The first table below looks at the demand for Quality Management skills in IT contracts advertised for the South East 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 South East 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 190 205 218
Rank change year-on-year
+15 +13
Contract jobs citing Quality Management 34 34 35
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.436% 0.335% 0.337%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.643% 0.515% 0.524%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 14 9
Average daily rate £400 £391 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.30% +4.26%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £332 £225 £260
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £540 £419
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £320 £400
% change year-on-year
+15.62% -20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
Average hourly rate £47.50 - £26.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £51.88 £32.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year
+59.61% -
All Processes & Methodologies
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
5291 6603 6683
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 67.89% 65.08% 64.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 2748 3170 3050
Average daily rate £375 £363 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.44% -3.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £260 £250 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £500 £514
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 217 323 365
Average hourly rate £26.98 £26.25 £34.41
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.76% -23.70%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.15 £13.50 £13.54
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £50.00 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
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 South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

South East 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 South East region.

South East 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 South East region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

South East 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 South East region.

South East 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 South East 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
Berkshire +17 15 £525 +150.00%
Buckinghamshire +11 8 £410 +10.43%
West Sussex +20 3 £375 +66.66%
Surrey +11 2 £483 +30.58%
Middlesex +5 1 £450 -12.62%
Hampshire -13 1 £350 -26.31%
East Sussex - 1 £400 -
Quality Management
England

Quality Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 21 (34.43%) Project Management
2 18 (29.51%) Finance
3 17 (27.87%) Risk Management
4 13 (21.31%) SAP
4 13 (21.31%) PRINCE2
5 12 (19.67%) Change Management
5 12 (19.67%) Stakeholder Management
5 12 (19.67%) Programme Management
6 11 (18.03%) Telecoms
7 10 (16.39%) Continuous Improvement
8 9 (14.75%) Radio Access Network
8 9 (14.75%) Manufacturing
8 9 (14.75%) Migration
9 8 (13.11%) Degree
10 7 (11.48%) 3G
10 7 (11.48%) QMS
11 6 (9.836%) QA
11 6 (9.836%) Avaya
11 6 (9.836%) 2G
11 6 (9.836%) Change Control
11 6 (9.836%) Data Quality
12 5 (8.197%) SaaS
12 5 (8.197%) PaaS
12 5 (8.197%) Configuration Management
12 5 (8.197%) SLA
12 5 (8.197%) Salesforce.com
12 5 (8.197%) ITIL
12 5 (8.197%) Data Migration
12 5 (8.197%) Service Delivery
12 5 (8.197%) Scrum

Quality Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 Platforms
1 4 (6.557%) Force.com
2 2 (3.279%) MS Exchange
2 2 (3.279%) Lync
3 1 (1.639%) SAS
3 1 (1.639%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.639%) CMS
Applications
1 3 (4.918%) MS Excel
2 2 (3.279%) MS PowerPoint
2 2 (3.279%) MS Visio
2 2 (3.279%) MS Office
3 1 (1.639%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 4 (6.557%) SAP PM
1 4 (6.557%) SAP xRPM
1 4 (6.557%) SAP cProjects
1 4 (6.557%) SAP EHS
1 4 (6.557%) SAP PLM
2 3 (4.918%) HFM
3 1 (1.639%) Hyperion Planning
3 1 (1.639%) SAP MII
Communications & Networking
1 9 (14.75%) Radio Access Network
2 7 (11.48%) 3G
3 6 (9.836%) 2G
4 2 (3.279%) CTI
5 1 (1.639%) Unified Communications
5 1 (1.639%) SMS
5 1 (1.639%) HTTP
5 1 (1.639%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.639%) Oracle Reports
1 1 (1.639%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (1.639%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 1 (1.639%) Jenkins
1 1 (1.639%) VSS/SourceSafe
1 1 (1.639%) ClearCase
1 1 (1.639%) Git (software)
General
1 18 (29.51%) Finance
2 11 (18.03%) Telecoms
3 9 (14.75%) Manufacturing
4 3 (4.918%) General Ledger
5 2 (3.279%) Marketing
5 2 (3.279%) Local Government
5 2 (3.279%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (1.639%) Front Office
6 1 (1.639%) Back Office
6 1 (1.639%) Publishing
6 1 (1.639%) Games
6 1 (1.639%) Banking
Job Titles
1 11 (18.03%) Analyst
2 10 (16.39%) Consultant
3 8 (13.11%) Project Manager
4 5 (8.197%) QA Manager
4 5 (8.197%) Technical Leader
5 4 (6.557%) Business Analyst
6 3 (4.918%) Service Analyst
6 3 (4.918%) Junior
6 3 (4.918%) Service Desk Analyst
6 3 (4.918%) Junior Consultant
7 2 (3.279%) SAP Consultant
7 2 (3.279%) Junior SAP Consultant
7 2 (3.279%) SAP PLM Consultant
7 2 (3.279%) Avaya Engineer
7 2 (3.279%) Quality Manager
7 2 (3.279%) Operations Manager
7 2 (3.279%) Programme Manager
8 1 (1.639%) Trainer
8 1 (1.639%) Infrastructure Project Manager
8 1 (1.639%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 5 (8.197%) SaaS
1 5 (8.197%) PaaS
1 5 (8.197%) IVR
2 4 (6.557%) Heroku
3 3 (4.918%) Blackberry
4 2 (3.279%) Economics
4 2 (3.279%) Life Science
4 2 (3.279%) ASIC
4 2 (3.279%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.639%) Embedded Systems
5 1 (1.639%) PMI
5 1 (1.639%) Visualisation
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (34.43%) Project Management
2 17 (27.87%) Risk Management
3 13 (21.31%) PRINCE2
4 12 (19.67%) Change Management
4 12 (19.67%) Stakeholder Management
4 12 (19.67%) Programme Management
5 10 (16.39%) Continuous Improvement
6 9 (14.75%) Migration
7 7 (11.48%) QMS
8 6 (9.836%) Change Control
9 5 (8.197%) Configuration Management
9 5 (8.197%) ITIL
9 5 (8.197%) Data Migration
9 5 (8.197%) Service Delivery
9 5 (8.197%) Scrum
10 4 (6.557%) Agile Software Development
10 4 (6.557%) PLM
10 4 (6.557%) PDM
11 3 (4.918%) Metadata Management
11 3 (4.918%) BPR
Programming Languages
1 3 (4.918%) VB
2 2 (3.279%) C
3 1 (1.639%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (13.11%) Degree
2 3 (4.918%) HND
3 2 (3.279%) SC Cleared
3 2 (3.279%) Security Cleared
4 1 (1.639%) ACCA
4 1 (1.639%) CIMA
4 1 (1.639%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (1.639%) PMP
4 1 (1.639%) PMI Certification
4 1 (1.639%) DV Cleared
4 1 (1.639%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (9.836%) QA
1 6 (9.836%) Data Quality
2 5 (8.197%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (3.279%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (1.639%) MOM
Vendors
1 13 (21.31%) SAP
2 6 (9.836%) Avaya
3 5 (8.197%) Salesforce.com
4 4 (6.557%) Hyperion
5 3 (4.918%) Verint
5 3 (4.918%) JD Edwards
5 3 (4.918%) Microsoft
6 2 (3.279%) Oracle
7 1 (1.639%) Genesys
7 1 (1.639%) Huawei
7 1 (1.639%) Wonderware
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