Business Process Improvement Contracts

Business Process Improvement (BPI)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Business Process Improvement skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Business Process Improvement over the 6 months to 19 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 566 663 775
Rank change year-on-year +97 +112 -134
Contract jobs citing Business Process Improvement 20 53 80
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.046% 0.087% 0.089%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.053% 0.097% 0.098%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 40 61
10th Percentile £448 £400 £363
25th Percentile £489 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £592 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.32% +18.43% +17.65%
75th Percentile - £650 £550
90th Percentile £611 £700 £600
UK excluding London median daily rate £538 £550 £478
% change year-on-year -2.27% +15.18% +19.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £32.00 - -
Median hourly rate £34.00 £43.86 -
Median % change year-on-year -22.48% - -
75th Percentile £36.00 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Business Process Improvement is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,706 54,523 81,413
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.36% 89.87% 90.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,375 37,727 57,191
10th Percentile £300 £325 £338
25th Percentile £413 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +9.38%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +10.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,416 1,789 1,947
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.38 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 £36.31 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.59% +45.22% -
75th Percentile £58.70 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £71.88 £75.00 £63.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £35.00 £36.00 £19.96
% change year-on-year -2.78% +80.41% -7.83%

Business Process Improvement
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Business Process Improvement as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Business Process Improvement in the UK

Business Process Improvement
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Business Process Improvement.

Daily rate trend for Business Process Improvement in the UK

Business Process Improvement
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Process Improvement over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Business Process Improvement in the UK

Business Process Improvement
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Business Process Improvement.

Hourly rate trend for Business Process Improvement in the UK

Business Process Improvement
Top 7 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Business Process Improvement within the UK over the 6 months to 19 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +82 17 £600 +1.32% 21
London +91 12 £600 -7.69% 10
UK excluding London +55 7 £538 -2.27% 10
Work from Home +108 3 £475 -13.64% 7
Scotland +42 3 £452 -21.48%
South West +23 3 £600 - 1
South East +11 1 £475 -20.74% 3

Business Process Improvement
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 3 (15.00%) govService
Applications
1 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (5.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (5.00%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (15.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (5.00%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (5.00%) SAP SD
2 1 (5.00%) SAP Travel Management
Cloud Services
1 1 (5.00%) Azure
1 1 (5.00%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (5.00%) Oracle CX
Communications & Networking
1 3 (15.00%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.00%) Data Warehouse
General
1 4 (20.00%) Public Sector
1 4 (20.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (15.00%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (15.00%) Local Government
3 2 (10.00%) Marketing
3 2 (10.00%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (5.00%) Advertising
4 1 (5.00%) Billing
4 1 (5.00%) Electronics
4 1 (5.00%) Finance
4 1 (5.00%) Manufacturing
4 1 (5.00%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (5.00%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (5.00%) Publishing
4 1 (5.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 10 (50.00%) Analyst
2 7 (35.00%) Business Analyst
3 6 (30.00%) Senior
4 5 (25.00%) Senior Analyst
4 5 (25.00%) Senior Business Analyst
5 3 (15.00%) Data Analyst
5 3 (15.00%) Data Quality Analyst
5 3 (15.00%) Head of Customer Experience
5 3 (15.00%) Head of Digital
5 3 (15.00%) Quality Analyst
6 2 (10.00%) Consultant
6 2 (10.00%) SAP Analyst
6 2 (10.00%) SAP Business Analyst
6 2 (10.00%) Treasury Business Analyst
7 1 (5.00%) Architect
7 1 (5.00%) Change Manager
7 1 (5.00%) SAP Consultant
7 1 (5.00%) Senior Manager
7 1 (5.00%) Service Analyst
7 1 (5.00%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.00%) SAP TM
Miscellaneous
1 2 (10.00%) Product Ownership
2 1 (5.00%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (5.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (100.00%) Process Improvement
2 7 (35.00%) Agile
3 6 (30.00%) CRM
4 5 (25.00%) Business Analysis
4 5 (25.00%) Change Management
5 4 (20.00%) Customer Experience
5 4 (20.00%) Customer Service
5 4 (20.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
5 4 (20.00%) GAP Analysis
5 4 (20.00%) Quality Management
5 4 (20.00%) Requirements Gathering
5 4 (20.00%) Target Operating Model
6 3 (15.00%) Business Case
6 3 (15.00%) Data Categorisation
6 3 (15.00%) Decision-Making
6 3 (15.00%) Digital Customer Experience
6 3 (15.00%) Digital Strategy
6 3 (15.00%) Information Governance
6 3 (15.00%) Service Design
6 3 (15.00%) User Research
Programming Languages
1 3 (15.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (5.00%) Six Sigma Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (30.00%) Data Quality
2 3 (15.00%) Accessibility
3 1 (5.00%) Disclosure Scotland
3 1 (5.00%) GDPR
3 1 (5.00%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 5 (25.00%) SAP
2 1 (5.00%) Marketo
2 1 (5.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.00%) Oracle
2 1 (5.00%) Pardot
2 1 (5.00%) Salesforce
2 1 (5.00%) ServiceNow