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The table below looks at the prevalence of the term 'Health' in contract IT jobs within the Thames Valley region together with a comparison to our General terms category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Health over the 3 months to 6 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkHealth
Location
3 months to
6 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank3233
Rank change on same period last yearUp+1
Matching contract IT job ads618
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.008 %0.018 %
As % of the category below5.357 %9.626 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£100-
Average daily rate£150-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£200-
UK excluding London average daily rate£362£348
% change on same period last year+3.90 %
Hourly rates quoted01
Average minimum hourly rate-£35.00
Average hourly rate-£37.50
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.47£26.79
% change on same period last year-12.39 %
Thames Valley IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
Thames Valley
Matching contract IT job ads112187
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.156 %0.188 %
Daily rates quoted1532
Average minimum daily rate£313£353
Average daily rate£342£376
% change on same period last year-8.80 %
Average maximum daily rate£372£398
UK excluding London average daily rate£383£380
% change on same period last year+0.94 %
Hourly rates quoted515
Average minimum hourly rate£36.00£37.87
Average hourly rate£38.00£39.93
% change on same period last year-4.84 %
Average maximum hourly rate£40.00£42.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.04£26.85
% change on same period last year+4.41 %
Health South EastHealth
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.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Health across the Thames Valley region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

Thames Valley Health Demand Trend

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Daily Rate Trend

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

Thames Valley Health Daily Rate Trend

Health
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Thames Valley Health Hourly Rate Trend

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Top 15 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Thames Valley region citing Health 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 Health.

18 (72.73 %)NHS
23 (27.27 %)NPfIT
23 (27.27 %)Change Management
32 (18.18 %)Management Information System
32 (18.18 %)Validation
32 (18.18 %)Project Management
32 (18.18 %)SQL
32 (18.18 %)PRINCE2
32 (18.18 %)Statistics
32 (18.18 %)Fujitsu
32 (18.18 %)Strategic Planning
41 (9.091 %)Time Management
41 (9.091 %)Cognos
41 (9.091 %)OLAP
41 (9.091 %)MS Project

Health
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Thames Valley region citing Health 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 Health. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Thames Valley IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (9.091 %)MS Project
Thames Valley IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (9.091 %)OLAP
Thames Valley IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
14 (36.36 %)Project Manager
14 (36.36 %)Analyst
23 (27.27 %)Information Analyst
23 (27.27 %)NHS Information Analyst
32 (18.18 %)NHS Project Manager
41 (9.091 %)Project Support Officer
41 (9.091 %)Cognos Consultant
41 (9.091 %)Project Officer
41 (9.091 %)Facilities Manager
41 (9.091 %)Consultant
41 (9.091 %)Change Manager
41 (9.091 %)Project Planner
Thames Valley IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
18 (72.73 %)NHS
23 (27.27 %)NPfIT
32 (18.18 %)Management Information System
32 (18.18 %)Statistics
Thames Valley IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (27.27 %)Change Management
22 (18.18 %)Validation
22 (18.18 %)Strategic Planning
22 (18.18 %)PRINCE2
22 (18.18 %)Project Management
31 (9.091 %)Time Management
Thames Valley IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (18.18 %)SQL
Thames Valley IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (18.18 %)Fujitsu
21 (9.091 %)Cognos