The first table below looks at the demand for the NHS Information Analyst role in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited NHS Information Analyst in their job title over the 3 months to 22 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 Job Titles currently tracked.

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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
NHS Information Analyst
Rank 505 557 569
Rank change year-on-year
+52 +12
Contract jobs requiring an NHS Information Analyst 29 29 17
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.062% 0.049% 0.028%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.067% 0.053% 0.030%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 13 10
Average daily rate £244 £200 £229
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+21.87% -12.56%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £209 £176 £120
10% offered a daily rate of more than £279 £230 £250
UK excluding London average daily rate £250 £200 £194
% change year-on-year
+25.00% +3.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 8 4
Average hourly rate £24.00 £19.25 £16.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+24.67% +18.46%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £24.00 £19.25 £16.25
% change year-on-year
+24.67% +18.46%
All Job Titles
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
43445 54854 55821
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 92.19% 92.53% 92.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 24929 30221 30365
Average daily rate £400 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £238 £240 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £575 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 2155 2623 2895
Average hourly rate £18.50 £18.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -7.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.50 £40.00 £41.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%

NHS Information Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing NHS Information Analyst within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

NHS Information Analyst Jobs Demand Trend

NHS Information Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

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

NHS Information Analyst Daily Rate Trend

NHS Information Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend

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

NHS Information Analyst Hourly Rate Trend

NHS Information Analyst
Top 20 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing NHS Information Analyst within the UK over the 3 months to 22 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 +55 27 £244 +21.87%
East of England - 6 £225 -
South East +10 5 £201 +0.25%
London +30 4 £225 -
South West +28 3 £266 +33.12%
West Midlands +13 3 £281 +32.35%
North West +6 3 £224 +19.33%
Essex - 3 - -
Manchester - 2 £210 -
Yorkshire - 2 £250 -
West Yorkshire - 2 £250 -
Berkshire +13 1 £201 +0.25%
Lancashire +11 1 £238 +31.03%
Midlands - 1 - -
City of London - 1 £225 -
Wiltshire - 1 £258 -
Hertfordshire - 1 - -
Bedfordshire - 1 £225 -
Bristol - 1 - -
Birmingham - 1 £313 -

NHS Information Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited NHS Information Analyst in their job title 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 with NHS Information Analyst in their job title.

1 72 (100.00%) NHS
2 51 (70.83%) SQL
3 22 (30.56%) SQL Server
4 21 (29.17%) MS Excel
5 18 (25.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 17 (23.61%) Business Intelligence
7 16 (22.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 12 (16.67%) Data Warehouse
9 11 (15.28%) MS Access
9 11 (15.28%) Microsoft
9 11 (15.28%) Informatics
10 10 (13.89%) T-SQL
11 9 (12.50%) Business Objects
12 8 (11.11%) Information Management
12 8 (11.11%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 8 (11.11%) SQL Server 2008
13 6 (8.333%) Statistics
14 5 (6.944%) VBA
14 5 (6.944%) Oracle
14 5 (6.944%) Information Governance
15 4 (5.556%) SAS
15 4 (5.556%) Data Analysis
16 3 (4.167%) MS Office
16 3 (4.167%) SPSS
17 2 (2.778%) ETL
17 2 (2.778%) Oracle Reports
17 2 (2.778%) Degree
17 2 (2.778%) SQL Server 2005
17 2 (2.778%) Data Migration
17 2 (2.778%) QlikView

NHS Information Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited NHS Information Analyst in their job title 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 with NHS Information Analyst in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (1.389%) XML
1 1 (1.389%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 4 (5.556%) SAS
Applications
1 21 (29.17%) MS Excel
2 3 (4.167%) MS Office
2 3 (4.167%) SPSS
3 1 (1.389%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (1.389%) SAP Oil and Gas
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (30.56%) SQL Server
2 18 (25.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 16 (22.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 12 (16.67%) Data Warehouse
5 11 (15.28%) MS Access
6 8 (11.11%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 8 (11.11%) SQL Server 2008
7 2 (2.778%) Oracle Reports
7 2 (2.778%) SQL Server 2005
7 2 (2.778%) QlikView
8 1 (1.389%) Oracle 8/8i
8 1 (1.389%) Oracle Discoverer
General
1 2 (2.778%) Finance
2 1 (1.389%) Manufacturing
2 1 (1.389%) Marketing
2 1 (1.389%) Electronics
2 1 (1.389%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 72 (100.00%) NHS
2 11 (15.28%) Informatics
3 6 (8.333%) Statistics
4 1 (1.389%) Reference Data
4 1 (1.389%) Data Extraction
4 1 (1.389%) Taxonomies
4 1 (1.389%) DTV
4 1 (1.389%) NPfIT
4 1 (1.389%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.389%) Health Informatics
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (23.61%) Business Intelligence
2 8 (11.11%) Information Management
3 5 (6.944%) Information Governance
4 4 (5.556%) Data Analysis
5 2 (2.778%) ETL
5 2 (2.778%) Data Migration
5 2 (2.778%) Migration
6 1 (1.389%) Validation
6 1 (1.389%) Data Management
6 1 (1.389%) Business Analysis
6 1 (1.389%) Programme Management
6 1 (1.389%) Digital Marketing
6 1 (1.389%) Data Mapping
6 1 (1.389%) Statistical Analysis
6 1 (1.389%) UML
6 1 (1.389%) Capacity Planning
6 1 (1.389%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 51 (70.83%) SQL
2 10 (13.89%) T-SQL
3 5 (6.944%) VBA
4 1 (1.389%) VB
Qualifications
1 2 (2.778%) Degree
2 1 (1.389%) ECDL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.389%) SLA
1 1 (1.389%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 11 (15.28%) Microsoft
2 9 (12.50%) Business Objects
3 5 (6.944%) Oracle
4 1 (1.389%) SAP
4 1 (1.389%) Cerner