The first table below looks at the demand for Continuous Improvement skills in IT jobs advertised for the Manchester region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Continuous Improvement over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Manchester region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Continual Improvement
Rank 131 110 86
Rank change year-on-year
-21 -24
Permanent jobs citing Continuous Improvement 58 68 83
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 1.379% 1.809% 2.076%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.778% 2.436% 3.036%
Number of salaries quoted 51 51 74
Average salary £37,500 £40,000 £47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.25% -15.78%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £23,300 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £49,700 £59,000 £51,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £47,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year
-15.79% +11.76%
All Processes & Methodologies
Manchester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
3262 2792 2734
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 77.57% 74.29% 68.37%
Number of salaries quoted 2797 2449 2474
Average salary £37,500 £35,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.14% -6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £25,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Continuous Improvement
North West

Continuous Improvement
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Manchester 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 Manchester region.

Manchester Continuous Improvement Salary Trend

Continuous Improvement
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Continuous Improvement across the Manchester region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Manchester Continuous Improvement Salary Histogram

Continuous Improvement
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Continuous Improvement within the Manchester region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Find
Job
Vacancies
Wigan +7 6 £36,000 +6.66% 1
Stockport -8 4 £32,500 -10.03% 2
Rochdale +8 2 £33,000 -34.00% 1
Bolton -3 2 £36,750 +5.00% 1
Altrincham - 1 £37,000 -
Continuous Improvement
North West

Continuous Improvement
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester 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 34 (27.87%) Finance
2 28 (22.95%) JavaScript
3 26 (21.31%) SQL
4 22 (18.03%) ITIL
5 21 (17.21%) HTML
5 21 (17.21%) E-Commerce
5 21 (17.21%) Agile Software Development
6 20 (16.39%) SQL Server
6 20 (16.39%) CSS
6 20 (16.39%) Change Management
7 19 (15.57%) .NET
8 18 (14.75%) Windows
8 18 (14.75%) Microsoft
9 16 (13.11%) SLA
9 16 (13.11%) Cisco
9 16 (13.11%) Back Office
9 16 (13.11%) Firewall
9 16 (13.11%) Active Directory
9 16 (13.11%) Android
9 16 (13.11%) Apple iOS
10 15 (12.30%) Windows Server 2008
10 15 (12.30%) Windows Server 2003
10 15 (12.30%) MS Exchange
11 14 (11.48%) C#
11 14 (11.48%) jQuery
11 14 (11.48%) Exchange Server 2010
12 13 (10.66%) vSphere
12 13 (10.66%) VMware
12 13 (10.66%) Scrum
12 13 (10.66%) Windows XP

