South West NHS Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for National Health Service (NHS) skills within the South West 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 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

National Health Service (NHS)
Location Avon Banstead Barking Barnsley Basildon Basingstoke Bedfordshire Berkshire Birmingham Blackburn Blackpool Bolton Bournemouth Bradford Bridgend Bristol Bromley Buckinghamshire Bury Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canterbury Cardiff Chelmsford Chertsey Cheshire City of London Colchester Coventry Cumbria Dartford Denbighshire Derby Derbyshire Devon Doncaster Dorchester Dorset Dover Dudley Durham East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Eastbourne Edinburgh England Epsom Essex Exeter Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Great Yarmouth Gwent Hammersmith Hampshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Home Counties Huddersfield Hull Ipswich Kendal Kent Lancashire Lancaster Leatherhead Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Lewes Lincolnshire Liverpool London Luton M4 Corridor Maidstone Manchester Merseyside Middlesbrough Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newcastle Newport Norfolk North East North Shields North Wales North West North Yorkshire Northamptonshire Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Paisley Pontypool Poole Portsmouth Preston Reading Renfrewshire Rhyl Romford Rotherham Runcorn Salford Scotland Sheffield Shropshire Slough Somerset South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southend-on-Sea Southport St Albans Stafford Staffordshire Stockport Stoke-on-Trent Suffolk Surrey Sussex Swansea Swindon Taunton Teddington Thames Valley Torfaen Tyne and Wear Tyneside UK Uxbridge Wakefield Wales Walsall Warrington Warwick Warwickshire West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Wigan Wiltshire Winchester Wolverhampton Worcestershire York Yorkshire	3 months to 5 Sep 2008	Same period last year
Rank	45	79
Rank change on same period last year	+34
Matching contract IT job ads	128	102
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.173 %	0.101 %
As % of the category below	22.78 %	12.29 %
Daily rates quoted	25	13
Average minimum daily rate	£352	£325
Average daily rate	£375	£357
% change on same period last year	+4.94 %
Average maximum daily rate	£398	£390
UK excluding London average daily rate	£331	£325
% change on same period last year	+1.97 %
Hourly rates quoted	12	6
Average minimum hourly rate	£21.42	£17.50
Average hourly rate	£24.67	£20.50
% change on same period last year	+20.32 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£27.92	£23.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£20.94	£19.21
% change on same period last year	+9.03 %
Miscellaneous South West
Matching contract IT job ads	562	830
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.760 %	0.818 %
Daily rates quoted	168	155
Average minimum daily rate	£338	£330
Average daily rate	£357	£345
% change on same period last year	+3.36 %
Average maximum daily rate	£376	£361
UK excluding London average daily rate	£352	£350
% change on same period last year	+0.42 %
Hourly rates quoted	70	122
Average minimum hourly rate	£26.93	£31.55
Average hourly rate	£29.93	£33.12
% change on same period last year	-9.62 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£32.94	£34.69
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£25.26	£28.13
% change on same period last year	-10.19 %
NHS England

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

NHS
Daily Rate Trend

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

NHS
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing NHS across the South West region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

NHS
Hourly Rate Trend

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

NHS
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing NHS across the South West region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

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 West region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Devon	+21	15	£435	-13.00 %
Dorset	+11	9	£400	+17.64 %
Wiltshire	+5	8	£500	+35.13 %
Gloucestershire	-2	5	£367	-22.80 %
Bristol	+6	3	-	-
Somerset	+4	2	-	-
Avon	-	1	-	-

NHS England

NHS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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 59 (23.69 %) Health 2 56 (22.49 %) SQL 3 29 (11.65 %) Project Management 4 21 (8.434 %) PRINCE2 5 15 (6.024 %) Government 5 15 (6.024 %) SQL Server 6 13 (5.221 %) Microsoft 7 12 (4.819 %) Cerner 7 12 (4.819 %) MS Excel 7 12 (4.819 %) VBA 7 12 (4.819 %) Performance Management 8 10 (4.016 %) Change Management 8 10 (4.016 %) NPfIT 9 9 (3.614 %) Cerner Millennium 9 9 (3.614 %) Local Government

