The first table below looks at the demand for Continuous Improvement skills in IT contracts advertised for the North East region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Continuous Improvement over the 3 months to 20 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 North East 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Continual Improvement
Rank 33 43 42
Rank change year-on-year
+10 -1
Contract jobs citing Continuous Improvement 2 6 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North East 0.752% 1.235% 0.452%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.136% 1.929% 0.791%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £380 £300 £381
% change year-on-year
+26.66% -21.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £28.00 £25.00 £33.30
% change year-on-year
+12.00% -24.92%
All Processes & Methodologies
North East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
176 311 253
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North East 66.17% 63.99% 57.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 76 170 108
Average daily rate £350 £350 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +7.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £260 £250 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £462 £575 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £363 £375
% change year-on-year
- -3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 14 13
Average hourly rate £13.11 £23.50 £21.86
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-44.21% +7.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.50 £12.00 £10.49
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £19.00 £40.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.00 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+28.00% -16.66%
Continuous Improvement
England

Continuous Improvement
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North East 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 North East region.

North East 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 North East region.

North East Continuous Improvement Hourly Rate Trend

Continuous Improvement
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Continuous Improvement within the North East region over the 3 months to 20 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
Tyne and Wear +10 2 - -
Continuous Improvement
England

Continuous Improvement
Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North East 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 3 (50.00%) PRINCE2
1 3 (50.00%) RDF
1 3 (50.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
1 3 (50.00%) Finance
2 2 (33.33%) Regression Testing
2 2 (33.33%) Data Management
2 2 (33.33%) Penetration Testing
2 2 (33.33%) QA
2 2 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
2 2 (33.33%) Performance Testing
2 2 (33.33%) Unit Testing
2 2 (33.33%) System Testing
2 2 (33.33%) Functional Testing
3 1 (16.67%) Test Strategy
3 1 (16.67%) Problem Management
3 1 (16.67%) Incident Management
3 1 (16.67%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (16.67%) SLA
3 1 (16.67%) ITIL
3 1 (16.67%) Manufacturing

Continuous Improvement
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North East 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.

General
1 3 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (16.67%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Project Manager
2 2 (33.33%) Delivery Project Manager
2 2 (33.33%) IT Project Manager
2 2 (33.33%) Delivery Manager
3 1 (16.67%) QA Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Quality Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Administrator
3 1 (16.67%) Project Administrator
3 1 (16.67%) Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Test Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) PRINCE2
1 3 (50.00%) RDF
2 2 (33.33%) Regression Testing
2 2 (33.33%) Data Management
2 2 (33.33%) Penetration Testing
2 2 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
2 2 (33.33%) Performance Testing
2 2 (33.33%) Unit Testing
2 2 (33.33%) System Testing
2 2 (33.33%) Functional Testing
3 1 (16.67%) ITIL
3 1 (16.67%) Test Strategy
3 1 (16.67%) Incident Management
3 1 (16.67%) Problem Management
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 1 (16.67%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) QA
2 1 (16.67%) SLA