The first table below looks at the demand for Continuous Improvement skills in IT contracts advertised for the Middlesex region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Continuous Improvement over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Middlesex 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Continual Improvement
Rank 20 29 38
Rank change year-on-year
+9 +9
Contract jobs citing Continuous Improvement 6 3 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Middlesex 3.015% 1.038% 0.526%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.110% 1.463% 0.680%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 1
Average daily rate £375 £375 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -6.25%
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £330 £400
% change year-on-year
+13.63% -17.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £12.66 £19.00 £28.50
% change year-on-year
-33.36% -33.33%
All Processes & Methodologies
Middlesex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
146 205 294
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Middlesex 73.37% 70.93% 77.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 92 88 127
Average daily rate £383 £388 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.29% -8.82%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £260 £300 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £525 £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 9 12
Average hourly rate £37.50 £38.50 £29.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.59% +32.75%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
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 Middlesex region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Middlesex 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 Middlesex region.

Middlesex 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 Middlesex region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Middlesex 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 Middlesex region.

Middlesex Continuous Improvement Hourly Rate Trend

Continuous Improvement
Top 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Middlesex 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 5 (71.43%) SAP
2 1 (14.29%) Service Management
2 1 (14.29%) Service Delivery
2 1 (14.29%) E-Procurement
2 1 (14.29%) Manufacturing
2 1 (14.29%) Programme Management
2 1 (14.29%) Supplier Management
2 1 (14.29%) Knowledge Management
2 1 (14.29%) Incident Management
2 1 (14.29%) SAP SRM
2 1 (14.29%) CMDB
2 1 (14.29%) Lean Six Sigma
2 1 (14.29%) Release Management
2 1 (14.29%) Performance Management
2 1 (14.29%) SAP Portal
2 1 (14.29%) ITIL
2 1 (14.29%) SharePoint
2 1 (14.29%) SLA
2 1 (14.29%) Ariba
2 1 (14.29%) SAP MM
2 1 (14.29%) Six Sigma
2 1 (14.29%) Remedy

Continuous Improvement
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Middlesex 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 Platforms
1 1 (14.29%) SAP Portal
1 1 (14.29%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 1 (14.29%) SAP SRM
1 1 (14.29%) SAP MM
General
1 1 (14.29%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 2 (28.57%) SAP Manager
1 2 (28.57%) Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) Functional Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) Service Manager
2 1 (14.29%) SAP Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) Service Desk Manager
2 1 (14.29%) SAP Functional Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) SAP Support
2 1 (14.29%) Applications Manager
2 1 (14.29%) SAP SRM Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) Knowledge Manager
2 1 (14.29%) PMO Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Knowledge Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Coordinator
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) CMDB
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (14.29%) Service Management
1 1 (14.29%) Service Delivery
1 1 (14.29%) E-Procurement
1 1 (14.29%) Programme Management
1 1 (14.29%) Supplier Management
1 1 (14.29%) Knowledge Management
1 1 (14.29%) Incident Management
1 1 (14.29%) Lean Six Sigma
1 1 (14.29%) Release Management
1 1 (14.29%) Performance Management
1 1 (14.29%) ITIL
1 1 (14.29%) Six Sigma
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) SLA
Vendors
1 5 (71.43%) SAP
2 1 (14.29%) Ariba
2 1 (14.29%) Remedy