The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term NPfIT in IT contracts advertised for the Bedfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited NPfIT over the 3 months to 22 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 terms in our Miscellaneous category for the Bedfordshire region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
National Programme for IT (NPfIT)
Rank - 34 -
Contract jobs citing NPfIT 0 2 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bedfordshire - 0.717% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category - 4.082% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 0
Average daily rate - £435 -
UK excluding London average daily rate - £385 £353
% change year-on-year
- +9.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.42 - -
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Bedfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
42 49 44
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 21.99% 17.56% 15.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 27 15
Average daily rate £350 £350 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -12.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £290 £250 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £503 £470 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 2
Average hourly rate £12.42 £42.50 £10.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-70.77% +295.34%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.66
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -12.31%
NPfIT
East of England

NPfIT
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing NPfIT across the Bedfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Bedfordshire NPfIT Jobs Demand Trend

NPfIT
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing NPfIT across the Bedfordshire region.

Bedfordshire NPfIT Daily Rate Trend

NPfIT
Top 5 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bedfordshire region citing NPfIT 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 NPfIT.

1 1 (100.00%) MS Visio
1 1 (100.00%) Cerner
1 1 (100.00%) NHS
1 1 (100.00%) Business Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Business Transformation

NPfIT
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bedfordshire region citing NPfIT 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 NPfIT. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) MS Visio
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Business Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) NHS Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Business Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Business Transformation
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cerner