2 15 (4.08%) Reference Data
3 14 (3.80%) Data Structures
4 9 (2.45%) Management Information System
5 5 (1.36%) SWIFT Messaging Network
6 4 (1.09%) Data Protection Act
6 4 (1.09%) Onboarding
7 3 (0.82%) Data Centre
7 3 (0.82%) IoT
7 3 (0.82%) Security Operations Centre
7 3 (0.82%) Security Posture
8 2 (0.54%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (0.54%) Cloud Native
8 2 (0.54%) CMDB
8 2 (0.54%) Derivative
8 2 (0.54%) FMCG
8 2 (0.54%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 2 (0.54%) IPTV
8 2 (0.54%) NHS
9 1 (0.27%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 7 (1.90%) Windows
2 5 (1.36%) Unix
3 3 (0.82%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (19.29%) User Acceptance Testing
2 64 (17.39%) Problem-Solving
3 62 (16.85%) Change Management
4 61 (16.58%) Agile
5 60 (16.30%) Requirements Gathering
6 54 (14.67%) Workshop Facilitation
7 52 (14.13%) User Stories
8 50 (13.59%) Stakeholder Management
9 49 (13.32%) Business Analysis
9 49 (13.32%) Migration
10 41 (11.14%) Data Modelling
11 38 (10.33%) Data Migration
12 35 (9.51%) ERP
13 34 (9.24%) Data Mapping
13 34 (9.24%) DevOps
13 34 (9.24%) Project Management
14 28 (7.61%) Integration Testing
14 28 (7.61%) Risk Management
14 28 (7.61%) Validation
15 27 (7.34%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 27 (7.34%) Java
2 25 (6.79%) SQL
3 5 (1.36%) PL/SQL
4 3 (0.82%) VBA
5 2 (0.54%) ABAP
5 2 (0.54%) JavaScript
5 2 (0.54%) Python
6 1 (0.27%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (0.27%) Groovy
6 1 (0.27%) R
Qualifications
1 57 (15.49%) Security Cleared
2 32 (8.70%) Degree
2 32 (8.70%) DV Cleared
3 28 (7.61%) SC Cleared
4 10 (2.72%) Microsoft Certification
5 6 (1.63%) CISSP
5 6 (1.63%) Master's Degree
6 3 (0.82%) CISM
6 3 (0.82%) PMI Certification
6 3 (0.82%) PMP
7 2 (0.54%) ACCA
7 2 (0.54%) Azure Certification
7 2 (0.54%) CBAP
7 2 (0.54%) CCNP
7 2 (0.54%) CISA
7 2 (0.54%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (0.54%) CRISC
7 2 (0.54%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
7 2 (0.54%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.27%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (8.97%) Data Quality
2 27 (7.34%) QA
3 15 (4.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 8 (2.17%) PCI DSS
5 6 (1.63%) NIST
5 6 (1.63%) PMO
6 5 (1.36%) GRC
6 5 (1.36%) SLA
7 4 (1.09%) ISO 20022
8 3 (0.82%) Basel III
8 3 (0.82%) GDPR
9 2 (0.54%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (0.54%) COBIT
9 2 (0.54%) COREP
9 2 (0.54%) FINREP
9 2 (0.54%) ITGC
9 2 (0.54%) NCSC
9 2 (0.54%) NIST 800
10 1 (0.27%) Disclosure Scotland
10 1 (0.27%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 2 (0.54%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (0.27%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.27%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 4 (1.09%) ZABBIX
2 2 (0.54%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.54%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 59 (16.03%) SAP
2 50 (13.59%) Microsoft
3 14 (3.80%) Oracle
4 10 (2.72%) BT
4 10 (2.72%) ServiceNow
5 4 (1.09%) Cisco
5 4 (1.09%) CyberSource
5 4 (1.09%) Guidewire
5 4 (1.09%) Splunk
6 3 (0.82%) Bloomberg
6 3 (0.82%) Duck Creek
6 3 (0.82%) GoldenSource
6 3 (0.82%) JDA
6 3 (0.82%) Salesforce
7 2 (0.54%) Ariba
7 2 (0.54%) Murex
7 2 (0.54%) Sparx
8 1 (0.27%) Calypso
8 1 (0.27%) Cerner
8 1 (0.27%) Remedy