The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term NHS in IT contracts advertised for the East Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited NHS over the 3 months to 20 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 East Midlands 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
National Health Service (NHS)
Rank 40 74 67
Rank change year-on-year
+34 -7
Contract jobs citing NHS 44 7 12
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands 3.498% 0.513% 0.890%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 18.80% 3.196% 5.556%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 3 5
Average daily rate £246 £375 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-34.33% +25.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £325 £243
10% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £415 £330
UK excluding London average daily rate £263 £289 £280
% change year-on-year
-9.09% +3.12%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 4
Average hourly rate £13.50 - £13.25
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.30 - £9.65
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £18.07 - £17.55
UK excluding London average hourly rate £18.90 £15.75 £14.91
% change year-on-year
+20.00% +5.63%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
East Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
234 219 216
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands 18.60% 16.04% 16.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 114 95 76
Average daily rate £320 £375 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-14.66% +7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £225 £218
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £506 £535
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £343 £340
% change year-on-year
+2.18% +0.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 21 24
Average hourly rate £16.11 £27.50 £17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-41.41% +57.14%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.50 £9.38 £10.41
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £21.00 £57.50 £36.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £24.50 £27.00
% change year-on-year
-8.16% -9.25%
NHS
England

NHS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region.

East Midlands NHS Daily Rate Trend

NHS
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing NHS across the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

East Midlands NHS Daily Rate Histogram

NHS
Hourly Rate Trend

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

East Midlands NHS Hourly Rate Trend

NHS
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing NHS within the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Derbyshire - 8 £213 -
Nottinghamshire -4 1 - -
Leicestershire - 1 - -
Lincolnshire - 1 £225 -
NHS
England

NHS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, 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 20 (22.99%) SQL Server
2 19 (21.84%) SQL
3 18 (20.69%) Stakeholder Management
4 16 (18.39%) Business Analysis
5 14 (16.09%) Migration
5 14 (16.09%) Process Management
5 14 (16.09%) Customer Engagement
6 12 (13.79%) Data Warehouse
6 12 (13.79%) Business Intelligence
6 12 (13.79%) Active Directory
7 11 (12.64%) Microsoft
7 11 (12.64%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 10 (11.49%) Data Migration
9 9 (10.34%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 8 (9.195%) Windows
11 7 (8.046%) PRINCE2
11 7 (8.046%) MS Excel
11 7 (8.046%) Project Management
12 6 (6.897%) C#
13 5 (5.747%) VMware
13 5 (5.747%) Oracle
13 5 (5.747%) MS Access
13 5 (5.747%) SharePoint
13 5 (5.747%) SQL Server 2008
14 4 (4.598%) MS PowerPoint
14 4 (4.598%) Data Mapping
14 4 (4.598%) VMware Infrastructure
14 4 (4.598%) SQL Server Analysis Services
14 4 (4.598%) MS Exchange
14 4 (4.598%) MS Project

