The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term NHS in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited NHS over the 3 months to 24 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 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
National Health Service (NHS)
Rank 120 168 198
Rank change year-on-year
+48 +30
Contract jobs citing NHS 693 603 533
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 1.667% 1.131% 0.949%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 6.183% 4.471% 3.242%
Number of daily rates quoted 412 315 254
Average daily rate £270 £275 £288
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.81% -4.34%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £182 £175 £172
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £440 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £263 £300 £276
% change year-on-year
-12.50% +8.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 55 91 103
Average hourly rate £19.39 £16.16 £14.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+19.98% +11.44%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.45 £11.25 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £38.00 £32.50 £25.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £18.20 £16.49 £14.96
% change year-on-year
+10.36% +10.26%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
11208 13487 16440
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 26.96% 25.29% 29.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 6896 8084 9903
Average daily rate £438 £437 £525
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+0.11% -16.76%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £255 £285
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £607 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 492 617 685
Average hourly rate £23.50 £22.50 £23.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+4.44% -2.17%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £12.50 £11.25
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £46.60 £41.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £26.00
% change year-on-year
- -13.46%
NHS
UK

NHS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England 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 England region.

England 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 England region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

England 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 England region.

England NHS Hourly Rate Trend

NHS
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing NHS across the England region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

England NHS Hourly Rate Histogram

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 England region over the 3 months to 24 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 +34 215 £300 +20.00%
South East +1 98 £260 -20.00%
North West +37 94 £250 +4.71%
East of England +20 72 £264 +29.44%
West Midlands +33 60 £255 +13.33%
Yorkshire +18 55 £268 -20.74%
East Midlands +24 43 £238 -3.55%
South West +23 43 £280 -15.78%
North East +10 5 £269 -32.81%
Midlands -4 3 £350 +75.00%
NHS
UK

NHS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England 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.

1 362 (21.53%) SQL
2 260 (15.47%) SQL Server
3 207 (12.31%) Business Intelligence
4 194 (11.54%) PRINCE2
5 186 (11.06%) Microsoft
6 170 (10.11%) Project Management
7 160 (9.518%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 159 (9.459%) Data Warehouse
9 136 (8.090%) MS Excel
10 129 (7.674%) Windows
11 123 (7.317%) Migration
11 123 (7.317%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 104 (6.187%) Active Directory
13 102 (6.068%) Stakeholder Management
14 97 (5.770%) MS Office
15 95 (5.651%) Finance
16 94 (5.592%) .NET
17 86 (5.116%) SQL Server 2008
18 81 (4.819%) SharePoint
19 71 (4.224%) T-SQL
20 67 (3.986%) ITIL
20 67 (3.986%) PRINCE2 Certification
20 67 (3.986%) SQL Server Analysis Services
21 66 (3.926%) Business Analysis
22 65 (3.867%) Change Management
23 63 (3.748%) C#
24 56 (3.331%) Information Governance
25 54 (3.212%) Data Migration
25 54 (3.212%) Informatics
26 52 (3.093%) Degree

