Continuous Improvement Contracts in the West Midlands
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Continuous Improvement skills in IT contracts advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Continuous Improvement over the 3 months to 20 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 West Midlands 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
20 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Continual Improvement
Rank 75 85 62
Rank change year-on-year
+10 -23
Contract jobs citing Continuous Improvement 20 18 31
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 1.203% 0.800% 1.662%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.784% 1.281% 2.632%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 9 10
Average daily rate £333 £330 £475
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+0.75% -30.52%
UK excluding London average daily rate £380 £300 £381
% change year-on-year
+26.66% -21.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 3
Average hourly rate - £15.00 £33.30
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -54.95%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £28.00 £25.00 £33.30
% change year-on-year
+12.00% -24.92%
All Processes & Methodologies
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category		 1121 1405 1178
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 67.45% 62.42% 63.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 535 663 544
Average daily rate £330 £330 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.71%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £230 £240 £201
10% offered a daily rate of more than £523 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £363 £375
% change year-on-year
- -3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 77 73 69
Average hourly rate £37.80 £21.88 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+72.78% -12.49%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.00 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+28.00% -16.66%
Continuous Improvement
England

Continuous Improvement
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Continuous Improvement across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

West Midlands Continuous Improvement Jobs Demand Trend

Continuous Improvement
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Continuous Improvement across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands Continuous Improvement Daily Rate Trend

Continuous Improvement
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Continuous Improvement across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

West Midlands Continuous Improvement Daily Rate Histogram

Continuous Improvement
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Continuous Improvement across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands Continuous Improvement Hourly Rate Trend

Continuous Improvement
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Continuous Improvement within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 20 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
Worcestershire - 6 £263 -
Shropshire +10 5 £568 -
Warwickshire -2 3 - -
Solihull - 2 £350 -
Birmingham +6 1 - -
Coventry -4 1 £235 -
Continuous Improvement
England

Continuous Improvement
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing Continuous 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 Continuous Improvement.

1 14 (31.82%) ITIL
2 10 (22.73%) QA
3 9 (20.45%) Change Management
3 9 (20.45%) Service Management
4 8 (18.18%) Configuration Management
4 8 (18.18%) Project Management
4 8 (18.18%) PRINCE2
4 8 (18.18%) C#
4 8 (18.18%) .NET
4 8 (18.18%) Windows
5 7 (15.91%) Oracle
5 7 (15.91%) SQL Server
5 7 (15.91%) Microsoft
5 7 (15.91%) .NET Framework
6 6 (13.64%) Content Management
6 6 (13.64%) SLA
6 6 (13.64%) IBM
6 6 (13.64%) Middleware
6 6 (13.64%) UML
6 6 (13.64%) MS Excel
6 6 (13.64%) Disaster Recovery
6 6 (13.64%) Agile Software Development
7 5 (11.36%) Service Delivery
7 5 (11.36%) Scrum
7 5 (11.36%) SEO
7 5 (11.36%) ClearCase
7 5 (11.36%) N-Tier
7 5 (11.36%) OO
7 5 (11.36%) UNIX
7 5 (11.36%) ASP.NET

