The first table below looks at the demand for Business Process Improvement skills in IT jobs advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs 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 for the England region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Business Process Improvement (BPI)
Rank 714 733 651
Rank change year-on-year
+19 -82
Permanent jobs citing Business Process Improvement 126 139 190
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 0.124% 0.121% 0.164%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.162% 0.162% 0.223%
Number of salaries quoted 92 110 158
Average salary £50,000 £44,875 £62,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+11.42% -28.20%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,100 £34,500 £42,500
10% offered a salary of more than £72,500 £70,000 £80,000
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £42,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year
+17.64% -15.00%
All Processes & Methodologies
England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
77891 86068 85027
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 76.57% 74.71% 73.45%
Number of salaries quoted 64634 73676 71655
Average salary £46,000 £47,500 £47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-3.15% -
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £72,500 £75,000 £75,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Business Process Improvement
UK

Business Process Improvement
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England Business Process Improvement Jobs Demand Trend

Business Process Improvement
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Business Process Improvement across the England region.

England Business Process Improvement Salary Trend

Business Process Improvement
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Business Process Improvement across the England region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

England Business Process Improvement Salary Histogram

Business Process Improvement
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Business Process Improvement within the England 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
South East +17 61 £57,500 +53.33%
London +38 27 £52,500 -19.23%
East of England +4 8 £42,500 -10.52%
North West -10 8 £65,678 +38.26%
Yorkshire -14 8 £50,000 +11.73%
West Midlands -5 6 £37,500 -16.66%
South West +3 4 £43,750 +13.63%
East Midlands 0 1 £42,500 -22.72%
North East - 1 £45,000 -
Business Process Improvement
UK

Business Process Improvement
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the England region 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Business Process Improvement.

1 84 (36.36%) Finance
2 81 (35.06%) Process Improvement
3 76 (32.90%) Oracle
4 55 (23.81%) Process Management
5 46 (19.91%) Project Management
6 40 (17.32%) Oracle BPM
7 38 (16.45%) Pega
7 38 (16.45%) Lombardi
7 38 (16.45%) Business Intelligence
7 38 (16.45%) Adobe
7 38 (16.45%) Metastorm
8 36 (15.58%) Cognos
9 35 (15.15%) ERP
10 32 (13.85%) Six Sigma
10 32 (13.85%) User Acceptance Testing
11 31 (13.42%) Business Analysis
12 30 (12.99%) Management Information System
13 28 (12.12%) Degree
14 27 (11.69%) Telecoms
15 26 (11.26%) Change Management
15 26 (11.26%) Information Management
15 26 (11.26%) SQL Server
16 24 (10.39%) Validation
17 23 (9.957%) Oracle EBS
18 22 (9.524%) XML
18 22 (9.524%) ITIL
18 22 (9.524%) Enterprise Architecture
19 21 (9.091%) Oracle 8/8i
19 21 (9.091%) Aerospace
20 20 (8.658%) Data Modelling

