The first table below looks at the demand for Six Sigma skills in IT contracts advertised for the East Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Six Sigma over the 3 months to 20 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 East Midlands 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 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Six Sigma
Rank 72 73 80
Rank change year-on-year
+1 +7
Contract jobs citing Six Sigma 14 4 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands 1.074% 0.304% 0.204%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.575% 0.465% 0.305%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 2 1
Average daily rate £425 £400 £341
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.25% +17.30%
UK excluding London average daily rate £439 £381 £395
% change year-on-year
+15.15% -3.54%
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
East Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
889 861 984
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands 68.17% 65.38% 66.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 440 444 497
Average daily rate £375 £375 £385
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -2.59%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £230 £225 £215
10% offered a daily rate of more than £510 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £363 £375
% change year-on-year
+2.06% -3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 30 45
Average hourly rate £29.50 £35.00 £26.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-15.71% +34.61%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £9.67 £16.55
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £49.10 £57.50 £49.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.50 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+22.00% -13.79%
Six Sigma
England

Six Sigma
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region.

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region.

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region over the 3 months to 20 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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Job
Vacancies
Northamptonshire +9 5 £425 -
Nottinghamshire - 2 £463 - 1
Derbyshire - - - -
Lincolnshire - - - -
Six Sigma
England

Six Sigma
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands 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 16 (61.54%) Lean Six Sigma
2 15 (57.69%) Finance
3 9 (34.62%) Process Improvement
4 5 (19.23%) Project Management
4 5 (19.23%) Banking
5 4 (15.38%) Marketing
5 4 (15.38%) PRINCE2
5 4 (15.38%) Process Management
6 3 (11.54%) Change Management
6 3 (11.54%) Risk Management
6 3 (11.54%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (11.54%) DMAIC
6 3 (11.54%) ITIL
6 3 (11.54%) Six Sigma Black Belt
6 3 (11.54%) Business Process Improvement
7 2 (7.692%) Change Control
7 2 (7.692%) Credit Risk
7 2 (7.692%) Six Sigma Master Black Belt
7 2 (7.692%) Process Architecture
7 2 (7.692%) Retail
7 2 (7.692%) Legal
7 2 (7.692%) Workflow Management
7 2 (7.692%) Strategic Planning
7 2 (7.692%) Microsoft
7 2 (7.692%) Active Directory
7 2 (7.692%) Citrix
7 2 (7.692%) Windows
7 2 (7.692%) VBA
7 2 (7.692%) SQL Server
7 2 (7.692%) Business Objects

Six Sigma
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands 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 Platforms
1 1 (3.846%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (3.846%) MS Project
1 1 (3.846%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.846%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (7.692%) SQL Server
2 1 (3.846%) Oracle BI EE
General
1 15 (57.69%) Finance
2 5 (19.23%) Banking
3 4 (15.38%) Marketing
4 2 (7.692%) Retail
4 2 (7.692%) Legal
5 1 (3.846%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 12 (46.15%) Analyst
2 7 (26.92%) Consultant
3 5 (19.23%) Process Analyst
3 5 (19.23%) Business Analyst
4 4 (15.38%) Process Improvement Analyst
5 3 (11.54%) Six Sigma Consultant
6 2 (7.692%) PMO Manager
6 2 (7.692%) Process Manager
6 2 (7.692%) Process Improvement Manager
6 2 (7.692%) Data Analyst
6 2 (7.692%) Business Consultant
6 2 (7.692%) Change Consultant
6 2 (7.692%) Business Process Consultant
6 2 (7.692%) Process Consultant
7 1 (3.846%) Support Analyst
7 1 (3.846%) Business Process Analyst
7 1 (3.846%) Development Manager
7 1 (3.846%) Change Manager
7 1 (3.846%) Business Change Manager
7 1 (3.846%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (7.692%) Credit Risk
2 1 (3.846%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 2 (7.692%) Windows
2 1 (3.846%) Windows 2000
2 1 (3.846%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (3.846%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (61.54%) Lean Six Sigma
2 9 (34.62%) Process Improvement
3 5 (19.23%) Project Management
4 4 (15.38%) PRINCE2
4 4 (15.38%) Process Management
5 3 (11.54%) Change Management
5 3 (11.54%) Risk Management
5 3 (11.54%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (11.54%) DMAIC
5 3 (11.54%) ITIL
5 3 (11.54%) Business Process Improvement
6 2 (7.692%) Change Control
6 2 (7.692%) Process Architecture
6 2 (7.692%) Workflow Management
6 2 (7.692%) Strategic Planning
6 2 (7.692%) Workflow
7 1 (3.846%) Quality Management
7 1 (3.846%) CMMI
7 1 (3.846%) DFSS
7 1 (3.846%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 2 (7.692%) VBA
Qualifications
1 3 (11.54%) Six Sigma Black Belt
2 2 (7.692%) Six Sigma Master Black Belt
3 1 (3.846%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (3.846%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (3.846%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.846%) Sarbanes-Oxley
1 1 (3.846%) QA
System Software
1 2 (7.692%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (7.692%) Microsoft
1 2 (7.692%) Citrix
1 2 (7.692%) Business Objects
2 1 (3.846%) VMware
Leicestershire, Midlands, East Midlands
A retail/sales focused Business Process Analyst with rounded commercial experience and a sales process background is required for a global business with a significant multi-channel offering-...
GSA Techsource
Rate: circa GBP350 per day
Posted: 4 June 2013
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