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This section looks at the demand for National Health Service (NHS) skills within the Reading 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 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkNational Health Service (NHS)
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank6872
Rank change on same period last yearUp+4
Matching contract IT job ads41
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.005 %0.001 %
As % of the category below3.670 %0.943 %
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£328£327
% change on same period last year+0.30 %
Hourly rates quoted10
Average minimum hourly rate£34.00-
Average hourly rate£36.50-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£39.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£20.08£18.45
% change on same period last year+8.87 %
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
Reading
Matching contract IT job ads109106
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.145 %0.107 %
Daily rates quoted2445
Average minimum daily rate£357£303
Average daily rate£375£319
% change on same period last year+17.67 %
Average maximum daily rate£394£335
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£354
% change on same period last year-0.56 %
Hourly rates quoted185
Average minimum hourly rate£17.75£36.60
Average hourly rate£20.10£37.80
% change on same period last year-46.81 %
Average maximum hourly rate£22.46£39.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.44£29.20
% change on same period last year-16.30 %
NHS BerkshireNHS
Berkshire

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 Reading region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Reading 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 Reading region.

Reading 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 Reading region.

Reading NHS Hourly Rate Trend

NHS
Top 29 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Reading 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.

14 (57.14 %)SQL
22 (28.57 %)Transact-SQL
22 (28.57 %)C#
22 (28.57 %)SQL Server
22 (28.57 %)SharePoint
22 (28.57 %)Data Analysis
22 (28.57 %)MS Excel
31 (14.29 %)MS Access
31 (14.29 %)SQL Server 2005
31 (14.29 %)SQL Server Integration Services
31 (14.29 %)SharePoint Server 2007
31 (14.29 %)Office Communications Server
31 (14.29 %)TOGAF
31 (14.29 %)Content Management
31 (14.29 %)Microsoft
31 (14.29 %)Chip and PIN
31 (14.29 %)Content Management Server
31 (14.29 %)SQL Server 7
31 (14.29 %)Crystal Reports
31 (14.29 %)MS Office
31 (14.29 %)UML
31 (14.29 %)JavaScript
31 (14.29 %).NET
31 (14.29 %)Electronics
31 (14.29 %)Finance
31 (14.29 %)Aerospace
31 (14.29 %)Government
31 (14.29 %)Health
31 (14.29 %)Migration

NHS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Reading 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.

Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (14.29 %).NET
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (28.57 %)SharePoint
21 (14.29 %)Content Management Server
21 (14.29 %)SharePoint Server 2007
21 (14.29 %)Office Communications Server
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (28.57 %)MS Excel
21 (14.29 %)MS Office
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (28.57 %)SQL Server
21 (14.29 %)Crystal Reports
21 (14.29 %)MS Access
21 (14.29 %)SQL Server 7
21 (14.29 %)SQL Server 2005
21 (14.29 %)SQL Server Integration Services
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (14.29 %)Electronics
11 (14.29 %)Finance
11 (14.29 %)Aerospace
11 (14.29 %)Government
11 (14.29 %)Health
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13 (42.86 %)Developer
22 (28.57 %)Analyst
22 (28.57 %)Data Analyst
31 (14.29 %)C# Developer
31 (14.29 %)Business Consultant
31 (14.29 %)SQL Developer
31 (14.29 %)Business Process Consultant
31 (14.29 %)SharePoint Developer
31 (14.29 %)Consultant
31 (14.29 %)Support Technician
31 (14.29 %)Process Consultant
31 (14.29 %)2nd Line Support
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (14.29 %)Chip and PIN
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (28.57 %)Data Analysis
21 (14.29 %)UML
21 (14.29 %)Migration
21 (14.29 %)TOGAF
21 (14.29 %)Content Management
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
14 (57.14 %)SQL
22 (28.57 %)Transact-SQL
22 (28.57 %)C#
31 (14.29 %)JavaScript
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (14.29 %)Microsoft
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