The first table below looks at the demand for Lean Six Sigma skills in IT contracts advertised for the Edinburgh region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Lean Six Sigma over the 3 months to 22 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 Edinburgh 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Lean Six Sigma
Rank 52 - 69
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Lean Six Sigma 3 0 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh 0.363% - 0.155%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.535% - 0.234%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Average daily rate £450 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £431 £400
% change year-on-year
-1.44% +7.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £50.00 - -
All Processes & Methodologies
Edinburgh
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
561 737 855
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh 67.92% 66.76% 66.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 260 367 468
Average daily rate £413 £375 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+10.00% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £263 £242 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £475 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 18 8
Average hourly rate £20.00 £27.50 £17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-27.27% +57.14%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £13.26 £14.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £20.50 £38.00 £43.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
Lean Six Sigma
Scotland

Lean Six Sigma
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Edinburgh Lean Six Sigma Jobs Demand Trend

Lean Six Sigma
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Lean Six Sigma across the Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh Lean Six Sigma Daily Rate Trend

Lean Six Sigma
Top 11 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh region citing Lean 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 Lean Six Sigma.

1 3 (100.00%) Six Sigma
1 3 (100.00%) Project Management
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
2 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (66.67%) Banking
2 2 (66.67%) Performance Management
2 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (66.67%) RTP
3 1 (33.33%) PRINCE2
3 1 (33.33%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 1 (33.33%) PRINCE

Lean Six Sigma
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh region citing Lean 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 Lean Six Sigma. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) RTP
General
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
2 2 (66.67%) Banking
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Change Manager
1 2 (66.67%) Project Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Junior
2 1 (33.33%) Coordinator
2 1 (33.33%) Project Coordinator
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Six Sigma
1 3 (100.00%) Project Management
2 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (66.67%) Performance Management
2 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) PRINCE2
3 1 (33.33%) PRINCE
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) PRINCE2 Certification