West Yorkshire NHS Contracts

This section looks at the demand for National Health Service (NHS) skills within the West Yorkshire 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 24 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

National Health Service (NHS)
Location Barking Barnsley Basildon Basingstoke Bath Bedford Bedfordshire Berkshire Bicester Birmingham Blackburn Bolton Bournemouth Bradford Bridgend Bristol Bromley Buckinghamshire Bury Cambridge Cambridgeshire Cardiff Chelmsford Chertsey Cheshire Chester Chippenham City of London Colchester Conwy Coventry Croydon Cumbria Darlington Dartford Denbigh Denbighshire Derbyshire Devon Doncaster Dorset Dover Dudley Durham East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Yorkshire Edinburgh England Essex Exeter Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Gwent Halifax Hampshire Hertfordshire Home Counties Huddersfield Hull Ipswich Kendal Kent Lancashire Lancaster Leatherhead Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Lincolnshire Liverpool London Luton M4 Corridor Maidstone Manchester Merseyside Middlesbrough Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newcastle Newport Norfolk North East North Wales North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Paisley Pontypool Poole Portsmouth Preston Reading Renfrewshire Rhyl Romford Rotherham Runcorn Scarborough Scotland Sheffield Shropshire Slough Somerset South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southend-on-Sea Southport St Asaph Stafford Staffordshire Stockport Suffolk Sunderland Surrey Swansea Swindon Teddington Thames Valley Torfaen Tyne and Wear Tyneside UK Uxbridge Wakefield Wales Warrington Warwick Warwickshire West Midlands West Wales West Yorkshire Wigan Wiltshire Wirral Witham Wolverhampton Worcestershire York Yorkshire	3 months to 24 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	5	10
Rank change on same period last year	+5
Matching contract IT job ads	268	178
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.357 %	0.180 %
As % of the category below	59.29 %	40.83 %
Daily rates quoted	79	35
Average minimum daily rate	£365	£319
Average daily rate	£394	£373
% change on same period last year	+5.52 %
Average maximum daily rate	£423	£428
UK excluding London average daily rate	£326	£325
% change on same period last year	+0.57 %
Hourly rates quoted	8	13
Average minimum hourly rate	£20.99	£16.58
Average hourly rate	£23.51	£18.07
% change on same period last year	+30.11 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£26.03	£19.56
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£19.49	£18.54
% change on same period last year	+5.16 %
Miscellaneous West Yorkshire
Matching contract IT job ads	452	436
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.602 %	0.442 %
Daily rates quoted	118	75
Average minimum daily rate	£352	£320
Average daily rate	£379	£357
% change on same period last year	+6.02 %
Average maximum daily rate	£406	£394
UK excluding London average daily rate	£352	£353
% change on same period last year	-0.20 %
Hourly rates quoted	16	40
Average minimum hourly rate	£21.95	£19.89
Average hourly rate	£24.18	£21.35
% change on same period last year	+13.27 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£26.41	£22.80
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£24.47	£29.21
% change on same period last year	-16.21 %
NHS 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 West Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

NHS
Daily Rate Trend

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

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing NHS across the West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 24 July 2008.

NHS
Hourly Rate Trend

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

NHS
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing NHS across the West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 24 July 2008.

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing NHS within the West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 24 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Leeds	0	225	£400	+0.55 %
Bradford	+11	7	£394	-
Wakefield	+2	3	-	-
Halifax	-	2	-	-
Huddersfield	-7	1	£394	-

NHS Yorkshire

NHS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire 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.

1 213 (43.92 %) Health 2 149 (30.72 %) PRINCE2 3 93 (19.18 %) Project Management 4 50 (10.31 %) Finance 5 49 (10.10 %) MS Excel 6 47 (9.691 %) Microsoft 7 38 (7.835 %) Government 8 37 (7.629 %) MS Office 9 35 (7.216 %) Stakeholder Management 10 31 (6.392 %) PRINCE2 Certification 11 29 (5.979 %) Supplier Management 12 28 (5.773 %) Programme Management 13 27 (5.567 %) NPfIT 14 26 (5.361 %) Windows 15 23 (4.742 %) MS Access

15 23 (4.742 %) Business Analysis 16 22 (4.536 %) SQL 17 20 (4.124 %) SQL Server 17 20 (4.124 %) SharePoint 17 20 (4.124 %) PRINCE2 Practitioner 17 20 (4.124 %) QA 18 19 (3.918 %) Oracle 18 19 (3.918 %) E-Learning 18 19 (3.918 %) Quality Management 19 16 (3.299 %) Firewall 19 16 (3.299 %) Risk Management 19 16 (3.299 %) MS Project 19 16 (3.299 %) MS Visio 19 16 (3.299 %) PRINCE 20 15 (3.093 %) ITIL

NHS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire 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 15 (3.093 %) .NET 2 12 (2.474 %) WebServices 3 11 (2.268 %) XML 4 10 (2.062 %) ASP.NET 5 8 (1.649 %) ASP.NET 2.0 6 4 (0.825 %) SOAP 6 4 (0.825 %) WSDL 7 3 (0.619 %) ASP 8 2 (0.412 %) XML Schema 8 2 (0.412 %) XML Messaging 9 1 (0.206 %) .NET Framework 9 1 (0.206 %) HTML 9 1 (0.206 %) ADO.NET 9 1 (0.206 %) CSS 9 1 (0.206 %) XSLT	Application Platforms 1 20 (4.124 %) SharePoint 2 6 (1.237 %) SharePoint Portal Server 3 3 (0.619 %) GroupWise 4 1 (0.206 %) MS Exchange
Applications 1 49 (10.10 %) MS Excel 2 37 (7.629 %) MS Office 3 16 (3.299 %) MS Project 3 16 (3.299 %) MS Visio 4 15 (3.093 %) MS PowerPoint 5 2 (0.412 %) InfoPath 5 2 (0.412 %) Spreadsheet 6 1 (0.206 %) CA Clarity	Communications & Networking 1 16 (3.299 %) Firewall 2 14 (2.887 %) DNS 3 5 (1.031 %) TCP/IP 3 5 (1.031 %) VPN 4 4 (0.825 %) Internet 5 3 (0.619 %) LDAP 5 3 (0.619 %) Broadband 6 2 (0.412 %) LAN 6 2 (0.412 %) VoIP 6 2 (0.412 %) WAN 6 2 (0.412 %) X.500 7 1 (0.206 %) DHCP 7 1 (0.206 %) IP Telephony 7 1 (0.206 %) IMAP
Database & Business Intelligence 1 23 (4.742 %) MS Access 2 20 (4.124 %) SQL Server 3 14 (2.887 %) SQL Server 2005 4 6 (1.237 %) BusinessObjects 4 6 (1.237 %) SQL Server 2000 4 6 (1.237 %) EDRMS 4 6 (1.237 %) Datawarehouse 5 4 (0.825 %) SQL Server Integration Services 6 2 (0.412 %) Oracle Discoverer 6 2 (0.412 %) Oracle 10g 6 2 (0.412 %) Crystal Reports 6 2 (0.412 %) Oracle Reports 7 1 (0.206 %) Oracle 8/8i 7 1 (0.206 %) OLAP 7 1 (0.206 %) Reference Data 7 1 (0.206 %) MySQL 7 1 (0.206 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 7 1 (0.206 %) SQL Server 7	Development Applications 1 6 (1.237 %) Flash 2 2 (0.412 %) Visual Studio
General 1 213 (43.92 %) Health 2 50 (10.31 %) Finance 3 38 (7.835 %) Government 4 13 (2.680 %) Education 5 9 (1.856 %) Marketing 6 6 (1.237 %) Legal 7 4 (0.825 %) Construction 8 2 (0.412 %) Telecoms 8 2 (0.412 %) Publishing 9 1 (0.206 %) Insurance 9 1 (0.206 %) Local Government 9 1 (0.206 %) Aerospace	Job Titles 1 128 (26.39 %) Analyst 2 111 (22.89 %) Project Manager 3 56 (11.55 %) Business Analyst 4 42 (8.660 %) NHS Project Manager 5 37 (7.629 %) Developer 6 29 (5.979 %) Senior Manager 7 25 (5.155 %) Programme Manager 8 24 (4.948 %) Information Analyst 9 23 (4.742 %) Consultant 10 22 (4.536 %) Senior Project Manager 11 16 (3.299 %) Data Analyst 12 15 (3.093 %) Test Analyst 13 11 (2.268 %) Trainer 14 10 (2.062 %) Senior Analyst 14 10 (2.062 %) Technical Manager 14 10 (2.062 %) Project Officer 15 9 (1.856 %) Information Security Analyst 15 9 (1.856 %) Service Manager 15 9 (1.856 %) Security Analyst 15 9 (1.856 %) Architect
Miscellaneous 1 27 (5.567 %) NPfIT 2 19 (3.918 %) E-Learning 3 14 (2.887 %) Smartcard 4 13 (2.680 %) Informatics 5 12 (2.474 %) PKI 6 11 (2.268 %) PACS 7 7 (1.443 %) SCORM 8 5 (1.031 %) Freedom of Information 8 5 (1.031 %) Data Protection Act 9 4 (0.825 %) Freedom of Information Act 9 4 (0.825 %) Client/Server 10 1 (0.206 %) W3C 10 1 (0.206 %) Management Information System 10 1 (0.206 %) Economics 10 1 (0.206 %) Statistics 10 1 (0.206 %) Psychology 10 1 (0.206 %) Data Extraction	Operating Systems 1 26 (5.361 %) Windows 2 10 (2.062 %) Linux 2 10 (2.062 %) Windows XP 2 10 (2.062 %) UNIX 3 4 (0.825 %) Windows 2000 3 4 (0.825 %) Solaris 4 2 (0.412 %) Windows NT 4 2 (0.412 %) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies 1 149 (30.72 %) PRINCE2 2 93 (19.18 %) Project Management 3 35 (7.216 %) Stakeholder Management 4 29 (5.979 %) Supplier Management 5 28 (5.773 %) Programme Management 6 23 (4.742 %) Business Analysis 7 19 (3.918 %) Quality Management 8 16 (3.299 %) PRINCE 8 16 (3.299 %) Risk Management 9 15 (3.093 %) Migration 9 15 (3.093 %) ITIL 10 13 (2.680 %) Knowledge Management 11 12 (2.474 %) Systems Analysis 11 12 (2.474 %) Data Analysis 12 10 (2.062 %) UML 12 10 (2.062 %) Information Security 13 9 (1.856 %) Service Management 14 8 (1.649 %) Data Modelling 14 8 (1.649 %) Release Management 15 7 (1.443 %) Enterprise Architecture	Programming Languages 1 22 (4.536 %) SQL 2 6 (1.237 %) VB 2 6 (1.237 %) C# 3 4 (0.825 %) VBA 4 3 (0.619 %) Transact-SQL 5 2 (0.412 %) VBScript 5 2 (0.412 %) Java 5 2 (0.412 %) JavaScript 6 1 (0.206 %) PHP 6 1 (0.206 %) DHTML 6 1 (0.206 %) VB.NET 6 1 (0.206 %) C
Qualifications 1 31 (6.392 %) PRINCE2 Certification 2 20 (4.124 %) PRINCE2 Practitioner 3 10 (2.062 %) Degree 4 9 (1.856 %) ISEB 5 4 (0.825 %) ITIL Certification 5 4 (0.825 %) CIPD 6 2 (0.412 %) CCNA 6 2 (0.412 %) CITP 6 2 (0.412 %) MBCS 6 2 (0.412 %) MCP 6 2 (0.412 %) Cisco Certification 6 2 (0.412 %) Microsoft Certification 7 1 (0.206 %) Novell Certification 7 1 (0.206 %) CCNP 7 1 (0.206 %) Chartered Engineer	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 20 (4.124 %) QA 2 8 (1.649 %) ISO27001 3 7 (1.443 %) HL7 4 6 (1.237 %) SLA 5 4 (0.825 %) SNOMED CT
System Software 1 8 (1.649 %) Active Directory 2 6 (1.237 %) MetaFrame 3 1 (0.206 %) Oracle RMAN	Systems Management 1 6 (1.237 %) OpenView 2 5 (1.031 %) OVSD 3 3 (0.619 %) ZENworks
Vendors 1 47 (9.691 %) Microsoft 2 19 (3.918 %) Oracle 3 9 (1.856 %) HP 4 7 (1.443 %) Primavera 5 6 (1.237 %) Citrix 5 6 (1.237 %) Business Objects 6 5 (1.031 %) Novell 7 4 (0.825 %) Cisco 7 4 (0.825 %) Compuware 8 2 (0.412 %) Sun 8 2 (0.412 %) iSOFT 8 2 (0.412 %) Remedy 8 2 (0.412 %) BT 9 1 (0.206 %) Adobe 9 1 (0.206 %) Macromedia 9 1 (0.206 %) Lawson