The first table below looks at the demand for BPR skills in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited BPR 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 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 Reengineering (BPR)
Rank 362 380 336
Rank change year-on-year
+18 -44
Contract jobs citing BPR 153 195 254
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.362% 0.359% 0.459%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.508% 0.526% 0.674%
Number of daily rates quoted 118 139 206
Average daily rate £425 £450 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.55% -10.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £340 £330
10% offered a daily rate of more than £750 £625 £625
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £400 £400
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 0
Average hourly rate £22.00 £18.75 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+17.33% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £18.75 -
% change year-on-year
+17.33% -
All Processes & Methodologies
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
30120 37095 37693
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 71.35% 68.38% 68.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 18414 21766 21830
Average daily rate £425 £413 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.03% -8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £275 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £588 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 930 1218 1380
Average hourly rate £32.00 £25.00 £28.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+28.00% -12.28%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.55 £13.30 £13.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £51.00 £47.50 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
BPR
UK

BPR
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England BPR Jobs Demand Trend

BPR
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing BPR across the England region.

England BPR Daily Rate Trend

BPR
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing BPR across the England region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

England BPR Daily Rate Histogram

BPR
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing BPR across the England region.

England BPR Hourly Rate Trend

BPR
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing BPR within the England region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
London -15 62 £525 +9.09%
East Midlands +14 29 £425 +6.12%
South West +29 18 £418 -8.74%
South East -2 15 £336 -12.66%
West Midlands +16 9 £325 -
North West +14 9 £338 -6.89%
East of England +15 6 £150 -64.70%
Yorkshire 0 5 - -
BPR
UK

BPR
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing BPR 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 BPR.

1 118 (40.14%) Finance
2 76 (25.85%) Stakeholder Management
3 72 (24.49%) Banking
4 56 (19.05%) Business Analysis
5 54 (18.37%) Project Management
6 48 (16.33%) UML
7 47 (15.99%) Business Transformation
8 44 (14.97%) MS Visio
8 44 (14.97%) Change Management
9 37 (12.59%) GAP Analysis
10 34 (11.56%) Workflow
11 30 (10.20%) PRINCE2
12 28 (9.524%) Retail
13 27 (9.184%) Requirements Analysis
13 27 (9.184%) Microsoft
14 26 (8.844%) SSADM
15 25 (8.503%) DSDM
15 25 (8.503%) Investment Banking
16 24 (8.163%) Management Information System
17 22 (7.483%) Degree
18 21 (7.143%) ITIL
18 21 (7.143%) Six Sigma
19 18 (6.122%) MS Office
19 18 (6.122%) Performance Management
20 16 (5.442%) CRM
21 14 (4.762%) Data Warehouse
21 14 (4.762%) SAP
21 14 (4.762%) Front Office
21 14 (4.762%) Lean Six Sigma
22 13 (4.422%) Continuous Improvement

