The first table below looks at the demand for Six Sigma skills in IT contracts advertised for the Staffordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Six Sigma over the 3 months to 24 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 Staffordshire 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Six Sigma
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing Six Sigma 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Staffordshire - - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £450 £375 £375
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.75 £41.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year
-20.12% +78.26%
All Processes & Methodologies
Staffordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
63 144 135
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Staffordshire 75.00% 66.67% 62.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 57 50
Average daily rate £325 £290 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+12.06% -3.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £215 £231 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £370 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 10 5
Average hourly rate £21.29 £20.26 £24.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+5.10% -18.16%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
Six Sigma
West Midlands

Six Sigma
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Staffordshire Six Sigma Jobs Demand Trend

Six Sigma
Top 10 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Staffordshire 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 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) MCSD
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) MCSE
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) Programme Management
1 1 (100.00%) TOGAF
1 1 (100.00%) Degree

Six Sigma
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Staffordshire 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.

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Development Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Software Development Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Software Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) Programme Management
1 1 (100.00%) TOGAF
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) MCSD
1 1 (100.00%) MCSE
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Staffordshire
The person: Educational Requirements : HNC/HND level qualification in Engineering (degree level desirable) or equivalent experience... Knowledge of Product Life Cycle Management & Six Sigma. Knowledge of Microsoft Office...
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Posted: 22 May 2013