South East BPR Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Business Process Reengineering (BPR) skills within the South East 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 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Business Process Reengineering (BPR)
Location Barnsley Basingstoke Berkshire Birmingham Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cheshire City of London Docklands, London Dorset East Anglia East Midlands East of England England Essex Glasgow Gloucestershire Halifax Hampshire Harlow Hertfordshire Isle of Wight Lancashire Leeds Leek London Manchester Middlesex Midlands Newport Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Poole Preston Reading Rotherham Salisbury Scotland Shropshire South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Staffordshire Staines Sunbury-on-Thames Surrey Swansea Swindon Telford Thames Valley UK Wales West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Wiltshire Wolverhampton Worcestershire Yorkshire	3 months to 29 Aug 2008	Same period last year
Rank	201	222
Rank change on same period last year	+21
Matching contract IT job ads	43	77
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.057 %	0.077 %
As % of the category below	0.592 %	0.878 %
Daily rates quoted	16	49
Average minimum daily rate	£438	£398
Average daily rate	£451	£439
% change on same period last year	+2.75 %
Average maximum daily rate	£465	£480
UK excluding London average daily rate	£390	£409
% change on same period last year	-4.73 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	1
Average minimum hourly rate	-	£40.00
Average hourly rate	-	£41.00
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	£42.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£38.13	£30.50
% change on same period last year	+25.00 %
Processes & Methodologies South East
Matching contract IT job ads	7258	8765
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	9.674 %	8.744 %
Daily rates quoted	2103	2551
Average minimum daily rate	£352	£358
Average daily rate	£374	£379
% change on same period last year	-1.42 %
Average maximum daily rate	£396	£400
UK excluding London average daily rate	£379	£376
% change on same period last year	+0.60 %
Hourly rates quoted	666	857
Average minimum hourly rate	£29.35	£30.17
Average hourly rate	£31.02	£32.12
% change on same period last year	-3.42 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£32.69	£34.06
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£30.35	£30.32
% change on same period last year	+0.10 %
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 South East 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 South East region.

BPR
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing BPR across the South East region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008.

BPR
Hourly Rate Trend

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

BPR
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing BPR within the South East region over the 3 months to 29 August 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
Surrey	+16	12	£600	+41.17 %
Berkshire	+32	8	£568	+41.09 %
Oxfordshire	+4	7	£300	-25.00 %
Thames Valley	-	4	-	-
Isle of Wight	-	3	-	-
Middlesex	+6	3	-	-
Hampshire	0	2	-	-
West Sussex	+5	2	-	-
Buckinghamshire	+10	1	£450	+80.00 %

BPR England

BPR
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 40 (41.67 %) Finance 2 24 (25.00 %) Business Analysis 3 21 (21.88 %) Project Management 4 19 (19.79 %) Government 5 18 (18.75 %) Banking 5 18 (18.75 %) Local Government 5 18 (18.75 %) Change Management 6 17 (17.71 %) SAP 7 12 (12.50 %) Workflow 8 10 (10.42 %) ITIL 9 9 (9.375 %) UML 9 9 (9.375 %) Data Modelling 9 9 (9.375 %) GAP Analysis 9 9 (9.375 %) Cost-Benefit Analysis 10 8 (8.333 %) Data Analysis

11 7 (7.292 %) Investment Banking 12 6 (6.250 %) Pensions 12 6 (6.250 %) C 13 5 (5.208 %) Back Office 13 5 (5.208 %) Systems Analysis 13 5 (5.208 %) Asset Management 13 5 (5.208 %) Test Scripting 14 4 (4.167 %) Use Case 14 4 (4.167 %) Migration 14 4 (4.167 %) Stakeholder Management 14 4 (4.167 %) Derivative 14 4 (4.167 %) SAP HR 14 4 (4.167 %) Telecoms 14 4 (4.167 %) Oracle 14 4 (4.167 %) PRINCE2

BPR
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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.

