The first table below looks at the demand for QMS skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited QMS 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.

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 System (QMS)
Rank 497 568 542
Rank change year-on-year
+71 -26
Contract jobs citing QMS 32 16 42
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.069% 0.027% 0.069%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.097% 0.040% 0.102%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 10 11
Average daily rate £368 £331 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+10.94% -5.35%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £276 £190 £251
10% offered a daily rate of more than £458 £401 £488
UK excluding London average daily rate £343 £331 £350
% change year-on-year
+3.39% -5.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 6
Average hourly rate £18.00 £12.01 £50.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+49.93% -75.99%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £47.50 £12.01 £50.00
% change year-on-year
+295.66% -75.99%
All Processes & Methodologies
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
32941 39581 41270
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 71.01% 67.87% 67.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 19678 22705 23413
Average daily rate £413 £403 £438
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.48% -8.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £275 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £580 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 976 1282 1475
Average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+20.00% -13.79%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £12.50 £13.50
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%

QMS
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing QMS within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

QMS Jobs Demand Trend

QMS
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing QMS within the UK.

QMS Daily Rate Trend

QMS
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing QMS within the UK over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

QMS Daily Rate Histogram

QMS
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing QMS within the UK.

QMS Hourly Rate Trend

QMS
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing QMS within the UK over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

QMS Hourly Rate Histogram

QMS
Top 27 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing QMS within the UK 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
England +59 29 £375 +13.20%
South East +22 10 £330 +3.12%
London +45 8 £413 -
City of London - 5 £450 -
Hampshire - 5 £380 -
West Yorkshire +6 4 £85 -
Yorkshire +5 4 £85 -
East Midlands -1 4 £388 -
Nottingham - 4 £388 -
Nottinghamshire - 4 £388 -
Leeds - 4 £85 -
Gosport - 2 - -
Aldershot - 2 £380 -
South West +25 1 £525 +50.00%
Surrey +15 1 - -
North West +11 1 £325 +71.05%
Buckinghamshire +7 1 - -
Manchester +5 1 £325 +71.05%
East of England - 1 - -
Scotland - 1 £315 -
Hertfordshire - 1 - -
Fife - 1 £315 -
Dorset - 1 £525 -
Milton Keynes - 1 - -
Berkshire - 1 £280 -
Slough - 1 £280 -
Poole - 1 £525 -

QMS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing QMS 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 QMS.

1 37 (54.41%) Quality Management
2 21 (30.88%) SC Cleared
2 21 (30.88%) Security Cleared
3 18 (26.47%) Finance
4 13 (19.12%) SQL
4 13 (19.12%) QA
5 12 (17.65%) Oracle
5 12 (17.65%) MS Office
5 12 (17.65%) ITIL
6 10 (14.71%) MS Excel
6 10 (14.71%) ISO 9001
6 10 (14.71%) Project Management
7 8 (11.76%) PRINCE2
8 7 (10.29%) Security Management
9 6 (8.824%) JavaScript
9 6 (8.824%) CSS
9 6 (8.824%) XML
9 6 (8.824%) HTML
9 6 (8.824%) Configuration Management
9 6 (8.824%) Uniface
9 6 (8.824%) ITIL Certification
9 6 (8.824%) Oracle 10g
9 6 (8.824%) Business Intelligence
9 6 (8.824%) Waterfall
10 5 (7.353%) Degree
10 5 (7.353%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 5 (7.353%) SLA
10 5 (7.353%) Active Directory
10 5 (7.353%) HND
10 5 (7.353%) Oracle Reports

