Business Process Improvement Contract Job Trends

Business Process Improvement (BPI)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring Business Process Improvement skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 564 500 551
Rank change year-on-year -64 +51 +194
Contract jobs citing Business Process Improvement 24 42 44
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.065% 0.13% 0.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.073% 0.14% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 32 27
10th Percentile £360 £421 £442
25th Percentile £398 £500 £460
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £563 £600
Median % change year-on-year +4.44% -6.25% +14.29%
75th Percentile £684 £626 £650
90th Percentile £700 £638 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate £625 £500 £513
% change year-on-year +25.00% -2.44% +10.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £47.97
25th Percentile - - £54.15
Median hourly rate - - £66.93
75th Percentile - - £82.22
90th Percentile - - £89.89
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 32,670 29,303 37,803
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 88.06% 88.34% 87.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,630 17,837 25,180
10th Percentile £304 £308 £306
25th Percentile £406 £413 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £615 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £738 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,024 946 1,523
10th Percentile £14.61 £15.62 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.69 £20.30 £18.98
Median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -22.62% -26.97% +27.14%
75th Percentile £52.72 £62.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £69.25 £74.60 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £23.58 £30.45 £45.21
% change year-on-year -22.58% -32.65% +44.86%

Business Process Improvement
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Business Process Improvement relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Business Process Improvement job vacancy trend in the UK

Business Process Improvement
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Business Process Improvement.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Business Process Improvement

Business Process Improvement
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Process Improvement over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Business Process Improvement in the UK

Business Process Improvement
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Business Process Improvement.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Business Process Improvement

Business Process Improvement
Top 11 Contract Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 1 January 2026. 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
England -58 22 £588 +2.17% 9
London -23 12 £588 +2.17% 4
UK excluding London -60 11 £625 +25.00% 7
North of England -52 6 £625 +35.14%
Work from Home -12 5 £475 -13.64% 4
Yorkshire -49 5 £663 +32.50%
South East -13 3 £388 -22.50% 5
Scotland +9 1 £700 +85.19%
West Midlands -33 1 £850 +36.00% 1
Midlands -40 1 £850 +36.00% 1
North East - 1 £388 -

Business Process Improvement
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (4.17%) SharePoint
1 1 (4.17%) Smallworld
Applications
1 3 (12.50%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (4.17%) Chatbot
2 1 (4.17%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (4.17%) Maximo
1 1 (4.17%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 2 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (4.17%) Figma
2 1 (4.17%) Google Drive
2 1 (4.17%) IBM Blueworks
2 1 (4.17%) Lucidchart
2 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Purview
2 1 (4.17%) OneDrive
2 1 (4.17%) SAP Commerce Cloud
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.17%) GIS
Development Applications
1 2 (8.33%) JIRA
General
1 14 (58.33%) Social Skills
2 11 (45.83%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (20.83%) Finance
4 4 (16.67%) Public Sector
5 3 (12.50%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (8.33%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (4.17%) Banking
7 1 (4.17%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 7 (29.17%) Accountant
1 7 (29.17%) Analyst
1 7 (29.17%) Business Analyst
1 7 (29.17%) Systems Accountant
2 4 (16.67%) Senior
3 3 (12.50%) Cybersecurity Manager
3 3 (12.50%) Project Manager
3 3 (12.50%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
3 3 (12.50%) Security Manager
3 3 (12.50%) Security Project Manager
4 2 (8.33%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 2 (8.33%) Lead
4 2 (8.33%) Security Analyst
4 2 (8.33%) Senior Analyst
4 2 (8.33%) Senior Business Analyst
4 2 (8.33%) Transformation Manager
4 2 (8.33%) Transformation Project Manager
5 1 (4.17%) Business Change Business Analyst
5 1 (4.17%) Functional Business Analyst
5 1 (4.17%) Payments Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.17%) HTML
1 1 (4.17%) JSON
1 1 (4.17%) REST
1 1 (4.17%) SOAP
1 1 (4.17%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.17%) Management Information System
1 1 (4.17%) Marketing Technology
1 1 (4.17%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (100.00%) Process Improvement
2 13 (54.17%) Change Management
3 12 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 11 (45.83%) Roadmaps
5 9 (37.50%) Workflow
6 6 (25.00%) Business Analysis
7 5 (20.83%) Cybersecurity
8 4 (16.67%) Contingency Planning
8 4 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
8 4 (16.67%) Project Delivery
8 4 (16.67%) Project Management
8 4 (16.67%) Project Planning
9 3 (12.50%) Agile
9 3 (12.50%) Decision-Making
9 3 (12.50%) Programme Governance
9 3 (12.50%) Regulatory Compliance
9 3 (12.50%) Requirements Gathering
9 3 (12.50%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
9 3 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
9 3 (12.50%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.17%) C#
1 1 (4.17%) JavaScript
1 1 (4.17%) Magik
1 1 (4.17%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (8.33%) Degree
1 2 (8.33%) SC Cleared
1 2 (8.33%) Security Cleared
2 1 (4.17%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.17%) Data Quality
Systems Management
1 1 (4.17%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 2 (8.33%) IBM
1 2 (8.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.17%) Adobe
2 1 (4.17%) Google
2 1 (4.17%) Salesforce
2 1 (4.17%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
2 1 (4.17%) SAP
2 1 (4.17%) ServiceNow