NHS Contracts in the West Midlands
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term NHS in IT contracts advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited NHS over the 3 months to 20 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 for the West Midlands region.

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
20 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
National Health Service (NHS)
Rank 41 69 64
Rank change year-on-year
+28 -5
Contract jobs citing NHS 57 34 29
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 3.430% 1.510% 1.555%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 19.79% 9.115% 9.603%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 17 12
Average daily rate £255 £225 £220
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+13.33% +2.27%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £207 £209 £178
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £370 £300
UK excluding London average daily rate £263 £289 £280
% change year-on-year
-9.09% +3.12%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 4 12
Average hourly rate £13.35 £15.28 £16.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-12.61% -7.39%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.28 £11.99 £6.70
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.76 £20.77 £21.79
UK excluding London average hourly rate £18.90 £15.75 £14.91
% change year-on-year
+20.00% +5.63%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category		 288 373 302
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 17.33% 16.57% 16.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 155 168 116
Average daily rate £325 £300 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.33% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £219 £225 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £463 £450 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £343 £340
% change year-on-year
+2.18% +0.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 36 42
Average hourly rate £28.50 £17.06 £20.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+67.03% -16.76%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £10.91 £11.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.80 £40.00 £44.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £24.50 £27.00
% change year-on-year
-8.16% -9.25%
NHS
England

NHS
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing NHS across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

West Midlands NHS Jobs Demand Trend

NHS
Daily Rate Trend

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

West Midlands NHS Daily Rate Trend

NHS
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing NHS across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

West Midlands NHS Daily Rate Histogram

NHS
Hourly Rate Trend

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

West Midlands NHS Hourly Rate Trend

NHS
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing NHS within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 20 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
Birmingham +17 13 £275 -37.14%
Staffordshire +18 6 £311 -
Wolverhampton - 2 - -
Coventry +1 1 - -
Worcestershire -11 1 £325 +44.44%
Warwickshire - 1 - -
NHS
England

NHS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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.

1 22 (18.18%) SQL
2 16 (13.22%) Business Intelligence
2 16 (13.22%) Information Governance
3 15 (12.40%) Data Warehouse
3 15 (12.40%) PRINCE2
4 14 (11.57%) Microsoft
5 11 (9.091%) MS Excel
5 11 (9.091%) MS Office
6 10 (8.264%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 10 (8.264%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 9 (7.438%) Business Analysis
7 9 (7.438%) Finance
7 9 (7.438%) Stakeholder Management
7 9 (7.438%) Project Management
7 9 (7.438%) Active Directory
7 9 (7.438%) SQL Server
7 9 (7.438%) UML
8 8 (6.612%) Windows
8 8 (6.612%) Migration
9 7 (5.785%) SharePoint
9 7 (5.785%) T-SQL
9 7 (5.785%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 7 (5.785%) Data Protection
10 6 (4.959%) Windows 7
10 6 (4.959%) Informatics
10 6 (4.959%) Document Management
10 6 (4.959%) Data Quality
10 6 (4.959%) Manufacturing
11 5 (4.132%) Programme Management
11 5 (4.132%) SAP

NHS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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.

