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This section looks at the demand for National Health Service (NHS) skills within the City of London region with a comparison to our Miscellaneous category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited NHS over the 3 months to 18 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkNational Health Service (NHS)
Location
3 months to 18 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank173191
Rank change on same period last yearUp+18
Matching contract IT job ads508
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.066 %0.008 %
As % of the category below1.536 %0.268 %
Daily rates quoted263
Average minimum daily rate£343£283
Average daily rate£377£367
% change on same period last year+2.87 %
Average maximum daily rate£411£450
UK excluding London average daily rate£324£329
% change on same period last year-1.78 %
Hourly rates quoted81
Average minimum hourly rate£10.75£13.00
Average hourly rate£11.69£14.50
% change on same period last year-19.39 %
Average maximum hourly rate£12.63£16.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£19.86£18.22
% change on same period last year+8.96 %
Miscellaneous City of LondonMiscellaneous
City of London
Matching contract IT job ads32562984
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled4.324 %3.062 %
Daily rates quoted19101440
Average minimum daily rate£477£498
Average daily rate£522£542
% change on same period last year-3.57 %
Average maximum daily rate£568£586
UK excluding London average daily rate£354£353
% change on same period last year+0.38 %
Hourly rates quoted7248
Average minimum hourly rate£19.62£22.06
Average hourly rate£21.43£24.09
% change on same period last year-11.03 %
Average maximum hourly rate£23.24£26.12
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.49£28.98
% change on same period last year-15.50 %
NHS LondonNHS
London

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.

NHS
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing NHS across the City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

City of London NHS Demand Trend

NHS
Daily Rate Trend

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

City of London NHS Daily Rate Trend

NHS
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing NHS across the City of London region over the 3 months to 18 July 2008.

City of London NHS Daily Rate Histogram

NHS
Hourly Rate Trend

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

City of London NHS Hourly Rate Trend

NHS
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing NHS across the City of London region over the 3 months to 18 July 2008.

City of London NHS Hourly Rate Histogram

NHS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London 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.

140 (39.60 %)Health
215 (14.85 %)SQL
314 (13.86 %)Project Management
413 (12.87 %)MS Excel
511 (10.89 %)MS Office
69 (8.911 %)Windows
69 (8.911 %)SQL Server
69 (8.911 %)Microsoft
78 (7.921 %)PRINCE2
87 (6.931 %)Active Directory
87 (6.931 %)Finance
96 (5.941 %)Information Management
96 (5.941 %)MS Exchange
96 (5.941 %)MS Access
105 (4.950 %)Cerner
105 (4.950 %)Government
114 (3.960 %)Service Management
114 (3.960 %)ECDL
114 (3.960 %)SharePoint
114 (3.960 %)ITIL
123 (2.970 %)MS Project
123 (2.970 %)Windows 2000
123 (2.970 %)Oracle
123 (2.970 %)SQL Server 7
123 (2.970 %)SPSS
123 (2.970 %)Service Delivery
123 (2.970 %)Change Management
123 (2.970 %)MS Visio
123 (2.970 %)Business Intelligence
123 (2.970 %)SLA

