Six Sigma Contracts
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Hourly Rate Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Six Sigma skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Six Sigma over the 3 months to 23 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.

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
23 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Six Sigma
Rank 318 334 312
Rank change year-on-year
+16 -22
Contract jobs citing Six Sigma 241 250 312
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.520% 0.428% 0.503%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.733% 0.631% 0.743%
Number of daily rates quoted 163 172 193
Average daily rate £475 £475 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £338 £325 £333
10% offered a daily rate of more than £670 £600 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £450 £375 £375
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 2 6
Average hourly rate £33.00 £41.00 £23.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-19.51% +78.26%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.40 £39.00 £17.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.00 £43.00 £40.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.75 £41.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year
-20.12% +78.26%
All Processes & Methodologies
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category		 32894 39591 41969
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 70.99% 67.83% 67.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 19661 22733 23826
Average daily rate £413 £403 £438
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.48% -8.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £275 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £579 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 963 1284 1487
Average hourly rate £30.50 £25.00 £29.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+22.00% -13.79%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £12.68 £13.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £50.00 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.45 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+21.78% -13.79%

Six Sigma
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Six Sigma Jobs Demand Trend

Six Sigma
Daily Rate Trend

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

Six Sigma Daily Rate Trend

Six Sigma
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Six Sigma within the UK over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Six Sigma Daily Rate Histogram

Six Sigma
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Six Sigma Hourly Rate Trend

Six Sigma
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Six Sigma within the UK over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Six Sigma Hourly Rate Histogram

Six Sigma
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 Six Sigma within the UK over the 3 months to 23 May 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
England +40 228 £475 -
London +22 113 £500 +5.26%
South East +24 48 £450 +25.00%
Berkshire +19 23 £395 +21.53%
City of London +6 23 £525 +10.52%
East of England +10 16 £413 -5.71%
East Midlands +10 13 £425 -2.29%
Hertfordshire -4 11 £413 -5.71%
South West +26 10 £500 +25.00%
North West +15 9 £425 +15.25%
Northamptonshire +19 8 £425 -
West Yorkshire +7 8 £480 +1.05%
Yorkshire +4 8 £480 +1.05%
Leeds - 8 £480 -
Canary Wharf - 8 £450 -
Reading +13 7 £333 +2.38%
West Midlands +5 7 £438 +40.00%
Scotland -15 6 £450 +5.88%
Surrey +13 5 £613 +70.13%
East Sussex +9 5 £355 +1.42%
Uxbridge +6 5 £440 -12.87%
Dorset +2 4 £650 -
Slough - 4 £800 -
Hove - 4 £355 -
Essex - 4 - -
Warwickshire - 4 £575 -
Middlesex +12 3 £515 -1.48%
Edinburgh +10 3 £450 -10.00%
Nuneaton - 3 £575 -
Northampton - 3 £425 -

Six Sigma
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

1 187 (40.39%) Finance
2 179 (38.66%) Lean Six Sigma
3 137 (29.59%) Project Management
4 122 (26.35%) ITIL
5 73 (15.77%) Stakeholder Management
6 72 (15.55%) PRINCE2
7 64 (13.82%) MS Visio
7 64 (13.82%) Six Sigma Black Belt
8 62 (13.39%) Change Management
9 60 (12.96%) Banking
10 59 (12.74%) Process Improvement
11 55 (11.88%) SAP
12 54 (11.66%) Continuous Improvement
13 49 (10.58%) Microsoft
14 48 (10.37%) Degree
15 44 (9.503%) Business Analysis
16 42 (9.071%) Six Sigma Green Belt
16 42 (9.071%) MS Project
16 42 (9.071%) Service Management
17 41 (8.855%) PMI Certification
18 40 (8.639%) MS Excel
18 40 (8.639%) Risk Management
19 36 (7.775%) Performance Management
19 36 (7.775%) COBIT
20 34 (7.343%) MS Office
21 32 (6.911%) PMI
22 29 (6.263%) Retail
23 27 (5.832%) UML
24 26 (5.616%) RUP
25 25 (5.400%) Service Delivery

