The first table below looks at the demand for Six Sigma Black Belt in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Six Sigma Black Belt over the 3 months to 20 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 Qualifications currently tracked.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Six Sigma Black Belt
Rank 787 868 776
Rank change year-on-year
+81 -92
Permanent jobs citing Six Sigma Black Belt 72 44 88
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.067% 0.036% 0.072%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.243% 0.131% 0.277%
Number of salaries quoted 35 37 78
Average salary £55,000 £60,000 £52,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-8.33% +14.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £42,500 £39,000 £41,500
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £76,000 £76,500
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £51,250 £50,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
All Qualifications
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
29664 33639 31807
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 27.63% 27.78% 26.13%
Number of salaries quoted 23880 28623 26511
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £41,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +2.40%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £27,500 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%

Six Sigma Black Belt
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Six Sigma Black Belt within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

Six Sigma Black Belt Jobs Demand Trend

Six Sigma Black Belt
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Six Sigma Black Belt within the UK.

Six Sigma Black Belt Salary Trend

Six Sigma Black Belt
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Six Sigma Black Belt over the 3 months to 20 May 2013 within the UK.

Six Sigma Black Belt Salary Histogram

Six Sigma Black Belt
Top 30 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Six Sigma Black Belt within the UK over the 3 months to 20 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
England +57 72 £55,000 -8.33%
South East +30 32 £45,000 -16.27%
Berkshire +17 17 £45,000 -10.00%
West Midlands -4 17 £70,000 +33.33%
London +38 15 £65,000 +8.33%
Surrey - 8 £42,500 -
Slough - 7 - -
Birmingham - 6 £32,500 -
East of England +16 4 £35,000 -6.66%
Hampshire +6 4 £50,000 -28.57%
Coventry -10 4 - -
Oxfordshire -18 3 £55,000 +10.00%
Atherstone - 3 £70,000 -
Warwickshire - 3 £70,000 -
City of London -9 2 £57,500 -4.16%
Guildford - 2 £42,500 -
Maidenhead - 2 £42,500 -
Oxford - 2 £55,000 -
Bedfordshire - 2 £35,000 -
Hertfordshire - 2 - -
South West - 2 - -
Cheshunt - 2 - -
Essex +36 1 - -
Portsmouth -1 1 £65,000 -7.14%
East Midlands -8 1 - -
Devon - 1 - -
Cheshire - 1 £50,000 -
Cambridgeshire - 1 - -
Winchester - 1 £50,000 -
Torquay - 1 - -

Six Sigma Black Belt
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing Six Sigma Black Belt 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 Black Belt.

1 97 (95.10%) Six Sigma
2 36 (35.29%) Continuous Improvement
3 32 (31.37%) Lean Six Sigma
4 29 (28.43%) Process Management
5 28 (27.45%) Six Sigma Green Belt
6 25 (24.51%) Process Improvement
7 24 (23.53%) Telecoms
7 24 (23.53%) Six Sigma Master Black Belt
8 21 (20.59%) Project Management
9 20 (19.61%) Finance
10 17 (16.67%) Degree
11 16 (15.69%) Agile Software Development
12 15 (14.71%) Service Delivery
13 14 (13.73%) Data Security
13 14 (13.73%) CISSP
14 13 (12.75%) BCP
14 13 (12.75%) Business Continuity
15 12 (11.76%) Banking
15 12 (11.76%) Radio Access Network
16 11 (10.78%) Business Transformation
16 11 (10.78%) Workflow
16 11 (10.78%) Management Information System
17 10 (9.804%) C
17 10 (9.804%) ITIL
17 10 (9.804%) Retail
17 10 (9.804%) Business Analysis
18 9 (8.824%) ISO 9001
18 9 (8.824%) Change Management
19 8 (7.843%) Risk Management
19 8 (7.843%) MS Excel