10 8 (3.213 %) .NET 10 8 (3.213 %) Oracle 11 7 (2.811 %) C# 11 7 (2.811 %) Software Testing 11 7 (2.811 %) Business Analysis 11 7 (2.811 %) Information Management 11 7 (2.811 %) Degree 12 6 (2.410 %) Informatics 12 6 (2.410 %) Data Analysis 12 6 (2.410 %) ASP.NET 12 6 (2.410 %) UNIX 12 6 (2.410 %) ITIL 12 6 (2.410 %) TOAD 12 6 (2.410 %) Oracle 10g 12 6 (2.410 %) Oracle Enterprise Manager

NHS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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 8 (3.213 %) .NET 2 6 (2.410 %) ASP.NET 3 3 (1.205 %) CSS 3 3 (1.205 %) HTML 4 2 (0.803 %) J2EE 4 2 (0.803 %) XML 4 2 (0.803 %) WinForms 4 2 (0.803 %) AJAX 5 1 (0.402 %) XHTML 5 1 (0.402 %) WebServices	Application Platforms 1 2 (0.803 %) WebLogic 1 2 (0.803 %) JBoss 1 2 (0.803 %) Apache 1 2 (0.803 %) Tomcat 1 2 (0.803 %) SharePoint 2 1 (0.402 %) CMS 2 1 (0.402 %) SharePoint Server 2007
Applications 1 12 (4.819 %) MS Excel 2 5 (2.008 %) MS Office 3 3 (1.205 %) MS PowerPoint 4 2 (0.803 %) MS Project 5 1 (0.402 %) MS Visio	Business Applications 1 9 (3.614 %) Cerner Millennium 2 2 (0.803 %) Summit 3 1 (0.402 %) Pivotal CRM
Communications & Networking 1 3 (1.205 %) Internet 2 2 (0.803 %) DNS 2 2 (0.803 %) LAN 2 2 (0.803 %) WAN 2 2 (0.803 %) Network Security 3 1 (0.402 %) Cisco ASA 3 1 (0.402 %) TCP/IP 3 1 (0.402 %) VoIP 3 1 (0.402 %) SAN 3 1 (0.402 %) Intranet 3 1 (0.402 %) Firewall 3 1 (0.402 %) TETRA	Database & Business Intelligence 1 15 (6.024 %) SQL Server 2 6 (2.410 %) TOAD 2 6 (2.410 %) Oracle 10g 3 5 (2.008 %) Datawarehouse 4 4 (1.606 %) Oracle 9i 4 4 (1.606 %) MS Access 4 4 (1.606 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 4 4 (1.606 %) SQL Server Integration Services 5 3 (1.205 %) SQL Server Analysis Services 5 3 (1.205 %) SQL Server 2005 5 3 (1.205 %) BusinessObjects 6 2 (0.803 %) SQL Server 2000 6 2 (0.803 %) Microsoft Analysis Services 6 2 (0.803 %) Crystal Reports 6 2 (0.803 %) RDBMS 7 1 (0.402 %) MySQL 7 1 (0.402 %) Oracle 8/8i
General 1 59 (23.69 %) Health 2 15 (6.024 %) Government 3 9 (3.614 %) Local Government 4 5 (2.008 %) Construction 5 3 (1.205 %) Pharmaceutical 5 3 (1.205 %) Finance 6 1 (0.402 %) Education	Job Titles 1 81 (32.53 %) Analyst 2 58 (23.29 %) Information Analyst 3 42 (16.87 %) Project Manager 4 24 (9.639 %) NHS Information Analyst 5 18 (7.229 %) NHS Project Manager 5 18 (7.229 %) Developer 6 13 (5.221 %) DBA 7 11 (4.418 %) Trainer 7 11 (4.418 %) Business Analyst 8 9 (3.614 %) Change Manager 8 9 (3.614 %) Information Manager 9 8 (3.213 %) Consultant 10 6 (2.410 %) Oracle DBA 10 6 (2.410 %) Oracle Developer 10 6 (2.410 %) SQL DBA 11 5 (2.008 %) SQL Developer 11 5 (2.008 %) Service Manager 11 5 (2.008 %) Data Analyst 12 4 (1.606 %) IT Trainer 12 4 (1.606 %) .NET Developer
