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The table below looks at the demand for Quality Management skills within the England 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 7 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkQuality Management
Location
3 months to
7 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank361379
Rank change on same period last yearUp+18
Matching contract IT job ads204271
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.290 %0.274 %
As % of the category below0.573 %0.579 %
Daily rates quoted73126
Average minimum daily rate£398£388
Average daily rate£427£411
% change on same period last year+3.75 %
Average maximum daily rate£456£434
UK excluding London average daily rate£400£369
% change on same period last year+8.46 %
Hourly rates quoted1311
Average minimum hourly rate£35.28£26.82
Average hourly rate£36.51£28.86
% change on same period last year+26.50 %
Average maximum hourly rate£37.74£30.91
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.69£29.50
% change on same period last year+10.81 %
England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
England
Matching contract IT job ads3562346842
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled50.62 %47.31 %
Daily rates quoted1290615754
Average minimum daily rate£385£386
Average daily rate£413£410
% change on same period last year+0.60 %
Average maximum daily rate£440£434
UK excluding London average daily rate£377£371
% change on same period last year+1.63 %
Hourly rates quoted23653132
Average minimum hourly rate£27.33£28.28
Average hourly rate£29.11£30.11
% change on same period last year-3.34 %
Average maximum hourly rate£30.89£31.95
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.32£30.04
% change on same period last year-2.39 %
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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 England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

England 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 England region.

England Quality Management Daily Rate Trend

Quality Management
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Quality Management across the England region over the 3 months to 7 October 2008.

England Quality Management Daily Rate Histogram

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 England region.

England Quality Management Hourly Rate Trend

Quality Management
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Quality Management across the England region over the 3 months to 7 October 2008.

England Quality Management Hourly Rate Histogram

Quality Management
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Quality Management within the England region over the 3 months to 7 October 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
LondonUp+4972£455-2.35 %
South EastUp+1235£367-3.40 %
YorkshireUp+2030£450+33.33 %
South WestUp+3415£435+42.50 %
East MidlandsUp+1413£388-
North WestUp+1012£461+22.11 %
West MidlandsUp+99--
East of EnglandUp+138£301-18.09 %
North EastNew entry-6£452-
MidlandsUp+203--
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Quality Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England 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.

199 (22.20 %)PRINCE2
280 (17.94 %)Project Management
379 (17.71 %)QMS
471 (15.92 %)Finance
557 (12.78 %)SQL
557 (12.78 %)Banking
650 (11.21 %)Government
747 (10.54 %)Programme Management
747 (10.54 %)QA
846 (10.31 %)Security Cleared
944 (9.865 %)Business Analysis
1043 (9.641 %)Oracle
1138 (8.520 %)NHS
1138 (8.520 %)Investment Banking
1235 (7.848 %)Health
1334 (7.623 %)Pharmaceutical
1433 (7.399 %)Migration
1532 (7.175 %)Data Migration
1631 (6.951 %)Configuration Management
1631 (6.951 %)Windows
1730 (6.726 %)ITIL
1730 (6.726 %)Risk Management
1828 (6.278 %)XML
1927 (6.054 %)Stakeholder Management
1927 (6.054 %)Degree
2026 (5.830 %)Pensions
2026 (5.830 %)MS Office
2124 (5.381 %)MS Project
2124 (5.381 %)Software Testing
2223 (5.157 %)Management Information System

Quality Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England 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.

England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
128 (6.278 %)XML
213 (2.915 %)XML Schema
312 (2.691 %).NET
47 (1.570 %)ASP.NET
54 (0.897 %)SOAP
54 (0.897 %)WebServices
54 (0.897 %)WebSphere
63 (0.673 %)XML Messaging
63 (0.673 %)AJAX
63 (0.673 %)J2EE
72 (0.448 %)ebXML
72 (0.448 %)Middleware
72 (0.448 %)J2SE
81 (0.224 %)WSDL
England IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
15 (1.121 %)ArcGIS
24 (0.897 %)WebSphere Application Server
33 (0.673 %)Lotus Notes
33 (0.673 %)SharePoint
33 (0.673 %)Documentum
42 (0.448 %)IIS
51 (0.224 %)SAS
51 (0.224 %)CMS
51 (0.224 %)ESB
51 (0.224 %)Tomcat
51 (0.224 %)WebLogic
England IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
126 (5.830 %)MS Office
224 (5.381 %)MS Project
320 (4.484 %)MS Excel
412 (2.691 %)Spreadsheet
510 (2.242 %)MS Visio
66 (1.345 %)MS PowerPoint
71 (0.224 %)PageMaker
71 (0.224 %)FrameMaker
England IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
12 (0.448 %)ProfileStage
12 (0.448 %)SAP QM
21 (0.224 %)HFM
21 (0.224 %)SAP ERP
21 (0.224 %)SAP R/3
21 (0.224 %)Oracle Manufacturing
21 (0.224 %)SAP CRM
England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
110 (2.242 %)Broadband
25 (1.121 %)TCP/IP
25 (1.121 %)Intranet
34 (0.897 %)Internet
34 (0.897 %)LAN
34 (0.897 %)WAN
41 (0.224 %)FTP
41 (0.224 %)SDH
41 (0.224 %)Firewall
41 (0.224 %)Wireless
England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
117 (3.812 %)Reference Data
211 (2.466 %)ETL
38 (1.794 %)Oracle 10g
38 (1.794 %)Oracle Reports
47 (1.570 %)RDBMS
47 (1.570 %)GIS
56 (1.345 %)TOAD
65 (1.121 %)BusinessObjects
65 (1.121 %)SQL Server
74 (0.897 %)Oracle 9i
74 (0.897 %)Crystal Reports
74 (0.897 %)EDRMS
74 (0.897 %)BusinessObjects XI
83 (0.673 %)Data Cleansing
83 (0.673 %)Datawarehouse
83 (0.673 %)Oracle 8/8i
92 (0.448 %)MS Access
92 (0.448 %)DataStage
92 (0.448 %)QualityStage
101 (0.224 %)SQL Server 2000
England IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
112 (2.691 %)TestDirector
26 (1.345 %)LoadRunner
34 (0.897 %)ClearQuest
42 (0.448 %)RequisitePro
42 (0.448 %)Rational Rose
51 (0.224 %)WinRunner
51 (0.224 %)Visual Studio
51 (0.224 %)PVCS
51 (0.224 %)ClearCase
51 (0.224 %)SilkPerformer
England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
171 (15.92 %)Finance
257 (12.78 %)Banking
350 (11.21 %)Government
438 (8.520 %)Investment Banking
535 (7.848 %)Health
634 (7.623 %)Pharmaceutical
726 (5.830 %)Pensions
820 (4.484 %)Back Office
918 (4.036 %)Education
1015 (3.363 %)Manufacturing
119 (2.018 %)Retail
128 (1.794 %)Insurance
137 (1.570 %)Auditing
146 (1.345 %)Construction
155 (1.121 %)Marketing
164 (0.897 %)Local Government
164 (0.897 %)Retail Banking
164 (0.897 %)Telecoms
164 (0.897 %)Criminal Justice
173 (0.673 %)Legal
England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1103 (23.09 %)Analyst
268 (15.25 %)Project Manager
345 (10.09 %)Business Analyst
438 (8.520 %)Developer
520 (4.484 %)Consultant
618 (4.036 %)Quality Manager
716 (3.587 %)Senior Analyst
815 (3.363 %)Quality Analyst
912 (2.691 %)Support Analyst
912 (2.691 %)Architect
912 (2.691 %)Test Manager
1011 (2.466 %)Senior Manager
1110 (2.242 %)Author
1110 (2.242 %)Administrator
1110 (2.242 %)SQL Developer
129 (2.018 %)IT Project Manager
129 (2.018 %)Data Manager
129 (2.018 %)Release Manager
129 (2.018 %)Data Analyst
129 (2.018 %)Programme Manager
England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
138 (8.520 %)NHS
223 (5.157 %)Management Information System
