The first table below looks at the demand for BPR skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited BPR 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.

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 Reengineering (BPR)
Rank 372 390 339
Rank change year-on-year
+18 -51
Contract jobs citing BPR 172 200 266
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.364% 0.342% 0.442%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.514% 0.505% 0.653%
Number of daily rates quoted 129 140 210
Average daily rate £425 £450 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.55% -10.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £335 £330
10% offered a daily rate of more than £705 £625 £603
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £400 £400
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 0
Average hourly rate £22.00 £18.75 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+17.33% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £18.75 -
% change year-on-year
+17.33% -
All Processes & Methodologies
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
33459 39616 40749
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 70.87% 67.77% 67.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 19984 22785 23155
Average daily rate £413 £401 £438
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.99% -8.45%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £275 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £580 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 998 1285 1448
Average hourly rate £31.50 £25.00 £29.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+26.00% -13.79%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £12.50 £13.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £50.00 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.50 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.00% -16.66%

BPR
Jobs Demand Trend

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

BPR Jobs Demand Trend

BPR
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing BPR within the UK.

BPR Daily Rate Trend

BPR
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing BPR within the UK over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

BPR Daily Rate Histogram

BPR
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing BPR within the UK.

BPR Hourly Rate Trend

BPR
Top 30 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 UK 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
England +15 155 £425 -5.55%
London -26 62 £525 +5.00%
East Midlands +15 29 £425 +6.12%
South West +26 18 £418 -8.74%
South East +8 16 £333 -13.63%
Northamptonshire +14 15 £425 +6.12%
City of London -12 15 £488 -11.36%
Northampton +15 14 £425 +6.12%
Wiltshire +8 13 £420 -11.34%
Swindon +3 13 £420 -11.34%
Scotland -7 13 £400 +1.58%
North West +23 9 £338 -6.89%
West Midlands +18 9 £325 -
East of England +12 7 £150 -64.70%
Oxford +9 7 £180 -
Oxfordshire +4 7 £180 -
Lincolnshire - 7 - -
Edinburgh +12 6 £425 -
Glasgow -18 6 £350 -11.11%
West Yorkshire +4 5 - -
Yorkshire +4 5 - -
Leeds -4 5 - -
Milton Keynes +8 4 £305 -
Buckinghamshire +2 4 £305 -
Essex - 4 £150 -
Manchester - 4 £338 -
Chelmsford - 4 £150 -
Surrey +11 3 £333 +10.83%
Bristol +8 3 £365 -2.66%
Coventry +2 3 £240 -4.00%

BPR
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

1 126 (37.84%) Finance
2 82 (24.62%) Stakeholder Management
3 75 (22.52%) Banking
4 67 (20.12%) Business Analysis
5 57 (17.12%) Project Management
6 53 (15.92%) UML
7 49 (14.71%) Change Management
8 47 (14.11%) Business Transformation
9 45 (13.51%) MS Visio
10 37 (11.11%) GAP Analysis
11 35 (10.51%) Workflow
12 32 (9.610%) PRINCE2
12 32 (9.610%) Requirements Analysis
13 31 (9.309%) Retail
14 27 (8.108%) Microsoft
15 26 (7.808%) SSADM
15 26 (7.808%) Investment Banking
16 25 (7.508%) Management Information System
16 25 (7.508%) DSDM
17 23 (6.907%) Six Sigma
17 23 (6.907%) Degree
18 21 (6.306%) ITIL
19 20 (6.006%) Asset Management
19 20 (6.006%) SAP
20 19 (5.706%) MS Office
20 19 (5.706%) Performance Management
20 19 (5.706%) BPMN
21 17 (5.105%) CRM
21 17 (5.105%) Stakeholder Engagement
22 15 (4.505%) Lean Six Sigma

