The first table below looks at the demand for HL7 skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited HL7 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 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Health Level 7 (HL7)
Rank 503 546 575
Rank change year-on-year
+43 +29
Contract jobs citing HL7 27 32 13
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.058% 0.055% 0.021%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.836% 0.743% 0.300%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 16 7
Average daily rate £290 £363 £345
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-20.00% +5.07%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £319 £280
10% offered a daily rate of more than £352 £425 £428
UK excluding London average daily rate £283 £363 £345
% change year-on-year
-22.06% +5.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
Average hourly rate £23.13 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £23.13 - -
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
3231 4304 4332
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 6.964% 7.385% 7.067%
Number of daily rates quoted 1927 2251 2355
Average daily rate £400 £414 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.32% -8.05%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £235 £225 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £600 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £340 £350 £375
% change year-on-year
-2.85% -6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 111 229 229
Average hourly rate £18.50 £16.72 £27.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+10.64% -38.07%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £110.00 £36.80 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £16.35 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+7.03% -43.62%

HL7
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing HL7 within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Quality Assurance & Compliance category.

HL7 Jobs Demand Trend

HL7
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing HL7 within the UK.

HL7 Daily Rate Trend

HL7
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing HL7 within the UK over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

HL7 Daily Rate Histogram

HL7
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing HL7 within the UK.

HL7 Hourly Rate Trend

HL7
Top 15 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing HL7 within the UK over the 3 months to 17 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 +48 27 £290 -22.66%
London +17 9 £290 -23.93%
North West +21 7 £250 -
South East +17 3 - -
East of England +16 3 £240 -
Manchester +13 3 £225 -
Yorkshire +1 3 £313 +47.05%
Basingstoke - 3 - -
Hampshire - 3 - -
Essex - 3 £240 -
City of London +11 2 £475 -
West Yorkshire +4 2 £301 +41.76%
South West - 2 - -
Leeds - 2 £301 -
Basildon - 1 £240 -

HL7
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing HL7 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 HL7.

1 48 (64.86%) NHS
2 28 (37.84%) SQL
3 20 (27.03%) .NET
4 17 (22.97%) XML
5 16 (21.62%) SQL Server
6 13 (17.57%) C#
7 9 (12.16%) Java
7 9 (12.16%) ASP.NET
7 9 (12.16%) BizTalk Server
7 9 (12.16%) DICOM
7 9 (12.16%) Rational Rhapsody
8 8 (10.81%) Hibernate
8 8 (10.81%) Cerner
9 7 (9.459%) CSS
9 7 (9.459%) PACS
10 6 (8.108%) Management Information System
10 6 (8.108%) Project Management
10 6 (8.108%) Web Services
10 6 (8.108%) Microsoft
11 5 (6.757%) SOA
11 5 (6.757%) Spring
11 5 (6.757%) Google
11 5 (6.757%) GWT
12 4 (5.405%) .NET Framework
12 4 (5.405%) Stakeholder Management
12 4 (5.405%) InterSystems
12 4 (5.405%) VB.NET
12 4 (5.405%) Windows
12 4 (5.405%) Linux
12 4 (5.405%) Visual Studio

