The first table below looks at the demand for ISO 9000 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Bedfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited ISO 9000 over the 3 months to 21 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 Quality Assurance & Compliance category for the Bedfordshire region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
ISO 9000
Rank - 32 -
Contract jobs citing ISO 9000 0 1 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bedfordshire - 0.358% -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category - 4.000% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £350 £325
% change year-on-year
+21.42% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £35.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £35.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year
- -11.25%
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
Bedfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
14 25 18
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 7.407% 8.961% 6.143%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 11 11
Average daily rate £293 £500 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-41.50% +81.81%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £290 £300 £220
10% offered a daily rate of more than £380 £607 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £345 £350 £375
% change year-on-year
-1.42% -6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 5 0
Average hourly rate £42.50 £23.75 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+78.94% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £16.35 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+7.03% -45.50%
ISO 9000
East of England

ISO 9000
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing ISO 9000 across the Bedfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Quality Assurance & Compliance category.

Bedfordshire ISO 9000 Jobs Demand Trend

ISO 9000
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing ISO 9000 across the Bedfordshire region.

Bedfordshire ISO 9000 Daily Rate Trend

ISO 9000
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing ISO 9000 across the Bedfordshire region.

Bedfordshire ISO 9000 Hourly Rate Trend

ISO 9000
Top 10 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bedfordshire region citing ISO 9000 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 contract IT job ads sampled that cited ISO 9000.

1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (100.00%) 3G
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
1 1 (100.00%) 2G
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) LTE

ISO 9000
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bedfordshire region citing ISO 9000 also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited ISO 9000. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (100.00%) 3G
1 1 (100.00%) 2G
1 1 (100.00%) LTE
General
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree