The first table below looks at the demand for Continuous Improvement skills in IT contracts advertised for the Cambridgeshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Continuous Improvement over the 3 months to 19 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 Cambridgeshire 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Continual Improvement
Rank 49 59 58
Rank change year-on-year
+10 -1
Contract jobs citing Continuous Improvement 5 5 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 0.874% 0.690% 0.159%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.529% 1.266% 0.231%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 3 1
Average daily rate - £500 £155
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +222.58%
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £330 £400
% change year-on-year
+13.63% -17.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £32.50 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £12.66 £19.00 £28.50
% change year-on-year
-33.36% -33.33%
All Processes & Methodologies
Cambridgeshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
327 395 432
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 57.17% 54.48% 68.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 178 190 211
Average daily rate £375 £400 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.25% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £275 £266
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £510 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 51 55
Average hourly rate £40.00 £37.50 £31.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+6.66% +19.04%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £24.50 £13.02 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £58.60 £44.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
Continuous Improvement
East of England

Continuous Improvement
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridgeshire Continuous Improvement Jobs Demand Trend

Continuous Improvement
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Continuous Improvement across the Cambridgeshire region.

Cambridgeshire Continuous Improvement Daily Rate Trend

Continuous Improvement
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Continuous Improvement across the Cambridgeshire region.

Cambridgeshire Continuous Improvement Hourly Rate Trend

Continuous Improvement
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Continuous Improvement within the Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
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Vacancies
Peterborough - 2 - -
Cambridge +11 1 - - 3
Continuous Improvement
East of England

Continuous Improvement
Top 18 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire region citing Continuous Improvement 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 Continuous Improvement.

1 4 (80.00%) Software Testing
2 2 (40.00%) Visual Studio
2 2 (40.00%) Firmware
2 2 (40.00%) Project Management
2 2 (40.00%) C
2 2 (40.00%) C#
2 2 (40.00%) Automated Testing
2 2 (40.00%) QA
2 2 (40.00%) Load Testing
2 2 (40.00%) Security Testing
2 2 (40.00%) Unit Testing
2 2 (40.00%) Change Control
2 2 (40.00%) Test Strategy
3 1 (20.00%) ArchestrA
3 1 (20.00%) SQL
3 1 (20.00%) Manufacturing
3 1 (20.00%) SCADA
3 1 (20.00%) Wonderware

Continuous Improvement
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire region citing Continuous Improvement 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 Continuous Improvement. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 1 (20.00%) ArchestrA
Development Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Visual Studio
General
1 1 (20.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Software Manager
1 2 (40.00%) Software Engineer
1 2 (40.00%) Test Manager
1 2 (40.00%) QA Manager
1 2 (40.00%) C Software Engineer
1 2 (40.00%) Firmware Engineer
1 2 (40.00%) Testing Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Firmware
2 1 (20.00%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Software Testing
2 2 (40.00%) Project Management
2 2 (40.00%) Automated Testing
2 2 (40.00%) Load Testing
2 2 (40.00%) Security Testing
2 2 (40.00%) Unit Testing
2 2 (40.00%) Change Control
2 2 (40.00%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) C
1 2 (40.00%) C#
2 1 (20.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Wonderware