The first 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 20 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 England region.

Location
3 months to
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
National Health Service (NHS)
Rank 474 557 591
Rank change year-on-year
+83 +34
Permanent jobs citing NHS 425 322 280
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 0.412% 0.289% 0.230%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.208% 0.855% 0.659%
Number of salaries quoted 337 272 252
Average salary £40,000 £39,500 £41,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.26% -4.81%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,600 £24,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £61,402 £60,000 £62,300
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £37,250 £41,500
% change year-on-year
+2.01% -10.24%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
35181 37658 42466
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 34.09% 33.82% 34.81%
Number of salaries quoted 29095 32003 35820
Average salary £45,000 £45,000 £47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -5.26%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,000 £28,500 £28,000
10% offered a salary of more than £75,000 £82,500 £75,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
NHS
UK

NHS
Jobs Demand Trend

This 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 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 England region.

England NHS Salary Trend

NHS
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing NHS across the England region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

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 20 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
London +30 115 £44,000 +5.38% 69
South East +9 89 £45,000 +5.88% 27
North West +42 66 £35,000 -26.31% 27
West Midlands +10 51 £37,500 -6.25% 15
Yorkshire +18 39 £35,000 - 8
East of England +18 21 £35,125 +3.30% 10
South West +1 18 £41,500 +18.57% 24
East Midlands +1 15 £35,309 +21.75% 3
NHS
UK

NHS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, 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.

1 184 (24.57%) SQL
2 178 (23.77%) SQL Server
3 141 (18.83%) Microsoft
4 132 (17.62%) Degree
5 127 (16.96%) Project Management
6 120 (16.02%) .NET
7 102 (13.62%) Business Intelligence
8 95 (12.68%) C#
9 91 (12.15%) MS Excel
10 84 (11.21%) Management Information System
11 76 (10.15%) PRINCE2
12 74 (9.880%) SQL Server 2008
13 71 (9.479%) Windows
13 71 (9.479%) Agile Software Development
14 70 (9.346%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 65 (8.678%) Finance
16 60 (8.011%) ITIL
17 59 (7.877%) Oracle
17 59 (7.877%) Marketing
17 59 (7.877%) SQL Server Integration Services
18 58 (7.744%) Business Analysis
19 52 (6.943%) Informatics
20 51 (6.809%) Service Delivery
21 50 (6.676%) HTML
21 50 (6.676%) Web Services
22 49 (6.542%) .NET Framework
22 49 (6.542%) QA
23 47 (6.275%) Java
24 45 (6.008%) SQL Server 2005
25 44 (5.874%) SQL Server Analysis Services

NHS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 120 (16.02%) .NET
2 50 (6.676%) HTML
2 50 (6.676%) Web Services
3 49 (6.542%) .NET Framework
4 43 (5.741%) XML
5 31 (4.139%) CSS
5 31 (4.139%) ASP.NET
6 24 (3.204%) J2EE
7 22 (2.937%) jQuery
8 12 (1.602%) WinForms
8 12 (1.602%) Ruby on Rails
8 12 (1.602%) WCF
9 11 (1.469%) Twitter Bootstrap
10 10 (1.335%) ASP
10 10 (1.335%) HTML5
11 9 (1.202%) CAML
12 7 (0.935%) Ajax
13 6 (0.801%) ADO.NET
13 6 (0.801%) NHibernate
13 6 (0.801%) MDX
Application Platforms
1 41 (5.474%) SharePoint
2 20 (2.670%) CMS
3 19 (2.537%) Apache
4 11 (1.469%) IIS
5 9 (1.202%) Umbraco
5 9 (1.202%) SharePoint Server
6 7 (0.935%) Confluence
6 7 (0.935%) SharePoint 2010
7 6 (0.801%) DotNetNuke
7 6 (0.801%) BizTalk Server
8 5 (0.668%) Tomcat
8 5 (0.668%) MS Exchange
9 4 (0.534%) Drupal
10 3 (0.401%) MS Project Server
10 3 (0.401%) SAS
11 2 (0.267%) WordPress
11 2 (0.267%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 2 (0.267%) Exchange Server 2010
12 1 (0.134%) ColdFusion
12 1 (0.134%) Moodle
Applications
1 91 (12.15%) MS Excel
2 27 (3.605%) MS Office
3 11 (1.469%) InfoPath
4 10 (1.335%) MS Project
5 9 (1.202%) MS Visio
6 6 (0.801%) SPSS
7 5 (0.668%) MS PowerPoint
7 5 (0.668%) Mingle
8 4 (0.534%) ImageReady
8 4 (0.534%) Photoshop
9 3 (0.401%) Spreadsheet
10 2 (0.267%) Stata
Business Applications
1 12 (1.602%) Google Analytics
2 6 (0.801%) WebTrends
2 6 (0.801%) Oracle EBS
3 4 (0.534%) SAP BPC
3 4 (0.534%) Dynamics NAV
4 3 (0.401%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.401%) Dynamics AX
4 3 (0.401%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 2 (0.267%) Oracle EBS R12
5 2 (0.267%) Cerner Millennium
5 2 (0.267%) Cognos Business Intelligence
5 2 (0.267%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (0.134%) Agresso
Communications & Networking
1 16 (2.136%) WAN
2 15 (2.003%) LAN
3 14 (1.869%) TCP/IP
4 12 (1.602%) HTTP
5 10 (1.335%) SAN
6 6 (0.801%) VPN
7 5 (0.668%) SMS
7 5 (0.668%) Broadband
8 4 (0.534%) NAS
8 4 (0.534%) Network Security
8 4 (0.534%) Intranet
8 4 (0.534%) Firewall
9 3 (0.401%) Wireless
9 3 (0.401%) Internet
9 3 (0.401%) Cisco IOS
10 2 (0.267%) FTP
10 2 (0.267%) SSL
10 2 (0.267%) IPsec
10 2 (0.267%) IP Telephony
11 1 (0.134%) NGN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 178 (23.77%) SQL Server
2 74 (9.880%) SQL Server 2008
3 70 (9.346%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 59 (7.877%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 45 (6.008%) SQL Server 2005
6 44 (5.874%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 42 (5.607%) Data Warehouse
8 26 (3.471%) MySQL
9 25 (3.338%) QlikView
10 16 (2.136%) BusinessObjects
11 14 (1.869%) Crystal Reports
12 13 (1.736%) DB2
13 11 (1.469%) SQL Server 2012
14 9 (1.202%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
15 7 (0.935%) Oracle 8/8i
15 7 (0.935%) Oracle 10g
15 7 (0.935%) RDBMS
16 6 (0.801%) MS Access
17 5 (0.668%) Microsoft Analysis Services
17 5 (0.668%) BusinessObjects XI
Development Applications
1 15 (2.003%) Visual Studio
2 11 (1.469%) Git (software)
3 9 (1.202%) Team Foundation Server
4 7 (0.935%) Subversion
5 5 (0.668%) Eclipse
6 4 (0.534%) TeamCity
6 4 (0.534%) TortoiseSVN
6 4 (0.534%) Selenium
6 4 (0.534%) TestDirector
6 4 (0.534%) LoadRunner
6 4 (0.534%) MSI
6 4 (0.534%) Bugzilla
7 3 (0.401%) JIRA
7 3 (0.401%) NUnit
7 3 (0.401%) Oracle Forms
8 2 (0.267%) JDeveloper
8 2 (0.267%) VSS/SourceSafe
9 1 (0.134%) JMeter
9 1 (0.134%) Trac
9 1 (0.134%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 65 (8.678%) Finance
2 59 (7.877%) Marketing
3 39 (5.207%) Pharmaceutical
4 29 (3.872%) Manufacturing
5 23 (3.071%) Local Government
6 16 (2.136%) Legal
7 12 (1.602%) Telecoms
8 9 (1.202%) Back Office
9 5 (0.668%) Law
10 4 (0.534%) Publishing
11 3 (0.401%) Electronics
12 2 (0.267%) Front Office
12 2 (0.267%) Advertising
13 1 (0.134%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 146 (19.49%) Developer
2 128 (17.09%) Analyst
3 72 (9.613%) Consultant
4 67 (8.945%) Project Manager
5 53 (7.076%) Business Analyst
6 26 (3.471%) DBA
6 26 (3.471%) Administrator
7 22 (2.937%) Implementation Consultant
8 20 (2.670%) SQL DBA
9 19 (2.537%) NHS Project Manager
9 19 (2.537%) PHP Developer
9 19 (2.537%) Senior Manager
10 18 (2.403%) Applications Developer
10 18 (2.403%) Service Manager
10 18 (2.403%) Information Analyst
11 17 (2.270%) Programme Manager
12 16 (2.136%) Architect
12 16 (2.136%) Product Manager
12 16 (2.136%) Business Intelligence Developer
13 15 (2.003%) Senior Developer
Miscellaneous
1 84 (11.21%) Management Information System
2 52 (6.943%) Informatics
3 38 (5.073%) e-Health
4 28 (3.738%) Health Informatics
5 19 (2.537%) Computer Science
6 17 (2.270%) PACS
7 13 (1.736%) Enterprise Software
7 13 (1.736%) Replication
8 9 (1.202%) Data Extraction
9 7 (0.935%) LIMS
9 7 (0.935%) PMI
9 7 (0.935%) Social Media
10 6 (0.801%) Mathematics
10 6 (0.801%) DTV
11 5 (0.668%) Client/Server
11 5 (0.668%) Mobile Payment
12 4 (0.534%) Derivative
12 4 (0.534%) Data Protection Act
13 3 (0.401%) Clustering
13 3 (0.401%) E-Learning
Operating Systems
1 71 (9.479%) Windows
2 26 (3.471%) Linux
3 24 (3.204%) Windows Server 2008
4 23 (3.071%) Windows Server 2003
5 19 (2.537%) UNIX
6 16 (2.136%) Windows XP
7 8 (1.068%) Windows 2000
8 6 (0.801%) Windows 7
9 5 (0.668%) Windows Vista
9 5 (0.668%) Apple iOS
9 5 (0.668%) Windows 8
9 5 (0.668%) Android
10 4 (0.534%) Windows 2000 Server
11 3 (0.401%) Solaris
12 2 (0.267%) Windows NT
13 1 (0.134%) Mac OS X
13 1 (0.134%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 127 (16.96%) Project Management
2 102 (13.62%) Business Intelligence
3 76 (10.15%) PRINCE2
4 71 (9.479%) Agile Software Development
5 60 (8.011%) ITIL
6 58 (7.744%) Business Analysis
7 51 (6.809%) Service Delivery
8 37 (4.940%) Workflow
8 37 (4.940%) OO
9 34 (4.539%) Business Development
10 33 (4.406%) Change Management
11 32 (4.272%) Software Engineering
11 32 (4.272%) Scrum
12 30 (4.005%) Service Management
12 30 (4.005%) Data Analysis
13 29 (3.872%) TDD
13 29 (3.872%) Stakeholder Management
13 29 (3.872%) ERP
13 29 (3.872%) Analytics
14 28 (3.738%) UML
Programming Languages
1 184 (24.57%) SQL
2 95 (12.68%) C#
3 47 (6.275%) Java
4 40 (5.340%) JavaScript
5 38 (5.073%) T-SQL
6 29 (3.872%) C
7 27 (3.605%) VBA
8 25 (3.338%) PHP
9 18 (2.403%) PL/SQL
10 17 (2.270%) VB.NET
11 13 (1.736%) Ruby
12 10 (1.335%) C++
13 9 (1.202%) VB
14 6 (0.801%) XAML
15 5 (0.668%) R
15 5 (0.668%) PHP5
16 4 (0.534%) VBScript
16 4 (0.534%) Perl
16 4 (0.534%) Python
16 4 (0.534%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 132 (17.62%) Degree
2 19 (2.537%) Microsoft Certification
3 17 (2.270%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 16 (2.136%) ISEB
5 13 (1.736%) Cisco Certification
6 9 (1.202%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 9 (1.202%) MCTS
6 9 (1.202%) PMI Certification
6 9 (1.202%) CCNA
7 8 (1.068%) MCITP
8 7 (0.935%) ACCA
8 7 (0.935%) MCP
9 6 (0.801%) Postgraduate
9 6 (0.801%) MCSE
10 5 (0.668%) ITIL Certification
11 4 (0.534%) Security Cleared
11 4 (0.534%) CCNP
11 4 (0.534%) CISA
11 4 (0.534%) CIPFA
11 4 (0.534%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (6.542%) QA
2 27 (3.605%) SLA
3 25 (3.338%) HL7
