The first table below looks at the demand for Process Improvement skills in IT contracts advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Process Improvement 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 London 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
Process Improvement
Rank 343 355 340
Rank change year-on-year
+12 -15
Contract jobs citing Process Improvement 44 63 93
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.200% 0.230% 0.304%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.268% 0.321% 0.426%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 48 76
Average daily rate £488 £513 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.87% +2.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £298 £305 £375
10% offered a daily rate of more than £537 £675 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £450 £400 £400
% change year-on-year
+12.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £19.50
All Processes & Methodologies
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
16410 19631 21812
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 74.61% 71.81% 71.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 11259 12893 14383
Average daily rate £450 £450 £485
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -7.21%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £300 £310
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £600 £625
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 256 338 344
Average hourly rate £32.00 £27.50 £27.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+16.36% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.00 £15.00 £14.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £135.00 £45.00 £50.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
Process Improvement
England

Process Improvement
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London Process Improvement Jobs Demand Trend

Process Improvement
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Process Improvement across the London region.

London Process Improvement Daily Rate Trend

Process Improvement
Daily Rate Histogram

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

London Process Improvement Daily Rate Histogram

Process Improvement
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Process Improvement across the London region.

London Process Improvement Hourly Rate Trend

Process Improvement
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Process Improvement within the London region over the 3 months to 22 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
City of London -1 11 £414 -21.14%
Canary Wharf - 4 £550 -
Process Improvement
England

Process Improvement
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing Process 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 Process Improvement.

1 38 (40.00%) Six Sigma
1 38 (40.00%) ITIL
2 34 (35.79%) MS Visio
2 34 (35.79%) Project Management
3 33 (34.74%) PRINCE2
4 31 (32.63%) Fixed Income
5 30 (31.58%) IT Governance
5 30 (31.58%) UML
6 29 (30.53%) Microsoft
7 28 (29.47%) RUP
7 28 (29.47%) MS Excel
8 26 (27.37%) COBIT
8 26 (27.37%) Scrum
8 26 (27.37%) Risk Management
9 25 (26.32%) MS Project
9 25 (26.32%) Portfolio Management
10 24 (25.26%) Configuration Management
11 23 (24.21%) PMI
11 23 (24.21%) PMI Certification
11 23 (24.21%) Equities
11 23 (24.21%) Banking
12 22 (23.16%) Project Governance
12 22 (23.16%) Six Sigma Black Belt
12 22 (23.16%) Performance Management
13 21 (22.11%) Regression Testing
14 20 (21.05%) CMMI
14 20 (21.05%) Finance
14 20 (21.05%) QuickTest Pro
14 20 (21.05%) HP Quality Center
14 20 (21.05%) Test Management

Process Improvement
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing Process 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 Process Improvement. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (2.105%) .NET
2 1 (1.053%) .NET Framework
2 1 (1.053%) WinForms
Application Platforms
1 1 (1.053%) CMS
1 1 (1.053%) SharePoint
Applications
1 34 (35.79%) MS Visio
2 28 (29.47%) MS Excel
3 25 (26.32%) MS Project
4 6 (6.316%) MS PowerPoint
5 5 (5.263%) MS Office
6 2 (2.105%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (4.211%) SAP Oil and Gas
2 1 (1.053%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (1.053%) SAP SD
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.158%) Broadband
2 2 (2.105%) Intranet
3 1 (1.053%) Internet
3 1 (1.053%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.211%) OLAP
1 4 (4.211%) BusinessObjects
1 4 (4.211%) SAP BW
1 4 (4.211%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
1 4 (4.211%) SAP HANA
2 1 (1.053%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (1.053%) SAP BI
2 1 (1.053%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 20 (21.05%) QuickTest Pro
General
1 23 (24.21%) Banking
2 20 (21.05%) Finance
3 13 (13.68%) Investment Banking
4 10 (10.53%) Telecoms
5 9 (9.474%) Billing
6 5 (5.263%) Retail
7 4 (4.211%) Retail Banking
8 2 (2.105%) Marketing
9 1 (1.053%) General Ledger
9 1 (1.053%) Legal
9 1 (1.053%) Front Office
9 1 (1.053%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 40 (42.11%) Analyst
2 24 (25.26%) Business Analyst
3 15 (15.79%) Consultant
3 15 (15.79%) Process Analyst
4 13 (13.68%) Process Improvement Analyst
5 11 (11.58%) QA Manager
5 11 (11.58%) Process Consultant
5 11 (11.58%) Process Manager
6 10 (10.53%) Process Improvement Manager
6 10 (10.53%) Process Improvement Consultant
7 9 (9.474%) Portfolio Manager
8 7 (7.368%) Project Manager
9 5 (5.263%) Technical Business Analyst
9 5 (5.263%) Technical Analyst
10 3 (3.158%) NHS Business Analyst
10 3 (3.158%) SAP Business Analyst
10 3 (3.158%) SAP Consultant
10 3 (3.158%) Change Analyst
10 3 (3.158%) Tester
11 2 (2.105%) Programme Manager
Miscellaneous
1 31 (32.63%) Fixed Income
2 23 (24.21%) PMI
2 23 (24.21%) Equities
3 5 (5.263%) E-Learning
4 4 (4.211%) NHS
5 3 (3.158%) IPTV
6 2 (2.105%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 2 (2.105%) Derivative
6 2 (2.105%) CMDB
7 1 (1.053%) Hedge funds
7 1 (1.053%) Management Information System
7 1 (1.053%) Client/Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (40.00%) Six Sigma
1 38 (40.00%) ITIL
2 34 (35.79%) Project Management
3 33 (34.74%) PRINCE2
4 30 (31.58%) IT Governance
4 30 (31.58%) UML
5 28 (29.47%) RUP
6 26 (27.37%) Scrum
6 26 (27.37%) Risk Management
7 25 (26.32%) Portfolio Management
8 24 (25.26%) Configuration Management
9 22 (23.16%) Project Governance
9 22 (23.16%) Performance Management
10 21 (22.11%) Regression Testing
11 20 (21.05%) CMMI
11 20 (21.05%) Test Management
12 18 (18.95%) Lean Six Sigma
13 15 (15.79%) Business Analysis
14 14 (14.74%) Service Management
15 13 (13.68%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (6.316%) C
2 2 (2.105%) SQL
2 2 (2.105%) VB.NET
3 1 (1.053%) C#
Qualifications
1 23 (24.21%) PMI Certification
2 22 (23.16%) Six Sigma Black Belt
3 7 (7.368%) ISEB
4 3 (3.158%) Six Sigma Green Belt
5 1 (1.053%) DV Cleared
5 1 (1.053%) Security Cleared
5 1 (1.053%) Degree
5 1 (1.053%) MBA
5 1 (1.053%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (27.37%) COBIT
2 19 (20.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 20 (21.05%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 29 (30.53%) Microsoft
2 10 (10.53%) Niku
3 7 (7.368%) SAP
4 4 (4.211%) Business Objects
5 2 (2.105%) Oracle
5 2 (2.105%) Remedy
6 1 (1.053%) Serena
6 1 (1.053%) Thunderhead
6 1 (1.053%) PeopleSoft
6 1 (1.053%) JD Edwards
6 1 (1.053%) Murex
6 1 (1.053%) Calypso
City, London
Oracle E- Business Suite Implementation(s) and/or SOA initiative... Process Improvement/Design Governance... Key terms: Solution Architect, Enterprise Architect, SOA, Oracle E-Business Suite, ecommerce, Process Improvement,...
Venturi
Rate: £450 - £550 per annum + negotiable
Posted: 17 May 2013