The first table below looks at the demand for Quality Management 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 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 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Quality Management
Rank 100 122 112
Rank change year-on-year
+22 -10
Contract jobs citing Quality Management 8 14 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 0.397% 0.433% 0.353%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.595% 0.635% 0.543%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 9 4
Average daily rate £338 £315 £344
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -8.36%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £284 £270 £244
10% offered a daily rate of more than £388 £423 £418
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
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1344 2204 1843
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 66.63% 68.13% 65.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 843 1360 953
Average daily rate £375 £390 £384
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.84% +1.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £263 £265 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £480 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 62 110 129
Average hourly rate £29.00 £25.00 £32.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+16.00% -23.07%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £16.00 £15.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.75 £39.50 £40.00
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 West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

South 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 South West region.

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

South 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 South West region.

South 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 South West 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
Bristol +7 2 £288 -18.43%
Devon +3 2 - -
Dorset - 2 £350 -
Wiltshire +1 1 £318 -
Quality Management
England

Quality Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South 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 6 (50.00%) Test Scripting
2 5 (41.67%) Degree
2 5 (41.67%) Security Cleared
2 5 (41.67%) SC Cleared
2 5 (41.67%) Oracle
2 5 (41.67%) Oracle Reports
3 4 (33.33%) Oracle 10g
3 4 (33.33%) Finance
3 4 (33.33%) PL/SQL
3 4 (33.33%) SQL
3 4 (33.33%) Data Modelling
3 4 (33.33%) TOAD
3 4 (33.33%) Oracle BI EE
3 4 (33.33%) Oracle 11g
3 4 (33.33%) Unit Testing
4 3 (25.00%) Data Mart
4 3 (25.00%) UNIX
4 3 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (25.00%) HP
4 3 (25.00%) CheckPoint
5 2 (16.67%) Service Delivery
5 2 (16.67%) Regression Testing
5 2 (16.67%) Migration
5 2 (16.67%) Banking
5 2 (16.67%) RUP
5 2 (16.67%) Java
5 2 (16.67%) WinRunner
5 2 (16.67%) TestDirector
5 2 (16.67%) QuickTest Pro
5 2 (16.67%) Data Warehouse

Quality Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South 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 1 (8.333%) Spring Security
1 1 (8.333%) WebSphere
1 1 (8.333%) Spring
Application Platforms
1 1 (8.333%) Exchange Server 2007
1 1 (8.333%) Exchange Server 2010
1 1 (8.333%) MS Exchange
1 1 (8.333%) Tomcat
1 1 (8.333%) Apache
1 1 (8.333%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 1 (8.333%) MS Project
1 1 (8.333%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (8.333%) LAN
1 1 (8.333%) WAN
1 1 (8.333%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (41.67%) Oracle Reports
2 4 (33.33%) Oracle 10g
2 4 (33.33%) TOAD
2 4 (33.33%) Oracle BI EE
2 4 (33.33%) Oracle 11g
3 3 (25.00%) Data Mart
4 2 (16.67%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (8.333%) SQL Server 2005
5 1 (8.333%) SQL Server 2008
5 1 (8.333%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (16.67%) WinRunner
1 2 (16.67%) TestDirector
1 2 (16.67%) QuickTest Pro
2 1 (8.333%) Jenkins
2 1 (8.333%) Eclipse
2 1 (8.333%) Subversion
2 1 (8.333%) Maven
2 1 (8.333%) NetBeans
General
1 4 (33.33%) Finance
2 2 (16.67%) Banking
2 2 (16.67%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 5 (41.67%) Developer
2 3 (25.00%) PMO Analyst
2 3 (25.00%) OBIEE Developer
2 3 (25.00%) Oracle Developer
2 3 (25.00%) Programme Manager
2 3 (25.00%) Analyst
3 2 (16.67%) Test Manager
3 2 (16.67%) Project Manager
3 2 (16.67%) Support Manager
3 2 (16.67%) PMO Manager
4 1 (8.333%) Technical Support Consultant
4 1 (8.333%) Java Developer
4 1 (8.333%) Consultant
4 1 (8.333%) Technical Support
4 1 (8.333%) Technical Consultant
4 1 (8.333%) Support Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (8.333%) PKI
1 1 (8.333%) Video Conferencing
1 1 (8.333%) NHS
1 1 (8.333%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 3 (25.00%) UNIX
2 1 (8.333%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (8.333%) Windows
2 1 (8.333%) AIX
2 1 (8.333%) HPUX
2 1 (8.333%) Linux
2 1 (8.333%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (50.00%) Test Scripting
2 4 (33.33%) Data Modelling
2 4 (33.33%) Unit Testing
3 3 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (16.67%) Service Delivery
4 2 (16.67%) Regression Testing
4 2 (16.67%) Migration
4 2 (16.67%) RUP
4 2 (16.67%) UML
4 2 (16.67%) Test Strategy
4 2 (16.67%) V-Model
4 2 (16.67%) Test Automation
4 2 (16.67%) Data Migration
4 2 (16.67%) Integration Testing
4 2 (16.67%) Test Management
4 2 (16.67%) System Testing
4 2 (16.67%) User Acceptance Testing
4 2 (16.67%) Performance Testing
4 2 (16.67%) Resource Management
5 1 (8.333%) QMS
Programming Languages
1 4 (33.33%) PL/SQL
1 4 (33.33%) SQL
2 2 (16.67%) Java
3 1 (8.333%) C
Qualifications
1 5 (41.67%) Degree
1 5 (41.67%) Security Cleared
1 5 (41.67%) SC Cleared
2 2 (16.67%) BC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (16.67%) ISO 9001
1 2 (16.67%) QA
2 1 (8.333%) TickIT
System Software
1 1 (8.333%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (8.333%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 5 (41.67%) Oracle
2 3 (25.00%) HP
2 3 (25.00%) CheckPoint
3 1 (8.333%) ProCurve
3 1 (8.333%) IBM
3 1 (8.333%) Microsoft
3 1 (8.333%) VMware
3 1 (8.333%) Alcatel-Lucent
3 1 (8.333%) Symantec
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