The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Informatics in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Informatics 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 terms in our Miscellaneous 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
Informatics
Rank 496 544 571
Rank change year-on-year
+48 +27
Contract jobs citing Informatics 34 34 17
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.073% 0.058% 0.028%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.278% 0.238% 0.098%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 9 8
Average daily rate £274 £300 £309
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-8.75% -2.75%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £205 £250 £185
10% offered a daily rate of more than £353 £393 £595
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £250 £190
% change year-on-year
+10.01% +31.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 1
Average hourly rate £24.00 £13.52 £14.85
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+77.58% -8.98%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £24.00 £13.52 -
% change year-on-year
+77.58% -
All of the Miscellaneous Category
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
12228 14275 17282
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 26.35% 24.50% 28.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 7363 8396 10253
Average daily rate £430 £425 £525
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.17% -19.04%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £245 £251 £280
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £600 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £342 £340
% change year-on-year
+2.41% +0.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 541 663 728
Average hourly rate £22.50 £23.00 £23.36
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.17% -1.54%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.49 £12.50 £11.32
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £45.00 £40.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £24.50 £26.50
% change year-on-year
-10.20% -7.54%

Informatics
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Informatics within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Informatics Jobs Demand Trend

Informatics
Daily Rate Trend

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

Informatics Daily Rate Trend

Informatics
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Informatics Daily Rate Histogram

Informatics
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Informatics Hourly Rate Trend

Informatics
Top 23 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Informatics 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 +50 34 £274 -8.75%
London +11 12 £255 -21.53%
City of London +8 6 £255 -7.27%
South East - 6 £240 -
North West - 5 £325 -
Yorkshire - 3 £300 -
South West - 3 £350 -
Manchester - 3 £273 -
West Midlands +9 2 £255 -
West Yorkshire - 2 £250 -
West Sussex - 2 - -
East of England +6 1 - -
Midlands - 1 - -
East Midlands - 1 £300 -
Horsham - 1 - -
Crawley - 1 - -
Brighton - 1 £400 -
Bath - 1 £350 -
Surrey - 1 £200 -
Somerset - 1 £350 -
Kent - 1 £205 -
Essex - 1 - -
East Sussex - 1 £400 -

Informatics
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 57 (69.51%) NHS
2 34 (41.46%) SQL
3 21 (25.61%) Business Intelligence
4 20 (24.39%) MS Excel
5 19 (23.17%) PRINCE2
6 18 (21.95%) Microsoft
6 18 (21.95%) Project Management
7 14 (17.07%) Oracle
7 14 (17.07%) Management Information System
7 14 (17.07%) Information Management
7 14 (17.07%) Degree
8 13 (15.85%) Data Warehouse
9 12 (14.63%) MS Office
10 11 (13.41%) SQL Server
11 10 (12.20%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 8 (9.756%) MVC
12 8 (9.756%) Data Analysis
12 8 (9.756%) Agile Software Development
12 8 (9.756%) .NET
12 8 (9.756%) Information Governance
13 7 (8.537%) Computer Science
13 7 (8.537%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 7 (8.537%) Health Informatics
13 7 (8.537%) Java
13 7 (8.537%) PRINCE2 Certification
13 7 (8.537%) Spring
13 7 (8.537%) Maven
13 7 (8.537%) Hibernate
13 7 (8.537%) Scrum
14 6 (7.317%) Data Management

Informatics
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 8 (9.756%) .NET
2 7 (8.537%) Hibernate
2 7 (8.537%) Spring
3 6 (7.317%) ASP.NET
4 5 (6.098%) J2EE
4 5 (6.098%) Web Services
5 4 (4.878%) Swing
5 4 (4.878%) Ruby on Rails
5 4 (4.878%) JSON
5 4 (4.878%) RESTful
6 3 (3.659%) Apache Flex
6 3 (3.659%) COM
7 2 (2.439%) Middleware
7 2 (2.439%) WebSphere
7 2 (2.439%) BlazeDS
7 2 (2.439%) Cairngorm
7 2 (2.439%) PureMVC
7 2 (2.439%) Parsley
8 1 (1.220%) HTML
8 1 (1.220%) ASP.NET MVC
Application Platforms
1 5 (6.098%) SharePoint
2 4 (4.878%) Apache
2 4 (4.878%) Tomcat
2 4 (4.878%) RabbitMQ
3 2 (2.439%) LiveCycle
4 1 (1.220%) SharePoint 2010
4 1 (1.220%) SAS
Applications
1 20 (24.39%) MS Excel
2 12 (14.63%) MS Office
3 2 (2.439%) MS Project
3 2 (2.439%) MS Visio
4 1 (1.220%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (1.220%) SAP BPC
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.220%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (15.85%) Data Warehouse
2 11 (13.41%) SQL Server
3 10 (12.20%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 7 (8.537%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 5 (6.098%) SQL Server 2008
6 4 (4.878%) MySQL
6 4 (4.878%) Oracle 8/8i
7 2 (2.439%) SQL Server 2005
8 1 (1.220%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 1 (1.220%) Oracle Reports
8 1 (1.220%) BusinessObjects
8 1 (1.220%) SAP BW
8 1 (1.220%) EDMS
Development Applications
1 7 (8.537%) Maven
2 4 (4.878%) Git (software)
2 4 (4.878%) Subversion
3 1 (1.220%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (1.220%) Rhino Mocks
3 1 (1.220%) JUnit
3 1 (1.220%) Visual Studio
3 1 (1.220%) Eclipse
3 1 (1.220%) NUnit
General
1 5 (6.098%) Finance
1 5 (6.098%) Pharmaceutical
2 1 (1.220%) Electronics
2 1 (1.220%) Telecoms
2 1 (1.220%) Legal
2 1 (1.220%) Manufacturing
2 1 (1.220%) Banking
Job Titles
1 30 (36.59%) Analyst
2 20 (24.39%) Information Analyst
3 17 (20.73%) Project Manager
4 11 (13.41%) NHS Information Analyst
5 9 (10.98%) Developer
6 6 (7.317%) Business Analyst
6 6 (7.317%) Senior Analyst
7 5 (6.098%) Java Developer
7 5 (6.098%) Senior Information Analyst
8 4 (4.878%) NHS Project Manager
8 4 (4.878%) Programme Manager
8 4 (4.878%) Information Manager
9 3 (3.659%) Flex Developer
9 3 (3.659%) Business Intelligence Analyst
9 3 (3.659%) Integration Manager
10 2 (2.439%) Consultant
10 2 (2.439%) Senior Manager
10 2 (2.439%) Systems Manager
10 2 (2.439%) Trainer
10 2 (2.439%) Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 57 (69.51%) NHS
2 14 (17.07%) Management Information System
3 7 (8.537%) Computer Science
3 7 (8.537%) Health Informatics
4 4 (4.878%) Statistics
5 3 (3.659%) Biology
5 3 (3.659%) Data Extraction
6 2 (2.439%) LIMS
6 2 (2.439%) Visualisation
7 1 (1.220%) Taxonomies
7 1 (1.220%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (1.220%) NPfIT
7 1 (1.220%) Freedom of Information
7 1 (1.220%) Economics
7 1 (1.220%) Data Integration
7 1 (1.220%) FMCG
7 1 (1.220%) Telematics
Operating Systems
1 4 (4.878%) Linux
2 2 (2.439%) Windows
3 1 (1.220%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (25.61%) Business Intelligence
2 19 (23.17%) PRINCE2
3 18 (21.95%) Project Management
4 14 (17.07%) Information Management
5 8 (9.756%) Data Analysis
5 8 (9.756%) Agile Software Development
5 8 (9.756%) MVC
5 8 (9.756%) Information Governance
6 7 (8.537%) Scrum
7 6 (7.317%) Data Management
7 6 (7.317%) Continuous Improvement
8 5 (6.098%) Analytics
8 5 (6.098%) TDD
8 5 (6.098%) Change Management
8 5 (6.098%) Data Modelling
8 5 (6.098%) PRINCE
9 4 (4.878%) ERP
9 4 (4.878%) Risk Management
9 4 (4.878%) Programme Management
9 4 (4.878%) Business Transformation
Programming Languages
1 34 (41.46%) SQL
2 7 (8.537%) Java
3 6 (7.317%) C#
4 5 (6.098%) T-SQL
5 4 (4.878%) Python
5 4 (4.878%) Lisp
5 4 (4.878%) Ruby
5 4 (4.878%) Perl
6 2 (2.439%) VBA
7 1 (1.220%) C
7 1 (1.220%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 14 (17.07%) Degree
2 7 (8.537%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 4 (4.878%) PhD
3 4 (4.878%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 3 (3.659%) ECDL
5 1 (1.220%) ISEB
5 1 (1.220%) NVQ Level 3
5 1 (1.220%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.220%) ISO 9001
1 1 (1.220%) SLA
1 1 (1.220%) QA
1 1 (1.220%) Data Quality
System Software
1 4 (4.878%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (1.220%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (1.220%) SCOM
Vendors
1 18 (21.95%) Microsoft
2 14 (17.07%) Oracle
3 4 (4.878%) VMware
4 3 (3.659%) Salesforce.com
5 2 (2.439%) Adobe
6 1 (1.220%) Remedy
6 1 (1.220%) Business Objects
6 1 (1.220%) SAP
6 1 (1.220%) IBM
6 1 (1.220%) DevExpress
West Midlands
Knowledge of Information Governance would help to deliver the projects.You will need to be Prince 2 qualified and have previous experience of working Projects in the NHS.
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £250.00 - £260.00 per day
Posted: 10 May 2013
City of London
Report Writer, Screen Design or Security Management-Prince/ITIL/ISEB Application Management Foundation certificate or other relevant professional qualification-Information Governance knowledge-A good knowledge of IT Systems...
Sand Resources
Rate: £250 - £260 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
North West England
I am currently looking for a Senior Project Manager to help support the Head of Informatics... The following skills and experience are required for this job: -* Previous Senior...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £350 per day
Posted: 8 May 2013
City of London
Our client is urgently looking to recruit an experienced BI Analyst for an on-going project.You will be responsible for the provision information management, analytics, and predictive...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £350.00 per day
Posted: 3 May 2013
North West England
I am currently looking for a Programme Manager to help support the Head of Informatics... The following skills and experience are required for this job: -* Previous Programme Management...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £350.00 - £400.00 per day
Posted: 4 May 2013
Saffron Walden, Essex
servlets, Java Server Pages or demonstrable experience in an equivalent technology. Experience of an MVC framework such as SpringMVC... Prior experience in bioinformatics, data warehousing, statistical analysis. Experience...
Sanger Institute
Rate: From £29,750 to £37,525 per annum dep on exp plus excellent benefits
Posted: 23 April 2013