The first table below looks at the demand for ISO 9001 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Southampton region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited ISO 9001 over the 3 months to 23 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 Quality Assurance & Compliance category for the Southampton 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
ISO 9001
Rank 36 21 24
Rank change year-on-year
-15 +3
Contract jobs citing ISO 9001 1 12 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Southampton 0.337% 5.128% 1.587%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 11.11% 30.77% 18.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 2
Average daily rate - £400 £238
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +68.42%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £400 £350
% change year-on-year
-18.75% +14.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £34.63 £13.00 £36.00
% change year-on-year
+166.34% -63.88%
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
Southampton
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
9 39 16
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Southampton 3.030% 16.67% 8.466%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 14 8
Average daily rate £407 £313 £321
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+30.08% -2.72%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £135 £265 £150
10% offered a daily rate of more than £528 £425 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £375
% change year-on-year
- -6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 12 2
Average hourly rate £13.00 £17.50 £15.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-25.71% +11.11%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £16.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -46.66%
ISO 9001
Hampshire

ISO 9001
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing ISO 9001 across the Southampton region as a proportion of the total demand within the Quality Assurance & Compliance category.

Southampton ISO 9001 Jobs Demand Trend

ISO 9001
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing ISO 9001 across the Southampton region.

Southampton ISO 9001 Daily Rate Trend

ISO 9001
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing ISO 9001 across the Southampton region.

Southampton ISO 9001 Hourly Rate Trend

ISO 9001
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Southampton region citing ISO 9001 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 ISO 9001.

1 9 (90.00%) SQL Server
2 7 (70.00%) SQL
2 7 (70.00%) Windows
3 6 (60.00%) Degree
3 6 (60.00%) Windows Server 2008
4 5 (50.00%) Kindle
4 5 (50.00%) BizTalk Server
4 5 (50.00%) Windows Server 2003
4 5 (50.00%) RDBMS
4 5 (50.00%) Java
4 5 (50.00%) PL/SQL
4 5 (50.00%) Oracle
4 5 (50.00%) Oracle 8/8i
5 3 (30.00%) Microsoft
6 2 (20.00%) Active Directory
6 2 (20.00%) MS Excel
6 2 (20.00%) MS Office
6 2 (20.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (10.00%) Windows Vista
7 1 (10.00%) Time Management
7 1 (10.00%) Windows 7
7 1 (10.00%) Crystal Reports
7 1 (10.00%) MS Project
7 1 (10.00%) VBA
7 1 (10.00%) SharePoint
7 1 (10.00%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (10.00%) Windows XP
7 1 (10.00%) ADSL
7 1 (10.00%) LAN
7 1 (10.00%) WAN

ISO 9001
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Southampton region citing ISO 9001 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 ISO 9001. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 5 (50.00%) BizTalk Server
2 1 (10.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (20.00%) MS Excel
1 2 (20.00%) MS Office
2 1 (10.00%) MS Project
Communications & Networking
1 1 (10.00%) ADSL
1 1 (10.00%) LAN
1 1 (10.00%) WAN
1 1 (10.00%) DNS
1 1 (10.00%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (90.00%) SQL Server
2 5 (50.00%) RDBMS
2 5 (50.00%) Oracle 8/8i
3 2 (20.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (10.00%) Crystal Reports
4 1 (10.00%) Data Warehouse
Job Titles
1 7 (70.00%) Developer
2 5 (50.00%) Systems Developer
3 1 (10.00%) Report Developer
3 1 (10.00%) Project Manager
3 1 (10.00%) SQL Developer
3 1 (10.00%) Crystal Reports Developer
3 1 (10.00%) Contracts Manager
3 1 (10.00%) IT Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Help Desk Support
Miscellaneous
1 5 (50.00%) Kindle
Operating Systems
1 7 (70.00%) Windows
2 6 (60.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 5 (50.00%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (10.00%) Windows Vista
4 1 (10.00%) Windows 7
4 1 (10.00%) Windows XP
4 1 (10.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (10.00%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (70.00%) SQL
2 5 (50.00%) Java
2 5 (50.00%) PL/SQL
3 1 (10.00%) VBA
Qualifications
1 6 (60.00%) Degree
System Software
1 2 (20.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 5 (50.00%) Oracle
2 3 (30.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (10.00%) Citrix