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The table below looks at the prevalence of the term 'Health' in IT jobs within the Chester region together with a comparison to our General terms category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Health over the 3 months to 13 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkHealth
Location
3 months to
13 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank4849
Rank change on same period last yearUp+1
Matching permanent IT job ads1921
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.011 %0.009 %
As % of the category below7.480 %7.266 %
Salaries quoted1721
Average minimum salary£29,588£30,533
Average salary£31,765£33,533
% change on same period last year-5.27 %
Average maximum salary£33,941£36,533
UK excluding London average salary£39,825£39,802
% change on same period last year+0.05 %
Chester IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
Chester
Matching permanent IT job ads254289
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.148 %0.124 %
Salaries quoted236251
Average minimum salary£30,587£30,824
Average salary£33,717£33,300
% change on same period last year+1.25 %
Average maximum salary£36,848£35,776
UK excluding London average salary£41,271£41,794
% change on same period last year-1.25 %
Health CheshireHealth
Cheshire

Health
Demand Trend

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

Chester Health Demand Trend

Health
Salary Trend

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

Chester Health Salary Trend

Health
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Health across the Chester region over the 3 months to 13 October 2008.

Chester Health Salary Histogram

Health
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT jobs across the Chester region citing Health 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 Health.

119 (61.29 %)C#
119 (61.29 %)SQL
217 (54.84 %)Pensions
316 (51.61 %).NET
316 (51.61 %)SQL Server
413 (41.94 %)SQL Server 2000
413 (41.94 %)SQL Server 2005
511 (35.48 %)Transact-SQL
610 (32.26 %)Delphi
610 (32.26 %)Oracle
610 (32.26 %)Oracle 9i
79 (29.03 %)Insurance
79 (29.03 %)Finance
88 (25.81 %)Oracle 10g
88 (25.81 %)C
88 (25.81 %)PL/SQL
97 (22.58 %)C++
97 (22.58 %)Windows
97 (22.58 %)OO
97 (22.58 %)ETL
106 (19.35 %)VB.NET
115 (16.13 %)Crystal Reports
115 (16.13 %)VB
115 (16.13 %)OOP
115 (16.13 %)Visual Studio
115 (16.13 %)ADO.NET
115 (16.13 %)Chemicals
115 (16.13 %)WinForms
115 (16.13 %)VB6
115 (16.13 %)Marketing

Health
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT jobs across the Chester region citing Health 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 Health. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Chester IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
116 (51.61 %).NET
25 (16.13 %)ADO.NET
25 (16.13 %)WinForms
34 (12.90 %)ASP.NET
43 (9.677 %)CSS
43 (9.677 %)AJAX
43 (9.677 %)HTML
52 (6.452 %)J2EE
52 (6.452 %).NET Framework
52 (6.452 %)SOAP
52 (6.452 %)XHTML
61 (3.226 %)MDX
Chester IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (6.452 %)WebLogic
12 (6.452 %)JBoss
21 (3.226 %)IIS
Chester IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
13 (9.677 %)MS Excel
22 (6.452 %)MS Visio
Chester IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
12 (6.452 %)Oracle 11i
12 (6.452 %)Oracle Applications
Chester IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (3.226 %)DMZ
11 (3.226 %)Internet
Chester IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
116 (51.61 %)SQL Server
213 (41.94 %)SQL Server 2000
213 (41.94 %)SQL Server 2005
310 (32.26 %)Oracle 9i
48 (25.81 %)Oracle 10g
57 (22.58 %)ETL
65 (16.13 %)Crystal Reports
73 (9.677 %)Datawarehouse
73 (9.677 %)Oracle 8/8i
82 (6.452 %)Oracle Reports
82 (6.452 %)Oracle Discoverer
82 (6.452 %)RDBMS
82 (6.452 %)SQL Server 7
91 (3.226 %)DTS
91 (3.226 %)SQL Server Integration Services
91 (3.226 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
Chester IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
15 (16.13 %)Visual Studio
22 (6.452 %)Oracle Forms
22 (6.452 %)InstallShield
Chester IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
117 (54.84 %)Pensions
29 (29.03 %)Finance
29 (29.03 %)Insurance
35 (16.13 %)Chemicals
35 (16.13 %)Marketing
42 (6.452 %)Retail
Chester IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
118 (58.06 %)Developer
28 (25.81 %)Oracle Developer
28 (25.81 %)C# Developer
35 (16.13 %)Software Developer
35 (16.13 %)CSharp Software Developer
43 (9.677 %)Development Manager
52 (6.452 %).NET Developer
52 (6.452 %)Senior Developer
52 (6.452 %)Programmer
52 (6.452 %)Lead Developer
52 (6.452 %)Java Developer
52 (6.452 %)Team Leader
52 (6.452 %)Java Team Leader
52 (6.452 %)Senior Java Developer
52 (6.452 %)Lead Java Developer
61 (3.226 %)Linux Engineer
61 (3.226 %)MI Analyst
61 (3.226 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
61 (3.226 %)Oracle DBA
61 (3.226 %)IT Trainer
Chester IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (9.677 %)NHS
Chester IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
17 (22.58 %)Windows
23 (9.677 %)Linux
32 (6.452 %)UNIX
41 (3.226 %)Red Hat Linux
Chester IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
17 (22.58 %)OO
25 (16.13 %)OOP
33 (9.677 %)Agile Software Development
42 (6.452 %)PRINCE2
42 (6.452 %)Project Management
42 (6.452 %)Unit Testing
51 (3.226 %)Security Cleared
51 (3.226 %)Migration
51 (3.226 %)Configuration Management
51 (3.226 %)Data Management
51 (3.226 %)Data Analysis
51 (3.226 %)Load Balancing
Chester IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
119 (61.29 %)C#
119 (61.29 %)SQL
211 (35.48 %)Transact-SQL
310 (32.26 %)Delphi
48 (25.81 %)C
48 (25.81 %)PL/SQL
57 (22.58 %)C++
66 (19.35 %)VB.NET
75 (16.13 %)VB6
75 (16.13 %)VB
83 (9.677 %)JavaScript
92 (6.452 %)Java
Chester IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (6.452 %)HND
12 (6.452 %)OCP
12 (6.452 %)Oracle Certification
12 (6.452 %)Degree
Chester IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
110 (32.26 %)Oracle
23 (9.677 %)Microsoft
32 (6.452 %)BEA
41 (3.226 %)Red Hat
41 (3.226 %)iSOFT