The first table below looks at the demand for Business Process Improvement skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Business Process Improvement over the 3 months to 22 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Business Process Improvement (BPI)
Rank 487 490 492
Rank change year-on-year
+3 +2
Contract jobs citing Business Process Improvement 47 96 94
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.100% 0.162% 0.156%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.141% 0.239% 0.231%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 60 65
Average daily rate £423 £425 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-0.58% -15.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £339 £370 £310
10% offered a daily rate of more than £512 £628 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £420 £363
% change year-on-year
-4.76% +15.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £26.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £26.50
All Processes & Methodologies
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
33412 40209 40724
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 70.90% 67.83% 67.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 19968 23081 23144
Average daily rate £413 £401 £440
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.99% -8.97%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £275 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £579 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 990 1304 1455
Average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £28.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+24.00% -12.28%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £12.78 £13.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £50.00 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%

Business Process Improvement
Jobs Demand Trend

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

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 within the UK.

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 within the UK over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

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 within the UK.

Business Process Improvement Hourly Rate Trend

Business Process Improvement
Top 25 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 UK over the 3 months to 22 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 +3 41 £425 -
London +14 24 £450 -
West Midlands +13 5 £325 -
East Midlands -2 5 £400 -4.76%
Northamptonshire +12 4 £404 -3.86%
City of London +8 4 £420 -6.66%
Warwickshire -2 3 £375 -
South East -11 3 £425 +2.10%
Canary Wharf - 3 - -
South West +23 2 £500 +19.76%
Wiltshire +10 2 £500 +19.76%
Oxfordshire +4 2 £425 -
Swindon +2 2 £500 +19.76%
Northampton +2 2 £438 +4.16%
North West - 2 £340 -
Warwick -3 1 - -
Scotland -16 1 £450 -
Leicestershire - 1 £400 -
Lancashire - 1 £340 -
Berkshire - 1 £310 -
Wolverhampton - 1 £310 -
Reading - 1 £310 -
Preston - 1 £340 -
Leicester - 1 £400 -
Kingston Upon Thames - 1 - -

Business Process Improvement
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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 36 (37.11%) Finance
2 35 (36.08%) Business Analysis
3 27 (27.84%) Stakeholder Management
4 26 (26.80%) Process Improvement
5 24 (24.74%) Change Management
6 17 (17.53%) Six Sigma
7 16 (16.49%) Project Management
8 15 (15.46%) Migration
9 13 (13.40%) BPR
9 13 (13.40%) Requirements Analysis
9 13 (13.40%) Lean Six Sigma
10 12 (12.37%) GAP Analysis
11 11 (11.34%) Banking
12 10 (10.31%) Business Transformation
13 9 (9.278%) ITIL
14 8 (8.247%) CRM
14 8 (8.247%) SAP
14 8 (8.247%) Analytics
15 7 (7.216%) Retail Banking
15 7 (7.216%) Enterprise Architecture
15 7 (7.216%) Business Intelligence
15 7 (7.216%) Retail
16 6 (6.186%) Data Analysis
16 6 (6.186%) Process Management
16 6 (6.186%) Telecoms
16 6 (6.186%) Data Warehouse
16 6 (6.186%) User Acceptance Testing
16 6 (6.186%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 5 (5.155%) Requirements Management
17 5 (5.155%) NHS

