The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term NHS in IT contracts advertised for the Norfolk region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited NHS over the 3 months to 17 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 Norfolk 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
National Health Service (NHS)
Rank 30 28 33
Rank change year-on-year
-2 +5
Contract jobs citing NHS 2 8 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Norfolk 1.124% 3.162% 1.119%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 10.53% 16.67% 5.085%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 1
Average daily rate £120 £158 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-23.80% -51.53%
UK excluding London average daily rate £263 £290 £280
% change year-on-year
-9.48% +3.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
Average hourly rate £19.00 - £25.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £18.20 £15.75 £14.71
% change year-on-year
+15.55% +7.10%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Norfolk
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
19 48 59
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Norfolk 10.67% 18.97% 22.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 20 20
Average daily rate £218 £296 £292
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-26.58% +1.45%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £140 £181 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £296 £440 £393
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £342 £340
% change year-on-year
+2.41% +0.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 3 4
Average hourly rate £37.50 £19.63 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+91.08% -21.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £21.80 £19.63 £16.43
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £21.33 £28.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £24.50 £26.50
% change year-on-year
-10.20% -7.54%
NHS
East of England

NHS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Norfolk 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 Norfolk region.

Norfolk 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 Norfolk region.

Norfolk 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 Norfolk region over the 3 months to 17 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
Norwich -1 2 £120 -
NHS
East of England

NHS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Norfolk 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 (63.64%) Windows
2 5 (45.45%) ITIL
2 5 (45.45%) LAN
2 5 (45.45%) VoIP
2 5 (45.45%) WAN
2 5 (45.45%) ITIL Certification
2 5 (45.45%) Firewall
2 5 (45.45%) Windows Server 2008
3 4 (36.36%) WAAS
3 4 (36.36%) Wireless
3 4 (36.36%) Cisco Certification
3 4 (36.36%) PRINCE2
3 4 (36.36%) Cisco
4 3 (27.27%) Active Directory
4 3 (27.27%) CCIE
4 3 (27.27%) SAN
4 3 (27.27%) PRINCE
4 3 (27.27%) Project Management
4 3 (27.27%) VMware
5 2 (18.18%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 2 (18.18%) NAS
5 2 (18.18%) CCNP
5 2 (18.18%) CCA
5 2 (18.18%) Citrix Certification
5 2 (18.18%) CISSP
5 2 (18.18%) MS Exchange
5 2 (18.18%) SLA
6 1 (9.091%) HND
6 1 (9.091%) MCSE
6 1 (9.091%) Microsoft

NHS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Norfolk 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 Platforms
1 2 (18.18%) MS Exchange
2 1 (9.091%) Exchange Server 2007
2 1 (9.091%) Exchange Server 2010
Communications & Networking
1 5 (45.45%) LAN
1 5 (45.45%) VoIP
1 5 (45.45%) WAN
1 5 (45.45%) Firewall
2 4 (36.36%) Wireless
2 4 (36.36%) WAAS
3 3 (27.27%) SAN
4 2 (18.18%) NAS
General
1 1 (9.091%) Telecoms
1 1 (9.091%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (27.27%) Project Manager
2 2 (18.18%) Network Engineer
2 2 (18.18%) Technical Project Manager
2 2 (18.18%) 3rd Line Support
2 2 (18.18%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 2 (18.18%) IT Project Manager
2 2 (18.18%) Technical Manager
2 2 (18.18%) Network Specialist
3 1 (9.091%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
3 1 (9.091%) IT Support
3 1 (9.091%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.091%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 7 (63.64%) Windows
2 5 (45.45%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (45.45%) ITIL
2 4 (36.36%) PRINCE2
3 3 (27.27%) PRINCE
3 3 (27.27%) Project Management
4 1 (9.091%) Web Design
4 1 (9.091%) CAD
Qualifications
1 5 (45.45%) ITIL Certification
2 4 (36.36%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (27.27%) CCIE
4 2 (18.18%) CCNP
4 2 (18.18%) CCA
4 2 (18.18%) Citrix Certification
4 2 (18.18%) CISSP
4 2 (18.18%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 1 (9.091%) Degree
5 1 (9.091%) ECDL
5 1 (9.091%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (9.091%) HND
5 1 (9.091%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (18.18%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (27.27%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 4 (36.36%) Cisco
2 3 (27.27%) VMware
3 1 (9.091%) Brocade
3 1 (9.091%) Microsoft