Six Sigma
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

Application Development
1 7 (1.512%) Middleware
1 7 (1.512%) SAP Basis
2 4 (0.864%) .NET
3 3 (0.648%) XML
3 3 (0.648%) EDI
3 3 (0.648%) WebSphere
4 2 (0.432%) WebCenter
5 1 (0.216%) HTML
5 1 (0.216%) XSL
5 1 (0.216%) ISPF
Application Platforms
1 8 (1.728%) SharePoint
1 8 (1.728%) SAS
2 7 (1.512%) NetWeaver
3 4 (0.864%) CMS
4 2 (0.432%) Oracle Workflow
4 2 (0.432%) WebSphere MQ
5 1 (0.216%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 64 (13.82%) MS Visio
2 42 (9.071%) MS Project
3 40 (8.639%) MS Excel
4 34 (7.343%) MS Office
5 17 (3.672%) MS PowerPoint
6 1 (0.216%) Simulink
6 1 (0.216%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 9 (1.944%) SAP CRM
2 6 (1.296%) SAP SRM
3 5 (1.080%) PeopleSoft Financials
3 5 (1.080%) SAP QM
4 4 (0.864%) SAP FI-AP
4 4 (0.864%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 4 (0.864%) SAP Travel Management
4 4 (0.864%) FLEXCUBE
4 4 (0.864%) SAP FI
5 3 (0.648%) MFGPRO
5 3 (0.648%) Remedy ITSM
5 3 (0.648%) Hyperion Planning
6 2 (0.432%) Temenos T24
6 2 (0.432%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.432%) SAP SD
7 1 (0.216%) SAP SM
7 1 (0.216%) SAP WM
7 1 (0.216%) SAP FI/CO
7 1 (0.216%) SAP CO
7 1 (0.216%) Taleo
Communications & Networking
1 7 (1.512%) Firewall
2 4 (0.864%) HTTP
2 4 (0.864%) MPLS
2 4 (0.864%) RTP
2 4 (0.864%) SNMP
2 4 (0.864%) TCP/IP
2 4 (0.864%) VPN
3 3 (0.648%) VoIP
3 3 (0.648%) WAN
3 3 (0.648%) TACACS
3 3 (0.648%) Internet
3 3 (0.648%) SAN
4 2 (0.432%) SMTP
4 2 (0.432%) DNS
5 1 (0.216%) HTTPS
5 1 (0.216%) SSL
5 1 (0.216%) FTP
5 1 (0.216%) Broadband
5 1 (0.216%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (0.216%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (2.808%) SAP BW
2 7 (1.512%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (0.864%) SAP HANA
3 4 (0.864%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
3 4 (0.864%) BusinessObjects
3 4 (0.864%) OLAP
3 4 (0.864%) SQL Server
4 3 (0.648%) DB2
4 3 (0.648%) MarkLogic
5 2 (0.432%) Oracle 11g
5 2 (0.432%) Oracle 10g
5 2 (0.432%) DataStage
5 2 (0.432%) TOAD
5 2 (0.432%) MS Access
5 2 (0.432%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (0.216%) Crystal Reports
6 1 (0.216%) RDBMS
6 1 (0.216%) Data Mining
6 1 (0.216%) SAP BI
6 1 (0.216%) EDRMS
Development Applications
1 19 (4.104%) QuickTest Pro
2 3 (0.648%) NWDI
3 2 (0.432%) ERwin
General
1 187 (40.39%) Finance
2 60 (12.96%) Banking
3 29 (6.263%) Retail
4 23 (4.968%) Telecoms
4 23 (4.968%) Investment Banking
5 19 (4.104%) Manufacturing
5 19 (4.104%) German Language
6 18 (3.888%) Back Office
7 14 (3.024%) Legal
7 14 (3.024%) Pharmaceutical
8 10 (2.160%) Marketing
8 10 (2.160%) French Language
9 9 (1.944%) Italian Language
9 9 (1.944%) Retail Banking
10 7 (1.512%) Billing
11 6 (1.296%) Wholesale Banking
12 5 (1.080%) Financial Institution
12 5 (1.080%) Front Office
13 4 (0.864%) General Ledger
13 4 (0.864%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 169 (36.50%) Analyst
2 122 (26.35%) Business Analyst
3 78 (16.85%) Consultant
4 64 (13.82%) Process Analyst
5 63 (13.61%) Project Manager
6 28 (6.048%) SAP Consultant
7 25 (5.400%) Business Process Analyst
8 20 (4.320%) Process Improvement Analyst
9 18 (3.888%) Architect
10 17 (3.672%) Process Consultant
10 17 (3.672%) Change Manager
11 16 (3.456%) Insurance Business Analyst
12 15 (3.240%) Business Manager
13 14 (3.024%) Process Manager
14 13 (2.808%) Business Consultant
14 13 (2.808%) Portfolio Manager
15 10 (2.160%) QA Manager
15 10 (2.160%) Senior Business Analyst
15 10 (2.160%) Senior Analyst
16 9 (1.944%) Systems Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 32 (6.911%) PMI
2 24 (5.184%) Management Information System
2 24 (5.184%) Fixed Income
3 22 (4.752%) Equities
4 17 (3.672%) Computer Science
5 5 (1.080%) E-Learning
5 5 (1.080%) Mathematics
6 4 (0.864%) Credit Risk
6 4 (0.864%) NHS
