Business Process Improvement Contract Job Trends in the West Midlands

Business Process Improvement (BPI)
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring Business Process Improvement skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 143 104 -
Rank change year-on-year -39 - -
Contract jobs citing Business Process Improvement 1 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 0.041% 0.065% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.048% 0.074% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £850 £625 -
Median % change year-on-year +36.00% - -
England median daily rate £550 £520 £559
% change year-on-year +5.77% -6.98% +11.80%

All Process & Methodology Skills
West Midlands

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 West Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,086 1,355 1,598
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 84.97% 88.27% 83.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,352 833 1,046
10th Percentile £288 £213 £263
25th Percentile £404 £400 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £515 £489
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% +5.37% -2.25%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £700 £688
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 77 51 107
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.70 £12.60
25th Percentile £16.10 £16.51 £17.25
Median hourly rate £20.00 £21.59 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -7.36% -6.13% +29.87%
75th Percentile £25.15 £33.65 £48.75
90th Percentile £35.24 £52.50 £67.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £35.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -1.41% +1.43%

Business Process Improvement
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Business Process Improvement job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Business Process Improvement
Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

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

Business Process Improvement
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

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 West Midlands region over the 6 months to 2 February 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
Warwickshire -12 1 £850 +36.00%
Business Process Improvement
England

Business Process Improvement
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Maximo
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Programme Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Programme Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Programme Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Asset Management
1 1 (100.00%) Business Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Culture Change
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Impact Assessments
1 1 (100.00%) Matrix Organization
1 1 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Product Backlog
1 1 (100.00%) Product Management
1 1 (100.00%) Product Roadmap
1 1 (100.00%) Programme Management
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) User Research
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) IBM