Business Process Improvement
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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 3 (3.093%) SOAP
2 1 (1.031%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 5 (5.155%) MS Exchange
2 4 (4.124%) CMS
2 4 (4.124%) SharePoint
3 3 (3.093%) BizTalk Server
4 1 (1.031%) SharePoint 2010
4 1 (1.031%) ESB
4 1 (1.031%) Lotus Domino
Applications
1 5 (5.155%) MS Visio
2 2 (2.062%) MS PowerPoint
2 2 (2.062%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 4 (4.124%) SAP Oil and Gas
2 1 (1.031%) Cognos Business Intelligence
2 1 (1.031%) SAP MM
2 1 (1.031%) SAP SD
2 1 (1.031%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.031%) VisionPLUS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.093%) VLAN
1 3 (3.093%) HTTP
2 2 (2.062%) Wireless
2 2 (2.062%) Broadband
2 2 (2.062%) Ethernet
2 2 (2.062%) Radio Access Network
3 1 (1.031%) ATM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (6.186%) Data Warehouse
2 5 (5.155%) OLAP
3 4 (4.124%) SAP BW
3 4 (4.124%) BusinessObjects
3 4 (4.124%) SAP HANA
3 4 (4.124%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
4 2 (2.062%) SQL Server
5 1 (1.031%) SQL Server 2012
5 1 (1.031%) SQL Server 2008
5 1 (1.031%) SQL Server 2000
5 1 (1.031%) SAP BI
5 1 (1.031%) DecisionStream
5 1 (1.031%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 1 (1.031%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 36 (37.11%) Finance
2 11 (11.34%) Banking
3 7 (7.216%) Retail Banking
3 7 (7.216%) Retail
4 6 (6.186%) Telecoms
5 5 (5.155%) Legal
6 4 (4.124%) Marketing
7 3 (3.093%) Investment Banking
7 3 (3.093%) Front Office
7 3 (3.093%) Back Office
8 2 (2.062%) Manufacturing
9 1 (1.031%) German Language
9 1 (1.031%) Law
Job Titles
1 57 (58.76%) Analyst
2 52 (53.61%) Business Analyst
3 10 (10.31%) Consultant
4 9 (9.278%) Process Analyst
5 8 (8.247%) Programme Manager
6 6 (6.186%) Business Manager
6 6 (6.186%) Business Process Analyst
6 6 (6.186%) Senior Business Analyst
6 6 (6.186%) Senior Analyst
6 6 (6.186%) Project Manager
7 4 (4.124%) Change Manager
8 3 (3.093%) Process Improvement Analyst
8 3 (3.093%) Process Engineer
8 3 (3.093%) Technical Business Analyst
8 3 (3.093%) SAP Business Analyst
8 3 (3.093%) Technical Analyst
8 3 (3.093%) SAP Consultant
8 3 (3.093%) Business Change Manager
9 2 (2.062%) Process Consultant
9 2 (2.062%) Developer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (5.155%) NHS
1 5 (5.155%) Management Information System
2 2 (2.062%) Client/Server
2 2 (2.062%) Credit Risk
3 1 (1.031%) iPad
3 1 (1.031%) FMCG
3 1 (1.031%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 4 (4.124%) Windows
2 3 (3.093%) Windows Server 2008
2 3 (3.093%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (1.031%) Windows 7
3 1 (1.031%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (1.031%) UNIX
3 1 (1.031%) Solaris
3 1 (1.031%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (36.08%) Business Analysis
2 27 (27.84%) Stakeholder Management
3 26 (26.80%) Process Improvement
4 24 (24.74%) Change Management
5 17 (17.53%) Six Sigma
6 16 (16.49%) Project Management
7 15 (15.46%) Migration
8 13 (13.40%) BPR
8 13 (13.40%) Requirements Analysis
8 13 (13.40%) Lean Six Sigma
9 12 (12.37%) GAP Analysis
10 10 (10.31%) Business Transformation
11 9 (9.278%) ITIL
12 8 (8.247%) CRM
12 8 (8.247%) Analytics
13 7 (7.216%) Enterprise Architecture
13 7 (7.216%) Business Intelligence
14 6 (6.186%) Data Analysis
14 6 (6.186%) Process Management
14 6 (6.186%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 5 (5.155%) C
Qualifications
1 4 (4.124%) Degree
2 3 (3.093%) ISEB
2 3 (3.093%) MOS
3 2 (2.062%) Six Sigma Black Belt
3 2 (2.062%) Security Cleared
3 2 (2.062%) Six Sigma Green Belt
4 1 (1.031%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 1 (1.031%) SC Cleared
4 1 (1.031%) DV Cleared
4 1 (1.031%) CITP
4 1 (1.031%) PMI Certification
4 1 (1.031%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.062%) QA
2 1 (1.031%) Basel III
2 1 (1.031%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.031%) Basel II
2 1 (1.031%) SLA
Systems Management
1 3 (3.093%) HP SiteScope
2 1 (1.031%) Control-M
Vendors
1 8 (8.247%) SAP
2 5 (5.155%) Business Objects
3 4 (4.124%) Red Hat
3 4 (4.124%) Microsoft
4 3 (3.093%) Citrix
4 3 (3.093%) HP
5 2 (2.062%) BT
6 1 (1.031%) Murex
6 1 (1.031%) Informatica
6 1 (1.031%) Lotus
6 1 (1.031%) Oracle
6 1 (1.031%) Cognos
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