The first table below looks at the demand for ISO 9000 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 ISO 9000 over the 3 months to 22 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
ISO 9000
Rank 98 105 98
Rank change year-on-year
+7 -7
Contract jobs citing ISO 9000 1 5 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.060% 0.219% 0.054%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.980% 3.268% 0.787%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £325 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £350 £325
% change year-on-year
+21.42% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £35.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year
- -11.25%
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
102 153 127
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 6.082% 6.696% 6.872%
Number of daily rates quoted 52 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 £166 £200 £234
10% offered a daily rate of more than £465 £575 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £375
% change year-on-year
- -6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 15 11
Average hourly rate £20.00 £13.00 £19.58
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+53.84% -33.58%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.68 £8.60 £11.20
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%
ISO 9000
England

ISO 9000
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing ISO 9000 across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Quality Assurance & Compliance category.

West Midlands ISO 9000 Jobs Demand Trend

ISO 9000
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing ISO 9000 across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands ISO 9000 Daily Rate Trend

ISO 9000
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing ISO 9000 across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands ISO 9000 Hourly Rate Trend

ISO 9000
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ISO 9000 within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 22 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 +9 1 £325 -
ISO 9000
England

ISO 9000
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing ISO 9000 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 ISO 9000.

1 1 (50.00%) UML
1 1 (50.00%) RUP
1 1 (50.00%) ISO 9001
1 1 (50.00%) Ethernet
1 1 (50.00%) SLA
1 1 (50.00%) W3C
1 1 (50.00%) DVB
1 1 (50.00%) Service Management
1 1 (50.00%) Quality Management
1 1 (50.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (50.00%) Information Security Management
1 1 (50.00%) Security Management
1 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
1 1 (50.00%) Extreme Programming
1 1 (50.00%) Unified Process
1 1 (50.00%) Information Security
1 1 (50.00%) Multimedia
1 1 (50.00%) WAI
1 1 (50.00%) Six Sigma Black Belt
1 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement

ISO 9000
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing ISO 9000 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 ISO 9000. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Ethernet
1 1 (50.00%) DVB
General
1 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
1 1 (50.00%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Quality Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) W3C
1 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) UML
1 1 (50.00%) RUP
1 1 (50.00%) Service Management
1 1 (50.00%) Quality Management
1 1 (50.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (50.00%) Information Security Management
1 1 (50.00%) Security Management
1 1 (50.00%) Extreme Programming
1 1 (50.00%) Unified Process
1 1 (50.00%) Information Security
1 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Six Sigma Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) ISO 9001
1 1 (50.00%) SLA
1 1 (50.00%) WAI
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