The first table below looks at the demand for Continuous Improvement skills in IT jobs advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Continuous Improvement 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category for the West Midlands region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Continual Improvement
Rank 126 78 75
Rank change year-on-year
-48 -3
Permanent jobs citing Continuous Improvement 79 125 106
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 1.602% 2.769% 2.592%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.138% 3.999% 3.770%
Number of salaries quoted 64 110 74
Average salary £39,750 £40,000 £38,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-0.62% +3.89%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,750 £21,900 £28,500
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £60,250 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £42,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year
-5.88% -
All Processes & Methodologies
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
3695 3126 2812
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 74.92% 69.25% 68.75%
Number of salaries quoted 3110 2691 2375
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £26,000 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £62,500 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Continuous Improvement
England

Continuous Improvement
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands Continuous Improvement Salary Trend

Continuous Improvement
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Continuous Improvement across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region 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
Birmingham -18 31 £36,000 +2.85%
Staffordshire -14 14 £67,500 +35.00%
Coventry -7 10 £44,250 +22.06%
Solihull -8 7 £37,000 +51.02%
Worcestershire +4 4 £22,000 -53.68%
Wolverhampton - 4 £31,500 -
Warwickshire +2 3 £50,000 +33.33%
West Bromwich +2 3 £35,000 -
Shropshire -1 3 £42,500 +21.42%
Dudley -8 3 £35,000 -
Continuous Improvement
England

Continuous Improvement
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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 44 (27.16%) Microsoft
2 41 (25.31%) .NET
3 40 (24.69%) ITIL
4 39 (24.07%) SQL
5 35 (21.60%) C#
6 33 (20.37%) Degree
7 29 (17.90%) Finance
7 29 (17.90%) E-Commerce
8 27 (16.67%) SQL Server
9 26 (16.05%) Service Delivery
10 23 (14.20%) Service Management
11 22 (13.58%) Computer Science
12 21 (12.96%) HP
13 20 (12.35%) VB
14 19 (11.73%) T-SQL
15 18 (11.11%) Project Management
15 18 (11.11%) MS Excel
16 16 (9.877%) SLA
17 15 (9.259%) Web Development
18 14 (8.642%) MS Office
19 13 (8.025%) NetApp
19 13 (8.025%) Configuration Management
19 13 (8.025%) Change Management
19 13 (8.025%) QA
20 11 (6.790%) Continuous Integration
20 11 (6.790%) Scrum
20 11 (6.790%) SAN
20 11 (6.790%) Windows
21 10 (6.173%) PRINCE2
21 10 (6.173%) XML

Continuous Improvement
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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 41 (25.31%) .NET
2 10 (6.173%) XML
3 9 (5.556%) ASP.NET
4 8 (4.938%) .NET Framework
5 7 (4.321%) Velocity
6 6 (3.704%) ASP.NET MVC 2
7 5 (3.086%) WCF
7 5 (3.086%) SOAP
8 4 (2.469%) Struts
8 4 (2.469%) Servlets
8 4 (2.469%) J2EE
8 4 (2.469%) XSLT
8 4 (2.469%) Swing
8 4 (2.469%) JMS
8 4 (2.469%) AWT
8 4 (2.469%) WebSphere
9 3 (1.852%) Oracle ADF
9 3 (1.852%) Web Services
10 1 (0.617%) HTML
10 1 (0.617%) CSS
Application Platforms
1 9 (5.556%) SharePoint
2 7 (4.321%) Confluence
3 6 (3.704%) MS Exchange
4 4 (2.469%) Exchange Server 2007
5 3 (1.852%) Exchange Server 2003
5 3 (1.852%) WebLogic
5 3 (1.852%) WebSphere MQ
5 3 (1.852%) SharePoint 2010
6 1 (0.617%) Lync
6 1 (0.617%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 1 (0.617%) CMS
6 1 (0.617%) IIS
Applications
1 18 (11.11%) MS Excel
2 14 (8.642%) MS Office
3 5 (3.086%) MS Project
4 3 (1.852%) MS PowerPoint
5 1 (0.617%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.617%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (4.321%) SAP R/3
2 5 (3.086%) Bond Adapt
Communications & Networking
1 11 (6.790%) SAN
2 9 (5.556%) Intranet
3 7 (4.321%) Firewall
4 6 (3.704%) HTTP
5 5 (3.086%) VoIP
6 4 (2.469%) WAN
6 4 (2.469%) LAN
7 3 (1.852%) TCP/IP
7 3 (1.852%) Wireless
7 3 (1.852%) Internet
7 3 (1.852%) MPLS
7 3 (1.852%) Network Security
8 2 (1.235%) WAAS
8 2 (1.235%) ADSL
8 2 (1.235%) IP Telephony
8 2 (1.235%) Cisco IPT
8 2 (1.235%) VPLS
8 2 (1.235%) VPN
8 2 (1.235%) PBX
9 1 (0.617%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (16.67%) SQL Server
2 5 (3.086%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (2.469%) MS Access
4 3 (1.852%) Oracle 10g
4 3 (1.852%) Oracle 11g
4 3 (1.852%) Oracle 8/8i
5 2 (1.235%) Crystal Reports
5 2 (1.235%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (0.617%) MySQL
6 1 (0.617%) Oracle BI EE
6 1 (0.617%) Microsoft Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 10 (6.173%) JIRA
1 10 (6.173%) Team Foundation Server
2 9 (5.556%) Hudson
2 9 (5.556%) Maven
2 9 (5.556%) Jenkins
3 7 (4.321%) Subversion
4 6 (3.704%) Bugzilla
4 6 (3.704%) ClearCase
5 4 (2.469%) Visual Studio
6 3 (1.852%) CruiseControl
6 3 (1.852%) JDeveloper
6 3 (1.852%) Ant
6 3 (1.852%) JUnit
7 1 (0.617%) MSI
7 1 (0.617%) FishEye
7 1 (0.617%) Atlassian Bamboo
General
1 29 (17.90%) Finance
2 10 (6.173%) Telecoms
3 4 (2.469%) Banking
4 3 (1.852%) Advertising
5 2 (1.235%) Retail
5 2 (1.235%) Billing
5 2 (1.235%) Legal
6 1 (0.617%) Manufacturing
6 1 (0.617%) Electronics
6 1 (0.617%) Marketing
6 1 (0.617%) Games
Job Titles
1 20 (12.35%) Development Manager
2 19 (11.73%) Analyst
3 17 (10.49%) Developer
4 13 (8.025%) Senior Developer
5 12 (7.407%) Software Manager
6 11 (6.790%) Storage Engineer
7 9 (5.556%) Web Developer
7 9 (5.556%) Software Development Manager
8 8 (4.938%) Technical Manager
9 7 (4.321%) Service Manager
9 7 (4.321%) SAP Manager
9 7 (4.321%) ScrumMaster
10 6 (3.704%) Web Manager
10 6 (3.704%) Web Development Manager
10 6 (3.704%) Senior Web Developer
11 4 (2.469%) Senior Java Developer
11 4 (2.469%) Database Manager
11 4 (2.469%) Systems Manager
11 4 (2.469%) Java Developer
11 4 (2.469%) Release Manager
Miscellaneous
1 22 (13.58%) Computer Science
2 6 (3.704%) Management Information System
3 3 (1.852%) CCTV
3 3 (1.852%) Mobile App
4 2 (1.235%) Mathematics
4 2 (1.235%) Data Extraction
5 1 (0.617%) Inversion of Control
5 1 (0.617%) Enterprise Storage
5 1 (0.617%) Statistics
5 1 (0.617%) CMDB
5 1 (0.617%) E-Learning
5 1 (0.617%) PDA
5 1 (0.617%) N-Tier
5 1 (0.617%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 11 (6.790%) Windows
2 8 (4.938%) Linux
3 5 (3.086%) Windows Server 2003
4 4 (2.469%) Windows Server 2008
5 2 (1.235%) Windows 7
5 2 (1.235%) SUSE
5 2 (1.235%) UNIX
6 1 (0.617%) Android
6 1 (0.617%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (24.69%) ITIL
2 29 (17.90%) E-Commerce
3 26 (16.05%) Service Delivery
4 23 (14.20%) Service Management
5 18 (11.11%) Project Management
6 15 (9.259%) Web Development
7 13 (8.025%) Change Management
7 13 (8.025%) Configuration Management
8 11 (6.790%) Scrum
8 11 (6.790%) Continuous Integration
9 10 (6.173%) Release Management
9 10 (6.173%) Incident Management
9 10 (6.173%) PRINCE2
10 9 (5.556%) Six Sigma
11 8 (4.938%) Business Continuity
11 8 (4.938%) Agile Software Development
11 8 (4.938%) Disaster Recovery
11 8 (4.938%) Risk Management
12 7 (4.321%) MVC
12 7 (4.321%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 39 (24.07%) SQL
2 35 (21.60%) C#
3 20 (12.35%) VB
4 19 (11.73%) T-SQL
5 6 (3.704%) VBA
6 4 (2.469%) Java
7 3 (1.852%) PL/SQL
7 3 (1.852%) Python
7 3 (1.852%) Objective-C
7 3 (1.852%) Ruby
7 3 (1.852%) PowerShell
8 2 (1.235%) VB.NET
8 2 (1.235%) C
9 1 (0.617%) JavaScript
9 1 (0.617%) Perl
Qualifications
1 33 (20.37%) Degree
2 8 (4.938%) MCSE
2 8 (4.938%) Microsoft Certification
3 7 (4.321%) Six Sigma Black Belt
3 7 (4.321%) Cisco Certification
4 4 (2.469%) Security Cleared
4 4 (2.469%) CCNA
5 3 (1.852%) CCIE
5 3 (1.852%) CCSP
6 2 (1.235%) ITIL Certification
6 2 (1.235%) ACCA
6 2 (1.235%) CIMA
6 2 (1.235%) SC Cleared
7 1 (0.617%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 1 (0.617%) MCITP
7 1 (0.617%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (9.877%) SLA
2 13 (8.025%) QA
3 10 (6.173%) ISO/IEC 20000
4 8 (4.938%) ISO 9000
5 3 (1.852%) ISO 9001
6 2 (1.235%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.617%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.617%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.617%) ISO 14001
System Software
1 7 (4.321%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.852%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (1.852%) Hyper-V
2 3 (1.852%) Forefront TMG
3 2 (1.235%) XenApp
4 1 (0.617%) XenServer
4 1 (0.617%) XenDesktop
4 1 (0.617%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 6 (3.704%) HP Quality Center
2 4 (2.469%) SCCM
3 3 (1.852%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
4 1 (0.617%) WSUS
4 1 (0.617%) SCOM
Vendors
1 44 (27.16%) Microsoft
2 21 (12.96%) HP
3 13 (8.025%) NetApp
4 10 (6.173%) EMC
4 10 (6.173%) Brocade
4 10 (6.173%) Cisco
5 9 (5.556%) VMware
6 8 (4.938%) SAP
7 7 (4.321%) Oracle
8 5 (3.086%) Citrix
8 5 (3.086%) CheckPoint
9 3 (1.852%) Baan
9 3 (1.852%) AccuRev
10 2 (1.235%) NorthgateArinso
10 2 (1.235%) Remedy
10 2 (1.235%) BT
11 1 (0.617%) AppSense
11 1 (0.617%) Sun
11 1 (0.617%) Hitachi
11 1 (0.617%) Business Objects
Staffordshire
Stoke on Trent To 75K + Car + Excellent package Major Online eCommerce Company requires highly experienced Software Development Manager from a recent background in MS .NET/SQL based technology...
Applause IT Innovation
Salary: £65000 - £75000 per annum + +FE Car, Bonus, Benefits
Posted: 13 May 2013
Staffordshire, West Midlands
Web Development Manager: .NET, Web, eCommerceStoke on Trent To 75K + Car + Excellent packageMajor Online eCommerce Company requires highly experienced Software Development Manager from a recent background in MS ...
Applause IT Ltd
Salary: £65000 - £75000 per annum + +FE Car, Bonus, Benefits
Posted: 2 May 2013
West Midlands
Our Global Major Corporate client urgently requires a high flying permanent Global Service Manager to joina key site in the Midlands-- Ensure that all service management activities are...
Michael Page International
Salary: GBP80000 to GBP90000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
Highly skilled C# ASP.Net Solutions Architect with strong Agile, C#, ASP.Net experience are required by Kyna Associates for an outstanding e-Commerce, online retail client, based...
Kyna Associates
Salary: £45000 - 60000 Per Annum Excellent Benefits + Bonus
Posted: 14 May 2013
Market Drayton, Shropshire
Service Management, Process Maturity Management & Technical Documentation. IT Service Continuity & Disaster Recovery Planning. Change Management, Budget Management, Supplier Relationship Management and Customer Relationship Management. Technical Project Management and...
Muller Dairy
Salary: Competitive
Posted: 25 April 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
Prince2, PMI, APMP, Agile, PMBOK) - Solid background programming with the following languages and technologies for both Windows and web-based scenarios: C#.net, Visual Basic 6, COM, Microsoft...
Connectus
Salary: £65000 - £72000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
West Midlands
Linux/Unix System Support... MS Windows System Support... Networking / Cisco knowledge - LAN / WAN and Wireless... Holds a detailed understanding of core internet technologies - Routing and Switching, DNS, DHCP,...
Amazon
Posted: 2 May 2013
Coventry, West Midlands (County)
With in-depth technical knowledge and capability, particularly around Java and Oracle based solutions, you will challenge test partner decisions and define strategies that encompass the full testing...
Sainsburys
Salary: £attractive
Posted: 14 May 2013
Walsgrave, Coventry, West Midlands
As the single point of contact for Load and Performance QA projects, you'll ensure adherence to our framework, manage any deviations and drive continuous improvement including reduced...
Sainsburys
Salary: attractive
Posted: 20 May 2013
Walsgrave, Coventry, West Midlands
We're seeking professionals who take ownership of their work, strive for continuous improvement and have the ability to design processes suited to a sophisticated IT operation, with...
Sainsburys
Salary: attractive
Posted: 20 May 2013
Coventry, West Midlands (County)
We’re seeking professionals who take ownership of their work, strive for continuous improvement and have the ability to design processes suited to a sophisticated IT operation, with...
Sainsburys
Salary: £attractive
Posted: 14 May 2013
Stafford, Staffordshire
Purpose of the Job Reporting to the Systems R&D Hardware and Firmware Manager, the candidate will be part of a global hardware team and be responsible for...
Advantage XPO
Posted: 16 May 2013
Stafford, Staffordshire
Contribute to definition, development and continuous improvement of applicable processes, procedures and guidelines for all aspects of electronic design... Network & Links: Software and Product R&D teams, Industrialisation,...
Advantage XPO
Posted: 16 May 2013
Staffordshire
Have you got a track record of sales, business development and account management?... Conduct certain market surveys (obtain more information on pump specifications for various applications within power...
OCC
Salary: £25k - 35k per year + car pension
Posted: 13 May 2013
Staffordshire, West Midlands
Engineering Sales Manager - £35k + car, laptop, phone, pension, Staffordshire / CheshireDo you have a background in Engineering? Have you got a track record of sales, business development and account...
OCC Computing
Salary: £25k - 35k per year + car pension
Posted: 14 May 2013
Staffordshire, West Midlands
IF SO GET IN TOUCH!!!Location: Commutable from Cheshire, Staffordshire, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Stoke, Stoke-on-Trent, Crewe, Nantwich, Cheadle, Cheddleton, Hanley, Burslem, Kidsgrove, Talk, Trentham, Biddulph, Congleton,...
OCC Computing
Salary: £30k - 35k per year + car pension
Posted: 8 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
You will also be responsible for producing and reviewing the Impact Analysis Report, and driving continuous improvement of deployment management and implementation processes.In order to be considered...
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £60000 - £75000 per annum + Bonus, Pension, Healthcare
Posted: 14 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
Skills and Experience: Cisco, ASA, ACE, FortiNet, Juniper, Blue Screen network knowledge and experience in a multi-tenant environment Experience of design document production to support commercial bids...
Aximis (West) Limited
Salary: Up to £50K basic + Car Allow + Benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013