Continuous Improvement
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing Continuous 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 Continuous Improvement. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 8 (18.18%) .NET
2 7 (15.91%) .NET Framework
3 6 (13.64%) Middleware
4 5 (11.36%) ASP.NET
4 5 (11.36%) Web Services
5 4 (9.091%) WebSphere
5 4 (9.091%) ASP.NET MVC
5 4 (9.091%) ASP.NET MVC 2
6 2 (4.545%) CSS
7 1 (2.273%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 4 (9.091%) WebSphere MQ
1 4 (9.091%) CMS
1 4 (9.091%) ESB
1 4 (9.091%) WebSphere Message Broker
2 2 (4.545%) SharePoint
3 1 (2.273%) Lotus Notes
Applications
1 6 (13.64%) MS Excel
2 4 (9.091%) MS Project
2 4 (9.091%) MS Office
3 2 (4.545%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (4.545%) CA Clarity
2 1 (2.273%) Remedy ITSM
Communications & Networking
1 3 (6.818%) Internet
2 2 (4.545%) OSPF
2 2 (4.545%) BGP
2 2 (4.545%) Firewall
2 2 (4.545%) BIG-IP
2 2 (4.545%) Cisco Nexus
3 1 (2.273%) DVB
3 1 (2.273%) LAN
3 1 (2.273%) WAN
3 1 (2.273%) Ethernet
3 1 (2.273%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (15.91%) SQL Server
2 5 (11.36%) SQL Server 2005
3 4 (9.091%) DB2
3 4 (9.091%) RDBMS
4 2 (4.545%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (2.273%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (2.273%) OLAP
5 1 (2.273%) UniData
5 1 (2.273%) Microsoft Analysis Services
5 1 (2.273%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (2.273%) JasperReports
5 1 (2.273%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (2.273%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 1 (2.273%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 5 (11.36%) ClearCase
2 4 (9.091%) Subversion
2 4 (9.091%) TortoiseSVN
3 1 (2.273%) Rational DOORS
3 1 (2.273%) COOL:Gen
3 1 (2.273%) ClearQuest
General
1 4 (9.091%) Automotive
2 2 (4.545%) Manufacturing
2 2 (4.545%) Games
3 1 (2.273%) Banking
3 1 (2.273%) Retail
3 1 (2.273%) Multimedia
3 1 (2.273%) Investment Banking
3 1 (2.273%) Legal
3 1 (2.273%) Front Office
3 1 (2.273%) Telecoms
3 1 (2.273%) Finance
Job Titles
1 9 (20.45%) Developer
2 5 (11.36%) Service Manager
2 5 (11.36%) Delivery Manager
3 4 (9.091%) Network Specialist
3 4 (9.091%) WebSphere Engineer
3 4 (9.091%) WebSphere Developer
3 4 (9.091%) .NET Developer
4 3 (6.818%) Software Tester
4 3 (6.818%) Operations Manager
4 3 (6.818%) Tester
4 3 (6.818%) Technical Manager
5 2 (4.545%) Senior Network Specialist
5 2 (4.545%) ScrumMaster
5 2 (4.545%) Web Developer
5 2 (4.545%) Technical Delivery Manager
5 2 (4.545%) Service Operations Manager
6 1 (2.273%) Head of Information Security
6 1 (2.273%) Systems Engineer
6 1 (2.273%) Delivery Project Manager
6 1 (2.273%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (11.36%) N-Tier
2 2 (4.545%) PMI
3 1 (2.273%) W3C
3 1 (2.273%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.273%) Copywriting
3 1 (2.273%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 8 (18.18%) Windows
2 5 (11.36%) UNIX
3 4 (9.091%) HPUX
3 4 (9.091%) Linux
3 4 (9.091%) Windows NT
3 4 (9.091%) Windows XP
3 4 (9.091%) zOS
3 4 (9.091%) Windows 2000 Server
4 3 (6.818%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (31.82%) ITIL
2 9 (20.45%) Change Management
2 9 (20.45%) Service Management
3 8 (18.18%) Configuration Management
3 8 (18.18%) Project Management
3 8 (18.18%) PRINCE2
4 6 (13.64%) UML
4 6 (13.64%) Disaster Recovery
4 6 (13.64%) Agile Software Development
4 6 (13.64%) Content Management
5 5 (11.36%) Web Analytics
5 5 (11.36%) Analytics
5 5 (11.36%) OO
5 5 (11.36%) SEO
5 5 (11.36%) Scrum
5 5 (11.36%) Service Delivery
6 4 (9.091%) EAI
6 4 (9.091%) SOA
6 4 (9.091%) Network Management
6 4 (9.091%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (18.18%) C#
2 4 (9.091%) Java
3 3 (6.818%) C++
3 3 (6.818%) C
4 2 (4.545%) SQL
5 1 (2.273%) Shell Script
5 1 (2.273%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 4 (9.091%) IBM Certification
1 4 (9.091%) Security Cleared
2 2 (4.545%) PgMP
2 2 (4.545%) APMP
2 2 (4.545%) PMP
2 2 (4.545%) PMI Certification
3 1 (2.273%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (2.273%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (2.273%) Six Sigma Black Belt
3 1 (2.273%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (22.73%) QA
2 6 (13.64%) SLA
3 4 (9.091%) ISO 9001
4 3 (6.818%) TickIT
5 1 (2.273%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (2.273%) WAI
5 1 (2.273%) ISO 9000
System Software
1 3 (6.818%) VMware ESX
1 3 (6.818%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (4.545%) OpenView
Vendors
1 7 (15.91%) Oracle
1 7 (15.91%) Microsoft
2 6 (13.64%) IBM
3 4 (9.091%) HP
3 4 (9.091%) SAP
4 3 (6.818%) BMC
4 3 (6.818%) VMware
5 2 (4.545%) Fortinet
5 2 (4.545%) SolarWinds
5 2 (4.545%) CheckPoint
5 2 (4.545%) Primavera
5 2 (4.545%) OPNET
5 2 (4.545%) CA
5 2 (4.545%) Nokia
5 2 (4.545%) Cisco
5 2 (4.545%) Juniper
5 2 (4.545%) F5
6 1 (2.273%) Lotus
6 1 (2.273%) Remedy
6 1 (2.273%) RedPrairie
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