The first table below looks at the demand for Business Process Improvement skills in IT contracts advertised for the North West 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 21 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 North West 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Business Process Improvement (BPI)
Rank 117 - 127
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Business Process Improvement 2 0 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 0.085% - 0.100%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.120% - 0.153%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
Average daily rate £340 - £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £408 £420 £358
% change year-on-year
-2.97% +17.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £26.50
All Processes & Methodologies
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1669 1945 1965
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 70.69% 61.67% 65.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 819 1005 1027
Average daily rate £350 £350 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +7.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £226 £238 £223
10% offered a daily rate of more than £465 £500 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 81 84 96
Average hourly rate £22.00 £20.00 £21.12
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+10.00% -5.29%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.20 £13.35 £12.95
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £55.00 £37.50 £36.60
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.50 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.00% -16.66%
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 North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

North West 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 North West region.

North West Business Process Improvement Daily 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 North West region over the 3 months to 21 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
Lancashire - 1 £340 -
Business Process Improvement
England

Business Process Improvement
Top 10 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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 2 (100.00%) Workflow
2 1 (50.00%) Back Office
2 1 (50.00%) MS Office
2 1 (50.00%) PRINCE2
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Legal
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Process Improvement

Business Process Improvement
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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.

Applications
1 1 (50.00%) MS Office
General
1 1 (50.00%) Back Office
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Business Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Business Process Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Process Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Business Manager
2 1 (50.00%) Business Process Manager
2 1 (50.00%) Process Manager
2 1 (50.00%) Process Improvement Manager
2 1 (50.00%) Business Process Improvement Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Workflow
2 1 (50.00%) PRINCE2
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Process Improvement
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree