The first table below looks at the demand for Data Quality skills in IT contracts advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Data Quality 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 West Midlands 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
Data Quality
Rank 93 103 87
Rank change year-on-year
+10 -16
Contract jobs citing Data Quality 4 2 13
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.245% 0.089% 0.680%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 4.167% 1.325% 10.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 8
Average daily rate £463 - £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £383 £370 £400
% change year-on-year
+3.37% -7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £19.58
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £17.00 £19.79
% change year-on-year
- -14.08%
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
96 151 130
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 5.886% 6.714% 6.803%
Number of daily rates quoted 48 61 55
Average daily rate £325 £350 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.14% -17.64%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £138 £200 £234
10% offered a daily rate of more than £470 £575 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £375
% change year-on-year
- -6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 15 13
Average hourly rate £20.00 £13.00 £27.29
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+53.84% -52.35%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.68 £8.60 £10.75
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £58.50 £26.20 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £16.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -46.66%
Data Quality
England

Data Quality
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands Data Quality Jobs Demand Trend

Data Quality
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Data Quality across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands Data Quality Daily Rate Trend

Data Quality
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Data Quality across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

West Midlands Data Quality Daily Rate Histogram

Data Quality
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Data Quality across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands Data Quality Hourly Rate Trend

Data Quality
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data Quality within the West Midlands region 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
Birmingham - 2 - -
Coventry - 2 £463 -
Data Quality
England

Data Quality
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing Data Quality 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 Data Quality.

1 11 (52.38%) Migration
2 7 (33.33%) Data Management
3 6 (28.57%) Data Migration
3 6 (28.57%) Data Mapping
3 6 (28.57%) NHS
3 6 (28.57%) Data Cleansing
4 5 (23.81%) Quality Management
4 5 (23.81%) User Acceptance Testing
5 4 (19.05%) Data Analysis
5 4 (19.05%) Finance
5 4 (19.05%) Active Directory
5 4 (19.05%) Data Governance
5 4 (19.05%) Master Data Management
6 3 (14.29%) Information Governance
6 3 (14.29%) Hyperion Planning
6 3 (14.29%) RDBMS
6 3 (14.29%) ETL
6 3 (14.29%) SQL
6 3 (14.29%) J2EE
6 3 (14.29%) Oracle
6 3 (14.29%) WebLogic
6 3 (14.29%) IIS
6 3 (14.29%) MS Office
6 3 (14.29%) SAP
6 3 (14.29%) Project Management
6 3 (14.29%) Microsoft
6 3 (14.29%) Hyperion
6 3 (14.29%) MS PowerPoint
6 3 (14.29%) Essbase
6 3 (14.29%) QA

Data Quality
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing Data Quality 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 Data Quality. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (14.29%) J2EE
Application Platforms
1 3 (14.29%) WebLogic
1 3 (14.29%) IIS
2 2 (9.524%) SAS
Applications
1 3 (14.29%) MS Office
1 3 (14.29%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (14.29%) Hyperion Planning
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (14.29%) RDBMS
1 3 (14.29%) Essbase
2 2 (9.524%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (9.524%) BusinessObjects
2 2 (9.524%) SAP Data Services
General
1 4 (19.05%) Finance
2 1 (4.762%) Automotive
2 1 (4.762%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 6 (28.57%) Analyst
2 5 (23.81%) Data Analyst
3 4 (19.05%) Data Migration Analyst
4 3 (14.29%) DBA
5 2 (9.524%) SAS Consultant
5 2 (9.524%) Data Manager
5 2 (9.524%) SAP Manager
5 2 (9.524%) Consultant
5 2 (9.524%) Business Analyst
6 1 (4.762%) NHS Business Analyst
6 1 (4.762%) NHS Data Analyst
6 1 (4.762%) Quality Manager
6 1 (4.762%) Project Manager
6 1 (4.762%) Quality Analyst
6 1 (4.762%) Project Officer
6 1 (4.762%) SAP Project Manager
6 1 (4.762%) Project Support Officer
6 1 (4.762%) Migration Engineer
6 1 (4.762%) Lead Business Analyst
6 1 (4.762%) Data Quality Manager
Miscellaneous
1 6 (28.57%) NHS
2 3 (14.29%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (9.524%) Statistics
3 2 (9.524%) Data Conversion
3 2 (9.524%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (52.38%) Migration
2 7 (33.33%) Data Management
3 6 (28.57%) Data Migration
3 6 (28.57%) Data Mapping
3 6 (28.57%) Data Cleansing
4 5 (23.81%) Quality Management
4 5 (23.81%) User Acceptance Testing
5 4 (19.05%) Data Analysis
5 4 (19.05%) Data Governance
5 4 (19.05%) Master Data Management
6 3 (14.29%) Information Governance
6 3 (14.29%) ETL
6 3 (14.29%) Project Management
6 3 (14.29%) Data Protection
7 2 (9.524%) Time Management
7 2 (9.524%) Stakeholder Management
7 2 (9.524%) Validation
7 2 (9.524%) Business Intelligence
7 2 (9.524%) Data Modelling
7 2 (9.524%) Data Validation
Programming Languages
1 3 (14.29%) SQL
2 2 (9.524%) PowerShell
2 2 (9.524%) VBA
Qualifications
1 2 (9.524%) SC Cleared
1 2 (9.524%) Security Cleared
1 2 (9.524%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (14.29%) QA
System Software
1 4 (19.05%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (14.29%) Oracle
1 3 (14.29%) SAP
1 3 (14.29%) Microsoft
1 3 (14.29%) Hyperion
2 2 (9.524%) DataFlux
2 2 (9.524%) Business Objects
2 2 (9.524%) IBM
3 1 (4.762%) iSOFT