The first table below looks at the demand for Continuous Improvement skills in IT jobs advertised for the Cardiff region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Continuous Improvement over the 3 months to 24 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 Cardiff region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Continual Improvement
Rank 58 47 50
Rank change year-on-year
-11 +3
Permanent jobs citing Continuous Improvement 9 7 16
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cardiff 1.619% 1.587% 2.787%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.239% 2.333% 3.501%
Number of salaries quoted 7 6 12
Average salary £37,500 £34,000 £25,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+10.29% +36.00%
UK excluding London average salary £39,500 £42,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year
-7.05% -
All Processes & Methodologies
Cardiff
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
402 300 457
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cardiff 72.30% 68.03% 79.62%
Number of salaries quoted 351 280 426
Average salary £34,500 £34,008 £36,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.44% -5.53%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,500 £25,500 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Continuous Improvement
South Wales

Continuous Improvement
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cardiff Continuous Improvement Jobs Demand Trend

Continuous Improvement
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Continuous Improvement across the Cardiff region.

Cardiff Continuous Improvement Salary Trend

Continuous Improvement
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Continuous Improvement across the Cardiff region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Cardiff Continuous Improvement Salary Histogram

Continuous Improvement
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cardiff 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Continuous Improvement.

1 23 (69.70%) Java
2 18 (54.55%) Scrum
3 17 (51.52%) HTML
4 16 (48.48%) XML
4 16 (48.48%) jQuery
5 15 (45.45%) Linux
5 15 (45.45%) Apache
6 14 (42.42%) OO
6 14 (42.42%) Perl
7 13 (39.39%) Degree
7 13 (39.39%) Oracle
8 12 (36.36%) MongoDB
8 12 (36.36%) Software Engineering
8 12 (36.36%) JSON
9 10 (30.30%) Web Development
9 10 (30.30%) Computer Science
9 10 (30.30%) Tuxedo
10 8 (24.24%) Oracle 8/8i
10 8 (24.24%) Project Management
11 6 (18.18%) Web Services
11 6 (18.18%) SQL
12 5 (15.15%) UML
12 5 (15.15%) Spring
12 5 (15.15%) Hibernate
13 4 (12.12%) MVC
13 4 (12.12%) Agile Software Development
13 4 (12.12%) Maven
13 4 (12.12%) Refactoring
13 4 (12.12%) JPA
13 4 (12.12%) SOAP