Application Development 1 1 (1.042 %) XML	Applications 1 4 (4.167 %) MS Excel 1 4 (4.167 %) MS Visio 2 3 (3.125 %) MS Project 3 2 (2.083 %) MS Office 3 2 (2.083 %) CA Clarity
Business Applications 1 4 (4.167 %) SAP HR 2 3 (3.125 %) Oracle Financials 3 2 (2.083 %) Eagle PACE 3 2 (2.083 %) SAP Oil and Gas 4 1 (1.042 %) JDE EnterpriseOne 4 1 (1.042 %) AWD 4 1 (1.042 %) SAP CRM	Database & Business Intelligence 1 4 (4.167 %) Datawarehouse 2 3 (3.125 %) SAP BW 3 1 (1.042 %) IDOL 3 1 (1.042 %) Crystal Reports
Development Applications 1 2 (2.083 %) Rational Rose 1 2 (2.083 %) RequisitePro	General 1 40 (41.67 %) Finance 2 19 (19.79 %) Government 3 18 (18.75 %) Banking 3 18 (18.75 %) Local Government 4 7 (7.292 %) Investment Banking 5 6 (6.250 %) Pensions 6 5 (5.208 %) Back Office 7 4 (4.167 %) Telecoms 8 3 (3.125 %) Education 9 2 (2.083 %) Health 9 2 (2.083 %) Retail Banking 9 2 (2.083 %) Insurance 9 2 (2.083 %) Retail 10 1 (1.042 %) Multimedia 10 1 (1.042 %) Auditing 10 1 (1.042 %) Legal 10 1 (1.042 %) Automotive 10 1 (1.042 %) Financial Institution 10 1 (1.042 %) Front Office
Job Titles 1 63 (65.63 %) Analyst 2 53 (55.21 %) Business Analyst 3 18 (18.75 %) Project Manager 4 9 (9.375 %) Business Manager 5 6 (6.250 %) Systems Analyst 6 5 (5.208 %) Test Analyst 6 5 (5.208 %) Banking Business Analyst 6 5 (5.208 %) SAP Test Analyst 6 5 (5.208 %) SAP Analyst 7 4 (4.167 %) Financial Business Analyst 7 4 (4.167 %) Investment Banking Business Analyst 7 4 (4.167 %) Business Process Analyst 7 4 (4.167 %) Process Analyst 7 4 (4.167 %) Project Analyst 8 3 (3.125 %) Change Manager 8 3 (3.125 %) Business Change Manager 8 3 (3.125 %) Tester 8 3 (3.125 %) Business Project Manager 9 2 (2.083 %) SAP Tester 9 2 (2.083 %) Business Change Analyst	Miscellaneous 1 4 (4.167 %) Derivative 2 2 (2.083 %) Credit Risk 2 2 (2.083 %) E-Learning 3 1 (1.042 %) PMI
Processes & Methodologies 1 24 (25.00 %) Business Analysis 2 21 (21.88 %) Project Management 3 18 (18.75 %) Change Management 4 12 (12.50 %) Workflow 5 10 (10.42 %) ITIL 6 9 (9.375 %) UML 6 9 (9.375 %) GAP Analysis 6 9 (9.375 %) Data Modelling 6 9 (9.375 %) Cost-Benefit Analysis 7 8 (8.333 %) Data Analysis 8 5 (5.208 %) Asset Management 8 5 (5.208 %) Test Scripting 8 5 (5.208 %) Systems Analysis 9 4 (4.167 %) Use Case 9 4 (4.167 %) Migration 9 4 (4.167 %) Stakeholder Management 9 4 (4.167 %) SOA 9 4 (4.167 %) PRINCE2 9 4 (4.167 %) RUP 9 4 (4.167 %) CRM	Programming Languages 1 6 (6.250 %) C
Qualifications 1 1 (1.042 %) ISEB 1 1 (1.042 %) PRINCE2 Certification 1 1 (1.042 %) MBA	Vendors 1 17 (17.71 %) SAP 2 4 (4.167 %) Oracle 2 4 (4.167 %) Microsoft 3 1 (1.042 %) HP 3 1 (1.042 %) Nortel 3 1 (1.042 %) Alcatel 3 1 (1.042 %) Ericsson 3 1 (1.042 %) JD Edwards 3 1 (1.042 %) Accenture 3 1 (1.042 %) NetSuite 3 1 (1.042 %) Cognos 3 1 (1.042 %) Siebel 3 1 (1.042 %) Cisco