The first table below looks at the demand for BPR skills in IT contracts advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited BPR 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 for the West Midlands 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Business Process Reengineering (BPR)
Rank 90 106 98
Rank change year-on-year
+16 -8
Contract jobs citing BPR 9 4 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.537% 0.175% 0.054%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.801% 0.275% 0.085%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 2 1
Average daily rate £325 £325 £260
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +25.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £400 £400
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £18.75 -
% change year-on-year
+17.33% -
All Processes & Methodologies
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1123 1452 1170
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 66.96% 63.54% 63.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 541 680 543
Average daily rate £333 £330 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+0.75% -5.71%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £230 £234 £203
10% offered a daily rate of more than £523 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 74 72 71
Average hourly rate £37.80 £20.26 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+86.62% -18.98%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
BPR
England

BPR
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands 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 across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands BPR Daily Rate Trend

BPR
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing BPR across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

West Midlands 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 across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands BPR Hourly Rate Trend

BPR
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 West Midlands region 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
Coventry +5 3 £240 -4.00%
Wolverhampton - 1 £310 -
Staffordshire - 1 £320 -
Worcestershire - 1 £400 -
Birmingham - 1 £550 -
BPR
England

BPR
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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 8 (50.00%) Change Management
2 6 (37.50%) Finance
3 4 (25.00%) Marketing
4 3 (18.75%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 3 (18.75%) Business Analysis
4 3 (18.75%) PRINCE2
5 2 (12.50%) CRM
5 2 (12.50%) Microsoft
5 2 (12.50%) Business Process Improvement
6 1 (6.250%) Oracle
6 1 (6.250%) Portfolio Management
6 1 (6.250%) Business Transformation
6 1 (6.250%) QA
6 1 (6.250%) Lean Six Sigma
6 1 (6.250%) Wealth Management
6 1 (6.250%) Use Case
6 1 (6.250%) User Acceptance Testing
6 1 (6.250%) System Testing
6 1 (6.250%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 1 (6.250%) BPMN
6 1 (6.250%) Data Migration
6 1 (6.250%) Security Cleared
6 1 (6.250%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (6.250%) Capacity Planning
6 1 (6.250%) Active Directory
6 1 (6.250%) ISEB
6 1 (6.250%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 1 (6.250%) Agresso
6 1 (6.250%) NHS
6 1 (6.250%) PRINCE

BPR
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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.

Applications
1 1 (6.250%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (6.250%) Agresso
1 1 (6.250%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (6.250%) Oracle HRMS
General
1 6 (37.50%) Finance
2 4 (25.00%) Marketing
3 1 (6.250%) Local Government
3 1 (6.250%) Front Office
3 1 (6.250%) Banking
3 1 (6.250%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 7 (43.75%) Business Analyst
1 7 (43.75%) Analyst
2 5 (31.25%) Project Manager
3 2 (12.50%) Portfolio Manager
4 1 (6.250%) Business Change Analyst
4 1 (6.250%) Designer
4 1 (6.250%) NHS Business Analyst
4 1 (6.250%) Senior Manager
4 1 (6.250%) Applications Support
4 1 (6.250%) Senior Business Analyst
4 1 (6.250%) PRINCE2 Project Manager
4 1 (6.250%) Senior Analyst
4 1 (6.250%) Change Analyst
4 1 (6.250%) Business Project Manager
4 1 (6.250%) Business Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.250%) Cloud Computing
1 1 (6.250%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (50.00%) Change Management
2 3 (18.75%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 3 (18.75%) Business Analysis
2 3 (18.75%) PRINCE2
3 2 (12.50%) CRM
3 2 (12.50%) Business Process Improvement
4 1 (6.250%) Portfolio Management
4 1 (6.250%) Business Transformation
4 1 (6.250%) Lean Six Sigma
4 1 (6.250%) Wealth Management
4 1 (6.250%) Use Case
4 1 (6.250%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (6.250%) System Testing
4 1 (6.250%) BPMN
4 1 (6.250%) Data Migration
4 1 (6.250%) Capacity Planning
4 1 (6.250%) PRINCE
4 1 (6.250%) Six Sigma
4 1 (6.250%) Project Management
4 1 (6.250%) ERP
Qualifications
1 1 (6.250%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
1 1 (6.250%) Security Cleared
1 1 (6.250%) ISEB
1 1 (6.250%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.250%) QA
1 1 (6.250%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (6.250%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (6.250%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 2 (12.50%) Microsoft
2 1 (6.250%) Oracle
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