England ISO9001 Contracts

This section looks at the demand for ISO 9001 skills within the England region with a comparison to our Quality Assurance & Compliance category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited ISO9001 over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

ISO 9001
Location Aberdeen Basingstoke Bedfordshire Berkshire Bournemouth Bracknell Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Chatham City of London Derbyshire Docklands, London Dorset Durham East Midlands East of England England Hampshire Hertfordshire Kent Leicestershire London Manchester Milton Keynes Newport North East North West Oswestry Pontefract Poole Portsmouth Reading Scotland Shropshire South East South Wales South West St Albans Suffolk Surrey Swadlincote Telford UK Wales West Midlands West Yorkshire Worcester Worcestershire Yorkshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	485	509
Rank change on same period last year	+24
Matching contract IT job ads	74	124
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.099 %	0.125 %
As % of the category below	2.553 %	2.860 %
Daily rates quoted	34	43
Average minimum daily rate	£365	£431
Average daily rate	£380	£447
% change on same period last year	-14.81 %
Average maximum daily rate	£396	£462
UK excluding London average daily rate	£405	£361
% change on same period last year	+12.17 %
Hourly rates quoted	4	17
Average minimum hourly rate	£31.50	£30.17
Average hourly rate	£33.50	£32.09
% change on same period last year	+4.40 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£35.50	£34.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£34.00	£30.60
% change on same period last year	+11.11 %
Quality Assurance & Compliance England
Matching contract IT job ads	2899	4335
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	3.864 %	4.386 %
Daily rates quoted	991	1508
Average minimum daily rate	£371	£394
Average daily rate	£397	£419
% change on same period last year	-5.21 %
Average maximum daily rate	£424	£445
UK excluding London average daily rate	£368	£371
% change on same period last year	-0.67 %
Hourly rates quoted	281	432
Average minimum hourly rate	£21.30	£23.51
Average hourly rate	£23.05	£25.16
% change on same period last year	-8.37 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£24.80	£26.81
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.31	£24.73
% change on same period last year	-5.77 %
ISO9001 UK

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.

ISO9001
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing ISO9001 across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Quality Assurance & Compliance category.

ISO9001
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing ISO9001 across the England region.

ISO9001
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing ISO9001 across the England region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing ISO9001 across the England region.

ISO9001
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing ISO9001 across the England region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ISO9001 within the England region over the 3 months to 25 July 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.

Location	Rank 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
London	+61	33	£369	-23.13 %
South East	+19	16	£388	+5.83 %
South West	+25	7	£400	-
East of England	+6	5	-	-
North East	+18	4	£467	+55.55 %
East Midlands	0	4	-	-
West Midlands	+5	3	£325	-
North West	-10	1	-	-
Yorkshire	+11	1	-	-

ISO9001 UK

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing ISO9001 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 ISO9001.

1 38 (21.59 %) ITIL 2 37 (21.02 %) Quality Management 3 35 (19.89 %) MS Project 4 29 (16.48 %) Windows 5 27 (15.34 %) QA 5 27 (15.34 %) QMS 6 24 (13.64 %) RUP 7 23 (13.07 %) UML 7 23 (13.07 %) SQL 7 23 (13.07 %) Degree 8 22 (12.50 %) Oracle 8 22 (12.50 %) OO 9 21 (11.93 %) Project Management 9 21 (11.93 %) XML 9 21 (11.93 %) Microsoft

10 20 (11.36 %) PRINCE2 10 20 (11.36 %) Finance 11 19 (10.80 %) C# 12 17 (9.659 %) Manufacturing 13 16 (9.091 %) Java 13 16 (9.091 %) .NET 13 16 (9.091 %) MS Office 13 16 (9.091 %) WebServices 13 16 (9.091 %) Rational Rose 14 15 (8.523 %) RequisitePro 15 14 (7.955 %) OOD 15 14 (7.955 %) UNIX 15 14 (7.955 %) Visual Studio 16 13 (7.386 %) VB 16 13 (7.386 %) C++