BPR
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing BPR 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 BPR. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 5 (1.701%) SOAP
2 4 (1.361%) Middleware
2 4 (1.361%) Web Services
2 4 (1.361%) XML
3 3 (1.020%) WSDL
3 3 (1.020%) XML Schema
3 3 (1.020%) WCF
4 2 (0.680%) WebSphere
4 2 (0.680%) .NET
5 1 (0.340%) Ajax
5 1 (0.340%) JMS
5 1 (0.340%) XHTML
5 1 (0.340%) ASP.NET
5 1 (0.340%) CSS
5 1 (0.340%) HTML5
5 1 (0.340%) WPF
5 1 (0.340%) WF
Application Platforms
1 8 (2.721%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.701%) SharePoint 2010
3 3 (1.020%) WebLogic
4 2 (0.680%) BizTalk Server
4 2 (0.680%) IIS
4 2 (0.680%) CMS
5 1 (0.340%) SharePoint Server
5 1 (0.340%) Tomcat
5 1 (0.340%) SAS
5 1 (0.340%) SharePoint 2013
5 1 (0.340%) Mule
5 1 (0.340%) ESB
Applications
1 44 (14.97%) MS Visio
2 18 (6.122%) MS Office
3 10 (3.401%) MS Project
4 9 (3.061%) MS Excel
5 5 (1.701%) MS PowerPoint
6 1 (0.340%) InfoPath
6 1 (0.340%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (2.381%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.680%) Eagle PACE
2 2 (0.680%) SAP BPC
2 2 (0.680%) Dynamics AX
2 2 (0.680%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.340%) Oracle HRMS
3 1 (0.340%) SAP CRM
3 1 (0.340%) Oracle Payroll
3 1 (0.340%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 1 (0.340%) PeopleSoft Financials
3 1 (0.340%) Agresso
3 1 (0.340%) SAP SD
3 1 (0.340%) Endur
3 1 (0.340%) Oracle EBS R12
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.041%) Intranet
2 5 (1.701%) HTTP
3 4 (1.361%) WAN
4 2 (0.680%) Internet
4 2 (0.680%) CTI
4 2 (0.680%) LAN
4 2 (0.680%) VLAN
4 2 (0.680%) Firewall
5 1 (0.340%) SMS
5 1 (0.340%) HTTPS
5 1 (0.340%) Extranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (4.762%) Data Warehouse
2 8 (2.721%) MS Access
3 1 (0.340%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (0.340%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.340%) EDRMS
3 1 (0.340%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 2 (0.680%) XMLSpy
2 1 (0.340%) TestPartner
2 1 (0.340%) Visual Studio
2 1 (0.340%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 118 (40.14%) Finance
2 72 (24.49%) Banking
3 28 (9.524%) Retail
4 25 (8.503%) Investment Banking
5 14 (4.762%) Front Office
6 11 (3.741%) Retail Banking
7 9 (3.061%) Local Government
8 6 (2.041%) Marketing
9 5 (1.701%) Telecoms
9 5 (1.701%) Automotive
9 5 (1.701%) Legal
9 5 (1.701%) Back Office
10 4 (1.361%) Manufacturing
11 2 (0.680%) Financial Institution
11 2 (0.680%) Billing
12 1 (0.340%) Publishing
12 1 (0.340%) General Ledger
12 1 (0.340%) Corporate Banking
12 1 (0.340%) Private Banking
12 1 (0.340%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 163 (55.44%) Analyst
2 159 (54.08%) Business Analyst
3 53 (18.03%) Project Manager
4 19 (6.463%) Architect
5 17 (5.782%) Senior Business Analyst
5 17 (5.782%) Process Analyst
5 17 (5.782%) Senior Analyst
6 14 (4.762%) Business Process Analyst
7 13 (4.422%) Consultant
8 12 (4.082%) Business Manager
9 11 (3.741%) Solutions Architect
10 10 (3.401%) Programme Manager
11 8 (2.721%) Systems Analyst
11 8 (2.721%) Project Officer
12 7 (2.381%) Change Manager
12 7 (2.381%) Business Systems Analyst
13 6 (2.041%) Business Process Manager
13 6 (2.041%) Process Manager
13 6 (2.041%) Performance Improvement Manager
13 6 (2.041%) Performance Manager
Miscellaneous
1 24 (8.163%) Management Information System
2 6 (2.041%) Computer Science
2 6 (2.041%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 6 (2.041%) NHS
2 6 (2.041%) Fixed Income
3 3 (1.020%) Data Integration
3 3 (1.020%) Reference Data
4 2 (0.680%) Credit Risk
4 2 (0.680%) SaaS
4 2 (0.680%) SWIFT
4 2 (0.680%) Client/Server
4 2 (0.680%) Derivative
4 2 (0.680%) Equities
5 1 (0.340%) IVR
5 1 (0.340%) Smartphone
5 1 (0.340%) DTCC
5 1 (0.340%) PMI
5 1 (0.340%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (0.340%) iPad
5 1 (0.340%) Cloud Computing
Operating Systems
1 6 (2.041%) Windows
2 2 (0.680%) Windows Server 2008
2 2 (0.680%) Windows Server 2003
2 2 (0.680%) HPUX
2 2 (0.680%) Solaris
2 2 (0.680%) Linux
3 1 (0.340%) UNIX
3 1 (0.340%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 76 (25.85%) Stakeholder Management
2 56 (19.05%) Business Analysis
3 54 (18.37%) Project Management
4 48 (16.33%) UML
5 47 (15.99%) Business Transformation
6 44 (14.97%) Change Management
7 37 (12.59%) GAP Analysis
8 34 (11.56%) Workflow
9 30 (10.20%) PRINCE2
10 27 (9.184%) Requirements Analysis
11 26 (8.844%) SSADM
12 25 (8.503%) DSDM
13 21 (7.143%) ITIL
13 21 (7.143%) Six Sigma
14 18 (6.122%) Performance Management
15 16 (5.442%) CRM
16 14 (4.762%) Lean Six Sigma
17 13 (4.422%) Continuous Improvement
17 13 (4.422%) Data Analysis
17 13 (4.422%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (2.721%) SQL
2 5 (1.701%) C#
3 3 (1.020%) VBA
4 2 (0.680%) Perl
5 1 (0.340%) Smalltalk
5 1 (0.340%) PL/SQL
5 1 (0.340%) VB
5 1 (0.340%) VB.NET
5 1 (0.340%) C++
5 1 (0.340%) Java
5 1 (0.340%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.340%) C
Qualifications
1 22 (7.483%) Degree
2 10 (3.401%) ISEB
3 9 (3.061%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 8 (2.721%) Security Cleared
5 4 (1.361%) SC Cleared
6 2 (0.680%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (0.340%) MBA
7 1 (0.340%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.340%) CBAP
7 1 (0.340%) Six Sigma Green Belt
7 1 (0.340%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.340%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 1 (0.340%) Six Sigma Master Black Belt
7 1 (0.340%) Six Sigma Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (3.741%) Basel II
1 11 (3.741%) Basel III
2 10 (3.401%) Solvency II
3 6 (2.041%) QA
4 5 (1.701%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 4 (1.361%) PCI DSS
5 4 (1.361%) ISO 9000
6 3 (1.020%) SLA
7 1 (0.340%) ISO/IEC 17799
7 1 (0.340%) FATCA
7 1 (0.340%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.340%) MiFID
System Software
1 1 (0.340%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (0.680%) HP SiteScope
2 1 (0.340%) Tivoli
2 1 (0.340%) Splunk
Vendors
1 27 (9.184%) Microsoft
2 14 (4.762%) SAP
3 6 (2.041%) Oracle
4 4 (1.361%) Guidewire
4 4 (1.361%) Ariba
4 4 (1.361%) IBM
5 2 (0.680%) Vermilion
5 2 (0.680%) HP
5 2 (0.680%) Citrix
5 2 (0.680%) Sun
5 2 (0.680%) Avaya
5 2 (0.680%) Reuters
5 2 (0.680%) Red Hat
5 2 (0.680%) Casewise
5 2 (0.680%) Northgate
6 1 (0.340%) Hummingbird
6 1 (0.340%) Open Text
6 1 (0.340%) Thunderhead
6 1 (0.340%) Teradata
6 1 (0.340%) Lagan
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Providing support to its stakeholders the group provides business analysis, systems design and implementation services. We seek an experienced Business Analyst to lead and manage the migration to...
TWI
Posted: 10 May 2013
North West England
They are specifically looking for consultants with extremely strong Business Change/Business Process Re-Engineering Skills. Responsibilities: You will be helping the client completely re-shape their processes...
Salt
Rate: £400 - £450 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
Business Analysis, Business Analyst, Functional Architect, Architecture, Energy, B2B, process, transformation, change, BPO, BPR, stakeholder, function, design, requirements, Manchester, Northwest, North West... with B2B energy experience is required...
AMsource Technology
Rate: From £325 to £350 per day DoE
Posted: 17 May 2013
London
There will also be a significant data migration challenge as the new system will replace several existing solutions... modelling activities, transaction flows, and use cases... Proven Business Process...
Xperian Recruitment Limited
Rate: From £374 to £375 per day
Posted: 20 May 2013
London, Kent, Beckenham, South East
There will also be a significant data migration challenge as the new system will replace several existing solutions.You will be joining a team of 5 Business Analysts...
Xperian Recruitment Limited
Rate: To £375 per day dependent on experience
Posted: 20 May 2013
Beckenham, Kent
There will also be a significant data migration challenge as the new system will replace several existing solutions... Proven Business Process Re-Engineering (BPR) experience. Experience of MagicDraw,...
Xperian Recruitment Limited
Rate: To £65k pro rata on an initial 6 month fixed term contract + benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Beckenham
Business Analysts, SDLC, UML, Software, London We urgently require an experienced Business Analysts to work on a large project extending beyond 2013... There will also be a significant...
Xperian Recruitment Limited
Rate: Up to £65k Pro Rata on an inital 6 month contract
Posted: 20 May 2013
West Midlands
My client is now seeking an experienced interim/contract Lean/Six Sigma Business Analyst, with strong Business Process improvement / re-engineering skills (BPR). Contributing to a larger programme...
Hudson
Rate: £300 - £350 per day
Posted: 14 May 2013
Northampton, Northamptonshire
You will have experience of business change, business transformation, BPR backgrounds with process mapping experience, requirements gathering, gap analysis, requirements capture, workshop facilitation, etc... Very experienced in requirements...
Clarity Resourcing Ltd
Rate: £399 - £450 per day
Posted: 16 May 2013
Swindon, Wiltshire
You will have experience of business change, business transformation, BPR backgrounds with process mapping experience, requirements gathering, gap analysis, requirements capture, workshop facilitation, etc... Very experienced in requirements...
Clarity Resourcing Ltd
Rate: £375 - £400 per day
Posted: 16 May 2013