321 (4.709 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
417 (3.812 %)Equities
516 (3.587 %)Derivative
516 (3.587 %)Interest Rate Derivative
516 (3.587 %)Equity Derivative
516 (3.587 %)Credit Derivative
68 (1.794 %)Mainframe
76 (1.345 %)Statistics
76 (1.345 %)Computer Science
84 (0.897 %)Mathematics
84 (0.897 %)PACS
84 (0.897 %)NPfIT
84 (0.897 %)Smartcard
93 (0.673 %)PMI
102 (0.448 %)Credit Risk
102 (0.448 %)RMADS
102 (0.448 %)Data Integration
102 (0.448 %)CESG
England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
131 (6.951 %)Windows
222 (4.933 %)UNIX
310 (2.242 %)Windows Server 2003
44 (0.897 %)Solaris
53 (0.673 %)HPUX
61 (0.224 %)Linux
61 (0.224 %)Windows 2000
61 (0.224 %)Windows XP
England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
199 (22.20 %)PRINCE2
280 (17.94 %)Project Management
379 (17.71 %)QMS
447 (10.54 %)Programme Management
546 (10.31 %)Security Cleared
644 (9.865 %)Business Analysis
733 (7.399 %)Migration
832 (7.175 %)Data Migration
931 (6.951 %)Configuration Management
1030 (6.726 %)Risk Management
1030 (6.726 %)ITIL
1127 (6.054 %)Stakeholder Management
1224 (5.381 %)Software Testing
1323 (5.157 %)Change Management
1419 (4.260 %)SC Cleared
1518 (4.036 %)Performance Management
1518 (4.036 %)PRINCE
1518 (4.036 %)Validation
1617 (3.812 %)Project Planning
1715 (3.363 %)Document Management
England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
157 (12.78 %)SQL
219 (4.260 %)Java
311 (2.466 %)C#
311 (2.466 %)Shell Script
48 (1.794 %)Perl
48 (1.794 %)PL/SQL
48 (1.794 %)Transact-SQL
48 (1.794 %)VB
56 (1.345 %)VB.NET
56 (1.345 %)C
64 (0.897 %)VB6
64 (0.897 %)VBA
73 (0.673 %)VBScript
81 (0.224 %)C++
England IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
127 (6.054 %)Degree
217 (3.812 %)PRINCE2 Certification
315 (3.363 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
412 (2.691 %)Cisco Certification
511 (2.466 %)HNC
511 (2.466 %)HND
511 (2.466 %)ISEB
68 (1.794 %)ITIL Certification
74 (0.897 %)PMP
74 (0.897 %)PMI Certification
74 (0.897 %)Microsoft Certification
74 (0.897 %)ISEB Practitioner
83 (0.673 %)Sun Certification
83 (0.673 %)IRCA
83 (0.673 %)Oracle Certification
92 (0.448 %)OCA
92 (0.448 %)MCSE
101 (0.224 %)CCNP
101 (0.224 %)MCP
101 (0.224 %)A+ Certification
England IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
147 (10.54 %)QA
222 (4.933 %)ISO9001
310 (2.242 %)21 CFR Part 11
310 (2.242 %)GMP
310 (2.242 %)GLP
49 (2.018 %)GxP
56 (1.345 %)GCP
64 (0.897 %)GAMP
73 (0.673 %)EFQM
82 (0.448 %)ISO27001
82 (0.448 %)MiFID
82 (0.448 %)SLA
82 (0.448 %)TickIT
82 (0.448 %)HL7
91 (0.224 %)HMG Infosec
91 (0.224 %)CESG Infosec
91 (0.224 %)BS25999
91 (0.224 %)ISO14001
91 (0.224 %)ISO9000
91 (0.224 %)BS15000
England IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
16 (1.345 %)Oracle RMAN
24 (0.897 %)AquaLogic
32 (0.448 %)VMware Infrastructure
41 (0.224 %)Active Directory
41 (0.224 %)NetBackup
England IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
16 (1.345 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
143 (9.641 %)Oracle
220 (4.484 %)Microsoft
313 (2.915 %)Sybase
412 (2.691 %)Cisco
511 (2.466 %)SAP
68 (1.794 %)Sun
75 (1.121 %)Business Objects
75 (1.121 %)Primavera
84 (0.897 %)Meridio
84 (0.897 %)IBM
84 (0.897 %)Informatica
84 (0.897 %)BEA
93 (0.673 %)VMware
93 (0.673 %)Lotus
102 (0.448 %)Teradata
102 (0.448 %)Sarvega
111 (0.224 %)Google
111 (0.224 %)BT
111 (0.224 %)Ab Initio
111 (0.224 %)Borland