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The first part of the table below looks at the demand for the Quality Manager role in IT jobs advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Quality Manager in their job title over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the North West region.

 Quality Manager
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank179198275
Rank change year-on-year
Up+19Up+77
Matching permanent IT job ads925
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West0.166 %0.035 %0.040 %
As % of the Job Titles category0.177 %0.037 %0.042 %
Salaries quoted925
Average salary£40,000£45,000£40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-11.11 %+12.50 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£34,500£41,000£37,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£48,800£49,000£44,000
UK excluding London average salary£43,250£43,976£50,000
% change year-on-year
-1.640 %-12.04 %
North West IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryAll Job Titles
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
5081536711866
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West93.83 %93.99 %94.29 %
Salaries quoted4449461210195
Average salary£33,000£32,500£33,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.530 %-2.980 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£22,500£22,500£21,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£55,000£57,500£50,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,556£35,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+1.580 %-
Quality Manager EnglandQuality Manager
England

Quality Manager
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Quality Manager across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

North West Quality Manager Demand Trend

Quality Manager
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Quality Manager across the North West region.

North West Quality Manager Salary Trend

Quality Manager
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Quality Manager across the North West region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

North West Quality Manager Salary Histogram

Quality Manager
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Quality Manager within the North West region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
ManchesterNew entry-4£37,500-
CheshireUp+113£43,500-13.00 %
CumbriaNew entry-1£32,500-
LancashireNew entry-1£70,000-
Quality Manager EnglandQuality Manager
England

Quality Manager
Top 29 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the North West region that cited Quality Manager in their job title 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 with Quality Manager in their job title.

17 (58.33 %)Quality Management
26 (50.00 %)QA
35 (41.67 %)ISO27001
35 (41.67 %)ITIL
35 (41.67 %)ISO9000
35 (41.67 %)BCP
43 (25.00 %)Finance
52 (16.67 %)ISO9001
52 (16.67 %)QMS
61 (8.333 %)ISO/IEC 20000
61 (8.333 %)Data Validation
61 (8.333 %)V-Model
61 (8.333 %)Qt
61 (8.333 %)Release Management
61 (8.333 %)Unit Testing
61 (8.333 %)Continuous Integration
61 (8.333 %)System Testing
61 (8.333 %)ISMS
61 (8.333 %)Firmware
61 (8.333 %)C++
61 (8.333 %)JavaScript
61 (8.333 %)Aerospace
61 (8.333 %)Automotive
61 (8.333 %)Manufacturing
61 (8.333 %)Validation
61 (8.333 %)Data Analysis
61 (8.333 %)ISO14001
61 (8.333 %)ITSM
61 (8.333 %)Wireless

Quality Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the North West region that cited Quality Manager in their job title 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 with Quality Manager in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

North West IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
11 (8.333 %)Qt
North West IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
11 (8.333 %)Wireless
North West IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
13 (25.00 %)Finance
21 (8.333 %)Aerospace
21 (8.333 %)Automotive
21 (8.333 %)Manufacturing
North West IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
11 (8.333 %)Firmware
North West IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
17 (58.33 %)Quality Management
25 (41.67 %)ITIL
25 (41.67 %)BCP
32 (16.67 %)QMS
41 (8.333 %)Data Validation
41 (8.333 %)V-Model
41 (8.333 %)ITSM
41 (8.333 %)Validation
41 (8.333 %)Data Analysis
41 (8.333 %)Release Management
41 (8.333 %)Unit Testing
41 (8.333 %)Continuous Integration
41 (8.333 %)System Testing
41 (8.333 %)ISMS
North West IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
11 (8.333 %)C++
11 (8.333 %)JavaScript
North West IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
16 (50.00 %)QA
25 (41.67 %)ISO9000
25 (41.67 %)ISO27001
32 (16.67 %)ISO9001
41 (8.333 %)ISO14001
41 (8.333 %)ISO/IEC 20000