The first table below looks at the demand for DMAIC skills in IT contracts advertised for the Cheshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited DMAIC over the 3 months to 20 May 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 Cheshire 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 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
DMAIC (Define, Measure, Analyse, Improve and Control)
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing DMAIC 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire - - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £394 £388 -
% change year-on-year
+1.61% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £34.00 - -
All Processes & Methodologies
Cheshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
542 496 671
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 75.07% 61.01% 69.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 224 253 376
Average daily rate £375 £351 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.99% +7.84%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £226 £272 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £471 £500 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £363 £375
% change year-on-year
- -3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 12 25
Average hourly rate £40.00 £22.41 £19.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+78.49% +17.94%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £13.95 £11.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £50.83 £31.10 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.00 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+28.00% -16.66%
DMAIC
North West

DMAIC
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire DMAIC Jobs Demand Trend

DMAIC
Daily Rate Trend

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

Cheshire DMAIC Daily Rate Trend

DMAIC
Top 5 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire region citing DMAIC 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 DMAIC.

1 1 (100.00%) MS Project
1 1 (100.00%) MS Office
1 1 (100.00%) Six Sigma
1 1 (100.00%) Lean Six Sigma
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement

DMAIC
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire region citing DMAIC 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 DMAIC. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) MS Project
1 1 (100.00%) MS Office
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Change Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Six Sigma
1 1 (100.00%) Lean Six Sigma
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement