The first table below looks at the demand for Business Transformation 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 Business Transformation over the 3 months to 17 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Business Transformation
Rank 305 337 385
Rank change year-on-year
+32 +48
Contract jobs citing Business Transformation 221 227 193
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.532% 0.425% 0.342%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.745% 0.623% 0.502%
Number of daily rates quoted 140 155 100
Average daily rate £450 £475 £460
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.26% +3.26%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £356 £346
10% offered a daily rate of more than £700 £650 £653
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £470 £438
% change year-on-year
-9.57% +7.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 6
Average hourly rate £37.80 - £33.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.80 - £33.50
All Processes & Methodologies
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
29662 36423 38448
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 71.36% 68.27% 68.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 18133 21396 22256
Average daily rate £425 £410 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.53% -8.88%
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 £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 916 1186 1394
Average hourly rate £32.00 £25.00 £29.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+28.00% -13.79%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.99 £13.50 £13.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £51.00 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.60 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.40% -16.66%
Business Transformation
UK

Business Transformation
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England Business Transformation Jobs Demand Trend

Business Transformation
Daily Rate Trend

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

England Business Transformation Daily Rate Trend

Business Transformation
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Business Transformation across the England region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

England Business Transformation Daily Rate Histogram

Business Transformation
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England Business Transformation Hourly Rate Trend

Business Transformation
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Business Transformation within the England region over the 3 months to 17 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 +1 100 £498 -0.50%
South East +43 38 £460 -5.64%
South West +29 23 £420 -6.66%
West Midlands +9 17 £425 +32.81%
North West +26 16 £450 +38.46%
Yorkshire +2 16 £380 -8.98%
East Midlands -6 8 £422 +0.53%
East of England -1 2 - -
Business Transformation
UK

Business Transformation
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Business Transformation 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 Transformation.

1 193 (42.23%) Finance
2 128 (28.01%) Stakeholder Management
3 114 (24.95%) Project Management
4 103 (22.54%) Banking
5 94 (20.57%) Change Management
6 68 (14.88%) Retail
7 64 (14.00%) PRINCE2
8 60 (13.13%) SAP
9 51 (11.16%) Oracle
10 48 (10.50%) Migration
11 47 (10.28%) Retail Banking
12 43 (9.409%) GAP Analysis
13 42 (9.190%) BPR
14 38 (8.315%) Business Analysis
15 37 (8.096%) MS Visio
16 35 (7.659%) ERP
17 34 (7.440%) ITIL
18 33 (7.221%) Programme Management
19 31 (6.783%) Microsoft
20 29 (6.346%) PRINCE2 Certification
20 29 (6.346%) Requirements Analysis
20 29 (6.346%) Agile Software Development
21 27 (5.908%) UML
22 26 (5.689%) PRINCE
23 23 (5.033%) DSDM
23 23 (5.033%) CRM
24 22 (4.814%) User Acceptance Testing
25 21 (4.595%) Investment Banking
25 21 (4.595%) Management Information System
26 20 (4.376%) Manufacturing

