The first table below looks at the demand for QMS skills in IT jobs advertised for the Manchester region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited QMS over the 3 months to 21 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 for the Manchester region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Quality Management System (QMS)
Rank 177 175 173
Rank change year-on-year
-2 -2
Permanent jobs citing QMS 12 1 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 0.293% 0.027% 0.077%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.381% 0.038% 0.112%
Number of salaries quoted 10 1 3
Average salary £52,500 £21,500 £28,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+144.18% -24.56%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £42,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year
-5.88% -
All Processes & Methodologies
Manchester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
3151 2645 2674
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 76.91% 72.64% 68.58%
Number of salaries quoted 2715 2327 2416
Average salary £37,500 £35,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.14% -6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £25,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £51,000 £60,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
QMS
North West

QMS
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing QMS across the Manchester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Manchester QMS Jobs Demand Trend

QMS
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing QMS across the Manchester region.

Manchester QMS Salary Trend

QMS
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing QMS across the Manchester region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Manchester QMS Salary Histogram

QMS
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing QMS within the Manchester region over the 3 months to 21 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Altrincham - 7 £55,000 -
QMS
North West

QMS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester region citing QMS 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 IT job ads sampled that cited QMS.

1 10 (52.63%) Degree
2 5 (26.32%) Automated Testing
2 5 (26.32%) SLA
2 5 (26.32%) A+ Certification
2 5 (26.32%) Dell
2 5 (26.32%) Finance
3 4 (21.05%) ISEB
3 4 (21.05%) QuickTest Pro
3 4 (21.05%) LoadRunner
3 4 (21.05%) Oracle
3 4 (21.05%) JUnit
3 4 (21.05%) ITIL
3 4 (21.05%) UNIX
3 4 (21.05%) AIX
3 4 (21.05%) Linux
3 4 (21.05%) Manual Testing
3 4 (21.05%) EasyMock
3 4 (21.05%) Automation Testing
3 4 (21.05%) TestPartner
3 4 (21.05%) QA
3 4 (21.05%) QALoad
3 4 (21.05%) Selenium
3 4 (21.05%) jMock
3 4 (21.05%) SilkPerformer
3 4 (21.05%) Software Testing
4 3 (15.79%) Change Control
4 3 (15.79%) Project Management
4 3 (15.79%) Quality Management
5 2 (10.53%) Manufacturing
5 2 (10.53%) Benchmarking

QMS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester region citing QMS also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited QMS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (5.263%) Boost C++ Libraries
1 1 (5.263%) ASP
1 1 (5.263%) HTML
Applications
1 2 (10.53%) MS Excel
Development Applications
1 4 (21.05%) QuickTest Pro
1 4 (21.05%) LoadRunner
1 4 (21.05%) JUnit
1 4 (21.05%) EasyMock
1 4 (21.05%) TestPartner
1 4 (21.05%) QALoad
1 4 (21.05%) Selenium
1 4 (21.05%) jMock
1 4 (21.05%) SilkPerformer
General
1 5 (26.32%) Finance
2 2 (10.53%) Manufacturing
3 1 (5.263%) Billing
3 1 (5.263%) Marketing
3 1 (5.263%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 5 (26.32%) Technical Engineer
1 5 (26.32%) Support Engineer
2 4 (21.05%) Technical Consultant
2 4 (21.05%) Consultant
2 4 (21.05%) DBA
2 4 (21.05%) Head of Testing
2 4 (21.05%) Oracle DBA
3 3 (15.79%) Project Manager
4 2 (10.53%) Senior Manager
4 2 (10.53%) Senior Project Manager
4 2 (10.53%) Oracle Consultant
4 2 (10.53%) Oracle Technical Consultant
5 1 (5.263%) Software Developer
5 1 (5.263%) Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.263%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 4 (21.05%) UNIX
1 4 (21.05%) AIX
1 4 (21.05%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (26.32%) Automated Testing
2 4 (21.05%) ITIL
2 4 (21.05%) Manual Testing
2 4 (21.05%) Automation Testing
2 4 (21.05%) Software Testing
3 3 (15.79%) Change Control
3 3 (15.79%) Project Management
3 3 (15.79%) Quality Management
4 2 (10.53%) Benchmarking
5 1 (5.263%) Agile Software Development
5 1 (5.263%) TDD
5 1 (5.263%) Web Development
5 1 (5.263%) Unit Testing
5 1 (5.263%) Multithreading
5 1 (5.263%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (5.263%) Data Protection
5 1 (5.263%) OOD
5 1 (5.263%) UML
5 1 (5.263%) OO
5 1 (5.263%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (10.53%) SQL
2 1 (5.263%) Ruby
2 1 (5.263%) Python
2 1 (5.263%) C#
2 1 (5.263%) C++
2 1 (5.263%) Java
2 1 (5.263%) JavaScript
2 1 (5.263%) Perl
2 1 (5.263%) PHP
Qualifications
1 10 (52.63%) Degree
2 5 (26.32%) A+ Certification
3 4 (21.05%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (26.32%) SLA
2 4 (21.05%) QA
3 1 (5.263%) ISO 9001
Vendors
1 5 (26.32%) Dell
2 4 (21.05%) Oracle
3 2 (10.53%) Microsoft
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