SSA BPCS
UK
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring BPCS skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited BPCS over the 6 months leading up to 10 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 10 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | - | 703 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | +141 |
| Contract jobs citing BPCS | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | - | - | 0.003% |
| As % of the Business Applications category | - | - | 0.054% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £172 |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £177 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | £206 |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £239 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £246 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | - | - | £206 |
All Business Application Skills
UK
BPCS falls under the Business Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring business application skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for business application skills | 2,444 | 3,236 | 3,712 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 8.31% | 7.52% | 6.40% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1,383 | 1,881 | 2,139 |
| 10th Percentile | £400 | £375 | £363 |
| 25th Percentile | £475 | £463 | £461 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £565 | £550 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +2.73% | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £675 | £688 | £682 |
| 90th Percentile | £788 | £787 | £800 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £545 | £525 | £538 |
| % change year-on-year | +3.81% | -2.33% | +2.38% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 51 | 111 | 55 |
| 10th Percentile | £22.27 | £14.71 | £22.55 |
| 25th Percentile | £40.00 | £21.25 | £30.13 |
| Median hourly rate | £60.00 | £40.33 | £49.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +48.79% | -17.70% | +40.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £79.13 | £59.50 | £64.38 |
| 90th Percentile | £86.00 | £65.00 | £81.25 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £60.00 | £41.23 | £49.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +45.53% | -15.86% | +108.29% |
BPCS
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing BPCS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
BPCS
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing BPCS.
BPCS
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing BPCS.