The first table below looks at the demand for HL7 skills in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited HL7 over the 3 months to 21 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 of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category for the England 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Health Level 7 (HL7)
Rank 485 531 540
Rank change year-on-year
+46 +9
Contract jobs citing HL7 27 26 15
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.064% 0.049% 0.027%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.905% 0.647% 0.376%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 10 8
Average daily rate £290 £363 £313
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-20.00% +16.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £303 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £352 £405 £424
UK excluding London average daily rate £283 £350 £325
% change year-on-year
-19.28% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 0
Average hourly rate £23.13 £16.50 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+40.15% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £23.13 £16.50 -
% change year-on-year
+40.15% -
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
2983 4017 3987
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 7.051% 7.508% 7.197%
Number of daily rates quoted 1821 2131 2199
Average daily rate £410 £425 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.52% -5.55%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £225 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £600 £613
UK excluding London average daily rate £345 £350 £375
% change year-on-year
-1.42% -6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 99 219 219
Average hourly rate £20.00 £16.72 £27.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+19.63% -39.20%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.50 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £128.75 £36.80 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £16.35 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+7.03% -45.50%
HL7
UK

HL7
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing HL7 across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Quality Assurance & Compliance category.

England HL7 Jobs Demand Trend

HL7
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing HL7 across the England region.

England HL7 Daily Rate Trend

HL7
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing HL7 across the England region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

England HL7 Daily Rate Histogram

HL7
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing HL7 across the England region.

England HL7 Hourly Rate Trend

HL7
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing HL7 within the England region over the 3 months to 21 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
London +12 9 £290 -23.93%
North West +21 7 £250 -
South East +20 3 - -
East of England +13 3 £240 -
Yorkshire +7 3 £313 +47.05%
South West - 2 - -
HL7
UK

HL7
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing HL7 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 HL7.

1 46 (69.70%) NHS
2 24 (36.36%) SQL
3 18 (27.27%) .NET
4 15 (22.73%) XML
5 12 (18.18%) SQL Server
6 11 (16.67%) C#
7 9 (13.64%) Java
7 9 (13.64%) DICOM
7 9 (13.64%) Rational Rhapsody
8 8 (12.12%) Hibernate
8 8 (12.12%) ASP.NET
8 8 (12.12%) BizTalk Server
8 8 (12.12%) Cerner
9 7 (10.61%) PACS
10 6 (9.091%) Management Information System
10 6 (9.091%) Project Management
10 6 (9.091%) CSS
11 5 (7.576%) SOA
11 5 (7.576%) Web Services
11 5 (7.576%) Microsoft
11 5 (7.576%) Spring
11 5 (7.576%) Google
11 5 (7.576%) GWT
12 4 (6.061%) Twitter
12 4 (6.061%) JCAPS
12 4 (6.061%) Stakeholder Management
12 4 (6.061%) VB.NET
12 4 (6.061%) Windows
12 4 (6.061%) Linux
12 4 (6.061%) Visual Studio

HL7
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing HL7 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 HL7. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 18 (27.27%) .NET
2 15 (22.73%) XML
3 8 (12.12%) Hibernate
3 8 (12.12%) ASP.NET
4 6 (9.091%) CSS
5 5 (7.576%) Web Services
5 5 (7.576%) Spring
5 5 (7.576%) GWT
6 3 (4.545%) JDBC
6 3 (4.545%) JSP
6 3 (4.545%) Servlets
6 3 (4.545%) Struts
6 3 (4.545%) HTML
6 3 (4.545%) J2EE
6 3 (4.545%) ASP
6 3 (4.545%) JMS
6 3 (4.545%) Windows SharePoint Services
6 3 (4.545%) .NET Framework
7 2 (3.030%) XSLT
8 1 (1.515%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 8 (12.12%) BizTalk Server
2 4 (6.061%) JCAPS
3 3 (4.545%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 2 (3.030%) Cerner Millennium
2 1 (1.515%) SAP Oil and Gas
Communications & Networking
1 3 (4.545%) FTP
1 3 (4.545%) HTTP
1 3 (4.545%) HTTPS
2 1 (1.515%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (18.18%) SQL Server
2 3 (4.545%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (3.030%) SQL Server 2008
3 2 (3.030%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 2 (3.030%) Essbase
3 2 (3.030%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 2 (3.030%) OLAP
Development Applications
1 9 (13.64%) Rational Rhapsody
2 4 (6.061%) Visual Studio
3 3 (4.545%) VSS/SourceSafe
3 3 (4.545%) NetBeans
4 2 (3.030%) MSI
4 2 (3.030%) Eclipse
4 2 (3.030%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 1 (1.515%) Electronics
1 1 (1.515%) Telecoms
1 1 (1.515%) Finance
1 1 (1.515%) Manufacturing
1 1 (1.515%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 32 (48.48%) Developer
2 6 (9.091%) SQL Developer
2 6 (9.091%) Installations Engineer
3 5 (7.576%) Java Developer
3 5 (7.576%) .NET Developer
3 5 (7.576%) C# Developer
3 5 (7.576%) ASP.NET Developer
3 5 (7.576%) C# ASP.NET Developer
3 5 (7.576%) C# .NET Developer
4 4 (6.061%) Integration Specialist
4 4 (6.061%) Integration Engineer
4 4 (6.061%) Project Manager
4 4 (6.061%) Consultant
4 4 (6.061%) Programmer
5 3 (4.545%) Administrator
5 3 (4.545%) Integration Consultant
5 3 (4.545%) IT Project Manager
5 3 (4.545%) NHS Project Manager
6 2 (3.030%) BizTalk Developer
6 2 (3.030%) Enterprise Architect
Miscellaneous
1 46 (69.70%) NHS
2 7 (10.61%) PACS
3 6 (9.091%) Management Information System
4 3 (4.545%) Replication
5 1 (1.515%) NPfIT
5 1 (1.515%) DTV
5 1 (1.515%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 4 (6.061%) Windows
1 4 (6.061%) Linux
2 2 (3.030%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (9.091%) Project Management
2 5 (7.576%) SOA
3 4 (6.061%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (4.545%) ITIL
4 3 (4.545%) OOP
4 3 (4.545%) OO
4 3 (4.545%) Content Management
4 3 (4.545%) Information Management
4 3 (4.545%) Disaster Recovery
4 3 (4.545%) Integration Testing
4 3 (4.545%) System Testing
5 2 (3.030%) Data Migration
5 2 (3.030%) Test Management
5 2 (3.030%) User Acceptance Testing
5 2 (3.030%) Performance Testing
5 2 (3.030%) Workflow
5 2 (3.030%) Process Management
5 2 (3.030%) Migration
5 2 (3.030%) Multidimensional Analysis
5 2 (3.030%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 24 (36.36%) SQL
2 11 (16.67%) C#
3 9 (13.64%) Java
4 4 (6.061%) VB.NET
5 1 (1.515%) T-SQL
5 1 (1.515%) JavaScript
5 1 (1.515%) PHP
Qualifications
1 3 (4.545%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (1.515%) PMI Certification
2 1 (1.515%) ISEB
2 1 (1.515%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (13.64%) DICOM
2 1 (1.515%) Data Quality
System Software
1 3 (4.545%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 3 (4.545%) Data Guard
Vendors
1 8 (12.12%) Cerner
2 5 (7.576%) Microsoft
2 5 (7.576%) Google
3 4 (6.061%) Twitter
4 3 (4.545%) Oracle
5 2 (3.030%) InterSystems
5 2 (3.030%) Hyperion
5 2 (3.030%) iSOFT
5 2 (3.030%) SeeBeyond
6 1 (1.515%) SAP
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