The first part of the table below looks at the prevalence of the term NHS in IT jobs advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited NHS over the 3 months to 21 May 2012 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all terms in our Miscellaneous category for the Berkshire region.

National Health Service (NHS)
Location
3 months to
21 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank210185150
Rank change year-on-year
Down-25Down-35
Matching permanent IT job ads17921
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire0.277 %0.176 %0.514 %
As % of the Miscellaneous category1.075 %0.640 %1.944 %
Number of salaries quoted1498
Average salary£49,000£52,500£43,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.66 %+20.00 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£36,716£42,000£23,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£72,000£67,500£59,000
UK excluding London average salary£39,000£41,500£40,000
% change year-on-year
-6.02 %+3.75 %
Berkshire IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryAll Miscellaneous Category
Berkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
158214071080
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire25.77 %27.56 %26.44 %
Number of salaries quoted13141244914
Average salary£45,000£38,500£42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+16.88 %-9.41 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£30,000£26,000£25,050
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£60,000£60,000£60,000
UK excluding London average salary£40,000£37,500£37,500
% change year-on-year
+6.66 %-
NHS South EastNHS
South East

NHS
Demand Trend

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

Berkshire NHS Demand Trend

NHS
Salary Trend

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

Berkshire NHS Salary Trend

NHS
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing NHS across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 21 May 2012.

Berkshire NHS Salary Histogram

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 Berkshire region over the 3 months to 21 May 2012. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
ReadingDown-1211£50,000-4.76 %
SloughNew entry-2£35,309-
NHS South EastNHS
South East

NHS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2012, IT jobs across the Berkshire 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.

19 (29.03 %)PRINCE2
26 (19.35 %)Finance
35 (16.13 %)Project Management
35 (16.13 %)SQL
35 (16.13 %)Retail
44 (12.90 %)Business Development
44 (12.90 %)Degree
44 (12.90 %)Windows
44 (12.90 %)Business Intelligence
44 (12.90 %)Cisco
53 (9.677 %)ITIL
53 (9.677 %)NetApp
53 (9.677 %)Microsoft
53 (9.677 %)Data Warehouse
53 (9.677 %)SQL Server
53 (9.677 %)Replication
53 (9.677 %)VMware
53 (9.677 %)Programme Management
53 (9.677 %)Marketing
53 (9.677 %)IPTV
53 (9.677 %)Agile Software Development
53 (9.677 %)Banking
53 (9.677 %)Telecoms
53 (9.677 %)FMCG
53 (9.677 %)VMware Infrastructure
53 (9.677 %)Digital Media
62 (6.452 %)Data Protection
62 (6.452 %)Data Integration
62 (6.452 %)Bash shell
62 (6.452 %)PowerShell

NHS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2012, IT jobs across the Berkshire 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.

Berkshire IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
11 (3.226 %)ASP.NET
11 (3.226 %).NET
Berkshire IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
11 (3.226 %)IIS
Berkshire IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
12 (6.452 %)MS Visio
Berkshire IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
11 (3.226 %)OSPF
11 (3.226 %)EIGRP
11 (3.226 %)Intranet
11 (3.226 %)Internet
11 (3.226 %)Extranet
11 (3.226 %)Wireless
Berkshire IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (9.677 %)Data Warehouse
13 (9.677 %)SQL Server
22 (6.452 %)SQL Server Integration Services
22 (6.452 %)ETL
31 (3.226 %)Data Mining
31 (3.226 %)MySQL
31 (3.226 %)Data Mart
31 (3.226 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
Berkshire IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
11 (3.226 %)Visual Studio
Berkshire IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
16 (19.35 %)Finance
25 (16.13 %)Retail
33 (9.677 %)Marketing
33 (9.677 %)Banking
33 (9.677 %)Telecoms
42 (6.452 %)Local Government
42 (6.452 %)Law
51 (3.226 %)Manufacturing
Berkshire IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
15 (16.13 %)Project Manager
23 (9.677 %)Support Engineer
32 (6.452 %)Technical Delivery Manager
32 (6.452 %)Business Development Executive
32 (6.452 %)Technical Support
32 (6.452 %)Technical Engineer
32 (6.452 %)Technical Manager
32 (6.452 %)Delivery Manager
32 (6.452 %)Technical Support Engineer
32 (6.452 %)Support Specialist
32 (6.452 %)Architect
32 (6.452 %)Analyst
32 (6.452 %)Test Analyst
32 (6.452 %)Data Architect
32 (6.452 %)Network Engineer
32 (6.452 %)Administrator
41 (3.226 %)Applications Specialist
41 (3.226 %)Development Manager
41 (3.226 %)Consultant
41 (3.226 %)Test Manager
Berkshire IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
13 (9.677 %)Replication
13 (9.677 %)IPTV
13 (9.677 %)FMCG
13 (9.677 %)Digital Media
22 (6.452 %)Data Integration
22 (6.452 %)Management Information System
31 (3.226 %)Client/Server
31 (3.226 %)Symmetrix
31 (3.226 %)Cloud Computing
Berkshire IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
14 (12.90 %)Windows
22 (6.452 %)Linux
Berkshire IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
19 (29.03 %)PRINCE2
25 (16.13 %)Project Management
34 (12.90 %)Business Development
34 (12.90 %)Business Intelligence
43 (9.677 %)ITIL
43 (9.677 %)Programme Management
43 (9.677 %)Agile Software Development
52 (6.452 %)Data Protection
52 (6.452 %)Test Management
52 (6.452 %)Logistics
52 (6.452 %)Service Management
52 (6.452 %)Service Delivery
61 (3.226 %)SOA
61 (3.226 %)Regression Testing
61 (3.226 %)Migration
61 (3.226 %)User Acceptance Testing
61 (3.226 %)Performance Testing
61 (3.226 %)Resource Management
61 (3.226 %)Automated Testing
61 (3.226 %)Knowledge Management
Berkshire IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
15 (16.13 %)SQL
22 (6.452 %)Bash shell
22 (6.452 %)PowerShell
22 (6.452 %)C
31 (3.226 %)JavaScript
31 (3.226 %)T-SQL
Berkshire IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
14 (12.90 %)Degree
22 (6.452 %)ISTQB
22 (6.452 %)ISEB
31 (3.226 %)Cisco Certification
31 (3.226 %)CCNP
31 (3.226 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
Berkshire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (6.452 %)QA
12 (6.452 %)HL7
Berkshire IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
13 (9.677 %)VMware Infrastructure
22 (6.452 %)VMware ESX
Berkshire IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
11 (3.226 %)HP Quality Center
Berkshire IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
14 (12.90 %)Cisco
23 (9.677 %)NetApp
23 (9.677 %)Microsoft
23 (9.677 %)VMware
32 (6.452 %)Symantec
32 (6.452 %)IBM
32 (6.452 %)HP
32 (6.452 %)EMC
32 (6.452 %)Citrix
41 (3.226 %)Business Objects