Berkshire DFSS Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for Design For Six Sigma (DFSS) skills within the Berkshire region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited DFSS over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Design For Six Sigma (DFSS)
Location Berkshire East of England England Ipswich London Reading South East Suffolk UK	3 months to 21 Nov 2008	Same period last year
Rank	237	283
Rank change on same period last year	+46
Matching permanent IT job ads	3	3
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	0.002 %	0.001 %
As % of the category below	0.062 %	0.044 %
Salaries quoted	3	3
Average minimum salary	£50,000	£66,667
Average salary	£56,667	£70,833
% change on same period last year	-20.00 %
Average maximum salary	£63,333	£75,000
UK excluding London average salary	£62,500	£48,643
% change on same period last year	+28.48 %
Processes & Methodologies Berkshire
Matching permanent IT job ads	4865	6744
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	3.139 %	3.019 %
Salaries quoted	4009	5328
Average minimum salary	£41,983	£42,380
Average salary	£45,756	£46,189
% change on same period last year	-0.93 %
Average maximum salary	£49,530	£49,997
UK excluding London average salary	£43,011	£44,526
% change on same period last year	-3.40 %
DFSS South East

DFSS
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing DFSS across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

DFSS
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing DFSS across the Berkshire region.

DFSS
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing DFSS across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008.

DFSS
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing DFSS within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Average Salary Last 3 Months	Average Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year
Reading	-	1	£80,000	-

DFSS South East

DFSS
Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT jobs across the Berkshire region citing DFSS 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 DFSS.

1 3 (100.00 %) Six Sigma 2 2 (66.67 %) Process Management 2 2 (66.67 %) Telecoms 2 2 (66.67 %) DMAIC 3 1 (33.33 %) SAP XI 3 1 (33.33 %) Finance 3 1 (33.33 %) Manufacturing 3 1 (33.33 %) SAP 3 1 (33.33 %) MS Excel 3 1 (33.33 %) ERP 3 1 (33.33 %) IBM 3 1 (33.33 %) Microsoft 3 1 (33.33 %) SAP BW

DFSS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT jobs across the Berkshire region citing DFSS 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 DFSS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 1 (33.33 %) SAP XI	Applications 1 1 (33.33 %) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence 1 1 (33.33 %) SAP BW	General 1 2 (66.67 %) Telecoms 2 1 (33.33 %) Finance 2 1 (33.33 %) Manufacturing
Job Titles 1 2 (66.67 %) Six Sigma Black Belt	Processes & Methodologies 1 3 (100.00 %) Six Sigma 2 2 (66.67 %) Process Management 2 2 (66.67 %) DMAIC 3 1 (33.33 %) ERP
Vendors 1 1 (33.33 %) SAP 1 1 (33.33 %) IBM 1 1 (33.33 %) Microsoft