The first table below looks at the demand for ISO 9000 skills in IT jobs advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited ISO 9000 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 North West region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
ISO 9000
Rank 246 227 235
Rank change year-on-year
-19 +8
Permanent jobs citing ISO 9000 3 9 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 0.042% 0.126% 0.029%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.556% 1.571% 0.436%
Number of salaries quoted 3 6 2
Average salary £60,000 £50,000 £27,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+20.00% +81.81%
90% offered a salary of more than £45,200 £37,000 £23,900
10% offered a salary of more than £62,000 £60,000 £31,100
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £46,250 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-16.75% +15.62%
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
540 573 459
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 7.557% 8.052% 6.571%
Number of salaries quoted 448 473 407
Average salary £35,000 £37,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.66% -
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £23,900 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £60,000 £58,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- -2.43%
ISO 9000
England

ISO 9000
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West ISO 9000 Jobs Demand Trend

ISO 9000
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing ISO 9000 across the North West region.

North West ISO 9000 Salary Trend

ISO 9000
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing ISO 9000 across the North West region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

North West ISO 9000 Salary Histogram

ISO 9000
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing ISO 9000 within the North West 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Manchester -16 3 £60,000 +20.00%
ISO 9000
England

ISO 9000
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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 IT job ads sampled that cited ISO 9000.

1 4 (57.14%) MS Office
2 3 (42.86%) Oracle
2 3 (42.86%) Crystal Reports
2 3 (42.86%) PL/SQL
2 3 (42.86%) SQL
2 3 (42.86%) HND
2 3 (42.86%) UNIX
2 3 (42.86%) Oracle Reports
2 3 (42.86%) Microsoft
2 3 (42.86%) VMware
2 3 (42.86%) Software Testing
2 3 (42.86%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (28.57%) Firewall
3 2 (28.57%) Cisco PIX
3 2 (28.57%) Network Security
3 2 (28.57%) CCDE
3 2 (28.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (28.57%) Network Design
3 2 (28.57%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 2 (28.57%) CCSA
3 2 (28.57%) CCVP
3 2 (28.57%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (28.57%) Wireless
3 2 (28.57%) CCIE
3 2 (28.57%) CCSP
3 2 (28.57%) CCNP
3 2 (28.57%) CCIP
3 2 (28.57%) CCDP
3 2 (28.57%) CiscoWorks

ISO 9000
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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 IT job ads sampled that cited ISO 9000. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 4 (57.14%) MS Office
2 1 (14.29%) MS Project
Communications & Networking
1 2 (28.57%) Firewall
1 2 (28.57%) Cisco PIX
1 2 (28.57%) Network Security
1 2 (28.57%) Wireless
1 2 (28.57%) LAN
1 2 (28.57%) VoIP
1 2 (28.57%) WLAN
1 2 (28.57%) WAN
1 2 (28.57%) Cisco ASA
1 2 (28.57%) Unified Communications
1 2 (28.57%) FWSM
2 1 (14.29%) GPRS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (42.86%) Crystal Reports
1 3 (42.86%) Oracle Reports
General
1 1 (14.29%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Analyst
1 3 (42.86%) Software Support Analyst
1 3 (42.86%) Support Analyst
2 2 (28.57%) Cisco Consultant
2 2 (28.57%) Network Consultant
2 2 (28.57%) Consultant
2 2 (28.57%) Cisco Network Consultant
3 1 (14.29%) Project Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Technical Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Thin Client
1 1 (14.29%) Fat Client
1 1 (14.29%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 3 (42.86%) UNIX
2 1 (14.29%) Windows 7
2 1 (14.29%) Windows XP
2 1 (14.29%) Windows
2 1 (14.29%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Software Testing
2 2 (28.57%) Network Design
2 2 (28.57%) ITIL
2 2 (28.57%) Network Management
3 1 (14.29%) Software Deployment
3 1 (14.29%) Software Distribution
3 1 (14.29%) PRINCE2
3 1 (14.29%) Project Management
3 1 (14.29%) Risk Management
3 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (14.29%) Asset Management
3 1 (14.29%) Compatibility Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (42.86%) PL/SQL
1 3 (42.86%) SQL
2 1 (14.29%) VBScript
2 1 (14.29%) VB
2 1 (14.29%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) HND
2 2 (28.57%) CCDE
2 2 (28.57%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 2 (28.57%) CCSA
2 2 (28.57%) CCVP
2 2 (28.57%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (28.57%) CCIE
2 2 (28.57%) CCSP
2 2 (28.57%) CCNP
2 2 (28.57%) CCIP
2 2 (28.57%) CCDP
2 2 (28.57%) MCSE
2 2 (28.57%) VCAP
3 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared
3 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (14.29%) QA
System Software
1 3 (42.86%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (14.29%) XenApp
2 1 (14.29%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 2 (28.57%) CiscoWorks
2 1 (14.29%) McAfee ePO
2 1 (14.29%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
2 1 (14.29%) WSUS
2 1 (14.29%) SCCM
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) Oracle
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft
1 3 (42.86%) VMware
2 2 (28.57%) Cisco
2 2 (28.57%) CheckPoint
3 1 (14.29%) McAfee
3 1 (14.29%) Sophos
3 1 (14.29%) Citrix