QMS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing QMS 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 QMS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 6 (8.824%) CSS
1 6 (8.824%) XML
1 6 (8.824%) HTML
2 1 (1.471%) Spring Security
2 1 (1.471%) WebSphere
2 1 (1.471%) Spring
2 1 (1.471%) ASP.NET
2 1 (1.471%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 3 (4.412%) IIS
2 2 (2.941%) MS Exchange
2 2 (2.941%) Exchange Server 2010
3 1 (1.471%) Jetty
3 1 (1.471%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.471%) Apache
3 1 (1.471%) Tomcat
3 1 (1.471%) CMS
Applications
1 12 (17.65%) MS Office
2 10 (14.71%) MS Excel
3 2 (2.941%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 4 (5.882%) Oracle HRMS
1 4 (5.882%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (2.941%) Oracle Payroll
2 2 (2.941%) Oracle EBS R12
3 1 (1.471%) SAP FI
3 1 (1.471%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (1.471%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (1.471%) SAP CO
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.471%) LAN
1 1 (1.471%) SMS
1 1 (1.471%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (8.824%) Oracle 10g
2 5 (7.353%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (1.471%) QlikView
3 1 (1.471%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (1.471%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (1.471%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.471%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 2 (2.941%) Jenkins
2 1 (1.471%) Git (software)
2 1 (1.471%) Subversion
2 1 (1.471%) Maven
2 1 (1.471%) Eclipse
2 1 (1.471%) InstallShield
2 1 (1.471%) VSS/SourceSafe
2 1 (1.471%) ClearCase
2 1 (1.471%) NetBeans
General
1 18 (26.47%) Finance
2 5 (7.353%) Manufacturing
2 5 (7.353%) Telecoms
3 4 (5.882%) Law
3 4 (5.882%) Pharmaceutical
3 4 (5.882%) Local Government
4 3 (4.412%) Retail
4 3 (4.412%) Legal
5 2 (2.941%) Banking
6 1 (1.471%) Advertising
6 1 (1.471%) Electronics
6 1 (1.471%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 14 (20.59%) Author
1 14 (20.59%) Technical Author
2 8 (11.76%) Developer
3 7 (10.29%) Project Manager
4 6 (8.824%) Consultant
4 6 (8.824%) Uniface Developer
5 5 (7.353%) Analyst
5 5 (7.353%) Quality Manager
6 4 (5.882%) Functional Consultant
6 4 (5.882%) QA Manager
6 4 (5.882%) Business Analyst
7 3 (4.412%) Oracle Functional Consultant
7 3 (4.412%) Oracle Consultant
7 3 (4.412%) Team Leader
8 2 (2.941%) Telecoms Engineer
8 2 (2.941%) QA Engineer
8 2 (2.941%) Quality Engineer
8 2 (2.941%) Operations Manager
8 2 (2.941%) Software Developer
8 2 (2.941%) Programme Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (5.882%) Management Information System
2 2 (2.941%) NHS
2 2 (2.941%) Economics
2 2 (2.941%) Life Science
3 1 (1.471%) Health Informatics
3 1 (1.471%) SWIFT
3 1 (1.471%) Informatics
3 1 (1.471%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 3 (4.412%) Windows
2 1 (1.471%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (1.471%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (1.471%) HPUX
2 1 (1.471%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (54.41%) Quality Management
2 12 (17.65%) ITIL
3 10 (14.71%) Project Management
4 8 (11.76%) PRINCE2
5 7 (10.29%) Security Management
6 6 (8.824%) Configuration Management
6 6 (8.824%) Business Intelligence
6 6 (8.824%) Waterfall
7 5 (7.353%) Service Delivery
7 5 (7.353%) CMMI
7 5 (7.353%) Risk Management
7 5 (7.353%) Information Security
8 4 (5.882%) Scrum
8 4 (5.882%) Stakeholder Management
8 4 (5.882%) Change Management
8 4 (5.882%) Business Development
8 4 (5.882%) Unit Testing
8 4 (5.882%) Test Management
9 3 (4.412%) ISMS
9 3 (4.412%) Financial Modelling
Programming Languages
1 13 (19.12%) SQL
2 6 (8.824%) JavaScript
2 6 (8.824%) Uniface
3 4 (5.882%) C
4 1 (1.471%) C#
4 1 (1.471%) Java
Qualifications
1 21 (30.88%) SC Cleared
1 21 (30.88%) Security Cleared
2 6 (8.824%) ITIL Certification
3 5 (7.353%) Degree
3 5 (7.353%) HND
4 3 (4.412%) CCAB
5 2 (2.941%) MCP
5 2 (2.941%) MCSE
5 2 (2.941%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (1.471%) PMP
6 1 (1.471%) PMI Certification
6 1 (1.471%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (19.12%) QA
2 10 (14.71%) ISO 9001
3 5 (7.353%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (7.353%) SLA
4 1 (1.471%) GAMP
4 1 (1.471%) ISO 9000
4 1 (1.471%) GxP
4 1 (1.471%) TickIT
4 1 (1.471%) ISO 14001
System Software
1 5 (7.353%) Active Directory
2 3 (4.412%) XenApp
2 3 (4.412%) XenDesktop
2 3 (4.412%) Terminal Services
3 1 (1.471%) Microsoft App-V
Vendors
1 12 (17.65%) Oracle
2 4 (5.882%) Microsoft
3 3 (4.412%) Citrix
4 2 (2.941%) Websense
5 1 (1.471%) Pega
5 1 (1.471%) Nokia Siemens Networks
5 1 (1.471%) Huawei
5 1 (1.471%) HP
5 1 (1.471%) Cisco
5 1 (1.471%) IBM
5 1 (1.471%) Alcatel-Lucent
5 1 (1.471%) Ericsson
5 1 (1.471%) Siemens
5 1 (1.471%) SAP
5 1 (1.471%) BT
Maidstone, Kent
Follows all EHS and Quality policies and procedures (including ISO's) Maintains production records, paperwork and systems transactions including Oracle... Quality Specific Goals: Aware of and comply with...
Experis Engineering
Salary: £7.50 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
Amersham, Buckinghamshire
The Microbiologist must have previous Microbilogy and Sterilty experience along with previous experience of GMP, Environmental Monotoring and Microbiological Identification... Key responsibilities/essential functions include: Deliver product & environmental...
Experis Engineering
Rate: £13.0 per hour
Posted: 23 May 2013
Wiltshire, South West
Outstanding opportunity for a Quality and Assurance Support to work for a leading technology organisation based in Wiltshire.You will be responsible for:*Technical Support in development of...
JAM
Rate: £0.00 per annum + competitive
Posted: 4 May 2013
Poole, Dorset
My client is looking for a Project Manager who has a wealth of experience within Payments and particularly knowledge about PEGAsystems... *Qualify as a PRINCE2 Practitioner and MSP...
Aston Carter
Rate: £450 - £550 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013
South East
We are looking for a person to act as the glue between Customer, Director and Product - A strong business facing Project Manager who has knowledge of PEGA systems...
McGregor Boyall
Rate: £500 - £550
Posted: 21 May 2013