Hybrid/Remote BPEL Contract Job Trends

Business Process Execution Language (BPEL)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for remote or hybrid contract work requiring BPEL skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 312 - 387
Rank change year-on-year - - +158
Contract jobs citing BPEL 6 0 4
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.059% - 0.022%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.065% - 0.025%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 3
10th Percentile £367 - -
25th Percentile £374 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £395 - £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -9.09%
75th Percentile £410 - £575
90th Percentile £413 - £620
UK median daily rate £375 £638 £500
% change year-on-year -41.18% +27.50% -9.09%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

BPEL falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,282 10,741 15,802
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 91.14% 88.53% 88.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,142 6,773 10,840
10th Percentile £325 £325 £340
25th Percentile £413 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £638
90th Percentile £724 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £533
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.50% -3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 326 222 384
10th Percentile £15.18 £17.58 £19.99
25th Percentile £20.25 £22.50 £26.25
Median hourly rate £41.59 £37.50 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year +10.91% -28.57% -4.55%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £86.50
UK median hourly rate £25.13 £33.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -23.86% -22.35% +21.43%

BPEL
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing BPEL and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

BPEL job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

BPEL
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing BPEL.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing BPEL

BPEL
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 5 (83.33%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 4 (66.67%) Oracle Service Bus
2 4 (66.67%) WebLogic
3 1 (16.67%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 1 (16.67%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (83.33%) Oracle BPM
2 1 (16.67%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) IBM Blueworks
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (33.33%) Oracle Database
2 1 (16.67%) Oracle Database 12c
General
1 4 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
1 4 (66.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Consultant
1 4 (66.67%) Oracle Consultant
2 3 (50.00%) Middleware Consultant
2 3 (50.00%) Oracle Middleware Consultant
3 2 (33.33%) Developer
3 2 (33.33%) IT Consultant
3 2 (33.33%) Lead
3 2 (33.33%) Lead Consultant
3 2 (33.33%) Oracle Developer
4 1 (16.67%) Architect
4 1 (16.67%) Business Architect
4 1 (16.67%) Business Process Architect
4 1 (16.67%) Middleware Developer
4 1 (16.67%) Oracle SOA Developer
4 1 (16.67%) Oracle Technical Consultant
4 1 (16.67%) SOA Developer
4 1 (16.67%) Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (83.33%) Oracle Fusion
2 4 (66.67%) JSON
2 4 (66.67%) Middleware
2 4 (66.67%) OAuth
2 4 (66.67%) OAuth2
2 4 (66.67%) OpenAPI
2 4 (66.67%) REST
2 4 (66.67%) SOAP
2 4 (66.67%) Swagger
2 4 (66.67%) XML
2 4 (66.67%) XSD
3 1 (16.67%) Elastic Stack
3 1 (16.67%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 4 (66.67%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) SOA
2 4 (66.67%) Agile
2 4 (66.67%) API Design
2 4 (66.67%) API Management
2 4 (66.67%) DevOps
2 4 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (66.67%) SDLC
3 3 (50.00%) Thought Leadership
3 3 (50.00%) Validation
4 1 (16.67%) Asset Management
4 1 (16.67%) BPMN
4 1 (16.67%) BPR
4 1 (16.67%) Business Development
4 1 (16.67%) ERP
4 1 (16.67%) Process Architecture
4 1 (16.67%) Process Improvement
4 1 (16.67%) Process Management
4 1 (16.67%) Six Sigma
4 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (16.67%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 4 (66.67%) PL/SQL
1 4 (66.67%) SQL
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) Oracle Identity Management
Vendors
1 5 (83.33%) Oracle
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft