The first table below looks at the demand for Continuous Improvement skills in IT contracts advertised for the Merseyside region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Continuous 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 Merseyside 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
Continual Improvement
Rank - 34 31
Contract jobs citing Continuous Improvement 0 2 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Merseyside - 0.749% 0.402%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - 1.242% 0.645%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 1
Average daily rate - £90 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -74.28%
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £325 £394
% change year-on-year
+15.38% -17.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £25.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.01 £25.00 £31.15
% change year-on-year
-19.98% -19.74%
All Processes & Methodologies
Merseyside
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
145 161 155
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Merseyside 67.44% 60.30% 62.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 89 83 75
Average daily rate £350 £325 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.69% -7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £243 £255 £270
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £494 £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 14 15
Average hourly rate - £17.51 £22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -22.17%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
Continuous Improvement
North West

Continuous Improvement
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Merseyside 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 Merseyside region.

Merseyside Continuous Improvement Daily Rate Trend

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 Merseyside region.

Merseyside Continuous Improvement Hourly Rate Trend