The first table below looks at the demand for DMAIC skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited DMAIC over the 3 months to 19 June 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.

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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
DMAIC (Define, Measure, Analyse, Improve and Control)
Rank 517 563 586
Rank change year-on-year
+46 +23
Contract jobs citing DMAIC 24 7 15
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.050% 0.012% 0.024%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.070% 0.018% 0.036%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 6 2
Average daily rate £450 £431 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.34% -13.75%
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £388 -
% change year-on-year
+3.22% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £38.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £38.00 - -
All Processes & Methodologies
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
34218 39623 41917
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 71.12% 68.27% 67.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 20499 22617 23889
Average daily rate £413 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.12% -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £270 £275 £273
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £580 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 979 1259 1448
Average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+20.00% -13.79%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £12.83 £13.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £47.50 £45.00 £45.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%

DMAIC
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing DMAIC within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

DMAIC Jobs Demand Trend

DMAIC
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing DMAIC within the UK.

DMAIC Daily Rate Trend

DMAIC
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing DMAIC within the UK over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

DMAIC Daily Rate Histogram

DMAIC
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing DMAIC within the UK.

DMAIC Hourly Rate Trend

DMAIC
Top 12 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing DMAIC within the UK over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
England +30 24 £450 +4.34% 4
London +36 14 £475 - 2
City of London - 5 £350 -
West Yorkshire - 4 - -
Yorkshire - 4 - -
Leeds - 4 - -
Bromley - 3 £475 -
Coventry - - - -
Edinburgh - - - -
South Yorkshire - - - -
West Midlands - - - -
Scotland - - - -

DMAIC
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing DMAIC 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 DMAIC.

1 21 (70.00%) Six Sigma
2 15 (50.00%) Project Management
3 13 (43.33%) Finance
4 12 (40.00%) Lean Six Sigma
5 9 (30.00%) MS Excel
6 8 (26.67%) MS Project
7 7 (23.33%) Banking
7 7 (23.33%) MS Office
8 6 (20.00%) MS Visio
8 6 (20.00%) PRINCE2
8 6 (20.00%) Degree
9 5 (16.67%) Investment Banking
9 5 (16.67%) Process Improvement
9 5 (16.67%) BPR
9 5 (16.67%) PMI Certification
10 4 (13.33%) PMI
10 4 (13.33%) Service Delivery
10 4 (13.33%) Change Management
10 4 (13.33%) TQM
11 3 (10.00%) Six Sigma Black Belt
11 3 (10.00%) Release Management
11 3 (10.00%) MS PowerPoint
11 3 (10.00%) DFSS
11 3 (10.00%) Telecoms
11 3 (10.00%) Workflow
11 3 (10.00%) MBA
11 3 (10.00%) Microsoft
12 2 (6.667%) IBM
12 2 (6.667%) SharePoint
12 2 (6.667%) Oracle

DMAIC
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing DMAIC 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 DMAIC. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (3.333%) ISPF
Application Platforms
1 2 (6.667%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (30.00%) MS Excel
2 8 (26.67%) MS Project
3 7 (23.33%) MS Office
4 6 (20.00%) MS Visio
5 3 (10.00%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (6.667%) FLEXCUBE
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.333%) Unified Communications
1 1 (3.333%) H.323
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.333%) WebFOCUS
1 1 (3.333%) DB2
1 1 (3.333%) MS Access
1 1 (3.333%) Data Warehouse
General
1 13 (43.33%) Finance
2 7 (23.33%) Banking
3 5 (16.67%) Investment Banking
4 3 (10.00%) Telecoms
5 2 (6.667%) Automotive
5 2 (6.667%) Manufacturing
6 1 (3.333%) Dutch Language
6 1 (3.333%) French Language
6 1 (3.333%) German Language
6 1 (3.333%) Norwegian Language
6 1 (3.333%) Swedish Language
6 1 (3.333%) Legal
Job Titles
1 10 (33.33%) Analyst
2 8 (26.67%) Business Analyst
3 7 (23.33%) Project Manager
4 5 (16.67%) Process Manager
5 4 (13.33%) Business Manager
5 4 (13.33%) IT Business Analyst
5 4 (13.33%) Business Process Manager
6 3 (10.00%) Process Analyst
6 3 (10.00%) Consultant
7 2 (6.667%) Coordinator
7 2 (6.667%) Project Coordinator
7 2 (6.667%) Change Consultant
7 2 (6.667%) Business Process Analyst
7 2 (6.667%) Process Improvement Analyst
8 1 (3.333%) Business Improvement Analyst
8 1 (3.333%) Business Improvement Specialist
8 1 (3.333%) Process Improvement Manager
8 1 (3.333%) Head of Development
8 1 (3.333%) Application Development Manager
8 1 (3.333%) Head of Software Development
Miscellaneous
1 4 (13.33%) PMI
2 1 (3.333%) SaaS
2 1 (3.333%) FMCG
2 1 (3.333%) Management Information System
2 1 (3.333%) STB
2 1 (3.333%) Mainframe
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (70.00%) Six Sigma
2 15 (50.00%) Project Management
3 12 (40.00%) Lean Six Sigma
4 6 (20.00%) PRINCE2
5 5 (16.67%) Process Improvement
5 5 (16.67%) BPR
6 4 (13.33%) Service Delivery
6 4 (13.33%) Change Management
6 4 (13.33%) TQM
7 3 (10.00%) Release Management
7 3 (10.00%) DFSS
7 3 (10.00%) Workflow
8 2 (6.667%) Process Management
8 2 (6.667%) GAP Analysis
8 2 (6.667%) Workflow Management
8 2 (6.667%) Use Case
8 2 (6.667%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 2 (6.667%) Continuous Improvement
8 2 (6.667%) Change Control
9 1 (3.333%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.333%) REXX
1 1 (3.333%) JCL
1 1 (3.333%) SQL
1 1 (3.333%) VBA
Qualifications
1 6 (20.00%) Degree
2 5 (16.67%) PMI Certification
3 3 (10.00%) Six Sigma Black Belt
3 3 (10.00%) MBA
4 2 (6.667%) PMP
4 2 (6.667%) Six Sigma Green Belt
5 1 (3.333%) ITIL Certification
Systems Management
1 1 (3.333%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 3 (10.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (6.667%) IBM
2 2 (6.667%) Oracle
2 2 (6.667%) CA
3 1 (3.333%) Tandberg
3 1 (3.333%) Cisco
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