The first table below looks at the demand for Data Quality skills in IT contracts advertised for the South West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Data Quality over the 3 months to 19 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 Quality Assurance & Compliance category for the South 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Data Quality
Rank 93 129 123
Rank change year-on-year
+36 -6
Contract jobs citing Data Quality 8 3 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 0.398% 0.096% 0.165%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 4.372% 1.435% 1.684%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 3 3
Average daily rate £500 £375 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+33.33% -25.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £390 £378 £400
% change year-on-year
+3.31% -5.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £18.06
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £17.50 £18.06
% change year-on-year
- -3.10%
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
183 209 297
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 9.109% 6.684% 9.812%
Number of daily rates quoted 93 120 120
Average daily rate £410 £375 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+9.33% -6.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £200 £263
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £522 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £388
% change year-on-year
- -9.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 15 55
Average hourly rate £18.00 £32.50 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-44.60% -7.14%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.14 £11.27 £25.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £146.00 £38.00 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £18.25 £16.72 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+9.15% -44.26%
Data Quality
England

Data Quality
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West Data Quality Jobs Demand Trend

Data Quality
Daily Rate Trend

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

South West Data Quality Daily Rate Trend

Data Quality
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South West Data Quality Hourly Rate Trend

Data Quality
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data Quality within the South West region over the 3 months to 19 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
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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
Wiltshire - 4 £500 - 1
Data Quality
England

Data Quality
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing Data Quality 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 Data Quality.

1 26 (76.47%) Data Modelling
2 18 (52.94%) Finance
3 14 (41.18%) Data Management
4 13 (38.24%) Zachman Framework
4 13 (38.24%) Business Analysis
5 12 (35.29%) Waterfall
5 12 (35.29%) Data Governance
5 12 (35.29%) Kimball Methodology
5 12 (35.29%) TOGAF
5 12 (35.29%) Banking
5 12 (35.29%) ETL
5 12 (35.29%) ERwin
5 12 (35.29%) Inmon Methodology
5 12 (35.29%) Metadata Management
6 11 (32.35%) Retail
6 11 (32.35%) Information Management
6 11 (32.35%) Corporate Banking
7 10 (29.41%) SC Cleared
7 10 (29.41%) Security Cleared
8 9 (26.47%) Data Architecture
8 9 (26.47%) Business Intelligence
9 8 (23.53%) DataFlux
10 6 (17.65%) Ab Initio
10 6 (17.65%) IBM
10 6 (17.65%) Informatica
10 6 (17.65%) UML
11 5 (14.71%) Migration
11 5 (14.71%) Data Analysis
12 4 (11.76%) Data Warehouse
13 3 (8.824%) QA

Data Quality
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing Data Quality 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 Data Quality. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 1 (2.941%) SAS
Applications
1 2 (5.882%) MS Excel
2 1 (2.941%) MS Office
2 1 (2.941%) MS Visio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (11.76%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (5.882%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (2.941%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 12 (35.29%) ERwin
General
1 18 (52.94%) Finance
2 12 (35.29%) Banking
3 11 (32.35%) Retail
3 11 (32.35%) Corporate Banking
Job Titles
1 19 (55.88%) Consultant
2 10 (29.41%) Data Consultant
3 7 (20.59%) Analyst
4 5 (14.71%) Data Analyst
5 4 (11.76%) Business Analyst
5 4 (11.76%) Developer
6 3 (8.824%) Architect
6 3 (8.824%) Data Architect
7 2 (5.882%) Data Modeller
8 1 (2.941%) Business Developer
8 1 (2.941%) Management Consultant
8 1 (2.941%) Business Intelligence Developer
8 1 (2.941%) Business Intelligence Analyst
8 1 (2.941%) SAS Developer
8 1 (2.941%) Data Migration Analyst
8 1 (2.941%) Analyst Developer
8 1 (2.941%) SQL Developer
8 1 (2.941%) SQL Server Developer
8 1 (2.941%) Enterprise Architect
8 1 (2.941%) Business Data Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.882%) Reference Data
1 2 (5.882%) NHS
1 2 (5.882%) Management Information System
2 1 (2.941%) Smartcard
2 1 (2.941%) Statistics
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (76.47%) Data Modelling
2 14 (41.18%) Data Management
3 13 (38.24%) Zachman Framework
3 13 (38.24%) Business Analysis
4 12 (35.29%) Waterfall
4 12 (35.29%) Data Governance
4 12 (35.29%) Kimball Methodology
4 12 (35.29%) TOGAF
4 12 (35.29%) ETL
4 12 (35.29%) Inmon Methodology
4 12 (35.29%) Metadata Management
5 11 (32.35%) Information Management
6 9 (26.47%) Data Architecture
6 9 (26.47%) Business Intelligence
7 6 (17.65%) UML
8 5 (14.71%) Migration
8 5 (14.71%) Data Analysis
9 3 (8.824%) Data Migration
9 3 (8.824%) Data Cleansing
9 3 (8.824%) Data Mapping
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.882%) SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (29.41%) SC Cleared
1 10 (29.41%) Security Cleared
2 1 (2.941%) CISSP
2 1 (2.941%) CISA
2 1 (2.941%) CISM
2 1 (2.941%) PCI QSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (8.824%) QA
2 1 (2.941%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 8 (23.53%) DataFlux
2 6 (17.65%) Ab Initio
2 6 (17.65%) IBM
2 6 (17.65%) Informatica
3 2 (5.882%) iSOFT
3 2 (5.882%) Microsoft
4 1 (2.941%) Teradata
4 1 (2.941%) Civica
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