The first table below looks at the demand for Six Sigma skills in IT contracts advertised for the Chester region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Six Sigma over the 3 months to 24 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 Chester 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Six Sigma
Rank 24 19 22
Rank change year-on-year
-5 +3
Contract jobs citing Six Sigma 1 2 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Chester 0.719% 1.709% 1.227%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.901% 2.439% 1.786%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 0
Average daily rate - £369 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £450 £375 £375
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.75 £41.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year
-20.12% +78.26%
All Processes & Methodologies
Chester
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
111 82 112
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Chester 79.86% 70.09% 68.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 34 36
Average daily rate £381 £363 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.17% +3.57%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £300 £195
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £475 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 3 3
Average hourly rate £44.90 £14.00 £16.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+220.71% -15.15%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £31.00 £14.00 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £48.00 £50.00 £47.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
Six Sigma
Cheshire

Six Sigma
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Chester 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 Chester region.

Chester Six Sigma Daily Rate Trend

Six Sigma
Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Chester 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 3 (75.00%) Project Management
1 3 (75.00%) Change Management
1 3 (75.00%) Lean Six Sigma
2 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (25.00%) PRINCE2
3 1 (25.00%) Client/Server
3 1 (25.00%) PMI
3 1 (25.00%) PMI Certification
3 1 (25.00%) Banking
3 1 (25.00%) Investment Banking
3 1 (25.00%) Information Security
3 1 (25.00%) Finance
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement

Six Sigma
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Chester 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 1 (25.00%) Banking
1 1 (25.00%) Investment Banking
1 1 (25.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Coordinator
2 2 (50.00%) Change Analyst
2 2 (50.00%) Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Project Manager
3 1 (25.00%) Process Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) Project Manager
3 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Client/Server
1 1 (25.00%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Project Management
1 3 (75.00%) Change Management
1 3 (75.00%) Lean Six Sigma
2 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (25.00%) PRINCE2
3 1 (25.00%) Information Security
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) PMI Certification