The first table below looks at the demand for ISO 9000 skills in IT contracts advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited ISO 9000 over the 3 months to 23 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 London 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
ISO 9000
Rank 376 406 433
Rank change year-on-year
+30 +27
Contract jobs citing ISO 9000 1 4 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.005% 0.015% 0.006%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.062% 0.190% 0.083%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 2
Average daily rate £550 £425 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+29.41% +21.34%
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £350 £325
% change year-on-year
+21.42% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £35.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year
- -11.25%
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
1608 2102 2401
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 7.431% 7.805% 7.595%
Number of daily rates quoted 1111 1303 1578
Average daily rate £450 £463 £475
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.70% -2.63%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £283 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £643 £625
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £375
% change year-on-year
- -6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 64 53
Average hourly rate £32.75 £17.87 £18.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+83.31% -3.43%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.93 £11.70 £11.30
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £135.00 £40.60 £50.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £16.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -46.66%
ISO 9000
England

ISO 9000
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing ISO 9000 across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Quality Assurance & Compliance category.

London ISO 9000 Jobs Demand Trend

ISO 9000
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing ISO 9000 across the London region.

London ISO 9000 Daily Rate Trend

ISO 9000
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing ISO 9000 across the London region.

London ISO 9000 Hourly Rate Trend

ISO 9000
Top 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing ISO 9000 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 9000.

1 7 (77.78%) Configuration Management
1 7 (77.78%) Banking
2 4 (44.44%) QA
2 4 (44.44%) Investment Banking
3 3 (33.33%) Project Management
4 2 (22.22%) PRINCE2
4 2 (22.22%) Finance
4 2 (22.22%) Resource Management
5 1 (11.11%) Business Analysis
5 1 (11.11%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
5 1 (11.11%) Test Management
5 1 (11.11%) Investment Management
5 1 (11.11%) SharePoint 2010
5 1 (11.11%) Twitter
5 1 (11.11%) SharePoint 2013
5 1 (11.11%) Legal
5 1 (11.11%) Agile Software Development
5 1 (11.11%) GAP Analysis
5 1 (11.11%) Retail
5 1 (11.11%) SSADM
5 1 (11.11%) SharePoint
5 1 (11.11%) HTTP
5 1 (11.11%) HTTPS
5 1 (11.11%) BPR

ISO 9000
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing ISO 9000 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 9000. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 1 (11.11%) SharePoint 2010
1 1 (11.11%) SharePoint 2013
1 1 (11.11%) SharePoint
Communications & Networking
1 1 (11.11%) HTTP
1 1 (11.11%) HTTPS
General
1 7 (77.78%) Banking
2 4 (44.44%) Investment Banking
3 2 (22.22%) Finance
4 1 (11.11%) Legal
4 1 (11.11%) Retail
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) Test Manager
2 2 (22.22%) Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) SharePoint Project Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Business Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) Implementation Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) Project Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Business Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (77.78%) Configuration Management
2 3 (33.33%) Project Management
3 2 (22.22%) PRINCE2
3 2 (22.22%) Resource Management
4 1 (11.11%) Business Analysis
4 1 (11.11%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
4 1 (11.11%) Test Management
4 1 (11.11%) Investment Management
4 1 (11.11%) Agile Software Development
4 1 (11.11%) GAP Analysis
4 1 (11.11%) SSADM
4 1 (11.11%) BPR
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (44.44%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) Twitter