The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term NHS in IT contracts advertised for the Stafford region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited NHS over the 3 months to 17 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 Stafford 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
National Health Service (NHS)
Rank 1 - 6
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing NHS 2 0 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Stafford 28.57% - 9.375%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 100.00% - 75.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 2
Average daily rate £186 - £243
90% offered a daily rate of more than £177 - £229
10% offered a daily rate of more than £195 - £257
UK excluding London average daily rate £263 £290 £280
% change year-on-year
-9.48% +3.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £18.20 £15.75 £14.71
% change year-on-year
+15.55% +7.10%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Stafford
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
2 2 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Stafford 28.57% 16.67% 12.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 2
Average daily rate £186 - £243
90% offered a daily rate of more than £177 - £229
10% offered a daily rate of more than £195 - £257
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £342 £340
% change year-on-year
+2.41% +0.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Average hourly rate - £40.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £24.50 £26.50
% change year-on-year
-10.20% -7.54%
NHS
Staffordshire

NHS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Stafford 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 Stafford region.

Stafford NHS Daily Rate Trend

NHS
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Stafford NHS Hourly Rate Trend

NHS
Top 5 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Stafford 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 1 (50.00%) SQL
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (50.00%) SharePoint
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server 2008

NHS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Stafford 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 Platforms
1 1 (50.00%) SharePoint
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server 2008
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Trainer
1 1 (50.00%) Developer
1 1 (50.00%) IT Trainer
1 1 (50.00%) Report Developer
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) SQL