The first table below looks at the demand for Data Quality skills in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Data Quality over the 3 months to 20 June 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 England 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
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Data Quality
Rank 371 405 435
Rank change year-on-year
+34 +30
Contract jobs citing Data Quality 159 157 150
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.361% 0.301% 0.262%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 5.103% 3.963% 3.638%
Number of daily rates quoted 106 92 95
Average daily rate £411 £395 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.11% -12.22%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £299 £251 £338
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £600 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £390 £375 £400
% change year-on-year
+4.00% -6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 6 5
Average hourly rate £17.50 £17.00 £18.06
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.94% -5.86%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.60 £12.63 £11.70
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £30.30 £18.00 £19.83
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £17.50 £18.06
% change year-on-year
- -3.10%
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
3116 3962 4123
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 7.084% 7.595% 7.202%
Number of daily rates quoted 1885 2085 2350
Average daily rate £420 £416 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+0.90% -7.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £250 £240
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £600 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £388
% change year-on-year
- -9.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 113 210 266
Average hourly rate £20.00 £17.39 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+15.02% -30.45%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.80 £11.00 £11.21
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £37.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £18.00 £16.72 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+7.65% -44.26%
Data Quality
UK

Data Quality
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England Data Quality Jobs Demand Trend

Data Quality
Daily Rate Trend

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

England Data Quality Daily Rate Trend

Data Quality
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Data Quality across the England region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

England Data Quality Daily Rate Histogram

Data Quality
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Data Quality across the England region.

England Data Quality Hourly Rate Trend

Data Quality
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Data Quality across the England region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

England Data Quality Hourly Rate Histogram

Data Quality
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data Quality within the England region over the 3 months to 20 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
London -6 69 £500 +23.45% 20
South East +36 44 £395 +86.32% 9
Yorkshire +12 13 £295 -22.36% 4
East Midlands -2 9 £275 -37.14% 3
South West +30 8 £500 +33.33% 2
West Midlands +11 5 £400 -33.33% 1
North West +9 5 £350 - 2
East of England +14 3 £305 +4.27% 1
North East +15 2 - -
Data Quality
UK

Data Quality
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Data Quality 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 Data Quality.

1 99 (32.14%) Finance
2 97 (31.49%) Data Management
3 95 (30.84%) Data Modelling
4 71 (23.05%) Oracle
5 70 (22.73%) SQL
6 69 (22.40%) ETL
7 64 (20.78%) Data Governance
8 62 (20.13%) Banking
9 55 (17.86%) Data Warehouse
9 55 (17.86%) Informatica
10 53 (17.21%) Business Intelligence
11 52 (16.88%) Data Analysis
12 51 (16.56%) Migration
13 48 (15.58%) Business Analysis
14 45 (14.61%) MS Excel
15 40 (12.99%) Information Management
15 40 (12.99%) Retail
15 40 (12.99%) Data Migration
15 40 (12.99%) Master Data Management
16 38 (12.34%) Project Management
17 37 (12.01%) SAP
18 36 (11.69%) DataFlux
18 36 (11.69%) Data Architecture
19 31 (10.06%) ERwin
19 31 (10.06%) Microsoft
20 30 (9.740%) Quality Management
20 30 (9.740%) Data Cleansing
21 29 (9.416%) IBM
21 29 (9.416%) SQL Server
22 28 (9.091%) Metadata Management

