The first table below looks at the demand for Continuous Improvement skills in IT contracts advertised for the Coventry region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Continuous Improvement 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 Coventry 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
Continual Improvement
Rank 31 24 23
Rank change year-on-year
-7 -1
Contract jobs citing Continuous Improvement 1 7 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Coventry 0.498% 2.703% 1.111%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.649% 3.804% 1.527%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £235 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £380 £325 £388
% change year-on-year
+16.92% -16.12%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Average hourly rate - - £33.30
UK excluding London average hourly rate £24.00 £25.00 £31.15
% change year-on-year
-3.99% -19.74%
All Processes & Methodologies
Coventry
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
154 184 131
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Coventry 76.62% 71.04% 72.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 47 79 55
Average daily rate £375 £340 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+10.29% -15.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £210 £250 £281
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £450 £555
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 18 5
Average hourly rate £37.80 £30.00 £33.30
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+26.00% -9.90%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
Continuous Improvement
West Midlands

Continuous Improvement
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Coventry 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 Coventry region.

Coventry 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 Coventry region.

Coventry Continuous Improvement Hourly Rate Trend

Continuous Improvement
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Coventry 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 3 (50.00%) SAP
1 3 (50.00%) ITIL
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (50.00%) Project Management
2 2 (33.33%) Service Management
2 2 (33.33%) Change Management
2 2 (33.33%) Risk Management
2 2 (33.33%) Document Management
2 2 (33.33%) SharePoint
2 2 (33.33%) PMI
2 2 (33.33%) PMP
2 2 (33.33%) PMI Certification
2 2 (33.33%) CA
2 2 (33.33%) PRINCE2
2 2 (33.33%) Oracle Reports
2 2 (33.33%) MS Excel
2 2 (33.33%) Oracle
2 2 (33.33%) MS Project
2 2 (33.33%) Programme Management
2 2 (33.33%) CA Clarity
2 2 (33.33%) PgMP
2 2 (33.33%) APMP
2 2 (33.33%) IBM
2 2 (33.33%) Primavera
2 2 (33.33%) Change Control
3 1 (16.67%) RedPrairie
3 1 (16.67%) Rational DOORS
3 1 (16.67%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 1 (16.67%) FMCG
3 1 (16.67%) SQL Server 2008

Continuous Improvement
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Coventry 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 2 (33.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (33.33%) MS Excel
1 2 (33.33%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 2 (33.33%) CA Clarity
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (33.33%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (16.67%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 1 (16.67%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (16.67%) UniData
2 1 (16.67%) SQL Server
2 1 (16.67%) OLAP
2 1 (16.67%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Analysis Services
2 1 (16.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (16.67%) JasperReports
2 1 (16.67%) SQL Server 2005
2 1 (16.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Rational DOORS
1 1 (16.67%) ClearCase
1 1 (16.67%) ClearQuest
General
1 1 (16.67%) Retail
1 1 (16.67%) Automotive
1 1 (16.67%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 1 (16.67%) Report Writer
1 1 (16.67%) Programme Planner
1 1 (16.67%) SAP Manager
1 1 (16.67%) SAP Test Manager
1 1 (16.67%) Test Manager
1 1 (16.67%) Systems Engineer
1 1 (16.67%) Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) PMI
2 1 (16.67%) FMCG
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) ITIL
1 3 (50.00%) Project Management
2 2 (33.33%) Service Management
2 2 (33.33%) Change Management
2 2 (33.33%) Risk Management
2 2 (33.33%) Document Management
2 2 (33.33%) PRINCE2
2 2 (33.33%) Programme Management
2 2 (33.33%) Change Control
3 1 (16.67%) PRINCE
3 1 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (16.67%) Logistics
3 1 (16.67%) Scrum
3 1 (16.67%) PLM
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) PMP
1 2 (33.33%) PMI Certification
1 2 (33.33%) PgMP
1 2 (33.33%) APMP
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) SAP
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (33.33%) CA
2 2 (33.33%) Oracle
2 2 (33.33%) IBM
2 2 (33.33%) Primavera
3 1 (16.67%) RedPrairie
3 1 (16.67%) Mentor Graphics