Yorkshire Quality Management Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Quality Management skills within the Yorkshire region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Quality Management over the 3 months to 24 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Basingstoke Berkshire Birmingham Blackpool Bootle Bournemouth Bracknell Brentford Brighton Bristol Buckinghamshire Burton-upon-Trent Cheshire City of London Coventry Devon Docklands, London Dorset Durham East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex Edinburgh England Exeter Glasgow Gloucestershire Gosport Guildford Hampshire Hertfordshire Hounslow Kent Lancashire Leeds Liverpool London Macclesfield Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Norwich Reading Redcar Sandwich Scotland Sheffield Slough Somerset South East South West South Yorkshire Staffordshire Surrey Swindon Taunton UK Wales Ware Warrington Waterlooville Watford West Midlands West Yorkshire Wilmslow Wiltshire Worcester Worcestershire Yorkshire	3 months to 24 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	109	112
Rank change on same period last year	+3
Matching contract IT job ads	13	17
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.017 %	0.017 %
As % of the category below	0.785 %	0.963 %
Daily rates quoted	1	3
Average minimum daily rate	£300	£300
Average daily rate	£325	£367
% change on same period last year	-11.36 %
Average maximum daily rate	£350	£433
UK excluding London average daily rate	£416	£376
% change on same period last year	+10.75 %
Hourly rates quoted	1	0
Average minimum hourly rate	£12.00	-
Average hourly rate	£13.00	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	£14.00	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£28.00	£28.24
% change on same period last year	-0.83 %
Processes & Methodologies Yorkshire
Matching contract IT job ads	1655	1765
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	2.203 %	1.789 %
Daily rates quoted	430	395
Average minimum daily rate	£343	£339
Average daily rate	£364	£358
% change on same period last year	+1.80 %
Average maximum daily rate	£386	£377
UK excluding London average daily rate	£381	£375
% change on same period last year	+1.41 %
Hourly rates quoted	108	96
Average minimum hourly rate	£25.05	£25.33
Average hourly rate	£26.95	£26.23
% change on same period last year	+2.75 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£28.85	£27.13
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£29.35	£30.17
% change on same period last year	-2.69 %
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We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Quality Management across the Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

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Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Quality Management across the Yorkshire region.

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Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Quality Management across the Yorkshire region.

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Quality Management within the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 24 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
West Yorkshire	-3	10	£325	-11.36 %
South Yorkshire	-	2	-	-
North Yorkshire	+1	1	-	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire region citing Quality Management 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 Quality Management.

1 19 (50.00 %) NHS 2 18 (47.37 %) PRINCE2 2 18 (47.37 %) Project Management 3 11 (28.95 %) Health 4 7 (18.42 %) Finance 4 7 (18.42 %) Programme Management 5 6 (15.79 %) MS Excel 6 5 (13.16 %) MS Project 6 5 (13.16 %) Primavera 7 4 (10.53 %) MS Office 7 4 (10.53 %) XML 7 4 (10.53 %) Stakeholder Management 7 4 (10.53 %) Government 7 4 (10.53 %) Supplier Management 7 4 (10.53 %) Problem Management

8 3 (7.895 %) Matrix Management 8 3 (7.895 %) Knowledge Management 8 3 (7.895 %) PRINCE2 Certification 8 3 (7.895 %) Risk Management 9 2 (5.263 %) PRINCE 9 2 (5.263 %) MS Access 9 2 (5.263 %) Compuware 9 2 (5.263 %) Windows 9 2 (5.263 %) Project Planning 9 2 (5.263 %) Degree 9 2 (5.263 %) QMS 9 2 (5.263 %) Insurance 10 1 (2.632 %) Data Validation 10 1 (2.632 %) Reference Data 10 1 (2.632 %) Test Scripting

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire region citing Quality Management 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 Quality Management. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 4 (10.53 %) XML	Applications 1 6 (15.79 %) MS Excel 2 5 (13.16 %) MS Project 3 4 (10.53 %) MS Office
Database & Business Intelligence 1 2 (5.263 %) MS Access 2 1 (2.632 %) Reference Data	General 1 11 (28.95 %) Health 2 7 (18.42 %) Finance 3 4 (10.53 %) Government 4 2 (5.263 %) Insurance 5 1 (2.632 %) Education 5 1 (2.632 %) Legal 5 1 (2.632 %) Retail
Job Titles 1 9 (23.68 %) Analyst 2 8 (21.05 %) Project Manager 3 7 (18.42 %) Test Analyst 4 6 (15.79 %) Data Analyst 5 4 (10.53 %) Author 5 4 (10.53 %) Programme Planner 5 4 (10.53 %) Release Manager 6 3 (7.895 %) Programme Manager 6 3 (7.895 %) Senior Analyst 6 3 (7.895 %) Support Specialist 7 2 (5.263 %) Server Support 7 2 (5.263 %) Server Support Specialist 7 2 (5.263 %) Senior Test Analyst 7 2 (5.263 %) Technical Author 7 2 (5.263 %) Wintel Support 7 2 (5.263 %) Server Specialist 8 1 (2.632 %) NHS Project Manager 8 1 (2.632 %) Senior Data Analyst 8 1 (2.632 %) Project Planner 8 1 (2.632 %) Business Process Analyst	Miscellaneous 1 19 (50.00 %) NHS 2 1 (2.632 %) Management Information System
Operating Systems 1 2 (5.263 %) Windows	Processes & Methodologies 1 18 (47.37 %) PRINCE2 1 18 (47.37 %) Project Management 2 7 (18.42 %) Programme Management 3 4 (10.53 %) Supplier Management 3 4 (10.53 %) Problem Management 3 4 (10.53 %) Stakeholder Management 4 3 (7.895 %) Matrix Management 4 3 (7.895 %) Knowledge Management 4 3 (7.895 %) Risk Management 5 2 (5.263 %) PRINCE 5 2 (5.263 %) Project Planning 5 2 (5.263 %) QMS 6 1 (2.632 %) Data Validation 6 1 (2.632 %) Test Scripting 6 1 (2.632 %) Six Sigma 6 1 (2.632 %) Service Delivery 6 1 (2.632 %) Validation 6 1 (2.632 %) Document Management
Qualifications 1 3 (7.895 %) PRINCE2 Certification 2 2 (5.263 %) Degree 3 1 (2.632 %) PRINCE2 Practitioner	Vendors 1 5 (13.16 %) Primavera 2 2 (5.263 %) Compuware 3 1 (2.632 %) Oracle 3 1 (2.632 %) BT