Business Process Improvement Contracts in the North of England

Business Process Improvement (BPI)
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of 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 28 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 185 161 191
Rank change year-on-year -24 +30 +55
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Business Process Improvement 4 2 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.10% 0.048% 0.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.11% 0.057% 0.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 6
10th Percentile £408 - £550
25th Percentile £467 - £569
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £500 £650
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -23.08% +30.00%
75th Percentile £653 - £669
90th Percentile £681 - £675
England median daily rate £513 £600 £650
% change year-on-year -14.58% -7.69% +30.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North of 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 the North of England.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,558 3,525 4,520
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 89.04% 83.81% 88.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,282 2,100 3,034
10th Percentile £268 £312 £288
25th Percentile £375 £405 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £500 £502
Median % change year-on-year -7.00% -0.35% +0.35%
75th Percentile £556 £585 £600
90th Percentile £650 £675 £688
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 209 220 203
10th Percentile £13.26 £11.07 £15.75
25th Percentile £17.44 £13.69 £17.88
Median hourly rate £22.63 £29.39 £27.98
Median % change year-on-year -22.99% +5.02% +39.90%
75th Percentile £43.39 £50.00 £46.18
90th Percentile £72.50 £68.85 £57.28
England median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year -40.82% - +54.55%

Business Process Improvement
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Process Improvement in the North of England

Business Process Improvement
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Business Process Improvement.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Business Process Improvement

Business Process Improvement
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Process Improvement in the North of England over the 6 months to 28 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Business Process Improvement in the North of England

Business Process Improvement
Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Business Process Improvement.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Business Process Improvement

Business Process Improvement
DemandTrendContract Job Locations in the North of 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 North of England region over the 6 months to 28 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Yorkshire -9 3 £625 +25.00%
North East - 1 £388 - 1
Business Process Improvement
England

Business Process Improvement
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of 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:

Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Purview
General
1 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (25.00%) Finance
1 1 (25.00%) Influencing Skills
1 1 (25.00%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Business Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Business Change Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Business Change Business Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity Manager
2 1 (25.00%) IT Manager
2 1 (25.00%) IT Project Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
2 1 (25.00%) Security Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Security Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Security Project Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Transformation Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Transformation Project Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Process Improvement
2 3 (75.00%) Change Management
2 3 (75.00%) Project Delivery
3 2 (50.00%) Business Analysis
3 2 (50.00%) Contingency Planning
3 2 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (50.00%) Project Planning
4 1 (25.00%) Business Case
4 1 (25.00%) Change Control
4 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (25.00%) Data Protection
4 1 (25.00%) Data Security
4 1 (25.00%) Programme Governance
4 1 (25.00%) Project Governance
4 1 (25.00%) Project Management
4 1 (25.00%) Regulatory Compliance
4 1 (25.00%) Requirements Gathering
4 1 (25.00%) SDLC
4 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
4 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft