The first table below looks at the demand for BPEL skills in IT contracts advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited BPEL 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 London 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 Execution Language (BPEL)
Rank 349 378 426
Rank change year-on-year
+29 +48
Contract jobs citing BPEL 28 37 16
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.129% 0.137% 0.051%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.173% 0.191% 0.072%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 19 8
Average daily rate £525 £460 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+14.13% -8.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £384 £448 £180
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £650 £552
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £419 £360
% change year-on-year
-10.44% +16.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £40.00
All Processes & Methodologies
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
16194 19350 22109
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 74.77% 71.83% 71.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 11076 12690 14542
Average daily rate £450 £450 £480
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -6.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £300 £310
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £600 £625
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 254 340 350
Average hourly rate £30.00 £26.23 £27.23
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+14.39% -3.67%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.00 £15.00 £14.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £102.00 £45.00 £50.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
BPEL
England

BPEL
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London BPEL Jobs Demand Trend

BPEL
Daily Rate Trend

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

London BPEL Daily Rate Trend

BPEL
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing BPEL across the London region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

London BPEL Daily Rate Histogram

BPEL
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London BPEL Hourly Rate Trend

BPEL
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing BPEL within the London region over the 3 months to 24 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
City of London +18 11 £463 +2.77%
BPEL
England

BPEL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing BPEL 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 BPEL.

1 37 (60.66%) SQL
2 29 (47.54%) Oracle
3 24 (39.34%) MS Visio
4 22 (36.07%) Data Modelling
4 22 (36.07%) Degree
5 20 (32.79%) User Acceptance Testing
6 19 (31.15%) Data Migration
6 19 (31.15%) Credit Risk
6 19 (31.15%) Migration
6 19 (31.15%) MS Excel
6 19 (31.15%) Data Warehouse
6 19 (31.15%) MS Office
7 17 (27.87%) Oracle 11g
8 16 (26.23%) SOA
9 15 (24.59%) PL/SQL
10 14 (22.95%) Finance
11 13 (21.31%) Java
11 13 (21.31%) UNIX
12 12 (19.67%) .NET
12 12 (19.67%) BPMN
13 11 (18.03%) Windows
13 11 (18.03%) Process Management
14 10 (16.39%) J2EE
14 10 (16.39%) C#
14 10 (16.39%) JDeveloper
15 9 (14.75%) XML
15 9 (14.75%) DV Cleared
15 9 (14.75%) Security Cleared
16 8 (13.11%) Windows Server 2008
16 8 (13.11%) WebLogic

