The first table below looks at the demand for Six Sigma skills in IT contracts advertised for the West Sussex region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Six Sigma over the 3 months to 22 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 Sussex 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Six Sigma
Rank 40 54 41
Rank change year-on-year
+14 -13
Contract jobs citing Six Sigma 2 2 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Sussex 0.514% 0.300% 2.045%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.758% 0.405% 2.941%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 3
Average daily rate £350 £451 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-22.30% -9.90%
UK excluding London average daily rate £450 £378 £375
% change year-on-year
+19.04% +0.80%
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
West Sussex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
264 494 306
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Sussex 67.87% 74.17% 69.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 170 293 148
Average daily rate £388 £338 £388
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+14.81% -12.90%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £275 £266
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £475 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 6 17
Average hourly rate £32.50 £22.00 £37.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+47.72% -41.33%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.60 £10.00 £21.40
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.60 £32.50 £50.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
Six Sigma
South East

Six Sigma
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Sussex 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 across the West Sussex region.

West Sussex Six Sigma Daily Rate Trend

Six Sigma
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 West Sussex region over the 3 months to 22 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
Crawley - 1 £350 -
Six Sigma
South East

Six Sigma
Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Sussex 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 2 (66.67%) Project Management
1 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (66.67%) PRINCE2
1 2 (66.67%) Smart Meter
2 1 (33.33%) Business Transformation
2 1 (33.33%) SAP SD
2 1 (33.33%) MS Office
2 1 (33.33%) SAP
2 1 (33.33%) Risk Assessment
2 1 (33.33%) Supplier Management
2 1 (33.33%) Lean Six Sigma
2 1 (33.33%) Matrix Management

Six Sigma
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Sussex 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.

Applications
1 1 (33.33%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (33.33%) SAP SD
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Project Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Change Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Smart Meter
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Project Management
1 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (66.67%) PRINCE2
2 1 (33.33%) Business Transformation
2 1 (33.33%) Risk Assessment
2 1 (33.33%) Supplier Management
2 1 (33.33%) Lean Six Sigma
2 1 (33.33%) Matrix Management
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) SAP