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This section looks at the demand for National Health Service (NHS) skills within the Wakefield region with a comparison to our Miscellaneous category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited NHS over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkNational Health Service (NHS)
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank68
Rank change on same period last yearUp+2
Matching contract IT job ads31
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.004 %0.001 %
As % of the category below42.86 %33.33 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£333£340
% change on same period last year-2.00 %
Hourly rates quoted10
Average minimum hourly rate£30.00-
Average hourly rate£37.50-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£45.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£20.73£19.63
% change on same period last year+5.60 %
Wakefield IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
Wakefield
Matching contract IT job ads73
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.009 %0.003 %
Daily rates quoted11
Average minimum daily rate£130£200
Average daily rate£130£225
% change on same period last year-42.22 %
Average maximum daily rate£130£250
UK excluding London average daily rate£351£352
% change on same period last year-0.16 %
Hourly rates quoted11
Average minimum hourly rate£30.00£10.02
Average hourly rate£37.50£10.02
% change on same period last year+274.25 %
Average maximum hourly rate£45.00£10.02
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.30£28.72
% change on same period last year-11.88 %
NHS West YorkshireNHS
West Yorkshire

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

NHS
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing NHS across the Wakefield region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Wakefield NHS Demand Trend

NHS
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing NHS across the Wakefield region.

Wakefield NHS Daily Rate Trend

NHS
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing NHS across the Wakefield region.

Wakefield NHS Hourly Rate Trend

NHS
Top 5 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Wakefield region citing NHS 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 NHS.

13 (50.00 %)MS Access
13 (50.00 %)Data Analysis
21 (16.67 %)Project Management
21 (16.67 %)C#
21 (16.67 %)SQL Server

NHS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Wakefield region citing NHS 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 NHS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Wakefield IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (50.00 %)MS Access
21 (16.67 %)SQL Server
Wakefield IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13 (50.00 %)Analyst
13 (50.00 %)Data Analyst
13 (50.00 %)Information Analyst
22 (33.33 %)Project Manager
31 (16.67 %)Developer
31 (16.67 %)C# Developer
Wakefield IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (50.00 %)Data Analysis
21 (16.67 %)Project Management
Wakefield IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (16.67 %)C#