BPEL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing BPEL 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 BPEL. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 12 (19.67%) .NET
2 10 (16.39%) J2EE
3 9 (14.75%) XML
4 8 (13.11%) Web Services
4 8 (13.11%) Middleware
5 6 (9.836%) WSDL
6 5 (8.197%) SOAP
7 4 (6.557%) Oracle Fusion
8 3 (4.918%) WS-I
8 3 (4.918%) UDDI
8 3 (4.918%) XSD
8 3 (4.918%) .NET Framework
8 3 (4.918%) WCF
8 3 (4.918%) WF
9 2 (3.279%) Oracle ADF
9 2 (3.279%) WebSphere
9 2 (3.279%) JSP
10 1 (1.639%) JAXB
10 1 (1.639%) SAX
10 1 (1.639%) ASP.NET
Application Platforms
1 8 (13.11%) WebLogic
1 8 (13.11%) Apache
1 8 (13.11%) Tomcat
2 6 (9.836%) Oracle Workflow
3 5 (8.197%) ESB
3 5 (8.197%) Oracle Service Bus
4 3 (4.918%) BizTalk Server
5 2 (3.279%) Oracle Application Server
5 2 (3.279%) Oracle 10gAS
6 1 (1.639%) WebSphere Process Server
6 1 (1.639%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 24 (39.34%) MS Visio
2 19 (31.15%) MS Excel
2 19 (31.15%) MS Office
3 2 (3.279%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 8 (13.11%) Oracle EBS
2 6 (9.836%) Oracle Applications
3 5 (8.197%) Oracle Financials
4 4 (6.557%) Oracle EBS R12
5 2 (3.279%) Oracle iProcurement
5 2 (3.279%) Oracle ERP
5 2 (3.279%) Oracle Manufacturing
6 1 (1.639%) Oracle 11i
6 1 (1.639%) Oracle HRMS
6 1 (1.639%) Oracle BPM
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.279%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (31.15%) Data Warehouse
2 17 (27.87%) Oracle 11g
3 6 (9.836%) Oracle 10g
4 5 (8.197%) Oracle 8/8i
5 4 (6.557%) Oracle Reports
5 4 (6.557%) SQLPlus
6 3 (4.918%) Siebel EIM
7 2 (3.279%) Oracle BI EE
7 2 (3.279%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
7 2 (3.279%) Oracle 9i
8 1 (1.639%) TOAD
Development Applications
1 10 (16.39%) JDeveloper
2 5 (8.197%) Oracle Forms
3 1 (1.639%) Ant
3 1 (1.639%) CruiseControl
3 1 (1.639%) NUnit
3 1 (1.639%) Rhino Mocks
3 1 (1.639%) Moq
3 1 (1.639%) Hudson
3 1 (1.639%) TeamCity
General
1 14 (22.95%) Finance
2 6 (9.836%) Legal
3 3 (4.918%) Banking
4 2 (3.279%) Manufacturing
4 2 (3.279%) Advertising
4 2 (3.279%) Investment Banking
5 1 (1.639%) Publishing
5 1 (1.639%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 32 (52.46%) Analyst
2 31 (50.82%) Business Analyst
3 19 (31.15%) Credit Risk Analyst
3 19 (31.15%) Credit Analyst
3 19 (31.15%) Risk Analyst
3 19 (31.15%) Credit Risk Business Analyst
4 12 (19.67%) Developer
5 8 (13.11%) Architect
6 7 (11.48%) 3rd Line Support
7 5 (8.197%) Oracle Developer
8 4 (6.557%) SOA Architect
9 3 (4.918%) Oracle Analyst
9 3 (4.918%) E-Business Analyst
9 3 (4.918%) Siebel Developer
9 3 (4.918%) Support Engineer
9 3 (4.918%) Solutions Architect
9 3 (4.918%) Oracle Architect
10 2 (3.279%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
10 2 (3.279%) Oracle SOA Developer
10 2 (3.279%) SOA Developer
Miscellaneous
1 19 (31.15%) Credit Risk
2 2 (3.279%) Computer Science
3 1 (1.639%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 13 (21.31%) UNIX
2 11 (18.03%) Windows
3 8 (13.11%) Windows Server 2008
3 8 (13.11%) Windows Server 2003
4 2 (3.279%) AIX
4 2 (3.279%) Linux
5 1 (1.639%) HPUX
5 1 (1.639%) Solaris
5 1 (1.639%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (36.07%) Data Modelling
2 20 (32.79%) User Acceptance Testing
3 19 (31.15%) Data Migration
3 19 (31.15%) Migration
4 16 (26.23%) SOA
5 12 (19.67%) BPMN
6 11 (18.03%) Process Management
7 8 (13.11%) Workflow
8 7 (11.48%) Waterfall
9 6 (9.836%) Agile Software Development
10 5 (8.197%) Project Management
11 4 (6.557%) UML
12 3 (4.918%) CRM
12 3 (4.918%) Business Analysis
12 3 (4.918%) Service Delivery
13 2 (3.279%) Stakeholder Management
13 2 (3.279%) Enterprise Architecture
13 2 (3.279%) Zachman Framework
13 2 (3.279%) TOGAF
13 2 (3.279%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 37 (60.66%) SQL
2 15 (24.59%) PL/SQL
3 13 (21.31%) Java
4 10 (16.39%) C#
5 3 (4.918%) Shell Script
6 1 (1.639%) Jython
Qualifications
1 22 (36.07%) Degree
2 9 (14.75%) DV Cleared
2 9 (14.75%) Security Cleared
3 1 (1.639%) ISEB
3 1 (1.639%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.639%) QA
System Software
1 1 (1.639%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 1 (1.639%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
1 1 (1.639%) Oracle Identity Manager
1 1 (1.639%) Oracle Identity Management
1 1 (1.639%) Data Guard
Vendors
1 29 (47.54%) Oracle
2 7 (11.48%) Microsoft
3 5 (8.197%) Siebel
4 2 (3.279%) Business Objects
5 1 (1.639%) Mercator
5 1 (1.639%) HP
5 1 (1.639%) Informatica