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The table below looks at the prevalence of the term 'Health' in contract IT jobs within the Northampton 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 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkHealth
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank-20
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads07
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.007 %
As % of the category below0.000 %7.292 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£360£347
% change on same period last year+3.97 %
Hourly rates quoted01
Average minimum hourly rate-£14.00
Average hourly rate-£15.50
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£17.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.25£26.21
% change on same period last year-11.28 %
Northampton IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
Northampton
Matching contract IT job ads13796
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.193 %0.097 %
Daily rates quoted9948
Average minimum daily rate£424£395
Average daily rate£446£427
% change on same period last year+4.63 %
Average maximum daily rate£468£458
UK excluding London average daily rate£383£381
% change on same period last year+0.75 %
Hourly rates quoted35
Average minimum hourly rate£20.67£18.43
Average hourly rate£20.67£18.79
% change on same period last year+10.01 %
Average maximum hourly rate£20.67£19.14
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.08£26.78
% change on same period last year+4.82 %
Health NorthamptonshireHealth
Northamptonshire

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 Northampton region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

Northampton 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 Northampton region.

Northampton Health Daily Rate Trend

Health
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Northampton Health Hourly Rate Trend

Health
Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Northampton 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.

13 (60.00 %)SLA
22 (40.00 %)Service Management
22 (40.00 %)Finance
22 (40.00 %)Retail
31 (20.00 %)Software Testing
31 (20.00 %)Test Scripting
31 (20.00 %)HTML
31 (20.00 %)SQL
31 (20.00 %)VB
31 (20.00 %)Oracle
31 (20.00 %)ASP
31 (20.00 %)XML

Health
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Northampton 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.

Northampton IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (20.00 %)HTML
11 (20.00 %)ASP
11 (20.00 %)XML
Northampton IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (40.00 %)Finance
12 (40.00 %)Retail
Northampton IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (40.00 %)Analyst
12 (40.00 %)Operations Manager
21 (20.00 %)Service Desk Analyst
21 (20.00 %)Analyst Developer
21 (20.00 %)Service Analyst
21 (20.00 %)Tester
21 (20.00 %)Developer
Northampton IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (40.00 %)Service Management
21 (20.00 %)Software Testing
21 (20.00 %)Test Scripting
Northampton IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (20.00 %)SQL
11 (20.00 %)VB
Northampton IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
13 (60.00 %)SLA
Northampton IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (20.00 %)Oracle