Miscellaneous 1 10 (4.016 %) NPfIT 2 6 (2.410 %) Informatics 3 3 (1.205 %) Freedom of Information 4 2 (0.803 %) Smartcard 4 2 (0.803 %) Management Information System 5 1 (0.402 %) E-Learning 5 1 (0.402 %) Data Extraction	Operating Systems 1 6 (2.410 %) UNIX 2 5 (2.008 %) Windows 3 2 (0.803 %) HPUX 3 2 (0.803 %) Linux 4 1 (0.402 %) Windows 2000 4 1 (0.402 %) Windows XP 4 1 (0.402 %) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies 1 29 (11.65 %) Project Management 2 21 (8.434 %) PRINCE2 3 12 (4.819 %) Performance Management 4 10 (4.016 %) Change Management 5 7 (2.811 %) Software Testing 5 7 (2.811 %) Information Management 5 7 (2.811 %) Business Analysis 6 6 (2.410 %) Data Analysis 6 6 (2.410 %) Service Delivery 6 6 (2.410 %) Migration 6 6 (2.410 %) ITIL 7 5 (2.008 %) Data Modelling 8 4 (1.606 %) PRINCE 8 4 (1.606 %) Information Security 9 3 (1.205 %) UML 9 3 (1.205 %) Quality Management 10 2 (0.803 %) Regression Testing 10 2 (0.803 %) Business Intelligence 10 2 (0.803 %) Service Management 10 2 (0.803 %) Programme Management	Programming Languages 1 56 (22.49 %) SQL 2 12 (4.819 %) VBA 3 7 (2.811 %) C# 4 5 (2.008 %) Shell Script 5 3 (1.205 %) VB.NET 5 3 (1.205 %) Java 5 3 (1.205 %) JavaScript 6 2 (0.803 %) PL/SQL 6 2 (0.803 %) VB 7 1 (0.402 %) C 7 1 (0.402 %) Transact-SQL 7 1 (0.402 %) PHP 7 1 (0.402 %) C++
Qualifications 1 7 (2.811 %) Degree 2 5 (2.008 %) PRINCE2 Certification 3 4 (1.606 %) ITIL Certification 4 2 (0.803 %) CCIE 4 2 (0.803 %) CCNA 4 2 (0.803 %) Cisco Certification 4 2 (0.803 %) PRINCE2 Practitioner 5 1 (0.402 %) CCNP 5 1 (0.402 %) MBA 5 1 (0.402 %) CIPD 5 1 (0.402 %) MCIPD	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 5 (2.008 %) ISO9001 2 3 (1.205 %) SLA 3 2 (0.803 %) QA
System Software 1 6 (2.410 %) Oracle RMAN 2 2 (0.803 %) Active Directory	Systems Management 1 6 (2.410 %) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors 1 13 (5.221 %) Microsoft 2 12 (4.819 %) Cerner 3 8 (3.213 %) Oracle 4 4 (1.606 %) BT 5 3 (1.205 %) Business Objects 5 3 (1.205 %) HP 6 2 (0.803 %) Ericsson 6 2 (0.803 %) Cisco 6 2 (0.803 %) Fujitsu 7 1 (0.402 %) McAfee Security 7 1 (0.402 %) Mitel 7 1 (0.402 %) SAP