The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term NHS in IT contracts advertised for the Chester region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited NHS over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Chester 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
National Health Service (NHS)
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing NHS 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Chester - - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £270 £300 £288
% change year-on-year
-10.00% +4.34%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.00 £17.50 £14.91
% change year-on-year
-2.85% +17.37%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Chester
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
30 13 22
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Chester 23.26% 11.50% 16.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 7 7
Average daily rate £375 £363 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.44% +3.57%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £301 £290
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £500 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £328
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +5.34%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 1
Average hourly rate - £14.00 £10.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +40.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.63 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-3.88% -10.00%
NHS
Cheshire

NHS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Chester 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 Chester region.

Chester 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 Chester region.

Chester NHS Hourly Rate Trend

NHS
Top 7 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Chester 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%) SharePoint
1 3 (100.00%) Data Warehouse
1 3 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (100.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 3 (100.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 3 (100.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services

NHS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Chester 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 Platforms
1 3 (100.00%) SharePoint
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) Data Warehouse
1 3 (100.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 3 (100.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 3 (100.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Senior Consultant
1 3 (100.00%) Consultant
1 3 (100.00%) Business Intelligence Consultant
1 3 (100.00%) Senior Business Intelligence Consultant
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft