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The table below looks at the prevalence of the term 'Health' in contract IT jobs within the Oxfordshire 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
Rank5647
Rank change on same period last yearDown-9
Matching contract IT job ads38
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.004 %0.008 %
As % of the category below1.961 %5.517 %
Daily rates quoted03
Average minimum daily rate-£450
Average daily rate-£483
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£517
UK excluding London average daily rate£360£347
% change on same period last year+3.97 %
Hourly rates quoted10
Average minimum hourly rate£20.00-
Average hourly rate£20.00-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£20.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.25£26.21
% change on same period last year-11.28 %
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
Oxfordshire
Matching contract IT job ads153145
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.215 %0.147 %
Daily rates quoted4733
Average minimum daily rate£276£338
Average daily rate£289£364
% change on same period last year-20.49 %
Average maximum daily rate£302£389
UK excluding London average daily rate£383£381
% change on same period last year+0.75 %
Hourly rates quoted2214
Average minimum hourly rate£16.60£13.70
Average hourly rate£17.62£14.79
% change on same period last year+19.08 %
Average maximum hourly rate£18.64£15.89
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.08£26.78
% change on same period last year+4.82 %
Health South EastHealth
South East

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.

Health
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Health across the Oxfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire Health Hourly Rate Trend

Health
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Health within the Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
OxfordDown-102--
Health South EastHealth
South East

Health
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

19 (56.25 %)NHS
25 (31.25 %)Data Analysis
34 (25.00 %)MS Excel
42 (12.50 %)SQL
51 (6.250 %)Insurance
51 (6.250 %)SQL Server 2005
51 (6.250 %)Pensions
51 (6.250 %)ASP.NET 2.0
51 (6.250 %).NET
51 (6.250 %)SQL Server
51 (6.250 %)ASP.NET
51 (6.250 %)PRINCE2
51 (6.250 %)Service Management
51 (6.250 %)Change Management
51 (6.250 %)Management Information System
51 (6.250 %)Electronics
51 (6.250 %)Electric
51 (6.250 %)C#
51 (6.250 %)Data Management
51 (6.250 %)VPN
51 (6.250 %)SLA
51 (6.250 %)Cisco
51 (6.250 %)CCNP
51 (6.250 %)CiscoWorks
51 (6.250 %)Nortel
51 (6.250 %)Cisco Certification
51 (6.250 %)PRINCE2 Certification
51 (6.250 %)Nokia
51 (6.250 %)CheckPoint
51 (6.250 %)OSPF

Health
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (6.250 %).NET
11 (6.250 %)ASP.NET
11 (6.250 %)ASP.NET 2.0
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
14 (25.00 %)MS Excel
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (6.250 %)VPN
11 (6.250 %)OSPF
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (6.250 %)SQL Server
11 (6.250 %)SQL Server 2005
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (6.250 %)Pharmaceutical
11 (6.250 %)Electronics
11 (6.250 %)Electric
11 (6.250 %)Insurance
11 (6.250 %)Pensions
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
18 (50.00 %)Analyst
26 (37.50 %)Information Analyst
26 (37.50 %)NHS Information Analyst
33 (18.75 %)Data Analyst
42 (12.50 %)Senior Information Analyst
42 (12.50 %)Senior Analyst
51 (6.250 %)Cisco Engineer
51 (6.250 %)Cisco Network Engineer
51 (6.250 %)Incident Manager
51 (6.250 %)Research Analyst
51 (6.250 %).NET Developer
51 (6.250 %)Project Coordinator
51 (6.250 %)Network Engineer
51 (6.250 %)Coordinator
51 (6.250 %)Project Manager
51 (6.250 %)Trainer
51 (6.250 %)Author
51 (6.250 %)Technical Author
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
19 (56.25 %)NHS
21 (6.250 %)Management Information System
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
15 (31.25 %)Data Analysis
21 (6.250 %)PRINCE2
21 (6.250 %)Service Management
21 (6.250 %)Change Management
21 (6.250 %)Data Management
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (12.50 %)SQL
21 (6.250 %)C#
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (6.250 %)CCNP
11 (6.250 %)Cisco Certification
11 (6.250 %)PRINCE2 Certification
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (6.250 %)SLA
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (6.250 %)CiscoWorks
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (6.250 %)Cisco
11 (6.250 %)Nortel
11 (6.250 %)Nokia
11 (6.250 %)CheckPoint