The first table below looks at the demand for Quality Management skills in IT contracts advertised for the Birmingham region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Quality Management 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 Birmingham 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Quality Management
Rank 42 47 -
Rank change year-on-year
+5 -
Contract jobs citing Quality Management 2 9 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham 0.458% 1.438% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.678% 2.278% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £350 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £320 £400
% change year-on-year
+17.18% -20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £51.88 £32.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year
+59.61% -
All Processes & Methodologies
Birmingham
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
295 395 299
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham 67.51% 63.10% 57.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 152 215 183
Average daily rate £361 £330 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+9.46% -5.71%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £245 £225 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £525 £490
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 19 10
Average hourly rate £34.75 £15.00 £15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+131.66% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.28 £12.00 £10.99
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £133.60 £34.80 £127.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.45 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+21.78% -13.79%
Quality Management
West Midlands

Quality Management
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Quality Management across the Birmingham region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Birmingham Quality Management Jobs Demand Trend

Quality Management
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Quality Management across the Birmingham region.

Birmingham Quality Management Daily Rate Trend

Quality Management
Top 29 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham region citing Quality Management 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 Quality Management.

1 2 (33.33%) PRINCE2
1 2 (33.33%) Intranet
1 2 (33.33%) Telecoms
1 2 (33.33%) Migration
1 2 (33.33%) Knowledge Management
2 1 (16.67%) SAP EHS
2 1 (16.67%) SAP PLM
2 1 (16.67%) QMS
2 1 (16.67%) Data Migration
2 1 (16.67%) SAP xRPM
2 1 (16.67%) SAP cProjects
2 1 (16.67%) Data Quality
2 1 (16.67%) PLM
2 1 (16.67%) PDM
2 1 (16.67%) Programme Management
2 1 (16.67%) SAP PM
2 1 (16.67%) Asset Management
2 1 (16.67%) SAP PS
2 1 (16.67%) Six Sigma
2 1 (16.67%) Project Management
2 1 (16.67%) ISO 9001
2 1 (16.67%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 1 (16.67%) NHS
2 1 (16.67%) ISO 14001
2 1 (16.67%) TQM
2 1 (16.67%) BT
2 1 (16.67%) SAP
2 1 (16.67%) HNC
2 1 (16.67%) HND

Quality Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham region citing Quality Management 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 Quality Management. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Business Applications
1 1 (16.67%) SAP EHS
1 1 (16.67%) SAP PLM
1 1 (16.67%) SAP xRPM
1 1 (16.67%) SAP cProjects
1 1 (16.67%) SAP PM
1 1 (16.67%) SAP PS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (33.33%) Intranet
General
1 2 (33.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Project Manager
2 2 (33.33%) Quality Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Data Quality Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Integration Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Data Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Integration Project Manager
3 1 (16.67%) PRINCE2 Project Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) PRINCE2
1 2 (33.33%) Migration
1 2 (33.33%) Knowledge Management
2 1 (16.67%) QMS
2 1 (16.67%) Data Migration
2 1 (16.67%) PLM
2 1 (16.67%) PDM
2 1 (16.67%) Programme Management
2 1 (16.67%) Asset Management
2 1 (16.67%) Six Sigma
2 1 (16.67%) Project Management
2 1 (16.67%) TQM
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) PRINCE2 Certification
1 1 (16.67%) HNC
1 1 (16.67%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) Data Quality
1 1 (16.67%) ISO 9001
1 1 (16.67%) ISO 14001
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) BT
1 1 (16.67%) SAP