The first table below looks at the demand for Six Sigma 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 Six Sigma 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
Six Sigma
Rank 52 63 57
Rank change year-on-year
+11 -6
Contract jobs citing Six Sigma 2 1 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 0.350% 0.138% 0.319%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.612% 0.253% 0.463%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
Average daily rate £213 - £440
UK excluding London average daily rate £440 £385 £395
% change year-on-year
+14.28% -2.53%
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
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%
Six Sigma
East of England

Six Sigma
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region.

Cambridgeshire Six Sigma Daily Rate Trend

Six Sigma
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Cambridgeshire Six Sigma Hourly Rate Trend

Six Sigma
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Six Sigma 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Peterborough - 1 £213 - 3
Cambridge - - - - 3
Six Sigma
East of England

Six Sigma
Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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%) VB.NET
1 2 (100.00%) .NET
1 2 (100.00%) MS Access
2 1 (50.00%) Automotive
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Oracle
2 1 (50.00%) HNC
2 1 (50.00%) HND
2 1 (50.00%) MS Excel
2 1 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (50.00%) VBScript
2 1 (50.00%) VB

Six Sigma
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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.

Application Development
1 2 (100.00%) .NET
Applications
1 1 (50.00%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) MS Access
General
1 1 (50.00%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Software Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Systems Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Test Engineer
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) VB.NET
2 1 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (50.00%) VBScript
2 1 (50.00%) VB
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) HNC
1 1 (50.00%) HND
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle
Peterborough, East Anglia
Experience in developing test cell data acquisition software (eg DSG DatAqPro, CP Engineering Cadet AVL Puma etc .) Must be proficient in developing in VB.Net and MS access.
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £20 - £25 per hour
Posted: 18 June 2013
Peterborough, Cambridgeshire
Must have Experience of working with engine test systems Experience in developing test cell data acquisition software (eg DSG DatAqPro, CP Engineering Cadet AVL Puma etc….) Proficient in...
HAYS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Rate: £200.00 - £225.00 per day
Posted: 13 June 2013
Peterborough, East Anglia
Must have Experience of working with engine test systems Experience in developing test cell data acquisition software (eg DSG DatAqPro, CP Engineering Cadet AVL Puma etc .) Proficient in...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £200.00 - £225.00 per day
Posted: 13 June 2013
Cambridge, East Anglia
Key Experience: - Extensive experience gained in the electronics sector - implementing quality improvements utilising FMEA and Six Sigma tools - expertise in all aspects of ISO 9001 - An understanding of...
Progressive Recruitment
Rate: £45 - £50 per hour
Posted: 7 June 2013