The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term NHS in IT contracts advertised for the Nottingham region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited NHS 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 Nottingham 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
National Health Service (NHS)
Rank 35 31 -
Rank change year-on-year
-4 -
Contract jobs citing NHS 1 1 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Nottingham 0.350% 0.448% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.222% 2.500% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £263 £300 £276
% change year-on-year
-12.50% +8.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £19.39 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £18.20 £16.49 £14.96
% change year-on-year
+10.36% +10.26%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Nottingham
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
45 40 54
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Nottingham 15.73% 17.94% 22.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 17 14
Average daily rate £350 £435 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-19.54% +45.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £278 £264 £210
10% offered a daily rate of more than £445 £506 £426
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 1 6
Average hourly rate £11.96 £30.00 £17.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-60.13% +76.47%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.50 £30.00 £12.41
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.20 £30.00 £28.30
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £26.00
% change year-on-year
- -13.46%
NHS
Nottinghamshire

NHS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Nottingham 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 Nottingham region.

Nottingham 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 Nottingham region.

Nottingham NHS Hourly Rate Trend

NHS
Top 26 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Nottingham 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%) MS Access
1 4 (57.14%) SQL Server
2 3 (42.86%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 3 (42.86%) SQL
3 2 (28.57%) VBScript
3 2 (28.57%) .NET
3 2 (28.57%) C#
3 2 (28.57%) HTML
3 2 (28.57%) ASP
3 2 (28.57%) ASP.NET
3 2 (28.57%) XML
3 2 (28.57%) SharePoint
3 2 (28.57%) Active Directory
3 2 (28.57%) SPSS
3 2 (28.57%) Local Government
3 2 (28.57%) QlikView
3 2 (28.57%) Business Objects
3 2 (28.57%) MS Excel
4 1 (14.29%) MS Office
4 1 (14.29%) Finance
4 1 (14.29%) Performance Management
4 1 (14.29%) Project Management
4 1 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
4 1 (14.29%) ITIL
4 1 (14.29%) PRINCE2

NHS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Nottingham 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 2 (28.57%) .NET
1 2 (28.57%) HTML
1 2 (28.57%) ASP
1 2 (28.57%) ASP.NET
1 2 (28.57%) XML
Application Platforms
1 2 (28.57%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (28.57%) SPSS
1 2 (28.57%) MS Excel
2 1 (14.29%) MS Office
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (57.14%) MS Access
1 4 (57.14%) SQL Server
2 3 (42.86%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 2 (28.57%) QlikView
General
1 2 (28.57%) Local Government
2 1 (14.29%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Analyst
2 2 (28.57%) .NET Developer
2 2 (28.57%) C# Developer
2 2 (28.57%) Information Analyst
2 2 (28.57%) SQL Developer
2 2 (28.57%) SQL Server Developer
2 2 (28.57%) Developer
2 2 (28.57%) NHS Information Analyst
2 2 (28.57%) C# .NET Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Report Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Service Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Data Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Technical Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Technical Services Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Project Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (14.29%) Performance Management
1 1 (14.29%) Project Management
1 1 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) ITIL
1 1 (14.29%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 3 (42.86%) SQL
2 2 (28.57%) VBScript
2 2 (28.57%) C#
System Software
1 2 (28.57%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Business Objects
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft