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The table below looks at the prevalence of the term 'Health' in contract IT jobs within the Cambridge region together with a comparison to our General terms category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Health over the 3 months to 7 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkHealth
Location
3 months to
7 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank3355
Rank change on same period last yearUp+22
Matching contract IT job ads82
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.011 %0.002 %
As % of the category below7.080 %0.855 %
Daily rates quoted21
Average minimum daily rate£250£150
Average daily rate£263£175
% change on same period last year+50.00 %
Average maximum daily rate£275£200
UK excluding London average daily rate£362£347
% change on same period last year+4.33 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.74£26.50
% change on same period last year-10.43 %
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
Cambridge
Matching contract IT job ads113234
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.161 %0.236 %
Daily rates quoted2755
Average minimum daily rate£278£358
Average daily rate£307£375
% change on same period last year-17.99 %
Average maximum daily rate£336£391
UK excluding London average daily rate£384£381
% change on same period last year+0.86 %
Hourly rates quoted1322
Average minimum hourly rate£28.56£30.38
Average hourly rate£30.99£34.12
% change on same period last year-9.17 %
Average maximum hourly rate£33.42£37.86
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.08£26.75
% change on same period last year+4.96 %
Health CambridgeshireHealth
Cambridgeshire

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Health
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Health across the Cambridge region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

Cambridge Health Demand Trend

Health
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Health across the Cambridge region.

Cambridge Health Daily Rate Trend

Health
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Health across the Cambridge region.

Cambridge Health Hourly Rate Trend

Health
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge region citing Health 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 Health.

14 (30.77 %)Telecoms
23 (23.08 %)SLA
23 (23.08 %)XML
23 (23.08 %)Programme Management
23 (23.08 %)Banking
23 (23.08 %)Business Analysis
23 (23.08 %)Business Development
32 (15.38 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
32 (15.38 %)Corporate Banking
32 (15.38 %)SQL Server 2005
32 (15.38 %)Business Intelligence
32 (15.38 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
32 (15.38 %)Cognos
32 (15.38 %)Datawarehouse
32 (15.38 %)ETL
32 (15.38 %)Java
32 (15.38 %)VB.NET
32 (15.38 %)VBA
32 (15.38 %).NET
32 (15.38 %)SQL Server
32 (15.38 %)OLAP
32 (15.38 %)Business Objects
32 (15.38 %)SQL Server 2000
32 (15.38 %)Project Management
32 (15.38 %)Microsoft
32 (15.38 %)BusinessObjects
41 (7.692 %)Wireless
41 (7.692 %)Electronics
41 (7.692 %)Construction
41 (7.692 %)NHS

Health
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge region citing Health 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 Health. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13 (23.08 %)XML
22 (15.38 %).NET
31 (7.692 %)J2EE
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (7.692 %)MS Office
11 (7.692 %)MS Visio
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (7.692 %)Wireless
11 (7.692 %)Bluetooth
11 (7.692 %)DECT
11 (7.692 %)PPP
11 (7.692 %)ZigBee
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (15.38 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
12 (15.38 %)SQL Server 2005
12 (15.38 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
12 (15.38 %)Datawarehouse
12 (15.38 %)ETL
12 (15.38 %)SQL Server
12 (15.38 %)OLAP
12 (15.38 %)SQL Server 2000
12 (15.38 %)BusinessObjects
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
14 (30.77 %)Telecoms
23 (23.08 %)Banking
32 (15.38 %)Corporate Banking
41 (7.692 %)Electronics
41 (7.692 %)Construction
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
14 (30.77 %)Developer
23 (23.08 %)Operations Manager
23 (23.08 %)Analyst
23 (23.08 %)Business Analyst
32 (15.38 %)Business Intelligence Developer
32 (15.38 %)Java Developer
32 (15.38 %)Datawarehouse Developer
32 (15.38 %)Project Manager
32 (15.38 %)Business Developer
41 (7.692 %)Business Process Analyst
41 (7.692 %)Process Analyst
41 (7.692 %)Software Engineer
41 (7.692 %)Support Manager
41 (7.692 %)Product Manager
41 (7.692 %)Business Project Manager
41 (7.692 %)Embedded Software Engineer
41 (7.692 %)J2EE Developer
41 (7.692 %)Business Manager
41 (7.692 %)NHS Project Manager
41 (7.692 %)Java/J2EE Developer
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (7.692 %)NHS
11 (7.692 %)Life Science
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (23.08 %)Programme Management
13 (23.08 %)Business Analysis
13 (23.08 %)Business Development
22 (15.38 %)Business Intelligence
22 (15.38 %)Project Management
31 (7.692 %)PRINCE
31 (7.692 %)PRINCE2
31 (7.692 %)Bioinformatics
31 (7.692 %)Requirements Analysis
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (15.38 %)Java
12 (15.38 %)VB.NET
12 (15.38 %)VBA
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
13 (23.08 %)SLA
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (15.38 %)Cognos
12 (15.38 %)Business Objects
12 (15.38 %)Microsoft
21 (7.692 %)Oracle