The first table below looks at the demand for HL7 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Scotland region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited HL7 over the 3 months to 21 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 of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category for the Scotland 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Health Level 7 (HL7)
Rank - 108 -
Contract jobs citing HL7 0 1 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland - 0.038% -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category - 0.781% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £283 £350 £325
% change year-on-year
-19.28% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £23.13 £16.50 -
% change year-on-year
+40.15% -
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
Scotland
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
144 128 144
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 5.825% 4.843% 5.261%
Number of daily rates quoted 87 67 63
Average daily rate £325 £338 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.70% -15.62%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £250 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £438 £530 £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £345 £350 £375
% change year-on-year
-1.42% -6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 7 3
Average hourly rate £10.93 £9.50 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+15.00% -54.76%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.25 £8.65 £12.20
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.14 £24.03 £27.40
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £16.35 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+7.03% -45.50%
HL7
UK

HL7
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing HL7 across the Scotland region as a proportion of the total demand within the Quality Assurance & Compliance category.

Scotland HL7 Jobs Demand Trend

HL7
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing HL7 across the Scotland region.

Scotland HL7 Daily Rate Trend

HL7
Top 6 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing HL7 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 HL7.

1 4 (66.67%) SQL
2 2 (33.33%) InterSystems Cache
2 2 (33.33%) InterSystems
2 2 (33.33%) SQL Server
2 2 (33.33%) Business Objects
3 1 (16.67%) NHS

HL7
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing HL7 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 HL7. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (33.33%) InterSystems Cache
1 2 (33.33%) SQL Server
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Business Analyst
1 4 (66.67%) Analyst
2 3 (50.00%) Business Project Manager
2 3 (50.00%) Business Manager
2 3 (50.00%) Project Manager
3 2 (33.33%) Consultant
3 2 (33.33%) Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) NHS
Programming Languages
1 4 (66.67%) SQL
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) InterSystems
1 2 (33.33%) Business Objects