NHS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England 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 94 (5.592%) .NET
2 50 (2.974%) ASP.NET
3 41 (2.439%) XML
4 38 (2.261%) CSS
5 33 (1.963%) HTML
6 31 (1.844%) .NET Framework
7 18 (1.071%) MDX
8 14 (0.833%) COM
8 14 (0.833%) Web Services
8 14 (0.833%) Ajax
9 12 (0.714%) ASP
10 11 (0.654%) jQuery
11 10 (0.595%) DOM
11 10 (0.595%) J2EE
11 10 (0.595%) LINQ
11 10 (0.595%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
12 9 (0.535%) ASP.NET MVC
13 8 (0.476%) XHTML
14 6 (0.357%) NHibernate
14 6 (0.357%) RESTful
Application Platforms
1 81 (4.819%) SharePoint
2 52 (3.093%) MS Exchange
3 21 (1.249%) Exchange Server 2010
4 17 (1.011%) SharePoint 2010
5 15 (0.892%) BizTalk Server
6 12 (0.714%) SAS
6 12 (0.714%) Exchange Server 2003
7 9 (0.535%) Exchange Server 2007
8 8 (0.476%) CMS
9 6 (0.357%) Documentum
9 6 (0.357%) Apache
10 5 (0.297%) Apache Solr
10 5 (0.297%) IIS
11 4 (0.238%) Captiva
11 4 (0.238%) JCAPS
12 3 (0.178%) Lotus Notes
13 2 (0.119%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
13 2 (0.119%) EPiServer CMS
13 2 (0.119%) SharePoint 2013
14 1 (0.059%) CM System
Applications
1 136 (8.090%) MS Excel
2 97 (5.770%) MS Office
3 22 (1.309%) MS Project
4 20 (1.190%) MS Visio
5 19 (1.130%) MS PowerPoint
6 13 (0.773%) InfoPath
6 13 (0.773%) Spreadsheet
7 9 (0.535%) PowerPivot
8 8 (0.476%) SPSS
9 2 (0.119%) Adobe Captivate
10 1 (0.059%) Office 365
10 1 (0.059%) Mingle
10 1 (0.059%) Stata
Business Applications
1 26 (1.547%) Cerner Millennium
2 16 (0.952%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 8 (0.476%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.119%) Dynamics NAV
4 2 (0.119%) Oracle EBS R12
5 1 (0.059%) Cognos Business Intelligence
5 1 (0.059%) Dynamics GP
Communications & Networking
1 24 (1.428%) Firewall
2 23 (1.368%) WAN
3 21 (1.249%) VoIP
4 20 (1.190%) LAN
5 17 (1.011%) VPN
5 17 (1.011%) SAN
6 15 (0.892%) Internet
7 11 (0.654%) TCP/IP
8 10 (0.595%) Wireless
9 8 (0.476%) Intranet
10 7 (0.416%) DHCP
10 7 (0.416%) DNS
11 6 (0.357%) DVB
11 6 (0.357%) NAS
12 5 (0.297%) WAAS
12 5 (0.297%) IP Telephony
13 4 (0.238%) HTTP
13 4 (0.238%) Wi-Fi
13 4 (0.238%) iSCSI
14 3 (0.178%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 260 (15.47%) SQL Server
2 160 (9.518%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 159 (9.459%) Data Warehouse
4 123 (7.317%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 86 (5.116%) SQL Server 2008
6 67 (3.986%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 34 (2.023%) QlikView
8 32 (1.904%) SQL Server 2005
9 25 (1.487%) MS Access
10 13 (0.773%) PerformancePoint
11 9 (0.535%) Microsoft Analysis Services
11 9 (0.535%) Oracle Reports
12 8 (0.476%) Oracle 8/8i
12 8 (0.476%) OLAP
12 8 (0.476%) BusinessObjects XI
13 7 (0.416%) SQL Server 2012
14 6 (0.357%) Oracle 10g
14 6 (0.357%) Crystal Reports
14 6 (0.357%) MySQL
14 6 (0.357%) BODI
Development Applications
1 28 (1.666%) Visual Studio
2 9 (0.535%) Git (software)
3 8 (0.476%) Rational Rhapsody
4 6 (0.357%) Eclipse
4 6 (0.357%) VSS/SourceSafe
5 5 (0.297%) NUnit
6 4 (0.238%) NetBeans
6 4 (0.238%) Subversion
7 3 (0.178%) Team Foundation Server
8 2 (0.119%) Maven
8 2 (0.119%) JIRA
8 2 (0.119%) Oracle APEX
8 2 (0.119%) Redmine
9 1 (0.059%) Jenkins
9 1 (0.059%) Rhino Mocks
9 1 (0.059%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 1 (0.059%) Xcode
9 1 (0.059%) MSI
9 1 (0.059%) XDE
9 1 (0.059%) TestDirector
General
1 95 (5.651%) Finance
2 50 (2.974%) Telecoms
3 33 (1.963%) Marketing
4 24 (1.428%) Electronics
5 23 (1.368%) Retail
6 22 (1.309%) Pharmaceutical
7 21 (1.249%) Banking
8 20 (1.190%) Manufacturing
9 9 (0.535%) Local Government
10 7 (0.416%) Legal
10 7 (0.416%) Back Office
11 3 (0.178%) Games
11 3 (0.178%) Publishing
11 3 (0.178%) Law
12 1 (0.059%) Billing
Job Titles
1 427 (25.40%) Analyst
2 242 (14.40%) Developer
3 217 (12.91%) Project Manager
4 143 (8.507%) Business Analyst
5 141 (8.388%) Information Analyst
6 102 (6.068%) NHS Project Manager
7 95 (5.651%) Trainer
8 81 (4.819%) Consultant
9 73 (4.343%) SQL Developer
10 67 (3.986%) NHS Information Analyst
11 59 (3.510%) Clinical Coder
12 48 (2.855%) NHS Business Analyst
13 44 (2.617%) Architect
14 41 (2.439%) Data Analyst
15 37 (2.201%) Senior Analyst
16 33 (1.963%) IT Project Manager
17 32 (1.904%) Administrator
17 32 (1.904%) .NET Developer
17 32 (1.904%) Business Intelligence Developer
18 30 (1.785%) Programme Manager
Miscellaneous
1 54 (3.212%) Informatics
2 50 (2.974%) Management Information System
3 21 (1.249%) Digital Media
4 20 (1.190%) DTV
5 19 (1.130%) FMCG
5 19 (1.130%) IPTV
6 17 (1.011%) Smartcard
7 14 (0.833%) Statistics
8 13 (0.773%) SystemC
9 12 (0.714%) Data Protection Act
10 11 (0.654%) NPfIT
11 10 (0.595%) PACS
12 9 (0.535%) Animation
13 8 (0.476%) E-Learning
13 8 (0.476%) STB
13 8 (0.476%) Freedom of Information
13 8 (0.476%) Data Extraction
13 8 (0.476%) Mobile App
14 7 (0.416%) Open Source
15 6 (0.357%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 129 (7.674%) Windows
2 44 (2.617%) Windows XP
3 40 (2.380%) Windows 7
4 29 (1.725%) Windows Server 2008
5 23 (1.368%) Windows Server 2003
6 10 (0.595%) Android
7 9 (0.535%) UNIX
7 9 (0.535%) Linux
8 8 (0.476%) Windows Vista
9 7 (0.416%) Apple iOS
10 6 (0.357%) Windows 2000
11 5 (0.297%) Windows NT
12 4 (0.238%) Windows Server 2012
13 2 (0.119%) VMS
13 2 (0.119%) Windows 2000 Server
13 2 (0.119%) Windows 8
14 1 (0.059%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 1 (0.059%) NetWare
14 1 (0.059%) HPUX
Processes & Methodologies
1 207 (12.31%) Business Intelligence
2 194 (11.54%) PRINCE2
3 170 (10.11%) Project Management
4 123 (7.317%) Migration
5 102 (6.068%) Stakeholder Management
6 67 (3.986%) ITIL
7 66 (3.926%) Business Analysis
8 65 (3.867%) Change Management
9 56 (3.331%) Information Governance
10 54 (3.212%) Data Migration
11 50 (2.974%) Information Management
12 40 (2.380%) Data Analysis
13 37 (2.201%) ETL
14 36 (2.142%) Programme Management
15 33 (1.963%) Workflow
16 29 (1.725%) Validation
17 27 (1.606%) Data Protection
18 25 (1.487%) Process Management
18 25 (1.487%) Service Delivery
19 24 (1.428%) Performance Management
Programming Languages
1 362 (21.53%) SQL
2 71 (4.224%) T-SQL
3 63 (3.748%) C#
4 35 (2.082%) JavaScript
5 24 (1.428%) Java
6 21 (1.249%) C
7 18 (1.071%) VBA
8 17 (1.011%) VB
9 13 (0.773%) PowerShell
9 13 (0.773%) VB.NET
10 10 (0.595%) VBScript
10 10 (0.595%) PL/SQL
11 9 (0.535%) Clojure
12 6 (0.357%) PHP
13 5 (0.297%) C++
14 4 (0.238%) Ruby
15 3 (0.178%) Python
16 2 (0.119%) VB6
17 1 (0.059%) GLSL
17 1 (0.059%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 67 (3.986%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 52 (3.093%) Degree
3 28 (1.666%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 20 (1.190%) Security Cleared
5 18 (1.071%) Microsoft Certification
6 14 (0.833%) ISEB
7 12 (0.714%) Cisco Certification
8 9 (0.535%) ITIL Certification
9 8 (0.476%) MCSE
10 7 (0.416%) PMI Certification
11 6 (0.357%) MCITP
12 5 (0.297%) CISSP
12 5 (0.297%) MCP
13 4 (0.238%) CCIE
13 4 (0.238%) CCNA
13 4 (0.238%) A+ Certification
13 4 (0.238%) ECDL
13 4 (0.238%) CCAB
14 3 (0.178%) CCNP
15 2 (0.119%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (2.558%) HL7
2 27 (1.606%) Data Quality
3 18 (1.071%) SLA
4 15 (0.892%) QA
5 6 (0.357%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (0.178%) GAAP
6 3 (0.178%) GMP
7 2 (0.119%) ISO 9001
7 2 (0.119%) GAMP
8 1 (0.059%) DICOM
8 1 (0.059%) TickIT
8 1 (0.059%) ISO 9000
System Software
1 104 (6.187%) Active Directory
2 12 (0.714%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (0.357%) Hyper-V
4 5 (0.297%) XenApp
4 5 (0.297%) Oracle RAC
5 3 (0.178%) XenServer
5 3 (0.178%) NDS
6 2 (0.119%) Terminal Services
6 2 (0.119%) Microsoft App-V
6 2 (0.119%) vSphere
6 2 (0.119%) XenDesktop
7 1 (0.059%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.059%) LiteSpeed
Systems Management
1 16 (0.952%) SCCM
2 7 (0.416%) Backup Exec
3 6 (0.357%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 4 (0.238%) DameWare
5 3 (0.178%) Data Guard
5 3 (0.178%) NetBackup
6 2 (0.119%) Norton AntiVirus
6 2 (0.119%) SCOM
7 1 (0.059%) McAfee ePO
7 1 (0.059%) Puppet
7 1 (0.059%) Red Hat Satellite
7 1 (0.059%) HP Quality Center
7 1 (0.059%) OVSD
7 1 (0.059%) ZENworks
7 1 (0.059%) OpenView
Vendors
1 186 (11.06%) Microsoft
2 51 (3.034%) Cerner
3 50 (2.974%) Oracle
4 41 (2.439%) Business Objects
5 36 (2.142%) VMware
6 34 (2.023%) Cisco
7 27 (1.606%) Citrix
8 18 (1.071%) iSOFT
8 18 (1.071%) SAP
9 14 (0.833%) HP
10 9 (0.535%) Symantec
10 9 (0.535%) Dell
10 9 (0.535%) EMC
11 8 (0.476%) McKesson
11 8 (0.476%) Twitter
12 7 (0.416%) Novell
12 7 (0.416%) McAfee
13 6 (0.357%) Civica
14 5 (0.297%) BT
14 5 (0.297%) Hyperion
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