The first table below looks at the demand for Six Sigma skills in IT jobs advertised for the South East region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Six Sigma over the 3 months to 21 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 South East region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Six Sigma
Rank 338 348 346
Rank change year-on-year
+10 -2
Permanent jobs citing Six Sigma 104 90 73
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 0.469% 0.379% 0.324%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.642% 0.518% 0.456%
Number of salaries quoted 62 70 58
Average salary £50,000 £47,500 £52,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.26% -9.52%
90% offered a salary of more than £40,250 £38,850 £36,700
10% offered a salary of more than £64,750 £70,000 £100,000
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year
- -10.00%
All Processes & Methodologies
South East
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
16200 17391 15992
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 73.03% 73.26% 71.04%
Number of salaries quoted 13167 14917 13688
Average salary £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +5.88%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £29,500
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Six Sigma
England

Six Sigma
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Six Sigma across the South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

South East Six Sigma Jobs Demand Trend

Six Sigma
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Six Sigma across the South East region.

South East Six Sigma Salary Trend

Six Sigma
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Six Sigma across the South East region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

South East Six Sigma Salary Histogram

Six Sigma
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Six Sigma within the South East region over the 3 months to 21 May 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
Berkshire +29 39 £45,000 -7.69%
Surrey +17 28 £50,944 +13.20%
Hampshire -2 17 £50,000 +5.26%
Oxfordshire -21 11 £42,500 -15.00%
Buckinghamshire -13 7 £57,500 -8.00%
East Sussex 0 1 £61,250 -3.92%
M4 Corridor - 1 £45,000 -
Six Sigma
England

Six Sigma
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the South East region citing Six Sigma 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 Six Sigma.

1 60 (34.68%) Lean Six Sigma
2 55 (31.79%) Project Management
3 53 (30.64%) Finance
4 47 (27.17%) ITIL
5 44 (25.43%) Six Sigma Black Belt
6 43 (24.86%) PRINCE2
7 35 (20.23%) Telecoms
8 32 (18.50%) Degree
9 31 (17.92%) Process Management
10 27 (15.61%) Continuous Improvement
11 25 (14.45%) Business Analysis
12 23 (13.29%) Process Improvement
13 22 (12.72%) Change Management
14 20 (11.56%) Waterfall
15 19 (10.98%) QA
15 19 (10.98%) Quality Management
16 17 (9.827%) Service Management
16 17 (9.827%) MS Excel
16 17 (9.827%) Agile Software Development
17 16 (9.249%) Workflow
17 16 (9.249%) MS PowerPoint
17 16 (9.249%) MS Visio
18 15 (8.671%) Microsoft
18 15 (8.671%) CISSP
18 15 (8.671%) MS Office
18 15 (8.671%) Six Sigma Green Belt
19 14 (8.092%) Oracle
19 14 (8.092%) MS Project
19 14 (8.092%) Data Security
20 13 (7.514%) PRINCE

