The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Informatics in IT contracts advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Informatics over the 3 months to 24 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 North West 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Informatics
Rank 114 - 125
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Informatics 4 0 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 0.172% - 0.033%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.749% - 0.160%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
Average daily rate £338 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £288 £250 £190
% change year-on-year
+15.01% +31.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £24.00 £13.52 -
% change year-on-year
+77.58% -
All of the Miscellaneous Category
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
534 618 625
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 22.91% 19.86% 20.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 234 301 312
Average daily rate £300 £325 £320
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.69% +1.56%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £205 £213
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £470 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 56 71
Average hourly rate £15.00 £19.75 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-24.05% -1.25%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.50 £13.35 £10.47
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £21.00 £25.00 £38.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £26.00
% change year-on-year
- -13.46%
Informatics
England

Informatics
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West 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 North West region.

North West Informatics Daily Rate Trend

Informatics
Hourly Rate Trend

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

North West 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 North West region over the 3 months to 24 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
Manchester - 2 £299 -
Informatics
England

Informatics
Top 17 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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 6 (100.00%) NHS
2 3 (50.00%) SQL
2 3 (50.00%) PRINCE2
2 3 (50.00%) Quality Management
2 3 (50.00%) Management Information System
2 3 (50.00%) Risk Management
3 2 (33.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 2 (33.33%) Programme Management
3 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (33.33%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (33.33%) PRINCE
4 1 (16.67%) Project Management
4 1 (16.67%) ISO 9001
4 1 (16.67%) Finance
4 1 (16.67%) QMS
4 1 (16.67%) Health Informatics
4 1 (16.67%) Information Governance

Informatics
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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.

Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (33.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 2 (33.33%) Data Warehouse
General
1 1 (16.67%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Analyst
1 3 (50.00%) Information Analyst
2 2 (33.33%) Programme Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Project Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Senior Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Senior Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Senior Project Manager
3 1 (16.67%) NHS Information Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) NHS Project Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Senior Information Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) NHS Programme Manager
Miscellaneous
1 6 (100.00%) NHS
2 3 (50.00%) Management Information System
3 1 (16.67%) Health Informatics
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) PRINCE2
1 3 (50.00%) Quality Management
1 3 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 2 (33.33%) Programme Management
2 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (33.33%) PRINCE
3 1 (16.67%) Project Management
3 1 (16.67%) QMS
3 1 (16.67%) Information Governance
Programming Languages
1 3 (50.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) ISO 9001
North West England
I am currently looking for a Senior Project Manager to help support the Head of Informatics... The following skills and experience are required for this job: -* Previous Senior...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £350 per day
Posted: 8 May 2013
North West England
I am currently looking for a Programme Manager to help support the Head of Informatics... The following skills and experience are required for this job: -* Previous Programme Management...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £350.00 - £400.00 per day
Posted: 4 May 2013