The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term NHS in IT contracts advertised for the Essex region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited NHS over the 3 months to 22 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 Essex 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
National Health Service (NHS)
Rank 19 23 50
Rank change year-on-year
+4 +27
Contract jobs citing NHS 30 26 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Essex 7.264% 6.295% 0.253%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 26.55% 29.55% 1.163%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 20 1
Average daily rate £295 £200 £245
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+47.50% -18.36%
UK excluding London average daily rate £263 £296 £275
% change year-on-year
-11.45% +7.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
Average hourly rate £22.00 £13.76 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+59.88% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £15.75 £14.96
% change year-on-year
+11.11% +5.31%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Essex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
113 88 86
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Essex 27.36% 21.31% 21.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 58 40 39
Average daily rate £325 £250 £225
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+30.00% +11.11%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £110 £150
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £475 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 14 21
Average hourly rate £27.73 £17.00 £26.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+63.11% -36.44%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.66 £11.92 £14.30
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £50.00 £21.00 £32.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.66
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -12.31%
NHS
East of England

NHS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Essex 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 Essex region.

Essex 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 Essex region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Essex 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 Essex region.

Essex 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 Essex region over the 3 months to 22 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
Chelmsford - 6 £290 -
Basildon -4 2 £275 +37.50%
Witham -1 1 £225 +109.30%
NHS
East of England

NHS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Essex 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 (32.79%) Microsoft
2 10 (16.39%) SQL
2 10 (16.39%) Change Management
3 9 (14.75%) MS Excel
4 8 (13.11%) PRINCE2
4 8 (13.11%) Project Management
5 7 (11.48%) SQL Server
5 7 (11.48%) Business Intelligence
5 7 (11.48%) Migration
5 7 (11.48%) Business Analysis
6 6 (9.836%) Systems Analysis
6 6 (9.836%) Degree
6 6 (9.836%) Active Directory
6 6 (9.836%) Cisco
7 5 (8.197%) Microsoft Certification
7 5 (8.197%) ITIL
7 5 (8.197%) Windows
7 5 (8.197%) MS Office
7 5 (8.197%) User Acceptance Testing
7 5 (8.197%) Test Scripting
7 5 (8.197%) VMware
7 5 (8.197%) SQL Server 2008
7 5 (8.197%) Hyper-V
7 5 (8.197%) PowerShell
8 4 (6.557%) SystemC
8 4 (6.557%) Windows 7
8 4 (6.557%) iSCSI
8 4 (6.557%) Backup Exec
8 4 (6.557%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 4 (6.557%) MCITP

NHS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Essex 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 (4.918%) .NET
2 2 (3.279%) ASP.NET
2 2 (3.279%) XML
3 1 (1.639%) Middleware
3 1 (1.639%) WSDL
3 1 (1.639%) XSLT
3 1 (1.639%) COM
3 1 (1.639%) Web Services
3 1 (1.639%) WCF
Application Platforms
1 4 (6.557%) MS Exchange
1 4 (6.557%) BizTalk Server
2 3 (4.918%) Exchange Server 2003
2 3 (4.918%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 9 (14.75%) MS Excel
2 5 (8.197%) MS Office
3 3 (4.918%) MS Visio
3 3 (4.918%) MS Project
4 1 (1.639%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 4 (6.557%) iSCSI
1 4 (6.557%) WAN
2 2 (3.279%) Wireless
2 2 (3.279%) VoIP
2 2 (3.279%) Internet
3 1 (1.639%) SAN
3 1 (1.639%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (11.48%) SQL Server
2 5 (8.197%) SQL Server 2008
3 4 (6.557%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 4 (6.557%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 3 (4.918%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 3 (4.918%) SQL Server 2005
5 1 (1.639%) MS Access
5 1 (1.639%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (1.639%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 1 (1.639%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 1 (1.639%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 12 (19.67%) Analyst
2 8 (13.11%) Project Manager
2 8 (13.11%) Trainer
3 7 (11.48%) Business Analyst
4 4 (6.557%) NHS Business Analyst
4 4 (6.557%) Developer
5 3 (4.918%) Information Analyst
5 3 (4.918%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 3 (4.918%) Migration Engineer
5 3 (4.918%) Administrator
5 3 (4.918%) Process Analyst
5 3 (4.918%) Systems Analyst
5 3 (4.918%) Business Process Analyst
5 3 (4.918%) NHS Information Analyst
5 3 (4.918%) NHS Project Manager
5 3 (4.918%) Integration Specialist
6 2 (3.279%) UML Business Analyst
6 2 (3.279%) Senior Developer
6 2 (3.279%) Field Engineer
6 2 (3.279%) Business Systems Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (6.557%) SystemC
2 3 (4.918%) IIBA
3 1 (1.639%) Freedom of Information
3 1 (1.639%) Informatics
3 1 (1.639%) Taxonomies
3 1 (1.639%) E-Learning
3 1 (1.639%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 5 (8.197%) Windows
2 4 (6.557%) Windows 7
3 3 (4.918%) Windows Server 2003
3 3 (4.918%) Windows Server 2008
4 2 (3.279%) Windows 8
4 2 (3.279%) Windows Server 2012
4 2 (3.279%) Windows Vista
4 2 (3.279%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (16.39%) Change Management
2 8 (13.11%) PRINCE2
2 8 (13.11%) Project Management
3 7 (11.48%) Business Intelligence
3 7 (11.48%) Migration
3 7 (11.48%) Business Analysis
4 6 (9.836%) Systems Analysis
5 5 (8.197%) ITIL
5 5 (8.197%) User Acceptance Testing
5 5 (8.197%) Test Scripting
6 4 (6.557%) UML
7 3 (4.918%) SOA
7 3 (4.918%) Information Management
7 3 (4.918%) Project Planning
7 3 (4.918%) Performance Management
8 2 (3.279%) Information Governance
8 2 (3.279%) Data Protection
8 2 (3.279%) Process Management
8 2 (3.279%) Service Delivery
8 2 (3.279%) BPR
Programming Languages
1 10 (16.39%) SQL
2 5 (8.197%) PowerShell
3 3 (4.918%) T-SQL
4 2 (3.279%) VBScript
4 2 (3.279%) C
5 1 (1.639%) C#
5 1 (1.639%) XPath
Qualifications
1 6 (9.836%) Degree
2 5 (8.197%) Microsoft Certification
3 4 (6.557%) MCITP
3 4 (6.557%) MCSE
3 4 (6.557%) ISEB
4 2 (3.279%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (3.279%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 1 (1.639%) MCP
5 1 (1.639%) MCDST
5 1 (1.639%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.639%) SLA
1 1 (1.639%) HL7
1 1 (1.639%) Data Quality
System Software
1 6 (9.836%) Active Directory
2 5 (8.197%) Hyper-V
3 2 (3.279%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (1.639%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 4 (6.557%) Backup Exec
2 2 (3.279%) SCCM
3 1 (1.639%) OpenView
3 1 (1.639%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 1 (1.639%) OVSD
Vendors
1 20 (32.79%) Microsoft
2 6 (9.836%) Cisco
3 5 (8.197%) VMware
4 3 (4.918%) Civica
5 2 (3.279%) Cerner
6 1 (1.639%) McKesson
6 1 (1.639%) NetApp
6 1 (1.639%) Siemens
6 1 (1.639%) iSOFT
6 1 (1.639%) Citrix
6 1 (1.639%) HP
6 1 (1.639%) McAfee
Essex, South East
I am urgently seeking an NHS Software Developer for an initial 1 month contract (extremely high chances of extension) based in Essex. SQL Server (50%) ASP.
Computer Futures
Rate: £250 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
Essex, South East
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Essex, South East
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