The first table below looks at the demand for Continuous Improvement skills in IT jobs advertised for the City of London region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Continuous Improvement over the 3 months to 17 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 City of London region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Continual Improvement
Rank 169 196 231
Rank change year-on-year
+27 +35
Permanent jobs citing Continuous Improvement 160 133 105
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London 1.371% 1.012% 0.686%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.758% 1.321% 0.909%
Number of salaries quoted 144 112 91
Average salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -8.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £34,000 £31,000 £40,000
10% offered a salary of more than £83,500 £79,750 £85,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £42,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year
-5.88% -
All Processes & Methodologies
City of London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
9102 10067 11556
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London 77.98% 76.57% 75.46%
Number of salaries quoted 7833 9132 10306
Average salary £55,000 £57,500 £60,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.34% -4.16%
90% offered a salary of more than £37,500 £36,000 £36,500
10% offered a salary of more than £80,000 £87,500 £82,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Continuous Improvement
London

Continuous Improvement
Jobs Demand Trend

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

City of London 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 City of London region.

City of London Continuous Improvement Salary Trend

Continuous Improvement
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Continuous Improvement across the City of London region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

City of London Continuous Improvement Salary Histogram

Continuous Improvement
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the City of London 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.

1 113 (37.05%) Finance
2 88 (28.85%) Banking
3 70 (22.95%) Windows
4 66 (21.64%) ITIL
5 59 (19.34%) Microsoft
6 58 (19.02%) SQL Server
7 57 (18.69%) Agile Software Development
8 53 (17.38%) MS Excel
9 49 (16.07%) SQL
10 47 (15.41%) Oracle
11 46 (15.08%) C#
12 44 (14.43%) Project Management
12 44 (14.43%) Degree
13 43 (14.10%) Service Delivery
14 42 (13.77%) Java
14 42 (13.77%) .NET
15 37 (12.13%) Unit Testing
16 35 (11.48%) Service Management
17 33 (10.82%) System Testing
18 32 (10.49%) SLA
19 30 (9.836%) Linux
20 29 (9.508%) Software Testing
20 29 (9.508%) SQL Server Reporting Services
21 28 (9.180%) VMware
21 28 (9.180%) SQL Server Integration Services
22 27 (8.852%) UNIX
22 27 (8.852%) SAN
22 27 (8.852%) Team Foundation Server
23 26 (8.525%) Telecoms
23 26 (8.525%) Visual Studio

Continuous Improvement
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the City of London 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 42 (13.77%) .NET
2 22 (7.213%) ASP.NET
3 21 (6.885%) XML
4 20 (6.557%) Web Services
5 15 (4.918%) MDX
6 12 (3.934%) Hibernate
6 12 (3.934%) Spring
7 11 (3.607%) XSLT
7 11 (3.607%) CSS
8 9 (2.951%) HTML
9 8 (2.623%) XML Schema
10 7 (2.295%) WCF
11 6 (1.967%) WebSphere
12 5 (1.639%) .NET Framework
12 5 (1.639%) Java SE
12 5 (1.639%) WinForms
12 5 (1.639%) Middleware
12 5 (1.639%) LAMP
13 4 (1.311%) SOAP
13 4 (1.311%) J2EE
Application Platforms
1 24 (7.869%) SharePoint
2 11 (3.607%) MS Exchange
2 11 (3.607%) Exchange Server 2007
3 10 (3.279%) Exchange Server 2010
4 7 (2.295%) Apache
5 5 (1.639%) WebSphere MQ
5 5 (1.639%) Lotus Notes
6 4 (1.311%) IIS
6 4 (1.311%) CMS
7 3 (0.984%) Windows Azure
8 2 (0.656%) Confluence
8 2 (0.656%) SAP Portal
8 2 (0.656%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
8 2 (0.656%) Oracle Coherence
8 2 (0.656%) Resin
8 2 (0.656%) Tomcat
8 2 (0.656%) WebLogic
8 2 (0.656%) SAS
8 2 (0.656%) BizTalk Server
9 1 (0.328%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 53 (17.38%) MS Excel
2 17 (5.574%) MS Office
3 14 (4.590%) MS PowerPoint
4 10 (3.279%) MS Project
4 10 (3.279%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.656%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 5 (1.639%) Temenos T24
2 4 (1.311%) Dynamics NAV
3 2 (0.656%) SAP FI
3 2 (0.656%) SAP FI/CO
3 2 (0.656%) SAP CO
4 1 (0.328%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 1 (0.328%) Endur
4 1 (0.328%) SAP HR
4 1 (0.328%) SAP FSCM
4 1 (0.328%) SAP BPC
Communications & Networking
1 27 (8.852%) SAN
2 19 (6.230%) Internet
3 18 (5.902%) HTTP
4 15 (4.918%) Firewall
5 14 (4.590%) TCP/IP
6 12 (3.934%) NAS
7 11 (3.607%) Intranet
7 11 (3.607%) WAN
8 10 (3.279%) DNS
8 10 (3.279%) SNMP
9 9 (2.951%) LDAP
10 8 (2.623%) DHCP
10 8 (2.623%) WLAN
10 8 (2.623%) SSL
10 8 (2.623%) VLAN
10 8 (2.623%) IP Telephony
11 4 (1.311%) BSS
12 3 (0.984%) VoIP
12 3 (0.984%) LAN
13 2 (0.656%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 58 (19.02%) SQL Server
2 29 (9.508%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 28 (9.180%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 24 (7.869%) SQL Server 2008
5 17 (5.574%) Oracle 8/8i
6 16 (5.246%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 15 (4.918%) PerformancePoint
7 15 (4.918%) MySQL
8 10 (3.279%) OLTP
8 10 (3.279%) Oracle 10g
8 10 (3.279%) DB2
8 10 (3.279%) Oracle 11g
9 9 (2.951%) SQL Server 2005
10 6 (1.967%) Data Warehouse
11 5 (1.639%) MS Access
11 5 (1.639%) Ingres
12 3 (0.984%) RDBMS
13 2 (0.656%) BusinessObjects XI
13 2 (0.656%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
13 2 (0.656%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 27 (8.852%) Team Foundation Server
2 26 (8.525%) Visual Studio
3 21 (6.885%) Eclipse
4 5 (1.639%) Oracle Forms
4 5 (1.639%) Selenium
5 4 (1.311%) JMeter
5 4 (1.311%) WebDriver
6 3 (0.984%) JIRA
7 2 (0.656%) WATIR
7 2 (0.656%) QuickTest Pro
7 2 (0.656%) LoadRunner
7 2 (0.656%) Rational Robot
7 2 (0.656%) RSpec
7 2 (0.656%) JBehave
7 2 (0.656%) Cucumber
7 2 (0.656%) SpecFlow
7 2 (0.656%) Behat
7 2 (0.656%) Jenkins
8 1 (0.328%) Hudson
8 1 (0.328%) MSTest
General
1 113 (37.05%) Finance
2 88 (28.85%) Banking
3 26 (8.525%) Telecoms
4 24 (7.869%) Investment Banking
4 24 (7.869%) Legal
5 15 (4.918%) Advertising
6 12 (3.934%) Back Office
7 10 (3.279%) Law
8 9 (2.951%) Marketing
9 8 (2.623%) Wholesale Banking
9 8 (2.623%) Front Office
10 7 (2.295%) Publishing
11 4 (1.311%) Billing
12 3 (0.984%) Retail
13 2 (0.656%) Games
13 2 (0.656%) Manufacturing
13 2 (0.656%) Financial Institution
14 1 (0.328%) Electronics
14 1 (0.328%) Aerospace
14 1 (0.328%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 58 (19.02%) Analyst
2 51 (16.72%) Developer
3 27 (8.852%) Service Manager
4 22 (7.213%) Architect
5 21 (6.885%) Business Analyst
6 17 (5.574%) Project Manager
6 17 (5.574%) Business Developer
6 17 (5.574%) DBA
7 16 (5.246%) Business Intelligence Developer
8 15 (4.918%) Agile Project Manager
9 13 (4.262%) IT Project Manager
10 12 (3.934%) Java Developer
10 12 (3.934%) Senior Analyst
10 12 (3.934%) SQL DBA
11 10 (3.279%) Operations Analyst
11 10 (3.279%) Delivery Manager
11 10 (3.279%) Oracle DBA
12 8 (2.623%) Services Delivery Manager
12 8 (2.623%) Service Analyst
12 8 (2.623%) Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 25 (8.197%) Management Information System
2 17 (5.574%) Replication
3 13 (4.262%) Computer Science
4 12 (3.934%) Equities
5 7 (2.295%) Wiki
5 7 (2.295%) SaaS
6 5 (1.639%) Mathematics
7 4 (1.311%) Mobile App
7 4 (1.311%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (1.311%) Visualisation
7 4 (1.311%) CESG
7 4 (1.311%) CESG CLAS
7 4 (1.311%) Fixed Income
8 3 (0.984%) Derivative
