The first table below looks at the demand for Quality Management skills in IT contracts advertised for the Hertfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Quality Management over the 3 months to 17 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 Processes & Methodologies category for the Hertfordshire 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Quality Management
Rank 46 - 63
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Quality Management 17 0 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 2.644% - 0.346%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.688% - 0.556%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 0
Average daily rate £463 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £369 £325 £400
% change year-on-year
+13.46% -18.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £42.50 £32.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year
+30.76% -
All Processes & Methodologies
Hertfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
461 642 540
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 71.70% 66.32% 62.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 255 297 229
Average daily rate £410 £375 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+9.33% -6.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £268 £250 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £475 £575
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 54 80
Average hourly rate £21.50 £32.50 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-33.84% -7.14%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.05 £11.88 £16.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £39.60 £49.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.60 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.40% -16.66%
Quality Management
East of England

Quality Management
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Quality Management across the Hertfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Hertfordshire Quality Management Jobs Demand Trend

Quality Management
Daily Rate Trend

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

Hertfordshire Quality Management Daily Rate Trend

Quality Management
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Quality Management across the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Hertfordshire Quality Management Daily Rate Histogram

Quality Management
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hertfordshire Quality Management Hourly Rate Trend

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 Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 17 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
Rickmansworth - 8 £225 -
Royston - 2 £463 -
St Albans - 1 £495 -
Watford - 1 £600 -
Baldock - 1 - -
Quality Management
East of England

Quality Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire 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.

1 7 (33.33%) QA
2 6 (28.57%) Marketing
2 6 (28.57%) Content Management
2 6 (28.57%) ISO 9000
2 6 (28.57%) Intranet
2 6 (28.57%) Project Governance
3 5 (23.81%) Change Control
3 5 (23.81%) Project Management
3 5 (23.81%) Finance
4 4 (19.05%) MS Excel
5 3 (14.29%) MS Project
5 3 (14.29%) MS Office
5 3 (14.29%) SAP
5 3 (14.29%) MOM
5 3 (14.29%) Manufacturing
5 3 (14.29%) Project Planning
5 3 (14.29%) MS PowerPoint
5 3 (14.29%) Wonderware
5 3 (14.29%) SAP MII
5 3 (14.29%) Security Cleared
6 2 (9.524%) Software Engineering
6 2 (9.524%) Test Strategy
6 2 (9.524%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (9.524%) Aerospace
6 2 (9.524%) Risk Management
6 2 (9.524%) Service Delivery
6 2 (9.524%) ISO 9001
7 1 (4.762%) Microsoft
7 1 (4.762%) CheckPoint
7 1 (4.762%) Configuration Management

Quality Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire 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.

Applications
1 4 (19.05%) MS Excel
2 3 (14.29%) MS PowerPoint
2 3 (14.29%) MS Project
2 3 (14.29%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 3 (14.29%) SAP MII
Communications & Networking
1 6 (28.57%) Intranet
2 1 (4.762%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.762%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (4.762%) Selenium
General
1 6 (28.57%) Marketing
2 5 (23.81%) Finance
3 3 (14.29%) Manufacturing
4 2 (9.524%) Aerospace
5 1 (4.762%) Games
5 1 (4.762%) Retail
5 1 (4.762%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (28.57%) Business Manager
2 5 (23.81%) Information Manager
3 3 (14.29%) Analyst
3 3 (14.29%) Consultant
3 3 (14.29%) Support Analyst
3 3 (14.29%) Project Analyst
3 3 (14.29%) Project Support Analyst
4 2 (9.524%) Software Engineer
4 2 (9.524%) Infrastructure Manager
4 2 (9.524%) Quality Engineer
4 2 (9.524%) Architect
4 2 (9.524%) Software Quality Engineer
5 1 (4.762%) Infrastructure Technical Architect
5 1 (4.762%) Infrastructure Services Manager
5 1 (4.762%) Defect Manager
5 1 (4.762%) Radio Engineer
5 1 (4.762%) PMO Manager
5 1 (4.762%) QA Test Manager
5 1 (4.762%) RF Test Engineer
5 1 (4.762%) Test Leader
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.762%) Management Information System
1 1 (4.762%) Digital Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (28.57%) Content Management
1 6 (28.57%) Project Governance
2 5 (23.81%) Change Control
2 5 (23.81%) Project Management
3 3 (14.29%) Project Planning
4 2 (9.524%) Service Delivery
4 2 (9.524%) Risk Management
4 2 (9.524%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (9.524%) Test Strategy
4 2 (9.524%) Software Engineering
5 1 (4.762%) Enterprise Architecture
5 1 (4.762%) Infrastructure Management
5 1 (4.762%) Scrum
5 1 (4.762%) Agile Software Development
5 1 (4.762%) TDD
5 1 (4.762%) TOGAF
5 1 (4.762%) PRINCE2
5 1 (4.762%) CRM
5 1 (4.762%) Data Modelling
5 1 (4.762%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.762%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (14.29%) Security Cleared
2 1 (4.762%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (33.33%) QA
2 6 (28.57%) ISO 9000
3 2 (9.524%) ISO 9001
Systems Management
1 3 (14.29%) MOM
Vendors
1 3 (14.29%) SAP
1 3 (14.29%) Wonderware
2 1 (4.762%) Netezza
2 1 (4.762%) Planview
2 1 (4.762%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.762%) CheckPoint
Baldock, South East
You must have practical knowledge of Spectrum Analysers, Signal Generators, RF Receivers and Antennas.You will be working within a Technical Laboratory within quality management systems and should...
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Rate: £25000.00 - £43000.00 per annum
Posted: 9 May 2013