The first table below looks at the demand for ISO 9001 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 9001 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 Quality Assurance & Compliance category for the North West region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
ISO 9001
Rank 235 229 229
Rank change year-on-year
-6 0
Permanent jobs citing ISO 9001 19 16 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 0.263% 0.226% 0.044%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 3.619% 2.847% 0.673%
Number of salaries quoted 15 16 3
Average salary £37,500 £40,000 £34,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.25% +15.94%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £37,500 £41,500
% change year-on-year
+6.66% -9.63%
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
525 562 446
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 7.279% 7.931% 6.589%
Number of salaries quoted 436 469 396
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 £24,000 £27,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £60,000 £59,250
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- -2.43%
ISO 9001
England

ISO 9001
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing ISO 9001 across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Quality Assurance & Compliance category.

North West ISO 9001 Jobs Demand Trend

ISO 9001
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing ISO 9001 across the North West region.

North West ISO 9001 Salary Trend

ISO 9001
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing ISO 9001 across the North West region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

North West ISO 9001 Salary Histogram

ISO 9001
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing ISO 9001 within the North West 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
Manchester -12 10 £35,000 -13.58%
Cheshire +5 4 £45,000 +38.46%
Lancashire - 2 £33,500 -
ISO 9001
England

ISO 9001
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West region citing ISO 9001 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 9001.

1 12 (40.00%) Degree
2 11 (36.67%) Linux
3 9 (30.00%) Java
3 9 (30.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 8 (26.67%) MS Excel
4 8 (26.67%) SLA
4 8 (26.67%) Microsoft
5 7 (23.33%) Oracle
6 6 (20.00%) Telecoms
6 6 (20.00%) Computer Science
7 5 (16.67%) Agile Software Development
7 5 (16.67%) HTML
7 5 (16.67%) ASP
7 5 (16.67%) C#
7 5 (16.67%) SQL
7 5 (16.67%) ITIL
7 5 (16.67%) Service Delivery
7 5 (16.67%) ISEB
7 5 (16.67%) VoIP
8 4 (13.33%) VPN
8 4 (13.33%) Internet
8 4 (13.33%) Broadband
8 4 (13.33%) Configuration Management
8 4 (13.33%) Change Management
8 4 (13.33%) Firewall
8 4 (13.33%) ISO 14001
8 4 (13.33%) MS Office
8 4 (13.33%) OO
8 4 (13.33%) Web Services
8 4 (13.33%) Automated Testing

ISO 9001
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West region citing ISO 9001 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 9001. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 5 (16.67%) HTML
1 5 (16.67%) ASP
2 4 (13.33%) Web Services
3 3 (10.00%) Boost C++ Libraries
4 2 (6.667%) JMX
4 2 (6.667%) JMS
4 2 (6.667%) XML
4 2 (6.667%) CSS
4 2 (6.667%) SOAP
4 2 (6.667%) .NET
4 2 (6.667%) REST
Application Platforms
1 1 (3.333%) SharePoint 2013
1 1 (3.333%) Lync
1 1 (3.333%) Exchange Server 2010
1 1 (3.333%) SharePoint 2010
1 1 (3.333%) MS Exchange
1 1 (3.333%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (26.67%) MS Excel
2 4 (13.33%) MS Office
3 2 (6.667%) Solid Edge
Communications & Networking
1 5 (16.67%) VoIP
2 4 (13.33%) VPN
2 4 (13.33%) Internet
2 4 (13.33%) Broadband
2 4 (13.33%) Firewall
2 4 (13.33%) Network Security
3 1 (3.333%) VLAN
3 1 (3.333%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.667%) SQL Server
1 2 (6.667%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (3.333%) SQL Server 2012
2 1 (3.333%) SQL Server 2005
2 1 (3.333%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (3.333%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 1 (3.333%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (3.333%) DTS
2 1 (3.333%) SQL Server 2000
Development Applications
1 2 (6.667%) QuickTest Pro
1 2 (6.667%) LoadRunner
1 2 (6.667%) JUnit
1 2 (6.667%) Subversion
1 2 (6.667%) TestPartner
1 2 (6.667%) QALoad
1 2 (6.667%) Selenium
1 2 (6.667%) jMock
1 2 (6.667%) SilkPerformer
1 2 (6.667%) EasyMock
General
1 6 (20.00%) Telecoms
2 2 (6.667%) Electronics
3 1 (3.333%) Marketing
3 1 (3.333%) Finance
3 1 (3.333%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 7 (23.33%) Developer
2 5 (16.67%) Software Developer
3 4 (13.33%) Consultant
3 4 (13.33%) Systems Manager
3 4 (13.33%) Head of Managed Services
4 3 (10.00%) Software Engineer
5 2 (6.667%) IT Consultant
5 2 (6.667%) Graduate
5 2 (6.667%) Java Developer
5 2 (6.667%) Electronics Engineer
5 2 (6.667%) Hardware Engineer
5 2 (6.667%) Mechanical Engineer
6 1 (3.333%) IT Technician
6 1 (3.333%) Test Leader
6 1 (3.333%) Mechanical Design Engineer
6 1 (3.333%) Senior SQL DBA
6 1 (3.333%) Technical Support Consultant
6 1 (3.333%) Infrastructure Manager
6 1 (3.333%) Test Consultant
6 1 (3.333%) Design Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (20.00%) Computer Science
2 3 (10.00%) Client/Server
3 2 (6.667%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
3 2 (6.667%) Kindle
3 2 (6.667%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 11 (36.67%) Linux
2 3 (10.00%) Windows
3 2 (6.667%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (3.333%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (3.333%) Windows 2000 Server
4 1 (3.333%) UNIX
4 1 (3.333%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (16.67%) Agile Software Development
1 5 (16.67%) ITIL
1 5 (16.67%) Service Delivery
2 4 (13.33%) Configuration Management
2 4 (13.33%) Change Management
2 4 (13.33%) OO
2 4 (13.33%) Automated Testing
2 4 (13.33%) Operations Management
3 3 (10.00%) Multithreading
3 3 (10.00%) Web Development
3 3 (10.00%) TDD
3 3 (10.00%) UML
3 3 (10.00%) OOD
4 2 (6.667%) SOA
4 2 (6.667%) PRINCE2
5 1 (3.333%) Change Control
5 1 (3.333%) Test Automation
5 1 (3.333%) System Testing
5 1 (3.333%) Time Management
5 1 (3.333%) QMS
Programming Languages
1 9 (30.00%) Java
2 5 (16.67%) C#
2 5 (16.67%) SQL
3 3 (10.00%) Ruby
3 3 (10.00%) C++
3 3 (10.00%) JavaScript
3 3 (10.00%) Perl
3 3 (10.00%) PHP
3 3 (10.00%) Python
4 1 (3.333%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 12 (40.00%) Degree
2 5 (16.67%) ISEB
3 3 (10.00%) ISTQB
4 2 (6.667%) HNC
4 2 (6.667%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (30.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (26.67%) SLA
3 4 (13.33%) ISO 14001
4 1 (3.333%) QA
System Software
1 1 (3.333%) Forefront TMG
1 1 (3.333%) Terminal Services
Vendors
1 8 (26.67%) Microsoft
2 7 (23.33%) Oracle
3 2 (6.667%) Convergys
4 1 (3.333%) VMware
4 1 (3.333%) Sage
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