The first table below looks at the demand for Continuous Improvement skills in IT jobs advertised for the Wales region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Continuous Improvement over the 3 months to 24 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 Wales region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Continual Improvement
Rank 76 85 64
Rank change year-on-year
+9 -21
Permanent jobs citing Continuous Improvement 16 10 22
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wales 1.296% 0.858% 2.107%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.867% 1.206% 2.937%
Number of salaries quoted 14 8 18
Average salary £39,000 £34,000 £29,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+14.70% +17.24%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,250 £28,900 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £49,250 £41,500 £33,200
UK excluding London average salary £39,500 £42,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year
-7.05% -
All Processes & Methodologies
Wales
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
857 829 749
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wales 69.39% 71.10% 71.74%
Number of salaries quoted 761 742 701
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £25,500 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £52,750 £48,400
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 Wales region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Wales 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 Wales region.

Wales Continuous Improvement Salary Trend

Continuous Improvement
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Continuous Improvement across the Wales region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Wales 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 Wales region over the 3 months to 24 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
South Wales +11 15 £40,000 +17.64%
North Wales - 1 £23,000 -
Continuous Improvement
UK

Continuous Improvement
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wales 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 28 (60.87%) Java
2 23 (50.00%) Scrum
3 22 (47.83%) HTML
3 22 (47.83%) Degree
4 21 (45.65%) XML
5 20 (43.48%) Linux
5 20 (43.48%) jQuery
6 19 (41.30%) Apache
7 18 (39.13%) OO
7 18 (39.13%) Perl
8 17 (36.96%) Oracle
9 16 (34.78%) Software Engineering
9 16 (34.78%) JSON
9 16 (34.78%) MongoDB
10 14 (30.43%) Web Development
10 14 (30.43%) Computer Science
10 14 (30.43%) Tuxedo
11 9 (19.57%) Oracle 8/8i
12 8 (17.39%) Project Management
13 6 (13.04%) Middleware
13 6 (13.04%) Subversion
13 6 (13.04%) TDD
13 6 (13.04%) N-Tier
13 6 (13.04%) Web Services
13 6 (13.04%) SQL
13 6 (13.04%) Git (software)
14 5 (10.87%) Concordion
14 5 (10.87%) Jenkins
14 5 (10.87%) ITIL
14 5 (10.87%) UML

Continuous Improvement
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wales 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 22 (47.83%) HTML
2 21 (45.65%) XML
3 20 (43.48%) jQuery
4 16 (34.78%) JSON
5 6 (13.04%) Middleware
5 6 (13.04%) Web Services
6 5 (10.87%) Spring
6 5 (10.87%) Hibernate
7 4 (8.696%) SOAP
7 4 (8.696%) Struts
7 4 (8.696%) JPA
8 3 (6.522%) Spring Web Flow
8 3 (6.522%) WCF
8 3 (6.522%) .NET Framework
8 3 (6.522%) Java EE
8 3 (6.522%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
8 3 (6.522%) REST
8 3 (6.522%) .NET
8 3 (6.522%) ASP.NET
8 3 (6.522%) CSS
Application Platforms
1 19 (41.30%) Apache
2 14 (30.43%) Tuxedo
3 2 (4.348%) MS Exchange
3 2 (4.348%) Exchange Server 2010
4 1 (2.174%) ESB
4 1 (2.174%) ColdFusion
Applications
1 2 (4.348%) MS Excel
2 1 (2.174%) MS Project
2 1 (2.174%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (2.174%) SAP SRM
1 1 (2.174%) SAP CO
1 1 (2.174%) SAP FI/CO
1 1 (2.174%) SAP FI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (34.78%) MongoDB
2 9 (19.57%) Oracle 8/8i
3 2 (4.348%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (2.174%) Crystal Reports
4 1 (2.174%) MySQL
4 1 (2.174%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 6 (13.04%) Subversion
1 6 (13.04%) Git (software)
2 5 (10.87%) Concordion
2 5 (10.87%) Jenkins
3 4 (8.696%) Maven
3 4 (8.696%) Ant
4 1 (2.174%) JUnit
4 1 (2.174%) QuickTest Pro
General
1 5 (10.87%) Finance
2 3 (6.522%) Banking
2 3 (6.522%) Financial Institution
3 2 (4.348%) Manufacturing
4 1 (2.174%) Welsh Language
4 1 (2.174%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 28 (60.87%) Developer
2 20 (43.48%) Web Developer
3 18 (39.13%) Systems Developer
4 7 (15.22%) Senior Developer
5 6 (13.04%) Analyst
5 6 (13.04%) Senior Web Developer
5 6 (13.04%) Senior Systems Developer
6 4 (8.696%) Service Manager
6 4 (8.696%) Java Developer
7 3 (6.522%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
7 3 (6.522%) Business Manager
7 3 (6.522%) Support Analyst
7 3 (6.522%) Business Analyst
7 3 (6.522%) 3rd Line Support
7 3 (6.522%) Lead Developer
8 2 (4.348%) Development Manager
8 2 (4.348%) Applications Support
8 2 (4.348%) IT Services Manager
8 2 (4.348%) Compliance Manager
8 2 (4.348%) .NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 14 (30.43%) Computer Science
2 6 (13.04%) N-Tier
3 3 (6.522%) Mobile Banking
4 2 (4.348%) Management Information System
5 1 (2.174%) FMCG
5 1 (2.174%) CMDB
5 1 (2.174%) Embedded Systems
5 1 (2.174%) LIMS
5 1 (2.174%) Tandem
5 1 (2.174%) Economics
Operating Systems
1 20 (43.48%) Linux
2 4 (8.696%) Windows
3 2 (4.348%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (2.174%) Android
4 1 (2.174%) Apple iOS
4 1 (2.174%) UNIX
4 1 (2.174%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (50.00%) Scrum
2 18 (39.13%) OO
3 16 (34.78%) Software Engineering
4 14 (30.43%) Web Development
5 8 (17.39%) Project Management
6 6 (13.04%) TDD
7 5 (10.87%) ITIL
7 5 (10.87%) UML
8 4 (8.696%) Risk Assessment
8 4 (8.696%) MVC
8 4 (8.696%) Agile Software Development
8 4 (8.696%) Refactoring
9 3 (6.522%) PRINCE2
9 3 (6.522%) Mobile Commerce
9 3 (6.522%) Business Continuity
9 3 (6.522%) Risk Management
10 2 (4.348%) Disaster Recovery
10 2 (4.348%) ITSM
10 2 (4.348%) Service Management
10 2 (4.348%) Information Management
Programming Languages
1 28 (60.87%) Java
2 18 (39.13%) Perl
3 6 (13.04%) SQL
4 4 (8.696%) JavaScript
4 4 (8.696%) C#
5 3 (6.522%) VB
6 2 (4.348%) C++
6 2 (4.348%) PHP
7 1 (2.174%) C
7 1 (2.174%) VBScript
7 1 (2.174%) VB6
Qualifications
1 22 (47.83%) Degree
2 2 (4.348%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (2.174%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 1 (2.174%) PMP
3 1 (2.174%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.348%) ISO 9001
1 2 (4.348%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (2.174%) SLA
Vendors
1 17 (36.96%) Oracle
2 5 (10.87%) Microsoft
3 1 (2.174%) Wind River
3 1 (2.174%) SAP
3 1 (2.174%) Cisco
3 1 (2.174%) JBoss
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