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This section looks at the demand for Quality Management skills across the UK with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited Quality Management over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkQuality Management
Location
3 months to 4 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank359382
Rank change on same period last yearUp+23
Matching contract IT job ads256294
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.338 %0.312 %
As % of the category below0.639 %0.635 %
Daily rates quoted7386
Average minimum daily rate£405£394
Average daily rate£431£423
% change on same period last year+2.00 %
Average maximum daily rate£457£451
UK excluding London average daily rate£398£368
% change on same period last year+8.09 %
Hourly rates quoted2423
Average minimum hourly rate£33.00£27.83
Average hourly rate£34.77£29.04
% change on same period last year+19.74 %
Average maximum hourly rate£36.55£30.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.68£28.00
% change on same period last year+2.41 %
Processes & Methodologies UKProcesses & Methodologies
UK
Matching contract IT job ads4007246323
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled52.84 %49.14 %
Daily rates quoted1441215079
Average minimum daily rate£387£393
Average daily rate£414£418
% change on same period last year-0.90 %
Average maximum daily rate£441£443
UK excluding London average daily rate£384£374
% change on same period last year+2.50 %
Hourly rates quoted24482844
Average minimum hourly rate£27.39£28.80
Average hourly rate£29.25£30.59
% change on same period last year-4.36 %
Average maximum hourly rate£31.11£32.37
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.40£30.19
% change on same period last year-2.62 %

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Quality Management
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Quality Management within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Quality Management Demand Trend

Quality Management
Daily Rate Trend

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

Quality Management Daily Rate Trend

Quality Management
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Quality Management within the UK over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

Quality Management Daily Rate Histogram

Quality Management
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Quality Management Hourly Rate Trend

Quality Management
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Quality Management within the UK over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

Quality Management Hourly Rate Histogram

Quality Management
Top 30 Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing Quality Management within the UK over the 3 months to 4 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandUp+26246£431+1.58 %
LondonUp+6494£452-8.10 %
South EastUp+4469£482+53.14 %
HampshireUp+4935£550+10.00 %
City of LondonUp+131£489-12.24 %
GosportNew entry-23--
YorkshireUp+1619£350-17.32 %
South WestUp+1617£350+2.31 %
East of EnglandDown-1717£359-13.46 %
West YorkshireUp+615£308-27.45 %
North WestDown-2914£335-6.61 %
LeedsDown-1013£308-27.45 %
MiddlesexUp+611--
GloucestershireUp+119£350+21.73 %
KentUp+78--
HertfordshireDown-158--
West MidlandsDown-127£450+13.01 %
ScotlandUp+316--
DevonNew entry-6--
CheshireDown-236£369-4.83 %
SurreyUp+65--
ExeterNew entry-5--
BasingstokeNew entry-4£550-
BlackpoolUp+14£180-
NorwichUp+44£518+25.45 %
Milton KeynesDown-34£475-
LancashireUp+64£180-
GuildfordUp+114--
BuckinghamshireUp+114£475-
North EastNew entry-4£500-

Quality Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

1118 (23.14 %)PRINCE2
299 (19.41 %)QMS
397 (19.02 %)Finance
494 (18.43 %)Project Management
562 (12.16 %)Security Cleared
658 (11.37 %)QA
757 (11.18 %)Banking
757 (11.18 %)Oracle
856 (10.98 %)ITIL
952 (10.20 %)SQL
1048 (9.412 %)Government
1048 (9.412 %)Business Analysis
1142 (8.235 %)Stakeholder Management
1241 (8.039 %)Programme Management
1340 (7.843 %)MS Project
1437 (7.255 %)MS Office
1536 (7.059 %)Change Management
1536 (7.059 %)SAP
1536 (7.059 %)ISO9001
1634 (6.667 %)Risk Management
1634 (6.667 %)Investment Banking
1732 (6.275 %)Migration
1831 (6.078 %)Microsoft
1929 (5.686 %)Unix
2028 (5.490 %)MS Excel
2028 (5.490 %)NHS
2028 (5.490 %)Health
2028 (5.490 %)Pharmaceutical
2127 (5.294 %)Pensions
2226 (5.098 %)Data Migration

