The first table below looks at the demand for Process Improvement skills in IT contracts advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Process 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 West 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
Process Improvement
Rank 116 123 -
Rank change year-on-year
+7 -
Contract jobs citing Process Improvement 3 13 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 0.129% 0.409% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.183% 0.664% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Average daily rate £375 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £400 £350
% change year-on-year
+6.25% +14.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £19.50
All Processes & Methodologies
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1636 1959 1963
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 70.61% 61.70% 65.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 796 1011 1025
Average daily rate £350 £350 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +7.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £226 £238 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £465 £499 £463
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £363 £375
% change year-on-year
- -3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 81 84 97
Average hourly rate £22.00 £20.00 £20.15
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+10.00% -0.73%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.20 £13.35 £13.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £55.00 £37.50 £36.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.00 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+28.00% -16.66%
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 North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

North West 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 North West region.

North West Process Improvement Daily 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 North West 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
Manchester - 1 £425 -
Merseyside - 1 £325 -
Process Improvement
England

Process Improvement
Top 28 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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 3 (60.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 3 (60.00%) Finance
2 2 (40.00%) Workflow
2 2 (40.00%) SQL
3 1 (20.00%) Oracle
3 1 (20.00%) SQL Server
3 1 (20.00%) MS Office
3 1 (20.00%) PRINCE2
3 1 (20.00%) Data Modelling
3 1 (20.00%) VoIP
3 1 (20.00%) SLA
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (20.00%) Six Sigma
3 1 (20.00%) Project Management
3 1 (20.00%) Service Delivery
3 1 (20.00%) Change Management
3 1 (20.00%) Financial Institution
3 1 (20.00%) Banking
3 1 (20.00%) Workflow Management
3 1 (20.00%) Degree
3 1 (20.00%) QA
3 1 (20.00%) Lean Six Sigma
3 1 (20.00%) Unit Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Performance Management
3 1 (20.00%) Business Process Improvement
3 1 (20.00%) Data Transformation
3 1 (20.00%) Legal
3 1 (20.00%) Migration

Process Improvement
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Applications
1 1 (20.00%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) SQL Server
General
1 3 (60.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Legal
2 1 (20.00%) Banking
2 1 (20.00%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Business Analyst
1 3 (60.00%) Analyst
2 2 (40.00%) Process Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) SQL DBA
3 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Manager
3 1 (20.00%) Business Manager
3 1 (20.00%) Business Process Manager
3 1 (20.00%) Process Manager
3 1 (20.00%) Process Improvement Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Process Improvement Manager
3 1 (20.00%) Teradata DBA
3 1 (20.00%) Business Process Improvement Manager
3 1 (20.00%) DBA
3 1 (20.00%) Business Process Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Administrator
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (40.00%) Workflow
3 1 (20.00%) Migration
3 1 (20.00%) Workflow Management
3 1 (20.00%) Lean Six Sigma
3 1 (20.00%) Unit Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Performance Management
3 1 (20.00%) Business Process Improvement
3 1 (20.00%) Data Transformation
3 1 (20.00%) PRINCE2
3 1 (20.00%) Data Modelling
3 1 (20.00%) Six Sigma
3 1 (20.00%) Project Management
3 1 (20.00%) Service Delivery
3 1 (20.00%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) SLA
1 1 (20.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Oracle
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft