Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for National Health Service (NHS) skills within the Portsmouth region with a comparison to our Miscellaneous category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited NHS over the 3 months to 4 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkNational Health Service (NHS)
Location
3 months to
4 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank2431
Rank change on same period last yearUp+7
Matching contract IT job ads71
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.011 %0.001 %
As % of the category below20.00 %3.704 %
Daily rates quoted01
Average minimum daily rate-£350
Average daily rate-£400
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£450
UK excluding London average daily rate£322£314
% change on same period last year+2.63 %
Hourly rates quoted50
Average minimum hourly rate£20.75-
Average hourly rate£21.99-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£23.22-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£19.04£19.63
% change on same period last year-3.04 %
Portsmouth IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
Portsmouth
Matching contract IT job ads3527
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.057 %0.029 %
Daily rates quoted43
Average minimum daily rate£310£242
Average daily rate£322£267
% change on same period last year+20.62 %
Average maximum daily rate£333£292
UK excluding London average daily rate£344£345
% change on same period last year-0.45 %
Hourly rates quoted229
Average minimum hourly rate£27.13£32.56
Average hourly rate£28.43£32.72
% change on same period last year-13.12 %
Average maximum hourly rate£29.73£32.89
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.75£25.58
% change on same period last year+0.65 %
NHS HampshireNHS
Hampshire

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.

NHS
Demand Trend

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

Portsmouth NHS Demand Trend

NHS
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing NHS across the Portsmouth region.

Portsmouth NHS Daily Rate Trend

NHS
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Portsmouth NHS Hourly Rate Trend

NHS
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing NHS across the Portsmouth region over the 3 months to 4 December 2008.

Portsmouth NHS Hourly Rate Histogram

NHS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Portsmouth 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.

19 (45.00 %)Project Management
24 (20.00 %)Degree
24 (20.00 %)PRINCE2
33 (15.00 %)SQL
33 (15.00 %).NET
33 (15.00 %)Business Analysis
33 (15.00 %)Microsoft
42 (10.00 %)ISEB
42 (10.00 %)C#
42 (10.00 %)Client/Server
42 (10.00 %)MS Office
42 (10.00 %)Government
42 (10.00 %)Health
51 (5.000 %)MBA
51 (5.000 %)Visual Studio
51 (5.000 %)ASP.NET
51 (5.000 %)CSS
51 (5.000 %)ITIL
51 (5.000 %)MS Visio
51 (5.000 %)XHTML
51 (5.000 %)MS Excel
51 (5.000 %)DHTML
51 (5.000 %)HTML
51 (5.000 %)JavaScript
51 (5.000 %)SQL Server
51 (5.000 %)IIS
51 (5.000 %)Transact-SQL
51 (5.000 %)VB.NET
51 (5.000 %)NPfIT
51 (5.000 %)AJAX

NHS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Portsmouth 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.

Portsmouth IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13 (15.00 %).NET
21 (5.000 %)ASP.NET
21 (5.000 %)CSS
21 (5.000 %)XHTML
21 (5.000 %)AJAX
21 (5.000 %).NET Framework
21 (5.000 %)HTML
Portsmouth IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (5.000 %)IIS
Portsmouth IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (10.00 %)MS Office
21 (5.000 %)MS Excel
21 (5.000 %)MS Visio
Portsmouth IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (5.000 %)SQL Server
11 (5.000 %)SQL Server 2000
11 (5.000 %)SQL Server 2005
Portsmouth IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (5.000 %)Visual Studio
Portsmouth IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (10.00 %)Government
12 (10.00 %)Health
Portsmouth IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
18 (40.00 %)Project Manager
25 (25.00 %)Analyst
33 (15.00 %)Business Analyst
42 (10.00 %)Trainer
42 (10.00 %)Lead Test Analyst
42 (10.00 %)Test Analyst
42 (10.00 %)Consultant
51 (5.000 %)Configuration Manager
51 (5.000 %)Service Manager
51 (5.000 %).NET Developer
51 (5.000 %)Technical Analyst
51 (5.000 %)ASP.NET Developer
51 (5.000 %)Junior Project Manager
51 (5.000 %)Project Analyst
51 (5.000 %)Junior Business Analyst
51 (5.000 %)Technical Manager
51 (5.000 %)Technical Services Manager
51 (5.000 %)Business Project Manager
51 (5.000 %)Technical Business Analyst
51 (5.000 %)Business Manager
Portsmouth IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (10.00 %)Client/Server
21 (5.000 %)NPfIT
Portsmouth IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
19 (45.00 %)Project Management
24 (20.00 %)PRINCE2
33 (15.00 %)Business Analysis
41 (5.000 %)Strategic Planning
41 (5.000 %)Configuration Management
41 (5.000 %)ITIL
Portsmouth IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (15.00 %)SQL
22 (10.00 %)C#
31 (5.000 %)DHTML
31 (5.000 %)JavaScript
31 (5.000 %)Transact-SQL
31 (5.000 %)VB.NET
Portsmouth IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
14 (20.00 %)Degree
22 (10.00 %)ISEB
31 (5.000 %)ITIL Certification
31 (5.000 %)MBA
31 (5.000 %)CIPD
Portsmouth IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (15.00 %)Microsoft