Business Process Improvement Contracts in England

Business Process Improvement (BPI)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Business Process Improvement skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Business Process Improvement over the 6 months leading up to 21 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 462 513 588
Rank change year-on-year +51 +75 +114
Contract jobs citing Business Process Improvement 26 18 58
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.11% 0.049% 0.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.12% 0.057% 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 14 45
10th Percentile £378 £511 £420
25th Percentile £434 £562 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% - +20.00%
75th Percentile £663 £622 £650
90th Percentile £705 £715 £700
UK median daily rate £523 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -12.92% - +20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 2
Median hourly rate - £34.00 £43.86
Median % change year-on-year - -22.48% -
UK median hourly rate - £34.00 £43.86
% change year-on-year - -22.48% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Business Process Improvement falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 22,114 31,426 43,648
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.28% 86.34% 90.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,436 20,611 30,630
10th Percentile £306 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +1.85%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £765
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 963 2,247 1,533
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.92 £10.63
25th Percentile £18.13 £16.00 £16.13
Median hourly rate £28.41 £36.50 £36.54
Median % change year-on-year -22.16% -0.11% +46.16%
75th Percentile £62.24 £60.13 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £27.64 £36.50 £36.00
% change year-on-year -24.27% +1.39% +40.19%

Business Process Improvement
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Process Improvement in England

Business Process Improvement
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Business Process Improvement in England

Business Process Improvement
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Process Improvement in England over the 6 months to 21 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Business Process Improvement in England

Business Process Improvement
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Business Process Improvement in England

Business Process Improvement
Contract Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 21 May 2025. 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
London +37 12 £520 -13.33% 25
North of England - 6 £438 - 3
South West +38 4 £675 +12.50% 1
Yorkshire - 4 £550 - 2
Midlands - 3 £500 - 2
West Midlands - 3 £500 - 2
North West - 2 £300 - 1
South East - 1 £500 - 8
Business Process Improvement
UK

Business Process Improvement
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 1 (3.85%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (7.69%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (7.69%) Microsoft Project
1 2 (7.69%) MS Visio
2 1 (3.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (3.85%) Actimize
Cloud Services
1 1 (3.85%) Azure
1 1 (3.85%) Lucidchart
1 1 (3.85%) PaaS
1 1 (3.85%) Power Platform
1 1 (3.85%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.85%) Data Lake
1 1 (3.85%) NoSQL
1 1 (3.85%) Power BI
1 1 (3.85%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (7.69%) JIRA
General
1 15 (57.69%) Social Skills
2 11 (42.31%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (30.77%) Finance
4 6 (23.08%) Influencing Skills
5 4 (15.38%) Marketing
6 3 (11.54%) Electronics
6 3 (11.54%) Public Sector
6 3 (11.54%) Telecoms
7 2 (7.69%) Banking
7 2 (7.69%) Legal
7 2 (7.69%) Manufacturing
7 2 (7.69%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (3.85%) Advertising
8 1 (3.85%) Law
8 1 (3.85%) Police
8 1 (3.85%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (3.85%) Retail
Job Titles
1 18 (69.23%) Analyst
2 14 (53.85%) Business Analyst
3 5 (19.23%) Project Manager
4 4 (15.38%) Senior
4 4 (15.38%) Senior Analyst
4 4 (15.38%) Senior Business Analyst
5 3 (11.54%) DV Cleared Business Analyst
6 2 (7.69%) Business Integration Analyst
6 2 (7.69%) Business Process Analyst
6 2 (7.69%) Business Systems Analyst
6 2 (7.69%) Integration Analyst
6 2 (7.69%) IT Manager
6 2 (7.69%) IT Project Manager
6 2 (7.69%) Process Analyst
6 2 (7.69%) Workday Manager
6 2 (7.69%) Workday Project Manager
7 1 (3.85%) Business IT Analyst
7 1 (3.85%) Junior
7 1 (3.85%) Programme Manager
7 1 (3.85%) Systems Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.85%) JSON
1 1 (3.85%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (15.38%) PMI
2 2 (7.69%) Operational Technology
2 2 (7.69%) Product Ownership
3 1 (3.85%) Data Fabric
3 1 (3.85%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (3.85%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.85%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (100.00%) Process Improvement
2 13 (50.00%) Change Management
3 10 (38.46%) Agile
3 10 (38.46%) Problem-Solving
4 8 (30.77%) Stakeholder Management
5 7 (26.92%) Business Analysis
5 7 (26.92%) Business Case
5 7 (26.92%) Project Management
6 5 (19.23%) Business Strategy
6 5 (19.23%) PRINCE2
6 5 (19.23%) Project Governance
6 5 (19.23%) Risk Management
6 5 (19.23%) Workshop Facilitation
7 4 (15.38%) Business Process Modelling
7 4 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement
7 4 (15.38%) Decision-Making
7 4 (15.38%) Project Delivery
7 4 (15.38%) Scrum
7 4 (15.38%) SDLC
7 4 (15.38%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 2 (7.69%) SQL
2 1 (3.85%) C#
Qualifications
1 10 (38.46%) Degree
2 5 (19.23%) PMI Certification
3 4 (15.38%) Security Cleared
4 3 (11.54%) CBAP
4 3 (11.54%) DV Cleared
5 2 (7.69%) IIBA
6 1 (3.85%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (3.85%) Master's Degree
6 1 (3.85%) MBA
6 1 (3.85%) PMP
6 1 (3.85%) SC Cleared
6 1 (3.85%) Six Sigma Black Belt
6 1 (3.85%) Six Sigma Green Belt
6 1 (3.85%) Six Sigma Master Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.85%) Actionable Recommendations
1 1 (3.85%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (11.54%) SAP
2 2 (7.69%) Workday
3 1 (3.85%) Microsoft
3 1 (3.85%) Oracle
3 1 (3.85%) Salesforce