Six Sigma Black Belt
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing Six Sigma Black Belt 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 Black Belt. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (1.961%) WebSphere
1 2 (1.961%) WCF
1 2 (1.961%) WPF
Application Platforms
1 5 (4.902%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (7.843%) MS Excel
2 7 (6.863%) MS Office
3 5 (4.902%) MS PowerPoint
4 4 (3.922%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.980%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 2 (1.961%) Algo Collateral
2 1 (0.980%) SAP HCM
Communications & Networking
1 12 (11.76%) Radio Access Network
2 5 (4.902%) Intranet
3 1 (0.980%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.961%) SQL Server
General
1 24 (23.53%) Telecoms
2 20 (19.61%) Finance
3 12 (11.76%) Banking
4 10 (9.804%) Retail
5 5 (4.902%) Billing
5 5 (4.902%) Pharmaceutical
5 5 (4.902%) Manufacturing
6 4 (3.922%) Investment Banking
7 2 (1.961%) Aerospace
7 2 (1.961%) Electronics
7 2 (1.961%) German Language
8 1 (0.980%) Italian Language
8 1 (0.980%) Spanish Language
8 1 (0.980%) Automotive
8 1 (0.980%) French Language
Job Titles
1 22 (21.57%) Analyst
2 19 (18.63%) Business Analyst
3 12 (11.76%) IT Security Manager
3 12 (11.76%) Security Manager
4 11 (10.78%) Technical Leader
5 10 (9.804%) Quality Manager
6 8 (7.843%) Project Manager
7 7 (6.863%) Consultant
7 7 (6.863%) Senior Business Analyst
7 7 (6.863%) Process Analyst
7 7 (6.863%) Senior Analyst
7 7 (6.863%) Process Manager
7 7 (6.863%) Business Improvement Analyst
8 6 (5.882%) Business Manager
8 6 (5.882%) Business Process Analyst
9 5 (4.902%) Change Manager
9 5 (4.902%) Process Improvement Manager
10 4 (3.922%) Business Consultant
10 4 (3.922%) Business Transformation Consultant
11 3 (2.941%) IT Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 11 (10.78%) Management Information System
2 4 (3.922%) Derivative
3 3 (2.941%) Hedge funds
4 2 (1.961%) FMCG
5 1 (0.980%) PMI
5 1 (0.980%) Firmware
Processes & Methodologies
1 97 (95.10%) Six Sigma
2 36 (35.29%) Continuous Improvement
3 32 (31.37%) Lean Six Sigma
4 29 (28.43%) Process Management
5 25 (24.51%) Process Improvement
6 21 (20.59%) Project Management
7 16 (15.69%) Agile Software Development
8 15 (14.71%) Service Delivery
9 14 (13.73%) Data Security
10 13 (12.75%) Business Continuity
10 13 (12.75%) BCP
11 11 (10.78%) Workflow
11 11 (10.78%) Business Transformation
12 10 (9.804%) Business Analysis
12 10 (9.804%) ITIL
13 9 (8.824%) Change Management
14 8 (7.843%) Risk Management
14 8 (7.843%) Enterprise Architecture
15 7 (6.863%) PRINCE2
16 6 (5.882%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 10 (9.804%) C
2 2 (1.961%) C#
2 2 (1.961%) F#
Qualifications
1 28 (27.45%) Six Sigma Green Belt
2 24 (23.53%) Six Sigma Master Black Belt
3 17 (16.67%) Degree
4 14 (13.73%) CISSP
5 3 (2.941%) Security Cleared
6 1 (0.980%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
6 1 (0.980%) PMI Certification
6 1 (0.980%) SC Cleared
6 1 (0.980%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (8.824%) ISO 9001
2 7 (6.863%) ISO 9000
3 6 (5.882%) COBIT
4 3 (2.941%) QA
4 3 (2.941%) GAAP
5 2 (1.961%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.980%) SLA
6 1 (0.980%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 8 (7.843%) IBM
2 5 (4.902%) Minitab
3 4 (3.922%) Avaya
3 4 (3.922%) Microsoft
4 3 (2.941%) SunGard
5 2 (1.961%) SAP
5 2 (1.961%) Lombardi
6 1 (0.980%) JD Edwards
6 1 (0.980%) Siebel
6 1 (0.980%) Oracle
City of London
Lean Six Sigma Project Manager - Banking - (Black Belt, Six Sigma, Operational Excellence, LEAN, Kaizen) - London Circa £70,000 + bonus & benefits Lean Six Sigma Project Manager - Banking - (Black Belt,...
Salt
Salary: £50000 - £60000 per annum + bonus & benefits
Posted: 14 May 2013
London
ACE is the name of a programme for operational excellence (continuous improvement of efficiency) based on Lean methodology. You will be the SME across the bank for operational...
Huxley Associates
Posted: 15 May 2013
London
ACE is the name of a programme for operational excellence (continuous improvement of efficiency) based on Lean methodology. You will be the SME across the bank for operational...
Huxley Associates
Posted: 15 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
Current Company Logo Six Sigma Black Belt Morpheus Group - Birmingham (United Kingdom) Job Description My client is a specialist in the outsourcing/offshoring field and is looking for...
Morpheus Search Partners Limited
Salary: £50000 to £60000 per annum
Posted: 14 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