The first table below looks at the demand for Process Improvement skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Process Improvement over the 3 months to 17 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
17 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Process Improvement
Rank 440 461 455
Rank change year-on-year
+21 -6
Contract jobs citing Process Improvement 113 117 149
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.232% 0.201% 0.243%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.326% 0.295% 0.362%
Number of daily rates quoted 56 59 107
Average daily rate £450 £450 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -10.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £288 £375
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £650 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £450 £400 £450
% change year-on-year
+12.50% -11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
Average hourly rate - - £26.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £26.50
All Processes & Methodologies
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
34664 39633 41216
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 71.17% 68.20% 67.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 20804 22627 23501
Average daily rate £413 £400 £433
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.12% -7.62%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £270 £275 £275
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 1006 1270 1419
Average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £28.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+20.00% -12.28%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.11 £13.00 £13.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £47.50 £45.00 £46.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%

Process Improvement
Jobs Demand Trend

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

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 within the UK.

Process Improvement Daily Rate Trend

Process Improvement
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Process Improvement within the UK over the 3 months to 17 June 2013.

Process Improvement Daily Rate Histogram

Process Improvement
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Process Improvement Hourly Rate Trend

Process Improvement
Top 30 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 UK over the 3 months to 17 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 +35 110 £450 -2.43% 20
London +35 59 £481 -1.78% 7
South East +10 24 £450 -5.26% 7
City of London +12 11 £494 +10.33% 4
Yorkshire +7 10 £463 +15.62% 1
West Yorkshire +2 8 £450 +20.00% 1
Berkshire +20 6 £380 -36.66% 3
West Midlands +7 6 £575 +33.33% 3
East Midlands -1 6 £438 +52.17%
Warwickshire - 4 £600 - 2
South West +15 3 £535 +33.75% 1
Halifax +10 3 £450 +20.00%
Surrey +5 3 £250 -40.47% 1
Leeds -4 3 £450 +5.88%
Nuneaton - 3 £600 - 2
Oxford +6 2 - -
Oxfordshire +2 2 - - 1
North West +1 2 £425 - 1
Hampshire -8 2 - -
Reading +15 1 - -
Bristol +14 1 £320 -20.00% 1
Buckinghamshire +2 1 - -
Manchester - 1 £425 - 1
Milton Keynes - - - -
Newbury - - - -
Nottingham - - - -
Liverpool - - - -
Harlow - - - -
Huddersfield - - - -
Cardiff - - - -

Process Improvement
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 June 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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 64 (34.78%) Finance
2 61 (33.15%) Six Sigma
3 47 (25.54%) Project Management
4 41 (22.28%) ITIL
5 38 (20.65%) PRINCE2
6 34 (18.48%) Microsoft
7 33 (17.93%) Banking
8 31 (16.85%) MS Visio
9 29 (15.76%) Business Analysis
10 28 (15.22%) Lean Six Sigma
10 28 (15.22%) MS Excel
10 28 (15.22%) Stakeholder Management
10 28 (15.22%) Business Process Improvement
11 27 (14.67%) UML
12 26 (14.13%) MS Project
12 26 (14.13%) Six Sigma Black Belt
13 25 (13.59%) Fixed Income
14 23 (12.50%) IT Governance
15 21 (11.41%) COBIT
15 21 (11.41%) Risk Management
15 21 (11.41%) RUP
15 21 (11.41%) PMI Certification
16 20 (10.87%) Change Management
16 20 (10.87%) Configuration Management
17 19 (10.33%) QA
17 19 (10.33%) CMMI
17 19 (10.33%) Equities
17 19 (10.33%) Portfolio Management
18 18 (9.783%) Scrum
19 17 (9.239%) QuickTest Pro

Process Improvement
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 June 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