BPR
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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 6 (1.802%) SOAP
2 5 (1.502%) Middleware
3 4 (1.201%) Web Services
3 4 (1.201%) XML
4 3 (0.901%) WCF
4 3 (0.901%) WSDL
4 3 (0.901%) XML Schema
5 2 (0.601%) JMS
5 2 (0.601%) .NET
5 2 (0.601%) WebSphere
6 1 (0.300%) HTML5
6 1 (0.300%) WPF
6 1 (0.300%) WF
6 1 (0.300%) Ajax
6 1 (0.300%) ASP.NET
6 1 (0.300%) CSS
6 1 (0.300%) XHTML
Application Platforms
1 9 (2.703%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.502%) SharePoint 2010
3 4 (1.201%) WebLogic
4 3 (0.901%) CMS
5 2 (0.601%) BizTalk Server
5 2 (0.601%) Tomcat
5 2 (0.601%) IIS
5 2 (0.601%) Mule
6 1 (0.300%) ESB
6 1 (0.300%) SharePoint Server
6 1 (0.300%) SharePoint 2013
6 1 (0.300%) SAS
Applications
1 45 (13.51%) MS Visio
2 19 (5.706%) MS Office
3 10 (3.003%) MS Project
4 9 (2.703%) MS Excel
5 5 (1.502%) MS PowerPoint
6 1 (0.300%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.300%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 7 (2.102%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.901%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 2 (0.601%) SAP PP
3 2 (0.601%) Dynamics AX
3 2 (0.601%) Dynamics NAV
3 2 (0.601%) SAP BPC
3 2 (0.601%) Eagle PACE
4 1 (0.300%) Oracle EBS R12
4 1 (0.300%) Oracle HRMS
4 1 (0.300%) SAP CRM
4 1 (0.300%) Oracle Payroll
4 1 (0.300%) PeopleSoft Financials
4 1 (0.300%) SAP SD
4 1 (0.300%) Agresso
4 1 (0.300%) Endur
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.802%) HTTP
1 6 (1.802%) Intranet
2 4 (1.201%) WAN
3 3 (0.901%) VLAN
4 2 (0.601%) CTI
4 2 (0.601%) Internet
4 2 (0.601%) LAN
4 2 (0.601%) Firewall
5 1 (0.300%) SMS
5 1 (0.300%) HTTPS
5 1 (0.300%) Extranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (4.505%) Data Warehouse
2 8 (2.402%) MS Access
2 8 (2.402%) GIS
3 1 (0.300%) Big Data
3 1 (0.300%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.300%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (0.300%) EDRMS
Development Applications
1 2 (0.601%) XMLSpy
2 1 (0.300%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (0.300%) TestPartner
2 1 (0.300%) Visual Studio
General
1 126 (37.84%) Finance
2 75 (22.52%) Banking
3 31 (9.309%) Retail
4 26 (7.808%) Investment Banking
5 15 (4.505%) Front Office
6 12 (3.604%) Retail Banking
7 9 (2.703%) Telecoms
7 9 (2.703%) Local Government
8 6 (1.802%) Manufacturing
8 6 (1.802%) Marketing
9 5 (1.502%) Automotive
9 5 (1.502%) Legal
9 5 (1.502%) Back Office
10 2 (0.601%) Pharmaceutical
10 2 (0.601%) Publishing
10 2 (0.601%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.300%) Corporate Banking
11 1 (0.300%) Private Banking
11 1 (0.300%) General Ledger
11 1 (0.300%) Billing
Job Titles
1 187 (56.16%) Analyst
2 181 (54.35%) Business Analyst
3 58 (17.42%) Project Manager
4 21 (6.306%) Architect
4 21 (6.306%) Process Analyst
5 20 (6.006%) Senior Business Analyst
5 20 (6.006%) Senior Analyst
6 19 (5.706%) Consultant
7 18 (5.405%) Business Process Analyst
8 12 (3.604%) Solutions Architect
8 12 (3.604%) Business Manager
9 10 (3.003%) Programme Manager
10 9 (2.703%) Systems Analyst
11 8 (2.402%) Business Systems Analyst
11 8 (2.402%) Project Officer
11 8 (2.402%) Change Manager
12 6 (1.802%) Performance Manager
12 6 (1.802%) Financial Business Analyst
12 6 (1.802%) Business Process Manager
12 6 (1.802%) Process Manager
Miscellaneous
1 25 (7.508%) Management Information System
2 6 (1.802%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 6 (1.802%) NHS
2 6 (1.802%) Fixed Income
2 6 (1.802%) Computer Science
3 3 (0.901%) Reference Data
3 3 (0.901%) Data Integration
3 3 (0.901%) Client/Server
4 2 (0.601%) Equities
4 2 (0.601%) Credit Risk
4 2 (0.601%) Derivative
4 2 (0.601%) SaaS
4 2 (0.601%) SWIFT
5 1 (0.300%) FMCG
5 1 (0.300%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (0.300%) iPad
5 1 (0.300%) Smartphone
5 1 (0.300%) DTCC
5 1 (0.300%) CMDB
5 1 (0.300%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 7 (2.102%) Windows
2 3 (0.901%) Windows Server 2008
2 3 (0.901%) Windows Server 2003
3 2 (0.601%) HPUX
3 2 (0.601%) Solaris
3 2 (0.601%) Linux
3 2 (0.601%) UNIX
4 1 (0.300%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 82 (24.62%) Stakeholder Management
2 67 (20.12%) Business Analysis
3 57 (17.12%) Project Management
4 53 (15.92%) UML
5 49 (14.71%) Change Management
6 47 (14.11%) Business Transformation
7 37 (11.11%) GAP Analysis
8 35 (10.51%) Workflow
9 32 (9.610%) PRINCE2
9 32 (9.610%) Requirements Analysis
10 26 (7.808%) SSADM
11 25 (7.508%) DSDM
12 23 (6.907%) Six Sigma
13 21 (6.306%) ITIL
14 20 (6.006%) Asset Management
15 19 (5.706%) Performance Management
15 19 (5.706%) BPMN
16 17 (5.105%) CRM
16 17 (5.105%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 15 (4.505%) Lean Six Sigma
Programming Languages
1 9 (2.703%) SQL
2 6 (1.802%) C#
3 3 (0.901%) VBA
