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This section looks at the demand for National Health Service (NHS) skills within the Surrey 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 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkNational Health Service (NHS)
Location
3 months to
21 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank8872
Rank change on same period last yearDown-16
Matching contract IT job ads2437
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.032 %0.037 %
As % of the category below11.32 %12.37 %
Daily rates quoted620
Average minimum daily rate£345£305
Average daily rate£373£339
% change on same period last year+9.96 %
Average maximum daily rate£400£373
UK excluding London average daily rate£332£340
% change on same period last year-2.38 %
Hourly rates quoted109
Average minimum hourly rate£16.00£11.44
Average hourly rate£17.03£14.11
% change on same period last year+20.65 %
Average maximum hourly rate£18.05£16.78
UK excluding London average hourly rate£20.68£19.63
% change on same period last year+5.36 %
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
Surrey
Matching contract IT job ads212299
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.280 %0.298 %
Daily rates quoted5184
Average minimum daily rate£326£356
Average daily rate£352£379
% change on same period last year-6.92 %
Average maximum daily rate£379£402
UK excluding London average daily rate£351£352
% change on same period last year-0.23 %
Hourly rates quoted3644
Average minimum hourly rate£20.27£20.24
Average hourly rate£22.35£22.42
% change on same period last year-0.29 %
Average maximum hourly rate£24.44£24.60
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.25£28.69
% change on same period last year-11.97 %
NHS South EastNHS
South East

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

Surrey NHS Demand Trend

NHS
Daily Rate Trend

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

Surrey NHS Daily Rate Trend

NHS
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing NHS across the Surrey region over the 3 months to 21 August 2008.

Surrey NHS Daily Rate Histogram

NHS
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Surrey NHS Hourly Rate Trend

NHS
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing NHS across the Surrey region over the 3 months to 21 August 2008.

Surrey NHS Hourly Rate Histogram

NHS
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing NHS within the Surrey region over the 3 months to 21 August 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.

LocationRank 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
EpsomNew entry-3--
LeatherheadDown-82--
ChertseyNew entry-2--
BansteadNew entry-1--
NHS South EastNHS
South East

NHS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Surrey 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.

119 (38.00 %)Windows
210 (20.00 %)Migration
39 (18.00 %)Health
48 (16.00 %)SQL
48 (16.00 %)Microsoft
57 (14.00 %)PRINCE2
66 (12.00 %)Windows 2000
66 (12.00 %)Citrix
74 (8.000 %)Active Directory
74 (8.000 %)Novell
74 (8.000 %)MS Exchange
74 (8.000 %)TCP/IP
74 (8.000 %)Windows XP
74 (8.000 %)PDA
74 (8.000 %)LANDesk
83 (6.000 %)Exchange Server 2003
83 (6.000 %)Data Migration
83 (6.000 %)Degree
83 (6.000 %)MS Office
83 (6.000 %)PRINCE2 Certification
83 (6.000 %)SAN
83 (6.000 %)Cerner
83 (6.000 %)Project Management
92 (4.000 %)Management Information System
92 (4.000 %)Education
92 (4.000 %)Pharmaceutical
92 (4.000 %)Cisco Certification
92 (4.000 %)Microsoft Certification
92 (4.000 %)CCNP
92 (4.000 %)CCNA

NHS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Surrey 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.

Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (2.000 %)ASP
11 (2.000 %).NET
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
14 (8.000 %)MS Exchange
23 (6.000 %)Exchange Server 2003
31 (2.000 %)SAS
31 (2.000 %)ColdFusion
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
13 (6.000 %)MS Office
22 (4.000 %)MS Project
31 (2.000 %)MS Visio
31 (2.000 %)SPSS
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (2.000 %)Cerner Millennium
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
14 (8.000 %)TCP/IP
23 (6.000 %)SAN
32 (4.000 %)DNS
32 (4.000 %)WAN
32 (4.000 %)DHCP
41 (2.000 %)Cisco PIX
41 (2.000 %)VPN
41 (2.000 %)NetScreen
41 (2.000 %)Wireless
41 (2.000 %)Firewall
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (2.000 %)Crystal Reports
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
19 (18.00 %)Health
22 (4.000 %)Education
22 (4.000 %)Pharmaceutical
31 (2.000 %)Auditing
31 (2.000 %)Government
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
19 (18.00 %)Desktop Engineer
19 (18.00 %)Analyst
28 (16.00 %)Support Engineer
28 (16.00 %)Information Analyst
35 (10.00 %)2nd Line Support
35 (10.00 %)Desktop Support
44 (8.000 %)Project Manager
44 (8.000 %)Desktop Support Engineer
53 (6.000 %)Network Support
53 (6.000 %)Migration Engineer
53 (6.000 %)Data Migration Engineer
53 (6.000 %)NHS Information Analyst
53 (6.000 %)Trainer
53 (6.000 %)Consultant
62 (4.000 %)Network Engineer
62 (4.000 %)IT Manager
62 (4.000 %)Support Technician
62 (4.000 %)Field Engineer
62 (4.000 %)2nd Line Support Technician
62 (4.000 %)IT Trainer
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
14 (8.000 %)PDA
22 (4.000 %)Management Information System
31 (2.000 %)PACS
31 (2.000 %)Client/Server
31 (2.000 %)NPfIT
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
119 (38.00 %)Windows
26 (12.00 %)Windows 2000
34 (8.000 %)Windows XP
42 (4.000 %)Windows Server 2008
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
110 (20.00 %)Migration
27 (14.00 %)PRINCE2
33 (6.000 %)Data Migration
33 (6.000 %)Project Management
42 (4.000 %)Data Validation
42 (4.000 %)Validation
51 (2.000 %)Stakeholder Management
51 (2.000 %)Business Continuity
51 (2.000 %)Data Management
51 (2.000 %)Network Design
51 (2.000 %)Data Analysis
51 (2.000 %)Business Analysis
51 (2.000 %)ITIL
51 (2.000 %)PRINCE
51 (2.000 %)E-Procurement
51 (2.000 %)Change Management
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
18 (16.00 %)SQL
21 (2.000 %)VB.NET
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
13 (6.000 %)Degree
13 (6.000 %)PRINCE2 Certification
22 (4.000 %)Cisco Certification
22 (4.000 %)Microsoft Certification
22 (4.000 %)CCNP
22 (4.000 %)CCNA
31 (2.000 %)MCSE
31 (2.000 %)MCP
31 (2.000 %)CCDA
31 (2.000 %)CCDP
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
14 (8.000 %)Active Directory
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
18 (16.00 %)Microsoft
26 (12.00 %)Citrix
34 (8.000 %)Novell
34 (8.000 %)LANDesk
43 (6.000 %)Cerner
52 (4.000 %)Cisco
61 (2.000 %)Juniper
61 (2.000 %)CheckPoint