The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term NHS in IT contracts advertised for the Staffordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited NHS over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Staffordshire 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
National Health Service (NHS)
Rank 15 33 39
Rank change year-on-year
+18 +6
Contract jobs citing NHS 7 2 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Staffordshire 7.609% 0.952% 0.417%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 26.92% 5.128% 2.128%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 1
Average daily rate £250 - £225
UK excluding London average daily rate £270 £300 £288
% change year-on-year
-10.00% +4.34%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 0
Average hourly rate £13.60 £16.71 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-18.59% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.00 £17.50 £14.91
% change year-on-year
-2.85% +17.37%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Staffordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
26 39 47
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Staffordshire 28.26% 18.57% 19.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 21 24
Average daily rate £328 £325 £308
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+0.76% +5.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £219 £250 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £520 £366 £364
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £328
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +5.34%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 6 0
Average hourly rate £11.26 £40.00 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-71.85% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.63 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-3.88% -10.00%
NHS
West Midlands

NHS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Staffordshire 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 Staffordshire region.

Staffordshire 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 Staffordshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Staffordshire 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 Staffordshire region.

Staffordshire NHS Hourly Rate Trend

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 Staffordshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Stafford - 3 £238 -
NHS
West Midlands

NHS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Staffordshire 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 6 (54.55%) Business Intelligence
2 5 (45.45%) SQL
2 5 (45.45%) SQL Server
3 4 (36.36%) MS Excel
3 4 (36.36%) Microsoft
3 4 (36.36%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 4 (36.36%) SQL Server 2008
4 3 (27.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 3 (27.27%) T-SQL
5 2 (18.18%) Process Management
5 2 (18.18%) Management Information System
5 2 (18.18%) Extranet
5 2 (18.18%) Pharmaceutical
5 2 (18.18%) .NET
5 2 (18.18%) CRM
5 2 (18.18%) SharePoint
5 2 (18.18%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (18.18%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (18.18%) RDBMS
5 2 (18.18%) ASP.NET
5 2 (18.18%) MDX
5 2 (18.18%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 2 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (18.18%) UML
5 2 (18.18%) Microsoft Analysis Services
5 2 (18.18%) Business Analysis
5 2 (18.18%) SQL Server 2005
5 2 (18.18%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (18.18%) MCITP
5 2 (18.18%) Business Transformation

NHS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Staffordshire 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 2 (18.18%) .NET
1 2 (18.18%) ASP.NET
1 2 (18.18%) MDX
Application Platforms
1 2 (18.18%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (36.36%) MS Excel
2 1 (9.091%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 2 (18.18%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 2 (18.18%) Extranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (45.45%) SQL Server
2 4 (36.36%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 4 (36.36%) SQL Server 2008
3 3 (27.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 2 (18.18%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (18.18%) RDBMS
4 2 (18.18%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 2 (18.18%) Microsoft Analysis Services
4 2 (18.18%) SQL Server 2005
General
1 2 (18.18%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 5 (45.45%) Developer
2 4 (36.36%) Analyst
3 3 (27.27%) SQL Developer
4 2 (18.18%) Business Analyst
5 1 (9.091%) IT Trainer
5 1 (9.091%) Service Desk Analyst
5 1 (9.091%) Report Developer
5 1 (9.091%) UML Business Analyst
5 1 (9.091%) Desktop Support
5 1 (9.091%) Trainer
5 1 (9.091%) Service Analyst
5 1 (9.091%) 2nd Line Support
5 1 (9.091%) SQL Server Developer
5 1 (9.091%) Business Intelligence Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (9.091%) Windows 7
1 1 (9.091%) Windows
1 1 (9.091%) Windows Server 2003
1 1 (9.091%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (54.55%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (18.18%) Process Management
2 2 (18.18%) CRM
2 2 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (18.18%) UML
2 2 (18.18%) Business Analysis
2 2 (18.18%) Business Transformation
3 1 (9.091%) Time Management
3 1 (9.091%) Data Migration
3 1 (9.091%) ERP
3 1 (9.091%) Workflow
3 1 (9.091%) Migration
3 1 (9.091%) Document Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (45.45%) SQL
2 3 (27.27%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (18.18%) Microsoft Certification
1 2 (18.18%) MCITP
System Software
1 1 (9.091%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 4 (36.36%) Microsoft