NHS Contracts in the North West
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Hourly Rate Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term NHS 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 NHS over the 3 months to 20 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
20 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
National Health Service (NHS)
Rank 37 81 63
Rank change year-on-year
+44 -18
Contract jobs citing NHS 106 56 73
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 4.575% 1.764% 2.425%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 19.78% 8.563% 11.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 66 20 31
Average daily rate £246 £231 £225
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.50% +2.76%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £147 £199 £170
10% offered a daily rate of more than £365 £330 £350
UK excluding London average daily rate £263 £289 £280
% change year-on-year
-9.09% +3.12%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 21 24
Average hourly rate £23.42 £21.86 £12.44
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+7.11% +75.79%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.42 £11.37 £9.74
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.89 £30.00 £25.41
UK excluding London average hourly rate £18.90 £15.75 £14.91
% change year-on-year
+20.00% +5.63%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category		 536 654 622
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 23.13% 20.60% 20.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 236 322 317
Average daily rate £300 £325 £310
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.69% +4.83%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £171 £200 £206
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £465 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £343 £340
% change year-on-year
+2.18% +0.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 55 65
Average hourly rate £16.72 £20.00 £22.43
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-16.40% -10.83%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.55 £13.25 £10.75
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £24.37 £25.00 £39.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £24.50 £27.00
% change year-on-year
-8.16% -9.25%
NHS
England

NHS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West 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 North West region.

North West NHS Daily Rate Trend

NHS
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing NHS across the North West region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

North West NHS Daily Rate Histogram

NHS
Hourly Rate Trend

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

North West NHS Hourly Rate Trend

NHS
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing NHS across the North West region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

North West NHS Hourly Rate Histogram

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 North West region over the 3 months to 20 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 +43 45 £265 +7.07%
Lancashire +15 9 £223 +8.53%
Merseyside -10 7 £175 -57.12%
Cheshire +8 1 £450 -
NHS
England

NHS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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 63 (25.40%) SQL Server
2 62 (25.00%) SQL
3 46 (18.55%) Business Intelligence
4 42 (16.94%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 37 (14.92%) .NET
6 36 (14.52%) PRINCE2
7 34 (13.71%) C#
7 34 (13.71%) Microsoft
8 33 (13.31%) Project Management
9 31 (12.50%) SharePoint
10 28 (11.29%) Data Warehouse
11 26 (10.48%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 24 (9.677%) Windows
13 19 (7.661%) MS Excel
13 19 (7.661%) Migration
13 19 (7.661%) SQL Server Analysis Services
14 18 (7.258%) SQL Server 2008
14 18 (7.258%) Stakeholder Management
15 15 (6.048%) T-SQL
15 15 (6.048%) MS Office
15 15 (6.048%) ASP.NET
15 15 (6.048%) .NET Framework
16 12 (4.839%) Change Management
16 12 (4.839%) Management Information System
16 12 (4.839%) XML
16 12 (4.839%) CSS
16 12 (4.839%) HTML
17 11 (4.435%) Visual Studio
17 11 (4.435%) InfoPath
17 11 (4.435%) Finance

