The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term NPfIT in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited NPfIT 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 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
National Programme for IT (NPfIT)
Rank 531 567 581
Rank change year-on-year
+36 +14
Contract jobs citing NPfIT 3 19 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.006% 0.032% 0.008%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.024% 0.131% 0.030%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 12 2
Average daily rate £450 £385 £353
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+16.88% +9.21%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £350 £216 £331
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £463 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate - £385 £353
% change year-on-year
- +9.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
Average hourly rate £17.42 - £13.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.42 - -
All of the Miscellaneous Category
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
12464 14541 16939
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 26.45% 24.53% 28.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 7498 8526 10051
Average daily rate £425 £425 £525
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -19.04%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £243 £250 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £600 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 545 681 721
Average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £23.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -2.17%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £12.50 £11.25
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £46.05 £42.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.66
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -12.31%

NPfIT
Jobs Demand Trend

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

NPfIT Jobs Demand Trend

NPfIT
Daily Rate Trend

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

NPfIT Daily Rate Trend

NPfIT
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing NPfIT within the UK over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

NPfIT Daily Rate Histogram

NPfIT
Hourly Rate Trend

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

NPfIT Hourly Rate Trend

NPfIT
Top 5 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing NPfIT 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 +44 3 £450 +12.50%
London +31 2 £450 +38.46%
North West - 1 - -
Manchester - 1 - -
Bolton - 1 - -

NPfIT
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing NPfIT 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 NPfIT.

1 12 (100.00%) NHS
2 3 (25.00%) Project Management
2 3 (25.00%) PRINCE2
2 3 (25.00%) Data Protection
2 3 (25.00%) Business Analysis
3 2 (16.67%) Change Management
3 2 (16.67%) Management Information System
3 2 (16.67%) Business Transformation
3 2 (16.67%) Information Governance
3 2 (16.67%) Cerner
3 2 (16.67%) MS Visio
3 2 (16.67%) Microsoft
3 2 (16.67%) Information Security
4 1 (8.333%) Symposium
4 1 (8.333%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (8.333%) Service Management
4 1 (8.333%) Service Delivery
4 1 (8.333%) Nortel
4 1 (8.333%) PMI
4 1 (8.333%) PMI Certification
4 1 (8.333%) PBX
4 1 (8.333%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (8.333%) Cisco
4 1 (8.333%) Windows
4 1 (8.333%) Windows 2000
4 1 (8.333%) MS Excel
4 1 (8.333%) MS Access
4 1 (8.333%) Windows XP
4 1 (8.333%) SQL
4 1 (8.333%) SQL Server

NPfIT
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing NPfIT 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 NPfIT. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 2 (16.67%) MS Visio
2 1 (8.333%) MS Excel
2 1 (8.333%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (8.333%) Symposium
1 1 (8.333%) PBX
1 1 (8.333%) Nortel Meridian
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (8.333%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 1 (8.333%) MS Access
1 1 (8.333%) SQL Server
1 1 (8.333%) Crystal Reports
General
1 1 (8.333%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (33.33%) Analyst
2 2 (16.67%) NHS Business Analyst
2 2 (16.67%) Project Manager
2 2 (16.67%) Business Analyst
3 1 (8.333%) Change Manager
3 1 (8.333%) Business Change Manager
3 1 (8.333%) Analyst Developer
3 1 (8.333%) Information Analyst
3 1 (8.333%) Project Support Officer
3 1 (8.333%) Infrastructure Manager
3 1 (8.333%) Developer Analyst
3 1 (8.333%) Business Intelligence Analyst
3 1 (8.333%) Business Manager
3 1 (8.333%) Project Officer
3 1 (8.333%) Business Intelligence Developer
3 1 (8.333%) Infrastructure Programme Manager
3 1 (8.333%) Programme Manager
3 1 (8.333%) Developer
3 1 (8.333%) Systems Administrator
3 1 (8.333%) Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 12 (100.00%) NHS
2 2 (16.67%) Management Information System
3 1 (8.333%) PMI
3 1 (8.333%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (8.333%) Informatics
Operating Systems
1 1 (8.333%) Windows
1 1 (8.333%) Windows 2000
1 1 (8.333%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (25.00%) Project Management
1 3 (25.00%) PRINCE2
1 3 (25.00%) Data Protection
1 3 (25.00%) Business Analysis
2 2 (16.67%) Change Management
2 2 (16.67%) Business Transformation
2 2 (16.67%) Information Governance
2 2 (16.67%) Information Security
3 1 (8.333%) Service Management
3 1 (8.333%) Service Delivery
3 1 (8.333%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (8.333%) ITIL
3 1 (8.333%) Data Cleansing
3 1 (8.333%) Matrix Management
3 1 (8.333%) Integration Testing
3 1 (8.333%) Performance Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (8.333%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (8.333%) PMI Certification
1 1 (8.333%) ECDL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (8.333%) Data Quality
1 1 (8.333%) HL7
Vendors
1 2 (16.67%) Cerner
1 2 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (8.333%) Nortel
2 1 (8.333%) Cisco