Business Transformation
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Business Transformation 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 Transformation. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 13 (2.845%) .NET
2 5 (1.094%) EDI
2 5 (1.094%) WebSphere
3 4 (0.875%) Middleware
3 4 (0.875%) ASP.NET
4 3 (0.656%) J2EE
4 3 (0.656%) NHibernate
5 2 (0.438%) Web Services
5 2 (0.438%) .NET Framework
6 1 (0.219%) jQuery
6 1 (0.219%) ASP.NET MVC
6 1 (0.219%) LAMP
6 1 (0.219%) Ajax
6 1 (0.219%) XHTML
6 1 (0.219%) CSS
6 1 (0.219%) JSP
6 1 (0.219%) SOAP
Application Platforms
1 13 (2.845%) SharePoint
2 4 (0.875%) Apache
2 4 (0.875%) CMS
2 4 (0.875%) SAS
3 3 (0.656%) BizTalk Server
3 3 (0.656%) IIS
3 3 (0.656%) SharePoint 2010
3 3 (0.656%) Tomcat
3 3 (0.656%) MS Exchange
4 2 (0.438%) Documentum
4 2 (0.438%) Lync
5 1 (0.219%) Exchange Server 2010
5 1 (0.219%) Exchange Server 2013
5 1 (0.219%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 1 (0.219%) MSMQ
5 1 (0.219%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (0.219%) ESB
5 1 (0.219%) Oracle Coherence
Applications
1 37 (8.096%) MS Visio
2 19 (4.158%) MS Office
3 16 (3.501%) MS Excel
3 16 (3.501%) MS Project
4 15 (3.282%) MS PowerPoint
5 3 (0.656%) Windchill
6 1 (0.219%) InfoPath
6 1 (0.219%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 11 (2.407%) Oracle EBS R12
2 8 (1.751%) SAP FI
2 8 (1.751%) ENOVIA
3 7 (1.532%) Dynamics CRM
3 7 (1.532%) Oracle EBS
3 7 (1.532%) SAP SD
4 6 (1.313%) Dynamics AX
5 3 (0.656%) SAP CO
5 3 (0.656%) SAP PM
5 3 (0.656%) MFGPRO
5 3 (0.656%) SAP FI/CO
5 3 (0.656%) Teamcenter
6 2 (0.438%) Summit
6 2 (0.438%) Oracle Financials
6 2 (0.438%) Cognos Planning
6 2 (0.438%) Cognos Business Intelligence
6 2 (0.438%) Siebel Analytics
7 1 (0.219%) Remedy ITSM
7 1 (0.219%) SAP HCM
7 1 (0.219%) SAP BPC
Communications & Networking
1 8 (1.751%) SAN
1 8 (1.751%) BSS
2 3 (0.656%) TCP/IP
2 3 (0.656%) DNS
2 3 (0.656%) Extranet
2 3 (0.656%) CDMA
2 3 (0.656%) GPRS
2 3 (0.656%) GSM
2 3 (0.656%) UMTS
2 3 (0.656%) DHCP
3 2 (0.438%) ATM
3 2 (0.438%) Wireless
3 2 (0.438%) Unified Communications
4 1 (0.219%) Network Security
4 1 (0.219%) Junos
4 1 (0.219%) CHAP
4 1 (0.219%) Firewall
4 1 (0.219%) Intranet
4 1 (0.219%) Internet
4 1 (0.219%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (2.845%) SQL Server
2 10 (2.188%) Data Warehouse
3 7 (1.532%) SAP BW
3 7 (1.532%) MS Access
4 4 (0.875%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 3 (0.656%) GIS
5 3 (0.656%) SAP Data Services
6 2 (0.438%) BusinessObjects
6 2 (0.438%) Oracle Reports
6 2 (0.438%) Oracle 8/8i
6 2 (0.438%) Spotfire
6 2 (0.438%) QlikView
6 2 (0.438%) BODI
6 2 (0.438%) SQL Server 2005
6 2 (0.438%) Oracle BI EE
7 1 (0.219%) Xcelsius
7 1 (0.219%) Oracle 11g
7 1 (0.219%) BusinessObjects XI
7 1 (0.219%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
7 1 (0.219%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 3 (0.656%) JIRA
2 2 (0.438%) NUnit
2 2 (0.438%) MSTest
3 1 (0.219%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (0.219%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.219%) Rational Rose
General
1 193 (42.23%) Finance
2 103 (22.54%) Banking
3 68 (14.88%) Retail
4 47 (10.28%) Retail Banking
5 21 (4.595%) Investment Banking
6 20 (4.376%) Manufacturing
6 20 (4.376%) Marketing
7 18 (3.939%) Legal
7 18 (3.939%) Telecoms
8 17 (3.720%) Corporate Banking
9 12 (2.626%) Publishing
10 8 (1.751%) Automotive
11 6 (1.313%) Pharmaceutical
11 6 (1.313%) Local Government
12 3 (0.656%) Law
13 2 (0.438%) Electronics
13 2 (0.438%) Financial Institution
13 2 (0.438%) Front Office
13 2 (0.438%) General Ledger
13 2 (0.438%) Billing
Job Titles
1 126 (27.57%) Analyst
2 105 (22.98%) Project Manager
3 103 (22.54%) Business Analyst
4 38 (8.315%) Programme Manager
5 27 (5.908%) Consultant
6 26 (5.689%) Architect
7 22 (4.814%) Senior Analyst
8 20 (4.376%) Senior Manager
9 18 (3.939%) Change Manager
10 17 (3.720%) Business Manager
11 16 (3.501%) SAP Manager
12 15 (3.282%) Senior Business Analyst
13 12 (2.626%) Solutions Architect
13 12 (2.626%) Senior Project Manager
13 12 (2.626%) Business Consultant
14 10 (2.188%) Business Change Manager
15 8 (1.751%) Project Officer
16 7 (1.532%) SAP Project Manager
17 6 (1.313%) Support Analyst
17 6 (1.313%) Programme Director
Miscellaneous
1 21 (4.595%) Management Information System
2 12 (2.626%) NHS
3 10 (2.188%) FMCG
4 9 (1.969%) Economics
5 8 (1.751%) Social Media
