South Coast Six Sigma Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Six Sigma skills within the South Coast region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Six Sigma over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Six Sigma
Location Berkshire Birmingham Brentford Bristol Burgess Hill Cambridge Cambridgeshire Cannock Cheshire Chester City of London Docklands, London Dorset East Midlands East of England Edinburgh England Essex Fife Glasgow Hampshire Harlow Hertfordshire Leeds Lincolnshire London Lothian M4 Corridor Macclesfield Manchester Middlesex Midlands Newport Norfolk North West Northampton Northamptonshire Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxfordshire Paisley Peterborough Poole Reading Renfrewshire Scotland South Coast South East South Wales South West Staffordshire Stevenage Sunbury-on-Thames Surrey Sussex Thames Valley UK Wales Warwickshire Welwyn Garden City West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Worcester Worcestershire Yorkshire	3 months to 5 Sep 2008	Same period last year
Rank	13	22
Rank change on same period last year	+9
Matching contract IT job ads	2	1
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.003 %	0.001 %
As % of the category below	3.390 %	1.316 %
Daily rates quoted	2	1
Average minimum daily rate	£250	£450
Average daily rate	£300	£450
% change on same period last year	-33.33 %
Average maximum daily rate	£350	£450
UK excluding London average daily rate	£378	£429
% change on same period last year	-11.79 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£35.00	£31.28
% change on same period last year	+11.91 %
Processes & Methodologies South Coast
Matching contract IT job ads	59	76
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.080 %	0.075 %
Daily rates quoted	17	27
Average minimum daily rate	£404	£443
Average daily rate	£427	£459
% change on same period last year	-6.97 %
Average maximum daily rate	£451	£476
UK excluding London average daily rate	£378	£375
% change on same period last year	+0.59 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	3
Average minimum hourly rate	-	£30.71
Average hourly rate	-	£35.21
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	£39.71
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£30.41	£30.41
% change on same period last year	+0.01 %
Six Sigma England

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Six Sigma
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Six Sigma across the South Coast region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Six Sigma
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Six Sigma across the South Coast region.

Six Sigma
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Six Sigma across the South Coast region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

Six Sigma
Top 7 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South Coast region citing Six Sigma 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 Six Sigma.

1 2 (66.67 %) Sarbanes-Oxley 1 2 (66.67 %) Finance 1 2 (66.67 %) Lean Six Sigma 2 1 (33.33 %) Banking 2 1 (33.33 %) Retail 2 1 (33.33 %) Retail Banking 2 1 (33.33 %) MS Visio

Six Sigma
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South Coast region citing Six Sigma 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 Six Sigma. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications 1 1 (33.33 %) MS Visio	General 1 2 (66.67 %) Finance 2 1 (33.33 %) Banking 2 1 (33.33 %) Retail 2 1 (33.33 %) Retail Banking
Job Titles 1 3 (100.00 %) Business Analyst 1 3 (100.00 %) Analyst 2 1 (33.33 %) Consultant 2 1 (33.33 %) Business Consultant	Processes & Methodologies 1 2 (66.67 %) Lean Six Sigma
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 2 (66.67 %) Sarbanes-Oxley