The first table below looks at the demand for Continuous Improvement skills in IT jobs advertised for the Worcestershire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Continuous Improvement over the 3 months to 23 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 Worcestershire region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Continual Improvement
Rank 37 43 -
Rank change year-on-year
+6 -
Permanent jobs citing Continuous Improvement 4 7 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Worcestershire 1.843% 2.545% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.286% 4.403% -
Number of salaries quoted 4 6 0
Average salary £22,000 £46,250 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-52.43% -
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £43,250 £42,500
% change year-on-year
-7.51% +1.76%
All Processes & Methodologies
Worcestershire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
175 159 137
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Worcestershire 80.65% 57.82% 66.83%
Number of salaries quoted 155 141 131
Average salary £35,000 £37,000 £36,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.40% +2.77%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £25,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £45,000 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Continuous Improvement
West Midlands

Continuous Improvement
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Worcestershire 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 Worcestershire region.

Worcestershire Continuous Improvement Salary Trend

Continuous Improvement
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Continuous Improvement across the Worcestershire region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Worcestershire 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 Worcestershire region over the 3 months to 23 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
Worcester 0 3 £22,000 -53.68%
Continuous Improvement
West Midlands

Continuous Improvement
Top 28 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Worcestershire 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 3 (60.00%) SQL
1 3 (60.00%) QA
2 2 (40.00%) XML
2 2 (40.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 2 (40.00%) Test Scripting
2 2 (40.00%) Time Management
2 2 (40.00%) MS Office
2 2 (40.00%) E-Commerce
3 1 (20.00%) N-Tier
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (20.00%) Six Sigma
3 1 (20.00%) ASP.NET
3 1 (20.00%) .NET
3 1 (20.00%) DFSS
3 1 (20.00%) Regression Testing
3 1 (20.00%) MVC
3 1 (20.00%) Electronics
3 1 (20.00%) Manufacturing
3 1 (20.00%) Scrum
3 1 (20.00%) Business Analysis
3 1 (20.00%) .NET Framework
3 1 (20.00%) Degree
3 1 (20.00%) C#
3 1 (20.00%) ASP.NET MVC
3 1 (20.00%) ASP.NET MVC 2
3 1 (20.00%) Manual Testing
3 1 (20.00%) OO
3 1 (20.00%) Six Sigma Black Belt

Continuous Improvement
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Worcestershire 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 2 (40.00%) XML
2 1 (20.00%) ASP.NET
2 1 (20.00%) .NET
2 1 (20.00%) .NET Framework
2 1 (20.00%) ASP.NET MVC
2 1 (20.00%) ASP.NET MVC 2
Applications
1 2 (40.00%) MS Office
General
1 1 (20.00%) Electronics
1 1 (20.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Tester
2 2 (40.00%) Lead Tester
3 1 (20.00%) Developer
3 1 (20.00%) Web Developer
3 1 (20.00%) Senior Developer
3 1 (20.00%) Quality Manager
3 1 (20.00%) Senior Web Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) N-Tier
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 2 (40.00%) Test Scripting
1 2 (40.00%) Time Management
1 2 (40.00%) E-Commerce
2 1 (20.00%) Six Sigma
2 1 (20.00%) DFSS
2 1 (20.00%) Regression Testing
2 1 (20.00%) MVC
2 1 (20.00%) Scrum
2 1 (20.00%) Business Analysis
2 1 (20.00%) Manual Testing
2 1 (20.00%) OO
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) SQL
2 1 (20.00%) C#
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
1 1 (20.00%) Six Sigma Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (60.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft