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

National Health Service (NHS)
Location
3 months to
21 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank563611407
Rank change year-on-year
Up+48Down-204
Matching permanent IT job ads302252369
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England0.265 %0.218 %0.407 %
As % of the Miscellaneous category0.835 %0.652 %1.226 %
Number of salaries quoted249227292
Average salary£40,000£41,500£40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-3.61 %+3.75 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£25,650£25,000£25,195
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£55,000£60,000£58,200
UK excluding London average salary£39,000£41,500£40,000
% change year-on-year
-6.02 %+3.75 %
England IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryAll Miscellaneous Category
England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
361523863730107
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England31.78 %33.43 %33.24 %
Number of salaries quoted306423257824844
Average salary£45,000£50,000£50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-10.00 %-
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£29,000£28,000£28,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£75,000£85,000£82,500
UK excluding London average salary£40,000£37,500£37,500
% change year-on-year
+6.66 %-
NHS UKNHS
UK

NHS
Demand Trend

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

England 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 England region.

England NHS Salary Trend

NHS
Salary Histogram

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

England 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 England 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
LondonDown-7101£42,500-3.40 %
South EastDown-3393£45,000+8.43 %
North WestDown-1025£30,000-29.80 %
East of EnglandUp+1519£35,000-
YorkshireUp+1219£34,500-18.82 %
South WestDown-117£35,000+23.34 %
East MidlandsUp+1114£29,000+16.00 %
West MidlandsDown-178£44,750-10.50 %
MidlandsNew entry-4£34,000-
North EastNew entry-1£30,000-
NHS UKNHS
UK

NHS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1159 (26.95 %)SQL Server
2148 (25.08 %)SQL
3118 (20.00 %)Microsoft
4100 (16.95 %)Finance
595 (16.10 %)Degree
691 (15.42 %).NET
782 (13.90 %)C#
868 (11.53 %)Project Management
967 (11.36 %)Oracle
967 (11.36 %)PRINCE2
1064 (10.85 %)Business Intelligence
1163 (10.68 %)MS Excel
1258 (9.831 %)ITIL
1357 (9.661 %)JavaScript
1454 (9.153 %)CSS
1548 (8.136 %)Data Warehouse
1647 (7.966 %)OO
1746 (7.797 %)XML
1746 (7.797 %)Windows
1746 (7.797 %)ASP.NET
1841 (6.949 %)Service Delivery
1841 (6.949 %)Java
1938 (6.441 %)Management Information System
1938 (6.441 %)Marketing
2034 (5.763 %).NET Framework
2034 (5.763 %)SharePoint
2133 (5.593 %)Active Directory
2133 (5.593 %)jQuery
2231 (5.254 %)Back Office
2231 (5.254 %)Agile Software Development