HL7
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing HL7 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 HL7. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 20 (27.03%) .NET
2 17 (22.97%) XML
3 9 (12.16%) ASP.NET
4 8 (10.81%) Hibernate
5 7 (9.459%) CSS
6 6 (8.108%) Web Services
7 5 (6.757%) Spring
7 5 (6.757%) GWT
8 4 (5.405%) .NET Framework
9 3 (4.054%) WCF
9 3 (4.054%) Windows SharePoint Services
9 3 (4.054%) XSLT
9 3 (4.054%) JMS
9 3 (4.054%) HTML
9 3 (4.054%) J2EE
9 3 (4.054%) ASP
9 3 (4.054%) JDBC
9 3 (4.054%) JSP
9 3 (4.054%) Servlets
9 3 (4.054%) Struts
Application Platforms
1 9 (12.16%) BizTalk Server
2 4 (5.405%) JCAPS
3 3 (4.054%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 2 (2.703%) Cerner Millennium
2 1 (1.351%) SAP Oil and Gas
Communications & Networking
1 3 (4.054%) FTP
1 3 (4.054%) HTTP
1 3 (4.054%) HTTPS
2 1 (1.351%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (21.62%) SQL Server
2 3 (4.054%) SQL Server 2008
2 3 (4.054%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (2.703%) Essbase
3 2 (2.703%) InterSystems Cache
3 2 (2.703%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 2 (2.703%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 2 (2.703%) OLAP
4 1 (1.351%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 9 (12.16%) Rational Rhapsody
2 4 (5.405%) Visual Studio
3 3 (4.054%) VSS/SourceSafe
3 3 (4.054%) NetBeans
4 2 (2.703%) Team Foundation Server
4 2 (2.703%) Eclipse
4 2 (2.703%) MSI
General
1 1 (1.351%) Electronics
1 1 (1.351%) Telecoms
1 1 (1.351%) Finance
1 1 (1.351%) Manufacturing
1 1 (1.351%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 36 (48.65%) Developer
2 7 (9.459%) Project Manager
3 6 (8.108%) Consultant
3 6 (8.108%) Analyst
3 6 (8.108%) .NET Developer
3 6 (8.108%) C# Developer
3 6 (8.108%) ASP.NET Developer
3 6 (8.108%) SQL Developer
3 6 (8.108%) Installations Engineer
3 6 (8.108%) C# ASP.NET Developer
3 6 (8.108%) C# .NET Developer
4 5 (6.757%) Java Developer
5 4 (5.405%) Integration Engineer
5 4 (5.405%) Programmer
5 4 (5.405%) Business Analyst
5 4 (5.405%) Integration Specialist
6 3 (4.054%) NHS Project Manager
6 3 (4.054%) Architect
6 3 (4.054%) Administrator
6 3 (4.054%) BizTalk Developer
Miscellaneous
1 48 (64.86%) NHS
2 7 (9.459%) PACS
3 6 (8.108%) Management Information System
4 3 (4.054%) Replication
5 1 (1.351%) DTV
5 1 (1.351%) NPfIT
5 1 (1.351%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 4 (5.405%) Windows
1 4 (5.405%) Linux
2 2 (2.703%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (8.108%) Project Management
2 5 (6.757%) SOA
3 4 (5.405%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (4.054%) Content Management
4 3 (4.054%) Information Management
4 3 (4.054%) System Testing
4 3 (4.054%) Integration Testing
4 3 (4.054%) ITIL
4 3 (4.054%) OOP
4 3 (4.054%) OO
4 3 (4.054%) Disaster Recovery
5 2 (2.703%) Workflow
5 2 (2.703%) Process Management
5 2 (2.703%) EAI
5 2 (2.703%) Multidimensional Analysis
5 2 (2.703%) Configuration Management
5 2 (2.703%) Test Management
5 2 (2.703%) Migration
5 2 (2.703%) Data Migration
5 2 (2.703%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 28 (37.84%) SQL
2 13 (17.57%) C#
3 9 (12.16%) Java
4 4 (5.405%) VB.NET
5 2 (2.703%) JavaScript
6 1 (1.351%) PHP
6 1 (1.351%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (4.054%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (1.351%) PMI Certification
2 1 (1.351%) Degree
2 1 (1.351%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (12.16%) DICOM
2 1 (1.351%) Data Quality
System Software
1 3 (4.054%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 3 (4.054%) Data Guard
Vendors
1 8 (10.81%) Cerner
2 6 (8.108%) Microsoft
3 5 (6.757%) Google
4 4 (5.405%) Twitter
4 4 (5.405%) InterSystems
5 3 (4.054%) Oracle
6 2 (2.703%) Business Objects
6 2 (2.703%) Hyperion
6 2 (2.703%) iSOFT
6 2 (2.703%) SeeBeyond
7 1 (1.351%) SAP
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