The first table below looks at the demand for Business Process Improvement 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 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 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 Improvement (BPI)
Rank 355 375 389
Rank change year-on-year
+20 +14
Contract jobs citing Business Process Improvement 22 40 53
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.102% 0.148% 0.171%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.136% 0.207% 0.240%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 27 42
Average daily rate £450 £450 £550
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -18.18%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £378 £389 £325
10% offered a daily rate of more than £524 £635 £695
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
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%
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 London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

London 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 London region.

London Business Process Improvement Daily Rate Trend

Business Process Improvement
Daily Rate Histogram

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

London Business Process Improvement Daily Rate Histogram

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 London region.

London Business Process Improvement Hourly Rate Trend

Business Process Improvement
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Business Process Improvement 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 +12 4 £420 -6.66%
Canary Wharf - 3 - -
Kingston Upon Thames - 1 - -
Business Process Improvement
England

Business Process Improvement
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London 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 13 (27.66%) Finance
2 11 (23.40%) Change Management
2 11 (23.40%) Six Sigma
2 11 (23.40%) Business Analysis
3 9 (19.15%) Lean Six Sigma
4 8 (17.02%) Stakeholder Management
4 8 (17.02%) Project Management
4 8 (17.02%) Process Improvement
4 8 (17.02%) Analytics
5 7 (14.89%) Migration
5 7 (14.89%) CRM
5 7 (14.89%) Enterprise Architecture
6 5 (10.64%) BPR
6 5 (10.64%) SAP
6 5 (10.64%) OLAP
6 5 (10.64%) Business Objects
6 5 (10.64%) Data Warehouse
6 5 (10.64%) ETL
6 5 (10.64%) Business Intelligence
7 4 (8.511%) Microsoft
7 4 (8.511%) BusinessObjects
7 4 (8.511%) MS Exchange
7 4 (8.511%) C
7 4 (8.511%) SharePoint
7 4 (8.511%) ITIL
7 4 (8.511%) NHS
7 4 (8.511%) SAP BW
7 4 (8.511%) Management Information System
7 4 (8.511%) Marketing
7 4 (8.511%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence

Business Process Improvement
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 1 (2.128%) SOAP
1 1 (2.128%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 4 (8.511%) MS Exchange
1 4 (8.511%) SharePoint
1 4 (8.511%) CMS
2 3 (6.383%) BizTalk Server
3 1 (2.128%) ESB
3 1 (2.128%) SharePoint 2010
3 1 (2.128%) Lotus Domino
Applications
1 2 (4.255%) MS PowerPoint
2 1 (2.128%) MS Visio
2 1 (2.128%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 4 (8.511%) SAP Oil and Gas
2 1 (2.128%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.128%) VLAN
1 1 (2.128%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (10.64%) OLAP
1 5 (10.64%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (8.511%) BusinessObjects
2 4 (8.511%) SAP BW
2 4 (8.511%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
2 4 (8.511%) SAP HANA
3 1 (2.128%) SQL Server 2012
3 1 (2.128%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (2.128%) SAP BI
3 1 (2.128%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (2.128%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 13 (27.66%) Finance
2 4 (8.511%) Marketing
2 4 (8.511%) Banking
3 3 (6.383%) Legal
4 2 (4.255%) Front Office
4 2 (4.255%) Back Office
4 2 (4.255%) Retail
4 2 (4.255%) Investment Banking
4 2 (4.255%) Retail Banking
5 1 (2.128%) Law
Job Titles
1 20 (42.55%) Business Analyst
1 20 (42.55%) Analyst
2 7 (14.89%) Programme Manager
3 6 (12.77%) Consultant
4 5 (10.64%) Project Manager
5 4 (8.511%) Business Process Analyst
5 4 (8.511%) Process Analyst
6 3 (6.383%) SAP Business Analyst
6 3 (6.383%) Technical Business Analyst
6 3 (6.383%) Business Manager
6 3 (6.383%) Technical Analyst
6 3 (6.383%) Change Manager
7 2 (4.255%) Process Consultant
7 2 (4.255%) Business Change Manager
7 2 (4.255%) SAP Consultant
7 2 (4.255%) NHS Programme Manager
8 1 (2.128%) Change Project Manager
8 1 (2.128%) Banking Business Analyst
8 1 (2.128%) Senior Technical Specialist
8 1 (2.128%) SAP BI Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 4 (8.511%) NHS
1 4 (8.511%) Management Information System
2 1 (2.128%) Credit Risk
2 1 (2.128%) iPad
2 1 (2.128%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.128%) Windows Server 2008
1 1 (2.128%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 1 (2.128%) Windows Server 2003
1 1 (2.128%) UNIX
1 1 (2.128%) Windows
1 1 (2.128%) Solaris
1 1 (2.128%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (23.40%) Change Management
1 11 (23.40%) Six Sigma
1 11 (23.40%) Business Analysis
2 9 (19.15%) Lean Six Sigma
3 8 (17.02%) Stakeholder Management
3 8 (17.02%) Project Management
3 8 (17.02%) Process Improvement
3 8 (17.02%) Analytics
4 7 (14.89%) Migration
4 7 (14.89%) CRM
4 7 (14.89%) Enterprise Architecture
5 5 (10.64%) BPR
5 5 (10.64%) ETL
5 5 (10.64%) Business Intelligence
6 4 (8.511%) ITIL
6 4 (8.511%) Digital Marketing
6 4 (8.511%) User Acceptance Testing
6 4 (8.511%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 4 (8.511%) Business Analytics
7 3 (6.383%) Web Analytics
Programming Languages
1 4 (8.511%) C
Qualifications
1 1 (2.128%) Degree
1 1 (2.128%) Six Sigma Black Belt
1 1 (2.128%) Six Sigma Green Belt
1 1 (2.128%) DV Cleared
1 1 (2.128%) Security Cleared
1 1 (2.128%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.255%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (2.128%) HP SiteScope
1 1 (2.128%) Control-M
Vendors
1 5 (10.64%) SAP
1 5 (10.64%) Business Objects
2 4 (8.511%) Microsoft
3 2 (4.255%) Red Hat
4 1 (2.128%) Murex
4 1 (2.128%) HP
4 1 (2.128%) Citrix
4 1 (2.128%) Informatica
4 1 (2.128%) Lotus
4 1 (2.128%) Oracle
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