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

Location
3 months to
17 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Continual Improvement
Rank 65 89 59
Rank change year-on-year
+24 -30
Permanent jobs citing Continuous Improvement 97 74 108
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 2.955% 2.169% 3.035%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.007% 2.990% 3.932%
Number of salaries quoted 55 51 68
Average salary £37,500 £57,000 £48,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-34.21% +18.75%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £22,500 £34,000
10% offered a salary of more than £48,800 £75,000 £62,900
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £46,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year
-13.97% +9.41%
All Processes & Methodologies
Scotland
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
2421 2475 2747
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 73.74% 72.54% 77.21%
Number of salaries quoted 1518 1753 1992
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £41,165
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -2.82%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £27,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Continuous Improvement
UK

Continuous Improvement
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Scotland 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 Scotland region.

Scotland Continuous Improvement Salary Trend

Continuous Improvement
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Continuous Improvement across the Scotland region over the 3 months to 17 June 2013.

Scotland 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 Scotland region over the 3 months to 17 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
West Lothian - 32 £36,000 - 2
Glasgow -8 28 £41,250 +43.47% 1
Edinburgh -6 21 £30,000 -53.84% 1
Aberdeen -10 15 £39,000 -48.00% 1
Continuous Improvement
UK

Continuous Improvement
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 June 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland 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 68 (38.86%) Degree
2 67 (38.29%) Finance
3 66 (37.71%) SQL
4 59 (33.71%) Oracle
5 51 (29.14%) UNIX
6 46 (26.29%) Business Intelligence
7 43 (24.57%) Data Warehouse
8 38 (21.71%) Netezza
9 37 (21.14%) ETL
9 37 (21.14%) ITIL
10 36 (20.57%) TDD
11 35 (20.00%) Banking
12 34 (19.43%) Ab Initio
12 34 (19.43%) Informatica
13 32 (18.29%) Project Management
14 31 (17.71%) Java
15 27 (15.43%) XML
15 27 (15.43%) RDBMS
16 26 (14.86%) Linux
17 25 (14.29%) Service Delivery
17 25 (14.29%) QA
18 23 (13.14%) Telecoms
18 23 (13.14%) MySQL
19 22 (12.57%) Microsoft
19 22 (12.57%) Agile Software Development
20 19 (10.86%) PRINCE2
21 18 (10.29%) SQL Server
21 18 (10.29%) Teradata
21 18 (10.29%) Korn
22 17 (9.714%) Six Sigma

