The first table below looks at the demand for Six Sigma skills in IT contracts advertised for the East of England 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 East of England 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 98 108 118
Rank change year-on-year
+10 +10
Contract jobs citing Six Sigma 16 24 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 0.748% 0.812% 0.340%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.121% 1.261% 0.524%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 14 4
Average daily rate £413 £438 £440
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.71% -0.56%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £215 £377
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £500 £552
UK excluding London average daily rate £450 £375 £375
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 1
Average hourly rate £32.75 £43.50 £23.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-24.71% +89.13%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.75 £41.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year
-20.12% +78.26%
All Processes & Methodologies
East of England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1427 1903 1718
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 66.71% 64.40% 64.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 813 915 776
Average daily rate £375 £363 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.44% -3.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £250 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 122 154 186
Average hourly rate £35.22 £31.00 £32.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+13.61% -3.12%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £19.08 £12.28 £13.88
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £43.00 £49.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
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 of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

East of England 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 of England region.

East of England 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 of England region.

East of England 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 of England region over the 3 months to 24 May 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
Hertfordshire -4 11 £413 -5.71%
Essex - 4 - -
Bedfordshire +1 1 - -
Six Sigma
England

Six Sigma
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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 15 (62.50%) Finance
2 14 (58.33%) Project Management
3 11 (45.83%) Six Sigma Green Belt
4 10 (41.67%) Retail
5 9 (37.50%) Lean Six Sigma
6 8 (33.33%) Six Sigma Black Belt
7 7 (29.17%) Systems Analysis
7 7 (29.17%) ITIL
7 7 (29.17%) Continuous Improvement
8 6 (25.00%) Service Management
8 6 (25.00%) Marketing
9 4 (16.67%) Manufacturing
9 4 (16.67%) Change Management
9 4 (16.67%) PRINCE2
9 4 (16.67%) Data Warehouse
10 3 (12.50%) E-Commerce
10 3 (12.50%) EDI
10 3 (12.50%) VoIP
10 3 (12.50%) VPN
10 3 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
10 3 (12.50%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 3 (12.50%) MS Project
10 3 (12.50%) MS Office
10 3 (12.50%) SAN
10 3 (12.50%) CA
10 3 (12.50%) MicroStrategy
10 3 (12.50%) Firewall
10 3 (12.50%) ITSM
10 3 (12.50%) Teradata
10 3 (12.50%) QAD

Six Sigma
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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 3 (12.50%) EDI
Applications
1 3 (12.50%) MS Project
1 3 (12.50%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 3 (12.50%) MFGPRO
Communications & Networking
1 3 (12.50%) VoIP
1 3 (12.50%) VPN
1 3 (12.50%) SAN
1 3 (12.50%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (16.67%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (4.167%) GIS
2 1 (4.167%) WebFOCUS
General
1 15 (62.50%) Finance
2 10 (41.67%) Retail
3 6 (25.00%) Marketing
4 4 (16.67%) Manufacturing
5 2 (8.333%) Automotive
6 1 (4.167%) Telecoms
6 1 (4.167%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (4.167%) Legal
6 1 (4.167%) Military
Job Titles
1 14 (58.33%) Analyst
2 13 (54.17%) Business Analyst
3 6 (25.00%) Project Manager
3 6 (25.00%) Business Systems Analyst
3 6 (25.00%) Systems Analyst
4 3 (12.50%) IT Manager
4 3 (12.50%) Head of IT
5 2 (8.333%) Lead Business Analyst
5 2 (8.333%) Project Coordinator
5 2 (8.333%) Coordinator
5 2 (8.333%) Process Analyst
6 1 (4.167%) Technical Project Manager
6 1 (4.167%) Business Process Analyst
6 1 (4.167%) IT Project Manager
6 1 (4.167%) Technical Manager
6 1 (4.167%) Business Project Manager
6 1 (4.167%) Business Manager
6 1 (4.167%) Business Intelligence Manager
6 1 (4.167%) Business Intelligence Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (12.50%) Cloud Computing
2 2 (8.333%) Management Information System
3 1 (4.167%) PMI
3 1 (4.167%) STB
3 1 (4.167%) FMCG
3 1 (4.167%) SaaS
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (58.33%) Project Management
2 9 (37.50%) Lean Six Sigma
3 7 (29.17%) Systems Analysis
3 7 (29.17%) ITIL
3 7 (29.17%) Continuous Improvement
4 6 (25.00%) Service Management
5 4 (16.67%) Change Management
5 4 (16.67%) PRINCE2
6 3 (12.50%) E-Commerce
6 3 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
6 3 (12.50%) ITSM
6 3 (12.50%) Project Planning
6 3 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 3 (12.50%) Time Management
6 3 (12.50%) PDCA
6 3 (12.50%) ITIL V3
6 3 (12.50%) Infrastructure Management
7 2 (8.333%) Release Management
7 2 (8.333%) Business Analysis
7 2 (8.333%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 11 (45.83%) Six Sigma Green Belt
2 8 (33.33%) Six Sigma Black Belt
3 3 (12.50%) Degree
4 1 (4.167%) PMI Certification
4 1 (4.167%) SC Cleared
4 1 (4.167%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (12.50%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 3 (12.50%) CA
1 3 (12.50%) MicroStrategy
1 3 (12.50%) Teradata
1 3 (12.50%) QAD