The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term NHS in IT jobs advertised for the Bedfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited NHS over the 3 months to 24 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 Bedfordshire region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
National Health Service (NHS)
Rank 90 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing NHS 4 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 0.367% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.307% - -
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 0
Average salary £40,500 - -
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £39,000 £41,500
% change year-on-year
-2.56% -6.02%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Bedfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
306 286 300
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 28.10% 30.07% 34.17%
Number of salaries quoted 278 234 281
Average salary £40,000 £41,500 £37,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
-3.61% +9.93%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,400 £26,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £55,000 £54,100
UK excluding London average salary £39,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.50% +6.66%
NHS
East of England

NHS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bedfordshire NHS Jobs Demand Trend

NHS
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing NHS across the Bedfordshire region.

Bedfordshire NHS Salary Trend

NHS
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing NHS within the Bedfordshire region over the 3 months to 24 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Bedford - 4 £40,500 -
NHS
East of England

NHS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedfordshire 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 IT job ads sampled that cited NHS.

1 4 (66.67%) Agile Software Development
2 3 (50.00%) Client/Server
2 3 (50.00%) Business Analysis
2 3 (50.00%) JIRA
2 3 (50.00%) Wiki
2 3 (50.00%) Use Case
2 3 (50.00%) User Stories
3 2 (33.33%) CRM
3 2 (33.33%) Degree
4 1 (16.67%) Risk Analysis
4 1 (16.67%) Software Testing
4 1 (16.67%) ISTQB
4 1 (16.67%) Marketing
4 1 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (16.67%) Test Scripting
4 1 (16.67%) Visual Studio Team System
4 1 (16.67%) Visualisation
4 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
4 1 (16.67%) ISEB
4 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (16.67%) Project Management
4 1 (16.67%) C
4 1 (16.67%) SQL
4 1 (16.67%) SQL Server
4 1 (16.67%) Crystal Reports
4 1 (16.67%) XML
4 1 (16.67%) Workflow
4 1 (16.67%) Scrum
4 1 (16.67%) PACS
4 1 (16.67%) NUnit

NHS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedfordshire 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 IT job ads sampled that cited NHS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (16.67%) XML
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) SQL Server
1 1 (16.67%) Crystal Reports
1 1 (16.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 3 (50.00%) JIRA
2 1 (16.67%) Visual Studio Team System
2 1 (16.67%) NUnit
General
1 1 (16.67%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Business Analyst
1 3 (50.00%) Analyst
2 2 (33.33%) Agile Business Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Project Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Technical Support
3 1 (16.67%) Systems Tester
3 1 (16.67%) Tester
Miscellaneous
1 3 (50.00%) Client/Server
1 3 (50.00%) Wiki
2 1 (16.67%) Visualisation
2 1 (16.67%) PACS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Agile Software Development
2 3 (50.00%) Business Analysis
2 3 (50.00%) Use Case
2 3 (50.00%) User Stories
3 2 (33.33%) CRM
4 1 (16.67%) Risk Analysis
4 1 (16.67%) Software Testing
4 1 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (16.67%) Test Scripting
4 1 (16.67%) Project Management
4 1 (16.67%) Workflow
4 1 (16.67%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) C
1 1 (16.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) Degree
2 1 (16.67%) ISTQB
2 1 (16.67%) ISEB
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
Bedford, Bedfordshire
Ideally you will be able to bring experience of working on local authority and government - multi agency areas such as Social Care, NHS, Police, Schools, Councils, ContactPoint, Charity...
Understanding Recruitment
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 19 May 2013