NHS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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 37 (14.92%) .NET
2 15 (6.048%) ASP.NET
2 15 (6.048%) .NET Framework
3 12 (4.839%) XML
3 12 (4.839%) HTML
3 12 (4.839%) CSS
4 8 (3.226%) MDX
4 8 (3.226%) Ajax
5 7 (2.823%) ASP
6 5 (2.016%) Web Services
6 5 (2.016%) Hibernate
6 5 (2.016%) LINQ
6 5 (2.016%) ASP.NET MVC
7 4 (1.613%) jQuery
7 4 (1.613%) Windows SharePoint Services
8 3 (1.210%) WCF
8 3 (1.210%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
8 3 (1.210%) LINQ to SQL
8 3 (1.210%) JMS
8 3 (1.210%) J2EE
Application Platforms
1 31 (12.50%) SharePoint
2 7 (2.823%) MS Exchange
3 5 (2.016%) SharePoint 2010
4 3 (1.210%) JCAPS
4 3 (1.210%) Exchange Server 2010
4 3 (1.210%) CMS
5 2 (0.806%) Exchange Server 2003
5 2 (0.806%) Apache
5 2 (0.806%) BizTalk Server
5 2 (0.806%) SharePoint 2013
5 2 (0.806%) Apache Solr
5 2 (0.806%) EPiServer CMS
6 1 (0.403%) SAS
6 1 (0.403%) SharePoint Server
6 1 (0.403%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 19 (7.661%) MS Excel
2 15 (6.048%) MS Office
3 11 (4.435%) InfoPath
4 5 (2.016%) PowerPivot
5 4 (1.613%) MS Visio
6 3 (1.210%) MS Project
7 1 (0.403%) Adobe Captivate
7 1 (0.403%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.403%) Mingle
Business Applications
1 1 (0.403%) SAP Oil and Gas
1 1 (0.403%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.806%) VoIP
1 2 (0.806%) Internet
1 2 (0.806%) NetScreen
1 2 (0.806%) Firewall
1 2 (0.806%) Wi-Fi
1 2 (0.806%) VPN
2 1 (0.403%) SAN
2 1 (0.403%) Symposium
2 1 (0.403%) Nortel Meridian
2 1 (0.403%) Cisco ASA
2 1 (0.403%) WAN
2 1 (0.403%) TCP/IP
2 1 (0.403%) LAN
2 1 (0.403%) PBX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 63 (25.40%) SQL Server
2 42 (16.94%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 28 (11.29%) Data Warehouse
4 26 (10.48%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 19 (7.661%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 18 (7.258%) SQL Server 2008
7 8 (3.226%) SQL Server 2005
8 6 (2.419%) QlikView
9 5 (2.016%) PerformancePoint
10 4 (1.613%) OLAP
11 3 (1.210%) SQL Server 2012
12 2 (0.806%) MS Access
12 2 (0.806%) RavenDB
12 2 (0.806%) Star Schema
13 1 (0.403%) SQL Server 2000
13 1 (0.403%) EDMS
13 1 (0.403%) InterSystems Cache
13 1 (0.403%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 11 (4.435%) Visual Studio
2 5 (2.016%) VSS/SourceSafe
3 4 (1.613%) Eclipse
3 4 (1.613%) Git (software)
4 3 (1.210%) NetBeans
5 2 (0.806%) Subversion
5 2 (0.806%) Redmine
6 1 (0.403%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 11 (4.435%) Finance
2 6 (2.419%) Pharmaceutical
3 4 (1.613%) Telecoms
4 3 (1.210%) Marketing
5 2 (0.806%) Games
5 2 (0.806%) Banking
5 2 (0.806%) Retail
6 1 (0.403%) Electronics
6 1 (0.403%) Manufacturing
6 1 (0.403%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 61 (24.60%) Developer
2 46 (18.55%) Analyst
3 39 (15.73%) Project Manager
4 27 (10.89%) NHS Project Manager
5 17 (6.855%) Business Analyst
5 17 (6.855%) SQL Developer
6 14 (5.645%) Information Analyst
7 13 (5.242%) .NET Developer
7 13 (5.242%) NHS Business Analyst
8 12 (4.839%) Business Intelligence Developer
9 11 (4.435%) IT Project Manager
9 11 (4.435%) Architect
10 9 (3.629%) Consultant
10 9 (3.629%) C# Developer
11 8 (3.226%) Software Developer
11 8 (3.226%) NHS Information Analyst
11 8 (3.226%) SharePoint Developer
