The first table below looks at the demand for TQM skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited TQM over the 3 months to 17 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Total Quality Managment (TQM)
Rank 515 576 587
Rank change year-on-year
+61 +11
Contract jobs citing TQM 15 2 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.032% 0.003% 0.002%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.046% 0.005% 0.002%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 0
Average daily rate £525 £200 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+162.50% -
UK excluding London average daily rate - £200 -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Average hourly rate £20.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.00 - -
All Processes & Methodologies
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
32885 39492 41512
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 70.87% 67.77% 67.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 19655 22706 23594
Average daily rate £413 £400 £440
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.12% -9.09%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £275 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £579 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 974 1268 1474
Average hourly rate £31.25 £25.00 £29.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+25.00% -15.25%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £13.00 £13.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £50.00 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.60 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.40% -16.66%

TQM
Jobs Demand Trend

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

TQM Jobs Demand Trend

TQM
Daily Rate Trend

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

TQM Daily Rate Trend

TQM
Hourly Rate Trend

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

TQM Hourly Rate Trend

TQM
Top 13 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing TQM within the UK over the 3 months to 17 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 +61 15 £525 +162.50%
London - 7 £525 -
Leeds - 4 - -
Yorkshire - 4 - -
West Yorkshire - 4 - -
Lancashire - 3 - -
North West - 3 - -
City of London - 2 £525 -
Canary Wharf - 1 - -
South East - 1 - -
Hastings - 1 - -
East Sussex - 1 - -
Preston - 1 - -

TQM
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing TQM 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 TQM.

1 12 (70.59%) Six Sigma
2 9 (52.94%) Banking
3 7 (41.18%) Zachman Framework
3 7 (41.18%) Finance
3 7 (41.18%) Middleware
3 7 (41.18%) RUP
4 6 (35.29%) Wholesale Banking
4 6 (35.29%) Cash Management
4 6 (35.29%) TOGAF
5 5 (29.41%) SLA
6 4 (23.53%) Microsoft
6 4 (23.53%) Windows XP
6 4 (23.53%) Active Directory
6 4 (23.53%) Citrix
6 4 (23.53%) MS Office
6 4 (23.53%) Windows
6 4 (23.53%) Blackberry
6 4 (23.53%) BPR
6 4 (23.53%) FLEXCUBE
6 4 (23.53%) Microsoft App-V
6 4 (23.53%) AppSense
6 4 (23.53%) DMAIC
6 4 (23.53%) Windows 7
6 4 (23.53%) SCCM
6 4 (23.53%) CA
6 4 (23.53%) Windows Vista
6 4 (23.53%) Lean Six Sigma
6 4 (23.53%) SC Cleared
6 4 (23.53%) Security Cleared
6 4 (23.53%) Lumension

TQM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing TQM 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 TQM. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 7 (41.18%) Middleware
2 1 (5.882%) WebSphere
2 1 (5.882%) HTML
2 1 (5.882%) XML
2 1 (5.882%) XSL
Applications
1 4 (23.53%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 4 (23.53%) FLEXCUBE
2 2 (11.76%) Temenos T24
Communications & Networking
1 2 (11.76%) HTTP
General
1 9 (52.94%) Banking
2 7 (41.18%) Finance
3 6 (35.29%) Wholesale Banking
4 2 (11.76%) Marketing
5 1 (5.882%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 7 (41.18%) Architect
2 4 (23.53%) Business Manager
2 4 (23.53%) Business Process Manager
2 4 (23.53%) Process Manager
2 4 (23.53%) Support Engineer
3 3 (17.65%) 2nd Line Support
3 3 (17.65%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
3 3 (17.65%) Senior Architect
4 1 (5.882%) Developer
4 1 (5.882%) Solutions Architect
4 1 (5.882%) Senior Developer
4 1 (5.882%) Quality Manager
4 1 (5.882%) Services Delivery Manager
4 1 (5.882%) Service Manager
4 1 (5.882%) Change Manager
4 1 (5.882%) Infrastructure Architect
4 1 (5.882%) Delivery Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (23.53%) Blackberry
2 1 (5.882%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 4 (23.53%) Windows
1 4 (23.53%) Windows XP
1 4 (23.53%) Windows Vista
1 4 (23.53%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (70.59%) Six Sigma
2 7 (41.18%) RUP
2 7 (41.18%) Zachman Framework
3 6 (35.29%) TOGAF
3 6 (35.29%) Cash Management
4 4 (23.53%) Software Deployment
4 4 (23.53%) Lean Six Sigma
4 4 (23.53%) DMAIC
4 4 (23.53%) BPR
5 3 (17.65%) Unified Process
6 2 (11.76%) Quality Management
6 2 (11.76%) CMMI
6 2 (11.76%) Enterprise Architecture
7 1 (5.882%) Enterprise Modelling
7 1 (5.882%) Root Cause Analysis
7 1 (5.882%) Service Delivery
7 1 (5.882%) ITSM
7 1 (5.882%) Project Management
7 1 (5.882%) Service Management
7 1 (5.882%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.882%) Java
Qualifications
1 4 (23.53%) SC Cleared
1 4 (23.53%) Security Cleared
2 2 (11.76%) Degree
3 1 (5.882%) HNC
3 1 (5.882%) HND
3 1 (5.882%) CCIE
3 1 (5.882%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (29.41%) SLA
2 1 (5.882%) ISO 14001
2 1 (5.882%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 4 (23.53%) Active Directory
1 4 (23.53%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 4 (23.53%) SCCM
Vendors
1 4 (23.53%) Microsoft
1 4 (23.53%) Citrix
1 4 (23.53%) CA
1 4 (23.53%) AppSense
1 4 (23.53%) Lumension
2 2 (11.76%) Oracle
2 2 (11.76%) Temenos
3 1 (5.882%) BT
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