NHS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London 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
12 (1.980 %).NET
12 (1.980 %)ASP.NET
21 (0.990 %)CSS
21 (0.990 %)SOAP
21 (0.990 %)WebServices
21 (0.990 %)XML
21 (0.990 %)XHTML
21 (0.990 %)AJAX
21 (0.990 %)ASP.NET 2.0
21 (0.990 %)HTML
Application Platforms
16 (5.941 %)MS Exchange
24 (3.960 %)SharePoint
32 (1.980 %)Lotus Notes
32 (1.980 %)CMS
41 (0.990 %)Exchange Server 2000
41 (0.990 %)Exchange Server 2003
41 (0.990 %)SAS
Applications
113 (12.87 %)MS Excel
211 (10.89 %)MS Office
33 (2.970 %)MS Project
33 (2.970 %)MS Visio
33 (2.970 %)SPSS
42 (1.980 %)MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
12 (1.980 %)Cerner Millennium
21 (0.990 %)Oracle Financials
Communications & Networking
11 (0.990 %)LAN
11 (0.990 %)Internet
11 (0.990 %)Wireless
11 (0.990 %)VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
19 (8.911 %)SQL Server
26 (5.941 %)MS Access
33 (2.970 %)SQL Server 7
42 (1.980 %)BusinessObjects
51 (0.990 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
51 (0.990 %)SQL Server 2005
51 (0.990 %)Datawarehouse
51 (0.990 %)Crystal Reports
Development Applications
11 (0.990 %)Visual Studio
General
140 (39.60 %)Health
27 (6.931 %)Finance
35 (4.950 %)Government
41 (0.990 %)Telecoms
41 (0.990 %)Law
41 (0.990 %)Legal
41 (0.990 %)Marketing
Job Titles
127 (26.73 %)Analyst
214 (13.86 %)Information Analyst
312 (11.88 %)Project Manager
49 (8.911 %)Trainer
49 (8.911 %)Desktop Support
57 (6.931 %)Service Manager
57 (6.931 %)IT Trainer
64 (3.960 %)Desktop Engineer
64 (3.960 %)Delivery Manager
64 (3.960 %)Data Analyst
64 (3.960 %)Developer
64 (3.960 %)Senior Analyst
73 (2.970 %)Support Engineer
73 (2.970 %)Services Delivery Manager
73 (2.970 %)IT Manager
73 (2.970 %)Delivery Project Manager
73 (2.970 %)Information Manager
73 (2.970 %)Desktop Support Engineer
73 (2.970 %)Support Manager
73 (2.970 %)Business Manager
Miscellaneous
12 (1.980 %)NPfIT
12 (1.980 %)Management Information System
21 (0.990 %)Asset Management
21 (0.990 %)Freedom of Information
21 (0.990 %)Data Protection Act
21 (0.990 %)Informatics
Operating Systems
19 (8.911 %)Windows
23 (2.970 %)Windows 2000
32 (1.980 %)Windows NT
32 (1.980 %)Windows XP
41 (0.990 %)NetWare
Processes & Methodologies
114 (13.86 %)Project Management
28 (7.921 %)PRINCE2
36 (5.941 %)Information Management
44 (3.960 %)ITIL
44 (3.960 %)Service Management
53 (2.970 %)Service Delivery
53 (2.970 %)Change Management
53 (2.970 %)Business Intelligence
62 (1.980 %)Stakeholder Management
62 (1.980 %)Document Management
62 (1.980 %)Supplier Management
62 (1.980 %)Knowledge Management
62 (1.980 %)Data Protection
71 (0.990 %)Strategic Planning
71 (0.990 %)Incident Management
71 (0.990 %)Requirements Analysis
71 (0.990 %)Web Development
71 (0.990 %)Operations Management
71 (0.990 %)Data Analysis
71 (0.990 %)Systems Analysis
Programming Languages
115 (14.85 %)SQL
22 (1.980 %)Transact-SQL
22 (1.980 %)VB
22 (1.980 %)JavaScript
31 (0.990 %)C#
31 (0.990 %)VB.NET
Qualifications
14 (3.960 %)ECDL
22 (1.980 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
22 (1.980 %)PRINCE2 Certification
31 (0.990 %)A+ Certification
31 (0.990 %)PMP
31 (0.990 %)PMI Certification
31 (0.990 %)Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
13 (2.970 %)SLA
13 (2.970 %)QA
21 (0.990 %)SNOMED CT
21 (0.990 %)HL7
21 (0.990 %)BS15000
System Software
17 (6.931 %)Active Directory
21 (0.990 %)VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
19 (8.911 %)Microsoft
25 (4.950 %)Cerner
33 (2.970 %)Oracle
42 (1.980 %)Business Objects
42 (1.980 %)Lotus
42 (1.980 %)iSOFT
51 (0.990 %)VMware
51 (0.990 %)Novell
51 (0.990 %)Cisco
51 (0.990 %)HP
51 (0.990 %)Alcatel
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