The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Informatics in IT contracts advertised for the City of London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Informatics over the 3 months to 17 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 City of London 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Informatics
Rank 195 203 -
Rank change year-on-year
+8 -
Contract jobs citing Informatics 6 10 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 0.095% 0.129% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.301% 0.388% -
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 0
Average daily rate £255 £275 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.27% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £250 £190
% change year-on-year
+10.01% +31.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £24.00 £13.52 -
% change year-on-year
+77.58% -
All of the Miscellaneous Category
City of London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
1991 2580 3971
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 31.63% 33.16% 40.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 1475 1982 3065
Average daily rate £500 £500 £550
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -9.09%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £311 £298 £350
10% offered a daily rate of more than £625 £650 £675
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £342 £340
% change year-on-year
+2.41% +0.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 52 69 51
Average hourly rate £25.00 £21.50 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+16.27% +2.38%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.50 £13.00 £14.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £135.00 £45.00 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £24.50 £26.50
% change year-on-year
-10.20% -7.54%
Informatics
London

Informatics
Jobs Demand Trend

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

City of London Informatics Jobs Demand Trend

Informatics
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Informatics across the City of London region.

City of London Informatics Daily Rate Trend

Informatics
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Informatics across the City of London region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

City of London Informatics Daily Rate Histogram

Informatics
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Informatics across the City of London region.

City of London Informatics Hourly Rate Trend

Informatics
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing Informatics 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 Informatics.

1 14 (93.33%) NHS
2 10 (66.67%) SQL
3 7 (46.67%) Data Warehouse
4 6 (40.00%) Business Intelligence
4 6 (40.00%) MS Excel
5 5 (33.33%) Microsoft
6 4 (26.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 4 (26.67%) Statistics
6 4 (26.67%) Management Information System
7 3 (20.00%) MS Office
7 3 (20.00%) Data Extraction
7 3 (20.00%) Information Management
7 3 (20.00%) Data Analysis
7 3 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
7 3 (20.00%) Health Informatics
8 2 (13.33%) Analytics
8 2 (13.33%) Information Governance
8 2 (13.33%) Data Transformation
8 2 (13.33%) Statistical Analysis
8 2 (13.33%) Data Validation
8 2 (13.33%) Visualisation
8 2 (13.33%) Predictive Modelling
8 2 (13.33%) Data Modelling
8 2 (13.33%) Validation
8 2 (13.33%) Degree
8 2 (13.33%) Data Management
8 2 (13.33%) Project Management
9 1 (6.667%) Data Protection Act
9 1 (6.667%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 1 (6.667%) Data Protection

Informatics
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing Informatics 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 Informatics. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (6.667%) .NET
1 1 (6.667%) ASP.NET
Application Platforms
1 1 (6.667%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (40.00%) MS Excel
2 3 (20.00%) MS Office
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (46.67%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (26.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
Job Titles
1 11 (73.33%) Analyst
2 9 (60.00%) Information Analyst
3 7 (46.67%) NHS Information Analyst
4 2 (13.33%) Senior Information Analyst
4 2 (13.33%) Business Intelligence Analyst
4 2 (13.33%) Senior Analyst
4 2 (13.33%) Systems Manager
5 1 (6.667%) Administrator
5 1 (6.667%) Project Manager
5 1 (6.667%) Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 14 (93.33%) NHS
2 4 (26.67%) Management Information System
2 4 (26.67%) Statistics
3 3 (20.00%) Data Extraction
3 3 (20.00%) Health Informatics
4 2 (13.33%) Visualisation
5 1 (6.667%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.667%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (40.00%) Business Intelligence
2 3 (20.00%) Information Management
2 3 (20.00%) Data Analysis
2 3 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (13.33%) Data Validation
3 2 (13.33%) Predictive Modelling
3 2 (13.33%) Analytics
3 2 (13.33%) Information Governance
3 2 (13.33%) Data Transformation
3 2 (13.33%) Data Management
3 2 (13.33%) Statistical Analysis
3 2 (13.33%) Validation
3 2 (13.33%) Data Modelling
3 2 (13.33%) Project Management
4 1 (6.667%) Service Delivery
4 1 (6.667%) Change Management
4 1 (6.667%) Data Security
4 1 (6.667%) Security Management
4 1 (6.667%) ETL
4 1 (6.667%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 10 (66.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (13.33%) Degree
2 1 (6.667%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
2 1 (6.667%) NVQ Level 3
2 1 (6.667%) Security Cleared
2 1 (6.667%) ISEB
2 1 (6.667%) ECDL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.667%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 5 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (6.667%) Oracle
City of London
Report Writer, Screen Design or Security Management-Prince/ITIL/ISEB Application Management Foundation certificate or other relevant professional qualification-Information Governance knowledge-A good knowledge of IT Systems...
Sand Resources
Rate: £250 - £260 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
City of London
Our client is urgently looking to recruit an experienced BI Analyst for an on-going project.You will be responsible for the provision information management, analytics, and predictive...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £350.00 per day
Posted: 3 May 2013