8 3 (0.984%) Cloud Computing
9 2 (0.656%) Reference Data
9 2 (0.656%) Mobile Banking
9 2 (0.656%) Taxonomies
9 2 (0.656%) Firmware
9 2 (0.656%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 70 (22.95%) Windows
2 30 (9.836%) Linux
3 27 (8.852%) UNIX
4 18 (5.902%) Solaris
5 13 (4.262%) Windows Server 2003
6 12 (3.934%) Windows Server 2008
7 8 (2.623%) Windows XP
8 6 (1.967%) Mac OS X
9 5 (1.639%) Windows Vista
9 5 (1.639%) Windows 7
10 2 (0.656%) Windows Server 2012
10 2 (0.656%) CentOS
10 2 (0.656%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 2 (0.656%) HPUX
11 1 (0.328%) AIX
11 1 (0.328%) OpenBSD
11 1 (0.328%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (21.64%) ITIL
2 57 (18.69%) Agile Software Development
3 44 (14.43%) Project Management
4 43 (14.10%) Service Delivery
5 37 (12.13%) Unit Testing
6 35 (11.48%) Service Management
7 33 (10.82%) System Testing
8 29 (9.508%) Software Testing
9 24 (7.869%) Business Analysis
9 24 (7.869%) Risk Management
10 23 (7.541%) PRINCE2
11 22 (7.213%) E-Commerce
11 22 (7.213%) Scrum
12 21 (6.885%) OO
13 19 (6.230%) Business Intelligence
14 18 (5.902%) Analytics
15 17 (5.574%) Load Balancing
16 16 (5.246%) Problem Management
16 16 (5.246%) ITIL V3
16 16 (5.246%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 49 (16.07%) SQL
2 46 (15.08%) C#
3 42 (13.77%) Java
4 13 (4.262%) JavaScript
5 11 (3.607%) C++
6 10 (3.279%) T-SQL
6 10 (3.279%) Perl
7 9 (2.951%) VB
7 9 (2.951%) Shell Script
8 8 (2.623%) PHP
9 7 (2.295%) VB6
10 6 (1.967%) Python
11 4 (1.311%) C
11 4 (1.311%) MATLAB
11 4 (1.311%) PL/SQL
11 4 (1.311%) VBScript
12 3 (0.984%) PowerShell
13 2 (0.656%) Groovy
13 2 (0.656%) Bash shell
13 2 (0.656%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 44 (14.43%) Degree
2 13 (4.262%) ITIL Certification
3 10 (3.279%) OCP
3 10 (3.279%) OCA
3 10 (3.279%) Oracle Certification
4 6 (1.967%) Microsoft Certification
5 5 (1.639%) MBA
5 5 (1.639%) PMI Certification
5 5 (1.639%) MCP
5 5 (1.639%) CISSP
6 4 (1.311%) MCSE
6 4 (1.311%) MCSA
6 4 (1.311%) CISM
7 3 (0.984%) PMP
7 3 (0.984%) CCNA
7 3 (0.984%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (0.984%) HND
7 3 (0.984%) MCTS
7 3 (0.984%) MCITP
7 3 (0.984%) CIPD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (10.49%) SLA
2 22 (7.213%) QA
3 11 (3.607%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.656%) COBIT
4 2 (0.656%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.328%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.328%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.328%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (0.328%) Basel II
System Software
1 25 (8.197%) VMware Infrastructure
2 23 (7.541%) Active Directory
3 10 (3.279%) Oracle RMAN
3 10 (3.279%) Oracle RAC
4 4 (1.311%) VMware Server
5 2 (0.656%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.656%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
6 1 (0.328%) XenApp
6 1 (0.328%) Microsoft App-V
6 1 (0.328%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 10 (3.279%) Oracle Statspack
1 10 (3.279%) Data Guard
2 3 (0.984%) SCCM
3 2 (0.656%) SCOM
3 2 (0.656%) Tivoli
3 2 (0.656%) Nagios
3 2 (0.656%) Puppet
4 1 (0.328%) Nessus
4 1 (0.328%) Cacti
4 1 (0.328%) Munin
4 1 (0.328%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 59 (19.34%) Microsoft
2 47 (15.41%) Oracle
3 28 (9.180%) VMware
4 20 (6.557%) Citrix
5 14 (4.590%) Cisco
6 9 (2.951%) Mitel
7 8 (2.623%) Pega
7 8 (2.623%) SAP
7 8 (2.623%) Juniper
7 8 (2.623%) NetApp
7 8 (2.623%) CheckPoint
8 7 (2.295%) HP
8 7 (2.295%) IBM
9 6 (1.967%) Apple
10 5 (1.639%) Lotus
11 4 (1.311%) Sun
11 4 (1.311%) Sybase
11 4 (1.311%) Salesforce.com
11 4 (1.311%) Remedy
11 4 (1.311%) Mercator
City, London
Solid background programming with the following languages and technologies for both Windows and web-based scenarios: C#.net, Visual Basic 6, COM, Microsoft SQL Server (Transact-SQL), XML,...
Sanderson
Salary: £60000 - £70000 per annum + Pension, Healthcare
Posted: 13 May 2013
City, London
Ensuring continuous improvement of service and component availability... Required: * Strong stakeholder management skills * Strong program/support manager skills * ITIL Service Management Foundation Certification (or equivalent) This position is...
Connectus
Salary: £75000 - £85000 per annum + Bonus + Benefits
Posted: 14 May 2013
City, London
Truphone's technology allows travellers in the UK and elsewhere to use a mobile to call, text and access the web at local rates without having to change...
Truphone
Salary: From £55,000 to £60,000 per annum plus bonus & benefits
Posted: 29 April 2013
City, London
Innovative in its use of technology, it runs a number of huge global platforms including ERP, Document Management and collaboration, Knowledge Management systems and a globally based Intranet.
Eutopia Solutions Ltd