Application Development
1 5 (4.132%) .NET
2 4 (3.306%) ASP.NET
2 4 (3.306%) MDX
3 2 (1.653%) DHTML
3 2 (1.653%) HTML
4 1 (0.826%) ADO.NET
4 1 (0.826%) ASP
4 1 (0.826%) COM
4 1 (0.826%) CSS
4 1 (0.826%) Web Services
4 1 (0.826%) Ajax
4 1 (0.826%) .NET Framework
Application Platforms
1 7 (5.785%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.826%) MS Exchange
2 1 (0.826%) Documentum
2 1 (0.826%) SAS
2 1 (0.826%) CMS
2 1 (0.826%) SharePoint 2010
2 1 (0.826%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (0.826%) IIS
Applications
1 11 (9.091%) MS Office
1 11 (9.091%) MS Excel
2 3 (2.479%) MS PowerPoint
2 3 (2.479%) MS Project
3 2 (1.653%) PowerPivot
4 1 (0.826%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (3.306%) SAP Oil and Gas
2 2 (1.653%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.479%) VPN
2 2 (1.653%) Intranet
2 2 (1.653%) Internet
2 2 (1.653%) Extranet
2 2 (1.653%) LAN
2 2 (1.653%) WAN
3 1 (0.826%) SMS
3 1 (0.826%) Firewall
3 1 (0.826%) IP Telephony
3 1 (0.826%) Cisco PIX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (12.40%) Data Warehouse
2 10 (8.264%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 9 (7.438%) SQL Server
4 7 (5.785%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 5 (4.132%) SQL Server 2008
6 4 (3.306%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 4 (3.306%) RDBMS
7 3 (2.479%) SQL Server 2005
7 3 (2.479%) Microsoft Analysis Services
8 1 (0.826%) PerformancePoint
8 1 (0.826%) EDRMS
8 1 (0.826%) EDMS
8 1 (0.826%) DTS
8 1 (0.826%) Crystal Reports
8 1 (0.826%) Oracle Reports
8 1 (0.826%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 3 (2.479%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 9 (7.438%) Finance
2 6 (4.959%) Manufacturing
3 4 (3.306%) Electronics
3 4 (3.306%) Telecoms
3 4 (3.306%) Marketing
4 3 (2.479%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (0.826%) Games
Job Titles
1 40 (33.06%) Analyst
2 22 (18.18%) Business Analyst
3 19 (15.70%) Project Manager
4 15 (12.40%) Developer
5 10 (8.264%) Information Analyst
5 10 (8.264%) NHS Business Analyst
6 6 (4.959%) NHS Information Analyst
6 6 (4.959%) Trainer
7 5 (4.132%) Desktop Support
7 5 (4.132%) SQL Developer
8 4 (3.306%) Web Developer
8 4 (3.306%) Data Analyst
8 4 (3.306%) Governance Analyst
9 3 (2.479%) Senior Project Manager
9 3 (2.479%) Senior Analyst
9 3 (2.479%) IT Trainer
9 3 (2.479%) Senior Manager
9 3 (2.479%) Data Migration Analyst
9 3 (2.479%) Project Officer
9 3 (2.479%) Business Intelligence Developer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (4.959%) Informatics
2 5 (4.132%) Data Protection Act
3 4 (3.306%) DTV
4 3 (2.479%) Management Information System
4 3 (2.479%) Statistics
5 1 (0.826%) Smartcard
5 1 (0.826%) IVR
5 1 (0.826%) NPfIT
Operating Systems
1 8 (6.612%) Windows
2 6 (4.959%) Windows 7
3 2 (1.653%) Windows XP
4 1 (0.826%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (0.826%) Windows 2000
4 1 (0.826%) Windows NT
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (13.22%) Business Intelligence
1 16 (13.22%) Information Governance
2 15 (12.40%) PRINCE2
3 9 (7.438%) UML
3 9 (7.438%) Project Management
3 9 (7.438%) Stakeholder Management
3 9 (7.438%) Business Analysis
4 8 (6.612%) Migration
5 7 (5.785%) Data Protection
6 6 (4.959%) Document Management
7 5 (4.132%) Programme Management
7 5 (4.132%) Data Migration
7 5 (4.132%) Capacity Planning
8 4 (3.306%) Digital Marketing
9 3 (2.479%) Use Case
9 3 (2.479%) Requirements Analysis
9 3 (2.479%) Scrum
9 3 (2.479%) Data Analysis
9 3 (2.479%) CRM
9 3 (2.479%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 22 (18.18%) SQL
2 7 (5.785%) T-SQL
3 2 (1.653%) VBA
4 1 (0.826%) PowerShell
4 1 (0.826%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 10 (8.264%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 5 (4.132%) Degree
3 4 (3.306%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 2 (1.653%) MCITP
4 2 (1.653%) ISEB
4 2 (1.653%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (0.826%) CCNA
5 1 (0.826%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (4.959%) Data Quality
2 3 (2.479%) HL7
3 2 (1.653%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.826%) QA
System Software
1 9 (7.438%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.826%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 14 (11.57%) Microsoft
2 5 (4.132%) SAP
3 2 (1.653%) Oracle
3 2 (1.653%) Sage
3 2 (1.653%) Google
3 2 (1.653%) Cisco
4 1 (0.826%) LANDesk
4 1 (0.826%) iSOFT
4 1 (0.826%) VMware
4 1 (0.826%) Citrix
4 1 (0.826%) Business Objects
4 1 (0.826%) Cognos
Business Analyst
West Midlands
My client is is a large Public Sector organisation looking for a Business Analyst to hit the ground running.Your role will be to work with the Project...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £250.00 - £260.00 per day
Posted: 10 May 2013
Project Manager
West Midlands
This exciting opportunity offers a varied and challenging opportunity to progress your career as a Project Manager.This position is responsible for the implementation and delivery of a...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £200.00 - £300.00 per day
Posted: 18 May 2013
PICS Programmer Analyst
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
You must have a good degree in a numerate discipline with knowledge and experience of programming in at least one language such as Perl, Java, Delphi, C# or...
University Hospital Birmingham
Rate: Excellent salary plus benefits
Posted: 29 April 2013
Project Manager
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
Service Desk Analyst
West Midlands
My client is a large Public Sector organisation looking for a Service Desk Analyst to hit the ground running.Your role will be to work on a Service...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £11.00 - £12.00 per hour
Posted: 9 May 2013
Bid Manager
West Midlands
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Bid Manager to have the chance to join an NHS organisation based in the West Midlands for a period of...
Real Staffing
Rate: £200 - £250 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
IT Operations Manager
West Midlands
The reports being produced can be anything from clinical reports to corporate reports.The skills and experience required are quality assurance processes, risk management, process improvement and knowledge...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £320.00 - £370.00 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013
RIO Trainer
West Midlands
An NHS Clinical Systems (RIO) Trainer is required for 6 months initially based in West Midlands. Working within the IT Department at this NHS site you will be...
Real Staffing
Rate: £150 - £200 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
Senior Clinical Coder - West Midlands
West Midlands
Clinical Coder - West Midlands - £240 per day - 2-3 month rolling contract Are you an experienced ACC qualified Clinical Coder looking for a new assignment?
GSA Techsource
Rate: GBP220 to GBP240 per day
Posted: 18 May 2013
NHS Operations Manager - West Mids -6 mth
West Midlands
Unplanned Care Operations Manager - West Mids - 6 months I am recruiting for an operations manager for a 3 - 6 month assignment in the West Midlands.
Real Staffing
Posted: 16 May 2013
Clinical Governance Lead- West Mids- 3-6 months.
West Midlands
The role requires someone with experience of establishing governance systems and processes, but also requires a strong understanding of the broader environment around Quality, Safety and Governance in...
Real Staffing
Posted: 16 May 2013
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