The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term NPfIT in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited NPfIT 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 Programme for IT (NPfIT)
Rank 510 544 566
Rank change year-on-year
+34 +22
Contract jobs citing NPfIT 3 15 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.007% 0.028% 0.009%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.027% 0.111% 0.030%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 8 2
Average daily rate £450 £400 £353
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+12.50% +13.47%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £350 £209 £331
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £470 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate - £385 £353
% change year-on-year
- +9.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
Average hourly rate £17.42 - £13.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.42 - -
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%
NPfIT
UK

NPfIT
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England NPfIT Jobs Demand Trend

NPfIT
Daily Rate Trend

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

England NPfIT Daily Rate Trend

NPfIT
Daily Rate Histogram

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

England NPfIT Daily Rate Histogram

NPfIT
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England NPfIT Hourly Rate Trend

NPfIT
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing NPfIT 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 +38 2 £450 +38.46%
North West - 1 - -
NPfIT
UK

NPfIT
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 11 (100.00%) NHS
2 3 (27.27%) Business Analysis
2 3 (27.27%) Data Protection
3 2 (18.18%) Management Information System
3 2 (18.18%) Business Transformation
3 2 (18.18%) Information Governance
3 2 (18.18%) Cerner
3 2 (18.18%) Project Management
3 2 (18.18%) Information Security
3 2 (18.18%) PRINCE2
3 2 (18.18%) MS Visio
3 2 (18.18%) Microsoft
4 1 (9.091%) Nortel
4 1 (9.091%) PMI
4 1 (9.091%) PMI Certification
4 1 (9.091%) PBX
4 1 (9.091%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (9.091%) Cisco
4 1 (9.091%) Windows
4 1 (9.091%) Windows 2000
4 1 (9.091%) MS Excel
4 1 (9.091%) MS Access
4 1 (9.091%) Windows XP
4 1 (9.091%) SQL
4 1 (9.091%) SQL Server
4 1 (9.091%) Crystal Reports
4 1 (9.091%) MS Office
4 1 (9.091%) ITIL
4 1 (9.091%) Symposium
4 1 (9.091%) SQL Server Reporting Services

NPfIT
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing NPfIT 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 NPfIT. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 2 (18.18%) MS Visio
2 1 (9.091%) MS Excel
2 1 (9.091%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (9.091%) PBX
1 1 (9.091%) Symposium
1 1 (9.091%) Nortel Meridian
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (9.091%) MS Access
1 1 (9.091%) SQL Server
1 1 (9.091%) Crystal Reports
1 1 (9.091%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 1 (9.091%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (36.36%) Analyst
2 2 (18.18%) Business Analyst
2 2 (18.18%) NHS Business Analyst
3 1 (9.091%) Change Manager
3 1 (9.091%) Business Change Manager
3 1 (9.091%) Analyst Developer
3 1 (9.091%) Information Analyst
3 1 (9.091%) Project Support Officer
3 1 (9.091%) Infrastructure Manager
3 1 (9.091%) Developer Analyst
3 1 (9.091%) Business Intelligence Analyst
3 1 (9.091%) Business Manager
3 1 (9.091%) Project Officer
3 1 (9.091%) Business Intelligence Developer
3 1 (9.091%) Infrastructure Programme Manager
3 1 (9.091%) Project Manager
3 1 (9.091%) Systems Administrator
3 1 (9.091%) Administrator
3 1 (9.091%) Programme Manager
3 1 (9.091%) Developer
Miscellaneous
1 11 (100.00%) NHS
2 2 (18.18%) Management Information System
3 1 (9.091%) PMI
3 1 (9.091%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (9.091%) Informatics
Operating Systems
1 1 (9.091%) Windows
1 1 (9.091%) Windows 2000
1 1 (9.091%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (27.27%) Business Analysis
1 3 (27.27%) Data Protection
2 2 (18.18%) Business Transformation
2 2 (18.18%) Information Governance
2 2 (18.18%) Project Management
2 2 (18.18%) Information Security
2 2 (18.18%) PRINCE2
3 1 (9.091%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (9.091%) ITIL
3 1 (9.091%) Service Management
3 1 (9.091%) Service Delivery
3 1 (9.091%) Change Management
3 1 (9.091%) Data Cleansing
3 1 (9.091%) Matrix Management
3 1 (9.091%) Integration Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (9.091%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (9.091%) PMI Certification
1 1 (9.091%) ECDL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.091%) Data Quality
1 1 (9.091%) HL7
Vendors
1 2 (18.18%) Cerner
1 2 (18.18%) Microsoft
2 1 (9.091%) Nortel
2 1 (9.091%) Cisco