NHS Contracts in the South West
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Hourly Rate Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term NHS in IT contracts advertised for the South West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited NHS over the 3 months to 23 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 West 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
23 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
National Health Service (NHS)
Rank 68 94 102
Rank change year-on-year
+26 +8
Contract jobs citing NHS 44 47 25
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 2.189% 1.448% 0.870%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 10.92% 7.367% 4.873%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 29 15
Average daily rate £278 £335 £225
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-17.16% +48.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £254 £121
10% offered a daily rate of more than £498 £475 £328
UK excluding London average daily rate £263 £300 £276
% change year-on-year
-12.50% +8.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 6 5
Average hourly rate £18.90 £11.60 £18.06
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+62.93% -35.76%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.66 £10.70 £13.40
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £33.26 £18.88 £22.80
UK excluding London average hourly rate £18.90 £16.16 £14.96
% change year-on-year
+16.95% +8.05%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category		 403 638 513
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 20.05% 19.66% 17.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 208 341 218
Average daily rate £350 £390 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.25% +11.42%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £268 £213
10% offered a daily rate of more than £503 £525 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 42 57
Average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £10.70 £14.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £44.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £23.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
-2.17% -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 West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

South West 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 West region.

South West 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 West region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

South West 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 West region.

South West 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 West region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

South West 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 West region over the 3 months to 23 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
Bristol +11 8 £488 +39.28%
Wiltshire +2 4 £216 -19.15%
Gloucestershire +31 3 £275 -46.34%
Devon 0 2 - -
Somerset +4 1 £475 -
NHS
England

NHS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, 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 30 (26.09%) SQL
2 17 (14.78%) SQL Server
2 17 (14.78%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 16 (13.91%) Data Warehouse
4 13 (11.30%) Business Intelligence
5 11 (9.565%) PRINCE2
6 10 (8.696%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 9 (7.826%) Business Objects
7 9 (7.826%) Migration
8 8 (6.957%) Project Management
9 7 (6.087%) Cerner
9 7 (6.087%) MS Excel
10 6 (5.217%) Stakeholder Management
10 6 (5.217%) Finance
10 6 (5.217%) ITIL
10 6 (5.217%) Cerner Millennium
11 5 (4.348%) FMCG
11 5 (4.348%) Marketing
11 5 (4.348%) IPTV
11 5 (4.348%) Digital Media
11 5 (4.348%) MS Office
11 5 (4.348%) XML
11 5 (4.348%) Banking
11 5 (4.348%) Retail
11 5 (4.348%) Telecoms
12 4 (3.478%) Pharmaceutical
12 4 (3.478%) Microsoft
12 4 (3.478%) HL7
13 3 (2.609%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 3 (2.609%) Data Migration

NHS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, 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 5 (4.348%) XML
2 1 (0.870%) Spring
2 1 (0.870%) WebSphere
2 1 (0.870%) Spring Security
2 1 (0.870%) XML Schema
2 1 (0.870%) HTML
2 1 (0.870%) DOM
2 1 (0.870%) CSS
Application Platforms
1 2 (1.739%) MS Exchange
2 1 (0.870%) Exchange Server 2007
2 1 (0.870%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (0.870%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.870%) SAS
2 1 (0.870%) Apache
2 1 (0.870%) Tomcat
Applications
1 7 (6.087%) MS Excel
2 5 (4.348%) MS Office
3 3 (2.609%) MS Project
4 2 (1.739%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (5.217%) Cerner Millennium
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.870%) VLAN
1 1 (0.870%) Internet
1 1 (0.870%) SAN
1 1 (0.870%) DVB
1 1 (0.870%) DHCP
1 1 (0.870%) VPN
1 1 (0.870%) DNS
1 1 (0.870%) IP Telephony
1 1 (0.870%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (14.78%) SQL Server
1 17 (14.78%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 16 (13.91%) Data Warehouse
3 10 (8.696%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 3 (2.609%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 3 (2.609%) OLAP
4 3 (2.609%) MS Access
5 2 (1.739%) Essbase
6 1 (0.870%) PerformancePoint
6 1 (0.870%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (0.870%) Microsoft Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 1 (0.870%) Jenkins
1 1 (0.870%) Subversion
1 1 (0.870%) Maven
1 1 (0.870%) Team Foundation Server
1 1 (0.870%) Eclipse
1 1 (0.870%) NetBeans
General
1 6 (5.217%) Finance
2 5 (4.348%) Marketing
2 5 (4.348%) Banking
2 5 (4.348%) Retail
2 5 (4.348%) Telecoms
3 4 (3.478%) Pharmaceutical
4 3 (2.609%) Back Office
5 1 (0.870%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 29 (25.22%) Analyst
2 17 (14.78%) Information Analyst
3 16 (13.91%) Developer
3 16 (13.91%) Project Manager
4 8 (6.957%) Trainer
4 8 (6.957%) NHS Information Analyst
5 7 (6.087%) Architect
5 7 (6.087%) Consultant
6 6 (5.217%) Data Warehouse Developer
6 6 (5.217%) NHS Project Manager
7 5 (4.348%) Business Analyst
7 5 (4.348%) SQL Developer
8 4 (3.478%) Service Manager
8 4 (3.478%) IT Project Manager
9 3 (2.609%) Test Analyst
9 3 (2.609%) IT Trainer
9 3 (2.609%) Desktop Engineer
9 3 (2.609%) Information Manager
9 3 (2.609%) Technical Architect
10 2 (1.739%) Configuration Manager
Miscellaneous
1 5 (4.348%) FMCG
1 5 (4.348%) IPTV
1 5 (4.348%) Digital Media
2 3 (2.609%) Management Information System
3 2 (1.739%) PACS
3 2 (1.739%) Visualisation
3 2 (1.739%) Mobile App
4 1 (0.870%) iPad
4 1 (0.870%) Informatics
4 1 (0.870%) Animation
4 1 (0.870%) Video Conferencing
4 1 (0.870%) Smartcard
4 1 (0.870%) DTV
4 1 (0.870%) STB
4 1 (0.870%) E-Learning
4 1 (0.870%) Handset
Operating Systems
1 3 (2.609%) Windows 7
1 3 (2.609%) Windows
2 2 (1.739%) Windows XP
3 1 (0.870%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.870%) HPUX
3 1 (0.870%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (11.30%) Business Intelligence
2 11 (9.565%) PRINCE2
3 9 (7.826%) Migration
4 8 (6.957%) Project Management
5 6 (5.217%) Stakeholder Management
5 6 (5.217%) ITIL
6 3 (2.609%) Data Migration
6 3 (2.609%) ETL
6 3 (2.609%) Risk Management
6 3 (2.609%) Service Delivery
7 2 (1.739%) Workflow
7 2 (1.739%) CRM
7 2 (1.739%) Multidimensional Analysis
7 2 (1.739%) System Testing
7 2 (1.739%) Test Management
7 2 (1.739%) Test Scripting
7 2 (1.739%) Software Testing
7 2 (1.739%) Data Management
7 2 (1.739%) Master Data Management
8 1 (0.870%) Mobile Device Management
Programming Languages
1 30 (26.09%) SQL
2 1 (0.870%) Clojure
2 1 (0.870%) T-SQL
2 1 (0.870%) Java
2 1 (0.870%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 3 (2.609%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 2 (1.739%) ISEB
2 2 (1.739%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 1 (0.870%) Degree
3 1 (0.870%) ISEB Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.478%) HL7
2 2 (1.739%) QA
2 2 (1.739%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.870%) SLA
3 1 (0.870%) GAMP
3 1 (0.870%) GMP
3 1 (0.870%) TickIT
System Software
1 3 (2.609%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 9 (7.826%) Business Objects
2 7 (6.087%) Cerner
3 4 (3.478%) Microsoft
4 3 (2.609%) Oracle
4 3 (2.609%) iSOFT
5 2 (1.739%) Cisco
5 2 (1.739%) Hyperion
6 1 (0.870%) Apple
6 1 (0.870%) IBM
6 1 (0.870%) Avaya
6 1 (0.870%) HP
6 1 (0.870%) Nortel
6 1 (0.870%) Mitel
6 1 (0.870%) VMware
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Rate: £160 - £185 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
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Rate: £18000 - £22000 per annum
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Rate: Negotiable
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