7 3 (0.648%) Mainframe
7 3 (0.648%) Clustering
7 3 (0.648%) Statistics
7 3 (0.648%) CMDB
7 3 (0.648%) Cloud Computing
7 3 (0.648%) SaaS
8 2 (0.432%) FMCG
8 2 (0.432%) iSeries
8 2 (0.432%) Smart Meter
8 2 (0.432%) SWIFT
8 2 (0.432%) Derivative
Operating Systems
1 12 (2.592%) Linux
1 12 (2.592%) UNIX
2 11 (2.376%) Windows
3 6 (1.296%) Solaris
4 5 (1.080%) Windows 7
5 3 (0.648%) HPUX
6 1 (0.216%) Windows 2000
6 1 (0.216%) Windows Server 2003
6 1 (0.216%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 179 (38.66%) Lean Six Sigma
2 137 (29.59%) Project Management
3 122 (26.35%) ITIL
4 73 (15.77%) Stakeholder Management
5 72 (15.55%) PRINCE2
6 62 (13.39%) Change Management
7 59 (12.74%) Process Improvement
8 54 (11.66%) Continuous Improvement
9 44 (9.503%) Business Analysis
10 42 (9.071%) Service Management
11 40 (8.639%) Risk Management
12 36 (7.775%) Performance Management
13 27 (5.832%) UML
14 26 (5.616%) RUP
15 25 (5.400%) Service Delivery
16 23 (4.968%) Migration
16 23 (4.968%) Scrum
17 22 (4.752%) IT Governance
17 22 (4.752%) Business Intelligence
17 22 (4.752%) BPR
Programming Languages
1 13 (2.808%) C
2 10 (2.160%) SQL
3 4 (0.864%) Bash shell
3 4 (0.864%) VBA
3 4 (0.864%) Perl
4 2 (0.432%) C-shell
4 2 (0.432%) RPG IV
4 2 (0.432%) Korn
4 2 (0.432%) RPG
5 1 (0.216%) Java
5 1 (0.216%) MATLAB
5 1 (0.216%) JCL
5 1 (0.216%) REXX
5 1 (0.216%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 64 (13.82%) Six Sigma Black Belt
2 48 (10.37%) Degree
3 42 (9.071%) Six Sigma Green Belt
4 41 (8.855%) PMI Certification
5 22 (4.752%) ISEB
6 17 (3.672%) Cisco Certification
7 16 (3.456%) CCNA
8 14 (3.024%) PMP
9 12 (2.592%) Six Sigma Master Black Belt
10 11 (2.376%) CIMA
11 9 (1.944%) ACCA
11 9 (1.944%) ITIL Certification
11 9 (1.944%) SAP Certification
12 8 (1.728%) PRINCE2 Certification
13 7 (1.512%) APMP
13 7 (1.512%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
14 4 (0.864%) GCSC
14 4 (0.864%) HND
15 3 (0.648%) HNC
15 3 (0.648%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (7.775%) COBIT
2 16 (3.456%) QA
3 11 (2.376%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 9 (1.944%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 7 (1.512%) Solvency II
6 3 (0.648%) ISO 9001
7 2 (0.432%) SLA
8 1 (0.216%) GMP
8 1 (0.216%) ISO 9000
8 1 (0.216%) GxP
8 1 (0.216%) ISO 14001
8 1 (0.216%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.216%) Data Quality
System Software
1 3 (0.648%) NFS
2 2 (0.432%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (0.432%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 19 (4.104%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 55 (11.88%) SAP
2 49 (10.58%) Microsoft
3 20 (4.320%) Oracle
4 10 (2.160%) Niku
5 9 (1.944%) Cisco
5 9 (1.944%) PeopleSoft
6 6 (1.296%) Business Objects
7 5 (1.080%) Juniper
7 5 (1.080%) IBM
7 5 (1.080%) Casewise
8 4 (0.864%) F5
8 4 (0.864%) Remedy
9 3 (0.648%) Siebel
9 3 (0.648%) Veritas
9 3 (0.648%) Hyperion
9 3 (0.648%) Red Hat
9 3 (0.648%) Citrix
9 3 (0.648%) MicroStrategy
9 3 (0.648%) CA
9 3 (0.648%) VMware
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Midlands
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Business Analyst - Greater London - Insurance - 40k - 50k
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Black Belt Six Sigma Business Analyst
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Rate: Market Rate
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Technical Business Analyst
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Contract Lean/Six Sigma Business Analyst, West Midlands
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Oracle Operations Analyst
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Senior SAP Functional Consultant - SRM
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SAP P2P SRM Functional Consultant (SUPPORT PHASE experience)
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