The first table below looks at the demand for ISO 9001 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Dorset region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited ISO 9001 over the 3 months to 24 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 Dorset 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
ISO 9001
Rank 28 28 -
Rank change year-on-year
0 -
Contract jobs citing ISO 9001 5 6 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Dorset 2.358% 2.206% -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 21.74% 15.00% -
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 0
Average daily rate £110 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £400 £350
% change year-on-year
-18.75% +14.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 0
Average hourly rate - £13.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £34.63 £13.00 £36.00
% change year-on-year
+166.34% -63.88%
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
Dorset
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
23 40 40
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Dorset 10.85% 14.71% 12.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 18 14
Average daily rate £350 £475 £341
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-26.31% +39.19%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £110 £375 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £471 £475 £810
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £375
% change year-on-year
- -6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 4 1
Average hourly rate £12.66 £13.00 £40.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.61% -67.50%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.75 £16.35 £30.50
% change year-on-year
+8.56% -46.39%
ISO 9001
South West

ISO 9001
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing ISO 9001 across the Dorset region as a proportion of the total demand within the Quality Assurance & Compliance category.

Dorset ISO 9001 Jobs Demand Trend

ISO 9001
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing ISO 9001 across the Dorset region.

Dorset ISO 9001 Daily Rate Trend

ISO 9001
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing ISO 9001 across the Dorset region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Dorset ISO 9001 Daily Rate Histogram

ISO 9001
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing ISO 9001 across the Dorset region.

Dorset ISO 9001 Hourly Rate Trend

ISO 9001
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ISO 9001 within the Dorset region over the 3 months to 24 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Bournemouth +1 3 £110 -
ISO 9001
South West

ISO 9001
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Dorset region citing ISO 9001 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 9001.

1 3 (42.86%) Windows XP
1 3 (42.86%) ITIL
1 3 (42.86%) Windows
1 3 (42.86%) Windows 7
1 3 (42.86%) MS Office
2 2 (28.57%) CSS
2 2 (28.57%) Kentico
2 2 (28.57%) Kindle
2 2 (28.57%) Test Strategy
2 2 (28.57%) UML
2 2 (28.57%) RUP
2 2 (28.57%) C#
2 2 (28.57%) HTML
2 2 (28.57%) JavaScript
2 2 (28.57%) .NET
2 2 (28.57%) HP
2 2 (28.57%) WinRunner
2 2 (28.57%) TestDirector
2 2 (28.57%) QuickTest Pro
2 2 (28.57%) Quality Management
2 2 (28.57%) Regression Testing
2 2 (28.57%) Finance
2 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (28.57%) CMS
2 2 (28.57%) Banking
2 2 (28.57%) Alterian
2 2 (28.57%) Subversion
2 2 (28.57%) Investment Banking
2 2 (28.57%) Web Development
2 2 (28.57%) QA

ISO 9001
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Dorset region citing ISO 9001 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 9001. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (28.57%) CSS
1 2 (28.57%) HTML
1 2 (28.57%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 2 (28.57%) Kentico
1 2 (28.57%) CMS
Applications
1 3 (42.86%) MS Office
Development Applications
1 2 (28.57%) WinRunner
1 2 (28.57%) TestDirector
1 2 (28.57%) QuickTest Pro
1 2 (28.57%) Subversion
General
1 2 (28.57%) Finance
1 2 (28.57%) Banking
1 2 (28.57%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 2 (28.57%) Developer
1 2 (28.57%) Test Manager
1 2 (28.57%) Web Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Kindle
Operating Systems
1 3 (42.86%) Windows XP
1 3 (42.86%) Windows
1 3 (42.86%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) ITIL
2 2 (28.57%) Test Strategy
2 2 (28.57%) UML
2 2 (28.57%) RUP
2 2 (28.57%) Quality Management
2 2 (28.57%) Regression Testing
2 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (28.57%) Web Development
2 2 (28.57%) User Acceptance Testing
2 2 (28.57%) Performance Testing
2 2 (28.57%) Integration Testing
2 2 (28.57%) Test Management
2 2 (28.57%) Test Scripting
2 2 (28.57%) System Testing
2 2 (28.57%) V-Model
2 2 (28.57%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 2 (28.57%) C#
1 2 (28.57%) JavaScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) HP
1 2 (28.57%) Alterian