The first table below looks at the demand for GMP skills in IT contracts advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited GMP 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 Quality Assurance & Compliance category for the North West 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
Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP)
Rank - - 128
Contract jobs citing GMP 0 0 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West - - 0.130%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category - - 2.797%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 3
Average daily rate - - £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £469 £350 £650
% change year-on-year
+33.92% -46.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £17.50
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
124 207 143
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 5.398% 6.536% 4.644%
Number of daily rates quoted 67 80 65
Average daily rate £248 £300 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-17.50% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £125 £165 £119
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £425 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £340 £350 £375
% change year-on-year
-2.85% -6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 13 16
Average hourly rate £19.50 £16.00 £13.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+21.87% +20.75%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £16.10 £11.85 £9.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £26.50 £18.50 £55.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £16.35 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+7.03% -43.62%
GMP
England

GMP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West GMP Jobs Demand Trend

GMP
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing GMP across the North West region.

North West GMP Daily Rate Trend

GMP
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing GMP across the North West region.

North West GMP Hourly Rate Trend

GMP
Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing GMP 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 GMP.

1 2 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 2 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 2 (100.00%) NHS
1 2 (100.00%) Project Management
1 2 (100.00%) Data Security
1 2 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 2 (100.00%) Data Management
1 2 (100.00%) Business Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) Data Integration
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) Master Data Management
2 1 (50.00%) Data Protection

GMP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing GMP 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 GMP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Architect
1 2 (100.00%) Integration Architect
1 2 (100.00%) Solutions Architect
2 1 (50.00%) Information Architect
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) NHS
1 2 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 2 (100.00%) Data Integration
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 2 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 2 (100.00%) Project Management
1 2 (100.00%) Data Security
1 2 (100.00%) Data Management
1 2 (100.00%) Business Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) Master Data Management
2 1 (50.00%) Data Protection