Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Six Sigma skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Six Sigma over the 3 months to 9 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Processes & Methodologies category.

LinkSix Sigma
Location
3 months to
9 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank376366508
Rank change year-on-year
Down-10Up+142
Matching permanent IT job ads329376559
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.399 %0.432 %0.278 %
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category0.620 %0.724 %0.496 %
Salaries quoted250285459
Average salary£50,000£45,000£48,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+11.11 %-7.210 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£37,500£34,500£34,650
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£82,500£75,000£72,500
UK excluding London average salary£46,250£40,000£47,500
% change year-on-year
+15.62 %-15.78 %
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryAll Processes & Methodologies
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
5308151931112705
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK64.44 %59.73 %56.10 %
Salaries quoted438074262691479
Average salary£45,000£42,500£45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.880 %-5.550 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£27,500£27,500£28,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£75,000£71,500£70,000
UK excluding London average salary£40,000£40,000£40,000

Six Sigma
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Six Sigma within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Six Sigma Demand Trend

Six Sigma
Salary Trend

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

Six Sigma Salary Trend

Six Sigma
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Six Sigma over the 3 months to 9 March 2010 within the UK.

Six Sigma Salary Histogram

Six Sigma
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 within the UK over the 3 months to 9 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandDown-3313£50,000+11.11 %
LondonDown-1154£65,000-
City of LondonDown-1362£67,500+3.84 %
South EastDown-240£52,500+5.00 %
East of EnglandDown-1940£45,000+20.00 %
South WestUp+4435£48,500+38.57 %
EssexUp+3024£45,000+28.57 %
YorkshireUp+1121£42,500+13.33 %
WiltshireUp+1019£40,000+6.66 %
North WestUp+1018£40,000-20.00 %
SurreyUp+516£55,000+10.00 %
West YorkshireUp+1312£50,000+41.84 %
ScotlandDown-1212£50,000+5.26 %
ManchesterDown-111£45,000-10.00 %
West MidlandsUp+1710£37,500+7.14 %
HertfordshireDown-710£50,000+33.33 %
MiddlesexUp+209--
LeedsUp+98£50,000+31.57 %
YorkUp+237£42,500+39.34 %
North YorkshireUp+157£42,500+39.34 %
SalisburyUp+47£40,000+6.66 %
HullUp+47£42,500-
East YorkshireDown-27£42,500-
HarlowNew entry-7£47,500-
CheshireUp+216£25,000-37.50 %
KentUp+46£30,500-39.00 %
ColchesterNew entry-6£45,000-
WarwickshireUp+55£37,500+7.14 %
BromleyNew entry-4£75,000-
CambridgeNew entry-4£41,250-

Six Sigma
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 9 March 2010, IT jobs within the UK 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.

1295 (36.69 %)Finance
2227 (28.23 %)Project Management
3139 (17.29 %)PRINCE2
4122 (15.17 %)Banking
5113 (14.05 %)Change Management
6108 (13.43 %)Government
793 (11.57 %)Degree
890 (11.19 %)Business Analysis
978 (9.701 %)Lean Six Sigma
1077 (9.577 %)UML
1077 (9.577 %)C
1173 (9.080 %)Insurance
1272 (8.955 %)Investment Banking
1272 (8.955 %)Stakeholder Management
1367 (8.333 %)Pensions
1367 (8.333 %)Java
1465 (8.085 %)SAP
1560 (7.463 %)ITIL
1650 (6.219 %)Manufacturing
1748 (5.970 %)Security Cleared
1748 (5.970 %)Business Process Improvement
1846 (5.721 %)PMI Certification
1945 (5.597 %)BPR
2041 (5.100 %)SAP SD
2041 (5.100 %)DMAIC
2140 (4.975 %)ISEB
2140 (4.975 %)Oracle
2238 (4.726 %)Quality Management
2337 (4.602 %)Agile Software Development
2337 (4.602 %)ISO9001

Six Sigma
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 9 March 2010, IT jobs within the UK 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.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
124 (2.985 %)J2EE
215 (1.866 %).NET
38 (0.995 %)Middleware
45 (0.622 %)WebSphere
45 (0.622 %).NET Framework
54 (0.498 %)JMS
63 (0.373 %)Java RMI
63 (0.373 %)Hibernate
63 (0.373 %)XML
72 (0.249 %)EDI
72 (0.249 %)SAP XI
72 (0.249 %)SAP PI
81 (0.124 %)Swing
81 (0.124 %)EJB
81 (0.124 %)SOAP
81 (0.124 %)Web Services
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
17 (0.871 %)Lotus Notes
25 (0.622 %)SharePoint
32 (0.249 %)Apache
41 (0.124 %)WebLogic
41 (0.124 %)SAS
41 (0.124 %)WebSphere MQ
41 (0.124 %)WebLogic Portal
41 (0.124 %)AquaLogic
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
133 (4.104 %)MS Office
232 (3.980 %)MS Visio
331 (3.856 %)MS Excel
429 (3.607 %)MS Project
512 (1.493 %)MS PowerPoint
61 (0.124 %)Spreadsheet
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
141 (5.100 %)SAP SD
22 (0.249 %)SAP FI
22 (0.249 %)SAP FI/CO
22 (0.249 %)SAP CO
22 (0.249 %)Oracle Financials
31 (0.124 %)HFM
31 (0.124 %)Oracle ASCP
31 (0.124 %)Remedy ITSM
31 (0.124 %)Oracle iProcurement
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
114 (1.741 %)Broadband
211 (1.368 %)Internet
36 (0.746 %)Intranet
42 (0.249 %)MPLS
42 (0.249 %)TETRA
42 (0.249 %)SDH
42 (0.249 %)SMTP
42 (0.249 %)Ethernet
42 (0.249 %)FTP
42 (0.249 %)TCP/IP
51 (0.124 %)SAN
51 (0.124 %)LAN
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
113 (1.617 %)DB2
28 (0.995 %)ETL
36 (0.746 %)BusinessObjects
45 (0.622 %)SQL Server
54 (0.498 %)MS Access
62 (0.249 %)Datawarehouse
62 (0.249 %)RDBMS
71 (0.124 %)IMS/DB
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
15 (0.622 %)Rational Rose
23 (0.373 %)QuickTest Pro
23 (0.373 %)LoadRunner
32 (0.249 %)Eclipse
41 (0.124 %)JUnit
41 (0.124 %)Visual Studio
41 (0.124 %)RequisitePro
41 (0.124 %)CheckStyle
41 (0.124 %)Visual Studio Team System
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1295 (36.69 %)Finance
2122 (15.17 %)Banking
3108 (13.43 %)Government
473 (9.080 %)Insurance
572 (8.955 %)Investment Banking
667 (8.333 %)Pensions
750 (6.219 %)Manufacturing
836 (4.478 %)Aerospace
928 (3.483 %)Retail
1027 (3.358 %)Front Office
1027 (3.358 %)Telecoms
1123 (2.861 %)Financial Institution
1222 (2.736 %)Back Office
1222 (2.736 %)Health
1320 (2.488 %)Electronics
1320 (2.488 %)Marketing
1416 (1.990 %)Retail Banking
1514 (1.741 %)Automotive
1611 (1.368 %)Legal
1710 (1.244 %)Education
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1228 (28.36 %)Analyst
2152 (18.91 %)Business Analyst
3108 (13.43 %)Consultant
494 (11.69 %)Project Manager
571 (8.831 %)Six Sigma Black Belt
666 (8.209 %)Senior Analyst
748 (5.970 %)Senior Business Analyst
841 (5.100 %)SAP Analyst
841 (5.100 %)Pricing Analyst
938 (4.726 %)Business Manager
1033 (4.104 %)Process Analyst
1033 (4.104 %)Process Consultant
1125 (3.109 %)Process Manager
1224 (2.985 %)Systems Engineer
1224 (2.985 %)Quality Manager
1323 (2.861 %)Programme Manager
1422 (2.736 %)Senior Consultant
1422 (2.736 %)Senior Manager
1422 (2.736 %)Six Sigma Master Black Belt
1521 (2.612 %)Process Improvement Analyst
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
133 (4.104 %)PMI
227 (3.358 %)Mainframe
315 (1.866 %)Management Information System
414 (1.741 %)N-Tier
513 (1.617 %)NHS
513 (1.617 %)French Language
612 (1.493 %)Equities
711 (1.368 %)Fixed Income
87 (0.871 %)Mechatronics
87 (0.871 %)Client/Server
96 (0.746 %)IBM Mainframe
96 (0.746 %)FMCG
105 (0.622 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
105 (0.622 %)Physics
105 (0.622 %)Derivative
113 (0.373 %)Data Integration
113 (0.373 %)German Language
113 (0.373 %)Data Protection Act
122 (0.249 %)Open Source
122 (0.249 %)Statistics
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
123 (2.861 %)Windows
29 (1.119 %)UNIX
33 (0.373 %)Linux
33 (0.373 %)Red Hat Linux
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1227 (28.23 %)Project Management
2139 (17.29 %)PRINCE2
3113 (14.05 %)Change Management
490 (11.19 %)Business Analysis
578 (9.701 %)Lean Six Sigma
677 (9.577 %)UML
772 (8.955 %)Stakeholder Management
860 (7.463 %)ITIL
948 (5.970 %)Business Process Improvement
1045 (5.597 %)BPR
1141 (5.100 %)DMAIC
1238 (4.726 %)Quality Management
1337 (4.602 %)Agile Software Development
1436 (4.478 %)Service Delivery
1533 (4.104 %)PRINCE
1629 (3.607 %)ERP
1728 (3.483 %)RUP
1728 (3.483 %)Programme Management
1824 (2.985 %)Data Analysis
1824 (2.985 %)Process Management
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
177 (9.577 %)C
267 (8.333 %)Java
315 (1.866 %)C++
410 (1.244 %)COBOL
410 (1.244 %)SQL
410 (1.244 %)JCL
54 (0.498 %)VB
54 (0.498 %)C#
62 (0.249 %)VBA
62 (0.249 %)PowerHouse
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
193 (11.57 %)Degree
248 (5.970 %)Security Cleared
346 (5.721 %)PMI Certification
440 (4.975 %)ISEB
529 (3.607 %)PMP
612 (1.493 %)PhD
612 (1.493 %)PRINCE2 Certification
711 (1.368 %)ITIL Certification
810 (1.244 %)ACCA
810 (1.244 %)SC Cleared
99 (1.119 %)CIMA
107 (0.871 %)ISEB Practitioner
115 (0.622 %)MBA
123 (0.373 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
123 (0.373 %)APMP
132 (0.249 %)CSQA
132 (0.249 %)OCA
132 (0.249 %)Oracle Certification
141 (0.124 %)CFA
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
137 (4.602 %)ISO9001
232 (3.980 %)QA
327 (3.358 %)ISO9000
420 (2.488 %)ISO27001
510 (1.244 %)TickIT
510 (1.244 %)SLA
67 (0.871 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
74 (0.498 %)ISO9002
74 (0.498 %)GxP
83 (0.373 %)COBIT
91 (0.124 %)ISO/IEC 20000
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
12 (0.249 %)Active Directory
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
165 (8.085 %)SAP
240 (4.975 %)Oracle
324 (2.985 %)Microsoft
411 (1.368 %)IBM
57 (0.871 %)Informatica
57 (0.871 %)Lotus
66 (0.746 %)Business Objects
75 (0.622 %)JBoss
84 (0.498 %)Cognos
84 (0.498 %)Sun
84 (0.498 %)Teradata
93 (0.373 %)Minitab
93 (0.373 %)Remedy
93 (0.373 %)Lombardi
93 (0.373 %)Red Hat
93 (0.373 %)Sybase
102 (0.249 %)Cisco
102 (0.249 %)Citrix
102 (0.249 %)CA
102 (0.249 %)Hyperion