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing ISO9001 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 ISO9001. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 21 (11.93 %) XML 2 16 (9.091 %) .NET 2 16 (9.091 %) WebServices 3 12 (6.818 %) HTML 4 10 (5.682 %) CSS 4 10 (5.682 %) Swing 5 9 (5.114 %) ODBC 6 8 (4.545 %) XSL 6 8 (4.545 %) EJB 6 8 (4.545 %) JDBC 6 8 (4.545 %) J2EE 7 7 (3.977 %) JSP 7 7 (3.977 %) SOAP 7 7 (3.977 %) Struts 7 7 (3.977 %) CORBA 7 7 (3.977 %) CGI 8 6 (3.409 %) ASP.NET 9 4 (2.273 %) ASP 10 3 (1.705 %) AWT 10 3 (1.705 %) XML Schema	Application Platforms 1 11 (6.250 %) Apache 2 10 (5.682 %) IIS 2 10 (5.682 %) MS Exchange 3 9 (5.114 %) Exchange Server 2000 4 8 (4.545 %) Exchange Server 2007 5 7 (3.977 %) SharePoint 5 7 (3.977 %) SharePoint Server 2007 6 6 (3.409 %) Tomcat 7 3 (1.705 %) Exchange Server 2003 8 2 (1.136 %) Documentum 9 1 (0.568 %) Oracle Application Server 9 1 (0.568 %) WebLogic
Applications 1 35 (19.89 %) MS Project 2 16 (9.091 %) MS Office 3 6 (3.409 %) MS Excel 4 3 (1.705 %) MS Visio 4 3 (1.705 %) Quicktime 5 2 (1.136 %) S-PLUS 5 2 (1.136 %) Adobe Illustrator 6 1 (0.568 %) Pro/ENGINEER 6 1 (0.568 %) MS PowerPoint 6 1 (0.568 %) AutoCAD 6 1 (0.568 %) Photoshop	Business Applications 1 5 (2.841 %) SAP EHS 2 3 (1.705 %) Teamcenter 3 1 (0.568 %) Staffware 3 1 (0.568 %) SAP ERP
Communications & Networking 1 13 (7.386 %) TCP/IP 2 7 (3.977 %) IIOP 2 7 (3.977 %) Network Security 3 2 (1.136 %) VLAN 3 2 (1.136 %) Cisco PIX 3 2 (1.136 %) SSL 3 2 (1.136 %) DNS 3 2 (1.136 %) 3G 3 2 (1.136 %) OSPF 3 2 (1.136 %) BGP 3 2 (1.136 %) EIGRP 3 2 (1.136 %) Firewall 3 2 (1.136 %) DHCP 3 2 (1.136 %) HTTP 3 2 (1.136 %) IPX 3 2 (1.136 %) RIP 3 2 (1.136 %) SNMP 4 1 (0.568 %) GPRS 4 1 (0.568 %) LAN 4 1 (0.568 %) VoIP	Database & Business Intelligence 1 9 (5.114 %) Oracle 9i 1 9 (5.114 %) Oracle 10g 1 9 (5.114 %) TOAD 2 7 (3.977 %) MS Access 3 6 (3.409 %) MySQL 3 6 (3.409 %) RDBMS 3 6 (3.409 %) Microsoft Analysis Services 4 5 (2.841 %) SQL Server 5 2 (1.136 %) Crystal Reports 5 2 (1.136 %) Oracle Reports 6 1 (0.568 %) Datawarehouse 6 1 (0.568 %) ETL 6 1 (0.568 %) SQL Server 2005 6 1 (0.568 %) BusinessObjects 6 1 (0.568 %) SQL Server 7 6 1 (0.568 %) SQL Server 2000 6 1 (0.568 %) Oracle OWB
Development Applications 1 16 (9.091 %) Rational Rose 2 15 (8.523 %) RequisitePro 3 14 (7.955 %) Visual Studio 4 10 (5.682 %) ClearQuest 5 7 (3.977 %) PowerBuilder 5 7 (3.977 %) Eclipse 6 6 (3.409 %) Subversion 7 4 (2.273 %) Ant 7 4 (2.273 %) ClearCase 8 3 (1.705 %) PVCS 8 3 (1.705 %) VSS/SourceSafe 8 3 (1.705 %) TestDirector 9 2 (1.136 %) InstallShield 9 2 (1.136 %) NUnit 10 1 (0.568 %) Dreamweaver	General 1 20 (11.36 %) Finance 2 17 (9.659 %) Manufacturing 3 11 (6.250 %) Government 4 10 (5.682 %) Legal 4 10 (5.682 %) Aerospace 5 9 (5.114 %) Electronics 5 9 (5.114 %) Telecoms 6 8 (4.545 %) Health 7 7 (3.977 %) Banking 8 5 (2.841 %) Auditing 9 4 (2.273 %) Pharmaceutical 9 4 (2.273 %) Automotive 10 3 (1.705 %) Investment Banking 11 2 (1.136 %) Games 11 2 (1.136 %) Construction 11 2 (1.136 %) Education 11 2 (1.136 %) Electric 11 2 (1.136 %) Retail 12 1 (0.568 %) Publishing 12 1 (0.568 %) Home Office