Business Process Improvement
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the England region 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Business Process Improvement. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 22 (9.524%) XML
2 16 (6.926%) .NET
3 13 (5.628%) Web Services
4 10 (4.329%) CSS
4 10 (4.329%) HTML
5 6 (2.597%) Middleware
6 5 (2.165%) ASP.NET
7 4 (1.732%) XSL
8 3 (1.299%) SOAP
8 3 (1.299%) J2EE
8 3 (1.299%) SAP Basis
9 2 (0.866%) XML Messaging
9 2 (0.866%) WSDL
9 2 (0.866%) ASP
9 2 (0.866%) XSD
9 2 (0.866%) XSLT
9 2 (0.866%) Oracle Fusion
9 2 (0.866%) soapUI
9 2 (0.866%) Ajax
10 1 (0.433%) WCF
Application Platforms
1 7 (3.030%) IIS
2 3 (1.299%) ESB
3 2 (0.866%) Tomcat
3 2 (0.866%) Apache
3 2 (0.866%) WebLogic
3 2 (0.866%) Oracle Service Bus
3 2 (0.866%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 1 (0.433%) Moodle
4 1 (0.433%) NetWeaver
4 1 (0.433%) BizTalk Server
4 1 (0.433%) Rendezvous
4 1 (0.433%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 18 (7.792%) MS Excel
2 12 (5.195%) MS Visio
3 9 (3.896%) MS Office
4 6 (2.597%) MS Project
5 3 (1.299%) Niku Workbench
6 1 (0.433%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 40 (17.32%) Oracle BPM
2 23 (9.957%) Oracle EBS
3 14 (6.061%) Oracle Applications
4 10 (4.329%) Cognos Business Intelligence
5 8 (3.463%) Oracle Financials
6 7 (3.030%) Oracle ERP
7 3 (1.299%) SAP GRC
7 3 (1.299%) Oracle EBS R12
8 2 (0.866%) SAP HR
9 1 (0.433%) Dynamics NAV
9 1 (0.433%) SAP ERP
9 1 (0.433%) SAP BPC
9 1 (0.433%) SAP SD
9 1 (0.433%) SAP CRM
Communications & Networking
1 9 (3.896%) Internet
2 3 (1.299%) LDAP
3 2 (0.866%) DNS
3 2 (0.866%) DHCP
3 2 (0.866%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.433%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (11.26%) SQL Server
2 21 (9.091%) Oracle 8/8i
3 10 (4.329%) SQL Server 2000
4 7 (3.030%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 7 (3.030%) SQL Server 2008
4 7 (3.030%) MS Access
4 7 (3.030%) RDBMS
5 5 (2.165%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 5 (2.165%) OLAP
6 4 (1.732%) Data Warehouse
6 4 (1.732%) Oracle BI EE
7 3 (1.299%) SAP HANA
7 3 (1.299%) MySQL
7 3 (1.299%) DecisionStream
8 2 (0.866%) SAP BI
8 2 (0.866%) Crystal Reports
8 2 (0.866%) Oracle 11g
9 1 (0.433%) TOAD
9 1 (0.433%) BusinessObjects
9 1 (0.433%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 4 (1.732%) JIRA
2 1 (0.433%) Balsamiq Mockups
2 1 (0.433%) ERwin
General
1 84 (36.36%) Finance
2 27 (11.69%) Telecoms
3 21 (9.091%) Aerospace
4 19 (8.225%) Military
5 17 (7.359%) Electronics
6 14 (6.061%) Marketing
7 13 (5.628%) Banking
8 11 (4.762%) Pharmaceutical
9 10 (4.329%) Manufacturing
10 9 (3.896%) Retail
10 9 (3.896%) Billing
11 7 (3.030%) Investment Banking
12 6 (2.597%) Back Office
13 5 (2.165%) Front Office
14 4 (1.732%) Law
14 4 (1.732%) Legal
15 3 (1.299%) Publishing
16 1 (0.433%) Local Government
16 1 (0.433%) German Language
16 1 (0.433%) Italian Language
Job Titles
1 76 (32.90%) Analyst
2 59 (25.54%) Business Analyst
3 56 (24.24%) Consultant
4 49 (21.21%) Architect
5 38 (16.45%) Solutions Architect
6 18 (7.792%) Oracle Consultant
7 17 (7.359%) Applications Consultant
8 14 (6.061%) Oracle Applications Consultant
8 14 (6.061%) Project Manager
9 12 (5.195%) Developer
10 10 (4.329%) Business Consultant
11 9 (3.896%) Support Analyst
11 9 (3.896%) Applications Support
11 9 (3.896%) Business Manager
12 8 (3.463%) Technical Consultant
12 8 (3.463%) Principal Consultant
13 7 (3.030%) SQL Developer
14 6 (2.597%) Analyst Developer
14 6 (2.597%) IT Project Manager
14 6 (2.597%) Business Architect
Miscellaneous
1 30 (12.99%) Management Information System
2 19 (8.225%) Chip and PIN
3 6 (2.597%) Computer Science
4 5 (2.165%) Equities
5 4 (1.732%) Client/Server
5 4 (1.732%) Life Science
6 3 (1.299%) FMCG
7 2 (0.866%) AS400
7 2 (0.866%) Data Integration
7 2 (0.866%) Mobile App
8 1 (0.433%) PDA
8 1 (0.433%) Online Games
8 1 (0.433%) DataPower
8 1 (0.433%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 9 (3.896%) Linux
2 7 (3.030%) Windows
3 3 (1.299%) UNIX
4 2 (0.866%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 81 (35.06%) Process Improvement
