The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Health Informatics in IT contracts advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Health Informatics 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 London 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
Healthcare Informatics
Rank - 416 431
Contract jobs citing Health Informatics 0 2 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London - 0.007% 0.007%
As % of the Miscellaneous category - 0.023% 0.017%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Average daily rate - £275 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 - £184
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All of the Miscellaneous Category
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
7277 8743 11592
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 33.09% 31.98% 37.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 5057 5942 7822
Average daily rate £475 £475 £550
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -13.63%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £283 £325
10% offered a daily rate of more than £625 £625 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 167 213 195
Average hourly rate £23.00 £22.50 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.22% +7.14%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.00 £13.50 £11.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £54.00 £52.50 £50.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.66
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -12.31%
Health Informatics
England

Health Informatics
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London Health Informatics Jobs Demand Trend

Health Informatics
Daily Rate Trend

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

London Health Informatics Daily Rate Trend

Health Informatics
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London Health Informatics Hourly Rate Trend

Health Informatics
Top 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing Health Informatics 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 Health Informatics.

1 3 (100.00%) MS Excel
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (100.00%) NHS
1 3 (100.00%) Informatics
2 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (66.67%) SQL
2 2 (66.67%) MS Office
3 1 (33.33%) Information Management
3 1 (33.33%) Data Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (33.33%) Data Security
3 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
3 1 (33.33%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (33.33%) ECDL
3 1 (33.33%) Project Management
3 1 (33.33%) Change Control
3 1 (33.33%) Data Quality
3 1 (33.33%) Information Governance
3 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Management
3 1 (33.33%) Data Protection
3 1 (33.33%) Data Extraction

Health Informatics
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing Health Informatics 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 Health Informatics. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 3 (100.00%) MS Excel
2 2 (66.67%) MS Office
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Data Warehouse
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Senior Information Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) Senior Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) Information Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Systems Manager
2 1 (33.33%) NHS Information Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) NHS
1 3 (100.00%) Informatics
2 1 (33.33%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
2 1 (33.33%) Data Extraction
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Information Management
2 1 (33.33%) Data Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Data Security
2 1 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (33.33%) Project Management
2 1 (33.33%) Change Control
2 1 (33.33%) Information Governance
2 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Management
2 1 (33.33%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) ECDL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft