The first table below looks at the demand for Continuous Improvement skills in IT contracts advertised for the Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Continuous Improvement over the 3 months to 21 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 Yorkshire 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Continual Improvement
Rank 96 105 89
Rank change year-on-year
+9 -16
Contract jobs citing Continuous Improvement 15 11 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire 0.787% 0.482% 0.448%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.138% 0.679% 0.710%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 6 4
Average daily rate £369 £260 £323
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+41.82% -19.37%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £355 £96 £194
10% offered a daily rate of more than £510 £425 £343
UK excluding London average daily rate £378 £305 £388
% change year-on-year
+23.77% -21.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £62.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.01 £25.00 £33.30
% change year-on-year
-19.98% -24.92%
All Processes & Methodologies
Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1318 1619 1126
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire 69.11% 70.88% 63.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 720 889 536
Average daily rate £325 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.14% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £225 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £454 £459 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 49 40 56
Average hourly rate £25.00 £16.50 £24.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+51.51% -31.25%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.08 £12.50 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £108.00 £32.50 £60.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.50 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.00% -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 Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 21 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
West Yorkshire +5 10 £415 +88.63%
South Yorkshire 0 5 £360 +15.20%
Continuous Improvement
England

Continuous Improvement
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire 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 11 (36.67%) Finance
2 9 (30.00%) Project Management
3 7 (23.33%) SLA
3 7 (23.33%) Microsoft
4 5 (16.67%) Cisco
4 5 (16.67%) Oracle
4 5 (16.67%) MS Excel
4 5 (16.67%) LAN
4 5 (16.67%) VoIP
4 5 (16.67%) WAN
4 5 (16.67%) TCP/IP
4 5 (16.67%) Service Delivery
4 5 (16.67%) Network Design
4 5 (16.67%) Network Security
4 5 (16.67%) Cisco UCCX
4 5 (16.67%) Cisco CUCM
5 4 (13.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 4 (13.33%) Change Management
5 4 (13.33%) PRINCE2
6 3 (10.00%) SQL
6 3 (10.00%) .NET
6 3 (10.00%) CRM
6 3 (10.00%) SharePoint
6 3 (10.00%) ASP.NET
6 3 (10.00%) Genesys
6 3 (10.00%) Six Sigma
6 3 (10.00%) Service Management
6 3 (10.00%) WFM
6 3 (10.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 3 (10.00%) Informatics

Continuous Improvement
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire 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 3 (10.00%) .NET
1 3 (10.00%) ASP.NET
Application Platforms
1 3 (10.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (16.67%) MS Excel
2 2 (6.667%) MS Office
3 1 (3.333%) Spreadsheet
Communications & Networking
1 5 (16.67%) LAN
1 5 (16.67%) VoIP
1 5 (16.67%) WAN
1 5 (16.67%) TCP/IP
1 5 (16.67%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.333%) SQL Server
1 1 (3.333%) Oracle Reports
1 1 (3.333%) DataStage
General
1 11 (36.67%) Finance
2 2 (6.667%) Telecoms
3 1 (3.333%) Retail
Job Titles
1 6 (20.00%) Project Manager
2 5 (16.67%) Cisco Engineer
2 5 (16.67%) Voice Engineer
2 5 (16.67%) Cisco Voice Engineer
3 4 (13.33%) Cisco Network Engineer
3 4 (13.33%) Network Engineer
3 4 (13.33%) Analyst
4 3 (10.00%) Business Analyst
5 2 (6.667%) Voice Network Engineer
5 2 (6.667%) Change Manager
5 2 (6.667%) Consultant
5 2 (6.667%) Administrator
6 1 (3.333%) Desktop Support
6 1 (3.333%) Junior
6 1 (3.333%) Process Analyst
6 1 (3.333%) Process Consultant
6 1 (3.333%) Configuration Manager
6 1 (3.333%) 2nd Line Support
6 1 (3.333%) Technical Analyst
6 1 (3.333%) Junior Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (10.00%) Informatics
2 2 (6.667%) CMDB
2 2 (6.667%) Management Information System
3 1 (3.333%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.333%) Windows
1 1 (3.333%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (30.00%) Project Management
2 5 (16.67%) Service Delivery
2 5 (16.67%) Network Design
3 4 (13.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 4 (13.33%) Change Management
3 4 (13.33%) PRINCE2
4 3 (10.00%) CRM
4 3 (10.00%) Six Sigma
4 3 (10.00%) Service Management
4 3 (10.00%) WFM
5 2 (6.667%) Business Transformation
5 2 (6.667%) Data Analysis
5 2 (6.667%) Configuration Management
5 2 (6.667%) ITIL
6 1 (3.333%) BPR
6 1 (3.333%) Risk Management
6 1 (3.333%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (3.333%) Business Continuity
6 1 (3.333%) Process Management
6 1 (3.333%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 3 (10.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (10.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
2 2 (6.667%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (23.33%) SLA
2 1 (3.333%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Systems Management
1 5 (16.67%) Cisco UCCX
1 5 (16.67%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 7 (23.33%) Microsoft
2 5 (16.67%) Cisco
2 5 (16.67%) Oracle
3 3 (10.00%) Genesys
4 2 (6.667%) Remedy
5 1 (3.333%) Citrix
Leeds, Yorkshire
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