The first part of the table below looks at the prevalence of the term NHS in IT jobs advertised for the Cheshire 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 Cheshire region.

National Health Service (NHS)
Location
3 months to
21 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank113109104
Rank change year-on-year
Down-4Down-5
Matching permanent IT job ads14812
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire0.715 %0.489 %0.678 %
As % of the Miscellaneous category2.905 %2.508 %2.824 %
Number of salaries quoted12810
Average salary£37,500£47,500£37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-21.05 %+26.66 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£20,000£36,500£36,150
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£47,500£47,500£60,000
UK excluding London average salary£39,000£41,500£40,000
% change year-on-year
-6.02 %+3.75 %
Cheshire IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryAll Miscellaneous Category
Cheshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
482319425
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire24.60 %19.50 %24.02 %
Number of salaries quoted420264383
Average salary£37,500£35,000£42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.14 %-17.64 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£23,050£25,000£27,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£58,500£60,000£55,000
UK excluding London average salary£40,000£37,500£37,500
% change year-on-year
+6.66 %-
NHS North WestNHS
North West

NHS
Demand Trend

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

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region.

Cheshire NHS Salary Trend

NHS
Salary Histogram

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

Cheshire 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 Cheshire 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
WarringtonDown-288£29,250-38.42 %
NHS North WestNHS
North West

NHS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

112 (41.38 %)SQL
211 (37.93 %)OO
211 (37.93 %)WCF
39 (31.03 %)Web Services
48 (27.59 %)XML
48 (27.59 %)XSD
48 (27.59 %)XSLT
48 (27.59 %)MSMQ
48 (27.59 %)Oracle
48 (27.59 %)SOA
48 (27.59 %)Middleware
48 (27.59 %)PL/SQL
48 (27.59 %)HL7
57 (24.14 %)Pharmaceutical
66 (20.69 %)Microsoft
74 (13.79 %)Microsoft Certification
74 (13.79 %)PRINCE2
74 (13.79 %)Software Engineering
83 (10.34 %)Finance
83 (10.34 %)WinForms
83 (10.34 %)Agile Software Development
83 (10.34 %).NET
83 (10.34 %)C#
83 (10.34 %)QA
83 (10.34 %)WPF
92 (6.897 %)DevExpress
92 (6.897 %)Computer Science
92 (6.897 %)Client/Server
92 (6.897 %)N-Tier
92 (6.897 %)Java

NHS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Cheshire IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
111 (37.93 %)WCF
29 (31.03 %)Web Services
38 (27.59 %)XML
38 (27.59 %)XSD
38 (27.59 %)XSLT
38 (27.59 %)Middleware
43 (10.34 %)WinForms
43 (10.34 %).NET
43 (10.34 %)WPF
51 (3.448 %)J2EE
51 (3.448 %)GWT
Cheshire IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
18 (27.59 %)MSMQ
21 (3.448 %)IIS
21 (3.448 %)SharePoint
21 (3.448 %)MS Exchange
21 (3.448 %)SharePoint 2010
Cheshire IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
11 (3.448 %)MS Project
11 (3.448 %)MS Office
11 (3.448 %)MS Excel
Cheshire IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
11 (3.448 %)Intranet
Cheshire IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (6.897 %)SQL Server
12 (6.897 %)SQL Server 2005
21 (3.448 %)OLAP
21 (3.448 %)OLTP
21 (3.448 %)SQL Server 2008
Cheshire IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
17 (24.14 %)Pharmaceutical
23 (10.34 %)Finance
Cheshire IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
16 (20.69 %)Analyst
25 (17.24 %)Technical Analyst
25 (17.24 %)Technical Specialist
25 (17.24 %)Project Manager
34 (13.79 %)Senior Manager
34 (13.79 %)Senior Project Manager
43 (10.34 %)Junior
43 (10.34 %)Software Engineer
52 (6.897 %)Integration Specialist
52 (6.897 %)Developer
52 (6.897 %)Junior Developer
52 (6.897 %)Junior Java Developer
52 (6.897 %)Java Developer
61 (3.448 %)Senior Software Engineer
61 (3.448 %)J2EE Developer
61 (3.448 %)Manual Tester
61 (3.448 %)Support Analyst
61 (3.448 %)Administrator
61 (3.448 %)Consultant
61 (3.448 %)DBA
Cheshire IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
12 (6.897 %)Computer Science
12 (6.897 %)Client/Server
12 (6.897 %)N-Tier
Cheshire IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
111 (37.93 %)OO
28 (27.59 %)SOA
34 (13.79 %)PRINCE2
34 (13.79 %)Software Engineering
43 (10.34 %)Agile Software Development
51 (3.448 %)Programme Management
51 (3.448 %)Workflow
51 (3.448 %)Software Testing
51 (3.448 %)Information Management
51 (3.448 %)Automated Testing
51 (3.448 %)Configuration Management
51 (3.448 %)Test Scripting
51 (3.448 %)System Testing
Cheshire IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
112 (41.38 %)SQL
28 (27.59 %)PL/SQL
33 (10.34 %)C#
42 (6.897 %)Java
Cheshire IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
14 (13.79 %)Microsoft Certification
22 (6.897 %)MCPD
22 (6.897 %)Degree
31 (3.448 %)MCTS
31 (3.448 %)MCT
Cheshire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
18 (27.59 %)HL7
23 (10.34 %)QA
Cheshire IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
11 (3.448 %)Active Directory
Cheshire IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
18 (27.59 %)Oracle
26 (20.69 %)Microsoft
32 (6.897 %)DevExpress
41 (3.448 %)McKesson