The first table below looks at the demand for Data Quality skills in IT contracts advertised for the Milton Keynes region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Data Quality over the 3 months to 24 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 Milton Keynes 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Data Quality
Rank 53 - 55
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Data Quality 2 0 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 0.377% - 0.166%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 5.000% - 2.041%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
Average daily rate £363 - £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £370 £400
% change year-on-year
+1.35% -7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £17.00 £19.58
% change year-on-year
- -13.15%
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
Milton Keynes
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
40 56 49
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 7.533% 8.023% 8.140%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 10 11
Average daily rate £410 £350 £203
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+17.14% +72.83%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £207 £115
10% offered a daily rate of more than £725 £380 £395
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £375
% change year-on-year
- -6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 13
Average hourly rate - £14.00 £14.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.75 £16.35 £30.50
% change year-on-year
+8.56% -46.39%
Data Quality
Buckinghamshire

Data Quality
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Milton Keynes 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 Milton Keynes region.

Milton Keynes 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 Milton Keynes region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Milton Keynes Data Quality Daily Rate Histogram

Data Quality
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Milton Keynes 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 4 (80.00%) Oracle
2 3 (60.00%) Information Management
2 3 (60.00%) Technical Architecture
2 3 (60.00%) Oracle Fusion
3 2 (40.00%) Enterprise Architecture
3 2 (40.00%) BPEL4WS
3 2 (40.00%) CRM
3 2 (40.00%) WSDL
4 1 (20.00%) XML Schema
4 1 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (20.00%) IBM
4 1 (20.00%) HP
4 1 (20.00%) ISEB
4 1 (20.00%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (20.00%) Data Modelling
4 1 (20.00%) JavaScript
4 1 (20.00%) SQL
4 1 (20.00%) Business Objects
4 1 (20.00%) SOAP
4 1 (20.00%) Web Services
4 1 (20.00%) XML
4 1 (20.00%) ITIL
4 1 (20.00%) UML
4 1 (20.00%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
4 1 (20.00%) Risk Management
4 1 (20.00%) Workflow
4 1 (20.00%) Oracle Workflow
4 1 (20.00%) Risk Assessment
4 1 (20.00%) ISEB Practitioner

Data Quality
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Milton Keynes 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 3 (60.00%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (40.00%) BPEL4WS
2 2 (40.00%) WSDL
3 1 (20.00%) XML Schema
3 1 (20.00%) SOAP
3 1 (20.00%) Web Services
3 1 (20.00%) XML
3 1 (20.00%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 1 (20.00%) Oracle Workflow
1 1 (20.00%) ESB
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (20.00%) Oracle Reports
1 1 (20.00%) BODI
1 1 (20.00%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Architect
2 2 (40.00%) Oracle Architect
2 2 (40.00%) Oracle Solutions Architect
2 2 (40.00%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (20.00%) Oracle Consultant
3 1 (20.00%) Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Test Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Consultant
3 1 (20.00%) Data Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Information Management
1 3 (60.00%) Technical Architecture
2 2 (40.00%) Enterprise Architecture
2 2 (40.00%) CRM
3 1 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (20.00%) Data Modelling
3 1 (20.00%) ITIL
3 1 (20.00%) UML
3 1 (20.00%) Risk Management
3 1 (20.00%) Workflow
3 1 (20.00%) Risk Assessment
3 1 (20.00%) BPEL
3 1 (20.00%) Software Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Test Strategy
3 1 (20.00%) Fault Management
3 1 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Test Scripting
3 1 (20.00%) Performance Management
3 1 (20.00%) Data Architecture
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) ISEB
1 1 (20.00%) ISEB Practitioner
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Oracle
2 1 (20.00%) IBM
2 1 (20.00%) HP
2 1 (20.00%) Business Objects