12 7 (2.823%) Business Intelligence Analyst
12 7 (2.823%) Programme Manager
12 7 (2.823%) Service Manager
Miscellaneous
1 12 (4.839%) Management Information System
2 8 (3.226%) Informatics
3 4 (1.613%) N-Tier
4 3 (1.210%) Replication
4 3 (1.210%) Computer Science
4 3 (1.210%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (0.806%) IPTV
5 2 (0.806%) Health Informatics
5 2 (0.806%) Digital Media
5 2 (0.806%) Data Integration
5 2 (0.806%) FMCG
5 2 (0.806%) Open Source
5 2 (0.806%) Physics
5 2 (0.806%) 3D Graphics
5 2 (0.806%) Smartcard
6 1 (0.403%) DTV
6 1 (0.403%) NPfIT
6 1 (0.403%) Clustering
6 1 (0.403%) E-Learning
6 1 (0.403%) e-Health
Operating Systems
1 24 (9.677%) Windows
2 9 (3.629%) Windows XP
3 7 (2.823%) Windows Server 2008
4 5 (2.016%) Windows Server 2003
4 5 (2.016%) Apple iOS
5 4 (1.613%) Android
6 3 (1.210%) Linux
7 2 (0.806%) VMS
7 2 (0.806%) Windows 7
8 1 (0.403%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (18.55%) Business Intelligence
2 36 (14.52%) PRINCE2
3 33 (13.31%) Project Management
4 19 (7.661%) Migration
5 18 (7.258%) Stakeholder Management
6 12 (4.839%) Change Management
7 10 (4.032%) Business Analysis
7 10 (4.032%) Data Migration
8 9 (3.629%) ITIL
8 9 (3.629%) OO
8 9 (3.629%) Programme Management
9 8 (3.226%) Continuous Integration
10 7 (2.823%) Information Management
10 7 (2.823%) OOP
11 6 (2.419%) MVC
11 6 (2.419%) Risk Management
11 6 (2.419%) Workflow
12 5 (2.016%) Disaster Recovery
12 5 (2.016%) PRINCE
12 5 (2.016%) Security Management
Programming Languages
1 62 (25.00%) SQL
2 34 (13.71%) C#
3 15 (6.048%) T-SQL
4 10 (4.032%) Java
4 10 (4.032%) JavaScript
5 5 (2.016%) VB
6 4 (1.613%) VBScript
6 4 (1.613%) C++
7 3 (1.210%) PL/SQL
8 2 (0.806%) VBA
8 2 (0.806%) Ruby
8 2 (0.806%) PowerShell
9 1 (0.403%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 8 (3.226%) PRINCE2 Certification
1 8 (3.226%) Degree
2 5 (2.016%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 3 (1.210%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (0.806%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (0.806%) CCNA
4 2 (0.806%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (0.403%) ISEB
5 1 (0.403%) CISSP
5 1 (0.403%) Security Cleared
5 1 (0.403%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (4.032%) HL7
2 2 (0.806%) Data Quality
2 2 (0.806%) GMP
2 2 (0.806%) QA
3 1 (0.403%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 7 (2.823%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.210%) Oracle RAC
3 2 (0.806%) XenServer
4 1 (0.403%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.403%) LiteSpeed
Systems Management
1 4 (1.613%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
2 3 (1.210%) Data Guard
3 2 (0.806%) Norton AntiVirus
3 2 (0.806%) SCCM
4 1 (0.403%) Backup Exec
4 1 (0.403%) HP Quality Center
4 1 (0.403%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 34 (13.71%) Microsoft
2 8 (3.226%) Twitter
3 5 (2.016%) VMware
4 4 (1.613%) Oracle
4 4 (1.613%) Cisco
5 2 (0.806%) Citrix
5 2 (0.806%) Telerik
5 2 (0.806%) EPiServer
5 2 (0.806%) Kaspersky
5 2 (0.806%) Veritas
5 2 (0.806%) iSOFT
5 2 (0.806%) Symantec
5 2 (0.806%) McAfee
6 1 (0.403%) CheckPoint
6 1 (0.403%) Veeam
6 1 (0.403%) CommVault
6 1 (0.403%) Adobe
6 1 (0.403%) Nortel
6 1 (0.403%) Business Objects
6 1 (0.403%) SAP
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