6 4 (0.875%) Symmetrix DMX
6 4 (0.875%) Clustering
6 4 (0.875%) Informatics
6 4 (0.875%) Symmetrix
7 3 (0.656%) Data Protection Act
7 3 (0.656%) Derivative
7 3 (0.656%) Open Source
7 3 (0.656%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (0.656%) Data Extraction
7 3 (0.656%) Credit Risk
8 2 (0.438%) Reference Data
8 2 (0.438%) Data Integration
8 2 (0.438%) Smart Meter
8 2 (0.438%) NPfIT
8 2 (0.438%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 11 (2.407%) Windows
2 6 (1.313%) Windows Server 2003
3 5 (1.094%) Linux
3 5 (1.094%) UNIX
4 4 (0.875%) AIX
4 4 (0.875%) Solaris
4 4 (0.875%) SUSE
4 4 (0.875%) Windows Server 2008
5 3 (0.656%) Windows 2000
5 3 (0.656%) Windows 8
6 2 (0.438%) Windows XP
6 2 (0.438%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 128 (28.01%) Stakeholder Management
2 114 (24.95%) Project Management
3 94 (20.57%) Change Management
4 64 (14.00%) PRINCE2
5 48 (10.50%) Migration
6 43 (9.409%) GAP Analysis
7 42 (9.190%) BPR
8 38 (8.315%) Business Analysis
9 35 (7.659%) ERP
10 34 (7.440%) ITIL
11 33 (7.221%) Programme Management
12 29 (6.346%) Agile Software Development
12 29 (6.346%) Requirements Analysis
13 27 (5.908%) UML
14 26 (5.689%) PRINCE
15 23 (5.033%) DSDM
15 23 (5.033%) CRM
16 22 (4.814%) User Acceptance Testing
17 19 (4.158%) SSADM
18 18 (3.939%) Wealth Management
Programming Languages
1 19 (4.158%) SQL
2 10 (2.188%) C
3 8 (1.751%) VBA
4 6 (1.313%) Java
5 4 (0.875%) C#
5 4 (0.875%) Shell Script
5 4 (0.875%) Korn
5 4 (0.875%) VB.NET
6 3 (0.656%) PL/SQL
6 3 (0.656%) VB
6 3 (0.656%) C++
6 3 (0.656%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.219%) Perl
7 1 (0.219%) PHP
7 1 (0.219%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.219%) Python
7 1 (0.219%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 29 (6.346%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 19 (4.158%) Degree
3 13 (2.845%) ISEB
3 13 (2.845%) Security Cleared
4 7 (1.532%) SC Cleared
4 7 (1.532%) DV Cleared
4 7 (1.532%) PMI Certification
5 6 (1.313%) PMP
6 4 (0.875%) MBA
7 3 (0.656%) MOS
7 3 (0.656%) ITIL Certification
7 3 (0.656%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 2 (0.438%) Six Sigma Green Belt
8 2 (0.438%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (0.438%) CCNP
8 2 (0.438%) ISEB Practitioner
9 1 (0.219%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.219%) Six Sigma Black Belt
9 1 (0.219%) CCSE
9 1 (0.219%) ACCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (2.407%) Basel II
1 11 (2.407%) Basel III
2 10 (2.188%) Solvency II
3 5 (1.094%) FATCA
3 5 (1.094%) SLA
4 4 (0.875%) QA
5 3 (0.656%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 3 (0.656%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.219%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 5 (1.094%) Active Directory
1 5 (1.094%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (0.875%) Veritas Volume Manager
2 4 (0.875%) Veritas Cluster Server
2 4 (0.875%) SRDF
3 1 (0.219%) XenApp
3 1 (0.219%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 4 (0.875%) EMC TimeFinder
2 2 (0.438%) HP Quality Center
3 1 (0.219%) NetBackup
3 1 (0.219%) Netcool
3 1 (0.219%) ARCserve
Vendors
1 60 (13.13%) SAP
2 51 (11.16%) Oracle
3 31 (6.783%) Microsoft
4 10 (2.188%) VMware
5 9 (1.969%) Cisco
6 8 (1.751%) EMC
7 5 (1.094%) Citrix
8 4 (0.875%) Sun
8 4 (0.875%) HP
8 4 (0.875%) Sybase
8 4 (0.875%) Business Objects
8 4 (0.875%) JD Edwards
8 4 (0.875%) Veritas
9 3 (0.656%) NetApp
9 3 (0.656%) Siemens
9 3 (0.656%) Salesforce.com
9 3 (0.656%) Mantas
9 3 (0.656%) Actimize
9 3 (0.656%) PeopleSoft
9 3 (0.656%) Cognos
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As a Business Change Project Manager, you will be responsible for delivering a wide range of projects across contact centre operations, outsourcing, facilities move and consolidation, and technical...
Timothy James Consulting Ltd
Rate: £50000 - £55000 per annum + bonus & benefits
Posted: 14 May 2013
Ipswich, East Anglia
communications transformation insurance programme management change management project management pmoOpus have been engaged to resource a Communications Manager with a background in Business Change and Transformation-You will...
OPUS
Rate: GBP350 to GBP400 per day
Posted: 27 April 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
East London
We currently have an urgent requirement to fill for a Business Analyst to play a key role in a large Business Transformation Programme. The ideal candidate will have...
