The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term PACS in IT contracts advertised for the Essex region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited PACS 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 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Picture Archiving and Communication Systems (PACS)
Rank 47 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing PACS 2 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Essex 0.476% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.709% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £290 £263 £256
% change year-on-year
+10.47% +2.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Average hourly rate £25.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 - -
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Essex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
117 86 92
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Essex 27.86% 21.08% 23.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 59 42 41
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 £405
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 12 25
Average hourly rate £27.50 £17.00 £27.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+61.76% -38.18%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.66 £11.56 £14.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £50.00 £21.00 £32.60
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £23.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
-4.34% -13.20%
PACS
East of England

PACS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Essex PACS Jobs Demand Trend

PACS
Daily Rate Trend

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

Essex PACS Daily Rate Trend

PACS
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Essex PACS Hourly Rate Trend

PACS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 4 (100.00%) SQL
1 4 (100.00%) VBScript
1 4 (100.00%) VB
1 4 (100.00%) Oracle
1 4 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
1 4 (100.00%) MCSE
1 4 (100.00%) MS Exchange
1 4 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 4 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 4 (100.00%) HP
1 4 (100.00%) Compaq
1 4 (100.00%) Dell
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 4 (100.00%) SAN
1 4 (100.00%) ADIC
1 4 (100.00%) CommVault
1 4 (100.00%) Veritas
1 4 (100.00%) SQL Server 2000
1 4 (100.00%) ISA Server
1 4 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 4 (100.00%) Clustering
1 4 (100.00%) Backup Exec
1 4 (100.00%) SQL Server 2005
1 4 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2003
1 4 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2007
1 4 (100.00%) Performance Management
1 4 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
1 4 (100.00%) SQL Server 2008

PACS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Platforms
1 4 (100.00%) MS Exchange
1 4 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2003
1 4 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2007
1 4 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2010
Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 4 (100.00%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 4 (100.00%) SQL Server 2000
1 4 (100.00%) SQL Server 2005
1 4 (100.00%) SQL Server 2008
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Consultant
2 2 (50.00%) Technical Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
1 4 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 4 (100.00%) Performance Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) SQL
1 4 (100.00%) VBScript
1 4 (100.00%) VB
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) MCSE
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 4 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 4 (100.00%) ISA Server
1 4 (100.00%) Forefront TMG
Systems Management
1 4 (100.00%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Oracle
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 4 (100.00%) HP
1 4 (100.00%) Compaq
1 4 (100.00%) Dell
1 4 (100.00%) ADIC
1 4 (100.00%) CommVault
1 4 (100.00%) Veritas
Basildon, Essex
Active Directory 2008 - PACS system Administration exposure - ISA Server 2006 and ForeFront TMG 2010 - Exchange 2003, 2007 and 2010 - Microsoft SQL Server 2000, 2005 and 2008 - Windows Server...
Skye Group
Rate: £25 per hour
Posted: 16 May 2013