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This section looks at the demand for Quality Management skills within the Cheshire region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Quality Management over the 3 months to 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkQuality Management
Location
3 months to
21 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank5956
Rank change on same period last yearDown-3
Matching contract IT job ads35
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.004 %0.005 %
As % of the category below0.595 %1.124 %
Daily rates quoted12
Average minimum daily rate£425£338
Average daily rate£425£388
% change on same period last year+9.67 %
Average maximum daily rate£425£438
UK excluding London average daily rate£417£361
% change on same period last year+15.28 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.89£27.92
% change on same period last year+3.47 %
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Cheshire
Matching contract IT job ads504445
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.665 %0.443 %
Daily rates quoted155132
Average minimum daily rate£349£311
Average daily rate£359£326
% change on same period last year+10.11 %
Average maximum daily rate£369£341
UK excluding London average daily rate£380£377
% change on same period last year+0.74 %
Hourly rates quoted6219
Average minimum hourly rate£23.16£21.82
Average hourly rate£24.83£23.13
% change on same period last year+7.34 %
Average maximum hourly rate£26.50£24.44
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.30£30.18
% change on same period last year+0.42 %
Quality Management North WestQuality Management
North West

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Quality Management
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Quality Management across the Cheshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Cheshire Quality Management Demand Trend

Quality Management
Daily Rate Trend

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

Cheshire Quality Management Daily Rate Trend

Quality Management
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Quality Management across the Cheshire region.

Cheshire Quality Management Hourly Rate Trend

Quality Management
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Quality Management within the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 21 August 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
WarringtonNew entry-2--
WilmslowDown-11£425+88.88 %
Quality Management North WestQuality Management
North West

Quality Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire 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.

15 (38.46 %)ITIL
15 (38.46 %)PRINCE2
15 (38.46 %)Government
24 (30.77 %)TickIT
24 (30.77 %)SSADM
24 (30.77 %)ISO9000
33 (23.08 %)Pharmaceutical
33 (23.08 %)BS15000
33 (23.08 %)Validation
42 (15.38 %)Risk Analysis
42 (15.38 %)Project Management
42 (15.38 %)Middleware
42 (15.38 %)C
51 (7.692 %)PVCS
51 (7.692 %)VSS/SourceSafe
51 (7.692 %)ISO9001
51 (7.692 %)Microsoft
51 (7.692 %)MS Excel
51 (7.692 %)MS Visio
51 (7.692 %)Configuration Management
51 (7.692 %)Service Management
51 (7.692 %)System Testing
51 (7.692 %)QMS
51 (7.692 %)CMMI
51 (7.692 %)Service Delivery
51 (7.692 %)Change Management
51 (7.692 %)ITSM
51 (7.692 %)Education
51 (7.692 %)Project Planning
51 (7.692 %)Degree

Quality Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire 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.

Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (15.38 %)Middleware
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (7.692 %)MS Excel
11 (7.692 %)MS Visio
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (7.692 %)PVCS
11 (7.692 %)VSS/SourceSafe
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
15 (38.46 %)Government
23 (23.08 %)Pharmaceutical
31 (7.692 %)Education
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13 (23.08 %)Quality Manager
13 (23.08 %)Service Manager
21 (7.692 %)Coordinator
21 (7.692 %)Project Manager
21 (7.692 %)Project Planner
21 (7.692 %)Senior Manager
21 (7.692 %)Project Leader
21 (7.692 %)Project Coordinator
21 (7.692 %)Risk Manager
21 (7.692 %)Process Manager
21 (7.692 %)Senior Process Manager
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
15 (38.46 %)ITIL
15 (38.46 %)PRINCE2
24 (30.77 %)SSADM
33 (23.08 %)Validation
42 (15.38 %)Risk Analysis
42 (15.38 %)Project Management
51 (7.692 %)Configuration Management
51 (7.692 %)Service Management
51 (7.692 %)System Testing
51 (7.692 %)QMS
51 (7.692 %)CMMI
51 (7.692 %)Service Delivery
51 (7.692 %)Change Management
51 (7.692 %)ITSM
51 (7.692 %)Project Planning
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (15.38 %)C
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (7.692 %)Degree
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
14 (30.77 %)TickIT
14 (30.77 %)ISO9000
23 (23.08 %)BS15000
31 (7.692 %)ISO9001
31 (7.692 %)QA
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (7.692 %)Microsoft