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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.

LinkHealth
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank4363
Rank change on same period last yearUp+20
Matching contract IT job ads12980
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.172 %0.081 %
As % of the category below8.728 %5.145 %
Daily rates quoted3414
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 quoted1211
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 %
North West IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
North West
Matching contract IT job ads14781555
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.970 %1.573 %
Daily rates quoted396430
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 quoted123106
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 EnglandHealth
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.

Health
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.

North West Health Demand Trend

Health
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.

North West Health Daily Rate Trend

Health
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.

North West Health Daily Rate Histogram

Health
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.

North West Health Hourly Rate Trend

Health
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.

North West Health Hourly Rate Histogram

Health
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.

LocationRank 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
ManchesterUp+1150£323+27.92 %
CheshireUp+528£375-0.82 %
MerseysideUp+210£428+17.93 %
CumbriaNew entry-2--
LancashireUp+41£475+65.21 %
Health EnglandHealth
England

Health
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.

1136 (51.32 %)NHS
231 (11.70 %)SQL
327 (10.19 %)PRINCE2
423 (8.679 %)Finance
518 (6.792 %)Project Management
518 (6.792 %)Pensions
617 (6.415 %)Change Management
617 (6.415 %)Pharmaceutical
716 (6.038 %).NET
716 (6.038 %)Government
716 (6.038 %)Requirements Analysis
815 (5.660 %)Insurance
815 (5.660 %)SQL Server
815 (5.660 %)MS Excel
914 (5.283 %)VB.NET
1013 (4.906 %)PRINCE2 Certification
1013 (4.906 %)Tivoli
1112 (4.528 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
1112 (4.528 %)Business Analysis
1211 (4.151 %)MS PowerPoint
1211 (4.151 %)Degree
1211 (4.151 %)Microsoft
1310 (3.774 %)Stakeholder Management
1310 (3.774 %)E-Learning
1310 (3.774 %)Informatics
149 (3.396 %)Local Government
149 (3.396 %)IBM
149 (3.396 %)MS Office
158 (3.019 %)Photoshop
158 (3.019 %)Oracle

Health
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.

