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The table below looks at the demand for ISO 9001 skills within the North West region with a comparison to our Quality Assurance & Compliance category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited ISO9001 over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkISO 9001
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank124141
Rank change on same period last yearUp+17
Matching contract IT job ads53
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.007 %0.003 %
As % of the category below2.415 %2.222 %
Daily rates quoted20
Average minimum daily rate£500-
Average daily rate£500-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£500-
UK excluding London average daily rate£397£370
% change on same period last year+7.21 %
Hourly rates quoted22
Average minimum hourly rate£24.75£27.50
Average hourly rate£27.25£31.25
% change on same period last year-12.80 %
Average maximum hourly rate£29.75£35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£37.44£29.97
% change on same period last year+24.95 %
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
North West
Matching contract IT job ads207135
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.280 %0.133 %
Daily rates quoted3423
Average minimum daily rate£358£352
Average daily rate£379£369
% change on same period last year+2.65 %
Average maximum daily rate£400£387
UK excluding London average daily rate£378£354
% change on same period last year+6.75 %
Hourly rates quoted2614
Average minimum hourly rate£22.74£23.80
Average hourly rate£24.86£25.62
% change on same period last year-2.97 %
Average maximum hourly rate£26.97£27.44
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.82£25.74
% change on same period last year-7.48 %
ISO9001 EnglandISO9001
England

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

ISO9001
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing ISO9001 across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Quality Assurance & Compliance category.

North West ISO9001 Demand Trend

ISO9001
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing ISO9001 across the North West region.

North West ISO9001 Daily Rate Trend

ISO9001
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing ISO9001 across the North West region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

North West ISO9001 Daily Rate Histogram

ISO9001
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing ISO9001 across the North West region.

North West ISO9001 Hourly Rate Trend

ISO9001
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ISO9001 within the North West region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
ManchesterNew entry-2--
CheshireNew entry-2£500-
ISO9001 EnglandISO9001
England

ISO9001
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing ISO9001 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 ISO9001.

14 (57.14 %)ITIL
14 (57.14 %)Quality Management
23 (42.86 %)CMMI
23 (42.86 %)QMS
32 (28.57 %)QA
32 (28.57 %)Windows
32 (28.57 %)MS Exchange
32 (28.57 %)GAMP
32 (28.57 %)MS Excel
32 (28.57 %)Six Sigma
32 (28.57 %)Pharmaceutical
41 (14.29 %)Blackberry
41 (14.29 %)Configuration Management
41 (14.29 %)Windows XP
41 (14.29 %)N-Tier
41 (14.29 %)Microsoft
41 (14.29 %)Active Directory
41 (14.29 %)Windows Server 2003
41 (14.29 %)Windows 2000
41 (14.29 %)OOP
41 (14.29 %)OO
41 (14.29 %)C#
41 (14.29 %)HTML
41 (14.29 %)JavaScript
41 (14.29 %)SQL
41 (14.29 %)Transact-SQL
41 (14.29 %)VB.NET
41 (14.29 %).NET
41 (14.29 %)SQL Server
41 (14.29 %)MS Office

ISO9001
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing ISO9001 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 ISO9001. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

North West IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (14.29 %)HTML
11 (14.29 %).NET
11 (14.29 %)ASP
11 (14.29 %)ASP.NET
11 (14.29 %)CSS
11 (14.29 %)WebServices
11 (14.29 %)XML
11 (14.29 %)AJAX
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (28.57 %)MS Exchange
North West IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (28.57 %)MS Excel
21 (14.29 %)MS PowerPoint
21 (14.29 %)MS Office
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (14.29 %)SQL Server
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (14.29 %)Visual Studio
11 (14.29 %)PVCS
11 (14.29 %)VSS/SourceSafe
North West IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (28.57 %)Pharmaceutical
21 (14.29 %)Finance
21 (14.29 %)Manufacturing
21 (14.29 %)Marketing
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (28.57 %)Implementation Manager
21 (14.29 %)Documentation Writer
21 (14.29 %)Developer
21 (14.29 %)Web Developer
21 (14.29 %)Consultant
21 (14.29 %)1st Line Support
21 (14.29 %)Helpdesk Support
North West IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (14.29 %)N-Tier
11 (14.29 %)Blackberry
11 (14.29 %)PDA
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (28.57 %)Windows
21 (14.29 %)Windows 2000
21 (14.29 %)Windows XP
21 (14.29 %)Windows Server 2003
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (57.14 %)ITIL
14 (57.14 %)Quality Management
23 (42.86 %)CMMI
23 (42.86 %)QMS
32 (28.57 %)Six Sigma
41 (14.29 %)Configuration Management
41 (14.29 %)OOP
41 (14.29 %)OO
41 (14.29 %)SEO
41 (14.29 %)Validation
41 (14.29 %)Lean Manufacturing
41 (14.29 %)System Testing
41 (14.29 %)Time Management
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (14.29 %)C#
11 (14.29 %)JavaScript
11 (14.29 %)SQL
11 (14.29 %)Transact-SQL
11 (14.29 %)VB.NET
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (28.57 %)GAMP
12 (28.57 %)QA
North West IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (14.29 %)Active Directory
North West IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (14.29 %)Microsoft