Continuous Improvement
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cardiff 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Continuous Improvement. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 17 (51.52%) HTML
2 16 (48.48%) XML
2 16 (48.48%) jQuery
3 12 (36.36%) JSON
4 6 (18.18%) Web Services
5 5 (15.15%) Spring
5 5 (15.15%) Hibernate
6 4 (12.12%) JPA
6 4 (12.12%) SOAP
6 4 (12.12%) Struts
7 3 (9.091%) Middleware
7 3 (9.091%) Spring Web Flow
7 3 (9.091%) REST
7 3 (9.091%) Java EE
8 2 (6.061%) .NET Framework
8 2 (6.061%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
8 2 (6.061%) WCF
8 2 (6.061%) .NET
8 2 (6.061%) ASP.NET
8 2 (6.061%) CSS
Application Platforms
1 15 (45.45%) Apache
2 10 (30.30%) Tuxedo
3 1 (3.030%) ColdFusion
Applications
1 2 (6.061%) MS Excel
2 1 (3.030%) MS Project
2 1 (3.030%) MS Office
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (36.36%) MongoDB
2 8 (24.24%) Oracle 8/8i
3 2 (6.061%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (3.030%) MS Access
4 1 (3.030%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 4 (12.12%) Maven
1 4 (12.12%) Ant
2 3 (9.091%) Git (software)
2 3 (9.091%) Subversion
3 2 (6.061%) Jenkins
3 2 (6.061%) Concordion
4 1 (3.030%) QuickTest Pro
4 1 (3.030%) JUnit
General
1 4 (12.12%) Finance
2 3 (9.091%) Financial Institution
2 3 (9.091%) Banking
3 1 (3.030%) Manufacturing
3 1 (3.030%) Advertising
3 1 (3.030%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 22 (66.67%) Developer
2 16 (48.48%) Web Developer
3 14 (42.42%) Systems Developer
4 4 (12.12%) Java Developer
4 4 (12.12%) Senior Developer
5 3 (9.091%) Analyst
5 3 (9.091%) Senior Systems Developer
5 3 (9.091%) Senior Web Developer
6 2 (6.061%) Business Manager
6 2 (6.061%) Compliance Manager
6 2 (6.061%) Business Process Manager
6 2 (6.061%) Process Manager
6 2 (6.061%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
6 2 (6.061%) Development Manager
6 2 (6.061%) Support Analyst
6 2 (6.061%) Applications Support
6 2 (6.061%) 3rd Line Support
6 2 (6.061%) Lead Developer
7 1 (3.030%) Engineering Manager
7 1 (3.030%) Architect
Miscellaneous
1 10 (30.30%) Computer Science
2 3 (9.091%) N-Tier
2 3 (9.091%) Mobile Banking
3 1 (3.030%) Management Information System
3 1 (3.030%) CMDB
3 1 (3.030%) Embedded Systems
3 1 (3.030%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 15 (45.45%) Linux
2 1 (3.030%) VxWorks
2 1 (3.030%) Android
2 1 (3.030%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (54.55%) Scrum
2 14 (42.42%) OO
3 12 (36.36%) Software Engineering
4 10 (30.30%) Web Development
5 8 (24.24%) Project Management
6 5 (15.15%) UML
7 4 (12.12%) MVC
7 4 (12.12%) Agile Software Development
7 4 (12.12%) Refactoring
8 3 (9.091%) Mobile Commerce
8 3 (9.091%) TDD
9 2 (6.061%) Risk Assessment
9 2 (6.061%) ITIL
9 2 (6.061%) Business Intelligence
9 2 (6.061%) E-Commerce
10 1 (3.030%) Change Management
10 1 (3.030%) Configuration Management
10 1 (3.030%) Stakeholder Management
10 1 (3.030%) Six Sigma
10 1 (3.030%) B2B
Programming Languages
1 23 (69.70%) Java
2 14 (42.42%) Perl
3 6 (18.18%) SQL
4 3 (9.091%) JavaScript
5 2 (6.061%) PHP
5 2 (6.061%) C#
5 2 (6.061%) C++
5 2 (6.061%) VB
6 1 (3.030%) VBScript
6 1 (3.030%) C
Qualifications
1 13 (39.39%) Degree
2 1 (3.030%) PMP
2 1 (3.030%) PMI Certification
2 1 (3.030%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.061%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (6.061%) ISO 9001
Vendors
1 13 (39.39%) Oracle
2 3 (9.091%) Microsoft
3 1 (3.030%) Wind River
Cardiff, South Glamorgan
Java, JUnit or Test NG, MVC Framework (Struts/Spring/Webflow), Web Services (Rest or SOAP), Fuse ESB, JPA/Hibernate, JMS, Build tools (Ant / Ivy / Maven), Agile methods (SCRUM)
Epsilium Recruitment
Salary: From £45,000 to £55,000 per annum + Bonus + Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Cardiff, South Glamorgan
Code and script development (primarily using Java and Groovy) on a range of automated testing tools and frameworks, including Selenium, soapUI and JBehave... Automating webservice tests with an...
Epsilium Recruitment
Salary: From £35,000 to £55,000 per annum + Bonus + Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Cardiff, South Glamorgan
Code and script development (primarily using Java and Groovy) on a range of automated testing tools and frameworks, including Selenium, soapUI and JBehave... Automating webservice tests with an...
Epsilium Recruitment
Salary: From £35,000 to £55,000 per annum + Bonus + Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013