The first 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 19 June 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 Cheshire region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
National Health Service (NHS)
Rank 93 125 97
Rank change year-on-year
+32 -28
Permanent jobs citing NHS 29 11 21
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 1.576% 0.509% 1.206%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 6.318% 1.903% 4.884%
Number of salaries quoted 9 9 18
Average salary £35,000 £32,500 £47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.69% -31.57%
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £37,500 £41,500
% change year-on-year
+1.33% -9.63%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Cheshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
459 578 430
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 24.95% 26.73% 24.68%
Number of salaries quoted 356 511 346
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,500 £25,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £53,500 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
NHS
North West

NHS
Jobs Demand Trend

This 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 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 Cheshire region.

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
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Job
Vacancies
Warrington +25 21 £35,000 +34.61% 3
NHS
North West

NHS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, 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.

1 13 (30.23%) Marketing
1 13 (30.23%) QA
2 12 (27.91%) Software Testing
3 11 (25.58%) PACS
4 9 (20.93%) e-Health
4 9 (20.93%) Pharmaceutical
5 7 (16.28%) SQL Server
6 6 (13.95%) SQL
6 6 (13.95%) ISEB
6 6 (13.95%) User Acceptance Testing
7 5 (11.63%) HTML5
7 5 (11.63%) Workflow
7 5 (11.63%) VB
8 4 (9.302%) C
8 4 (9.302%) C++
8 4 (9.302%) HTML
8 4 (9.302%) Perl
8 4 (9.302%) PL/SQL
8 4 (9.302%) DB2
8 4 (9.302%) ERP
8 4 (9.302%) RDBMS
8 4 (9.302%) Oracle
8 4 (9.302%) XAML
8 4 (9.302%) Test Scripting
8 4 (9.302%) Selenium
9 3 (6.977%) Stakeholder Management
9 3 (6.977%) Change Management
10 2 (4.651%) Management Information System
10 2 (4.651%) Project Management
10 2 (4.651%) Microsoft

NHS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 5 (11.63%) HTML5
2 4 (9.302%) HTML
3 1 (2.326%) CSS3
3 1 (2.326%) ASP.NET
3 1 (2.326%) CSS
3 1 (2.326%) XML
3 1 (2.326%) XSLT
3 1 (2.326%) .NET
Applications
1 2 (4.651%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (16.28%) SQL Server
2 4 (9.302%) DB2
2 4 (9.302%) RDBMS
3 2 (4.651%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (2.326%) SQL Server 2008
4 1 (2.326%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 4 (9.302%) Selenium
General
1 13 (30.23%) Marketing
2 9 (20.93%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 8 (18.60%) Analyst
2 6 (13.95%) Test Analyst
3 4 (9.302%) Tester
3 4 (9.302%) Senior UI Designer
3 4 (9.302%) Automation Tester
3 4 (9.302%) UI Designer
3 4 (9.302%) Designer
3 4 (9.302%) Senior Designer
4 3 (6.977%) Product Specialist
4 3 (6.977%) Business Change Consultant
4 3 (6.977%) Implementation Specialist
4 3 (6.977%) Business Consultant
4 3 (6.977%) Change Consultant
4 3 (6.977%) Product Manager
4 3 (6.977%) Consultant
5 2 (4.651%) Project Manager
5 2 (4.651%) IT Project Manager
5 2 (4.651%) Information Specialist
6 1 (2.326%) Automation Analyst
6 1 (2.326%) C# .NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 11 (25.58%) PACS
2 9 (20.93%) e-Health
3 2 (4.651%) Management Information System
3 2 (4.651%) Informatics
3 2 (4.651%) Data Extraction
4 1 (2.326%) Mobile App
4 1 (2.326%) LIMS
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.326%) Android
1 1 (2.326%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (27.91%) Software Testing
2 6 (13.95%) User Acceptance Testing
3 5 (11.63%) Workflow
4 4 (9.302%) ERP
4 4 (9.302%) Test Scripting
5 3 (6.977%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (6.977%) Change Management
6 2 (4.651%) Project Management
6 2 (4.651%) PRINCE2
6 2 (4.651%) Migration
6 2 (4.651%) Time Management
6 2 (4.651%) Data Migration
7 1 (2.326%) Web Application Development
7 1 (2.326%) Product Management
7 1 (2.326%) Test Strategy
7 1 (2.326%) Agile Software Development
7 1 (2.326%) GAP Analysis
Programming Languages
1 6 (13.95%) SQL
2 5 (11.63%) VB
3 4 (9.302%) C
3 4 (9.302%) C++
3 4 (9.302%) Perl
3 4 (9.302%) PL/SQL
3 4 (9.302%) XAML
4 1 (2.326%) C#
Qualifications
1 6 (13.95%) ISEB
2 2 (4.651%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (30.23%) QA
Vendors
1 4 (9.302%) Oracle
2 2 (4.651%) Microsoft
3 1 (2.326%) Progress
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