Data Quality
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Data Quality 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 Data Quality. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 10 (3.247%) Oracle Fusion
2 9 (2.922%) Web Services
3 8 (2.597%) WSDL
3 8 (2.597%) BPEL4WS
4 5 (1.623%) XML
4 5 (1.623%) WebSphere
5 3 (0.974%) SOAP
5 3 (0.974%) J2EE
5 3 (0.974%) Middleware
6 2 (0.649%) MDX
6 2 (0.649%) .NET
6 2 (0.649%) XML Schema
6 2 (0.649%) EDI
6 2 (0.649%) Web Dynpro
Application Platforms
1 15 (4.870%) SAS
2 4 (1.299%) WebLogic
3 3 (0.974%) Oracle Workflow
3 3 (0.974%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.974%) PowerExchange
3 3 (0.974%) ESB
4 2 (0.649%) Oracle Spatial
4 2 (0.649%) Apache
4 2 (0.649%) Tomcat
5 1 (0.325%) WebLogic Portal
5 1 (0.325%) Oracle BPEL
Applications
1 45 (14.61%) MS Excel
2 25 (8.117%) MS Office
3 24 (7.792%) MS Visio
4 20 (6.494%) MS PowerPoint
5 12 (3.896%) MS Project
6 2 (0.649%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (1.948%) SAP MDM
2 3 (0.974%) Taleo
2 3 (0.974%) HFM
2 3 (0.974%) SAP CRM
2 3 (0.974%) SAP IS-U
3 2 (0.649%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.325%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 1 (0.325%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.325%) Agresso
4 1 (0.325%) Hyperion Planning
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.325%) HTTP
1 1 (0.325%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 55 (17.86%) Data Warehouse
2 29 (9.416%) SQL Server
3 17 (5.519%) Oracle Reports
4 15 (4.870%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 15 (4.870%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 14 (4.545%) Data Mining
6 10 (3.247%) BusinessObjects
7 9 (2.922%) MS Access
8 8 (2.597%) SAP Data Services
8 8 (2.597%) SQL Server 2008
8 8 (2.597%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 8 (2.597%) DataStage
9 7 (2.273%) PowerCenter
9 7 (2.273%) Oracle 10g
10 6 (1.948%) Oracle 11g
10 6 (1.948%) OLAP
10 6 (1.948%) Crystal Reports
10 6 (1.948%) Star Schema
11 5 (1.623%) SQL Server 2005
11 5 (1.623%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 31 (10.06%) ERwin
2 5 (1.623%) Talend Open Studio
3 1 (0.325%) LSMW
3 1 (0.325%) ClearCase
3 1 (0.325%) FitNesse
3 1 (0.325%) Cucumber
General
1 99 (32.14%) Finance
2 62 (20.13%) Banking
3 40 (12.99%) Retail
4 18 (5.844%) Investment Banking
5 14 (4.545%) Corporate Banking
6 8 (2.597%) Manufacturing
7 6 (1.948%) Marketing
7 6 (1.948%) Retail Banking
7 6 (1.948%) Legal
7 6 (1.948%) Front Office
8 5 (1.623%) Telecoms
9 4 (1.299%) General Ledger
10 3 (0.974%) Publishing
11 2 (0.649%) French Language
11 2 (0.649%) Automotive
12 1 (0.325%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.325%) Advertising
12 1 (0.325%) German Language
Job Titles
1 127 (41.23%) Analyst
2 86 (27.92%) Data Analyst
3 49 (15.91%) Business Analyst
4 48 (15.58%) Architect
5 46 (14.94%) Consultant
6 32 (10.39%) Data Quality Analyst
6 32 (10.39%) Quality Analyst
7 28 (9.091%) Data Architect
8 23 (7.468%) Data Consultant
9 22 (7.143%) Developer
10 20 (6.494%) Solutions Architect
11 18 (5.844%) Project Manager
12 15 (4.870%) Data Manager
13 10 (3.247%) Senior Analyst
14 9 (2.922%) Senior Data Analyst
14 9 (2.922%) Oracle Architect
14 9 (2.922%) Oracle Solutions Architect
15 8 (2.597%) Data Quality Consultant
16 6 (1.948%) Banking Business Analyst
16 6 (1.948%) SAP Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 27 (8.766%) NHS
1 27 (8.766%) Management Information System
2 25 (8.117%) Reference Data
3 24 (7.792%) Data Integration
4 10 (3.247%) Credit Risk
5 9 (2.922%) Data Conversion
6 5 (1.623%) Derivative
7 4 (1.299%) Statistics
7 4 (1.299%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 3 (0.974%) Interest Rate Derivative
8 3 (0.974%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (0.974%) Market Risk
8 3 (0.974%) FMCG
9 2 (0.649%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (0.649%) Data Extraction
9 2 (0.649%) EPoS
9 2 (0.649%) PMI
10 1 (0.325%) NPfIT
10 1 (0.325%) Clustering
10 1 (0.325%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.299%) Linux
1 4 (1.299%) UNIX
2 2 (0.649%) Windows
3 1 (0.325%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 97 (31.49%) Data Management
2 95 (30.84%) Data Modelling
3 69 (22.40%) ETL
4 64 (20.78%) Data Governance
5 53 (17.21%) Business Intelligence
6 52 (16.88%) Data Analysis
7 51 (16.56%) Migration
8 48 (15.58%) Business Analysis
9 40 (12.99%) Information Management
9 40 (12.99%) Data Migration
9 40 (12.99%) Master Data Management
10 38 (12.34%) Project Management
11 36 (11.69%) Data Architecture
12 30 (9.740%) Quality Management
12 30 (9.740%) Data Cleansing
13 28 (9.091%) Metadata Management
14 27 (8.766%) Waterfall
14 27 (8.766%) Zachman Framework
14 27 (8.766%) TOGAF
15 25 (8.117%) Data Mapping
Programming Languages
1 70 (22.73%) SQL
2 20 (6.494%) VBA
3 14 (4.545%) T-SQL
4 12 (3.896%) Java
5 9 (2.922%) C
5 9 (2.922%) PL/SQL
6 7 (2.273%) VB
7 3 (0.974%) JavaScript
7 3 (0.974%) Shell Script
7 3 (0.974%) PowerShell
8 1 (0.325%) RPG
8 1 (0.325%) COBOL
8 1 (0.325%) VB.NET
8 1 (0.325%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 19 (6.169%) Security Cleared
2 15 (4.870%) SC Cleared
3 11 (3.571%) ISEB
4 10 (3.247%) Degree
5 4 (1.299%) PMI Certification
6 3 (0.974%) ISEB Practitioner
6 3 (0.974%) PMP
7 2 (0.649%) ISTQB
7 2 (0.649%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 1 (0.325%) CIMA
8 1 (0.325%) CISA
8 1 (0.325%) CISM
8 1 (0.325%) ACCA
8 1 (0.325%) CISSP
8 1 (0.325%) OCP
8 1 (0.325%) Oracle Certification
8 1 (0.325%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 1 (0.325%) APMP
8 1 (0.325%) PCI QSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (3.571%) QA
2 2 (0.649%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 2 (0.649%) Basel II
3 1 (0.325%) SLA
3 1 (0.325%) HL7
3 1 (0.325%) Solvency II
3 1 (0.325%) Basel III
3 1 (0.325%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 7 (2.273%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.325%) Oracle RAC
2 1 (0.325%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (0.974%) HP Quality Center
2 2 (0.649%) Control-M
3 1 (0.325%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 71 (23.05%) Oracle
2 55 (17.86%) Informatica
3 37 (12.01%) SAP
4 36 (11.69%) DataFlux
5 31 (10.06%) Microsoft
6 29 (9.416%) IBM
7 19 (6.169%) Business Objects
8 17 (5.519%) Ab Initio
9 16 (5.195%) Cognos
10 11 (3.571%) Teradata
11 10 (3.247%) Trillium
12 9 (2.922%) Salesforce.com
13 5 (1.623%) Siebel
13 5 (1.623%) HP
13 5 (1.623%) Talend
14 4 (1.299%) Hyperion
15 3 (0.974%) JD Edwards
15 3 (0.974%) iSOFT
16 2 (0.649%) Cadis
16 2 (0.649%) Civica
South East England
My Client, based in the South East, are looking for a Data Architect, with experience around CRM, to join them on a long term interim assignment. They are...
Real Staffing
Rate: £400 - £450 per annum
Posted: 11 June 2013
East Anglia
Montash has been engaged by a leading Financial Services company to source and secure an experienced Master Data Management Lead - MDM Lead. The Master Data Management Lead will...
Montash
Rate: £500 - £750 per day + Negotiable / Depending on Experience
Posted: 18 June 2013
London
Review physical data mapping design and migration schedule... Support trial migration activities... Extensive experience of complex multi-platform data migration projects... Experience of Data Migration and/or Data...
WorldPay
Rate: Competitive + Bens
Posted: 18 June 2013
City, London
Data Quality Architect - Banking & Finance A national financial services provider is currently seeking to hire a contract Data Quality Architect to join a a small team of professionals...
iKas International
Salary: £70000 - £80000 per day
Posted: 18 June 2013
City, London
Data Quality Architect - Banking & Finance A national financial services provider is currently seeking to hire a contract Data Quality Architect to join a a small team of professionals...
iKas International
Rate: £500 - £550 per day
Posted: 18 June 2013
Crawley, South East
Rate: £325 - £350 per day
Posted: 14 June 2013
Farnborough, Hampshire
Connectus
Rate: £500 - £600 per day
Posted: 14 June 2013
Berkshire, Thames Valley
Hudson
Rate: £300 - £360 per day
Posted: 2 June 2013
City of London
Huxley Associates
Rate: £400 - £401 per day
Posted: 30 May 2013
London
Aston Carter
Rate: £350 - £500 per day
Posted: 18 June 2013
Milton Keynes, South East
Vital Solutions
Rate: Up to £550 per day
Posted: 17 June 2013
City of London
Capita Resourcing Ltd
Rate: £300 - £500 per day
Posted: 18 June 2013
London
Venturi
Rate: £350 per annum + Negotiable
Posted: 18 June 2013
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