The first table below looks at the demand for Business Process Improvement skills in IT contracts advertised for the Bedfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Business Process Improvement over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Processes & Methodologies category for the Bedfordshire region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Business Process Improvement (BPI)
Rank - - 41
Contract jobs citing Business Process Improvement 0 0 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bedfordshire - - 0.345%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - - 0.465%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £420 £360
% change year-on-year
-4.76% +16.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £26.50
All Processes & Methodologies
Bedfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
150 198 215
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 78.95% 72.79% 74.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 99 105 109
Average daily rate £350 £350 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +7.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £238 £182
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £488 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 7 8
Average hourly rate £32.75 £41.50 £47.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-21.08% -12.63%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
Business Process Improvement
East of England

Business Process Improvement
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Business Process Improvement across the Bedfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Bedfordshire Business Process Improvement Jobs Demand Trend

Business Process Improvement
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Business Process Improvement across the Bedfordshire region.

Bedfordshire Business Process Improvement Daily Rate Trend

Business Process Improvement
Top 7 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bedfordshire region citing Business Process Improvement also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Business Process Improvement.

1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) MS Visio
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner

Business Process Improvement
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bedfordshire region citing Business Process Improvement also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Business Process Improvement. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) MS Visio
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Project Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner