The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term NHS in IT contracts advertised for the Merseyside region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited NHS over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Merseyside 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
National Health Service (NHS)
Rank 17 19 14
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -5
Contract jobs citing NHS 10 17 23
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Merseyside 5.291% 6.911% 8.273%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 28.57% 25.37% 28.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 4
Average daily rate £363 £316 £201
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+14.56% +57.30%
UK excluding London average daily rate £270 £300 £288
% change year-on-year
-10.00% +4.34%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 13 17
Average hourly rate - £16.82 £11.65
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +44.37%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.00 £17.50 £14.91
% change year-on-year
-2.85% +17.37%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Merseyside
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
35 67 81
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Merseyside 18.52% 27.24% 29.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 30 39
Average daily rate £333 £300 £310
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+10.83% -3.22%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £219 £260 £201
10% offered a daily rate of more than £389 £465 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £328
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +5.34%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 19 19
Average hourly rate £11.50 £17.51 £13.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-34.32% +29.70%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.63 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-3.88% -10.00%
NHS
North West

NHS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Merseyside 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 Merseyside region.

Merseyside NHS Daily Rate Trend

NHS
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Merseyside 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 Merseyside region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
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Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
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IT Job Ads
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Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
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NHS
North West

NHS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Merseyside 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 7 (46.67%) Project Management
1 7 (46.67%) SQL
1 7 (46.67%) SQL Server
2 6 (40.00%) .NET
2 6 (40.00%) Microsoft
3 5 (33.33%) MS Excel
3 5 (33.33%) C#
3 5 (33.33%) .NET Framework
4 4 (26.67%) Continuous Integration
4 4 (26.67%) Android
4 4 (26.67%) Apple iOS
4 4 (26.67%) C++
4 4 (26.67%) Java
4 4 (26.67%) Visual Studio
4 4 (26.67%) ASP
4 4 (26.67%) Eclipse
4 4 (26.67%) Business Intelligence
4 4 (26.67%) OO
4 4 (26.67%) VBScript
4 4 (26.67%) VB
5 3 (20.00%) Telecoms
5 3 (20.00%) Finance
5 3 (20.00%) Migration
5 3 (20.00%) Digital Media
5 3 (20.00%) Data Migration
5 3 (20.00%) FMCG
5 3 (20.00%) IPTV
5 3 (20.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 3 (20.00%) Marketing
5 3 (20.00%) Banking

NHS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Merseyside 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 6 (40.00%) .NET
2 5 (33.33%) .NET Framework
3 4 (26.67%) ASP
4 2 (13.33%) ASP.NET
5 1 (6.667%) Web Services
5 1 (6.667%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
5 1 (6.667%) WCF
Applications
1 5 (33.33%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (46.67%) SQL Server
2 3 (20.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 3 (20.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 2 (13.33%) SQL Server 2005
3 2 (13.33%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 2 (13.33%) SQL Server 2008
3 2 (13.33%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 4 (26.67%) Visual Studio
1 4 (26.67%) Eclipse
General
1 3 (20.00%) Telecoms
1 3 (20.00%) Finance
1 3 (20.00%) Marketing
1 3 (20.00%) Banking
1 3 (20.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 8 (53.33%) Developer
2 5 (33.33%) Change Manager
3 4 (26.67%) Software Developer
3 4 (26.67%) Project Manager
4 3 (20.00%) SQL Developer
5 2 (13.33%) Business Intelligence Developer
5 2 (13.33%) SQL Server Developer
5 2 (13.33%) Business Developer
6 1 (6.667%) DBA
6 1 (6.667%) Services Delivery Manager
6 1 (6.667%) Service Manager
6 1 (6.667%) Business Change Manager
6 1 (6.667%) .NET Developer
6 1 (6.667%) IT Project Manager
6 1 (6.667%) NHS Project Manager
6 1 (6.667%) Change Project Manager
6 1 (6.667%) Delivery Manager
6 1 (6.667%) Business Project Manager
6 1 (6.667%) SQL DBA
6 1 (6.667%) Business Change Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (20.00%) Digital Media
1 3 (20.00%) FMCG
1 3 (20.00%) IPTV
2 1 (6.667%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 4 (26.67%) Android
1 4 (26.67%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (46.67%) Project Management
2 4 (26.67%) Continuous Integration
2 4 (26.67%) Business Intelligence
2 4 (26.67%) OO
3 3 (20.00%) Migration
3 3 (20.00%) Data Migration
4 2 (13.33%) ETL
5 1 (6.667%) ITIL
5 1 (6.667%) PRINCE2
5 1 (6.667%) Service Management
5 1 (6.667%) Service Delivery
5 1 (6.667%) MVC
5 1 (6.667%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (6.667%) Performance Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (46.67%) SQL
2 5 (33.33%) C#
3 4 (26.67%) C++
3 4 (26.67%) Java
3 4 (26.67%) VBScript
3 4 (26.67%) VB
4 2 (13.33%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (6.667%) ITIL Certification
System Software
1 1 (6.667%) LiteSpeed
Vendors
1 6 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (6.667%) CommVault
2 1 (6.667%) Twitter
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