The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term NHS in IT contracts advertised for the Cardiff region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited NHS over the 3 months to 24 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 Cardiff 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
National Health Service (NHS)
Rank - 32 25
Contract jobs citing NHS 0 3 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cardiff - 1.333% 4.132%
As % of the Miscellaneous category - 6.818% 15.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 4
Average daily rate - £325 £299
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +8.78%
UK excluding London average daily rate £263 £300 £276
% change year-on-year
-12.50% +8.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £18.20 £16.49 £14.96
% change year-on-year
+10.36% +10.26%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Cardiff
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
42 44 63
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cardiff 22.83% 19.56% 26.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 21 39
Average daily rate £375 £400 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.25% +6.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £260 £126 £104
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £489 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 4
Average hourly rate £11.00 £14.00 £14.78
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-21.42% -5.24%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £26.00
% change year-on-year
- -13.46%
NHS
South Wales

NHS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cardiff 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 Cardiff region.

Cardiff 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 Cardiff region.

Cardiff NHS Hourly Rate Trend

NHS
Top 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cardiff 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 3 (100.00%) SQL
1 3 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 3 (100.00%) MS Project
1 3 (100.00%) Visual Studio
1 3 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 3 (100.00%) UNIX
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
1 3 (100.00%) Linux
1 3 (100.00%) RUP
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (100.00%) ISEB
1 3 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 3 (100.00%) Degree
1 3 (100.00%) Team Foundation Server
2 2 (66.67%) Test Strategy
2 2 (66.67%) User Acceptance Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Integration Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Regression Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) MS Excel
3 1 (33.33%) XML
3 1 (33.33%) C

NHS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cardiff 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 1 (33.33%) XML
Applications
1 3 (100.00%) MS Project
2 1 (33.33%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (100.00%) Visual Studio
1 3 (100.00%) Team Foundation Server
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Analyst
1 3 (100.00%) Test Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Agile Test Analyst
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) UNIX
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
1 3 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 3 (100.00%) RUP
1 3 (100.00%) Software Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Test Strategy
2 2 (66.67%) User Acceptance Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Integration Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Regression Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) SQL
2 1 (33.33%) C
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) ISEB
1 3 (100.00%) Degree
2 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
Cardiff, South Glamorgan
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Posted: 22 May 2013