Continuous Improvement
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 June 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland 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 27 (15.43%) XML
2 11 (6.286%) .NET
3 10 (5.714%) CSS
4 9 (5.143%) ASP.NET
4 9 (5.143%) XML Schema
5 7 (4.000%) HTML
5 7 (4.000%) Web Services
6 6 (3.429%) Middleware
7 5 (2.857%) J2EE
7 5 (2.857%) SOAP
7 5 (2.857%) WebSphere
7 5 (2.857%) AppFabric
8 3 (1.714%) jQuery
9 2 (1.143%) Ajax
9 2 (1.143%) CSS3
9 2 (1.143%) Spring MVC
9 2 (1.143%) Visualforce
9 2 (1.143%) HTML5
9 2 (1.143%) OpenGL
9 2 (1.143%) Hibernate
Application Platforms
1 6 (3.429%) SharePoint
2 5 (2.857%) BizTalk Server
3 3 (1.714%) WebSphere Message Broker
3 3 (1.714%) SAS
3 3 (1.714%) IIS
4 2 (1.143%) Apache
4 2 (1.143%) Force.com
4 2 (1.143%) SharePoint 2010
4 2 (1.143%) ESB
5 1 (0.571%) Lync
5 1 (0.571%) Windows Azure
5 1 (0.571%) Tomcat
5 1 (0.571%) TeamSite
5 1 (0.571%) Mule
5 1 (0.571%) CMS
Applications
1 9 (5.143%) MS Project
2 8 (4.571%) MS Office
3 6 (3.429%) MS Excel
4 2 (1.143%) InfoPath
5 1 (0.571%) Photoshop
5 1 (0.571%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.571%) Fireworks
5 1 (0.571%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (1.714%) BusinessWorks
2 1 (0.571%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.571%) Oracle BPM
2 1 (0.571%) Oracle Financials
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.714%) Broadband
2 1 (0.571%) WAN
2 1 (0.571%) TCP/IP
2 1 (0.571%) VPN
2 1 (0.571%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (24.57%) Data Warehouse
2 27 (15.43%) RDBMS
3 23 (13.14%) MySQL
4 18 (10.29%) SQL Server
5 15 (8.571%) Informix
5 15 (8.571%) DataStage
6 5 (2.857%) DB2
7 2 (1.143%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (1.143%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.571%) Oracle 11g
8 1 (0.571%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 1 (0.571%) PerformancePoint
8 1 (0.571%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.571%) OpenWorks
8 1 (0.571%) Microsoft Analysis Services
8 1 (0.571%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (0.571%) Data Mart
8 1 (0.571%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 10 (5.714%) QuickTest Pro
2 9 (5.143%) Selenium
2 9 (5.143%) FitNesse
3 5 (2.857%) Rational Application Developer
4 3 (1.714%) Subversion
5 2 (1.143%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.571%) Maven
6 1 (0.571%) JIRA
6 1 (0.571%) Talend Open Studio
6 1 (0.571%) Carbide.c++
6 1 (0.571%) Axure RP
6 1 (0.571%) Hudson
6 1 (0.571%) LoadRunner
6 1 (0.571%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.571%) Oracle Forms
6 1 (0.571%) Eclipse
General
1 67 (38.29%) Finance
2 35 (20.00%) Banking
3 23 (13.14%) Telecoms
4 5 (2.857%) Manufacturing
5 4 (2.286%) Legal
6 3 (1.714%) Retail
6 3 (1.714%) Billing
6 3 (1.714%) Retail Banking
7 2 (1.143%) Marketing
7 2 (1.143%) Financial Institution
7 2 (1.143%) Front Office
7 2 (1.143%) Back Office
8 1 (0.571%) Aerospace
8 1 (0.571%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 38 (21.71%) Developer
2 31 (17.71%) Analyst
3 16 (9.143%) Project Manager
4 13 (7.429%) ETL Developer
5 12 (6.857%) Business Intelligence Developer
5 12 (6.857%) Data Warehouse Developer
5 12 (6.857%) Senior Analyst
6 11 (6.286%) Applications Support
6 11 (6.286%) Architect
7 10 (5.714%) Support Analyst
8 9 (5.143%) Applications Support Analyst
8 9 (5.143%) Tester
8 9 (5.143%) QA Engineer
8 9 (5.143%) PRINCE2 Project Manager
8 9 (5.143%) Agile Tester
9 7 (4.000%) Support Engineer
10 6 (3.429%) Test Analyst
10 6 (3.429%) Infrastructure Architect
10 6 (3.429%) Senior Test Analyst
11 5 (2.857%) Operations Manager
Miscellaneous
1 9 (5.143%) CMDB
2 7 (4.000%) Computer Science
3 3 (1.714%) FMCG
4 2 (1.143%) LIMS
4 2 (1.143%) Management Information System
4 2 (1.143%) Web 2.0
4 2 (1.143%) Mathematics
5 1 (0.571%) Blackberry
5 1 (0.571%) Statistics
5 1 (0.571%) iPhone
5 1 (0.571%) iSeries
5 1 (0.571%) SaaS
5 1 (0.571%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 51 (29.14%) UNIX
2 26 (14.86%) Linux
3 15 (8.571%) Windows
4 4 (2.286%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (1.714%) Solaris
6 2 (1.143%) Android
6 2 (1.143%) Windows Server 2008
6 2 (1.143%) AIX
7 1 (0.571%) Windows 2000
7 1 (0.571%) Windows Server 2003
7 1 (0.571%) Windows 7
7 1 (0.571%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (26.29%) Business Intelligence
2 37 (21.14%) ETL
2 37 (21.14%) ITIL
3 36 (20.57%) TDD
4 32 (18.29%) Project Management
5 25 (14.29%) Service Delivery
6 22 (12.57%) Agile Software Development
7 19 (10.86%) PRINCE2
8 17 (9.714%) Six Sigma
9 16 (9.143%) Matrix Management
9 16 (9.143%) Budget Control
10 15 (8.571%) Software Testing
11 14 (8.000%) Test Automation
12 13 (7.429%) CRM
13 12 (6.857%) Change Management
13 12 (6.857%) Scrum
13 12 (6.857%) Business Transformation
14 11 (6.286%) Stakeholder Management
14 11 (6.286%) Incident Management
15 10 (5.714%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 66 (37.71%) SQL
2 31 (17.71%) Java
3 18 (10.29%) Korn
4 16 (9.143%) C#
5 14 (8.000%) Shell Script
6 9 (5.143%) VB
7 7 (4.000%) C++
7 7 (4.000%) JavaScript
8 6 (3.429%) C
9 4 (2.286%) Perl
9 4 (2.286%) PL/SQL
10 2 (1.143%) COBOL
10 2 (1.143%) T-SQL
10 2 (1.143%) Apex Code
10 2 (1.143%) VB.NET
11 1 (0.571%) Objective-C
11 1 (0.571%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 68 (38.86%) Degree
2 16 (9.143%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 6 (3.429%) ISEB Practitioner
3 6 (3.429%) ISEB
4 5 (2.857%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 5 (2.857%) ISTQB
5 4 (2.286%) CISSP
5 4 (2.286%) CISA
5 4 (2.286%) CISM
6 1 (0.571%) Oracle Certification
6 1 (0.571%) Sun Certification
6 1 (0.571%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (0.571%) PMP
6 1 (0.571%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (14.29%) QA
2 10 (5.714%) SLA
3 5 (2.857%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 2 (1.143%) Oracle RAC
2 1 (0.571%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.571%) vSphere
2 1 (0.571%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (0.571%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (3.429%) HP Quality Center
2 2 (1.143%) Red Hat Satellite
2 2 (1.143%) SCOM
2 2 (1.143%) Data Guard
2 2 (1.143%) OpenView
2 2 (1.143%) Tivoli
2 2 (1.143%) BMC PATROL
3 1 (0.571%) SCCM
Vendors
1 59 (33.71%) Oracle
2 38 (21.71%) Netezza
3 34 (19.43%) Ab Initio
3 34 (19.43%) Informatica
4 22 (12.57%) Microsoft
5 18 (10.29%) Teradata
6 10 (5.714%) Cisco
7 7 (4.000%) Veritas
8 6 (3.429%) IBM
9 5 (2.857%) Sybase
9 5 (2.857%) Business Objects
9 5 (2.857%) VMware
10 4 (2.286%) Red Hat
10 4 (2.286%) Chordiant
10 4 (2.286%) HP
10 4 (2.286%) Genesys
11 3 (1.714%) TIBCO
12 2 (1.143%) Sun
12 2 (1.143%) Salesforce.com
13 1 (0.571%) MicroStrategy
Aberdeen, Scotland
You will promote the Agile Methodology throughout the process in order to ensure continuous improvement within the system. You'll be working alongside a like-minded team and...
Cathcart Associates
Salary: £35000 - £50000 per annum + Excellent Benefits Package
Posted: 22 May 2013
West Lothian
You will be responsible for driving continuous improvement of the scheduled report queue, defining more broad based and generic reporting solutions and providing technical support to the wider...
Sky
Posted: 28 May 2013
Edinburgh, Scotland
Participate in the continual improvement of Credit Risk systems and performance... Knowledgeable in Decisioning Systems (such as Experian Strategy Manager and FICO TRIAD) and/or Credit Risk Management.....
Hudson
Salary: £25000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 3 June 2013
Livingston, Lothian, Scotland
This role will involve the development, design and support of multi terabyte systems and is an outstanding chance to be trained in Netezza and ETL tools. You will...
Claremont Consulting
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 28 May 2013