The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term NHS 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 NHS 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 terms in our Miscellaneous 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
National Health Service (NHS)
Rank 126 139 180
Rank change year-on-year
+13 +41
Contract jobs citing NHS 97 109 73
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 1.224% 1.073% 0.711%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 6.151% 5.659% 3.777%
Number of daily rates quoted 53 46 33
Average daily rate £260 £300 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-13.33% -7.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £150 £175 £252
10% offered a daily rate of more than £350 £500 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £263 £290 £275
% change year-on-year
-9.48% +5.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 20 18
Average hourly rate £20.00 £15.75 £15.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+26.98% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.50 £14.57 £11.35
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £36.00 £22.10 £22.15
UK excluding London average hourly rate £18.20 £15.75 £14.91
% change year-on-year
+15.55% +5.63%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
1577 1926 1933
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 19.91% 18.96% 18.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 714 824 798
Average daily rate £375 £325 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+15.38% -7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £225 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £475 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 126 180 179
Average hourly rate £23.75 £27.50 £31.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-13.63% -12.69%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.00 £12.50 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £45.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £23.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
-4.34% -13.20%
NHS
England

NHS
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing NHS across the South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

South East NHS Jobs Demand Trend

NHS
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East NHS Daily Rate Trend

NHS
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing NHS across the South East region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

South East NHS Daily Rate Histogram

NHS
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East NHS Hourly Rate Trend

NHS
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing NHS across the South East region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

South East NHS Hourly Rate Histogram

NHS
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing NHS within the South East region over the 3 months to 21 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 -11 18 £240 -8.57%
Berkshire -1 12 £270 -6.08%
Kent -10 8 £275 +22.22%
East Sussex - 7 £400 -
Buckinghamshire +5 6 £201 -19.80%
Surrey +15 5 £275 -24.13%
Middlesex +4 1 £350 +40.00%
Oxfordshire 0 1 £550 +95.55%
NHS
England

NHS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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.

1 50 (23.15%) SQL
2 29 (13.43%) SQL Server
3 28 (12.96%) PRINCE2
4 23 (10.65%) Microsoft
5 19 (8.796%) Business Intelligence
5 19 (8.796%) Project Management
6 18 (8.333%) Active Directory
6 18 (8.333%) .NET
7 16 (7.407%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 16 (7.407%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 15 (6.944%) MS Office
9 14 (6.481%) ITIL
10 13 (6.019%) Windows
10 13 (6.019%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 13 (6.019%) Migration
11 12 (5.556%) Informatics
11 12 (5.556%) Change Management
12 11 (5.093%) MS Excel
12 11 (5.093%) Data Warehouse
13 9 (4.167%) MS Exchange
13 9 (4.167%) Finance
14 8 (3.704%) Telecoms
14 8 (3.704%) HL7
14 8 (3.704%) Degree
14 8 (3.704%) Citrix
14 8 (3.704%) T-SQL
14 8 (3.704%) SQL Server 2008
15 7 (3.241%) SCCM
15 7 (3.241%) C#
15 7 (3.241%) COM

NHS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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.

