East Midlands NHS Contracts

This section looks at the demand for National Health Service (NHS) skills within the East Midlands 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 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

National Health Service (NHS)
Location Avon Barking Barnet Barnsley Basildon Basingstoke Bath Bedford Bedfordshire Berkshire Bicester Birmingham Blackburn Bracknell Bradford Bridgend Bristol Buckinghamshire Bury Cambridgeshire Cardiff Chelmsford Chertsey Cheshire Chester Chippenham City of London Colchester Conwy Coventry Croydon Cumbria Darlington Dartford Denbigh Denbighshire Derbyshire Devon Dorset Dover Dudley Durham East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Edinburgh England Essex Exeter Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Gwent Halifax Hampshire Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire Home Counties Huddersfield Hull Ipswich Kendal Kent Lancashire Lancaster Leatherhead Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Lincolnshire Liverpool London Luton M4 Corridor Maidstone Manchester Merseyside Middlesbrough Middlesex Midlands Newcastle Newport Norfolk North East North Wales North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Nuneaton Oxford Oxfordshire Paisley Peterborough Pontypool Portsmouth Preston Reading Renfrewshire Rhyl Romford Rotherham Runcorn Scarborough Scotland Sheffield Shropshire Somerset South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southend-on-Sea Southport St Albans St Asaph Stafford Staffordshire Stockport Suffolk Sunderland Surrey Swansea Swindon Thames Valley Torfaen Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wakefield Wales Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford West Midlands West Wales West Yorkshire Wigan Wiltshire Wirral Witham Wolverhampton Worcestershire York Yorkshire	3 months to 4 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	29	56
Rank change on same period last year	+27
Matching contract IT job ads	71	33
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.094 %	0.035 %
As % of the category below	22.40 %	13.31 %
Daily rates quoted	10	4
Average minimum daily rate	£293	£175
Average daily rate	£317	£230
% change on same period last year	+37.82 %
Average maximum daily rate	£341	£285
UK excluding London average daily rate	£321	£334
% change on same period last year	-3.89 %
Hourly rates quoted	22	6
Average minimum hourly rate	£17.75	£14.89
Average hourly rate	£20.69	£16.13
% change on same period last year	+28.31 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£23.64	£17.36
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£19.56	£18.34
% change on same period last year	+6.67 %
Miscellaneous East Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads	317	248
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.418 %	0.263 %
Daily rates quoted	72	45
Average minimum daily rate	£336	£277
Average daily rate	£357	£293
% change on same period last year	+21.77 %
Average maximum daily rate	£377	£309
UK excluding London average daily rate	£362	£350
% change on same period last year	+3.34 %
Hourly rates quoted	56	38
Average minimum hourly rate	£16.35	£20.73
Average hourly rate	£18.43	£21.75
% change on same period last year	-15.27 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£20.50	£22.76
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£24.27	£28.32
% change on same period last year	-14.29 %
NHS England

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 East Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

NHS
Daily Rate Trend

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

NHS
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing NHS across the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

NHS
Hourly Rate Trend

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

NHS
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing NHS across the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing NHS within the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Leicestershire	+4	12	-	-
Nottinghamshire	-2	10	£185	-53.75 %
Northamptonshire	-1	10	£354	-
Lincolnshire	-1	5	£325	-
Derbyshire	+13	1	-	-

NHS England

NHS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands 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 57 (31.15 %) SQL 2 48 (26.23 %) Health 3 46 (25.14 %) SQL Server 4 35 (19.13 %) PRINCE2 5 21 (11.48 %) Project Management 5 21 (11.48 %) NPfIT 6 18 (9.836 %) SQL Server 7 6 18 (9.836 %) MS Excel 7 16 (8.743 %) Datawarehouse 7 16 (8.743 %) Stakeholder Management 8 15 (8.197 %) SQL Server 2005 9 12 (6.557 %) Data Analysis 9 12 (6.557 %) SQL Server 2000 9 12 (6.557 %) PRINCE2 Certification 10 11 (6.011 %) Microsoft

10 11 (6.011 %) MS Access 10 11 (6.011 %) Information Management 11 10 (5.464 %) Business Objects 11 10 (5.464 %) BusinessObjects 11 10 (5.464 %) Smartcard 12 9 (4.918 %) Windows 12 9 (4.918 %) MS Office 13 8 (4.372 %) SQL Server Integration Services 13 8 (4.372 %) Transact-SQL 13 8 (4.372 %) Validation 13 8 (4.372 %) Finance 14 7 (3.825 %) Service Delivery 14 7 (3.825 %) Management Information System 15 6 (3.279 %) Change Management 15 6 (3.279 %) OLAP