North West IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
116 (6.038 %).NET
28 (3.019 %)ASP.NET
28 (3.019 %)CSS
34 (1.509 %)XHTML
43 (1.132 %)XML
52 (0.755 %)SOAP
52 (0.755 %)ASP
61 (0.377 %)HTML
61 (0.377 %)J2EE
61 (0.377 %)WebServices
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13 (1.132 %)MS Exchange
13 (1.132 %)IIS
21 (0.377 %)Lotus Notes
21 (0.377 %)SharePoint
21 (0.377 %)SAS
21 (0.377 %)Oracle Application Server
21 (0.377 %)Exchange Server 2000
21 (0.377 %)Exchange Server 2003
North West IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
115 (5.660 %)MS Excel
211 (4.151 %)MS PowerPoint
39 (3.396 %)MS Office
48 (3.019 %)Photoshop
48 (3.019 %)Adobe Illustrator
55 (1.887 %)MS Project
64 (1.509 %)Fireworks
64 (1.509 %)MS Visio
64 (1.509 %)ImageReady
71 (0.377 %)SPSS
71 (0.377 %)Acrobat
71 (0.377 %)Spreadsheet
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (0.377 %)Cognos Planning
11 (0.377 %)Cerner Millennium
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
13 (1.132 %)LAN
13 (1.132 %)WAN
22 (0.755 %)Internet
22 (0.755 %)3G
31 (0.377 %)Intranet
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
115 (5.660 %)SQL Server
28 (3.019 %)SQL Server 7
35 (1.887 %)SQL Server 2000
35 (1.887 %)SQL Server 2005
44 (1.509 %)Oracle 8/8i
44 (1.509 %)Datawarehouse
44 (1.509 %)DTS
44 (1.509 %)TOAD
52 (0.755 %)MS Access
52 (0.755 %)Oracle Reports
52 (0.755 %)MySQL
61 (0.377 %)Reference Data
61 (0.377 %)GIS
61 (0.377 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
61 (0.377 %)Oracle 10g
61 (0.377 %)DataStage
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
14 (1.509 %)Flash
22 (0.755 %)VSS/SourceSafe
31 (0.377 %)Oracle Forms
31 (0.377 %)TestDirector
North West IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
123 (8.679 %)Finance
218 (6.792 %)Pensions
317 (6.415 %)Pharmaceutical
416 (6.038 %)Government
515 (5.660 %)Insurance
69 (3.396 %)Local Government
78 (3.019 %)Legal
78 (3.019 %)Construction
78 (3.019 %)Retail
86 (2.264 %)Telecoms
95 (1.887 %)Education
104 (1.509 %)Animation
113 (1.132 %)Graphic Design
122 (0.755 %)Electric
131 (0.377 %)Law
131 (0.377 %)Aerospace
131 (0.377 %)Manufacturing
131 (0.377 %)Police
131 (0.377 %)Banking
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
158 (21.89 %)Analyst
245 (16.98 %)Project Manager
332 (12.08 %)NHS Project Manager
425 (9.434 %)Developer
522 (8.302 %)Information Analyst
620 (7.547 %)Business Analyst
718 (6.792 %)Administrator
812 (4.528 %)Consultant
98 (3.019 %).NET Developer
98 (3.019 %)NHS Information Analyst
107 (2.642 %)Trainer
107 (2.642 %)Systems Analyst
116 (2.264 %)Business Process Analyst
116 (2.264 %)Process Analyst
116 (2.264 %)Data Analyst
116 (2.264 %)Storage Administrator
125 (1.887 %)Risk Manager
125 (1.887 %)Implementation Specialist
125 (1.887 %)VB.NET Developer
134 (1.509 %)Service Manager
North West IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
1136 (51.32 %)NHS
210 (3.774 %)E-Learning
210 (3.774 %)Informatics
36 (2.264 %)Statistics
45 (1.887 %)Economics
54 (1.509 %)Mathematics
54 (1.509 %)SCORM
63 (1.132 %)Smartcard
63 (1.132 %)NPfIT
72 (0.755 %)VLE
72 (0.755 %)Data Protection Act
81 (0.377 %)Freedom of Information Act
81 (0.377 %)Client/Server
81 (0.377 %)Life Science
81 (0.377 %)Data Extraction
81 (0.377 %)PACS
81 (0.377 %)Freedom of Information
81 (0.377 %)Management Information System
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
16 (2.264 %)Windows
22 (0.755 %)UNIX
22 (0.755 %)Linux
22 (0.755 %)Windows 2000
31 (0.377 %)Windows Server 2003
31 (0.377 %)Windows Mobile
31 (0.377 %)Solaris
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
127 (10.19 %)PRINCE2
218 (6.792 %)Project Management
317 (6.415 %)Change Management
416 (6.038 %)Requirements Analysis
512 (4.528 %)Business Analysis
610 (3.774 %)Stakeholder Management
78 (3.019 %)SC Cleared
78 (3.019 %)Security Cleared
86 (2.264 %)Statistical Analysis
86 (2.264 %)BC Cleared
86 (2.264 %)Risk Management
95 (1.887 %)Workflow
95 (1.887 %)UML
95 (1.887 %)Information Management
95 (1.887 %)Workflow Management
95 (1.887 %)Systems Analysis
104 (1.509 %)ITIL
104 (1.509 %)PRINCE
104 (1.509 %)Validation
104 (1.509 %)Data Protection
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
131 (11.70 %)SQL
214 (5.283 %)VB.NET
35 (1.887 %)VBA
35 (1.887 %)Java
44 (1.509 %)JavaScript
44 (1.509 %)ActionScript
53 (1.132 %)VB
53 (1.132 %)Transact-SQL
62 (0.755 %)VBScript
62 (0.755 %)PHP
62 (0.755 %)PL/SQL
62 (0.755 %)DHTML
62 (0.755 %)VB6
71 (0.377 %)MUMPS
71 (0.377 %)Shell Script
71 (0.377 %)C
71 (0.377 %)C#
North West IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
113 (4.906 %)PRINCE2 Certification
211 (4.151 %)Degree
33 (1.132 %)CISA
33 (1.132 %)CISM
42 (0.755 %)A+ Certification
42 (0.755 %)ECDL
42 (0.755 %)ISEB
42 (0.755 %)Microsoft Certification
42 (0.755 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
51 (0.377 %)MCP
51 (0.377 %)MCSE
51 (0.377 %)ISTQB
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
17 (2.642 %)SNOMED CT
25 (1.887 %)SLA
33 (1.132 %)HL7
42 (0.755 %)QA
North West IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
15 (1.887 %)Active Directory
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
113 (4.906 %)Tivoli
212 (4.528 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
31 (0.377 %)MOM
31 (0.377 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
North West IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
111 (4.151 %)Microsoft
29 (3.396 %)IBM
38 (3.019 %)Oracle
46 (2.264 %)iSOFT
55 (1.887 %)SAP
55 (1.887 %)Adobe
63 (1.132 %)HP
72 (0.755 %)Cerner
72 (0.755 %)VMware
81 (0.377 %)Lotus
81 (0.377 %)Sage
81 (0.377 %)Mapinfo
81 (0.377 %)BT
81 (0.377 %)Dell
81 (0.377 %)Intel
81 (0.377 %)Ascential
81 (0.377 %)Cognos
81 (0.377 %)Cisco
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