The first table below looks at the demand for Continuous Improvement skills in IT contracts advertised for the Hampshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Continuous Improvement over the 3 months to 20 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 Hampshire 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 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Continual Improvement
Rank 76 84 94
Rank change year-on-year
+8 +10
Contract jobs citing Continuous Improvement 26 15 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 1.682% 0.950% 0.274%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.490% 1.479% 0.426%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 2 0
Average daily rate £425 £481 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-11.68% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £380 £300 £381
% change year-on-year
+26.66% -21.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £28.00 £25.00 £33.30
% change year-on-year
+12.00% -24.92%
All Processes & Methodologies
Hampshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1044 1014 1175
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 67.53% 64.22% 64.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 587 478 532
Average daily rate £370 £375 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.33% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £288 £265 £270
10% offered a daily rate of more than £513 £510 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £363 £375
% change year-on-year
- -3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 64 100 125
Average hourly rate £35.00 £31.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+12.90% -11.42%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.65 £14.60 £13.54
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £44.00 £42.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.00 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+28.00% -16.66%
Continuous Improvement
South East

Continuous Improvement
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hampshire 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 Hampshire region.

Hampshire Continuous Improvement Daily Rate Trend

Continuous Improvement
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Continuous Improvement across the Hampshire region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Hampshire Continuous Improvement Daily Rate Histogram

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 Hampshire region.

Hampshire Continuous Improvement Hourly Rate Trend

Continuous Improvement
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Continuous Improvement within the Hampshire region over the 3 months to 20 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
Basingstoke -9 9 £423 -
Andover +1 2 £575 -
Portsmouth - 1 £750 -
Winchester - 1 £500 -
Continuous Improvement
South East

Continuous Improvement
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire 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 16 (44.44%) Management Information System
2 14 (38.89%) ITIL
3 13 (36.11%) Windows
4 12 (33.33%) Finance
5 11 (30.56%) Linux
6 8 (22.22%) Oracle
6 8 (22.22%) Microsoft
6 8 (22.22%) VMware
6 8 (22.22%) VMware Infrastructure
7 7 (19.44%) Degree
7 7 (19.44%) Remedy ITSM
7 7 (19.44%) Migration
7 7 (19.44%) BMC
7 7 (19.44%) Remedy
7 7 (19.44%) Configuration Management
7 7 (19.44%) Perl
7 7 (19.44%) AIX
7 7 (19.44%) Solaris
7 7 (19.44%) UNIX
7 7 (19.44%) MS Excel
8 6 (16.67%) PRINCE2
8 6 (16.67%) Project Management
8 6 (16.67%) Active Directory
8 6 (16.67%) Risk Management
8 6 (16.67%) Open Source
9 5 (13.89%) Security Cleared
9 5 (13.89%) Manufacturing
9 5 (13.89%) Information Security
9 5 (13.89%) Java
9 5 (13.89%) ERP

Continuous Improvement
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire 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 Development
1 4 (11.11%) SAML
2 2 (5.556%) COM
2 2 (5.556%) Velocity
3 1 (2.778%) JSP
3 1 (2.778%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 4 (11.11%) Apache
1 4 (11.11%) Tomcat
1 4 (11.11%) GlassFish
2 1 (2.778%) WebLogic
Applications
1 7 (19.44%) MS Excel
2 2 (5.556%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 7 (19.44%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (2.778%) Hyperion Planning
2 1 (2.778%) Oracle Financials
2 1 (2.778%) Oracle EBS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (13.89%) ATM
2 4 (11.11%) LAN
2 4 (11.11%) WAN
2 4 (11.11%) SSL
2 4 (11.11%) IPsec
2 4 (11.11%) LDAP
3 3 (8.333%) SAN
3 3 (8.333%) Internet
3 3 (8.333%) MPLS
3 3 (8.333%) Firewall
3 3 (8.333%) FTP
3 3 (8.333%) Broadband
4 1 (2.778%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.556%) Oracle 8/8i
1 2 (5.556%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.778%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (2.778%) Oracle Discoverer
2 1 (2.778%) RDBMS
2 1 (2.778%) Essbase
2 1 (2.778%) Oracle 11g
2 1 (2.778%) Oracle BI EE
Development Applications
1 1 (2.778%) Visual Studio
General
1 12 (33.33%) Finance
2 5 (13.89%) Manufacturing
3 3 (8.333%) Telecoms
4 2 (5.556%) Pharmaceutical
4 2 (5.556%) Retail
5 1 (2.778%) Corporate Banking
5 1 (2.778%) Banking
5 1 (2.778%) Law
5 1 (2.778%) Legal
Job Titles
1 12 (33.33%) Consultant
2 5 (13.89%) Analyst
2 5 (13.89%) Technical Consultant
3 4 (11.11%) Architect
4 3 (8.333%) Programme Manager
4 3 (8.333%) Virtualisation Consultant
5 2 (5.556%) Tester
5 2 (5.556%) Web Project Manager
5 2 (5.556%) Quality Analyst
5 2 (5.556%) Web Manager
5 2 (5.556%) Project Manager
5 2 (5.556%) Systems Manager
5 2 (5.556%) Software Tester
6 1 (2.778%) Security Architect
6 1 (2.778%) Contracts Manager
6 1 (2.778%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
6 1 (2.778%) E-Business Analyst
6 1 (2.778%) Lead Developer
6 1 (2.778%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 1 (2.778%) Technical Architect
Miscellaneous
1 16 (44.44%) Management Information System
2 6 (16.67%) Open Source
3 4 (11.11%) CMDB
4 2 (5.556%) SaaS
4 2 (5.556%) Mobile App
5 1 (2.778%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (2.778%) RMADS
5 1 (2.778%) PKI
5 1 (2.778%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 13 (36.11%) Windows
2 11 (30.56%) Linux
3 7 (19.44%) AIX
3 7 (19.44%) Solaris
3 7 (19.44%) UNIX
4 2 (5.556%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (38.89%) ITIL
2 7 (19.44%) Configuration Management
2 7 (19.44%) Migration
3 6 (16.67%) PRINCE2
3 6 (16.67%) Project Management
3 6 (16.67%) Risk Management
4 5 (13.89%) ERP
4 5 (13.89%) Information Security
4 5 (13.89%) Change Control
5 4 (11.11%) Capacity Management
5 4 (11.11%) Identity Management
6 3 (8.333%) Service Delivery
6 3 (8.333%) B2B
6 3 (8.333%) Business Analysis
6 3 (8.333%) Problem Management
7 2 (5.556%) Continuous Integration
7 2 (5.556%) Time Management
7 2 (5.556%) Agile Software Development
7 2 (5.556%) TDD
7 2 (5.556%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (19.44%) Perl
2 5 (13.89%) Java
3 4 (11.11%) PHP
4 3 (8.333%) Korn
5 2 (5.556%) SQL
5 2 (5.556%) VB
6 1 (2.778%) C
Qualifications
1 7 (19.44%) Degree
2 5 (13.89%) Security Cleared
3 4 (11.11%) SC Cleared
4 3 (8.333%) APMP
5 2 (5.556%) DV Cleared
6 1 (2.778%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.778%) QA
1 1 (2.778%) JSP 440
System Software
1 8 (22.22%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (16.67%) Active Directory
3 4 (11.11%) vSphere
4 2 (5.556%) Shibboleth
Systems Management
1 4 (11.11%) HP SIM
2 3 (8.333%) Control-M
Vendors
1 8 (22.22%) Oracle
1 8 (22.22%) Microsoft
1 8 (22.22%) VMware
2 7 (19.44%) BMC
2 7 (19.44%) Remedy
3 4 (11.11%) NetApp
3 4 (11.11%) HP
4 3 (8.333%) IBM
4 3 (8.333%) RedPrairie
5 2 (5.556%) Juniper
5 2 (5.556%) SAP
5 2 (5.556%) JBoss
5 2 (5.556%) Cisco
5 2 (5.556%) Red Hat
6 1 (2.778%) Hyperion
6 1 (2.778%) Endeca
6 1 (2.778%) TippingPoint
6 1 (2.778%) hybris
6 1 (2.778%) Citrix
6 1 (2.778%) Venda
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