The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term NHS in IT contracts advertised for the Norwich region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited NHS over the 3 months to 17 June 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 Norwich 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
17 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
National Health Service (NHS)
Rank 22 24 33
Rank change year-on-year
+2 +9
Contract jobs citing NHS 3 6 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Norwich 1.987% 3.125% 0.948%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 23.08% 15.00% 3.922%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
Average daily rate £300 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £273 £300 £288
% change year-on-year
-9.16% +4.34%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Average hourly rate - - £25.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.50 £17.50 £14.91
% change year-on-year
-5.71% +17.37%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Norwich
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
13 40 51
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Norwich 8.609% 20.83% 24.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 11 9
Average daily rate £278 £388 £348
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-28.38% +11.51%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £239 £285 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £314 £432 £399
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £342 £330
% change year-on-year
+2.41% +3.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 3 3
Average hourly rate £26.00 £19.63 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+32.48% -21.50%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.00 £22.50 £24.81
% change year-on-year
-6.66% -9.31%
NHS
Norfolk

NHS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Norwich 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 Norwich region.

Norwich NHS Daily Rate Trend

NHS
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Norwich NHS Hourly Rate Trend

NHS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Norwich 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 4 (57.14%) PRINCE2
1 4 (57.14%) LAN
1 4 (57.14%) VoIP
1 4 (57.14%) WAN
1 4 (57.14%) ITIL
1 4 (57.14%) ITIL Certification
1 4 (57.14%) Firewall
2 3 (42.86%) Wireless
2 3 (42.86%) SAN
2 3 (42.86%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (42.86%) Cisco
2 3 (42.86%) CCNP
2 3 (42.86%) Windows
2 3 (42.86%) NAS
2 3 (42.86%) WAAS
3 2 (28.57%) Windows Server 2008
3 2 (28.57%) Degree
3 2 (28.57%) VMware
3 2 (28.57%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 2 (28.57%) Brocade
3 2 (28.57%) CCA
3 2 (28.57%) Citrix Certification
3 2 (28.57%) CISSP
3 2 (28.57%) PRINCE
3 2 (28.57%) Project Management
4 1 (14.29%) Telecoms
4 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (14.29%) Management Information System
4 1 (14.29%) ECDL
4 1 (14.29%) CAD

NHS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Norwich 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 Platforms
1 1 (14.29%) MS Exchange
Communications & Networking
1 4 (57.14%) LAN
1 4 (57.14%) VoIP
1 4 (57.14%) WAN
1 4 (57.14%) Firewall
2 3 (42.86%) Wireless
2 3 (42.86%) NAS
2 3 (42.86%) WAAS
2 3 (42.86%) SAN
General
1 1 (14.29%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Network Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) Project Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Support Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) 3rd Line Support
3 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Network Support Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Network Support
3 1 (14.29%) NHS Project Manager
3 1 (14.29%) IT Support
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 3 (42.86%) Windows
2 2 (28.57%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) ITIL
1 4 (57.14%) PRINCE2
2 2 (28.57%) PRINCE
2 2 (28.57%) Project Management
3 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (14.29%) Web Design
3 1 (14.29%) Programme Management
3 1 (14.29%) Data Management
3 1 (14.29%) Systems Analysis
3 1 (14.29%) Project Planning
3 1 (14.29%) CAD
3 1 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) ITIL Certification
2 3 (42.86%) CCNP
2 3 (42.86%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (28.57%) CCA
3 2 (28.57%) Citrix Certification
3 2 (28.57%) CISSP
3 2 (28.57%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 2 (28.57%) Degree
4 1 (14.29%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 1 (14.29%) ECDL
4 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (14.29%) CCIP
4 1 (14.29%) CCDP
4 1 (14.29%) HND
4 1 (14.29%) MCSE
4 1 (14.29%) CCIE
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) Cisco
2 2 (28.57%) VMware
2 2 (28.57%) Brocade
3 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
Norwich, East Anglia
An excellent contract opportunity has arisen for an experienced Project Manager to join an NHS organisation based in either Chelmsford or Norwich... To be successful within this role...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £275 - £325 per day
Posted: 5 June 2013
Norwich, East Anglia
Project Manager within the NHS - Preferably based in the Norwich area and happy to commute to Essex and other location in the East of England as necessary.The...
Hudson
Rate: £300 - £325 per day
Posted: 4 June 2013