The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term NHS in IT contracts advertised for the Buckinghamshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited NHS 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 terms in our Miscellaneous category for the Buckinghamshire 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
National Health Service (NHS)
Rank 67 72 73
Rank change year-on-year
+5 +1
Contract jobs citing NHS 6 2 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 0.741% 0.199% 0.285%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 4.317% 0.826% 1.435%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 1
Average daily rate £201 £250 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-19.80% -9.09%
UK excluding London average daily rate £263 £290 £275
% change year-on-year
-9.48% +5.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Average hourly rate £19.70 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £18.20 £15.75 £14.91
% change year-on-year
+15.55% +5.63%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Buckinghamshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
139 242 209
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 17.16% 24.10% 19.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 70 87 68
Average daily rate £350 £340 £320
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.94% +6.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £163 £250 £222
10% offered a daily rate of more than £485 £475 £444
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 18 21
Average hourly rate £17.50 £15.00 £16.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+16.66% -10.44%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.20 £10.06 £13.10
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.00 £35.00 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £23.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
-4.34% -13.20%
NHS
South East

NHS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Buckinghamshire NHS Jobs Demand Trend

NHS
Daily Rate Trend

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

Buckinghamshire NHS Daily Rate Trend

NHS
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing NHS across the Buckinghamshire region.

Buckinghamshire NHS Hourly Rate Trend

NHS
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing NHS within the Buckinghamshire 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Milton Keynes +9 4 £176 -29.80%
NHS
South East

NHS
Top 28 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire region citing NHS 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 NHS.

1 5 (41.67%) Microsoft
2 4 (33.33%) Change Management
2 4 (33.33%) PRINCE2
3 3 (25.00%) MS Office
3 3 (25.00%) MS Excel
3 3 (25.00%) Informatics
3 3 (25.00%) Degree
4 2 (16.67%) Project Management
4 2 (16.67%) XML
4 2 (16.67%) ITIL
4 2 (16.67%) HTML
4 2 (16.67%) SQL
5 1 (8.333%) SQL Server 2005
5 1 (8.333%) .NET Framework
5 1 (8.333%) MVC
5 1 (8.333%) Finance
5 1 (8.333%) T-SQL
5 1 (8.333%) .NET
5 1 (8.333%) SQL Server
5 1 (8.333%) IIS
5 1 (8.333%) Windows
5 1 (8.333%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (8.333%) Windows Server 2003
5 1 (8.333%) Configuration Management
5 1 (8.333%) CMDB
5 1 (8.333%) WCF
5 1 (8.333%) Performance Management
5 1 (8.333%) Windows Server 2008

NHS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire region citing NHS 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 NHS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (16.67%) XML
1 2 (16.67%) HTML
2 1 (8.333%) .NET Framework
2 1 (8.333%) .NET
2 1 (8.333%) WCF
Application Platforms
1 1 (8.333%) IIS
Applications
1 3 (25.00%) MS Office
1 3 (25.00%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (8.333%) SQL Server 2005
1 1 (8.333%) SQL Server
1 1 (8.333%) Data Warehouse
General
1 1 (8.333%) Finance
Job Titles
1 5 (41.67%) Analyst
2 2 (16.67%) Project Manager
2 2 (16.67%) Test Analyst
2 2 (16.67%) Configuration Analyst
3 1 (8.333%) Technical Services Manager
3 1 (8.333%) Deployment Engineer
3 1 (8.333%) Release Engineer
3 1 (8.333%) Service Analyst
3 1 (8.333%) Administrator
3 1 (8.333%) Service Manager
3 1 (8.333%) Service Desk Analyst
3 1 (8.333%) SQL Developer
3 1 (8.333%) IT Administrator
3 1 (8.333%) Technical Manager
3 1 (8.333%) Junior
3 1 (8.333%) Software Engineer
3 1 (8.333%) Developer
3 1 (8.333%) Junior Analyst
3 1 (8.333%) Clinical Coder
Miscellaneous
1 3 (25.00%) Informatics
2 1 (8.333%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 1 (8.333%) Windows
1 1 (8.333%) Windows Server 2003
1 1 (8.333%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (33.33%) Change Management
1 4 (33.33%) PRINCE2
2 2 (16.67%) Project Management
2 2 (16.67%) ITIL
3 1 (8.333%) MVC
3 1 (8.333%) Configuration Management
3 1 (8.333%) Performance Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (16.67%) SQL
2 1 (8.333%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (25.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 5 (41.67%) Microsoft
Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
Location: Milton Keynes Duration: 6 months Key Skills: CIPS, Commercial Manager, Procurement, Line Management We have an urgent requirement for a Head of Commercial within an NHS client...
LA International
Posted: 20 May 2013