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The table below looks at the demand for National Health Service (NHS) skills within the Leicester region with a comparison to our Miscellaneous category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited NHS over the 3 months to 4 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkNational Health Service (NHS)
Location
3 months to
4 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank1721
Rank change on same period last yearUp+4
Matching contract IT job ads24
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.004 %
As % of the category below20.00 %17.39 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£322£314
% change on same period last year+2.63 %
Hourly rates quoted13
Average minimum hourly rate£11.00£9.33
Average hourly rate£11.00£9.97
% change on same period last year+10.36 %
Average maximum hourly rate£11.00£10.61
UK excluding London average hourly rate£19.04£19.63
% change on same period last year-3.04 %
Leicester IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
Leicester
Matching contract IT job ads1023
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.016 %0.025 %
Daily rates quoted35
Average minimum daily rate£122£205
Average daily rate£122£211
% change on same period last year-42.27 %
Average maximum daily rate£122£216
UK excluding London average daily rate£344£345
% change on same period last year-0.45 %
Hourly rates quoted53
Average minimum hourly rate£28.25£9.33
Average hourly rate£28.67£9.97
% change on same period last year+187.62 %
Average maximum hourly rate£29.08£10.61
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.75£25.58
% change on same period last year+0.65 %
NHS LeicestershireNHS
Leicestershire

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

NHS
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing NHS across the Leicester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Leicester NHS Demand Trend

NHS
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing NHS across the Leicester region.

Leicester NHS Daily Rate Trend

NHS
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing NHS across the Leicester region.

Leicester NHS Hourly Rate Trend

NHS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Leicester 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.

14 (36.36 %)Active Directory
23 (27.27 %)Microsoft
23 (27.27 %)Windows
32 (18.18 %)Windows XP
32 (18.18 %)SQL Server
32 (18.18 %)Business Objects
32 (18.18 %)MS Office
32 (18.18 %)MCP
32 (18.18 %)PRINCE2
32 (18.18 %)BusinessObjects
32 (18.18 %)Microsoft Certification
32 (18.18 %)SQL Server 2000
32 (18.18 %)Project Management
32 (18.18 %)Health
32 (18.18 %)PACS
32 (18.18 %)SQL Server 2005
32 (18.18 %)SQL Server Integration Services
32 (18.18 %)Predictive Analytics
32 (18.18 %)BusinessObjects XI
32 (18.18 %)BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
32 (18.18 %)Performance Management
41 (9.091 %)Security Cleared
41 (9.091 %)Web Development
41 (9.091 %)CMS
41 (9.091 %)Practice Management
41 (9.091 %)Construction
41 (9.091 %)Windows Server 2003
41 (9.091 %)SQL
41 (9.091 %)VB.NET
41 (9.091 %).NET

NHS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Leicester 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.

Leicester IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (9.091 %).NET
Leicester IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (9.091 %)CMS
Leicester IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (18.18 %)MS Office
Leicester IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (9.091 %)LAN
11 (9.091 %)WAN
11 (9.091 %)DHCP
11 (9.091 %)VPN
11 (9.091 %)DNS
Leicester IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (18.18 %)SQL Server
12 (18.18 %)BusinessObjects
12 (18.18 %)SQL Server 2000
12 (18.18 %)SQL Server 2005
12 (18.18 %)SQL Server Integration Services
12 (18.18 %)BusinessObjects XI
12 (18.18 %)BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
Leicester IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (18.18 %)Health
21 (9.091 %)Construction
Leicester IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (18.18 %)Project Manager
12 (18.18 %)Desktop Support
12 (18.18 %)Developer
12 (18.18 %)Support Engineer
12 (18.18 %)Desktop Support Engineer
12 (18.18 %)Desktop Engineer
12 (18.18 %)NHS Project Manager
21 (9.091 %)PACS Project Manager
21 (9.091 %)Business Manager
21 (9.091 %)VB.NET Developer
21 (9.091 %)Business Objects Developer
21 (9.091 %)2nd Line Support
21 (9.091 %).NET Developer
21 (9.091 %)Systems Support
21 (9.091 %)Author
21 (9.091 %)Technical Author
Leicester IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (18.18 %)PACS
Leicester IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13 (27.27 %)Windows
22 (18.18 %)Windows XP
31 (9.091 %)Windows Server 2003
Leicester IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (18.18 %)PRINCE2
12 (18.18 %)Project Management
12 (18.18 %)Predictive Analytics
12 (18.18 %)Performance Management
21 (9.091 %)Security Cleared
21 (9.091 %)Practice Management
21 (9.091 %)Web Development
Leicester IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (9.091 %)SQL
11 (9.091 %)VB.NET
Leicester IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (18.18 %)MCP
12 (18.18 %)Microsoft Certification
21 (9.091 %)HND
Leicester IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
14 (36.36 %)Active Directory
Leicester IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (27.27 %)Microsoft
22 (18.18 %)Business Objects