Salary: £45000 - £55000.00 per annum + bonus + benefits
Posted: 13 May 2013
City, London
A Global Investment Management company with a long history of excellence within Asset Management has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Application Support Analyst with experience across multiple...
Eaglecliff
Salary: Up to £55,000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
City, London
The successful candidates will be a self-motivated graduate and want to work as part of a service desk supporting and managing standard workplace technologies such as TCP/...
JM
Salary: £23000 - £30000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 14 May 2013
City, London
We are currently seeking Java Developers to work on the development and enhancement of an equities trading system which is built in Java with a C++ core and...
Hatstand Limited
Salary: £32000 - £42000 per annum + BONUS,LIFE INSURANCE,PENSION
Posted: 16 May 2013
City, London
A good knowledge of current Windows server operating environments, Active Directory and Group Policy * Knowledge of network security devices and associated protocols. * Knowledge of McAfee and Microsoft antivirus...
Connectus
Salary: £90000 per annum
Posted: 14 May 2013
City, London
Already recognised as a pioneer in the VoIP space, Truphone has launched a revolutionary new mobile service called Truphone Local Anywhere™, which eliminates roaming costs in all Truphone...
Truphone
Salary: From £45,000 to £55,000 per annum excellent benefits
Posted: 25 April 2013
City, London
Resolution of all Tier 2 Video incidents within agreed SLAs - Responsibility of all client updates on Tier 2 and 3 Incidents - Working within VNOC/GSC internal OLAs on...
FT Select
Salary: From £30,000 to £35,000 per annum plus shift allowance and benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
City, London
SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR- JAVA / LINUX / DEVOPS... You will be an expert in Java and have hands on experience of Linux environments... *Providing Java knowledge and expertise within a Linux...
Rullion IT Plus
Salary: £100000 - £110000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
City, London
You will be required to deliver strategic business and departmental objectives to ensure that all asset servicing activities across Corporate Actions, income collection, tax reclamation, collateral management, cash...
ISL
Salary: £80000.00 - £90000.00 per annum + Benefits + Bonus
Posted: 13 May 2013
City, London
This is an opportunity to leverage your existing java knowledge and experience to become involved in the enhancement and continuous improvement of a high performance low latency front...
Hatstand Limited
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
City of London
Senior Project Manager - London - Up to £75k - Life and Pension - Defined Benefit / Group Risk My client, a great Life and Pension organisation are looking for a senior Project...
Annapurna HR
Salary: £70000 - £75000 per annum
Posted: 25 April 2013
City of London
Embed "right first time" values across the project team and into its deliverables, actively seeking to enhance delivery processes through continuous improvement... Extensive experience of delivering complex Organization...
Annapurna HR
Salary: £70000 - £80000 per annum
Posted: 25 April 2013
City, London
Strong experience of XenServer 5.6 & Presentation Server. Very good experience of XenApp 5.0 - 6.5, XenDesktop 5.5 - 5.6, Presentation server 4.0... General understanding...
Cogence Search
Salary: £53000 - £59000 per annum + BENS
Posted: 13 May 2013
City, London
Strong experience of XenServer 5.6 & Presentation Server. Very good experience of XenApp 5.0 - 6.5, XenDesktop 5.5 - 5.6, Presentation server 4.0... General understanding...
Cogence Search
Salary: £53000 - £59000 per annum + BENS
Posted: 17 May 2013
City, London
Requirements * Experienced in the management of both physical and logical security systems * Ability to evaluate business risks and recommend appropriate security controls * Knowledge of the ISO/IEC 27001...
Randstad Technologies
Salary: £30000.00 - £35000.00 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
City, London
Working in a specialist team you will be involved in defining new & innovative solutions for mobile banking & commerce... *Definition, communication and continual improvement of processes, standards, policies and...
Parallel Consulting
Salary: £75000 - £85000 per annum + bonus, + benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
City of London
Seeking a SharePoint Administrator to join during an exciting period of growth and continuous improvement. Role -You will be responsible for the management and maintenance of large, SharePoint...
Sovereign Business Resource
Salary: £50000 - £60000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013