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 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 563 642 720
Rank change year-on-year +79 +78 -83
Permanent jobs citing GAP Analysis 344 353 597
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.34% 0.35% 0.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.40% 0.37% 0.38%
Number of salaries quoted 269 227 352
10th Percentile £40,000 £42,650 £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 £95,000 £99,500 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £49,990 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.78% +5.00% +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 85,108 95,066 155,930
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.18% 95.58% 95.78%
Number of salaries quoted 59,794 56,135 83,138
10th Percentile £29,071 £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% +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 20 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 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +70 299 £61,500 +2.50% 116
UK excluding London +4 184 £49,990 -4.78% 65
Work from Home +50 118 £52,500 -12.50% 49
London +90 103 £77,500 -6.06% 53
North of England +47 70 £45,000 -10.00% 14
Midlands +16 53 £47,500 -13.64% 16
North West +14 43 £45,000 -16.67% 6
West Midlands +22 35 £46,250 -22.92% 11
South East 0 27 £52,500 +4.48% 21
East Midlands -3 18 £48,687 +26.46% 5
South West -28 17 £43,500 -22.32% 8
Yorkshire +66 14 £61,250 +37.13% 7
North East +11 13 £37,500 -25.00% 1
Scotland -66 11 £44,347 +3.13% 3
East of England +3 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 (2.91%) SharePoint
2 3 (0.87%) Confluence
3 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 21 (6.10%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (4.94%) MS Visio
3 9 (2.62%) Microsoft Excel
4 6 (1.74%) Trello
5 3 (0.87%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (0.58%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 22 (6.40%) Workday HCM
2 15 (4.36%) Dynamics CRM
3 14 (4.07%) Oracle General Ledger
3 14 (4.07%) Oracle Payables
3 14 (4.07%) Oracle Receivables
4 13 (3.78%) Oracle Cash Management
5 11 (3.20%) SAP S/4HANA
6 7 (2.03%) SAP HCM
7 6 (1.74%) Elite 3E
7 6 (1.74%) Remedy ITSM
8 5 (1.45%) Dynamics AX
8 5 (1.45%) SAP IBP
8 5 (1.45%) SAP PP
9 4 (1.16%) Dynamics NAV
9 4 (1.16%) Oracle Payroll
9 4 (1.16%) SAP MDG
10 3 (0.87%) SAP MDM
10 3 (0.87%) SAP Retail
11 2 (0.58%) Dynamics GP
11 2 (0.58%) Oracle Financials
Cloud Services
1 48 (13.95%) Azure
2 44 (12.79%) Dynamics 365
3 28 (8.14%) AWS
4 23 (6.69%) Power Platform
4 23 (6.69%) SaaS
5 20 (5.81%) Microsoft 365
6 19 (5.52%) OCI
7 13 (3.78%) Azure DevOps
8 11 (3.20%) PowerApps
9 8 (2.33%) Entra ID
9 8 (2.33%) Power Automate
10 7 (2.03%) SuccessFactors
11 2 (0.58%) Asana
11 2 (0.58%) Azure Logic Apps
11 2 (0.58%) IBM Cloud
12 1 (0.29%) Azure Sentinel
12 1 (0.29%) Cloud Computing
12 1 (0.29%) Google Workspace
12 1 (0.29%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 16 (4.65%) Firewall
2 6 (1.74%) LAN
3 5 (1.45%) 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 (4.36%) Power BI
2 12 (3.49%) Relational Database
2 12 (3.49%) SQL Server
3 8 (2.33%) CockroachDB
4 7 (2.03%) Tableau
5 6 (1.74%) Big Data
5 6 (1.74%) MySQL
5 6 (1.74%) Snowflake Schema
5 6 (1.74%) 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%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 12 (3.49%) JIRA
2 8 (2.33%) Jaeger
2 8 (2.33%) Jenkins
2 8 (2.33%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 124 (36.05%) Finance
2 103 (29.94%) Social Skills
3 65 (18.90%) Analytical Skills
4 53 (15.41%) Retail
5 36 (10.47%) Presentation Skills
6 33 (9.59%) Legal
7 29 (8.43%) Law
8 26 (7.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 26 (7.56%) Manufacturing
9 22 (6.40%) Public Sector
10 10 (2.91%) 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 (2.03%) Advertising
13 6 (1.74%) Organisational Skills
13 6 (1.74%) Police
14 5 (1.45%) Influencing Skills
14 5 (1.45%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 143 (41.57%) Analyst
2 100 (29.07%) Business Analyst
3 67 (19.48%) Consultant
4 39 (11.34%) Senior
5 37 (10.76%) Functional Consultant
6 29 (8.43%) Lead
7 28 (8.14%) Architect
8 19 (5.52%) Project Manager
9 16 (4.65%) Security Analyst
10 15 (4.36%) Oracle Consultant
10 15 (4.36%) Workday Consultant
10 15 (4.36%) Workday Functional Consultant
11 14 (4.07%) Dynamics 365 Analyst
11 14 (4.07%) Information Analyst
11 14 (4.07%) Information Security Analyst
11 14 (4.07%) Technical Architect
12 13 (3.78%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
13 12 (3.49%) Cloud Consultant
13 12 (3.49%) Oracle Financials Consultant
13 12 (3.49%) Senior Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (3.20%) Kafka
2 10 (2.91%) HTML
2 10 (2.91%) JSON
3 8 (2.33%) Middleware
3 8 (2.33%) OpenTelemetry
3 8 (2.33%) Spring Boot
4 6 (1.74%) REST
4 6 (1.74%) SOAP
4 6 (1.74%) Web Services
4 6 (1.74%) XML
5 5 (1.45%) SAP TM
6 4 (1.16%) .NET
6 4 (1.16%) EDI
6 4 (1.16%) SAP ALE
7 1 (0.29%) FIX Protocol
7 1 (0.29%) Web Dynpro
Miscellaneous
1 31 (9.01%) Management Information System
2 16 (4.65%) Legacy Systems
2 16 (4.65%) Onboarding
3 14 (4.07%) Self-Motivation
4 10 (2.91%) e-Learning
5 9 (2.62%) Cyber Threat
6 8 (2.33%) Distributed Systems
6 8 (2.33%) Renewable Energy
7 7 (2.03%) Product Ownership
8 6 (1.74%) Data Centre
8 6 (1.74%) FMCG
8 6 (1.74%) Security Posture
8 6 (1.74%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 5 (1.45%) Cyberattack
9 5 (1.45%) Operational Technology
10 3 (0.87%) Data Structures
10 3 (0.87%) Low-Code
10 3 (0.87%) PMI
11 2 (0.58%) Enterprise Software
11 2 (0.58%) LIMS
Operating Systems
1 14 (4.07%) Windows
2 12 (3.49%) Linux
3 2 (0.58%) Windows 10
3 2 (0.58%) Windows 7
3 2 (0.58%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 88 (25.58%) Agile
2 87 (25.29%) Business Analysis
3 74 (21.51%) Process Improvement
4 56 (16.28%) Stakeholder Management
5 54 (15.70%) Project Management
6 52 (15.12%) Problem-Solving
6 52 (15.12%) Requirements Gathering
7 51 (14.83%) Workshop Facilitation
8 50 (14.53%) Roadmaps
9 42 (12.21%) User Stories
10 41 (11.92%) Data Modelling
10 41 (11.92%) Impact Assessments
11 40 (11.63%) Cybersecurity
12 37 (10.76%) Change Management
12 37 (10.76%) DevOps
12 37 (10.76%) Migration
13 36 (10.47%) Coaching
13 36 (10.47%) ITIL
14 35 (10.17%) Feasibility Study
15 34 (9.88%) Presales
Programming Languages
1 27 (7.85%) SQL
2 12 (3.49%) Python
3 10 (2.91%) Java
3 10 (2.91%) JavaScript
4 8 (2.33%) PowerShell
5 6 (1.74%) Perl
5 6 (1.74%) R
5 6 (1.74%) T-SQL
6 2 (0.58%) ABAP
6 2 (0.58%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 62 (18.02%) Security Cleared
2 47 (13.66%) Degree
3 35 (10.17%) SC Cleared
4 21 (6.10%) BPSS Clearance
5 16 (4.65%) CISSP
6 12 (3.49%) APMP
7 10 (2.91%) DBS Check
8 9 (2.62%) CISM
8 9 (2.62%) ISACA
9 7 (2.03%) CRISC
10 6 (1.74%) CCSK
10 6 (1.74%) IIBA
10 6 (1.74%) Master's Degree
10 6 (1.74%) Microsoft Certification
10 6 (1.74%) PCI QSA
11 5 (1.45%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 5 (1.45%) AWS Certification
11 5 (1.45%) Azure Certification
11 5 (1.45%) CCSP
11 5 (1.45%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (11.34%) QA
2 28 (8.14%) GRC
3 24 (6.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 20 (5.81%) NIST
5 17 (4.94%) PCI DSS
6 16 (4.65%) Cyber Essentials
7 9 (2.62%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 8 (2.33%) GDPR
8 8 (2.33%) NCSC
9 5 (1.45%) IASME
10 3 (0.87%) COBIT
10 3 (0.87%) Data Quality
10 3 (0.87%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 3 (0.87%) ITGC
11 2 (0.58%) ISO/IEC 12207
11 2 (0.58%) ISO/IEC 15288
11 2 (0.58%) SLA
11 2 (0.58%) SOC 2
12 1 (0.29%) ISO 22301
12 1 (0.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 14 (4.07%) Active Directory
2 8 (2.33%) Docker
Systems Management
1 12 (3.49%) Kubernetes
2 11 (3.20%) Ansible
3 8 (2.33%) Kiali
4 3 (0.87%) HP ALM
4 3 (0.87%) Terraform
5 2 (0.58%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 66 (19.19%) Microsoft
2 34 (9.88%) Oracle
3 22 (6.40%) SAP
3 22 (6.40%) Workday
4 16 (4.65%) ServiceNow
5 9 (2.62%) IFS
6 8 (2.33%) AppDynamics
6 8 (2.33%) CrowdStrike
6 8 (2.33%) Qualys
6 8 (2.33%) Splunk
7 6 (1.74%) BMC
7 6 (1.74%) HP
7 6 (1.74%) Remedy
8 3 (0.87%) JDA
9 2 (0.58%) Hyperion
9 2 (0.58%) IBM
9 2 (0.58%) PeopleSoft
9 2 (0.58%) Red Hat
9 2 (0.58%) Salesforce
10 1 (0.29%) UiPath