The first table below looks at the demand for ISO 9001 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 ISO 9001 over the 3 months to 21 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
ISO 9001
Rank 116 131 127
Rank change year-on-year
+15 -4
Contract jobs citing ISO 9001 3 4 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 0.127% 0.127% 0.100%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 2.344% 1.970% 2.174%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 1
Average daily rate £160 £190 £388
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-15.78% -50.96%
UK excluding London average daily rate £338 £375 £350
% change year-on-year
-10.00% +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £12.01 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £34.63 £13.00 £37.00
% change year-on-year
+166.34% -64.86%
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
128 203 138
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 5.421% 6.436% 4.585%
Number of daily rates quoted 69 78 63
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 £445 £425 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £345 £350 £375
% change year-on-year
-1.42% -6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 14 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 £11.88 £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 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+7.03% -45.50%
ISO 9001
England

ISO 9001
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing ISO 9001 across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Quality Assurance & Compliance category.

North West ISO 9001 Jobs Demand Trend

ISO 9001
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing ISO 9001 across the North West region.

North West ISO 9001 Daily Rate Trend

ISO 9001
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing ISO 9001 across the North West region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

North West ISO 9001 Daily Rate Histogram

ISO 9001
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing ISO 9001 across the North West region.

North West ISO 9001 Hourly Rate Trend

ISO 9001
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ISO 9001 within the North West region over the 3 months to 21 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
Manchester +15 3 £160 -15.78%
ISO 9001
England

ISO 9001
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing ISO 9001 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 9001.

1 3 (42.86%) CMMI
1 3 (42.86%) QA
2 2 (28.57%) Mobile App
2 2 (28.57%) Kindle
2 2 (28.57%) Ajax
2 2 (28.57%) Statistical Analysis
2 2 (28.57%) jQuery
2 2 (28.57%) Web Design
2 2 (28.57%) DNS
2 2 (28.57%) JavaScript
2 2 (28.57%) PHP
2 2 (28.57%) SQL
2 2 (28.57%) VB.NET
2 2 (28.57%) .NET
2 2 (28.57%) MySQL
2 2 (28.57%) ASP
2 2 (28.57%) CSS
2 2 (28.57%) Apache
3 1 (14.29%) MS Excel
3 1 (14.29%) OOD
3 1 (14.29%) TCP/IP
3 1 (14.29%) ITIL
3 1 (14.29%) PRINCE2
3 1 (14.29%) UML
3 1 (14.29%) SQL Server
3 1 (14.29%) Visual Studio
3 1 (14.29%) VB
3 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
3 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (14.29%) NHS

ISO 9001
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing ISO 9001 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 9001. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (28.57%) Ajax
1 2 (28.57%) jQuery
1 2 (28.57%) .NET
1 2 (28.57%) ASP
1 2 (28.57%) CSS
2 1 (14.29%) Silverlight
Application Platforms
1 2 (28.57%) Apache
Applications
1 1 (14.29%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (28.57%) DNS
2 1 (14.29%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (28.57%) MySQL
2 1 (14.29%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Visual Studio
1 1 (14.29%) NUnit
General
1 1 (14.29%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Developer
1 3 (42.86%) Quality Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Software Developer
2 1 (14.29%) Programme Manager
2 1 (14.29%) C# Developer
2 1 (14.29%) C# Software Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Mobile App
1 2 (28.57%) Kindle
2 1 (14.29%) NHS
2 1 (14.29%) Management Information System
2 1 (14.29%) Informatics
2 1 (14.29%) Health Informatics
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) CMMI
2 2 (28.57%) Statistical Analysis
2 2 (28.57%) Web Design
3 1 (14.29%) OOD
3 1 (14.29%) ITIL
3 1 (14.29%) PRINCE2
3 1 (14.29%) UML
3 1 (14.29%) TDD
3 1 (14.29%) Risk Management
3 1 (14.29%) Continuous Integration
3 1 (14.29%) Multithreading
3 1 (14.29%) QMS
3 1 (14.29%) Quality Management
3 1 (14.29%) Information Governance
Programming Languages
1 2 (28.57%) JavaScript
1 2 (28.57%) PHP
1 2 (28.57%) SQL
1 2 (28.57%) VB.NET
2 1 (14.29%) VB
2 1 (14.29%) C#
2 1 (14.29%) C++
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (14.29%) BC Cleared
1 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (42.86%) QA
2 1 (14.29%) TickIT
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
1 1 (14.29%) Twitter
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