Randstad Technologies
Rate: £380 - £450 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
Business Readiness, MS Dynamics AX2012 , implementation, ERP, UAT, go live, re-engineering, business change, business transformation... An urgent opportunity has arisen for an experienced Project Manager to join...
Harvey Nash plc
Rate: £400 - £450 per day
Posted: 16 May 2013
South Yorkshire
Working for this international manufacturing organisation your role will be to manage the definition of the business process transformation enabled by the implementation of a commonly configured S21...
HAYS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Rate: Competitive Day Rate
Posted: 16 May 2013
South Yorkshire
Working for this international manufacturing organisation your role will be to manage the definition of the business process transformation enabled by the implementation of a commonly configured S21...
Hays Specialist Recruitment
Rate: Competitive Day Rate
Posted: 16 May 2013
Banbury, South East
Our client, a leading Investment Bank with offices in Banbury currently requires a number of talented Business analysts to join its team.This will be to work on...
Hays Specialist Recruitment
Rate: £400.00 - £430.00 per day
Posted: 18 May 2013
Milton Keynes, Thames Valley
This SOA Project Manager role represents a 6 month opportunity to work within a reputable organisation. The primary responsibilities for the role involves project managing the adoption and...
Hudson
Rate: £400 - £401 per day
Posted: 23 April 2013
London
Candidates must have a strong retail banking background with relevant and recent experience. This is a regulatory programme, therefore any previous experience on risk-based or regulatory projects/...
Hydrogen Group
Rate: £0.00 - £340.00 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013
West Yorkshire
SCRUM certification is essential for this role, as is knowledge of one or more Agile project management frameworks, excellent verbal and written communication skills and previous experience of...
Hudson
Rate: £350 - £450 per day
Posted: 9 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
Basingstoke, Hampshire
Main Purpose of the Job * To ensure the core Programme Management Controls are well defined, implemented and embedded within the behaviours and ways of working in Platform for...
Advantage XPO
Salary: £45000 - £57000 per annum + Car + benefits
Posted: 15 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
London
PROJECT MANAGER - RETAIL BANKING - RISK - LONDON My client, a leading retail bank, has an urgent requirement for an experienced Project Manager to join them on a large and...
Hydrogen Group
Rate: £0.00 - £414.00 per day
Posted: 14 May 2013
Halifax, West Yorkshire
Test Analyst - Financial Services - Halifax Requirement for a Test Analyst to join a Financial Services client on a complex project. The Test Analyst must have a strong track...
Hydrogen Group
Rate: £330.00 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
Banbury, South East
Our client, a leading Investment Bank with offices in Banbury currently requires a number of talented Project Managers to join its team.This will be to work on...
Hays Specialist Recruitment
Rate: £400.00 - £430.00 per day
Posted: 18 May 2013
Halifax, West Yorkshire
The Test Lead must have a strong track record on large business transformation projects... - Running a test team of over 10 people - Ability to hit the ground running -...
Hydrogen Group
Rate: £390.00 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
City of London
Promote good software engineering practices (e.g. test driven development, performance in design)... Net, C#, WPF, XNA, Microsoft Xbox 360, Kinect, Surface devices HTML, CSS, JavaScript, JQuery API'...
Salt
Rate: £500 - £600 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013
West Yorkshire
VB.NET developer required for a large organisation based in West Yorkshire for a 9 month contract... Skills required: VB.NET ASP.NET SQL SOAP Desirable: MVC MDS...
Spring Technology
Rate: £250.00 - £325.00 per day
Posted: 14 May 2013
West Midlands
An NHS Clinical Systems (RIO) Trainer is required for 6 months initially based in West Midlands. Working within the IT Department at this NHS site you will be...
Real Staffing
Rate: £150 - £200 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013