The first table below looks at the demand for Six Sigma skills in IT jobs advertised for the Bedfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Six Sigma over the 3 months to 23 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 Bedfordshire region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Six Sigma
Rank 88 78 62
Rank change year-on-year
-10 -16
Permanent jobs citing Six Sigma 5 4 12
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 0.466% 0.420% 1.342%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.596% 0.608% 1.617%
Number of salaries quoted 4 3 12
Average salary £45,000 £54,000 £41,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-16.66% +30.12%
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year
- -10.00%
All Processes & Methodologies
Bedfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
839 658 742
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 78.12% 69.05% 83.00%
Number of salaries quoted 759 572 694
Average salary £45,000 £45,000 £41,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +9.75%
90% offered a salary of more than £29,500 £27,500 £30,500
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £58,500 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Six Sigma
East of England

Six Sigma
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bedfordshire Six Sigma Jobs Demand Trend

Six Sigma
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Six Sigma across the Bedfordshire region.

Bedfordshire Six Sigma Salary Trend

Six Sigma
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Six Sigma within the Bedfordshire region over the 3 months to 23 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Luton -1 4 £45,000 -16.66%
Six Sigma
East of England

Six Sigma
Top 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedfordshire 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Six Sigma.

1 3 (60.00%) SLA
1 3 (60.00%) Cisco
1 3 (60.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
1 3 (60.00%) ITIL Certification
1 3 (60.00%) ITIL
1 3 (60.00%) PRINCE2
1 3 (60.00%) Service Management
1 3 (60.00%) ITSM
1 3 (60.00%) Unified Communications
2 2 (40.00%) Six Sigma Green Belt
2 2 (40.00%) Six Sigma Black Belt
2 2 (40.00%) Degree
2 2 (40.00%) QA
3 1 (20.00%) HTTP
3 1 (20.00%) Firmware
3 1 (20.00%) Lean Six Sigma
3 1 (20.00%) Electronics
3 1 (20.00%) Manufacturing
3 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (20.00%) DV Cleared
3 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (20.00%) C
3 1 (20.00%) Root Cause Analysis
3 1 (20.00%) Twitter

Six Sigma
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedfordshire 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Six Sigma. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 3 (60.00%) Unified Communications
2 1 (20.00%) HTTP
General
1 1 (20.00%) Electronics
1 1 (20.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Service Manager
2 2 (40.00%) Quality Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) QA Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Design Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Firmware
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) ITIL
1 3 (60.00%) PRINCE2
1 3 (60.00%) Service Management
1 3 (60.00%) ITSM
2 1 (20.00%) Lean Six Sigma
2 1 (20.00%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) C
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
1 3 (60.00%) ITIL Certification
2 2 (40.00%) Six Sigma Green Belt
2 2 (40.00%) Six Sigma Black Belt
2 2 (40.00%) Degree
3 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (20.00%) DV Cleared
3 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (60.00%) SLA
2 2 (40.00%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Cisco
2 1 (20.00%) Twitter
Luton, Bedfordshire
Based from Luton, the Quality Supervisor will be responsible for a team of six quality professionals and will be involved in driving continuous improvement in production processes... Ideally...
Roc Search
Posted: 22 May 2013
Luton, Bedfordshire
You will be accountable for areas such as: * Customer quality and internal scrap reduction * Continuous improvement activities * Cost reduction programs, productivity improvements, and the implementation of initiatives to...
Roc Search
Posted: 22 May 2013