The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term 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 Informatics 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 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Informatics
Rank 377 383 422
Rank change year-on-year
+6 +39
Contract jobs citing Informatics 12 22 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.054% 0.082% 0.026%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.165% 0.254% 0.069%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 8 3
Average daily rate £255 £325 £309
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-21.53% +5.34%
UK excluding London average daily rate £288 £250 £190
% change year-on-year
+15.01% +31.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £14.85
UK excluding London average hourly rate £24.00 £13.52 -
% change year-on-year
+77.58% -
All of the Miscellaneous Category
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
7287 8670 11603
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 33.08% 32.13% 37.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 5064 5888 7838
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 167 211 195
Average hourly rate £23.50 £22.50 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+4.44% +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 £23.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
-4.34% -13.20%
Informatics
England

Informatics
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London Informatics Jobs Demand Trend

Informatics
Daily Rate Trend

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

London Informatics Daily Rate Trend

Informatics
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Informatics across the London region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

London Informatics Daily Rate Histogram

Informatics
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London Informatics Hourly Rate Trend

Informatics
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Informatics within the London region over the 3 months to 21 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
City of London +10 6 £255 -7.27%
Informatics
England

Informatics
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 21 (67.74%) NHS
2 11 (35.48%) SQL
3 9 (29.03%) MS Excel
4 8 (25.81%) Business Intelligence
4 8 (25.81%) Microsoft
5 7 (22.58%) Data Warehouse
5 7 (22.58%) Project Management
5 7 (22.58%) Management Information System
6 6 (19.35%) MS Office
7 5 (16.13%) Oracle
7 5 (16.13%) Information Management
8 4 (12.90%) ERP
8 4 (12.90%) Business Transformation
8 4 (12.90%) Data Management
8 4 (12.90%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 4 (12.90%) Statistics
9 3 (9.677%) Data Extraction
9 3 (9.677%) Degree
9 3 (9.677%) Health Informatics
9 3 (9.677%) Information Governance
9 3 (9.677%) Continuous Improvement
9 3 (9.677%) PRINCE2
9 3 (9.677%) SOA
9 3 (9.677%) ECDL
9 3 (9.677%) Salesforce.com
9 3 (9.677%) PRINCE
9 3 (9.677%) Finance
9 3 (9.677%) Data Analysis
10 2 (6.452%) Change Management
10 2 (6.452%) Middleware

Informatics
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 2 (6.452%) Middleware
1 2 (6.452%) WebSphere
2 1 (3.226%) ASP.NET
2 1 (3.226%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 1 (3.226%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (29.03%) MS Excel
2 6 (19.35%) MS Office
3 1 (3.226%) MS Project
3 1 (3.226%) MS Visio
3 1 (3.226%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (3.226%) SAP BPC
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.226%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (22.58%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (12.90%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 2 (6.452%) SQL Server
4 1 (3.226%) BusinessObjects
4 1 (3.226%) SAP BW
General
1 3 (9.677%) Finance
2 1 (3.226%) Banking
2 1 (3.226%) Legal
2 1 (3.226%) Electronics
2 1 (3.226%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 15 (48.39%) Analyst
2 12 (38.71%) Information Analyst
3 7 (22.58%) NHS Information Analyst
4 4 (12.90%) Senior Analyst
4 4 (12.90%) Senior Information Analyst
5 3 (9.677%) Integration Manager
5 3 (9.677%) Project Manager
6 2 (6.452%) Trainer
6 2 (6.452%) Business Analyst
6 2 (6.452%) Consultant
6 2 (6.452%) Systems Manager
6 2 (6.452%) Business Intelligence Analyst
7 1 (3.226%) NHS Performance Manager
7 1 (3.226%) NHS Programme Manager
7 1 (3.226%) NHS Information Manager
7 1 (3.226%) NHS Business Analyst
7 1 (3.226%) SAP BPC Consultant
7 1 (3.226%) Senior SAP BPC Consultant
7 1 (3.226%) Project Analyst
7 1 (3.226%) Information Manager
Miscellaneous
1 21 (67.74%) NHS
2 7 (22.58%) Management Information System
3 4 (12.90%) Statistics
4 3 (9.677%) Data Extraction
4 3 (9.677%) Health Informatics
5 2 (6.452%) Visualisation
6 1 (3.226%) Data Integration
6 1 (3.226%) FMCG
6 1 (3.226%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (3.226%) Computer Science
6 1 (3.226%) Freedom of Information
6 1 (3.226%) Economics
6 1 (3.226%) NPfIT
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.226%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (25.81%) Business Intelligence
2 7 (22.58%) Project Management
3 5 (16.13%) Information Management
4 4 (12.90%) ERP
4 4 (12.90%) Business Transformation
4 4 (12.90%) Data Management
5 3 (9.677%) Information Governance
5 3 (9.677%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (9.677%) PRINCE2
5 3 (9.677%) SOA
5 3 (9.677%) PRINCE
5 3 (9.677%) Data Analysis
6 2 (6.452%) Change Management
6 2 (6.452%) Data Modelling
6 2 (6.452%) Predictive Modelling
6 2 (6.452%) Data Transformation
6 2 (6.452%) Analytics
6 2 (6.452%) Validation
6 2 (6.452%) Statistical Analysis
6 2 (6.452%) Performance Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (35.48%) SQL
2 2 (6.452%) VBA
Qualifications
1 3 (9.677%) Degree
1 3 (9.677%) ECDL
2 2 (6.452%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 1 (3.226%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 1 (3.226%) NVQ Level 3
3 1 (3.226%) Security Cleared
3 1 (3.226%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.226%) Data Quality
1 1 (3.226%) SLA
Vendors
1 8 (25.81%) Microsoft
2 5 (16.13%) Oracle
3 3 (9.677%) Salesforce.com
4 1 (3.226%) Business Objects
4 1 (3.226%) SAP
4 1 (3.226%) IBM
4 1 (3.226%) Remedy
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