The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term NHS in IT contracts advertised for the Lancashire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited NHS over the 3 months to 23 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 Lancashire 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
National Health Service (NHS)
Rank 23 42 25
Rank change year-on-year
+19 -17
Contract jobs citing NHS 8 3 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Lancashire 3.846% 0.719% 2.979%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 17.78% 4.000% 16.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 2 3
Average daily rate £225 £221 £168
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.69% +32.08%
UK excluding London average daily rate £263 £300 £276
% change year-on-year
-12.50% +8.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 3
Average hourly rate £25.00 - £11.37
UK excluding London average hourly rate £18.90 £16.16 £14.96
% change year-on-year
+16.95% +8.05%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Lancashire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
45 75 43
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Lancashire 21.63% 17.99% 18.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 48 13
Average daily rate £250 £340 £255
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-26.47% +33.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £163 £176 £168
10% offered a daily rate of more than £390 £487 £325
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 5 15
Average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £37.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-5.00% -46.66%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.20 £15.80 £17.30
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £21.40 £20.00 £42.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £23.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
-2.17% -13.20%
NHS
North West

NHS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region.

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region.

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region over the 3 months to 23 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
Preston +16 3 £220 -
Ormskirk - 1 £140 -
NHS
North West

NHS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Lancashire 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 21 (65.63%) SQL
2 19 (59.38%) Business Intelligence
3 15 (46.88%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 11 (34.38%) SQL Server
5 10 (31.25%) SharePoint
6 9 (28.13%) Migration
7 8 (25.00%) InfoPath
7 8 (25.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 8 (25.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 5 (15.63%) Data Migration
8 5 (15.63%) SharePoint 2010
8 5 (15.63%) PowerPivot
9 4 (12.50%) Workflow
9 4 (12.50%) Data Warehouse
9 4 (12.50%) Windows
9 4 (12.50%) T-SQL
9 4 (12.50%) .NET
10 3 (9.375%) MS Exchange
10 3 (9.375%) VMware
10 3 (9.375%) Active Directory
10 3 (9.375%) Windows Server 2003
10 3 (9.375%) Windows Server 2008
10 3 (9.375%) SQL Server 2008
10 3 (9.375%) Exchange Server 2010
11 2 (6.250%) FMCG
11 2 (6.250%) PowerShell
11 2 (6.250%) Digital Media
11 2 (6.250%) SharePoint 2013
11 2 (6.250%) Information Management
11 2 (6.250%) IPTV

NHS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Lancashire 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 4 (12.50%) .NET
2 2 (6.250%) MDX
2 2 (6.250%) ASP.NET
3 1 (3.125%) HTML
3 1 (3.125%) CSS
3 1 (3.125%) WinForms
3 1 (3.125%) Silverlight
3 1 (3.125%) jQuery
3 1 (3.125%) Windows SharePoint Services
Application Platforms
1 10 (31.25%) SharePoint
2 5 (15.63%) SharePoint 2010
3 3 (9.375%) MS Exchange
3 3 (9.375%) Exchange Server 2010
4 2 (6.250%) SharePoint 2013
4 2 (6.250%) Exchange Server 2003
5 1 (3.125%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 8 (25.00%) InfoPath
2 5 (15.63%) PowerPivot
3 1 (3.125%) MS Office
3 1 (3.125%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (3.125%) Dynamics CRM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (46.88%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 11 (34.38%) SQL Server
3 8 (25.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 8 (25.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 4 (12.50%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (9.375%) SQL Server 2008
6 2 (6.250%) OLAP
7 1 (3.125%) SQL Server 2000
7 1 (3.125%) SQL Server 2005
7 1 (3.125%) PerformancePoint
7 1 (3.125%) SQL Server 2012
Development Applications
1 1 (3.125%) Visual Studio
General
1 2 (6.250%) Marketing
1 2 (6.250%) Finance
1 2 (6.250%) Telecoms
1 2 (6.250%) Banking
1 2 (6.250%) Retail
Job Titles
1 19 (59.38%) Developer
2 9 (28.13%) SQL Developer
3 8 (25.00%) Business Intelligence Developer
3 8 (25.00%) SharePoint Developer
4 3 (9.375%) Project Manager
4 3 (9.375%) NHS Project Manager
5 2 (6.250%) SharePoint Administrator
5 2 (6.250%) Exchange Engineer
5 2 (6.250%) Analyst
5 2 (6.250%) Administrator
5 2 (6.250%) Trainer
6 1 (3.125%) Business Analyst
6 1 (3.125%) Project Planner
6 1 (3.125%) .NET Developer
6 1 (3.125%) C# Developer
6 1 (3.125%) SQL Server DBA
6 1 (3.125%) IT Trainer
6 1 (3.125%) IT Project Manager
6 1 (3.125%) Information Analyst
6 1 (3.125%) Business Intelligence Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.250%) FMCG
1 2 (6.250%) Digital Media
1 2 (6.250%) IPTV
2 1 (3.125%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 4 (12.50%) Windows
2 3 (9.375%) Windows Server 2003
2 3 (9.375%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (59.38%) Business Intelligence
2 9 (28.13%) Migration
3 5 (15.63%) Data Migration
4 4 (12.50%) Workflow
5 2 (6.250%) Information Management
5 2 (6.250%) Security Management
6 1 (3.125%) PRINCE2
6 1 (3.125%) CRM
6 1 (3.125%) Project Management
6 1 (3.125%) Programme Management
6 1 (3.125%) Test Management
6 1 (3.125%) Requirements Analysis
6 1 (3.125%) Mobile Application Development
Programming Languages
1 21 (65.63%) SQL
2 4 (12.50%) T-SQL
3 2 (6.250%) PowerShell
3 2 (6.250%) C#
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.125%) QA
System Software
1 3 (9.375%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (3.125%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 3 (9.375%) VMware
2 2 (6.250%) Microsoft
Lancashire, North West
The client is looking for professionals who have previous BI experience, working with SQL Server all versions (from 2000 - 2012) in a development environment.Key skills:SQL Server (...
Rate: £225.00 - £300.00 per day
Posted: 27 April 2013