2 55 (23.81%) Process Management
3 46 (19.91%) Project Management
4 38 (16.45%) Business Intelligence
5 35 (15.15%) ERP
6 32 (13.85%) Six Sigma
6 32 (13.85%) User Acceptance Testing
7 31 (13.42%) Business Analysis
8 26 (11.26%) Change Management
8 26 (11.26%) Information Management
9 24 (10.39%) Validation
10 22 (9.524%) ITIL
10 22 (9.524%) Enterprise Architecture
11 20 (8.658%) Data Modelling
11 20 (8.658%) Lean Six Sigma
12 19 (8.225%) Communications Security
12 19 (8.225%) PRINCE2
13 18 (7.792%) Workflow
13 18 (7.792%) Quality Management
13 18 (7.792%) BPR
Programming Languages
1 19 (8.225%) SQL
2 14 (6.061%) C#
2 14 (6.061%) JavaScript
3 10 (4.329%) Java
3 10 (4.329%) XPath
4 7 (3.030%) Perl
5 5 (2.165%) Python
6 4 (1.732%) C++
6 4 (1.732%) Bash shell
7 3 (1.299%) VBA
8 2 (0.866%) XQuery
8 2 (0.866%) T-SQL
8 2 (0.866%) PHP
8 2 (0.866%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.433%) C
Qualifications
1 28 (12.12%) Degree
2 8 (3.463%) ISEB
3 2 (0.866%) PMP
3 2 (0.866%) PMI Certification
4 1 (0.433%) CFA
4 1 (0.433%) Six Sigma Black Belt
4 1 (0.433%) CBAP
4 1 (0.433%) Six Sigma Green Belt
4 1 (0.433%) SAP Certification
4 1 (0.433%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 1 (0.433%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (3.896%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 8 (3.463%) SLA
3 5 (2.165%) QA
4 3 (1.299%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 4 (1.732%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.866%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 1 (0.433%) ServiceCenter
Vendors
1 76 (32.90%) Oracle
2 38 (16.45%) Pega
2 38 (16.45%) Lombardi
2 38 (16.45%) Adobe
2 38 (16.45%) Metastorm
3 36 (15.58%) Cognos
4 13 (5.628%) SAP
5 10 (4.329%) PTC
6 8 (3.463%) Microsoft
7 6 (2.597%) Cognizant
7 6 (2.597%) Primavera
7 6 (2.597%) Northgate
8 4 (1.732%) Citrix
8 4 (1.732%) Siebel
9 3 (1.299%) Salesforce.com
9 3 (1.299%) Niku
9 3 (1.299%) ReadSoft
10 2 (0.866%) ION Trading
10 2 (0.866%) Bloomberg
10 2 (0.866%) Cisco
Gatwick, West Sussex
Business Analyst, Gatwick/Crawley West Sussex, Surrey... You will be joining a highly skilled team to make a valuable contribution to the ongoing upgrading of business processes as...
ARC IT Recruitment Ltd
Posted: 17 May 2013
New Milton, Hampshire
The focus is around business process improvement and harnessing new IT technology effectively... main responsibilities: - Analysing and documenting business processes - Documenting workflows and results of business analysis and...
Peverel Group
Salary: From £35,000 to £45,000 per annum
Posted: 3 May 2013
Crawley, West Sussex
Quality Assurance... Solid experience in key disciplines of Business Analysis, QA Testing and Business Process Improvement ISEB Qualification (or equivalent) would be desirable Self-motivated, dynamic and results.....
Virgin Holidays
Salary: Highly Competitive
Posted: 26 April 2013
Oxford, Oxfordshire
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Black or Green Belt Business Process Improvement professional to join a market leading organisation based in Oxford... A Green Belt or...
Reed Technology
Salary: £45000 - £65000 per annum + 20% Bonus
Posted: 20 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
Experience of using enterprise architecture frameworks (TOGAF, Zachman), architecture patters and designs and using architecture tools and repositories... Experience of project management and business process improvement methodologies such...
The Guinness Partnership
Salary: From £58,353 to £61,424 per annum
Posted: 9 May 2013
Oxfordshire
I am currently recruiting for a permanent business process improvement consultant for a global leading digital marketing company in the Oxfordshire region. Within this business process improvement position...
Trent Pearce
Salary: From £45,000 to £65,000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
Oxford, Oxfordshire
My client, a global leader in consumer information and research, seek a Business Process Improvement Leader/ Change Manager with a Six Sigma Green/Black Belt certification to join...
Coal IT Services
Salary: From £55,000 to £65,000 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013