Application Development
1 18 (8.333%) .NET
2 7 (3.241%) COM
3 5 (2.315%) ASP.NET
4 4 (1.852%) XML
4 4 (1.852%) HTML
5 3 (1.389%) .NET Framework
5 3 (1.389%) WinForms
6 2 (0.926%) CSS
6 2 (0.926%) Middleware
7 1 (0.463%) Qt
7 1 (0.463%) ASP.NET MVC
7 1 (0.463%) HTML5
7 1 (0.463%) Razor View Engine
7 1 (0.463%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
7 1 (0.463%) ASP.NET MVC 3
7 1 (0.463%) OpenGL
7 1 (0.463%) XSL
7 1 (0.463%) XSLT
7 1 (0.463%) Ajax
7 1 (0.463%) WCF
Application Platforms
1 9 (4.167%) MS Exchange
2 6 (2.778%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.389%) IIS
4 2 (0.926%) Exchange Server 2010
5 1 (0.463%) BizTalk Server
5 1 (0.463%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 15 (6.944%) MS Office
2 11 (5.093%) MS Excel
3 2 (0.926%) MS Project
3 2 (0.926%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (1.389%) Cerner Millennium
2 2 (0.926%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.463%) SAP Oil and Gas
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.778%) Firewall
2 5 (2.315%) Internet
3 4 (1.852%) VPN
3 4 (1.852%) VoIP
4 3 (1.389%) TCP/IP
4 3 (1.389%) IP Telephony
5 2 (0.926%) IPsec
5 2 (0.926%) WLAN
5 2 (0.926%) WAN
5 2 (0.926%) DNS
5 2 (0.926%) LAN
5 2 (0.926%) DHCP
5 2 (0.926%) IPv6
6 1 (0.463%) SAN
6 1 (0.463%) DSL
6 1 (0.463%) ADSL
6 1 (0.463%) LLU
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (13.43%) SQL Server
2 16 (7.407%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 16 (7.407%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 11 (5.093%) Data Warehouse
4 8 (3.704%) SQL Server 2008
5 6 (2.778%) QlikView
6 5 (2.315%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 4 (1.852%) SQL Server 2005
8 2 (0.926%) Spotfire
8 2 (0.926%) OLAP
8 2 (0.926%) Crystal Reports
8 2 (0.926%) MS Access
9 1 (0.463%) SQL Server 2012
9 1 (0.463%) Microsoft Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 5 (2.315%) Visual Studio
2 2 (0.926%) Rational Rhapsody
3 1 (0.463%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (0.463%) Rhino Mocks
3 1 (0.463%) JIRA
3 1 (0.463%) NUnit
General
1 9 (4.167%) Finance
2 8 (3.704%) Telecoms
3 5 (2.315%) Retail
4 3 (1.389%) Pharmaceutical
4 3 (1.389%) Marketing
5 2 (0.926%) Banking
6 1 (0.463%) Back Office
6 1 (0.463%) Billing
6 1 (0.463%) Electronics
6 1 (0.463%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 59 (27.31%) Analyst
2 27 (12.50%) Developer
2 27 (12.50%) Project Manager
3 24 (11.11%) Information Analyst
4 17 (7.870%) Trainer
5 15 (6.944%) Business Analyst
6 11 (5.093%) Clinical Coder
7 9 (4.167%) NHS Information Analyst
7 9 (4.167%) NHS Project Manager
8 8 (3.704%) Senior Analyst
8 8 (3.704%) Consultant
9 7 (3.241%) Senior Information Analyst
9 7 (3.241%) Support Engineer
9 7 (3.241%) SQL Developer
10 6 (2.778%) Service Manager
10 6 (2.778%) IT Support
11 5 (2.315%) Business Intelligence Developer
11 5 (2.315%) Configuration Analyst
12 4 (1.852%) Desktop Engineer
12 4 (1.852%) Technical Manager
Miscellaneous
1 12 (5.556%) Informatics
2 6 (2.778%) SystemC
3 4 (1.852%) LIMS
4 2 (0.926%) PKI
4 2 (0.926%) IPTV
4 2 (0.926%) Smartcard
4 2 (0.926%) Management Information System
4 2 (0.926%) Digital Media
4 2 (0.926%) FMCG
5 1 (0.463%) Open Source
5 1 (0.463%) Health Informatics
5 1 (0.463%) NPfIT
5 1 (0.463%) PMI
5 1 (0.463%) W3C
5 1 (0.463%) Blackberry
5 1 (0.463%) DTV
5 1 (0.463%) CMDB
5 1 (0.463%) Mathematics
5 1 (0.463%) E-Learning
5 1 (0.463%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 13 (6.019%) Windows
2 5 (2.315%) Windows 7
2 5 (2.315%) Windows Server 2003
3 4 (1.852%) Windows XP
4 3 (1.389%) Windows Server 2008
5 2 (0.926%) Windows 2000 Server
6 1 (0.463%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.463%) Android
6 1 (0.463%) Linux
