The first table below looks at the demand for the Quality Manager role in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Quality Manager in their job title 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 Job Titles currently tracked.

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
Quality Manager
Rank 523 549 554
Rank change year-on-year
+26 +5
Contract jobs requiring a Quality Manager 18 16 32
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.039% 0.027% 0.052%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.042% 0.030% 0.056%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 13 25
Average daily rate £513 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+28.12% -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £321 £304 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £555 £495 £498
UK excluding London average daily rate £525 £400 £250
% change year-on-year
+31.25% +60.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £17.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.00 - -
All Job Titles
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
42697 54001 57544
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 92.14% 92.51% 92.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 24521 29759 31287
Average daily rate £400 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £240 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £575 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 2095 2581 2973
Average hourly rate £18.25 £18.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-1.35% -7.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.88 £40.00 £41.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%

Quality Manager
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Quality Manager within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Quality Manager Jobs Demand Trend

Quality Manager
Daily Rate Trend

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

Quality Manager Daily Rate Trend

Quality Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Quality Manager within the UK over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Quality Manager Daily Rate Histogram

Quality Manager
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Quality Manager Hourly Rate Trend

Quality Manager
Top 17 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Quality Manager within the UK over the 3 months to 23 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 +45 16 £513 +28.12%
London +33 6 £450 +16.12%
Northamptonshire +13 4 £525 +16.66%
East Midlands +1 4 £525 +23.52%
West Midlands - 4 £575 -
Warwickshire - 3 £575 -
Nuneaton - 3 £575 -
Northampton +6 2 £500 +11.11%
City of London +20 1 £450 -10.00%
East of England +18 1 £325 -13.33%
South East +17 1 £288 -28.12%
Suffolk +8 1 £325 -13.33%
Northern Ireland - 1 - -
Oxfordshire - 1 £288 -
Oxford - 1 £288 -
Belfast - 1 - -
County Antrim - 1 - -

Quality Manager
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Quality Manager in their job title 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 with Quality Manager in their job title.

1 31 (58.49%) QA
2 14 (26.42%) Quality Management
3 12 (22.64%) Data Quality
4 11 (20.75%) Finance
5 10 (18.87%) Banking
6 9 (16.98%) CMMI
7 8 (15.09%) ISO 9001
7 8 (15.09%) Data Management
8 7 (13.21%) Project Management
8 7 (13.21%) ITIL
8 7 (13.21%) Migration
8 7 (13.21%) Stakeholder Management
9 6 (11.32%) PRINCE2
10 5 (9.434%) HP Quality Center
10 5 (9.434%) Security Cleared
10 5 (9.434%) Manual Testing
10 5 (9.434%) QMS
10 5 (9.434%) SOA
10 5 (9.434%) Business Intelligence
10 5 (9.434%) Risk Management
11 4 (7.547%) Telecoms
11 4 (7.547%) Management Information System
11 4 (7.547%) Data Security
11 4 (7.547%) ITIL Certification
11 4 (7.547%) Six Sigma
11 4 (7.547%) Configuration Management
11 4 (7.547%) SharePoint
11 4 (7.547%) Test Management
11 4 (7.547%) Business Analysis
11 4 (7.547%) Agile Software Development

Quality Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Quality Manager in their job title 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 with Quality Manager in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 4 (7.547%) SharePoint
2 2 (3.774%) Documentum
3 1 (1.887%) LiveLink
Applications
1 2 (3.774%) MS Excel
2 1 (1.887%) MS PowerPoint
2 1 (1.887%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.887%) Maximo
1 1 (1.887%) SAP QM
1 1 (1.887%) TrackWise
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.774%) HTTP
2 1 (1.887%) DVB
2 1 (1.887%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.774%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (1.887%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (1.887%) MS Access
2 1 (1.887%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (1.887%) GIS
Development Applications
1 3 (5.660%) TestDirector
General
1 11 (20.75%) Finance
2 10 (18.87%) Banking
3 4 (7.547%) Telecoms
3 4 (7.547%) Retail
4 3 (5.660%) Investment Banking
5 2 (3.774%) Legal
6 1 (1.887%) Multimedia
6 1 (1.887%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (1.887%) Publishing
6 1 (1.887%) Financial Institution
Miscellaneous
1 4 (7.547%) Management Information System
2 3 (5.660%) PMI
3 2 (3.774%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (3.774%) Life Science
3 2 (3.774%) Statistics
3 2 (3.774%) Fixed Income
4 1 (1.887%) Data Conversion
4 1 (1.887%) SaaS
4 1 (1.887%) NHS
4 1 (1.887%) W3C
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (26.42%) Quality Management
2 9 (16.98%) CMMI
3 8 (15.09%) Data Management
4 7 (13.21%) Project Management
4 7 (13.21%) ITIL
4 7 (13.21%) Migration
4 7 (13.21%) Stakeholder Management
5 6 (11.32%) PRINCE2
6 5 (9.434%) Manual Testing
6 5 (9.434%) QMS
6 5 (9.434%) SOA
6 5 (9.434%) Business Intelligence
6 5 (9.434%) Risk Management
7 4 (7.547%) Data Security
7 4 (7.547%) Six Sigma
7 4 (7.547%) Configuration Management
7 4 (7.547%) Test Management
7 4 (7.547%) Business Analysis
7 4 (7.547%) Agile Software Development
8 3 (5.660%) Information Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (5.660%) SQL
2 2 (3.774%) T-SQL
3 1 (1.887%) PL/SQL
3 1 (1.887%) VBA
Qualifications
1 5 (9.434%) Security Cleared
2 4 (7.547%) ITIL Certification
3 3 (5.660%) SC Cleared
3 3 (5.660%) PMI Certification
4 1 (1.887%) Six Sigma Black Belt
4 1 (1.887%) BC Cleared
4 1 (1.887%) HNC
4 1 (1.887%) HND
4 1 (1.887%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (58.49%) QA
2 12 (22.64%) Data Quality
3 8 (15.09%) ISO 9001
4 1 (1.887%) WAI
4 1 (1.887%) Solvency II
4 1 (1.887%) ISO 9000
4 1 (1.887%) SLA
4 1 (1.887%) GxP
4 1 (1.887%) ISO 14001
Systems Management
1 5 (9.434%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 2 (3.774%) HP
2 1 (1.887%) Oracle
2 1 (1.887%) SAP
2 1 (1.887%) Microsoft
2 1 (1.887%) BT
City, London
We are currently recruiting for a Data Quality Manager / Consultant to work in and provide leadership for Data Quality / Data Management shared service for our Central London based...
Venturi
Rate: £400 - £500 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013
Nuneaton, West Midlands
Our market leading client is currently looking to recruit an IT Quality & Process Improvement Manager for an initial 3-6 month contract term... As the ideal candidate, you...
Harvey Nash plc
Rate: £600 per day
Posted: 4 May 2013