Application Development
1 1 (0.543%) WinForms
Application Platforms
1 4 (2.174%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.543%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 31 (16.85%) MS Visio
2 28 (15.22%) MS Excel
3 26 (14.13%) MS Project
4 9 (4.891%) MS Office
4 9 (4.891%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (2.717%) SAP Oil and Gas
2 2 (1.087%) SAP BPC
3 1 (0.543%) SAP SD
3 1 (0.543%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.543%) Maximo
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.717%) Broadband
2 3 (1.630%) VoIP
3 2 (1.087%) WAN
3 2 (1.087%) Ethernet
3 2 (1.087%) LAN
3 2 (1.087%) Intranet
3 2 (1.087%) Wireless
4 1 (0.543%) Network Security
4 1 (0.543%) Internet
4 1 (0.543%) HTTP
4 1 (0.543%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (3.804%) Siebel EIM
2 5 (2.717%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
2 5 (2.717%) OLAP
2 5 (2.717%) BusinessObjects
2 5 (2.717%) SAP BW
2 5 (2.717%) SAP HANA
3 2 (1.087%) SQL Server
3 2 (1.087%) SAP BI
4 1 (0.543%) SQL Server 2008
4 1 (0.543%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 17 (9.239%) QuickTest Pro
2 1 (0.543%) Selenium
General
1 64 (34.78%) Finance
2 33 (17.93%) Banking
3 15 (8.152%) Investment Banking
4 14 (7.609%) Telecoms
5 9 (4.891%) Retail
6 8 (4.348%) Billing
7 7 (3.804%) Retail Banking
8 5 (2.717%) Financial Institution
9 3 (1.630%) Legal
9 3 (1.630%) Manufacturing
9 3 (1.630%) Marketing
10 2 (1.087%) Local Government
10 2 (1.087%) Front Office
10 2 (1.087%) Back Office
11 1 (0.543%) Electronics
11 1 (0.543%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 84 (45.65%) Analyst
2 52 (28.26%) Business Analyst
3 32 (17.39%) Consultant
4 26 (14.13%) Process Analyst
5 20 (10.87%) Process Improvement Analyst
6 17 (9.239%) Process Manager
7 15 (8.152%) Project Manager
8 14 (7.609%) Process Consultant
9 13 (7.065%) Process Improvement Consultant
9 13 (7.065%) Process Improvement Manager
10 11 (5.978%) QA Manager
11 9 (4.891%) Portfolio Manager
12 6 (3.261%) Siebel Analyst
12 6 (3.261%) Change Manager
12 6 (3.261%) Business Process Analyst
12 6 (3.261%) CRM Analyst
13 5 (2.717%) Siebel Consultant
13 5 (2.717%) Senior Analyst
13 5 (2.717%) Programme Manager
13 5 (2.717%) Business Manager
Miscellaneous
1 25 (13.59%) Fixed Income
2 19 (10.33%) Equities
3 16 (8.696%) PMI
4 5 (2.717%) E-Learning
5 4 (2.174%) NHS
6 3 (1.630%) Management Information System
6 3 (1.630%) IPTV
6 3 (1.630%) Hedge funds
7 2 (1.087%) Client/Server
7 2 (1.087%) Derivative
7 2 (1.087%) Computer Science
7 2 (1.087%) CMDB
7 2 (1.087%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 1 (0.543%) STB
8 1 (0.543%) FMCG
8 1 (0.543%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.174%) Windows
2 3 (1.630%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (33.15%) Six Sigma
2 47 (25.54%) Project Management
3 41 (22.28%) ITIL
4 38 (20.65%) PRINCE2
5 29 (15.76%) Business Analysis
6 28 (15.22%) Lean Six Sigma
6 28 (15.22%) Stakeholder Management
6 28 (15.22%) Business Process Improvement
7 27 (14.67%) UML
8 23 (12.50%) IT Governance
9 21 (11.41%) RUP
9 21 (11.41%) Risk Management
10 20 (10.87%) Change Management
10 20 (10.87%) Configuration Management
11 19 (10.33%) CMMI
11 19 (10.33%) Portfolio Management
12 18 (9.783%) Scrum
13 17 (9.239%) Performance Management
14 16 (8.696%) Test Management
14 16 (8.696%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (5.435%) C
2 8 (4.348%) SQL
3 7 (3.804%) PL/SQL
4 1 (0.543%) C#
Qualifications
1 26 (14.13%) Six Sigma Black Belt
2 21 (11.41%) PMI Certification
3 12 (6.522%) ISEB
4 9 (4.891%) Degree
5 7 (3.804%) Security Cleared
6 5 (2.717%) PMP
7 4 (2.174%) Six Sigma Master Black Belt
7 4 (2.174%) SC Cleared
8 3 (1.630%) Six Sigma Green Belt
9 2 (1.087%) DV Cleared
9 2 (1.087%) Chartered Engineer
9 2 (1.087%) CITP
9 2 (1.087%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 2 (1.087%) MBCS
10 1 (0.543%) ISTQB
10 1 (0.543%) BC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (11.41%) COBIT
2 19 (10.33%) QA
3 4 (2.174%) SLA
4 1 (0.543%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.543%) ISO 9000
4 1 (0.543%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 2 (1.087%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 16 (8.696%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 34 (18.48%) Microsoft
2 16 (8.696%) SAP
3 10 (5.435%) Oracle
3 10 (5.435%) Niku
4 7 (3.804%) Informatica
4 7 (3.804%) Siebel
5 5 (2.717%) Business Objects
6 4 (2.174%) Murex
6 4 (2.174%) Calypso
7 3 (1.630%) VMware
8 2 (1.087%) Serena
8 2 (1.087%) BT
8 2 (1.087%) Remedy
9 1 (0.543%) Thunderhead
9 1 (0.543%) Huawei
9 1 (0.543%) Nokia Siemens Networks
9 1 (0.543%) Syclo
9 1 (0.543%) PeopleSoft
9 1 (0.543%) Siemens
9 1 (0.543%) JD Edwards
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Project Manager - Telecoms - I am currently looking for a Project Manager with a Telecoms background to lead Business Process Improvement Consulting engagements on site at a Telecoms Giant...
E-synergy Solutions
Rate: £300 - £500 per day
Posted: 13 June 2013
West Malling, South East
The Project Manager will be responsible for Compliance based Continuous Improvement programme, assessing and implementing process improvements.The Project Manager will be responsible for the following;*Leading a...
Mint
Rate: £40000 - £50000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 29 May 2013
City of London
The role will include core BA skills- requirement gathering, gap analysis and process improvement but also a strong technical theme of configuration of Siebel and understanding of EIM,...
Sand Resources
Rate: £450 - £525 per day
Posted: 23 May 2013
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All candidates must have proven experience in change management... * Strong business analysis skills... * Experience in process improvement analysis and business process reengineering... * Experience within an Investment Bank.Business...
Huxley Associates
Rate: £500 - £501 per day
Posted: 17 June 2013
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