6 1 (0.463%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (12.96%) PRINCE2
2 19 (8.796%) Business Intelligence
2 19 (8.796%) Project Management
3 14 (6.481%) ITIL
4 13 (6.019%) Migration
5 12 (5.556%) Change Management
6 6 (2.778%) Validation
6 6 (2.778%) Stakeholder Management
7 5 (2.315%) ETL
7 5 (2.315%) Service Delivery
8 4 (1.852%) PRINCE
9 3 (1.389%) Data Entry
9 3 (1.389%) Test Scripting
9 3 (1.389%) System Testing
9 3 (1.389%) Data Migration
9 3 (1.389%) Data Validation
9 3 (1.389%) Process Management
9 3 (1.389%) Business Analysis
9 3 (1.389%) Data Analysis
9 3 (1.389%) Information Management
Programming Languages
1 50 (23.15%) SQL
2 8 (3.704%) T-SQL
3 7 (3.241%) C#
4 6 (2.778%) C
4 6 (2.778%) VB.NET
5 2 (0.926%) VBScript
5 2 (0.926%) VBA
5 2 (0.926%) JavaScript
5 2 (0.926%) PL/SQL
5 2 (0.926%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.463%) GLSL
6 1 (0.463%) VB
6 1 (0.463%) Java
6 1 (0.463%) C++
Qualifications
1 13 (6.019%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 8 (3.704%) Degree
3 2 (0.926%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (0.463%) Security Cleared
4 1 (0.463%) PMI Certification
4 1 (0.463%) RHCE
4 1 (0.463%) ECDL
4 1 (0.463%) CISSP
4 1 (0.463%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (0.463%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (3.704%) HL7
2 2 (0.926%) QA
3 1 (0.463%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.463%) GAMP
3 1 (0.463%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 18 (8.333%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.389%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.926%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 7 (3.241%) SCCM
2 2 (0.926%) Backup Exec
2 2 (0.926%) SCOM
3 1 (0.463%) Puppet
3 1 (0.463%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 23 (10.65%) Microsoft
2 8 (3.704%) Citrix
3 7 (3.241%) VMware
4 6 (2.778%) Cerner
5 5 (2.315%) HP
6 4 (1.852%) Oracle
6 4 (1.852%) Cisco
7 3 (1.389%) McKesson
8 2 (0.926%) Civica
8 2 (0.926%) Dell
8 2 (0.926%) EMC
8 2 (0.926%) iSOFT
8 2 (0.926%) Juniper
9 1 (0.463%) Aastra
9 1 (0.463%) DevExpress
9 1 (0.463%) BT
9 1 (0.463%) Salesforce.com
9 1 (0.463%) Red Hat
9 1 (0.463%) Remedy
9 1 (0.463%) Business Objects
Surrey, South East
I am seeking Contracts Analyst for a 3 month contract position based in Surrey paying £200 per day.
Computer Futures
Rate: £200 per day
Posted: 18 May 2013
South East
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Rate: GBP250 per day
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net Developer(C#.net developer, NHS, developer, programmer, appliction developer, SQL, VB, C#, VB.net, C#.net, Visual Basic)Create an application which allows customers to text to...
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ISL
Rate: £1500.00 - £20000 per week
Posted: 16 May 2013
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Surrey, South East
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Rate: £120 per day
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South East
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ISL
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Rate: £200 - £250 per day + neg
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Middlesex
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Rate: £35 - £40 per hour
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Sand Resources
Rate: £100 - £120 per day
Posted: 1 May 2013
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Senior Clinical Coder - South - £225 per day - 1 month rolling contract Are you an experienced ACC qualified Clinical Coder looking for a new assignment?
GSA Techsource
Rate: GBP220 to GBP225 per day
Posted: 3 May 2013
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