Six Sigma
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the South East region citing Six Sigma 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 Six Sigma. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (1.734%) SAP Basis
1 3 (1.734%) Middleware
2 2 (1.156%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 1 (0.578%) SharePoint
1 1 (0.578%) SAS
Applications
1 17 (9.827%) MS Excel
2 16 (9.249%) MS PowerPoint
2 16 (9.249%) MS Visio
3 15 (8.671%) MS Office
4 14 (8.092%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 3 (1.734%) SAP HR
2 2 (1.156%) Oracle 11i
2 2 (1.156%) Oracle EBS R12
3 1 (0.578%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.578%) SAP APO
3 1 (0.578%) Oracle EBS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (6.358%) Radio Access Network
2 6 (3.468%) Unified Communications
3 4 (2.312%) 3G
3 4 (2.312%) Internet
3 4 (2.312%) Broadband
4 2 (1.156%) SAN
4 2 (1.156%) ATM
4 2 (1.156%) PPP
4 2 (1.156%) NAS
5 1 (0.578%) LDAP
5 1 (0.578%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.578%) DNS
5 1 (0.578%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.578%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (0.578%) MS Access
1 1 (0.578%) Oracle Reports
1 1 (0.578%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 3 (1.734%) TestDirector
2 2 (1.156%) LabVIEW
General
1 53 (30.64%) Finance
2 35 (20.23%) Telecoms
3 12 (6.936%) Publishing
4 10 (5.780%) Retail
5 9 (5.202%) Manufacturing
6 6 (3.468%) Banking
7 3 (1.734%) Billing
8 2 (1.156%) Local Government
8 2 (1.156%) Marketing
8 2 (1.156%) Spanish Language
9 1 (0.578%) Catalan Language
9 1 (0.578%) French Language
9 1 (0.578%) German Language
9 1 (0.578%) Italian Language
9 1 (0.578%) Wholesale Banking
9 1 (0.578%) Corporate Banking
9 1 (0.578%) Advertising
9 1 (0.578%) Electronics
9 1 (0.578%) Automotive
9 1 (0.578%) Law
Job Titles
1 49 (28.32%) Analyst
2 36 (20.81%) Business Analyst
3 20 (11.56%) Senior Business Analyst
3 20 (11.56%) Senior Analyst
4 16 (9.249%) Project Manager
5 13 (7.514%) Consultant
6 12 (6.936%) IT Security Manager
6 12 (6.936%) Security Manager
6 12 (6.936%) Technical Leader
7 10 (5.780%) Service Manager
8 8 (4.624%) Process Analyst
8 8 (4.624%) Change Manager
8 8 (4.624%) Process Manager
9 7 (4.046%) Business Improvement Analyst
9 7 (4.046%) QA Analyst
9 7 (4.046%) Process Consultant
9 7 (4.046%) Business Process Analyst
10 5 (2.890%) Business Process Consultant
10 5 (2.890%) Business Consultant
11 4 (2.312%) Architect
Miscellaneous
1 9 (5.202%) Management Information System
2 6 (3.468%) IIBA
3 4 (2.312%) Smartphone
3 4 (2.312%) Computer Science
4 2 (1.156%) PMI
4 2 (1.156%) E-Learning
4 2 (1.156%) Clustering
4 2 (1.156%) Credit Risk
5 1 (0.578%) Open Source
5 1 (0.578%) SaaS
5 1 (0.578%) FMCG
5 1 (0.578%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (0.578%) Firmware
Operating Systems
1 7 (4.046%) UNIX
2 4 (2.312%) HPUX
2 4 (2.312%) Solaris
2 4 (2.312%) Linux
3 3 (1.734%) Windows
4 1 (0.578%) Oracle Linux
4 1 (0.578%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (34.68%) Lean Six Sigma
2 55 (31.79%) Project Management
3 47 (27.17%) ITIL
4 43 (24.86%) PRINCE2
5 31 (17.92%) Process Management
6 27 (15.61%) Continuous Improvement
7 25 (14.45%) Business Analysis
8 23 (13.29%) Process Improvement
9 22 (12.72%) Change Management
10 20 (11.56%) Waterfall
11 19 (10.98%) Quality Management
12 17 (9.827%) Service Management
12 17 (9.827%) Agile Software Development
13 16 (9.249%) Workflow
14 14 (8.092%) Data Security
15 13 (7.514%) PRINCE
15 13 (7.514%) BCP
15 13 (7.514%) Business Continuity
16 11 (6.358%) User Acceptance Testing
17 10 (5.780%) DSDM
Programming Languages
1 7 (4.046%) C
2 3 (1.734%) ABAP
3 1 (0.578%) Java
3 1 (0.578%) Perl
3 1 (0.578%) SQL
3 1 (0.578%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 44 (25.43%) Six Sigma Black Belt
2 32 (18.50%) Degree
3 15 (8.671%) CISSP
3 15 (8.671%) Six Sigma Green Belt
4 9 (5.202%) ITIL Certification
4 9 (5.202%) ISEB
5 7 (4.046%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 6 (3.468%) PMI Certification
6 6 (3.468%) Six Sigma Master Black Belt
7 5 (2.890%) Security Cleared
8 4 (2.312%) PMP
9 2 (1.156%) HNC
9 2 (1.156%) HND
9 2 (1.156%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 2 (1.156%) APMP
10 1 (0.578%) CISA
10 1 (0.578%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (10.98%) QA
2 11 (6.358%) ISO 9001
3 8 (4.624%) SLA
4 3 (1.734%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.734%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 2 (1.156%) GMP
6 1 (0.578%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.578%) COBIT
6 1 (0.578%) ISO/IEC 15504 (SPICE)
System Software
1 2 (1.156%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
1 2 (1.156%) Veritas Volume Manager
Systems Management
1 2 (1.156%) Tivoli
1 2 (1.156%) NetBackup
1 2 (1.156%) HP Data Protector
1 2 (1.156%) HP SIM
Vendors
1 15 (8.671%) Microsoft
2 14 (8.092%) Oracle
3 12 (6.936%) SAP
4 6 (3.468%) Cisco
5 4 (2.312%) IBM
6 3 (1.734%) Minitab
7 2 (1.156%) Symantec
7 2 (1.156%) Remedy
7 2 (1.156%) NetApp
7 2 (1.156%) Veritas
7 2 (1.156%) HP
7 2 (1.156%) EMC
7 2 (1.156%) Lombardi
7 2 (1.156%) Twitter
8 1 (0.578%) Planview
8 1 (0.578%) Huawei
8 1 (0.578%) Siebel
8 1 (0.578%) Business Objects
8 1 (0.578%) Sun
8 1 (0.578%) Red Hat
Oxfordshire
You will have the ability to solve challenging problems and an expert resource on process improvement. You will possess strong analytical skills, coupled with strong communication, interpersonal skills...
Reflex Computer Recruitment
Salary: £34000 - £45000 per annum + bens
Posted: 18 May 2013
Woking
Work out with Vendor Management and Operations Team to ensure that UC and OLAs are defined, documented and agreed - Define and agree the reporting mechanisms, intervals and report...
SABMiller
Posted: 20 May 2013
Henley-On-Thames, South East
Continuous Improvement Consultant Our client a large financial services company require a proven and capable continuous Improvement consultant to come on board and support both short term and...
Salary: £10000 - £80000 per annum + Bonus/Pension
Posted: 1 May 2013
Hampshire
As such this company offers unrivalled training and development.P Position Description Project Manager as part of the Retail Change team, you will be responsible for the delivery...
Oliver James Associates
Salary: £35000 - £50000 per annum + Bonus, Pension, Health
Posted: 17 May 2013
Oxfordshire
As a Project Manager, PMO, Project Lifecycle, Six Sigma, PMP you will be responsible for the strategic and tactical management of your assigned projects, and will ensure that...
Reflex Computer Recruitment
Salary: £34000 - £45000 per annum + Bens
Posted: 18 May 2013
Oxford, Oxfordshire
Mentor junior project managers on project management best practice, project management ethics and professional conduct, and project management learning opportunities inside and outside of PMO... *Act as subject...
Polar Recruitment
Salary: £40000 - £55000 per annum + Benefits, bonus
Posted: 17 May 2013
Oxford, Oxfordshire
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Black or Green Belt Business Process Improvement professional to join a market leading organisation based in Oxford... A Green Belt or...
Reed Technology
Salary: £45000 - £65000 per annum + 20% Bonus
Posted: 20 May 2013
Oxfordshire
I am currently recruiting for a permanent business process improvement consultant for a global leading digital marketing company in the Oxfordshire region. Within this business process improvement position...
Trent Pearce
Salary: From £45,000 to £65,000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
Oxford, Oxfordshire
My client, a global leader in consumer information and research, seek a Business Process Improvement Leader/ Change Manager with a Six Sigma Green/Black Belt certification to join...
Coal IT Services
Salary: From £55,000 to £65,000 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Buckinghamshire, Thames Valley
The Senior Mechanical Design Engineer will have experience with: - Degree in Mechanical Engineering or related discipline - 5-10 years experience in a product development environment - 3D CAD: [NX] -...
Huxley Associates
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + Pension, Holidays, BUPA, Life
Posted: 15 May 2013
Buckinghamshire, Thames Valley
The Senior Mechanical Design Engineer will have experience with: - Degree in Mechanical Engineering or related discipline - 5-10 years experience in a product development environment - 3D CAD: [NX] -...
Huxley Associates
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013