The first table below looks at the demand for Business Process Improvement skills in IT contracts advertised for the East of England 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 22 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 East of England 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Business Process Improvement (BPI)
Rank - 129 128
Contract jobs citing Business Process Improvement 0 2 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England - 0.067% 0.077%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - 0.104% 0.118%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 1
Average daily rate - £613 £260
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +135.57%
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £420 £363
% change year-on-year
-4.76% +15.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £26.50
All Processes & Methodologies
East of England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1449 1926 1701
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 66.56% 64.61% 65.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 822 932 771
Average daily rate £375 £363 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.44% -3.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £245 £250 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 128 160 183
Average hourly rate £35.14 £30.50 £32.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+15.19% -4.68%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £19.39 £12.50 £14.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £43.00 £49.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
Business Process Improvement
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 East of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

East of England 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 East of England region.

East of England Business Process Improvement Daily Rate Trend

Business Process Improvement
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Business Process Improvement across the East of England region.

East of England Business Process Improvement Hourly Rate Trend

Business Process Improvement
Top 14 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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 3 (60.00%) Process Improvement
2 2 (40.00%) Manufacturing
2 2 (40.00%) ERP
3 1 (20.00%) MS Visio
3 1 (20.00%) NHS
3 1 (20.00%) Project Management
3 1 (20.00%) Finance
3 1 (20.00%) ITIL
3 1 (20.00%) PRINCE2
3 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (20.00%) Data Analysis
3 1 (20.00%) Business Analysis
3 1 (20.00%) Degree
3 1 (20.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner

Business Process Improvement
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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 (20.00%) MS Visio
General
1 2 (40.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (20.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Analyst
2 2 (40.00%) Business Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Process Improvement
2 2 (40.00%) ERP
3 1 (20.00%) Project Management
3 1 (20.00%) ITIL
3 1 (20.00%) PRINCE2
3 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (20.00%) Data Analysis
3 1 (20.00%) Business Analysis
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
1 1 (20.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner