The first table below looks at the demand for Continuous Improvement skills in IT jobs advertised for the West Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Continuous Improvement over the 3 months to 17 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 Yorkshire region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Continual Improvement
Rank 116 142 120
Rank change year-on-year
+26 -22
Permanent jobs citing Continuous Improvement 58 30 33
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 1.570% 0.930% 1.117%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.029% 1.211% 1.561%
Number of salaries quoted 43 27 20
Average salary £35,000 £34,500 £36,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.44% -4.82%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £24,000 £17,000
10% offered a salary of more than £44,500 £41,300 £49,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £42,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year
-5.88% -
All Processes & Methodologies
West Yorkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
2858 2478 2114
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 77.37% 76.84% 71.56%
Number of salaries quoted 2226 2034 1770
Average salary £37,500 £36,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.73% +4.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £26,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Continuous Improvement
Yorkshire

Continuous Improvement
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire Continuous Improvement Salary Trend

Continuous Improvement
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Continuous Improvement across the West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

West Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 17 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
Leeds +17 49 £35,000 -2.77%
Bradford +6 3 £50,000 +36.98%
Huddersfield -4 1 £27,500 -17.32%
Pudsey - 1 - -
Continuous Improvement
Yorkshire

Continuous Improvement
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Yorkshire 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 42 (33.60%) Microsoft
2 35 (28.00%) CRM
3 29 (23.20%) Finance
4 27 (21.60%) ITIL
5 26 (20.80%) Windows
6 25 (20.00%) MS Excel
7 24 (19.20%) SQL
8 23 (18.40%) Project Management
8 23 (18.40%) Dynamics CRM
9 21 (16.80%) SAN
10 20 (16.00%) PRINCE2
11 17 (13.60%) .NET
12 16 (12.80%) Time Management
13 15 (12.00%) Change Management
14 13 (10.40%) Service Management
14 13 (10.40%) User Acceptance Testing
14 13 (10.40%) QA
15 12 (9.600%) Business Analysis
15 12 (9.600%) Management Information System
15 12 (9.600%) SQL Server
16 11 (8.800%) Java
16 11 (8.800%) Scrum
16 11 (8.800%) Problem Management
16 11 (8.800%) Statistics
17 10 (8.000%) Altiris
17 10 (8.000%) SharePoint
17 10 (8.000%) Risk Management
18 9 (7.200%) CISSP
18 9 (7.200%) LAN
18 9 (7.200%) WAN

Continuous Improvement
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Yorkshire 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 17 (13.60%) .NET
2 8 (6.400%) Web Services
2 8 (6.400%) XML
3 6 (4.800%) Java EE
4 5 (4.000%) SOAP
4 5 (4.000%) WSDL
5 4 (3.200%) XSD
5 4 (3.200%) EJB
5 4 (3.200%) JDBC
5 4 (3.200%) JSP
5 4 (3.200%) Servlets
5 4 (3.200%) Facelets
5 4 (3.200%) JSF
6 3 (2.400%) Hibernate
6 3 (2.400%) Spring
6 3 (2.400%) COM+
7 2 (1.600%) HTML
7 2 (1.600%) ASP.NET
7 2 (1.600%) CSS
8 1 (0.800%) COM
Application Platforms
1 10 (8.000%) SharePoint
2 5 (4.000%) MS Exchange
2 5 (4.000%) CMS
2 5 (4.000%) GlassFish
2 5 (4.000%) Office Communications Server
3 4 (3.200%) WebLogic
3 4 (3.200%) IIS
4 3 (2.400%) SAP Portal
4 3 (2.400%) SharePoint 2010
5 2 (1.600%) Lync
5 2 (1.600%) ESB
5 2 (1.600%) Apache
6 1 (0.800%) ActiveMQ
6 1 (0.800%) SharePoint Server
6 1 (0.800%) SAS
6 1 (0.800%) CICS
6 1 (0.800%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 25 (20.00%) MS Excel
2 8 (6.400%) MS Office
3 1 (0.800%) Mingle
Business Applications
1 23 (18.40%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.800%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 21 (16.80%) SAN
2 9 (7.200%) LAN
2 9 (7.200%) WAN
3 5 (4.000%) VPN
4 3 (2.400%) Internet
5 1 (0.800%) Network Security
5 1 (0.800%) iSCSI
5 1 (0.800%) NAS
5 1 (0.800%) FTP
5 1 (0.800%) HTTP
5 1 (0.800%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (9.600%) SQL Server
2 7 (5.600%) RDBMS
3 3 (2.400%) MS Access
4 2 (1.600%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.800%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.800%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.800%) SQL Server 2008
5 1 (0.800%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 6 (4.800%) Visual Studio
1 6 (4.800%) Team Foundation Server
2 3 (2.400%) JUnit
3 2 (1.600%) Oracle Forms
4 1 (0.800%) Subversion
4 1 (0.800%) Selenium
4 1 (0.800%) FitNesse
4 1 (0.800%) TeamCity
4 1 (0.800%) Git (software)
4 1 (0.800%) Mercurial
4 1 (0.800%) Rational Application Developer
General
1 29 (23.20%) Finance
2 5 (4.000%) Legal
3 4 (3.200%) Billing
4 3 (2.400%) Banking
4 3 (2.400%) Retail
5 2 (1.600%) Marketing
5 2 (1.600%) Advertising
5 2 (1.600%) Law
5 2 (1.600%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 51 (40.80%) Analyst
2 28 (22.40%) Support Analyst
3 20 (16.00%) Applications Support
3 20 (16.00%) Applications Support Analyst
4 17 (13.60%) Project Manager
5 15 (12.00%) Business Analyst
6 14 (11.20%) Developer
7 12 (9.600%) Architect
8 7 (5.600%) Service Manager
8 7 (5.600%) Java Developer
9 6 (4.800%) 2nd Line Support
9 6 (4.800%) IT Architect
10 5 (4.000%) IT Security Architect
10 5 (4.000%) Security Architect
10 5 (4.000%) Service Desk Manager
10 5 (4.000%) IT Project Manager
10 5 (4.000%) IT Support Analyst
10 5 (4.000%) Configuration Analyst
10 5 (4.000%) Service Analyst
10 5 (4.000%) Tester
Miscellaneous
1 12 (9.600%) Management Information System
2 11 (8.800%) Statistics
3 5 (4.000%) N-Tier
4 1 (0.800%) NHS
4 1 (0.800%) W3C
4 1 (0.800%) Mainframe
4 1 (0.800%) Mathematics
4 1 (0.800%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (0.800%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (0.800%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 26 (20.80%) Windows
2 2 (1.600%) Linux
2 2 (1.600%) UNIX
2 2 (1.600%) Windows 7
3 1 (0.800%) zOS
3 1 (0.800%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (28.00%) CRM
2 27 (21.60%) ITIL
3 23 (18.40%) Project Management
4 20 (16.00%) PRINCE2
5 16 (12.80%) Time Management
6 15 (12.00%) Change Management
7 13 (10.40%) Service Management
7 13 (10.40%) User Acceptance Testing
8 12 (9.600%) Business Analysis
9 11 (8.800%) Problem Management
9 11 (8.800%) Scrum
10 10 (8.000%) Risk Management
11 9 (7.200%) Agile Software Development
11 9 (7.200%) Requirements Management
12 8 (6.400%) RUP
13 7 (5.600%) PRINCE
14 6 (4.800%) DSDM
14 6 (4.800%) ERP
14 6 (4.800%) Stakeholder Management
14 6 (4.800%) GAP Analysis
Programming Languages
1 24 (19.20%) SQL
2 11 (8.800%) Java
3 8 (6.400%) C#
4 7 (5.600%) JavaScript
5 6 (4.800%) C
6 3 (2.400%) VB6
6 3 (2.400%) VB
7 2 (1.600%) T-SQL
7 2 (1.600%) Perl
7 2 (1.600%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.800%) VBA
8 1 (0.800%) Ruby
8 1 (0.800%) PowerShell
8 1 (0.800%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 9 (7.200%) CISSP
1 9 (7.200%) Degree
2 8 (6.400%) ISEB
3 6 (4.800%) ITIL Certification
3 6 (4.800%) PMP
3 6 (4.800%) PMI Certification
4 4 (3.200%) CISM
4 4 (3.200%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 3 (2.400%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (2.400%) MCAD
5 3 (2.400%) MCSD
5 3 (2.400%) Security Cleared
6 2 (1.600%) DV Cleared
6 2 (1.600%) Six Sigma Black Belt
7 1 (0.800%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 1 (0.800%) SC Cleared
7 1 (0.800%) BC Cleared
7 1 (0.800%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.800%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (10.40%) QA
2 8 (6.400%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (4.800%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (1.600%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.800%) XenApp
3 1 (0.800%) XenServer
3 1 (0.800%) XenDesktop
3 1 (0.800%) NFS
3 1 (0.800%) Xen
Vendors
1 42 (33.60%) Microsoft
2 10 (8.000%) Altiris
3 8 (6.400%) Oracle
4 6 (4.800%) Cisco
4 6 (4.800%) VMware
5 5 (4.000%) McAfee
6 4 (3.200%) Perforce
7 3 (2.400%) SAP
8 2 (1.600%) HP
8 2 (1.600%) Citrix
9 1 (0.800%) NetApp
9 1 (0.800%) PeopleSoft
9 1 (0.800%) AppSense
9 1 (0.800%) F5
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Longer term the role will focus on the continuous enhancement and improvement of the security set up and continuous improvement... An understanding of project management methodologies, processes and...
The Bridge Ltd
Salary: From £35,000 to £42,000 per annum Excellent Benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
The Project Manager will be tasked with streamlining existing core network security and communication infrastructure and will undertake continuous improvement... As Project Manager, you will be able to...
The Bridge Ltd
Salary: Up to £55,000 per annum Plus Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Process management continuous improvement techniques (e.g. LEAN, 6 Sigma) *Qualification in project management or equivalent experience The Project Manager / Business Analyst will be rewarded with an excellent...
Fruition IT Resources Limited
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + Bens
Posted: 17 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
The Head of IT Service Desk/ Support is a key position for the company and requires a person with management skills and experience of IT Service Delivery. The...
Boston Capel
Salary: Depending on experience
Posted: 18 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Knowledge of systems integration standards including ESB, SOA, XML, SOAP, HTTP and network topology... Experience of web technologies, enterprise software platforms and database driven applications such as Java...
HAYS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Posted: 14 May 2013
Leeds, Yorkshire
Knowledge of systems integration standards including ESB, SOA, XML, SOAP, HTTP and network topology... Experience of web technologies, enterprise software platforms and database driven applications such as Java...
Hays Specialist Recruitment
Posted: 14 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Knowledge of systems integration standards including ESB, SOA, XML, SOAP, HTTP and network topology... - Experience of web technologies, enterprise software platforms and database driven applications such as Java...
William Hill
Salary: Competitive
Posted: 24 April 2013
Leeds, Yorkshire
Working directly with the company directors and responsible for specifying, maintaining, coding and continuous improvement of existing state of the art, in-house systems. This is a senior...
Computer Futures
Salary: £45000 - £65000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Creating and owning ongoing, the Test Strategy. Definition and communication of appropriate tests and testing procedures, ensuring these are properly understood, carried out and evaluated in accordance with...
Latcom Ltd
Salary: From £35,000 to £40,000 per annum
Posted: 13 May 2013
West Yorkshire
New role for a 2 x Software Testers to join a leading IT Security Systems Integrator and Service Provider in West Yorkshire.Key skills:-Experience within software testing (...
Salary: £25000 per annum + benefits + structured career path
Posted: 4 May 2013