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

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Continual Improvement
Rank 51 - 49
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing Continuous Improvement 1 0 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Chester 0.297% - 0.794%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.355% - 1.124%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 2
Average salary £32,000 - £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £43,250 £42,500
% change year-on-year
-7.51% +1.76%
All Processes & Methodologies
Chester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
282 113 178
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Chester 83.68% 72.44% 70.63%
Number of salaries quoted 148 95 173
Average salary £37,500 £37,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.35% -7.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £25,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £50,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Continuous Improvement
Cheshire

Continuous Improvement
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Chester 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 Chester region.

Chester Continuous Improvement Salary Trend

Continuous Improvement
Top 27 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Chester 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 2 (40.00%) HTML
1 2 (40.00%) JavaScript
1 2 (40.00%) CSS
1 2 (40.00%) E-Commerce
1 2 (40.00%) Project Management
1 2 (40.00%) jQuery
1 2 (40.00%) Android
1 2 (40.00%) Apple iOS
2 1 (20.00%) Six Sigma Green Belt
2 1 (20.00%) Kanban
2 1 (20.00%) Banking
2 1 (20.00%) Logistics
2 1 (20.00%) Wholesale Banking
2 1 (20.00%) Project Planning
2 1 (20.00%) Business Development
2 1 (20.00%) .NET Framework
2 1 (20.00%) Identity Management
2 1 (20.00%) BT
2 1 (20.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (20.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Aerospace
2 1 (20.00%) Programme Management
2 1 (20.00%) MS Visio
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) CAD
2 1 (20.00%) .NET
2 1 (20.00%) MS Office

Continuous Improvement
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Chester 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 2 (40.00%) HTML
1 2 (40.00%) CSS
1 2 (40.00%) jQuery
2 1 (20.00%) .NET Framework
2 1 (20.00%) .NET
Applications
1 1 (20.00%) MS Visio
1 1 (20.00%) MS Office
General
1 1 (20.00%) Banking
1 1 (20.00%) Wholesale Banking
1 1 (20.00%) Finance
1 1 (20.00%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Web Designer
1 2 (40.00%) Designer
2 1 (20.00%) Implementation Specialist
2 1 (20.00%) Solutions Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Analyst
Operating Systems
1 2 (40.00%) Android
1 2 (40.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) E-Commerce
1 2 (40.00%) Project Management
2 1 (20.00%) Kanban
2 1 (20.00%) Logistics
2 1 (20.00%) Project Planning
2 1 (20.00%) Business Development
2 1 (20.00%) Identity Management
2 1 (20.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (20.00%) Programme Management
2 1 (20.00%) CAD
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) BT
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft