The first table below looks at the demand for Quality Management 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 Quality Management over the 3 months to 18 June 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 Processes & Methodologies 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Quality Management
Rank 103 121 102
Rank change year-on-year
+18 -19
Contract jobs citing Quality Management 19 13 30
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 0.788% 0.427% 0.986%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.120% 0.680% 1.542%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 3 16
Average daily rate £363 £340 £469
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.61% -27.46%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £305 £340 £278
10% offered a daily rate of more than £484 £355 £538
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £340 £413
% change year-on-year
+6.61% -17.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £12.01 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £44.60 £28.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year
+56.47% -12.30%
All Processes & Methodologies
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1696 1913 1945
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 70.37% 62.82% 63.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 820 994 1025
Average daily rate £350 £350 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +7.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £250 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £475 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 84 87 90
Average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-5.00% -11.11%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £13.50 £11.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £46.00 £37.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
Quality Management
England

Quality Management
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West Quality Management Jobs Demand Trend

Quality Management
Daily Rate Trend

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

North West Quality Management Daily Rate Trend

Quality Management
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Quality Management across the North West region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

North West Quality Management Daily Rate Histogram

Quality Management
Hourly Rate Trend

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

North West Quality Management Hourly Rate Trend

Quality Management
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Quality Management within the North West region over the 3 months to 18 June 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
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Vacancies
Manchester +21 8 £375 -
Cheshire - 4 £475 - 1
Merseyside - 2 £363 -
Quality Management
England

Quality Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing Quality Management 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 Quality Management.

1 11 (35.48%) Finance
1 11 (35.48%) Stakeholder Management
2 7 (22.58%) Management Information System
3 6 (19.35%) Risk Management
3 6 (19.35%) Programme Management
3 6 (19.35%) Project Management
3 6 (19.35%) SAP
3 6 (19.35%) User Acceptance Testing
3 6 (19.35%) Change Control
4 5 (16.13%) SAP QM
5 4 (12.90%) Banking
5 4 (12.90%) PRINCE2
5 4 (12.90%) MS Excel
5 4 (12.90%) SharePoint
6 3 (9.677%) Microsoft
6 3 (9.677%) Oracle
6 3 (9.677%) NHS
6 3 (9.677%) PRINCE
6 3 (9.677%) Informatics
7 2 (6.452%) Incident Management
7 2 (6.452%) Release Management
7 2 (6.452%) Data Cleansing
7 2 (6.452%) Data Integration
7 2 (6.452%) Business Analysis
7 2 (6.452%) Local Government
7 2 (6.452%) Information Management
7 2 (6.452%) Data Analysis
7 2 (6.452%) CRISC
7 2 (6.452%) Data Quality
7 2 (6.452%) CGEIT

Quality Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing Quality Management 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 Quality Management. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (6.452%) .NET
2 1 (3.226%) ASP.NET
2 1 (3.226%) CSS
2 1 (3.226%) Web Services
2 1 (3.226%) jQuery
2 1 (3.226%) HTML5
Application Platforms
1 4 (12.90%) SharePoint
2 2 (6.452%) PowerExchange
3 1 (3.226%) LiveLink
3 1 (3.226%) SharePoint 2010
3 1 (3.226%) Documentum
3 1 (3.226%) IIS
Applications
1 4 (12.90%) MS Excel
2 2 (6.452%) MS Visio
3 1 (3.226%) MS PowerPoint
3 1 (3.226%) MS Project
3 1 (3.226%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 5 (16.13%) SAP QM
2 1 (3.226%) TrackWise
2 1 (3.226%) Maximo
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.452%) SQL Server
1 2 (6.452%) Oracle 8/8i
1 2 (6.452%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (6.452%) Oracle 10g
1 2 (6.452%) PowerCenter
2 1 (3.226%) Oracle 11g
Development Applications
1 1 (3.226%) ClearCase
General
1 11 (35.48%) Finance
2 4 (12.90%) Banking
3 2 (6.452%) Local Government
4 1 (3.226%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (3.226%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 11 (35.48%) Analyst
2 8 (25.81%) Business Analyst
3 6 (19.35%) Consultant
4 3 (9.677%) Programme Manager
4 3 (9.677%) SAP Consultant
4 3 (9.677%) SAP QM Consultant
4 3 (9.677%) Insurance Business Analyst
4 3 (9.677%) PMO Analyst
4 3 (9.677%) Senior Analyst
5 2 (6.452%) Service Manager
5 2 (6.452%) Service Desk Manager
5 2 (6.452%) Team Leader
5 2 (6.452%) Project Manager
6 1 (3.226%) Management Consultant
6 1 (3.226%) Development Manager
6 1 (3.226%) Support Assistant
6 1 (3.226%) Senior Manager
6 1 (3.226%) Security Consultant
6 1 (3.226%) Quality Manager
6 1 (3.226%) IT Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 7 (22.58%) Management Information System
2 3 (9.677%) Informatics
2 3 (9.677%) NHS
3 2 (6.452%) Data Integration
4 1 (3.226%) Smart Meter
4 1 (3.226%) SaaS
4 1 (3.226%) Health Informatics
4 1 (3.226%) Smartcard
4 1 (3.226%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.226%) Windows
1 1 (3.226%) Linux
1 1 (3.226%) Android
1 1 (3.226%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (35.48%) Stakeholder Management
2 6 (19.35%) Programme Management
2 6 (19.35%) Project Management
2 6 (19.35%) Risk Management
2 6 (19.35%) User Acceptance Testing
2 6 (19.35%) Change Control
3 4 (12.90%) PRINCE2
4 3 (9.677%) PRINCE
5 2 (6.452%) ETL
5 2 (6.452%) Migration
5 2 (6.452%) Information Management
5 2 (6.452%) Data Analysis
5 2 (6.452%) Business Analysis
5 2 (6.452%) Incident Management
5 2 (6.452%) Release Management
5 2 (6.452%) Business Transformation
5 2 (6.452%) Data Cleansing
5 2 (6.452%) Waterfall
6 1 (3.226%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (3.226%) Information Governance
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.226%) C++
1 1 (3.226%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 2 (6.452%) CISA
1 2 (6.452%) CISM
1 2 (6.452%) CGEIT
1 2 (6.452%) CRISC
2 1 (3.226%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 1 (3.226%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.452%) SLA
1 2 (6.452%) Data Quality
2 1 (3.226%) ISO 9001
2 1 (3.226%) GxP
System Software
1 1 (3.226%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 6 (19.35%) SAP
2 3 (9.677%) Microsoft
2 3 (9.677%) Oracle
3 2 (6.452%) Informatica
3 2 (6.452%) Trillium
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