Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for National Health Service (NHS) skills within the Birmingham region with a comparison to our Miscellaneous category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited NHS over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkNational Health Service (NHS)
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank111135
Rank change on same period last yearUp+24
Matching permanent IT job ads146
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.009 %0.003 %
As % of the category below3.440 %1.824 %
Salaries quoted135
Average minimum salary£32,385£35,200
Average salary£35,923£36,700
% change on same period last year-2.11 %
Average maximum salary£39,462£38,200
UK excluding London average salary£37,803£40,498
% change on same period last year-6.65 %
Birmingham IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
Birmingham
Matching permanent IT job ads407329
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.263 %0.147 %
Salaries quoted370249
Average minimum salary£33,243£36,507
Average salary£36,220£38,670
% change on same period last year-6.33 %
Average maximum salary£39,196£40,833
UK excluding London average salary£37,532£40,020
% change on same period last year-6.21 %
NHS West MidlandsNHS
West Midlands

NHS
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing NHS across the Birmingham region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Birmingham 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 Birmingham region.

Birmingham NHS Salary Trend

NHS
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing NHS across the Birmingham region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008.

Birmingham NHS Salary Histogram

NHS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT jobs across the Birmingham 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.

115 (46.88 %)Health
29 (28.13 %)Degree
29 (28.13 %)SQL
29 (28.13 %)SQL Server
37 (21.88 %).NET
37 (21.88 %)Project Management
46 (18.75 %)SQL Server 2000
46 (18.75 %)ASP.NET
46 (18.75 %)PRINCE2
46 (18.75 %)Education
46 (18.75 %)Government
55 (15.63 %)VB.NET
55 (15.63 %)MS Excel
64 (12.50 %)Wireless
64 (12.50 %)SQL Server 2005
73 (9.375 %)Statistics
73 (9.375 %)C#
82 (6.250 %)JavaScript
82 (6.250 %)Oracle
82 (6.250 %)Transact-SQL
82 (6.250 %)MCSE
82 (6.250 %)LAN
82 (6.250 %)VoIP
82 (6.250 %)WAN
82 (6.250 %)LIMS
82 (6.250 %)Microsoft Certification
82 (6.250 %)SAN
82 (6.250 %)Law
82 (6.250 %)Agile Software Development
82 (6.250 %)Information Security

NHS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT jobs across the Birmingham 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.

Birmingham IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
17 (21.88 %).NET
26 (18.75 %)ASP.NET
31 (3.125 %)XML
31 (3.125 %)HTML
Birmingham IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
15 (15.63 %)MS Excel
21 (3.125 %)FreeHand
21 (3.125 %)Adobe Illustrator
21 (3.125 %)Photoshop
21 (3.125 %)MS Office
Birmingham IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
14 (12.50 %)Wireless
22 (6.250 %)Firewall
22 (6.250 %)LAN
22 (6.250 %)VoIP
22 (6.250 %)WAN
22 (6.250 %)SAN
31 (3.125 %)Internet
Birmingham IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
19 (28.13 %)SQL Server
26 (18.75 %)SQL Server 2000
34 (12.50 %)SQL Server 2005
41 (3.125 %)OLAP
41 (3.125 %)MS Access
41 (3.125 %)Datawarehouse
41 (3.125 %)RDBMS
Birmingham IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (3.125 %)Flash
11 (3.125 %)TestDirector
Birmingham IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
115 (46.88 %)Health
26 (18.75 %)Education
26 (18.75 %)Government
32 (6.250 %)Law
41 (3.125 %)Multimedia
41 (3.125 %)Pharmaceutical
41 (3.125 %)Telecoms
Birmingham IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13 (9.375 %)Developer
13 (9.375 %)Consultant
22 (6.250 %)Junior
22 (6.250 %)Implementation Consultant
22 (6.250 %)Implementation Manager
22 (6.250 %)C# Developer
31 (3.125 %)IT Project Manager
31 (3.125 %)Information Analyst
31 (3.125 %)Presales Consultant
31 (3.125 %)QA Engineer
31 (3.125 %)Telecoms Engineer
31 (3.125 %)Information Manager
31 (3.125 %)IT Security Manager
31 (3.125 %)Security Manager
31 (3.125 %)Auditor
31 (3.125 %)NHS Information Analyst
31 (3.125 %)Project Manager
31 (3.125 %)Analyst
31 (3.125 %)Sales Consultant
31 (3.125 %)Senior Developer
Birmingham IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (9.375 %)Statistics
22 (6.250 %)LIMS
31 (3.125 %)NPfIT
31 (3.125 %)Biology
Birmingham IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (3.125 %)UNIX
11 (3.125 %)Windows
Birmingham IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
17 (21.88 %)Project Management
26 (18.75 %)PRINCE2
32 (6.250 %)Information Security
32 (6.250 %)Agile Software Development
41 (3.125 %)Information Management
41 (3.125 %)WFM
41 (3.125 %)Business Intelligence
Birmingham IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
19 (28.13 %)SQL
25 (15.63 %)VB.NET
33 (9.375 %)C#
42 (6.250 %)JavaScript
42 (6.250 %)Transact-SQL
51 (3.125 %)C
51 (3.125 %)Java
Birmingham IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
19 (28.13 %)Degree
22 (6.250 %)MCSE
22 (6.250 %)Microsoft Certification
31 (3.125 %)CISA
31 (3.125 %)QiCA
31 (3.125 %)ISEB
Birmingham IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (3.125 %)QA
Birmingham IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (6.250 %)Oracle
21 (3.125 %)ION Trading