The first table below looks at the demand for Six Sigma 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 Six Sigma over the 3 months to 19 June 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Six Sigma
Rank 109 120 101
Rank change year-on-year
+11 -19
Contract jobs citing Six Sigma 8 2 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire 0.411% 0.083% 0.262%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.592% 0.116% 0.406%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 2
Average daily rate £480 £475 £471
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.05% +0.79%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £205 £475 £454
10% offered a daily rate of more than £510 £475 £488
UK excluding London average daily rate £440 £385 £395
% change year-on-year
+14.28% -2.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £33.00 £43.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year
-24.13% +102.32%
All Processes & Methodologies
Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1352 1719 1232
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire 69.40% 70.92% 64.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 748 932 619
Average daily rate £325 £346 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.93% -1.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £225 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 53 47 61
Average hourly rate £37.50 £16.50 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+127.27% -34.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.45 £12.50 £11.30
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £50.00 £30.00 £60.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
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Six Sigma
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

Yorkshire 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 across the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Yorkshire Six Sigma Daily Rate Histogram

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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
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Job
Vacancies
West Yorkshire +8 7 £510 +7.36% 1
South Yorkshire - - - -
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England

Six Sigma
Top 27 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire 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 6 (50.00%) Lean Six Sigma
2 5 (41.67%) Finance
3 4 (33.33%) TQM
3 4 (33.33%) BPR
3 4 (33.33%) Project Management
3 4 (33.33%) DMAIC
4 3 (25.00%) Banking
4 3 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 3 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (16.67%) Change Management
5 2 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (8.333%) MS PowerPoint
6 1 (8.333%) Project Planning
6 1 (8.333%) Degree
6 1 (8.333%) Retail
6 1 (8.333%) Six Sigma Black Belt
6 1 (8.333%) Enterprise Modelling
6 1 (8.333%) Management Information System
6 1 (8.333%) Process Management
6 1 (8.333%) MS Project
6 1 (8.333%) MS Excel
6 1 (8.333%) MS Visio
6 1 (8.333%) Microsoft
6 1 (8.333%) Process Improvement
6 1 (8.333%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
6 1 (8.333%) Straight-Through Processing
6 1 (8.333%) Business Transformation

Six Sigma
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire 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 (8.333%) MS PowerPoint
1 1 (8.333%) MS Project
1 1 (8.333%) MS Excel
1 1 (8.333%) MS Visio
General
1 5 (41.67%) Finance
2 3 (25.00%) Banking
3 1 (8.333%) Retail
Job Titles
1 6 (50.00%) Business Manager
2 4 (33.33%) Analyst
2 4 (33.33%) Business Process Manager
2 4 (33.33%) Process Manager
3 3 (25.00%) Project Manager
3 3 (25.00%) Business Analyst
4 2 (16.67%) Change Manager
4 2 (16.67%) Business Change Manager
5 1 (8.333%) Project Analyst
5 1 (8.333%) Process Improvement Consultant
5 1 (8.333%) Banking Business Analyst
5 1 (8.333%) Assistant Project Manager
5 1 (8.333%) Project Assistant
5 1 (8.333%) Consultant
5 1 (8.333%) Process Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (8.333%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (50.00%) Lean Six Sigma
2 4 (33.33%) TQM
2 4 (33.33%) BPR
2 4 (33.33%) Project Management
2 4 (33.33%) DMAIC
3 3 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 3 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (16.67%) Change Management
4 2 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (8.333%) Project Planning
5 1 (8.333%) Enterprise Modelling
5 1 (8.333%) Process Management
5 1 (8.333%) Process Improvement
5 1 (8.333%) Straight-Through Processing
5 1 (8.333%) Business Transformation
Qualifications
1 1 (8.333%) Degree
1 1 (8.333%) Six Sigma Black Belt
1 1 (8.333%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
Vendors
1 1 (8.333%) Microsoft
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