NHS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

England IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
191 (15.42 %).NET
254 (9.153 %)CSS
346 (7.797 %)XML
346 (7.797 %)ASP.NET
434 (5.763 %).NET Framework
533 (5.593 %)jQuery
628 (4.746 %)Ajax
726 (4.407 %)HTML
824 (4.068 %)Web Services
919 (3.220 %)XSLT
1018 (3.051 %)WCF
1117 (2.881 %)Silverlight
1216 (2.712 %)WinForms
1314 (2.373 %)WPF
1314 (2.373 %)LAMP
1412 (2.034 %)Middleware
1510 (1.695 %)ADO.NET Entity Framework
168 (1.356 %)XHTML
168 (1.356 %)XSD
168 (1.356 %)Application Packaging
England IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
134 (5.763 %)SharePoint
221 (3.559 %)IIS
316 (2.712 %)SAS
411 (1.864 %)CMS
59 (1.525 %)MS Exchange
59 (1.525 %)WebLogic
68 (1.356 %)MSMQ
75 (0.847 %)Office Project Server
75 (0.847 %)Apache
84 (0.678 %)concrete5
84 (0.678 %)Amazon S3
84 (0.678 %)Exchange Server 2007
93 (0.508 %)Exchange Server 2003
102 (0.339 %)SharePoint 2010
102 (0.339 %)GlassFish
102 (0.339 %)BizTalk Server
111 (0.169 %)SharePoint Server
111 (0.169 %)FormScape
111 (0.169 %)Joomla!
111 (0.169 %)Oracle Application Server
England IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
163 (10.68 %)MS Excel
225 (4.237 %)MS Visio
322 (3.729 %)MS Office
418 (3.051 %)MS Project
511 (1.864 %)MS PowerPoint
610 (1.695 %)SPSS
77 (1.186 %)Spreadsheet
85 (0.847 %)FrameMaker
85 (0.847 %)Photoshop
91 (0.169 %)InfoPath
91 (0.169 %)CorelDRAW
91 (0.169 %)AutoCAD
91 (0.169 %)Paint Shop Pro
England IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
19 (1.525 %)Oracle EBS
25 (0.847 %)Oracle EBS R12
33 (0.508 %)Dynamics NAV
33 (0.508 %)Dynamics CRM
42 (0.339 %)Cerner Millennium
51 (0.169 %)Dynamics AX
England IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
115 (2.542 %)SAN
29 (1.525 %)Wireless
38 (1.356 %)Firewall
47 (1.186 %)Intranet
56 (1.017 %)WAN
56 (1.017 %)Internet
65 (0.847 %)IP Telephony
65 (0.847 %)DNS
74 (0.678 %)SSL
74 (0.678 %)TCP/IP
74 (0.678 %)VPN
74 (0.678 %)LAN
74 (0.678 %)Reverse Proxy
83 (0.508 %)HTTP
92 (0.339 %)Network Security
92 (0.339 %)Ethernet
101 (0.169 %)Extranet
101 (0.169 %)OSPF
101 (0.169 %)RFID
101 (0.169 %)DVB
England IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1159 (26.95 %)SQL Server
248 (8.136 %)Data Warehouse
330 (5.085 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
424 (4.068 %)ETL
521 (3.559 %)SQL Server Integration Services
619 (3.220 %)MySQL
716 (2.712 %)SQL Server 2008
716 (2.712 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
815 (2.542 %)SQL Server 2005
913 (2.203 %)Oracle BI EE
1012 (2.034 %)GIS
1111 (1.864 %)MS Access
1210 (1.695 %)OLAP
137 (1.186 %)Star Schema
146 (1.017 %)Crystal Reports
155 (0.847 %)SQL Server 2000
155 (0.847 %)RDBMS
164 (0.678 %)Snowflake Schema
164 (0.678 %)Data Mining
173 (0.508 %)QlikView
England IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
113 (2.203 %)Visual Studio
29 (1.525 %)Team Foundation Server
38 (1.356 %)VSS/SourceSafe
45 (0.847 %)Subversion
54 (0.678 %)Git (software)
54 (0.678 %)JIRA
62 (0.339 %)Rational Rhapsody
62 (0.339 %)Xcode
71 (0.169 %)Maven
71 (0.169 %)Rational Rose
71 (0.169 %)Ant
71 (0.169 %)Hudson
England IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1100 (16.95 %)Finance
238 (6.441 %)Marketing
331 (5.254 %)Back Office
422 (3.729 %)Retail
422 (3.729 %)Local Government
519 (3.220 %)Telecoms
618 (3.051 %)Banking
716 (2.712 %)Pharmaceutical
89 (1.525 %)Legal
98 (1.356 %)Manufacturing
106 (1.017 %)Law
115 (0.847 %)Financial Institution
122 (0.339 %)Multimedia
122 (0.339 %)Games
122 (0.339 %)Advertising
England IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1124 (21.02 %)Analyst
2105 (17.80 %)Developer
354 (9.153 %)Project Manager
443 (7.288 %)Consultant
534 (5.763 %)Senior Analyst
631 (5.254 %)Web Developer
726 (4.407 %)Test Analyst
824 (4.068 %)Information Analyst
923 (3.898 %)Support Analyst
1022 (3.729 %)Senior Manager
1022 (3.729 %)Programmer
1117 (2.881 %)Senior Project Manager
1117 (2.881 %)Administrator
1216 (2.712 %)Senior Developer
1216 (2.712 %)Analyst Programmer
1216 (2.712 %)Service Manager
1314 (2.373 %)Business Manager
1413 (2.203 %)Systems Manager
1413 (2.203 %)Delivery Manager
1413 (2.203 %)Business Intelligence (BI) Developer
England IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
138 (6.441 %)Management Information System
220 (3.390 %)Computer Science
318 (3.051 %)Informatics
318 (3.051 %)PACS
417 (2.881 %)Digital Media
516 (2.712 %)FMCG
516 (2.712 %)IPTV
612 (2.034 %)iSeries
612 (2.034 %)Social Media
612 (2.034 %)Kindle
612 (2.034 %)NPfIT
612 (2.034 %)Mathematics
612 (2.034 %)Data Protection Act
710 (1.695 %)Client/Server
89 (1.525 %)Health Informatics
89 (1.525 %)Data Extraction
89 (1.525 %)Cloud Computing
98 (1.356 %)Open Source
98 (1.356 %)N-Tier
106 (1.017 %)W3C
England IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
146 (7.797 %)Windows
218 (3.051 %)UNIX
315 (2.542 %)Linux
47 (1.186 %)Windows Server 2008
55 (0.847 %)Windows 7
63 (0.508 %)Windows Server 2003
63 (0.508 %)Windows XP
63 (0.508 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
72 (0.339 %)Apple iOS
81 (0.169 %)Windows 2000
81 (0.169 %)AIX
81 (0.169 %)Solaris
81 (0.169 %)Android
England IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
168 (11.53 %)Project Management
267 (11.36 %)PRINCE2
364 (10.85 %)Business Intelligence
458 (9.831 %)ITIL
547 (7.966 %)OO
641 (6.949 %)Service Delivery
731 (5.254 %)Agile Software Development
829 (4.915 %)Data Analysis
927 (4.576 %)Test Scripting
1025 (4.237 %)Business Development
1124 (4.068 %)Stakeholder Management
1222 (3.729 %)Workflow
1319 (3.220 %)Risk Management
1418 (3.051 %)Change Management
1418 (3.051 %)Requirements Analysis
1516 (2.712 %)Data Protection
1516 (2.712 %)Identity Management
1614 (2.373 %)Data Modelling
1614 (2.373 %)MVC
1713 (2.203 %)Service Management
England IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1148 (25.08 %)SQL
282 (13.90 %)C#
357 (9.661 %)JavaScript
441 (6.949 %)Java
522 (3.729 %)VB
621 (3.559 %)T-SQL
718 (3.051 %)VB.NET
817 (2.881 %)PHP
913 (2.203 %)C
109 (1.525 %)PL/SQL
109 (1.525 %)VBA
118 (1.356 %)PHP5
126 (1.017 %)PHP4
133 (0.508 %)VB6
133 (0.508 %)C++
142 (0.339 %)Bash shell
142 (0.339 %)PowerShell
142 (0.339 %)Delphi
142 (0.339 %)Objective-C
151 (0.169 %)Perl
England IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
195 (16.10 %)Degree
223 (3.898 %)Microsoft Certification
312 (2.034 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
312 (2.034 %)MCSE
312 (2.034 %)ISEB
411 (1.864 %)ITIL Certification
59 (1.525 %)Oracle Certification
68 (1.356 %)OCP
77 (1.186 %)CISSP
77 (1.186 %)MCP
77 (1.186 %)Security Cleared
86 (1.017 %)CISM
95 (0.847 %)ISEB Practitioner
95 (0.847 %)Cisco Certification
95 (0.847 %)PRINCE2 Certification
104 (0.678 %)ECDL
104 (0.678 %)MCPD
113 (0.508 %)ISTQB
113 (0.508 %)RHCE
122 (0.339 %)SC Cleared
England IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
120 (3.390 %)HL7
213 (2.203 %)ISO 9001
310 (1.695 %)ISO/IEC 27001
310 (1.695 %)QA
49 (1.525 %)SLA
56 (1.017 %)PCI DSS
65 (0.847 %)COBIT
65 (0.847 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
65 (0.847 %)ISO/IEC 17799
65 (0.847 %)HIPAA
72 (0.339 %)BS7799
81 (0.169 %)GAAP
81 (0.169 %)ISO 9000
England IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
133 (5.593 %)Active Directory
219 (3.220 %)VMware Infrastructure
36 (1.017 %)VMware ESX
45 (0.847 %)Hyper-V
54 (0.678 %)vSphere
63 (0.508 %)UAG
71 (0.169 %)Oracle RAC
71 (0.169 %)Oracle RMAN
71 (0.169 %)VMware Workstation
71 (0.169 %)Terminal Services
71 (0.169 %)NFS
71 (0.169 %)Citrix Presentation Server
England IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
16 (1.017 %)SCCM
25 (0.847 %)SCOM
34 (0.678 %)ZENworks
34 (0.678 %)NetBackup
43 (0.508 %)Backup Exec
43 (0.508 %)Foglight
43 (0.508 %)HP Quality Center
51 (0.169 %)WSUS
51 (0.169 %)MOM
51 (0.169 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
51 (0.169 %)Nagios
51 (0.169 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
51 (0.169 %)SolarWinds Orion
51 (0.169 %)Data Guard
England IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1118 (20.00 %)Microsoft
267 (11.36 %)Oracle
327 (4.576 %)Cisco
425 (4.237 %)VMware
512 (2.034 %)Novell
610 (1.695 %)Symantec
610 (1.695 %)Zend
79 (1.525 %)Informatica
79 (1.525 %)HP
88 (1.356 %)NetApp
97 (1.186 %)CheckPoint
97 (1.186 %)Citrix
97 (1.186 %)DevExpress
106 (1.017 %)Business Objects
115 (0.847 %)Yahoo!
115 (0.847 %)Google
115 (0.847 %)Capita
115 (0.847 %)Adobe
115 (0.847 %)Cerner
115 (0.847 %)SAP