Business Process Improvement Contracts in the UK excluding London

Business Process Improvement (BPI)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 8 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 317 385 426
Rank change year-on-year +68 +41 +28
Contract jobs citing Business Process Improvement 18 4 24
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.14% 0.019% 0.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.16% 0.023% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 4 22
10th Percentile £373 £489 £400
25th Percentile - £552 £484
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £600 £580
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +3.45% +21.47%
75th Percentile £600 £603 £650
90th Percentile £678 £609 £676
UK median daily rate £500 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -16.67% - +20.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11,533 17,354 21,253
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 90.51% 84.54% 89.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,213 10,334 14,740
10th Percentile £235 £250 £256
25th Percentile £375 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £479 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.20% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £660 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 833 2,042 1,299
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.30 £11.00
25th Percentile £17.30 £15.18 £15.50
Median hourly rate £27.13 £37.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -27.67% +7.14% +75.00%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.86 £73.75
UK median hourly rate £28.68 £36.50 £36.00
% change year-on-year -21.44% +1.39% +44.00%

Business Process Improvement
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Business Process Improvement as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Business Process Improvement in the UK excluding London

Business Process Improvement
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Business Process Improvement in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Business Process Improvement in the UK excluding London

Business Process Improvement
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Process Improvement in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 8 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Business Process Improvement in the UK excluding London

Business Process Improvement
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Business Process Improvement in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Business Process Improvement in the UK excluding London

Business Process Improvement
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 8 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
North of England - 7 £425 - 4
South West +40 4 £675 +12.50% 1
Yorkshire - 4 £550 - 1
South East - 4 £500 - 12
North West - 3 £375 - 3
Scotland +18 2 £600 +34.23% 1
West Midlands - 1 - - 1
Midlands - 1 - - 3
Business Process Improvement
UK

Business Process Improvement
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (5.56%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (22.22%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (11.11%) MS Visio
3 1 (5.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (5.56%) Lucidchart
1 1 (5.56%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.56%) Power BI
1 1 (5.56%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (5.56%) JIRA
General
1 8 (44.44%) Social Skills
2 6 (33.33%) Finance
3 5 (27.78%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (22.22%) Marketing
4 4 (22.22%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (16.67%) Electronics
5 3 (16.67%) Telecoms
6 2 (11.11%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (11.11%) Manufacturing
6 2 (11.11%) Public Sector
7 1 (5.56%) Advertising
7 1 (5.56%) Banking
7 1 (5.56%) Legal
7 1 (5.56%) Police
7 1 (5.56%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (5.56%) Retail
Job Titles
1 8 (44.44%) Analyst
2 6 (33.33%) Business Analyst
3 4 (22.22%) Project Manager
4 3 (16.67%) Architect
4 3 (16.67%) DV Cleared Business Analyst
4 3 (16.67%) ServiceNow Architect
4 3 (16.67%) Solutions Architect
5 2 (11.11%) Business Process Analyst
5 2 (11.11%) Cybersecurity Manager
5 2 (11.11%) Process Analyst
5 2 (11.11%) Programme Manager
5 2 (11.11%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
5 2 (11.11%) Security Manager
5 2 (11.11%) Security Project Manager
5 2 (11.11%) Senior
5 2 (11.11%) Senior Analyst
5 2 (11.11%) Senior Business Analyst
6 1 (5.56%) Banking Analyst
6 1 (5.56%) IT Business Analyst
6 1 (5.56%) Technical Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (22.22%) PMI
2 3 (16.67%) CMDB
3 2 (11.11%) Management Information System
3 2 (11.11%) Operational Technology
3 2 (11.11%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (100.00%) Process Improvement
2 12 (66.67%) Change Management
3 8 (44.44%) Project Management
4 7 (38.89%) PRINCE2
5 5 (27.78%) Agile
5 5 (27.78%) Project Delivery
6 4 (22.22%) Business Case
6 4 (22.22%) Contingency Planning
6 4 (22.22%) PRINCE
6 4 (22.22%) Project Governance
6 4 (22.22%) Roadmaps
6 4 (22.22%) Workshop Facilitation
7 3 (16.67%) Asset Management
7 3 (16.67%) Budget Management
7 3 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
7 3 (16.67%) GAP Analysis
7 3 (16.67%) Impact Assessments
7 3 (16.67%) ITSM
7 3 (16.67%) Process Management
7 3 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.56%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (38.89%) Degree
2 5 (27.78%) PMI Certification
3 3 (16.67%) DV Cleared
3 3 (16.67%) Security Cleared
4 1 (5.56%) Master's Degree
4 1 (5.56%) MBA
4 1 (5.56%) PMP
4 1 (5.56%) Six Sigma Black Belt
4 1 (5.56%) Six Sigma Green Belt
4 1 (5.56%) Six Sigma Master Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.11%) QA
2 1 (5.56%) Actionable Recommendations
Vendors
1 3 (16.67%) SAP
1 3 (16.67%) ServiceNow
2 2 (11.11%) Microsoft
3 1 (5.56%) Salesforce
3 1 (5.56%) Workday