Continuous Improvement
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester 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 21 (17.21%) HTML
2 20 (16.39%) CSS
3 19 (15.57%) .NET
4 14 (11.48%) jQuery
5 10 (8.197%) ASP.NET
6 9 (7.377%) WinForms
7 8 (6.557%) EDI
7 8 (6.557%) Web Services
7 8 (6.557%) XML
7 8 (6.557%) XSLT
8 5 (4.098%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
8 5 (4.098%) .NET Framework
9 4 (3.279%) Velocity
9 4 (3.279%) Spring
9 4 (3.279%) Hibernate
9 4 (3.279%) Node.js
9 4 (3.279%) CSS3
10 3 (2.459%) SAP PI
10 3 (2.459%) WCF
10 3 (2.459%) OpenGL
Application Platforms
1 15 (12.30%) MS Exchange
2 14 (11.48%) Exchange Server 2010
3 12 (9.836%) SharePoint
4 9 (7.377%) SharePoint 2010
5 5 (4.098%) Exchange Server 2003
6 4 (3.279%) Exchange Server 2000
7 3 (2.459%) SAP Portal
7 3 (2.459%) Confluence
8 2 (1.639%) Apache
8 2 (1.639%) WordPress
8 2 (1.639%) CMS
8 2 (1.639%) Magento
9 1 (0.820%) MS Project Server
9 1 (0.820%) IIS
Applications
1 9 (7.377%) MS Excel
2 4 (3.279%) Photoshop
2 4 (3.279%) MS Office
2 4 (3.279%) Fireworks
2 4 (3.279%) Adobe Illustrator
3 2 (1.639%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.820%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.820%) Maximo
Communications & Networking
1 16 (13.11%) Firewall
2 8 (6.557%) TCP/IP
3 7 (5.738%) VoIP
3 7 (5.738%) Internet
4 5 (4.098%) DNS
4 5 (4.098%) DHCP
5 4 (3.279%) VPN
5 4 (3.279%) SSL
5 4 (3.279%) WAN
5 4 (3.279%) LAN
5 4 (3.279%) IPsec
5 4 (3.279%) Network Security
5 4 (3.279%) SSH
5 4 (3.279%) NAS
5 4 (3.279%) Cisco ASA
6 3 (2.459%) IGMP
6 3 (2.459%) IP Telephony
6 3 (2.459%) DMZ
6 3 (2.459%) Ethernet
6 3 (2.459%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (16.39%) SQL Server
2 12 (9.836%) Data Warehouse
3 11 (9.016%) SQL Server 2005
3 11 (9.016%) DataStage
4 4 (3.279%) MySQL
4 4 (3.279%) NoSQL
5 3 (2.459%) SQL Server 2008
5 3 (2.459%) SAP BI
6 2 (1.639%) Crystal Reports
6 2 (1.639%) Oracle Reports
6 2 (1.639%) MS Access
7 1 (0.820%) EDMS
Development Applications
1 5 (4.098%) Team Foundation Server
2 3 (2.459%) Hudson
2 3 (2.459%) Jenkins
2 3 (2.459%) Bugzilla
2 3 (2.459%) Subversion
2 3 (2.459%) Maven
2 3 (2.459%) JIRA
2 3 (2.459%) ClearCase
3 1 (0.820%) Visual Studio
General
1 34 (27.87%) Finance
2 16 (13.11%) Back Office
3 12 (9.836%) Retail
4 8 (6.557%) Banking
5 6 (4.918%) Telecoms
5 6 (4.918%) Advertising
6 3 (2.459%) Music Industry
7 1 (0.820%) Legal
7 1 (0.820%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 16 (13.11%) Developer
1 16 (13.11%) Analyst
2 15 (12.30%) Team Leader
3 14 (11.48%) Web Designer
3 14 (11.48%) Designer
4 9 (7.377%) Operations Team Leader
5 8 (6.557%) C# .NET Developer
5 8 (6.557%) Business Analyst
5 8 (6.557%) SQL Developer
5 8 (6.557%) .NET Developer
5 8 (6.557%) C# Developer
5 8 (6.557%) ASP.NET Developer
5 8 (6.557%) C# ASP.NET Developer
6 7 (5.738%) Support Team Leader
6 7 (5.738%) Support Specialist
6 7 (5.738%) Project Manager
7 6 (4.918%) Software Engineer
7 6 (4.918%) Data Warehouse Specialist
8 5 (4.098%) Technical Manager
9 4 (3.279%) Technical Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 9 (7.377%) FMCG
2 5 (4.098%) Mobile App
3 4 (3.279%) Replication
3 4 (3.279%) SWIFT
4 3 (2.459%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
5 2 (1.639%) iDTV
5 2 (1.639%) Client/Server
5 2 (1.639%) Management Information System
5 2 (1.639%) Computer Science
6 1 (0.820%) IVR
6 1 (0.820%) Informatics
6 1 (0.820%) Graphic Design
6 1 (0.820%) Blackberry
6 1 (0.820%) NHS
6 1 (0.820%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 18 (14.75%) Windows
2 16 (13.11%) Android
2 16 (13.11%) Apple iOS
3 15 (12.30%) Windows Server 2008
3 15 (12.30%) Windows Server 2003
4 13 (10.66%) Windows XP
5 5 (4.098%) Linux
6 4 (3.279%) UNIX
6 4 (3.279%) AIX
6 4 (3.279%) Windows 2000 Server
7 3 (2.459%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (18.03%) ITIL
2 21 (17.21%) E-Commerce
2 21 (17.21%) Agile Software Development
3 20 (16.39%) Change Management
4 13 (10.66%) Scrum
5 12 (9.836%) Project Management
6 11 (9.016%) Problem Management
6 11 (9.016%) Time Management
6 11 (9.016%) OO
7 10 (8.197%) Incident Management
