The first table below looks at the demand for Continuous Improvement skills in IT contracts advertised for the Wiltshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Continuous Improvement over the 3 months to 17 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 Wiltshire 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Continual Improvement
Rank 45 53 49
Rank change year-on-year
+8 -4
Contract jobs citing Continuous Improvement 3 2 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wiltshire 0.673% 0.316% 0.181%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.920% 0.487% 0.254%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 1
Average daily rate £505 £405 £338
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+24.69% +20.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £385 £300 £381
% change year-on-year
+28.33% -21.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £35.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £24.00 £25.00 £33.30
% change year-on-year
-3.99% -24.92%
All Processes & Methodologies
Wiltshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
326 411 393
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wiltshire 73.09% 65.03% 71.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 236 263 213
Average daily rate £425 £380 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+11.84% -5.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £318 £238 £251
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 21 24
Average hourly rate £16.50 £26.50 £30.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-37.73% -13.11%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £19.95 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £43.50 £41.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.60 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.40% -16.66%
Continuous Improvement
South West

Continuous Improvement
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wiltshire 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 Wiltshire region.

Wiltshire Continuous Improvement Daily Rate Trend

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 Wiltshire region.

Wiltshire 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 Wiltshire region over the 3 months to 17 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
Swindon +5 3 £505 +24.69%
Continuous Improvement
South West

Continuous Improvement
Top 16 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wiltshire 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 3 (75.00%) Finance
2 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (50.00%) SLA
2 2 (50.00%) BPR
3 1 (25.00%) Project Management
3 1 (25.00%) Process Management
3 1 (25.00%) Service Delivery
3 1 (25.00%) Agile Software Development
3 1 (25.00%) Knowledge Management
3 1 (25.00%) Casewise
3 1 (25.00%) MS PowerPoint
3 1 (25.00%) Electronic Design Automation
3 1 (25.00%) Business Process Improvement
3 1 (25.00%) Process Improvement
3 1 (25.00%) CRM
3 1 (25.00%) MS Visio

Continuous Improvement
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wiltshire 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.

Applications
1 1 (25.00%) MS Visio
1 1 (25.00%) MS PowerPoint
General
1 3 (75.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) Architect
1 1 (25.00%) Technical Architect
1 1 (25.00%) Solutions Architect
1 1 (25.00%) Senior Manager
1 1 (25.00%) Service Manager
1 1 (25.00%) Head of IT
1 1 (25.00%) Technical Solutions Architect
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) BPR
1 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (25.00%) Agile Software Development
2 1 (25.00%) Knowledge Management
2 1 (25.00%) Electronic Design Automation
2 1 (25.00%) Business Process Improvement
2 1 (25.00%) Process Improvement
2 1 (25.00%) Project Management
2 1 (25.00%) Process Management
2 1 (25.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (25.00%) CRM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Casewise