Job Titles 1 22 (12.50 %) Project Manager 2 19 (10.80 %) Consultant 3 15 (8.523 %) Developer 3 15 (8.523 %) Analyst 4 10 (5.682 %) Trainer 4 10 (5.682 %) Build Manager 5 8 (4.545 %) Software Engineer 5 8 (4.545 %) Configuration Manager 6 6 (3.409 %) Quality Manager 6 6 (3.409 %) Security Consultant 6 6 (3.409 %) Hardware Engineer 7 5 (2.841 %) IT Security Consultant 7 5 (2.841 %) SAP Consultant 7 5 (2.841 %) Technical Analyst 7 5 (2.841 %) Programmer 7 5 (2.841 %) Author 7 5 (2.841 %) Technical Author 7 5 (2.841 %) IT Consultant 8 4 (2.273 %) Business Analyst 8 4 (2.273 %) Quality Engineer	Miscellaneous 1 9 (5.114 %) W3C 2 5 (2.841 %) Management Information System 2 5 (2.841 %) NHS 3 4 (2.273 %) Client/Server 3 4 (2.273 %) Streaming Video 3 4 (2.273 %) Fixed Income 3 4 (2.273 %) Derivative 4 3 (1.705 %) ASIC 4 3 (1.705 %) Field-Programmable Gate Array 5 2 (1.136 %) Multithreading 5 2 (1.136 %) Device Driver 6 1 (0.568 %) Blackberry 6 1 (0.568 %) Mainframe 6 1 (0.568 %) N-Tier 6 1 (0.568 %) EFT 6 1 (0.568 %) Smartcard 6 1 (0.568 %) Mathematics 6 1 (0.568 %) Computer Science 6 1 (0.568 %) Life Science 6 1 (0.568 %) CMDB
Operating Systems 1 29 (16.48 %) Windows 2 14 (7.955 %) UNIX 3 7 (3.977 %) Windows Server 2003 4 6 (3.409 %) Solaris 5 4 (2.273 %) Linux 5 4 (2.273 %) zOS 6 2 (1.136 %) Windows 2000 7 1 (0.568 %) Windows XP 7 1 (0.568 %) VME	Processes & Methodologies 1 38 (21.59 %) ITIL 2 37 (21.02 %) Quality Management 3 27 (15.34 %) QMS 4 24 (13.64 %) RUP 5 23 (13.07 %) UML 6 22 (12.50 %) OO 7 21 (11.93 %) Project Management 8 20 (11.36 %) PRINCE2 9 14 (7.955 %) OOD 10 11 (6.250 %) OOA/OOD 11 9 (5.114 %) Unified Process 12 8 (4.545 %) Configuration Management 12 8 (4.545 %) Software Engineering 12 8 (4.545 %) PRINCE 12 8 (4.545 %) Workflow 13 7 (3.977 %) CRM 13 7 (3.977 %) Security Cleared 14 6 (3.409 %) SC Cleared 14 6 (3.409 %) Business Intelligence 14 6 (3.409 %) PLM
Programming Languages 1 23 (13.07 %) SQL 2 19 (10.80 %) C# 3 16 (9.091 %) Java 4 13 (7.386 %) C++ 4 13 (7.386 %) C 4 13 (7.386 %) VB 5 12 (6.818 %) JavaScript 6 11 (6.250 %) PL/SQL 7 9 (5.114 %) Perl 7 9 (5.114 %) VB6 7 9 (5.114 %) VBA 8 2 (1.136 %) VC++ 8 2 (1.136 %) Python 8 2 (1.136 %) Transact-SQL 9 1 (0.568 %) Ada 9 1 (0.568 %) Embedded C 9 1 (0.568 %) Assembly Language 9 1 (0.568 %) Korn 9 1 (0.568 %) VB.NET	Qualifications 1 23 (13.07 %) Degree 2 10 (5.682 %) Microsoft Certification 3 7 (3.977 %) MCSE 3 7 (3.977 %) MCDBA 3 7 (3.977 %) MCT 3 7 (3.977 %) MCSD 4 6 (3.409 %) ITIL Certification 5 5 (2.841 %) HNC 6 3 (1.705 %) ISEB 7 2 (1.136 %) CISSP 7 2 (1.136 %) HND 7 2 (1.136 %) IRCA 7 2 (1.136 %) CISM 8 1 (0.568 %) CCVP 8 1 (0.568 %) PRINCE2 Certification 8 1 (0.568 %) PRINCE2 Practitioner 8 1 (0.568 %) Chartered Engineer 8 1 (0.568 %) MCP 8 1 (0.568 %) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 27 (15.34 %) QA 2 10 (5.682 %) ISO27001 3 5 (2.841 %) BS25999 4 4 (2.273 %) TickIT 5 3 (1.705 %) GxP 6 2 (1.136 %) SLA 6 2 (1.136 %) BS7799 6 2 (1.136 %) Sarbanes-Oxley 7 1 (0.568 %) ISO14001 7 1 (0.568 %) EFQM 7 1 (0.568 %) 21 CFR Part 11 7 1 (0.568 %) GCP 7 1 (0.568 %) ISO9000	System Software 1 1 (0.568 %) Active Directory
Systems Management 1 2 (1.136 %) CiscoWorks 1 2 (1.136 %) Tivoli NetView	Vendors 1 22 (12.50 %) Oracle 2 21 (11.93 %) Microsoft 3 13 (7.386 %) IBM 4 9 (5.114 %) Macromedia 4 9 (5.114 %) Altova 5 7 (3.977 %) SAP 6 5 (2.841 %) EMC 7 3 (1.705 %) Apple 7 3 (1.705 %) Sony 7 3 (1.705 %) Cisco 7 3 (1.705 %) Fundtech 8 2 (1.136 %) Sun 8 2 (1.136 %) Adobe 8 2 (1.136 %) Applix 8 2 (1.136 %) CheckPoint 8 2 (1.136 %) Nokia 9 1 (0.568 %) BEA 9 1 (0.568 %) MicroStrategy 9 1 (0.568 %) iSOFT 9 1 (0.568 %) ICL