North West Health Contracts

This section looks at the prevalence of the term 'Health' in contract IT jobs within the North West region together with a comparison to our General terms category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Health over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Aberdeen Alderley Edge Andover Avon Ayrshire Barking Barnsley Basingstoke Bath Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Bolton Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Bridgend Brighton Bristol Bromley Buckinghamshire Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Canterbury Cardiff Carlisle Chelmsford Chertsey Cheshire Chessington Chester Chesterfield City of London Colchester Conwy County Antrim Coventry Crawley Croydon Cumbria Denbighshire Derby Derbyshire Devon Doncaster Dorset Dover Durham East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Edinburgh England Essex Exeter Gatwick Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Gwent Hammersmith Hampshire Hartlepool Havant Hayes Hertfordshire High Wycombe Highlands Hounslow Huddersfield Hull Huntingdon Inverness Ipswich Kendal Kent Lancashire Lancaster Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Liverpool London Luton M4 Corridor Macclesfield Maidenhead Maidstone Manchester Merseyside Middlesbrough Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newcastle Newport Norfolk North East North Wales North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oldham Oxford Oxfordshire Paisley Peterborough Pontypool Poole Portsmouth Reading Redcar Redhill Renfrewshire Rochdale Rotherham Runcorn Salford Salisbury Scotland Sheffield Slough Solihull Somerset South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southport Southwark St Asaph Stafford Staffordshire Staines Street Suffolk Sunbury-on-Thames Sunderland Surbiton Surrey Sussex Swindon Tadworth Thames Valley Torfaen Tunbridge Wells Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wakefield Wales Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Westminster Wigan Wiltshire Windsor Wirral Witney Woking Wokingham Wolverhampton Worcester Worcestershire Yeovil York Yorkshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	43	63
Rank change on same period last year	+20
Matching contract IT job ads	129	80
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.172 %	0.081 %
As % of the category below	8.728 %	5.145 %
Daily rates quoted	34	14
Average minimum daily rate	£345	£310
Average daily rate	£378	£358
% change on same period last year	+5.50 %
Average maximum daily rate	£411	£407
UK excluding London average daily rate	£349	£353
% change on same period last year	-1.23 %
Hourly rates quoted	12	11
Average minimum hourly rate	£13.85	£25.41
Average hourly rate	£17.14	£29.10
% change on same period last year	-41.10 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£20.42	£32.79
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£21.76	£24.74
% change on same period last year	-12.04 %
General North West
Matching contract IT job ads	1478	1555
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	1.970 %	1.573 %
Daily rates quoted	396	430
Average minimum daily rate	£355	£344
Average daily rate	£376	£360
% change on same period last year	+4.50 %
Average maximum daily rate	£397	£376
UK excluding London average daily rate	£383	£374
% change on same period last year	+2.49 %
Hourly rates quoted	123	106
Average minimum hourly rate	£22.89	£22.43
Average hourly rate	£25.05	£24.77
% change on same period last year	+1.12 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£27.21	£27.11
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£26.78	£27.25
% change on same period last year	-1.70 %
Health England

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.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Health across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Health across the North West region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Health across the North West region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Health within the North West region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Manchester	+11	50	£323	+27.92 %
Cheshire	+5	28	£375	-0.82 %
Merseyside	+2	10	£428	+17.93 %
Cumbria	-	2	-	-
Lancashire	+4	1	£475	+65.21 %

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing Health 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.

1 136 (51.32 %) NHS 2 31 (11.70 %) SQL 3 27 (10.19 %) PRINCE2 4 23 (8.679 %) Finance 5 18 (6.792 %) Project Management 5 18 (6.792 %) Pensions 6 17 (6.415 %) Change Management 6 17 (6.415 %) Pharmaceutical 7 16 (6.038 %) .NET 7 16 (6.038 %) Government 7 16 (6.038 %) Requirements Analysis 8 15 (5.660 %) Insurance 8 15 (5.660 %) SQL Server 8 15 (5.660 %) MS Excel 9 14 (5.283 %) VB.NET

10 13 (4.906 %) PRINCE2 Certification 10 13 (4.906 %) Tivoli 11 12 (4.528 %) Tivoli Storage Manager 11 12 (4.528 %) Business Analysis 12 11 (4.151 %) MS PowerPoint 12 11 (4.151 %) Degree 12 11 (4.151 %) Microsoft 13 10 (3.774 %) Stakeholder Management 13 10 (3.774 %) E-Learning 13 10 (3.774 %) Informatics 14 9 (3.396 %) Local Government 14 9 (3.396 %) IBM 14 9 (3.396 %) MS Office 15 8 (3.019 %) Photoshop 15 8 (3.019 %) Oracle

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing Health 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. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 16 (6.038 %) .NET 2 8 (3.019 %) ASP.NET 2 8 (3.019 %) CSS 3 4 (1.509 %) XHTML 4 3 (1.132 %) XML 5 2 (0.755 %) SOAP 5 2 (0.755 %) ASP 6 1 (0.377 %) HTML 6 1 (0.377 %) J2EE 6 1 (0.377 %) WebServices	Application Platforms 1 3 (1.132 %) MS Exchange 1 3 (1.132 %) IIS 2 1 (0.377 %) Lotus Notes 2 1 (0.377 %) SharePoint 2 1 (0.377 %) SAS 2 1 (0.377 %) Oracle Application Server 2 1 (0.377 %) Exchange Server 2000 2 1 (0.377 %) Exchange Server 2003
Applications 1 15 (5.660 %) MS Excel 2 11 (4.151 %) MS PowerPoint 3 9 (3.396 %) MS Office 4 8 (3.019 %) Photoshop 4 8 (3.019 %) Adobe Illustrator 5 5 (1.887 %) MS Project 6 4 (1.509 %) Fireworks 6 4 (1.509 %) MS Visio 6 4 (1.509 %) ImageReady 7 1 (0.377 %) SPSS 7 1 (0.377 %) Acrobat 7 1 (0.377 %) Spreadsheet	Business Applications 1 1 (0.377 %) Cognos Planning 1 1 (0.377 %) Cerner Millennium
Communications & Networking 1 3 (1.132 %) LAN 1 3 (1.132 %) WAN 2 2 (0.755 %) Internet 2 2 (0.755 %) 3G 3 1 (0.377 %) Intranet	Database & Business Intelligence 1 15 (5.660 %) SQL Server 2 8 (3.019 %) SQL Server 7 3 5 (1.887 %) SQL Server 2000 3 5 (1.887 %) SQL Server 2005 4 4 (1.509 %) Oracle 8/8i 4 4 (1.509 %) Datawarehouse 4 4 (1.509 %) DTS 4 4 (1.509 %) TOAD 5 2 (0.755 %) MS Access 5 2 (0.755 %) Oracle Reports 5 2 (0.755 %) MySQL 6 1 (0.377 %) Reference Data 6 1 (0.377 %) GIS 6 1 (0.377 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 6 1 (0.377 %) Oracle 10g 6 1 (0.377 %) DataStage
Development Applications 1 4 (1.509 %) Flash 2 2 (0.755 %) VSS/SourceSafe 3 1 (0.377 %) Oracle Forms 3 1 (0.377 %) TestDirector	General 1 23 (8.679 %) Finance 2 18 (6.792 %) Pensions 3 17 (6.415 %) Pharmaceutical 4 16 (6.038 %) Government 5 15 (5.660 %) Insurance 6 9 (3.396 %) Local Government 7 8 (3.019 %) Legal 7 8 (3.019 %) Construction 7 8 (3.019 %) Retail 8 6 (2.264 %) Telecoms 9 5 (1.887 %) Education 10 4 (1.509 %) Animation 11 3 (1.132 %) Graphic Design 12 2 (0.755 %) Electric 13 1 (0.377 %) Law 13 1 (0.377 %) Aerospace 13 1 (0.377 %) Manufacturing 13 1 (0.377 %) Police 13 1 (0.377 %) Banking
Job Titles 1 58 (21.89 %) Analyst 2 45 (16.98 %) Project Manager 3 32 (12.08 %) NHS Project Manager 4 25 (9.434 %) Developer 5 22 (8.302 %) Information Analyst 6 20 (7.547 %) Business Analyst 7 18 (6.792 %) Administrator 8 12 (4.528 %) Consultant 9 8 (3.019 %) .NET Developer 9 8 (3.019 %) NHS Information Analyst 10 7 (2.642 %) Trainer 10 7 (2.642 %) Systems Analyst 11 6 (2.264 %) Business Process Analyst 11 6 (2.264 %) Process Analyst 11 6 (2.264 %) Data Analyst 11 6 (2.264 %) Storage Administrator 12 5 (1.887 %) Risk Manager 12 5 (1.887 %) Implementation Specialist 12 5 (1.887 %) VB.NET Developer 13 4 (1.509 %) Service Manager	Miscellaneous 1 136 (51.32 %) NHS 2 10 (3.774 %) E-Learning 2 10 (3.774 %) Informatics 3 6 (2.264 %) Statistics 4 5 (1.887 %) Economics 5 4 (1.509 %) Mathematics 5 4 (1.509 %) SCORM 6 3 (1.132 %) Smartcard 6 3 (1.132 %) NPfIT 7 2 (0.755 %) VLE 7 2 (0.755 %) Data Protection Act 8 1 (0.377 %) Freedom of Information Act 8 1 (0.377 %) Client/Server 8 1 (0.377 %) Life Science 8 1 (0.377 %) Data Extraction 8 1 (0.377 %) PACS 8 1 (0.377 %) Freedom of Information 8 1 (0.377 %) Management Information System
Operating Systems 1 6 (2.264 %) Windows 2 2 (0.755 %) UNIX 2 2 (0.755 %) Linux 2 2 (0.755 %) Windows 2000 3 1 (0.377 %) Windows Server 2003 3 1 (0.377 %) Windows Mobile 3 1 (0.377 %) Solaris	Processes & Methodologies 1 27 (10.19 %) PRINCE2 2 18 (6.792 %) Project Management 3 17 (6.415 %) Change Management 4 16 (6.038 %) Requirements Analysis 5 12 (4.528 %) Business Analysis 6 10 (3.774 %) Stakeholder Management 7 8 (3.019 %) SC Cleared 7 8 (3.019 %) Security Cleared 8 6 (2.264 %) Statistical Analysis 8 6 (2.264 %) BC Cleared 8 6 (2.264 %) Risk Management 9 5 (1.887 %) Workflow 9 5 (1.887 %) UML 9 5 (1.887 %) Information Management 9 5 (1.887 %) Workflow Management 9 5 (1.887 %) Systems Analysis 10 4 (1.509 %) ITIL 10 4 (1.509 %) PRINCE 10 4 (1.509 %) Validation 10 4 (1.509 %) Data Protection
Programming Languages 1 31 (11.70 %) SQL 2 14 (5.283 %) VB.NET 3 5 (1.887 %) VBA 3 5 (1.887 %) Java 4 4 (1.509 %) JavaScript 4 4 (1.509 %) ActionScript 5 3 (1.132 %) VB 5 3 (1.132 %) Transact-SQL 6 2 (0.755 %) VBScript 6 2 (0.755 %) PHP 6 2 (0.755 %) PL/SQL 6 2 (0.755 %) DHTML 6 2 (0.755 %) VB6 7 1 (0.377 %) MUMPS 7 1 (0.377 %) Shell Script 7 1 (0.377 %) C 7 1 (0.377 %) C#	Qualifications 1 13 (4.906 %) PRINCE2 Certification 2 11 (4.151 %) Degree 3 3 (1.132 %) CISA 3 3 (1.132 %) CISM 4 2 (0.755 %) A+ Certification 4 2 (0.755 %) ECDL 4 2 (0.755 %) ISEB 4 2 (0.755 %) Microsoft Certification 4 2 (0.755 %) PRINCE2 Practitioner 5 1 (0.377 %) MCP 5 1 (0.377 %) MCSE 5 1 (0.377 %) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 7 (2.642 %) SNOMED CT 2 5 (1.887 %) SLA 3 3 (1.132 %) HL7 4 2 (0.755 %) QA	System Software 1 5 (1.887 %) Active Directory
Systems Management 1 13 (4.906 %) Tivoli 2 12 (4.528 %) Tivoli Storage Manager 3 1 (0.377 %) MOM 3 1 (0.377 %) Systems Management Server (SMS)	Vendors 1 11 (4.151 %) Microsoft 2 9 (3.396 %) IBM 3 8 (3.019 %) Oracle 4 6 (2.264 %) iSOFT 5 5 (1.887 %) SAP 5 5 (1.887 %) Adobe 6 3 (1.132 %) HP 7 2 (0.755 %) Cerner 7 2 (0.755 %) VMware 8 1 (0.377 %) Lotus 8 1 (0.377 %) Sage 8 1 (0.377 %) Mapinfo 8 1 (0.377 %) BT 8 1 (0.377 %) Dell 8 1 (0.377 %) Intel 8 1 (0.377 %) Ascential 8 1 (0.377 %) Cognos 8 1 (0.377 %) Cisco