The first table below looks at the demand for Six Sigma skills in IT contracts advertised for the Leeds region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited 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 Leeds 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
Six Sigma
Rank 60 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Six Sigma 8 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leeds 1.064% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.457% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
Average daily rate £480 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £450 £378 £375
% change year-on-year
+19.04% +0.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.75 £41.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year
-20.12% +78.26%
All Processes & Methodologies
Leeds
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
549 638 418
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leeds 73.01% 71.44% 67.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 311 377 205
Average daily rate £310 £345 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.14% -1.42%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £245 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £451 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 16 22
Average hourly rate £33.50 £14.00 £17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+139.28% -20.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £11.40 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £38.00 £62.50 £25.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
Six Sigma
West Yorkshire

Six Sigma
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leeds 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 Leeds region.

Leeds Six Sigma Daily Rate Trend

Six Sigma
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Six Sigma across the Leeds region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Leeds Six Sigma Daily Rate Histogram

Six Sigma
Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds 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 5 (50.00%) Lean Six Sigma
2 4 (40.00%) Finance
2 4 (40.00%) DMAIC
2 4 (40.00%) BPR
2 4 (40.00%) Project Management
2 4 (40.00%) TQM
3 3 (30.00%) Banking
3 3 (30.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 3 (30.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (10.00%) Project Planning
5 1 (10.00%) Degree
5 1 (10.00%) Management Information System
5 1 (10.00%) Process Management
5 1 (10.00%) Change Management
5 1 (10.00%) Process Improvement
5 1 (10.00%) Straight-Through Processing
5 1 (10.00%) Business Transformation
5 1 (10.00%) Retail
5 1 (10.00%) Enterprise Modelling

Six Sigma
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds 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.

General
1 4 (40.00%) Finance
2 3 (30.00%) Banking
3 1 (10.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 5 (50.00%) Business Manager
2 4 (40.00%) Business Process Manager
2 4 (40.00%) Process Manager
3 3 (30.00%) Business Analyst
3 3 (30.00%) Analyst
4 2 (20.00%) Project Manager
5 1 (10.00%) Change Manager
5 1 (10.00%) Business Change Manager
5 1 (10.00%) Process Improvement Consultant
5 1 (10.00%) Banking Business Analyst
5 1 (10.00%) Consultant
5 1 (10.00%) Process Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (50.00%) Lean Six Sigma
2 4 (40.00%) DMAIC
2 4 (40.00%) BPR
2 4 (40.00%) Project Management
2 4 (40.00%) TQM
3 3 (30.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 3 (30.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (10.00%) Project Planning
5 1 (10.00%) Process Management
5 1 (10.00%) Change Management
5 1 (10.00%) Process Improvement
5 1 (10.00%) Straight-Through Processing
5 1 (10.00%) Business Transformation
5 1 (10.00%) Enterprise Modelling
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) Degree