The first table below looks at the demand for Quality Management skills in IT contracts advertised for the Scotland region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Quality Management 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 Processes & Methodologies category for the Scotland 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
Quality Management
Rank 110 90 104
Rank change year-on-year
-20 +14
Contract jobs citing Quality Management 8 20 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 0.328% 0.752% 0.253%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.478% 1.168% 0.378%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 15 2
Average daily rate £324 £275 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+17.72% -38.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £252 £225 £430
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £455 £470
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £320 £400
% change year-on-year
+15.62% -20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £51.88 £32.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year
+59.61% -
All Processes & Methodologies
Scotland
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1674 1713 1854
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 68.63% 64.40% 67.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 866 868 956
Average daily rate £365 £350 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.28% -6.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £261 £225 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £475 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 67 50
Average hourly rate £20.00 £22.75 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-12.08% -24.16%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.25 £9.50 £9.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £44.30 £35.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
Quality Management
UK

Quality Management
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Scotland 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 Scotland region.

Scotland 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 Scotland region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Scotland 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 Scotland region.

Scotland 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 Scotland region over the 3 months to 24 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
Aberdeen - 2 £475 -
Renfrewshire - 2 £331 -
Glasgow -15 1 £323 -7.85%
Fife - 1 £315 -
Dundee - 1 £140 -
Quality Management
UK

Quality Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland 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 4 (33.33%) Project Management
2 3 (25.00%) CMMI
2 3 (25.00%) Finance
2 3 (25.00%) PRINCE2
2 3 (25.00%) ITIL
2 3 (25.00%) PMI Certification
2 3 (25.00%) QA
2 3 (25.00%) SC Cleared
2 3 (25.00%) Security Cleared
3 2 (16.67%) Requirements Management
3 2 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (16.67%) Change Control
3 2 (16.67%) Document Management
3 2 (16.67%) Business Analysis
3 2 (16.67%) PMI
3 2 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (16.67%) Six Sigma
4 1 (8.333%) BPR
4 1 (8.333%) Configuration Management
4 1 (8.333%) Manufacturing
4 1 (8.333%) Validation
4 1 (8.333%) Service Delivery
4 1 (8.333%) Change Management
4 1 (8.333%) Management Information System
4 1 (8.333%) Telecoms
4 1 (8.333%) PMP
4 1 (8.333%) NCR
4 1 (8.333%) HND
4 1 (8.333%) MS Project
4 1 (8.333%) MS Office

Quality Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland 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 1 (8.333%) SOAP
1 1 (8.333%) JMS
1 1 (8.333%) soapUI
Application Platforms
1 1 (8.333%) Jetty
Applications
1 1 (8.333%) MS Project
1 1 (8.333%) MS Office
1 1 (8.333%) MS Excel
1 1 (8.333%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 1 (8.333%) LAN
1 1 (8.333%) WAN
1 1 (8.333%) HTTP
1 1 (8.333%) HTTPS
General
1 3 (25.00%) Finance
2 1 (8.333%) Manufacturing
2 1 (8.333%) Telecoms
2 1 (8.333%) Banking
Job Titles
1 3 (25.00%) Analyst
2 2 (16.67%) Business Analyst
2 2 (16.67%) Project Engineer
2 2 (16.67%) Support Engineer
3 1 (8.333%) Coordinator
3 1 (8.333%) Project Manager
3 1 (8.333%) Field Engineer
3 1 (8.333%) Quality Engineer
3 1 (8.333%) Project Coordinator
3 1 (8.333%) Test Engineer
3 1 (8.333%) QA Engineer
3 1 (8.333%) Telecoms Engineer
3 1 (8.333%) PMO Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) PMI
2 1 (8.333%) Management Information System
2 1 (8.333%) CCTV
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (33.33%) Project Management
2 3 (25.00%) CMMI
2 3 (25.00%) PRINCE2
2 3 (25.00%) ITIL
3 2 (16.67%) Requirements Management
3 2 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (16.67%) Change Control
3 2 (16.67%) Document Management
3 2 (16.67%) Business Analysis
3 2 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (16.67%) Six Sigma
4 1 (8.333%) BPR
4 1 (8.333%) Configuration Management
4 1 (8.333%) Validation
4 1 (8.333%) Service Delivery
4 1 (8.333%) Change Management
4 1 (8.333%) SOA
4 1 (8.333%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (8.333%) Asset Management
4 1 (8.333%) Data Management
Qualifications
1 3 (25.00%) PMI Certification
1 3 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (8.333%) PMP
2 1 (8.333%) HND
2 1 (8.333%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 1 (8.333%) Degree
2 1 (8.333%) CBAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (25.00%) QA
2 1 (8.333%) SLA
Vendors
1 1 (8.333%) NCR
1 1 (8.333%) Microsoft