The first table below looks at the demand for HL7 skills in IT contracts advertised for the South East region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited HL7 over the 3 months to 22 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 South East 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Health Level 7 (HL7)
Rank 226 238 238
Rank change year-on-year
+12 0
Contract jobs citing HL7 3 8 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.038% 0.077% 0.039%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.583% 0.911% 0.545%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 6 4
Average daily rate - £375 £356
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +5.26%
UK excluding London average daily rate £283 £350 £325
% change year-on-year
-19.28% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
Average hourly rate £23.13 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £23.13 £16.50 -
% change year-on-year
+40.15% -
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
515 878 734
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 6.501% 8.488% 7.151%
Number of daily rates quoted 257 341 293
Average daily rate £375 £350 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -12.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £213 £202
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £525 £700
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £375
% change year-on-year
- -6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 63 60
Average hourly rate £14.50 £16.72 £19.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-13.27% -12.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.50 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £30.00 £32.50 £46.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £16.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -46.66%
HL7
England

HL7
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East 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 South East region.

South East HL7 Daily Rate Trend

HL7
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing HL7 across the South East region.

South East HL7 Hourly Rate Trend

HL7
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing HL7 within the South East region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Hampshire - 3 - -
HL7
England

HL7
Top 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 12 (80.00%) SQL
2 8 (53.33%) NHS
3 7 (46.67%) .NET
4 5 (33.33%) CSS
4 5 (33.33%) Web Services
4 5 (33.33%) SOA
4 5 (33.33%) Java
4 5 (33.33%) Hibernate
4 5 (33.33%) Spring
4 5 (33.33%) Google
4 5 (33.33%) GWT
5 4 (26.67%) VB.NET
6 3 (20.00%) Information Management
6 3 (20.00%) System Testing
7 2 (13.33%) Rational Rhapsody
7 2 (13.33%) Performance Testing
7 2 (13.33%) DICOM
7 2 (13.33%) Eclipse
7 2 (13.33%) ITIL Certification
7 2 (13.33%) ITIL
7 2 (13.33%) PACS
7 2 (13.33%) iSOFT
8 1 (6.667%) BizTalk Server
8 1 (6.667%) User Acceptance Testing

HL7
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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.

Application Development
1 7 (46.67%) .NET
2 5 (33.33%) CSS
2 5 (33.33%) Web Services
2 5 (33.33%) Hibernate
2 5 (33.33%) Spring
2 5 (33.33%) GWT
Application Platforms
1 1 (6.667%) BizTalk Server
Development Applications
1 2 (13.33%) Rational Rhapsody
1 2 (13.33%) Eclipse
Job Titles
1 12 (80.00%) Developer
2 5 (33.33%) Java Developer
3 4 (26.67%) Programmer
4 2 (13.33%) SQL Developer
4 2 (13.33%) Installations Engineer
5 1 (6.667%) VB.NET Programmer
5 1 (6.667%) BizTalk Developer
5 1 (6.667%) BizTalk Specialist
5 1 (6.667%) .NET Programmer
5 1 (6.667%) Integration Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 8 (53.33%) NHS
2 2 (13.33%) PACS
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (33.33%) SOA
2 3 (20.00%) Information Management
2 3 (20.00%) System Testing
3 2 (13.33%) Performance Testing
3 2 (13.33%) ITIL
4 1 (6.667%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 12 (80.00%) SQL
2 5 (33.33%) Java
3 4 (26.67%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 2 (13.33%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (13.33%) DICOM
Vendors
1 5 (33.33%) Google
2 2 (13.33%) iSOFT