Quality Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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
123 (4.510 %)XML
216 (3.137 %).NET
310 (1.961 %)XML Schema
47 (1.373 %)ASP.NET
55 (0.980 %)WebServices
64 (0.784 %)WebSphere
64 (0.784 %)Middleware
73 (0.588 %)AJAX
73 (0.588 %)J2EE
73 (0.588 %)ASP
82 (0.392 %)J2SE
91 (0.196 %)STL
91 (0.196 %).NET Framework
Application Platforms
16 (1.176 %)ArcGIS
24 (0.784 %)WebSphere Application Server
24 (0.784 %)SharePoint
33 (0.588 %)Documentum
42 (0.392 %)Oracle 10gAS
42 (0.392 %)MS Exchange
42 (0.392 %)Exchange Server 2003
51 (0.196 %)ESB
51 (0.196 %)CMS
51 (0.196 %)Oracle Workflow
51 (0.196 %)WebLogic
51 (0.196 %)Lotus Notes
51 (0.196 %)SharePoint Server 2007
Applications
140 (7.843 %)MS Project
237 (7.255 %)MS Office
328 (5.490 %)MS Excel
410 (1.961 %)MS PowerPoint
55 (0.980 %)MS Visio
61 (0.196 %)Open Workbench
Business Applications
120 (3.922 %)SAP QM
25 (0.980 %)SAP EHS
34 (0.784 %)Teamcenter
34 (0.784 %)Oracle Applications
34 (0.784 %)SAP MM
43 (0.588 %)Oracle EBS
43 (0.588 %)SAP R/3
52 (0.392 %)ProfileStage
52 (0.392 %)HFM
52 (0.392 %)SAP ERP
61 (0.196 %)Hyperion Enterprise
61 (0.196 %)SAP CRM
61 (0.196 %)Oracle Manufacturing
Communications & Networking
17 (1.373 %)LAN
17 (1.373 %)WAN
24 (0.784 %)TCP/IP
33 (0.588 %)Internet
42 (0.392 %)Intranet
51 (0.196 %)LDAP
51 (0.196 %)MPLS
51 (0.196 %)Firewall
51 (0.196 %)Wireless
51 (0.196 %)BSS
51 (0.196 %)PBX
51 (0.196 %)SDH
51 (0.196 %)VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
117 (3.333 %)Oracle Reports
214 (2.745 %)Reference Data
39 (1.765 %)RDBMS
48 (1.569 %)Oracle 10g
56 (1.176 %)BusinessObjects
56 (1.176 %)TOAD
56 (1.176 %)SQL Server
56 (1.176 %)MS Access
56 (1.176 %)Datawarehouse
56 (1.176 %)GIS
65 (0.980 %)ETL
74 (0.784 %)Crystal Reports
74 (0.784 %)Oracle 9i
74 (0.784 %)Oracle Discoverer
74 (0.784 %)BusinessObjects XI
83 (0.588 %)Data Cleansing
92 (0.392 %)SQL Server 2005
92 (0.392 %)SQL Server 2000
92 (0.392 %)SAP BW
92 (0.392 %)DataStage
Development Applications
18 (1.569 %)Rational Rose
27 (1.373 %)RequisitePro
27 (1.373 %)ClearQuest
27 (1.373 %)Oracle Forms
32 (0.392 %)ClearCase
32 (0.392 %)Visual Studio
32 (0.392 %)PVCS
32 (0.392 %)TestDirector
41 (0.196 %)VSS/SourceSafe
41 (0.196 %)SilkPerformer
41 (0.196 %)JDeveloper
General
197 (19.02 %)Finance
257 (11.18 %)Banking
348 (9.412 %)Government
434 (6.667 %)Investment Banking
528 (5.490 %)Health
528 (5.490 %)Pharmaceutical
627 (5.294 %)Pensions
722 (4.314 %)Back Office
814 (2.745 %)Manufacturing
910 (1.961 %)Insurance
108 (1.569 %)Education
108 (1.569 %)Telecoms
117 (1.373 %)Construction
117 (1.373 %)Retail
117 (1.373 %)Auditing
126 (1.176 %)Local Government
135 (0.980 %)Marketing
135 (0.980 %)Electric
135 (0.980 %)Legal
144 (0.784 %)Front Office
Job Titles
1106 (20.78 %)Analyst
286 (16.86 %)Project Manager
352 (10.20 %)Consultant
445 (8.824 %)Developer
537 (7.255 %)Business Analyst
626 (5.098 %)SAP Consultant
718 (3.529 %)Support Analyst
718 (3.529 %)Data Analyst
816 (3.137 %)Service Manager
915 (2.941 %)SQL Developer
1014 (2.745 %)Management Consultant
1014 (2.745 %)Systems Analyst
1014 (2.745 %)Quality Analyst
1113 (2.549 %)Programme Manager
1113 (2.549 %)Functional Consultant
1212 (2.353 %)Coordinator
1212 (2.353 %)SAP QM Consultant
1310 (1.961 %)Author
1310 (1.961 %)Test Analyst
1310 (1.961 %)Senior Analyst
Miscellaneous
128 (5.490 %)NHS
