The first table below looks at the demand for Six Sigma skills in IT contracts advertised for the Bristol region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Six Sigma over the 3 months to 20 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Processes & Methodologies category for the Bristol region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Six Sigma
Rank 44 60 44
Rank change year-on-year
+16 -16
Contract jobs citing Six Sigma 2 4 12
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bristol 0.402% 0.465% 1.719%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.633% 0.681% 2.740%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 8
Average daily rate £500 £375 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+33.33% -6.25%
UK excluding London average daily rate £439 £381 £395
% change year-on-year
+15.15% -3.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £33.00 £43.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year
-24.13% +102.32%
All Processes & Methodologies
Bristol
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
316 587 438
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bristol 63.45% 68.26% 62.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 184 386 254
Average daily rate £350 £365 £363
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.10% +0.68%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £230 £238 £211
10% offered a daily rate of more than £460 £525 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £363 £375
% change year-on-year
+2.06% -3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 23 19
Average hourly rate £27.93 £24.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+13.97% +22.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.95 £10.30 £9.10
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £55.25 £35.00 £39.60
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.50 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+22.00% -13.79%
Six Sigma
South West

Six Sigma
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Six Sigma across the Bristol region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Bristol Six Sigma Jobs Demand Trend

Six Sigma
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Six Sigma across the Bristol region.

Bristol Six Sigma Daily Rate Trend

Six Sigma
Top 10 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol region citing Six Sigma also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Six Sigma.

1 2 (100.00%) Change Management
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (100.00%) Banking
1 2 (100.00%) Retail
1 2 (100.00%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) Retail Banking
1 2 (100.00%) Project Planning
1 2 (100.00%) Lean Six Sigma
1 2 (100.00%) Six Sigma Black Belt

Six Sigma
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol region citing Six Sigma also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Six Sigma. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
1 2 (100.00%) Banking
1 2 (100.00%) Retail
1 2 (100.00%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (50.00%) Senior Manager
2 1 (50.00%) Senior Project Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Change Management
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (100.00%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) Project Planning
1 2 (100.00%) Lean Six Sigma
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Six Sigma Black Belt