The first table below looks at the demand for Data Quality skills in IT contracts advertised for the West Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Data Quality 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 Quality Assurance & Compliance category for the West Yorkshire 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Data Quality
Rank 86 89 73
Rank change year-on-year
+3 -16
Contract jobs citing Data Quality 5 5 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 0.394% 0.309% 0.089%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 5.618% 5.208% 1.695%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 5 0
Average daily rate £245 £380 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-35.52% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £383 £370 £405
% change year-on-year
+3.37% -8.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
Average hourly rate £27.50 - £20.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.75 £17.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
+16.17% -15.00%
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
West Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
89 96 59
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 7.013% 5.933% 5.263%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 47 34
Average daily rate £325 £365 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.95% -2.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £248 £215 £193
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £460 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £340 £350 £375
% change year-on-year
-2.85% -6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 6 10
Average hourly rate £15.50 £12.00 £11.82
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+29.16% +1.56%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.80 £10.75 £6.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.50 £37.25 £20.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £16.35 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+7.03% -43.62%
Data Quality
Yorkshire

Data Quality
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire Data Quality Daily Rate Trend

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 Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region 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
Leeds -11 2 - -
Bradford - 2 £245 -
Castleford - 1 - -
Halifax - 1 - -
Data Quality
Yorkshire

Data Quality
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire 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 10 (83.33%) Oracle
2 8 (66.67%) Data Management
3 7 (58.33%) Data Modelling
4 6 (50.00%) Data Warehouse
4 6 (50.00%) MS Excel
5 5 (41.67%) SQL
5 5 (41.67%) Business Intelligence
5 5 (41.67%) Master Data Management
6 4 (33.33%) Oracle BI EE
6 4 (33.33%) Microsoft
6 4 (33.33%) Informatica
6 4 (33.33%) MS Office
6 4 (33.33%) Management Information System
6 4 (33.33%) Finance
6 4 (33.33%) MS PowerPoint
7 3 (25.00%) Marketing
7 3 (25.00%) DataFlux
7 3 (25.00%) Credit Risk
7 3 (25.00%) Use Case
7 3 (25.00%) Data Analysis
7 3 (25.00%) Systems Analysis
7 3 (25.00%) Oracle Reports
7 3 (25.00%) ERwin
7 3 (25.00%) Siebel
7 3 (25.00%) Quality Management
7 3 (25.00%) Data Governance
8 2 (16.67%) Dimensional Modelling
8 2 (16.67%) SQL Server 2008
8 2 (16.67%) Data Conversion
8 2 (16.67%) Metadata Management

Data Quality
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire 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 2 (16.67%) MDX
2 1 (8.333%) XML
Application Platforms
1 1 (8.333%) Oracle Spatial
Applications
1 6 (50.00%) MS Excel
2 4 (33.33%) MS PowerPoint
2 4 (33.33%) MS Office
3 2 (16.67%) MS Visio
4 1 (8.333%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (8.333%) Oracle EBS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (50.00%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (33.33%) Oracle BI EE
3 3 (25.00%) Oracle Reports
4 2 (16.67%) MS Access
4 2 (16.67%) SQL Server
4 2 (16.67%) OLAP
4 2 (16.67%) GIS
4 2 (16.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 2 (16.67%) SQL Server 2005
4 2 (16.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 2 (16.67%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 2 (16.67%) SQL Server 2008
5 1 (8.333%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 3 (25.00%) ERwin
General
1 4 (33.33%) Finance
2 3 (25.00%) Marketing
3 1 (8.333%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 7 (58.33%) Analyst
2 4 (33.33%) Data Analyst
3 3 (25.00%) Business Analyst
4 2 (16.67%) Developer
4 2 (16.67%) Consultant
4 2 (16.67%) Business Intelligence Developer
4 2 (16.67%) Quality Analyst
4 2 (16.67%) Data Quality Analyst
5 1 (8.333%) OBIEE Consultant
5 1 (8.333%) Data Quality Manager
5 1 (8.333%) Business Consultant
5 1 (8.333%) SQL Developer
5 1 (8.333%) Oracle Consultant
5 1 (8.333%) Senior Data Analyst
5 1 (8.333%) Data Manager
5 1 (8.333%) Data Architect
5 1 (8.333%) Quality Manager
5 1 (8.333%) Senior Analyst
5 1 (8.333%) Functional Consultant
5 1 (8.333%) Business Developer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (33.33%) Management Information System
2 3 (25.00%) Credit Risk
3 2 (16.67%) Data Conversion
4 1 (8.333%) Data Extraction
4 1 (8.333%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (66.67%) Data Management
2 7 (58.33%) Data Modelling
3 5 (41.67%) Business Intelligence
3 5 (41.67%) Master Data Management
4 3 (25.00%) Quality Management
4 3 (25.00%) Data Analysis
4 3 (25.00%) Systems Analysis
4 3 (25.00%) Use Case
4 3 (25.00%) Data Governance
5 2 (16.67%) ETL
5 2 (16.67%) Dimensional Modelling
5 2 (16.67%) Change Management
5 2 (16.67%) Migration
5 2 (16.67%) Asset Management
5 2 (16.67%) Metadata Management
6 1 (8.333%) Data Transformation
6 1 (8.333%) Validation
6 1 (8.333%) EAM
6 1 (8.333%) SOA
6 1 (8.333%) Data Migration
Programming Languages
1 5 (41.67%) SQL
2 2 (16.67%) VBA
2 2 (16.67%) PL/SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (16.67%) Basel II
2 1 (8.333%) QA
Vendors
1 10 (83.33%) Oracle
2 4 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 4 (33.33%) Informatica
3 3 (25.00%) DataFlux
3 3 (25.00%) Siebel
4 2 (16.67%) Business Objects