215 (2.941 %)Management Information System
215 (2.941 %)Derivative
215 (2.941 %)Credit Derivative
312 (2.353 %)Equities
411 (2.157 %)Interest Rate Derivative
411 (2.157 %)Equity Derivative
411 (2.157 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
58 (1.569 %)German Language
67 (1.373 %)CESG
76 (1.176 %)Mainframe
76 (1.176 %)Computer Science
85 (0.980 %)PMI
94 (0.784 %)Smartcard
94 (0.784 %)RMADS
103 (0.588 %)Statistics
112 (0.392 %)CESG CLAS
112 (0.392 %)Asset Management
112 (0.392 %)Data Integration
112 (0.392 %)CMDB
Operating Systems
129 (5.686 %)Unix
226 (5.098 %)Windows
36 (1.176 %)Solaris
36 (1.176 %)Windows Server 2003
43 (0.588 %)VMS
52 (0.392 %)Windows 2000
52 (0.392 %)HPUX
61 (0.196 %)Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1118 (23.14 %)PRINCE2
299 (19.41 %)QMS
394 (18.43 %)Project Management
462 (12.16 %)Security Cleared
556 (10.98 %)ITIL
648 (9.412 %)Business Analysis
742 (8.235 %)Stakeholder Management
841 (8.039 %)Programme Management
936 (7.059 %)Change Management
1034 (6.667 %)Risk Management
1132 (6.275 %)Migration
1226 (5.098 %)Data Migration
1325 (4.902 %)Project Planning
1422 (4.314 %)Document Management
1422 (4.314 %)SC Cleared
1520 (3.922 %)Service Management
1619 (3.725 %)Service Delivery
1717 (3.333 %)Configuration Management
1717 (3.333 %)Data Modelling
1717 (3.333 %)UML
Programming Languages
152 (10.20 %)SQL
222 (4.314 %)Java
313 (2.549 %)Shell Script
412 (2.353 %)C#
511 (2.157 %)Transact-SQL
511 (2.157 %)Perl
69 (1.765 %)PL/SQL
69 (1.765 %)C
77 (1.373 %)VB
86 (1.176 %)VB.NET
95 (0.980 %)C++
104 (0.784 %)VB6
112 (0.392 %)Ruby
112 (0.392 %)Python
121 (0.196 %)Ada
121 (0.196 %)JavaScript
121 (0.196 %)Korn
Qualifications
125 (4.902 %)PRINCE2 Certification
125 (4.902 %)Degree
211 (2.157 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
39 (1.765 %)Oracle Certification
46 (1.176 %)Microsoft Certification
46 (1.176 %)ITIL Certification
54 (0.784 %)MCSE
62 (0.392 %)MCP
62 (0.392 %)Sun Certification
71 (0.196 %)PMP
71 (0.196 %)PMI Certification
71 (0.196 %)Network+ Certification
71 (0.196 %)MCDST
71 (0.196 %)IRCA
71 (0.196 %)ISEB
71 (0.196 %)CNA
71 (0.196 %)Novell Certification
71 (0.196 %)A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
158 (11.37 %)QA
236 (7.059 %)ISO9001
312 (2.353 %)GxP
312 (2.353 %)SLA
410 (1.961 %)21 CFR Part 11
410 (1.961 %)GLP
58 (1.569 %)GMP
67 (1.373 %)ISO9000
76 (1.176 %)GCP
85 (0.980 %)CESG Infosec
85 (0.980 %)EFQM
94 (0.784 %)TickIT
94 (0.784 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
103 (0.588 %)BS15000
111 (0.196 %)ISO14001
111 (0.196 %)ISO27001
111 (0.196 %)MiFID
111 (0.196 %)BS25999
System Software
16 (1.176 %)Oracle RMAN
24 (0.784 %)AquaLogic
32 (0.392 %)VMware Infrastructure
41 (0.196 %)Active Directory
41 (0.196 %)NetBackup
Systems Management
16 (1.176 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
22 (0.392 %)MOM
31 (0.196 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
31 (0.196 %)OpenView
Vendors
157 (11.18 %)Oracle
236 (7.059 %)SAP
331 (6.078 %)Microsoft
411 (2.157 %)Sybase
59 (1.765 %)Sun
59 (1.765 %)IBM
66 (1.176 %)Business Objects
75 (0.980 %)Informatica
75 (0.980 %)Primavera
84 (0.784 %)Hyperion
84 (0.784 %)BEA
93 (0.588 %)VMware
102 (0.392 %)Google
102 (0.392 %)ESRI
102 (0.392 %)Remedy
102 (0.392 %)Compuware
111 (0.196 %)HP
111 (0.196 %)EMC
111 (0.196 %)Intel
111 (0.196 %)Nortel
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