West Yorkshire BPR Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Business Process Reengineering (BPR) skills within the West Yorkshire 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 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Business Process Reengineering (BPR)
Location Andover Barnsley Basingstoke Berkshire Birmingham Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Bristol Buckinghamshire Canary Wharf Cheshire City of London Docklands, London Dorset East Anglia East Midlands East of England England Essex Glasgow Gloucestershire Halifax Hampshire Hertfordshire Isle of Wight Lancashire Leeds Leek London Manchester Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newport Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Poole Preston Reading Rotherham Salisbury Scotland Shropshire 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 20 Aug 2008	Same period last year
Rank	73	86
Rank change on same period last year	+13
Matching contract IT job ads	18	10
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.024 %	0.010 %
As % of the category below	1.676 %	1.001 %
Daily rates quoted	5	3
Average minimum daily rate	£376	£300
Average daily rate	£413	£358
% change on same period last year	+15.25 %
Average maximum daily rate	£450	£417
UK excluding London average daily rate	£371	£409
% change on same period last year	-9.25 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£38.13	£30.50
% change on same period last year	+25.00 %
Processes & Methodologies West Yorkshire
Matching contract IT job ads	1074	999
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	1.417 %	0.995 %
Daily rates quoted	332	198
Average minimum daily rate	£339	£340
Average daily rate	£362	£364
% change on same period last year	-0.46 %
Average maximum daily rate	£386	£388
UK excluding London average daily rate	£380	£377
% change on same period last year	+0.71 %
Hourly rates quoted	33	60
Average minimum hourly rate	£22.48	£24.11
Average hourly rate	£25.00	£25.31
% change on same period last year	-1.19 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£27.53	£26.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£30.34	£30.18
% change on same period last year	+0.55 %
BPR Yorkshire

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 West Yorkshire 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 West Yorkshire region.

BPR
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing BPR across the West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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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 West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 20 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
Leeds	-1	9	£350	-22.22 %
Bradford	-	5	£355	-
Halifax	-	1	-	-

BPR Yorkshire

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire 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 14 (41.18 %) Finance 2 8 (23.53 %) Retail 3 7 (20.59 %) Business Analysis 4 5 (14.71 %) EPoS 5 4 (11.76 %) Six Sigma 5 4 (11.76 %) Project Management 5 4 (11.76 %) Change Management 5 4 (11.76 %) Retalix 6 3 (8.824 %) PACS 6 3 (8.824 %) Sarbanes-Oxley 6 3 (8.824 %) NHS 7 2 (5.882 %) Oracle 7 2 (5.882 %) PRINCE2 7 2 (5.882 %) UML 7 2 (5.882 %) ERP

7 2 (5.882 %) NPfIT 7 2 (5.882 %) Service Delivery 7 2 (5.882 %) Risk Management 7 2 (5.882 %) Health 7 2 (5.882 %) Requirements Analysis 7 2 (5.882 %) Lean Six Sigma 8 1 (2.941 %) Use Case 8 1 (2.941 %) Data Conversion 8 1 (2.941 %) Project Planning 8 1 (2.941 %) Systems Analysis 8 1 (2.941 %) Stakeholder Management 8 1 (2.941 %) TOWER Software 8 1 (2.941 %) Oracle ERP 8 1 (2.941 %) DMAIC 8 1 (2.941 %) Workflow

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire 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.

Business Applications 1 1 (2.941 %) Oracle ERP	Development Applications 1 1 (2.941 %) Rational Rose
General 1 14 (41.18 %) Finance 2 8 (23.53 %) Retail 3 2 (5.882 %) Health 4 1 (2.941 %) Aerospace 4 1 (2.941 %) Financial Institution	Job Titles 1 26 (76.47 %) Analyst 2 24 (70.59 %) Business Analyst 3 8 (23.53 %) Process Analyst 4 7 (20.59 %) Business Process Analyst 5 4 (11.76 %) Technical Engineer 5 4 (11.76 %) Radio Access Network Engineer 6 3 (8.824 %) Business Manager 7 2 (5.882 %) Senior Business Analyst 7 2 (5.882 %) Process Engineer 7 2 (5.882 %) Change Analyst 7 2 (5.882 %) Senior Analyst 7 2 (5.882 %) Change Manager 7 2 (5.882 %) Business Change Manager 7 2 (5.882 %) Business Change Analyst 8 1 (2.941 %) Financial Services Business Analyst 8 1 (2.941 %) Business Architect 8 1 (2.941 %) Business Project Manager 8 1 (2.941 %) Financial Business Analyst 8 1 (2.941 %) Business Change Project Manager 8 1 (2.941 %) Senior Business Process Analyst
Miscellaneous 1 5 (14.71 %) EPoS 2 3 (8.824 %) PACS 2 3 (8.824 %) NHS 3 2 (5.882 %) NPfIT 4 1 (2.941 %) Data Conversion	Processes & Methodologies 1 7 (20.59 %) Business Analysis 2 4 (11.76 %) Six Sigma 2 4 (11.76 %) Project Management 2 4 (11.76 %) Change Management 3 2 (5.882 %) PRINCE2 3 2 (5.882 %) UML 3 2 (5.882 %) ERP 3 2 (5.882 %) Service Delivery 3 2 (5.882 %) Risk Management 3 2 (5.882 %) Requirements Analysis 3 2 (5.882 %) Lean Six Sigma 4 1 (2.941 %) Use Case 4 1 (2.941 %) Project Planning 4 1 (2.941 %) Systems Analysis 4 1 (2.941 %) Stakeholder Management 4 1 (2.941 %) DMAIC 4 1 (2.941 %) Workflow 4 1 (2.941 %) E-business 4 1 (2.941 %) E-Commerce 4 1 (2.941 %) PRINCE
Qualifications 1 1 (2.941 %) PMP 1 1 (2.941 %) PMI Certification	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 3 (8.824 %) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors 1 4 (11.76 %) Retalix 2 2 (5.882 %) Oracle 3 1 (2.941 %) TOWER Software