Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term 'Health' in contract IT jobs within the Cumbria 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 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkHealth
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank9-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads30
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.005 %0.000 %
As % of the category below15.00 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£350-
Average daily rate£388-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£425-
UK excluding London average daily rate£367£341
% change on same period last year+7.43 %
Hourly rates quoted20
Average minimum hourly rate£10.00-
Average hourly rate£12.50-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£15.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£26.75£23.03
% change on same period last year+16.15 %
Cumbria IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
Cumbria
Matching contract IT job ads209
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.032 %0.010 %
Daily rates quoted31
Average minimum daily rate£392£325
Average daily rate£404£350
% change on same period last year+15.47 %
Average maximum daily rate£417£375
UK excluding London average daily rate£380£378
% change on same period last year+0.46 %
Hourly rates quoted73
Average minimum hourly rate£17.16£29.33
Average hourly rate£19.66£32.67
% change on same period last year-39.80 %
Average maximum hourly rate£22.16£36.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.35£26.62
% change on same period last year+2.74 %
Health North WestHealth
North West

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.

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Demand Trend

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

Cumbria Health Demand Trend

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Daily Rate Trend

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

Cumbria Health Daily Rate Trend

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

Cumbria Health Hourly Rate Trend

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Health across the Cumbria region over the 3 months to 2 December 2008.

Cumbria Health Hourly Rate Histogram

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Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cumbria 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.

13 (60.00 %)Windows
13 (60.00 %)NHS
22 (40.00 %)Windows 2000
22 (40.00 %)MS Excel
22 (40.00 %)Windows XP
22 (40.00 %)Active Directory
31 (20.00 %)PRINCE2
31 (20.00 %)Retail
31 (20.00 %)Local Government
31 (20.00 %)HP
31 (20.00 %)Dell
31 (20.00 %)PRINCE2 Certification
31 (20.00 %)MS Visio
31 (20.00 %)VoIP
31 (20.00 %)Finance
31 (20.00 %)Government
31 (20.00 %)Risk Assessment
31 (20.00 %)iSOFT
31 (20.00 %)Windows Server 2003
31 (20.00 %)Project Management

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cumbria 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.

Cumbria IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (40.00 %)MS Excel
21 (20.00 %)MS Visio
Cumbria IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (20.00 %)VoIP
Cumbria IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (20.00 %)Finance
11 (20.00 %)Government
11 (20.00 %)Retail
11 (20.00 %)Local Government
Cumbria IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13 (60.00 %)Support Engineer
22 (40.00 %)Desktop Support Engineer
22 (40.00 %)Desktop Engineer
22 (40.00 %)Rollout Engineer
22 (40.00 %)Desktop Support
31 (20.00 %)Analyst
31 (20.00 %)Project Manager
31 (20.00 %)Business Analyst
Cumbria IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (60.00 %)NHS
Cumbria IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13 (60.00 %)Windows
22 (40.00 %)Windows 2000
22 (40.00 %)Windows XP
31 (20.00 %)Windows Server 2003
Cumbria IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (20.00 %)PRINCE2
11 (20.00 %)Project Management
11 (20.00 %)Risk Assessment
Cumbria IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (20.00 %)PRINCE2 Certification
Cumbria IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
12 (40.00 %)Active Directory
Cumbria IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (20.00 %)HP
11 (20.00 %)Dell
11 (20.00 %)iSOFT