NHS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands 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 2 (1.093 %) ASP 1 2 (1.093 %) XML 1 2 (1.093 %) XSLT 2 1 (0.546 %) .NET	Applications 1 18 (9.836 %) MS Excel 2 9 (4.918 %) MS Office 3 2 (1.093 %) MS PowerPoint 4 1 (0.546 %) MS Project 4 1 (0.546 %) MS Visio
Business Applications 1 1 (0.546 %) Misys Midas	Communications & Networking 1 3 (1.639 %) LAN 1 3 (1.639 %) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence 1 46 (25.14 %) SQL Server 2 18 (9.836 %) SQL Server 7 3 16 (8.743 %) Datawarehouse 4 15 (8.197 %) SQL Server 2005 5 12 (6.557 %) SQL Server 2000 6 11 (6.011 %) MS Access 7 10 (5.464 %) BusinessObjects 8 8 (4.372 %) SQL Server Integration Services 9 6 (3.279 %) OLAP 10 5 (2.732 %) ETL 10 5 (2.732 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 11 4 (2.186 %) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence 11 4 (2.186 %) SQL Server Analysis Services 12 3 (1.639 %) BusinessObjects XI 13 2 (1.093 %) Crystal Reports 14 1 (0.546 %) Microsoft Analysis Services	Development Applications 1 5 (2.732 %) Visual Studio
General 1 48 (26.23 %) Health 2 8 (4.372 %) Finance 3 5 (2.732 %) Government 4 4 (2.186 %) Local Government	Job Titles 1 65 (35.52 %) Analyst 2 47 (25.68 %) Information Analyst 3 44 (24.04 %) Project Manager 4 24 (13.11 %) NHS Project Manager 5 16 (8.743 %) Developer 6 14 (7.650 %) Data Analyst 7 11 (6.011 %) SQL Developer 8 10 (5.464 %) Consultant 9 9 (4.918 %) Trainer 9 9 (4.918 %) NHS Information Analyst 10 8 (4.372 %) Implementation Manager 10 8 (4.372 %) Implementation Project Manager 10 8 (4.372 %) Business Analyst 11 5 (2.732 %) Datawarehouse Developer 12 4 (2.186 %) IT Trainer 12 4 (2.186 %) Support Engineer 12 4 (2.186 %) 2nd Line Support 12 4 (2.186 %) SQL Server Developer 13 3 (1.639 %) Desktop Support 13 3 (1.639 %) Desktop Engineer
Miscellaneous 1 21 (11.48 %) NPfIT 2 10 (5.464 %) Smartcard 3 7 (3.825 %) Management Information System 4 5 (2.732 %) PACS 4 5 (2.732 %) Statistics 5 3 (1.639 %) Informatics 6 1 (0.546 %) Data Integration	Operating Systems 1 9 (4.918 %) Windows 2 6 (3.279 %) Windows XP 3 2 (1.093 %) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies 1 35 (19.13 %) PRINCE2 2 21 (11.48 %) Project Management 3 16 (8.743 %) Stakeholder Management 4 12 (6.557 %) Data Analysis 5 11 (6.011 %) Information Management 6 8 (4.372 %) Validation 7 7 (3.825 %) Service Delivery 8 6 (3.279 %) Change Management 9 4 (2.186 %) Migration 9 4 (2.186 %) Business Intelligence 9 4 (2.186 %) Data Management 9 4 (2.186 %) Project Planning 9 4 (2.186 %) Performance Management 9 4 (2.186 %) Data Migration 10 2 (1.093 %) Web Development 10 2 (1.093 %) ITIL 10 2 (1.093 %) Risk Analysis 10 2 (1.093 %) Document Management 10 2 (1.093 %) Logistics 10 2 (1.093 %) Business Analysis	Programming Languages 1 57 (31.15 %) SQL 2 8 (4.372 %) Transact-SQL 3 5 (2.732 %) VBA 4 2 (1.093 %) VB 5 1 (0.546 %) C#
Qualifications 1 12 (6.557 %) PRINCE2 Certification 2 4 (2.186 %) Degree 3 3 (1.639 %) PRINCE2 Practitioner	System Software 1 5 (2.732 %) Active Directory
Vendors 1 11 (6.011 %) Microsoft 2 10 (5.464 %) Business Objects 3 4 (2.186 %) iSOFT 4 1 (0.546 %) Cisco 4 1 (0.546 %) Citrix 4 1 (0.546 %) Novell