Yorkshire NHS Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for National Health Service (NHS) skills within the 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 13 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

National Health Service (NHS)
Location Avon Banstead Barking Barnsley Basingstoke Bath Bedfordshire Berkshire Birmingham Blackburn Blackpool Bolton Bournemouth Bradford Bridgend Brighton Bristol Bromley Buckinghamshire Burton-upon-Trent Bury Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canterbury Chelmsford Chertsey Cheshire City of London Coventry Dartford Derby Derbyshire Devon Doncaster Dorchester Dorking Dorset Dover Dudley East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Eastbourne Edinburgh England Epsom Essex Exeter Fleetwood Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Great Yarmouth Gwent Hammersmith Hampshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Home Counties Hounslow Huddersfield Hull Ipswich Kent Kidderminster Lancashire Lancaster Leatherhead Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Lewes Lincolnshire Liverpool London Luton M4 Corridor Maidstone Manchester Merseyside Middlesbrough Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Norfolk North East North Shields North Wales North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Nuneaton Oxford Oxfordshire Paisley Poole Portsmouth Preston Reading Redditch Renfrewshire Romford Rotherham Salford Scotland Scunthorpe Sheffield Shrewsbury Shropshire Slough Somerset South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southport St Albans Stafford Staffordshire Stockport Stoke-on-Trent Suffolk Surrey Sussex Swansea Swindon Tamworth Taunton Teddington Thames Valley Tyne and Wear Tyneside UK Uxbridge Wakefield Wales Walsall Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Wigan Wiltshire Winchester Wirral Wolverhampton Worcestershire Yorkshire	3 months to 13 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	4	22
Rank change on same period last year	+18
Matching contract IT job ads	481	216
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.680 %	0.219 %
As % of the category below	56.46 %	31.08 %
Daily rates quoted	105	44
Average minimum daily rate	£375	£343
Average daily rate	£402	£385
% change on same period last year	+4.52 %
Average maximum daily rate	£430	£427
UK excluding London average daily rate	£322	£321
% change on same period last year	+0.16 %
Hourly rates quoted	25	23
Average minimum hourly rate	£16.12	£17.88
Average hourly rate	£18.98	£21.33
% change on same period last year	-10.97 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£21.85	£24.77
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£20.01	£19.30
% change on same period last year	+3.70 %
Miscellaneous Yorkshire
Matching contract IT job ads	852	695
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	1.205 %	0.704 %
Daily rates quoted	183	111
Average minimum daily rate	£347	£340
Average daily rate	£373	£371
% change on same period last year	+0.57 %
Average maximum daily rate	£400	£403
UK excluding London average daily rate	£349	£344
% change on same period last year	+1.42 %
Hourly rates quoted	56	73
Average minimum hourly rate	£21.48	£19.31
Average hourly rate	£23.65	£21.76
% change on same period last year	+8.70 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£25.82	£24.20
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£25.09	£26.20
% change on same period last year	-4.24 %
NHS England

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 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 Yorkshire region.

NHS
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing NHS across the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 13 October 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 Yorkshire region.

NHS
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing NHS across the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 13 October 2008.

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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 13 October 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
West Yorkshire	+12	361	£416	+6.56 %
South Yorkshire	+22	28	£263	-
East Yorkshire	-	9	£209	-
North Yorkshire	+1	2	£450	+20.00 %

NHS England

NHS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the 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.

1 325 (39.44 %) Health 2 186 (22.57 %) PRINCE2 3 133 (16.14 %) Project Management 4 76 (9.223 %) Government 5 57 (6.917 %) MS Office 6 56 (6.796 %) MS Excel 7 55 (6.675 %) Finance 8 54 (6.553 %) NPfIT 8 54 (6.553 %) SQL 9 52 (6.311 %) Microsoft 10 51 (6.189 %) SharePoint 11 45 (5.461 %) Stakeholder Management 12 41 (4.976 %) Windows 13 36 (4.369 %) Migration 13 36 (4.369 %) PRINCE2 Certification

13 36 (4.369 %) Business Analysis 14 35 (4.248 %) SQL Server 15 34 (4.126 %) Informatics 16 33 (4.005 %) Software Testing 17 31 (3.762 %) Business Objects 17 31 (3.762 %) BusinessObjects 18 30 (3.641 %) XML 18 30 (3.641 %) Oracle 18 30 (3.641 %) Programme Management 19 29 (3.519 %) MS Access 19 29 (3.519 %) SharePoint Server 2007 20 28 (3.398 %) .NET 20 28 (3.398 %) Service Management 21 27 (3.277 %) Management Information System 22 26 (3.155 %) ITIL

NHS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the 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 30 (3.641 %) XML 2 28 (3.398 %) .NET 3 18 (2.184 %) ASP.NET 4 14 (1.699 %) WebServices 5 10 (1.214 %) SOAP 6 9 (1.092 %) XML Schema 7 7 (0.850 %) ASP 7 7 (0.850 %) ASP.NET 2.0 8 6 (0.728 %) .NET Framework 9 5 (0.607 %) CSS 9 5 (0.607 %) ebXML 10 4 (0.485 %) XML Messaging 10 4 (0.485 %) XHTML 10 4 (0.485 %) WSDL 11 3 (0.364 %) ADO.NET 11 3 (0.364 %) XSLT 12 2 (0.243 %) Windows SharePoint Services 12 2 (0.243 %) Silverlight 12 2 (0.243 %) XSD 13 1 (0.121 %) Spring	Application Platforms 1 51 (6.189 %) SharePoint 2 29 (3.519 %) SharePoint Server 2007 3 9 (1.092 %) SharePoint Portal Server 4 6 (0.728 %) CMS 5 4 (0.485 %) Lotus Notes 6 3 (0.364 %) IIS 7 2 (0.243 %) Apache
Applications 1 57 (6.917 %) MS Office 2 56 (6.796 %) MS Excel 3 23 (2.791 %) MS Visio 4 18 (2.184 %) MS Project 5 13 (1.578 %) MS PowerPoint 6 9 (1.092 %) InfoPath 7 8 (0.971 %) Spreadsheet 8 1 (0.121 %) CA Clarity 8 1 (0.121 %) SPSS 8 1 (0.121 %) RoboHelp	Business Applications 1 2 (0.243 %) Oracle 11i 2 1 (0.121 %) WebTrends 2 1 (0.121 %) Misys Midas
Communications & Networking 1 15 (1.820 %) Firewall 2 10 (1.214 %) DNS 3 8 (0.971 %) Internet 4 6 (0.728 %) VPN 4 6 (0.728 %) LAN 4 6 (0.728 %) WAN 5 4 (0.485 %) HTTP 6 3 (0.364 %) TCP/IP 7 2 (0.243 %) DHCP 7 2 (0.243 %) LDAP 7 2 (0.243 %) X.500 7 2 (0.243 %) SSL 8 1 (0.121 %) Intranet 8 1 (0.121 %) 3G 8 1 (0.121 %) Wireless 8 1 (0.121 %) IP Telephony 8 1 (0.121 %) Broadband 8 1 (0.121 %) VoIP	Database & Business Intelligence 1 35 (4.248 %) SQL Server 2 31 (3.762 %) BusinessObjects 3 29 (3.519 %) MS Access 4 22 (2.670 %) EDRMS 5 17 (2.063 %) SQL Server 2005 6 14 (1.699 %) Datawarehouse 7 6 (0.728 %) Oracle 9i 8 5 (0.607 %) Oracle 8/8i 8 5 (0.607 %) SQL Server Integration Services 9 4 (0.485 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 9 4 (0.485 %) Oracle 10g 10 3 (0.364 %) SQL Server 2000 10 3 (0.364 %) DTS 11 2 (0.243 %) Oracle Reports 11 2 (0.243 %) SQL Server Analysis Services 11 2 (0.243 %) Data Cleansing 12 1 (0.121 %) Oracle 11g 12 1 (0.121 %) OLAP 12 1 (0.121 %) Crystal Reports 12 1 (0.121 %) Data Mining
Development Applications 1 6 (0.728 %) Flash 2 4 (0.485 %) LoadRunner 3 3 (0.364 %) TestDirector 4 2 (0.243 %) Visual Studio 5 1 (0.121 %) Rational Rose 5 1 (0.121 %) ClearQuest	General 1 325 (39.44 %) Health 2 76 (9.223 %) Government 3 55 (6.675 %) Finance 4 21 (2.549 %) Marketing 5 14 (1.699 %) Local Government 5 14 (1.699 %) Education 6 7 (0.850 %) Legal 7 6 (0.728 %) Construction 8 5 (0.607 %) Publishing 8 5 (0.607 %) Aerospace 9 2 (0.243 %) Pharmaceutical 10 1 (0.121 %) Telecoms 10 1 (0.121 %) Insurance
Job Titles 1 241 (29.25 %) Analyst 2 178 (21.60 %) Project Manager 3 98 (11.89 %) Business Analyst 4 78 (9.466 %) NHS Project Manager 5 65 (7.888 %) Information Analyst 6 47 (5.704 %) Developer 7 37 (4.490 %) Senior Manager 8 29 (3.519 %) Data Analyst 9 28 (3.398 %) Senior Project Manager 10 26 (3.155 %) Senior Analyst 11 25 (3.034 %) Trainer 11 25 (3.034 %) Programme Manager 12 24 (2.913 %) Consultant 13 22 (2.670 %) NHS Information Analyst 14 21 (2.549 %) Implementation Manager 15 20 (2.427 %) Test Analyst 16 17 (2.063 %) Business Manager 17 15 (1.820 %) Technical Support 18 14 (1.699 %) Communications Manager 19 13 (1.578 %) Technical Engineer	Miscellaneous 1 54 (6.553 %) NPfIT 2 34 (4.126 %) Informatics 3 27 (3.277 %) Management Information System 4 18 (2.184 %) PACS 5 13 (1.578 %) E-Learning 6 12 (1.456 %) Smartcard 7 11 (1.335 %) Statistics 8 9 (1.092 %) PKI 9 7 (0.850 %) SCORM 10 6 (0.728 %) Freedom of Information 11 5 (0.607 %) Taxonomies 11 5 (0.607 %) Data Protection Act 12 4 (0.485 %) Freedom of Information Act 12 4 (0.485 %) Client/Server 13 3 (0.364 %) Data Extraction 13 3 (0.364 %) Copywriting 14 2 (0.243 %) Podcast 15 1 (0.121 %) Video Conferencing 15 1 (0.121 %) Tandem 15 1 (0.121 %) Economics
Operating Systems 1 41 (4.976 %) Windows 2 19 (2.306 %) Windows XP 3 15 (1.820 %) UNIX 4 10 (1.214 %) Linux 5 9 (1.092 %) Solaris 6 7 (0.850 %) Windows 2000 7 5 (0.607 %) Windows Vista 8 4 (0.485 %) Windows Server 2003 9 1 (0.121 %) Windows Mobile 9 1 (0.121 %) Windows 2000 Server	Processes & Methodologies 1 186 (22.57 %) PRINCE2 2 133 (16.14 %) Project Management 3 45 (5.461 %) Stakeholder Management 4 36 (4.369 %) Migration 4 36 (4.369 %) Business Analysis 5 33 (4.005 %) Software Testing 6 30 (3.641 %) Programme Management 7 28 (3.398 %) Service Management 8 26 (3.155 %) ITIL 8 26 (3.155 %) Supplier Management 9 25 (3.034 %) Quality Management 9 25 (3.034 %) User Acceptance Testing 9 25 (3.034 %) Data Migration 10 24 (2.913 %) UML 11 21 (2.549 %) Data Analysis 12 20 (2.427 %) Risk Management 13 18 (2.184 %) PRINCE 13 18 (2.184 %) Change Management 14 17 (2.063 %) Systems Analysis 15 14 (1.699 %) Release Management
Programming Languages 1 54 (6.553 %) SQL 2 12 (1.456 %) C# 3 9 (1.092 %) VBA 4 5 (0.607 %) PL/SQL 4 5 (0.607 %) Delphi 5 4 (0.485 %) Transact-SQL 6 3 (0.364 %) VBScript 6 3 (0.364 %) C 7 2 (0.243 %) Perl 8 1 (0.121 %) FoxPro (VFP) 8 1 (0.121 %) VB.NET 8 1 (0.121 %) DHTML 8 1 (0.121 %) JavaScript	Qualifications 1 36 (4.369 %) PRINCE2 Certification 2 23 (2.791 %) PRINCE2 Practitioner 3 22 (2.670 %) ISEB 4 20 (2.427 %) Degree 5 9 (1.092 %) ITIL Certification 6 4 (0.485 %) CIPD 7 3 (0.364 %) Cisco Certification 8 2 (0.243 %) Sun Certification 8 2 (0.243 %) OCA 8 2 (0.243 %) Oracle Certification 8 2 (0.243 %) CITP 8 2 (0.243 %) ISEB Practitioner 8 2 (0.243 %) MBCS 9 1 (0.121 %) PMP 9 1 (0.121 %) PMI Certification 9 1 (0.121 %) MCIPD 9 1 (0.121 %) Microsoft Certification 9 1 (0.121 %) MCP 9 1 (0.121 %) CCNP 9 1 (0.121 %) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 24 (2.913 %) QA 2 11 (1.335 %) ISO27001 3 6 (0.728 %) SLA 4 5 (0.607 %) HL7 5 1 (0.121 %) EFQM 5 1 (0.121 %) ISO9000	System Software 1 24 (2.913 %) Active Directory 2 2 (0.243 %) MetaFrame 2 2 (0.243 %) Microsoft Virtual Server 2 2 (0.243 %) VMware Infrastructure 3 1 (0.121 %) Oracle RMAN
Systems Management 1 8 (0.971 %) OpenView 2 7 (0.850 %) OVSD 3 2 (0.243 %) ZENworks	Vendors 1 52 (6.311 %) Microsoft 2 31 (3.762 %) Business Objects 3 30 (3.641 %) Oracle 4 10 (1.214 %) HP 5 9 (1.092 %) Compuware 5 9 (1.092 %) Meridio 6 8 (0.971 %) Cognos 7 7 (0.850 %) Cisco 8 4 (0.485 %) Lotus 8 4 (0.485 %) Primavera 9 3 (0.364 %) iSOFT 10 2 (0.243 %) Remedy 10 2 (0.243 %) Sarvega 10 2 (0.243 %) Novell 10 2 (0.243 %) BT 10 2 (0.243 %) VMware 10 2 (0.243 %) Citrix 10 2 (0.243 %) Progress 10 2 (0.243 %) Sun 11 1 (0.121 %) Macromedia