The first table below looks at the demand for Continuous Improvement skills in IT jobs advertised for the Leeds 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 Leeds region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Continual Improvement
Rank 96 115 99
Rank change year-on-year
+19 -16
Permanent jobs citing Continuous Improvement 52 19 21
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leeds 2.002% 0.911% 1.135%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.527% 1.147% 1.556%
Number of salaries quoted 37 17 14
Average salary £35,000 £36,000 £27,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.77% +30.90%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £24,000 £17,000
10% offered a salary of more than £43,500 £43,900 £75,900
UK excluding London average salary £39,500 £42,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year
-7.05% -
All Processes & Methodologies
Leeds
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
2058 1657 1350
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leeds 79.21% 79.43% 72.97%
Number of salaries quoted 1628 1411 1150
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £26,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £55,000 £49,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Continuous Improvement
West Yorkshire

Continuous Improvement
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leeds 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 Leeds region.

Leeds Continuous Improvement Salary Trend

Continuous Improvement
Salary Histogram

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

Leeds Continuous Improvement Salary Histogram

Continuous Improvement
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leeds 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 38 (39.18%) Microsoft
2 30 (30.93%) CRM
3 28 (28.87%) Windows
4 24 (24.74%) SQL
5 23 (23.71%) ITIL
6 22 (22.68%) MS Excel
6 22 (22.68%) Project Management
7 21 (21.65%) Finance
7 21 (21.65%) SAN
7 21 (21.65%) Dynamics CRM
8 15 (15.46%) PRINCE2
9 13 (13.40%) Change Management
9 13 (13.40%) .NET
10 12 (12.37%) Business Analysis
10 12 (12.37%) User Acceptance Testing
11 11 (11.34%) Time Management
11 11 (11.34%) Problem Management
11 11 (11.34%) Scrum
11 11 (11.34%) Java
12 10 (10.31%) Oracle
12 10 (10.31%) MS Office
12 10 (10.31%) Altiris
13 9 (9.278%) Requirements Management
14 8 (8.247%) Statistics
14 8 (8.247%) QA
14 8 (8.247%) Agile Software Development
14 8 (8.247%) RUP
14 8 (8.247%) Management Information System
15 7 (7.216%) PRINCE
15 7 (7.216%) ISEB

Continuous Improvement
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leeds 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 13 (13.40%) .NET
2 7 (7.216%) Web Services
2 7 (7.216%) XML
3 6 (6.186%) SOAP
3 6 (6.186%) Java EE
4 4 (4.124%) WSDL
4 4 (4.124%) XSD
4 4 (4.124%) EJB
4 4 (4.124%) JDBC
4 4 (4.124%) JSP
4 4 (4.124%) Servlets
4 4 (4.124%) JSF
4 4 (4.124%) Facelets
5 3 (3.093%) COM+
6 2 (2.062%) JMS
6 2 (2.062%) Hibernate
6 2 (2.062%) LAMP
6 2 (2.062%) Spring
6 2 (2.062%) REST
7 1 (1.031%) ASP.NET
Application Platforms
1 5 (5.155%) Office Communications Server
1 5 (5.155%) CMS
1 5 (5.155%) MS Exchange
1 5 (5.155%) SharePoint
2 4 (4.124%) WebLogic
2 4 (4.124%) IIS
2 4 (4.124%) GlassFish
3 2 (2.062%) ActiveMQ
3 2 (2.062%) ESB
3 2 (2.062%) Lync
4 1 (1.031%) SharePoint Server
4 1 (1.031%) SAS
4 1 (1.031%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 22 (22.68%) MS Excel
2 10 (10.31%) MS Office
3 1 (1.031%) Mingle
Business Applications
1 21 (21.65%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.031%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 21 (21.65%) SAN
2 6 (6.186%) VPN
3 5 (5.155%) LAN
3 5 (5.155%) WAN
4 4 (4.124%) Internet
5 2 (2.062%) HTTP
5 2 (2.062%) Network Security
6 1 (1.031%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (7.216%) RDBMS
1 7 (7.216%) SQL Server
2 3 (3.093%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (1.031%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 5 (5.155%) Team Foundation Server
2 3 (3.093%) Oracle Forms
2 3 (3.093%) Visual Studio
3 2 (2.062%) JUnit
4 1 (1.031%) Rational Application Developer
4 1 (1.031%) TeamCity
4 1 (1.031%) Git (software)
4 1 (1.031%) Mercurial
4 1 (1.031%) Subversion
General
1 21 (21.65%) Finance
2 4 (4.124%) Legal
3 2 (2.062%) Advertising
3 2 (2.062%) Telecoms
3 2 (2.062%) Retail
3 2 (2.062%) Billing
3 2 (2.062%) Marketing
4 1 (1.031%) Law
Job Titles
1 47 (48.45%) Analyst
2 26 (26.80%) Support Analyst
3 18 (18.56%) Applications Support Analyst
3 18 (18.56%) Applications Support
4 14 (14.43%) Project Manager
5 13 (13.40%) Business Analyst
6 12 (12.37%) Developer
7 7 (7.216%) Java Developer
8 6 (6.186%) Service Manager
8 6 (6.186%) Service Analyst
8 6 (6.186%) 2nd Line Support
8 6 (6.186%) Service Desk Manager
9 5 (5.155%) IT Support
9 5 (5.155%) Configuration Analyst
9 5 (5.155%) IT Support Analyst
10 4 (4.124%) Senior Project Manager
10 4 (4.124%) Tester
10 4 (4.124%) Senior Manager
11 3 (3.093%) CRM Analyst
11 3 (3.093%) Data Manager
Miscellaneous
1 8 (8.247%) Statistics
1 8 (8.247%) Management Information System
2 5 (5.155%) N-Tier
3 2 (2.062%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.031%) Mathematics
4 1 (1.031%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 28 (28.87%) Windows
2 4 (4.124%) Windows 7
3 2 (2.062%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (30.93%) CRM
2 23 (23.71%) ITIL
3 22 (22.68%) Project Management
4 15 (15.46%) PRINCE2
5 13 (13.40%) Change Management
6 12 (12.37%) Business Analysis
6 12 (12.37%) User Acceptance Testing
7 11 (11.34%) Time Management
7 11 (11.34%) Problem Management
7 11 (11.34%) Scrum
8 9 (9.278%) Requirements Management
9 8 (8.247%) Agile Software Development
9 8 (8.247%) RUP
10 7 (7.216%) PRINCE
11 6 (6.186%) DSDM
11 6 (6.186%) ERP
11 6 (6.186%) GAP Analysis
11 6 (6.186%) Migration
12 5 (5.155%) Matrix Management
12 5 (5.155%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 24 (24.74%) SQL
2 11 (11.34%) Java
3 6 (6.186%) C
4 3 (3.093%) PL/SQL
4 3 (3.093%) C#
5 2 (2.062%) JavaScript
6 1 (1.031%) PowerShell
6 1 (1.031%) T-SQL
6 1 (1.031%) VBA
Qualifications
1 7 (7.216%) ISEB
2 5 (5.155%) PMP
2 5 (5.155%) PMI Certification
3 4 (4.124%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (3.093%) Security Cleared
4 3 (3.093%) Degree
4 3 (3.093%) MCAD
4 3 (3.093%) MCSD
5 2 (2.062%) DV Cleared
5 2 (2.062%) Six Sigma Black Belt
6 1 (1.031%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 1 (1.031%) SC Cleared
6 1 (1.031%) BC Cleared
6 1 (1.031%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (8.247%) QA
2 6 (6.186%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (6.186%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (1.031%) Hyper-V
2 1 (1.031%) XenApp
2 1 (1.031%) XenServer
2 1 (1.031%) XenDesktop
2 1 (1.031%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.031%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 1 (1.031%) HP Data Protector
Vendors
1 38 (39.18%) Microsoft
2 10 (10.31%) Oracle
2 10 (10.31%) Altiris
3 6 (6.186%) VMware
4 5 (5.155%) McAfee
4 5 (5.155%) Cisco
5 4 (4.124%) Perforce
6 3 (3.093%) HP
6 3 (3.093%) Citrix
7 1 (1.031%) AppSense
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Longer term the role will focus on the continuous enhancement and improvement of the security set up and continuous improvement... An understanding of project management methodologies, processes and...
The Bridge Ltd
Salary: From £35,000 to £42,000 per annum Excellent Benefits
Posted: 23 May 2013
Leeds, Yorkshire
A National Public Sector Organisation is looking to recruit a Business Solution Analyst.This position is essential to the implementation and development of continuous improvement processes and methods...
Hays Specialist Recruitment
Salary: £30000.00 - £40000.00 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 25 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
A National Public Sector Organisation is looking to recruit a Business Solution Analyst.This position is essential to the implementation and development of continuous improvement processes and methods...
HAYS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Salary: £30000.00 - £40000.00 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 24 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
The Project Manager will be tasked with streamlining existing core network security and communication infrastructure and will undertake continuous improvement... As Project Manager, you will be able to...
The Bridge Ltd
Salary: Up to £55,000 per annum Plus Benefits
Posted: 24 May 2013
Leeds, Yorkshire
Design, test, develop and support bespoke software related to Oracle-based enterprise-level information systems, primarily using PL/SQL, Forms and Reports... - Actively participate and lead in continuous...
Axica Recruitment
Salary: £35,000 - £38,000 + Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
You will require experience of Microsoft Windows up to Windows 7 operating system, and of the Microsoft Office suite up to 2010. ITIL v2/v3 is desirable, as...
Harvey Nash plc
Posted: 21 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
The Head of IT Service Desk/ Support is a key position for the company and requires a person with management skills and experience of IT Service Delivery. The...
Boston Capel
Salary: Depending on experience
Posted: 25 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Leading professional services company based in Leeds city centre have a new role for a talented and customer focused IT Service Delivery Manager This is an exciting role...
Head Resourcing
Salary: £35000 - £50000 per annum + benefits package
Posted: 20 May 2013
Leeds, Yorkshire
Knowledge of systems integration standards including ESB, SOA, XML, SOAP, HTTP and network topology... Experience of web technologies, enterprise software platforms and database driven applications such as Java...
Hays Specialist Recruitment
Posted: 14 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Knowledge of systems integration standards including ESB, SOA, XML, SOAP, HTTP and network topology... - Experience of web technologies, enterprise software platforms and database driven applications such as Java...
William Hill
Salary: Competitive
Posted: 23 May 2013
Leeds, Yorkshire
Working directly with the company directors and responsible for specifying, maintaining, coding and continuous improvement of existing state of the art, in-house systems. This is a senior...
Computer Futures
Salary: £45000 - £65000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013