NHS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, 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 3 (3.448%) HTML
1 3 (3.448%) .NET
2 2 (2.299%) ASP
2 2 (2.299%) ASP.NET
2 2 (2.299%) XML
3 1 (1.149%) COM
Application Platforms
1 5 (5.747%) SharePoint
2 4 (4.598%) MS Exchange
3 3 (3.448%) Exchange Server 2010
4 2 (2.299%) Lotus Notes
5 1 (1.149%) Exchange Server 2003
5 1 (1.149%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 7 (8.046%) MS Excel
2 4 (4.598%) MS Project
2 4 (4.598%) MS PowerPoint
3 3 (3.448%) MS Office
4 2 (2.299%) SPSS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.448%) VPN
2 2 (2.299%) SAN
2 2 (2.299%) Wireless
2 2 (2.299%) LAN
3 1 (1.149%) PBX
3 1 (1.149%) VoIP
3 1 (1.149%) WAN
3 1 (1.149%) NAS
3 1 (1.149%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (22.99%) SQL Server
2 12 (13.79%) Data Warehouse
3 11 (12.64%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 9 (10.34%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 5 (5.747%) MS Access
5 5 (5.747%) SQL Server 2008
6 4 (4.598%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 3 (3.448%) QlikView
General
1 3 (3.448%) Legal
2 2 (2.299%) Finance
2 2 (2.299%) Local Government
3 1 (1.149%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 33 (37.93%) Analyst
2 22 (25.29%) Business Analyst
3 18 (20.69%) Consultant
4 11 (12.64%) Project Manager
4 11 (12.64%) Developer
5 10 (11.49%) Business Consultant
6 8 (9.195%) Information Analyst
7 7 (8.046%) NHS Project Manager
8 6 (6.897%) Data Migration Consultant
8 6 (6.897%) Data Consultant
8 6 (6.897%) Migration Consultant
9 5 (5.747%) Trainer
9 5 (5.747%) NHS Information Analyst
10 4 (4.598%) Web Developer
10 4 (4.598%) SQL Developer
11 3 (3.448%) Junior
11 3 (3.448%) Business Systems Analyst
11 3 (3.448%) Systems Analyst
11 3 (3.448%) Junior Analyst
11 3 (3.448%) Junior Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (2.299%) Informatics
2 1 (1.149%) Celerra
2 1 (1.149%) Data Extraction
2 1 (1.149%) EqualLogic
2 1 (1.149%) Health Informatics
2 1 (1.149%) Blackberry
2 1 (1.149%) Management Information System
2 1 (1.149%) CLARiiON
2 1 (1.149%) Clustering
2 1 (1.149%) Freedom of Information
Operating Systems
1 8 (9.195%) Windows
2 2 (2.299%) Windows XP
2 2 (2.299%) Windows Server 2003
2 2 (2.299%) UNIX
2 2 (2.299%) Windows Server 2012
3 1 (1.149%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (1.149%) Linux
3 1 (1.149%) Windows 2000
3 1 (1.149%) Windows NT
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (20.69%) Stakeholder Management
2 16 (18.39%) Business Analysis
3 14 (16.09%) Customer Engagement
3 14 (16.09%) Process Management
3 14 (16.09%) Migration
4 12 (13.79%) Business Intelligence
5 10 (11.49%) Data Migration
6 7 (8.046%) PRINCE2
6 7 (8.046%) Project Management
7 4 (4.598%) Validation
7 4 (4.598%) Project Planning
7 4 (4.598%) Data Mapping
8 3 (3.448%) Data Cleansing
8 3 (3.448%) Workflow
8 3 (3.448%) Change Management
9 2 (2.299%) Service Delivery
9 2 (2.299%) ITIL
9 2 (2.299%) ETL
9 2 (2.299%) Data Analysis
9 2 (2.299%) Data Entry
Programming Languages
1 19 (21.84%) SQL
2 6 (6.897%) C#
3 3 (3.448%) T-SQL
4 2 (2.299%) VBScript
5 1 (1.149%) VB
5 1 (1.149%) VBA
5 1 (1.149%) Pascal
5 1 (1.149%) Delphi
5 1 (1.149%) C
Qualifications
1 2 (2.299%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 1 (1.149%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.149%) ISO 9000
1 1 (1.149%) SLA
1 1 (1.149%) QA
1 1 (1.149%) HL7
System Software
1 12 (13.79%) Active Directory
2 4 (4.598%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.149%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 1 (1.149%) ZENworks
Vendors
1 11 (12.64%) Microsoft
2 5 (5.747%) Oracle
2 5 (5.747%) VMware
3 3 (3.448%) Cisco
4 2 (2.299%) Intel
4 2 (2.299%) Business Objects
4 2 (2.299%) Cerner
4 2 (2.299%) Novell
4 2 (2.299%) Lotus
5 1 (1.149%) Sage
5 1 (1.149%) iSOFT
5 1 (1.149%) Dell
5 1 (1.149%) EMC
5 1 (1.149%) Citrix