8 9 (7.377%) Kanban
9 8 (6.557%) User Stories
9 8 (6.557%) MVC
9 8 (6.557%) B2B
9 8 (6.557%) E-business
9 8 (6.557%) Systems Analysis
9 8 (6.557%) Unit Testing
9 8 (6.557%) Logistics
10 7 (5.738%) Integration Testing
10 7 (5.738%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 28 (22.95%) JavaScript
2 26 (21.31%) SQL
3 14 (11.48%) C#
4 8 (6.557%) VB
5 5 (4.098%) Java
6 4 (3.279%) C++
7 3 (2.459%) Embedded C++
7 3 (2.459%) VB.NET
7 3 (2.459%) ABAP
8 2 (1.639%) VBA
8 2 (1.639%) PHP
Qualifications
1 7 (5.738%) CCNP
1 7 (5.738%) Cisco Certification
2 5 (4.098%) Degree
3 4 (3.279%) CCNA
3 4 (3.279%) ISEB
4 3 (2.459%) ISTQB
5 1 (0.820%) PMI Certification
5 1 (0.820%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (13.11%) SLA
2 4 (3.279%) QA
3 3 (2.459%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (1.639%) BS7799
System Software
1 16 (13.11%) Active Directory
2 13 (10.66%) vSphere
3 4 (3.279%) Microsoft Virtual Server
3 4 (3.279%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (3.279%) VMware Workstation
4 1 (0.820%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 10 (8.197%) SCOM
2 9 (7.377%) SCCM
2 9 (7.377%) McAfee ePO
3 6 (4.918%) HP Quality Center
4 4 (3.279%) Tivoli
4 4 (3.279%) Tivoli Storage Manager
4 4 (3.279%) WSUS
Vendors
1 18 (14.75%) Microsoft
2 16 (13.11%) Cisco
3 13 (10.66%) VMware
3 13 (10.66%) NetApp
4 11 (9.016%) Teradata
5 9 (7.377%) McAfee
6 7 (5.738%) IBM
6 7 (5.738%) Avaya
7 6 (4.918%) HP
8 4 (3.279%) Oracle
8 4 (3.279%) SAP
8 4 (3.279%) Juniper
8 4 (3.279%) CheckPoint
8 4 (3.279%) WatchGuard
8 4 (3.279%) Veeam
9 2 (1.639%) Hyperion
9 2 (1.639%) Fujitsu
10 1 (0.820%) Verint
10 1 (0.820%) Genesys
10 1 (0.820%) Citrix
Manchester, Lancashire
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Laterooms Ltd
Salary: Competitive + Bonus + Benefits
Posted: 11 June 2013
Rochdale, Lancashire
Tangible experience in the design and development of desktop, client/server and web applications using .NET 3.5/4, C#, asp.net, WCF, and UI design. Experience of...
Zen Internet Ltd
Salary: From £21,000 to £45,000 per annum depending on experience + benefits
Posted: 4 June 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
This role is within the Asset, Configuration & Supplier Management Team, under Service Management & Governance part of Operations team under Steve Hobbs. Operations is a division within Serve (aka...
Virgin Media
Salary: Competitive
Posted: 12 June 2013
Manchester, North West
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Adria Solutions Ltd
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 5 June 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
Technical Skills: * Microsoft Windows Server 2003/2008 * Microsoft Windows XP / 7 * Microsoft SCCM 2007 SP3 * Microsoft SCOM 2012 * Microsoft Exchange 2010 * Microsoft SharePoint 2010 * VMWARE vSphere 4.1/...
Adria Solutions Ltd
Salary: £35000 - £42000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 12 June 2013
Manchester, North West
Adria Solutions Ltd
Salary: £35000 - £42000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 12 June 2013
Manchester, Cheshire, Merseyside, Lancashire,...
Actis Recruitment Ltd
Salary: to £30,000 + excellent bonus + bens
Posted: 3 June 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
Actis Recruitment.
Salary: From £24,000 to £30,000 per annum + excellent bonus + bens
Posted: 14 June 2013
Manchester, North West, United Kingdom
Music Group UK
Salary: Negotiable
Posted: 20 May 2013
Bolton, North West
Applause IT Ltd
Salary: £37000 - £40000 per annum + +Bens
Posted: 3 June 2013
Wigan, Lancashire
Applause IT Innovation
Salary: £37000 - £40000 per annum + +Bens
Posted: 17 June 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £45000 per annum
Posted: 14 June 2013
Manchester, North West
Hudson
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 14 June 2013
Stockport, Cheshire
The Source
Salary: From £32,000 to £49,000 per annum Car allowance and benefits
Posted: 17 June 2013
Stockport, Cheshire
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £28000 - £30000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 17 June 2013