North West BPR Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Business Process Reengineering (BPR) skills within the North West region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited BPR over the 3 months to 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Business Process Reengineering (BPR)
Location Bedfordshire Berkshire Bingley Birmingham Bradford Brentford Bristol Buckinghamshire Bury St Edmunds Cambridgeshire Cheshire Chesterfield City of London Crawley Croydon Derbyshire East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Yorkshire England Essex Gloucester Gloucestershire Hammersmith Hampshire Hertfordshire Home Counties Hull Isle of Wight Lancashire Leeds Leicester Leicestershire London Manchester Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Norfolk North East North West Northampton Northamptonshire Norwich Oxford Oxfordshire Peterborough Reading Salisbury Scotland Slough South East South West Southampton Southend-on-Sea Staines Suffolk Sunbury-on-Thames Surrey Sussex Swindon Thames Valley UK Uxbridge Watford West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wiltshire Wolverhampton Yorkshire	3 months to 2 Dec 2008	Same period last year
Rank	110	105
Rank change on same period last year	-5
Matching contract IT job ads	17	38
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.027 %	0.041 %
As % of the category below	0.945 %	1.863 %
Daily rates quoted	8	10
Average minimum daily rate	£329	£415
Average daily rate	£376	£435
% change on same period last year	-13.64 %
Average maximum daily rate	£423	£455
UK excluding London average daily rate	£437	£441
% change on same period last year	-1.07 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£25.67	£25.00
% change on same period last year	+2.69 %
Processes & Methodologies North West
Matching contract IT job ads	1798	2040
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	2.889 %	2.191 %
Daily rates quoted	444	444
Average minimum daily rate	£358	£341
Average daily rate	£382	£361
% change on same period last year	+5.76 %
Average maximum daily rate	£405	£381
UK excluding London average daily rate	£381	£372
% change on same period last year	+2.31 %
Hourly rates quoted	204	186
Average minimum hourly rate	£25.21	£26.06
Average hourly rate	£26.63	£27.86
% change on same period last year	-4.40 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£28.06	£29.66
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£28.24	£29.63
% change on same period last year	-4.68 %
BPR England

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

BPR
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing BPR across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

BPR
Daily Rate Trend

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

BPR
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing BPR across the North West region over the 3 months to 2 December 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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 North West region over the 3 months to 2 December 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Manchester	-2	5	£408	+5.16 %
Lancashire	+10	3	-	-
Cheshire	-2	2	£400	-

BPR England

BPR
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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 16 (53.33 %) Business Analysis 2 15 (50.00 %) Finance 3 12 (40.00 %) Government 4 11 (36.67 %) Local Government 5 3 (10.00 %) Stakeholder Management 5 3 (10.00 %) Six Sigma 5 3 (10.00 %) Project Management 6 2 (6.667 %) PRINCE2 6 2 (6.667 %) NHS 6 2 (6.667 %) PRINCE 6 2 (6.667 %) Service Delivery 6 2 (6.667 %) Insurance 6 2 (6.667 %) Lean Six Sigma 7 1 (3.333 %) Use Case 7 1 (3.333 %) System Testing

7 1 (3.333 %) Education 7 1 (3.333 %) Banking 7 1 (3.333 %) Retail 7 1 (3.333 %) Systems Analysis 7 1 (3.333 %) Requirements Management 7 1 (3.333 %) Marketing 7 1 (3.333 %) Project Planning 7 1 (3.333 %) Degree 7 1 (3.333 %) Direct Marketing 7 1 (3.333 %) Change Management 7 1 (3.333 %) Front Office 7 1 (3.333 %) Back Office 7 1 (3.333 %) Risk Management 7 1 (3.333 %) Service Management 7 1 (3.333 %) UML

BPR
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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.

General 1 15 (50.00 %) Finance 2 12 (40.00 %) Government 3 11 (36.67 %) Local Government 4 2 (6.667 %) Insurance 5 1 (3.333 %) Marketing 5 1 (3.333 %) Banking 5 1 (3.333 %) Retail 5 1 (3.333 %) Education 5 1 (3.333 %) Front Office 5 1 (3.333 %) Back Office	Job Titles 1 23 (76.67 %) Analyst 1 23 (76.67 %) Business Analyst 2 3 (10.00 %) Project Manager 3 2 (6.667 %) Programme Manager 4 1 (3.333 %) Business Process Analyst 4 1 (3.333 %) Senior Manager 4 1 (3.333 %) Process Analyst 4 1 (3.333 %) Engineering Manager 4 1 (3.333 %) Change Manager 4 1 (3.333 %) Business Manager 4 1 (3.333 %) UML Business Analyst 4 1 (3.333 %) Financial Analyst 4 1 (3.333 %) Business Process Manager 4 1 (3.333 %) Process Manager
Miscellaneous 1 2 (6.667 %) NHS	Processes & Methodologies 1 16 (53.33 %) Business Analysis 2 3 (10.00 %) Six Sigma 2 3 (10.00 %) Project Management 2 3 (10.00 %) Stakeholder Management 3 2 (6.667 %) Service Delivery 3 2 (6.667 %) PRINCE2 3 2 (6.667 %) Lean Six Sigma 3 2 (6.667 %) PRINCE 4 1 (3.333 %) Use Case 4 1 (3.333 %) System Testing 4 1 (3.333 %) Requirements Management 4 1 (3.333 %) Project Planning 4 1 (3.333 %) Direct Marketing 4 1 (3.333 %) UML 4 1 (3.333 %) Service Management 4 1 (3.333 %) Change Management 4 1 (3.333 %) Risk Management 4 1 (3.333 %) Systems Analysis
Qualifications 1 1 (3.333 %) Degree