The first table below looks at the demand for DICOM skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited DICOM over the 3 months to 24 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 of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category.

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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM)
Rank 524 - 583
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing DICOM 5 0 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.011% - 0.002%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.153% - 0.023%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
Average daily rate £290 - £155
UK excluding London average daily rate £290 - £155
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
3266 4270 4266
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 7.040% 7.322% 6.988%
Number of daily rates quoted 1945 2220 2342
Average daily rate £400 £415 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.61% -7.77%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £239 £230 £245
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £600 £602
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £375
% change year-on-year
- -6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 111 223 233
Average hourly rate £19.00 £16.72 £29.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+13.63% -42.34%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £59.50 £37.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.75 £16.35 £30.50
% change year-on-year
+8.56% -46.39%

DICOM
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing DICOM within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Quality Assurance & Compliance category.

DICOM Jobs Demand Trend

DICOM
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing DICOM within the UK.

DICOM Daily Rate Trend

DICOM
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing DICOM within the UK.

DICOM Hourly Rate Trend

DICOM
Top 7 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing DICOM within the UK over the 3 months to 24 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
England - 4 £290 -
London - 2 - -
Leeds - 1 £290 -
North West - 1 £290 -
Yorkshire - 1 £290 -
West Yorkshire - 1 £290 -
Manchester - 1 £290 -

DICOM
Top 28 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing DICOM 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 DICOM.

1 9 (75.00%) HL7
1 9 (75.00%) PACS
2 3 (25.00%) SQL
3 2 (16.67%) Integration Testing
3 2 (16.67%) Test Management
4 1 (8.333%) Multithreading
4 1 (8.333%) System Testing
4 1 (8.333%) Data Architecture
4 1 (8.333%) Image Processing
4 1 (8.333%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (8.333%) C#
4 1 (8.333%) JavaScript
4 1 (8.333%) Degree
4 1 (8.333%) Load Balancing
4 1 (8.333%) Computer Science
4 1 (8.333%) Dutch Language
4 1 (8.333%) .NET
4 1 (8.333%) Oracle
4 1 (8.333%) ITIL
4 1 (8.333%) UNIX
4 1 (8.333%) Windows
4 1 (8.333%) Linux
4 1 (8.333%) OO
4 1 (8.333%) Oracle 8/8i
4 1 (8.333%) MS Excel
4 1 (8.333%) Client/Server
4 1 (8.333%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (8.333%) NHS

DICOM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing DICOM 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 DICOM. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (8.333%) .NET
Applications
1 1 (8.333%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (8.333%) Oracle 8/8i
General
1 1 (8.333%) Dutch Language
Job Titles
1 6 (50.00%) Installations Engineer
2 1 (8.333%) Implementation Specialist
2 1 (8.333%) Software Engineer
2 1 (8.333%) Developer
2 1 (8.333%) Consultant
2 1 (8.333%) Systems Engineer
2 1 (8.333%) Technical Consultant
2 1 (8.333%) .NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 9 (75.00%) PACS
2 1 (8.333%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (8.333%) Computer Science
2 1 (8.333%) Client/Server
2 1 (8.333%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 1 (8.333%) UNIX
1 1 (8.333%) Windows
1 1 (8.333%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (16.67%) Integration Testing
1 2 (16.67%) Test Management
2 1 (8.333%) Multithreading
2 1 (8.333%) System Testing
2 1 (8.333%) Data Architecture
2 1 (8.333%) Image Processing
2 1 (8.333%) Load Balancing
2 1 (8.333%) ITIL
2 1 (8.333%) OO
Programming Languages
1 3 (25.00%) SQL
2 1 (8.333%) C#
2 1 (8.333%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (8.333%) Degree
1 1 (8.333%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (75.00%) HL7
Vendors
1 1 (8.333%) Oracle