The first table below looks at the demand for Continuous Improvement skills in IT contracts advertised for the Somerset region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Continuous Improvement over the 3 months to 21 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 Somerset 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Continual Improvement
Rank - 34 32
Contract jobs citing Continuous Improvement 0 2 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Somerset - 1.205% 0.629%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - 2.083% 1.087%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
Average daily rate - - £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £378 £305 £388
% change year-on-year
+23.77% -21.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £25.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.01 £25.00 £33.30
% change year-on-year
-19.98% -24.92%
All Processes & Methodologies
Somerset
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
104 96 92
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Somerset 55.61% 57.83% 57.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 47 51 42
Average daily rate £335 £400 £355
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-16.25% +12.67%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £265 £230 £215
10% offered a daily rate of more than £460 £433 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 4 12
Average hourly rate £17.50 £25.00 £15.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-30.00% +63.93%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.23 £22.00 £15.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £19.00 £25.00 £30.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.50 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.00% -16.66%
Continuous Improvement
South West

Continuous Improvement
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Somerset 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 Somerset region.

Somerset 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 Somerset region.

Somerset Continuous Improvement Hourly Rate Trend

Continuous Improvement
Top 8 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Somerset 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 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) assyst
1 1 (100.00%) Release Management
1 1 (100.00%) Change Control

Continuous Improvement
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Somerset 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.

Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) assyst
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Change Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Release Management
1 1 (100.00%) Change Control