The first table below looks at the demand for Six Sigma Black Belt in IT contracts advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Six Sigma Black Belt over the 3 months to 17 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 Qualifications 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Six Sigma Black Belt
Rank 376 377 403
Rank change year-on-year
+1 +26
Contract jobs citing Six Sigma Black Belt 9 29 34
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.042% 0.108% 0.109%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.283% 0.773% 0.819%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 28 27
Average daily rate £563 £511 £575
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+10.07% -11.13%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £510 £475 £480
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £600 £660
UK excluding London average daily rate £500 £413 £425
% change year-on-year
+21.21% -2.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Qualifications
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
3177 3754 4151
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 14.71% 14.02% 13.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 1897 2243 2392
Average daily rate £421 £425 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-0.94% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £250 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £600 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 120 114 143
Average hourly rate £23.20 £21.25 £20.70
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+9.17% +2.65%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.25 £12.50 £13.15
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £135.00 £40.63 £37.05
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £23.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.17% -8.00%
Six Sigma Black Belt
England

Six Sigma Black Belt
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Six Sigma Black Belt across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

London Six Sigma Black Belt Jobs Demand Trend

Six Sigma Black Belt
Daily Rate Trend

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

London Six Sigma Black Belt Daily Rate Trend

Six Sigma Black Belt
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Six Sigma Black Belt across the London region.

London Six Sigma Black Belt Hourly Rate Trend

Six Sigma Black Belt
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 Black Belt within the London region over the 3 months to 17 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 +13 4 £556 +10.36%
Six Sigma Black Belt
England

Six Sigma Black Belt
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing Six Sigma Black Belt 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 Black Belt.

1 39 (95.12%) Six Sigma
2 28 (68.29%) PMI Certification
2 28 (68.29%) Project Management
3 26 (63.41%) PMI
4 24 (58.54%) PRINCE2
5 23 (56.10%) MS Visio
5 23 (56.10%) MS Excel
5 23 (56.10%) Performance Management
5 23 (56.10%) Process Improvement
6 22 (53.66%) Test Management
6 22 (53.66%) ITIL
6 22 (53.66%) Risk Management
7 21 (51.22%) Regression Testing
7 21 (51.22%) Scrum
7 21 (51.22%) Fixed Income
7 21 (51.22%) Equities
7 21 (51.22%) Configuration Management
7 21 (51.22%) QuickTest Pro
7 21 (51.22%) Microsoft
7 21 (51.22%) UML
7 21 (51.22%) RUP
7 21 (51.22%) MS Project
7 21 (51.22%) IT Governance
7 21 (51.22%) COBIT
7 21 (51.22%) HP Quality Center
7 21 (51.22%) Portfolio Management
7 21 (51.22%) Project Governance
8 18 (43.90%) Lean Six Sigma
9 12 (29.27%) Service Management
10 11 (26.83%) CMMI

Six Sigma Black Belt
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing Six Sigma Black Belt 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 Black Belt. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 23 (56.10%) MS Excel
1 23 (56.10%) MS Visio
2 21 (51.22%) MS Project
3 2 (4.878%) MS Office
3 2 (4.878%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.878%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.878%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (4.878%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 21 (51.22%) QuickTest Pro
General
1 11 (26.83%) Finance
2 8 (19.51%) Banking
3 5 (12.20%) Investment Banking
4 4 (9.756%) Financial Institution
5 2 (4.878%) Telecoms
5 2 (4.878%) Law
5 2 (4.878%) Legal
6 1 (2.439%) Dutch Language
6 1 (2.439%) French Language
6 1 (2.439%) German Language
6 1 (2.439%) Norwegian Language
6 1 (2.439%) Swedish Language
6 1 (2.439%) Retail
Job Titles
1 17 (41.46%) Analyst
2 13 (31.71%) Process Analyst
3 11 (26.83%) Process Improvement Analyst
4 10 (24.39%) QA Manager
5 9 (21.95%) Portfolio Manager
6 6 (14.63%) Business Analyst
7 5 (12.20%) Project Manager
8 2 (4.878%) Six Sigma Specialist
9 1 (2.439%) Programme Manager
9 1 (2.439%) Senior Business Process Analyst
9 1 (2.439%) Business Process Manager
9 1 (2.439%) Process Manager
9 1 (2.439%) Programme Test Manager
9 1 (2.439%) Senior Analyst
9 1 (2.439%) Change Manager
9 1 (2.439%) Business Change Manager
9 1 (2.439%) Business Manager
9 1 (2.439%) Test Manager
9 1 (2.439%) Senior Consultant
9 1 (2.439%) Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 26 (63.41%) PMI
2 21 (51.22%) Fixed Income
2 21 (51.22%) Equities
3 2 (4.878%) Management Information System
4 1 (2.439%) FMCG
4 1 (2.439%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 4 (9.756%) Windows
1 4 (9.756%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (95.12%) Six Sigma
2 28 (68.29%) Project Management
3 24 (58.54%) PRINCE2
4 23 (56.10%) Performance Management
4 23 (56.10%) Process Improvement
5 22 (53.66%) Test Management
5 22 (53.66%) ITIL
5 22 (53.66%) Risk Management
6 21 (51.22%) Regression Testing
6 21 (51.22%) Configuration Management
6 21 (51.22%) UML
6 21 (51.22%) RUP
6 21 (51.22%) Portfolio Management
6 21 (51.22%) IT Governance
6 21 (51.22%) Scrum
6 21 (51.22%) Project Governance
7 18 (43.90%) Lean Six Sigma
8 12 (29.27%) Service Management
9 11 (26.83%) CMMI
10 10 (24.39%) SOA
Programming Languages
1 2 (4.878%) SQL
2 1 (2.439%) C
Qualifications
1 28 (68.29%) PMI Certification
2 7 (17.07%) PMP
2 7 (17.07%) Six Sigma Green Belt
3 2 (4.878%) Degree
4 1 (2.439%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 1 (2.439%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (51.22%) COBIT
2 11 (26.83%) QA
Systems Management
1 21 (51.22%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 21 (51.22%) Microsoft
2 10 (24.39%) Niku
3 2 (4.878%) Minitab
London
Education; Educated to degree level or equivalent. Prince 2 accreditation. Desirable; Lean Six Sigma Black Belt accreditation. Working knowledge of ITIL and/or SFIA. Working knowledge of SOx...
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Rate: negotiable
Posted: 15 May 2013