3 3 (0.901%) Perl
4 2 (0.601%) Smalltalk
4 2 (0.601%) C++
4 2 (0.601%) Java
5 1 (0.300%) C
5 1 (0.300%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.300%) PL/SQL
5 1 (0.300%) VB
5 1 (0.300%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 23 (6.907%) Degree
2 11 (3.303%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 10 (3.003%) ISEB
4 8 (2.402%) Security Cleared
5 4 (1.201%) SC Cleared
6 2 (0.601%) PMI Certification
6 2 (0.601%) ITIL Certification
6 2 (0.601%) CBAP
7 1 (0.300%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 1 (0.300%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.300%) Six Sigma Green Belt
7 1 (0.300%) Six Sigma Master Black Belt
7 1 (0.300%) Six Sigma Black Belt
7 1 (0.300%) MBA
7 1 (0.300%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (3.303%) Basel III
1 11 (3.303%) Basel II
2 10 (3.003%) Solvency II
3 8 (2.402%) QA
4 6 (1.802%) PCI DSS
5 5 (1.502%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 4 (1.201%) ISO 9000
6 4 (1.201%) ISO 9001
7 3 (0.901%) SLA
8 2 (0.601%) Data Quality
9 1 (0.300%) FATCA
9 1 (0.300%) MiFID
9 1 (0.300%) ISO/IEC 17799
System Software
1 1 (0.300%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (0.901%) HP SiteScope
2 1 (0.300%) Splunk
2 1 (0.300%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 27 (8.108%) Microsoft
2 20 (6.006%) SAP
3 7 (2.102%) Oracle
4 5 (1.502%) IBM
5 4 (1.201%) Ariba
5 4 (1.201%) Guidewire
6 3 (0.901%) Red Hat
6 3 (0.901%) HP
6 3 (0.901%) Citrix
7 2 (0.601%) Reuters
7 2 (0.601%) Avaya
7 2 (0.601%) Sun
7 2 (0.601%) Informatica
7 2 (0.601%) JBoss
7 2 (0.601%) Vignette
7 2 (0.601%) Casewise
7 2 (0.601%) Northgate
7 2 (0.601%) Hummingbird
7 2 (0.601%) Open Text
7 2 (0.601%) Vermilion
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Providing support to its stakeholders the group provides business analysis, systems design and implementation services. We seek an experienced Business Analyst to lead and manage the migration to...
TWI
Posted: 10 May 2013
North West England
They are specifically looking for consultants with extremely strong Business Change/Business Process Re-Engineering Skills. Responsibilities: You will be helping the client completely re-shape their processes...
Salt
Rate: £400 - £450 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
Business Analysis, Business Analyst, Functional Architect, Architecture, Energy, B2B, process, transformation, change, BPO, BPR, stakeholder, function, design, requirements, Manchester, Northwest, North West... with B2B energy experience is required...
AMsource Technology
Rate: From £325 to £350 per day DoE
Posted: 17 May 2013
London
There will also be a significant data migration challenge as the new system will replace several existing solutions... modelling activities, transaction flows, and use cases... Proven Business Process...
Xperian Recruitment Limited
Rate: From £374 to £375 per day
Posted: 20 May 2013
London, Kent, Beckenham, South East
There will also be a significant data migration challenge as the new system will replace several existing solutions.You will be joining a team of 5 Business Analysts...
Xperian Recruitment Limited
Rate: To £375 per day dependent on experience
Posted: 20 May 2013
Beckenham
Business Analysts, SDLC, UML, Software, London We urgently require an experienced Business Analysts to work on a large project extending beyond 2013... There will also be a significant...
Xperian Recruitment Limited
Rate: Up to £65k Pro Rata on an inital 6 month contract
Posted: 20 May 2013
Beckenham, Kent
There will also be a significant data migration challenge as the new system will replace several existing solutions... Proven Business Process Re-Engineering (BPR) experience. Experience of MagicDraw,...
Xperian Recruitment Limited
Rate: To £65k pro rata on an initial 6 month fixed term contract + benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
West Midlands
My client is now seeking an experienced interim/contract Lean/Six Sigma Business Analyst, with strong Business Process improvement / re-engineering skills (BPR). Contributing to a larger programme...
Hudson
Rate: £300 - £350 per day
Posted: 14 May 2013
Northampton, Northamptonshire
You will have experience of business change, business transformation, BPR backgrounds with process mapping experience, requirements gathering, gap analysis, requirements capture, workshop facilitation, etc... Very experienced in requirements...
Clarity Resourcing Ltd
Rate: £399 - £450 per day
Posted: 16 May 2013
Swindon, Wiltshire
You will have experience of business change, business transformation, BPR backgrounds with process mapping experience, requirements gathering, gap analysis, requirements capture, workshop facilitation, etc... Very experienced in requirements...
Clarity Resourcing Ltd
Rate: £375 - £400 per day
Posted: 16 May 2013