4 15 (2.003%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (0.534%) PCI DSS
5 4 (0.534%) COBIT
6 3 (0.401%) GMP
6 3 (0.401%) ISO 9001
7 2 (0.267%) DICOM
8 1 (0.134%) ISO 14001
8 1 (0.134%) EFQM
8 1 (0.134%) BS25999
System Software
1 6 (0.801%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (0.534%) Active Directory
2 4 (0.534%) VMware ESX
3 3 (0.401%) XenApp
4 2 (0.267%) Citrix Presentation Server
Systems Management
1 5 (0.668%) McAfee ePO
2 3 (0.401%) HP Quality Center
3 2 (0.267%) Nagios
4 1 (0.134%) SCCM
Vendors
1 141 (18.83%) Microsoft
2 59 (7.877%) Oracle
3 41 (5.474%) SAP
4 24 (3.204%) Business Objects
5 17 (2.270%) Cisco
6 15 (2.003%) Google
7 14 (1.869%) Cognos
7 14 (1.869%) VMware
7 14 (1.869%) Twitter
8 13 (1.736%) HP
9 10 (1.335%) Citrix
9 10 (1.335%) Hitachi
10 9 (1.202%) NetApp
10 9 (1.202%) Lotus
10 9 (1.202%) EMC
11 7 (0.935%) Atlassian
12 6 (0.801%) Adobe
12 6 (0.801%) Novell
13 5 (0.668%) McAfee
13 5 (0.668%) Siebel
Bolton, North West
The role will involve answering and logging inbox client calls on a range of NHS products and providing a high level of service in resolving any queries or...
greywood
Salary: £22000 - £26000 per annum + bens
Posted: 11 June 2013
Bolton, Lancashire
1st & 2nd Line Support Analyst - Bolton SQL / SQL Server / Unix / Linux / MS SQL / 24x7x365 SHIFTS!... Anyone who has previous experience working with HL7 or in an NHS environment...
Greywood Associates Limited
Salary: £22000 - £26000 per annum + bens
Posted: 18 June 2013
Brighton, East Sussex
IC24 provides services to over 4 million patients through a range of services which include GP Out of Hours Primary Medical Services, NHS 111, Primary and Secondary Care...
Integrated Care 24 Limited
Salary: £20,000 per annum
Posted: 14 June 2013
England
Performance Analyst / Consultant - Council, NHS, Commercial - Balanced Scorecards - UK wide travel so candidates can be based anywhere, but the South or Midlands are preferred.The company is a...
Hudson
Salary: £30000 - £43000 per annum + Car + bonus + benefits
Posted: 23 May 2013
London
QlikView, Tableau, Spotfire, LogiAnalytics.- Good exposure to Microsoft SQL Server. Thorough understanding of writing SQL queries.- Familiarity with GIS tools.- An understanding of the challenges facing the health...
Hudson
Salary: £40000 - £48000 per annum + comprehensive benefits package
Posted: 10 June 2013
London
Sanderson
Salary: £27000 - £30000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 19 June 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Candidate Source
Salary: £26,000 - £36,000 per annum DOE + Pension & Generous hol
Posted: 14 June 2013
IT Project Manager based in Cheshire, North West
IS Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £45,000 to £52,000 (plus excellent company benefits and bonuses)
Posted: 30 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
EMIS
Salary: Up to £23,000 per annum including shift allowance
Posted: 7 June 2013
South West England
NFP Group Ltd
Salary: £38000 - £45000 per annum + Career Progression Fully expensed
Posted: 24 May 2013
South West England
NFP Group Ltd
Salary: £38000 - £45000 per annum + Career Progression Fully expensed
Posted: 31 May 2013
London
Timothy James Consulting Ltd
Salary: neg
Posted: 13 June 2013
Gloucester, South West
Hudson
Salary: £22000 - £28000 per annum + Extensive Benefits
Posted: 13 June 2013
England
Hudson
Salary: £38000 - £46000 per annum + compreshensive benefits package
Posted: 31 May 2013
Stockport, North West, UK
Stockport NHS Trust
Salary: Competitive
Posted: 23 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
EMIS
Salary: Up to £45,000 per annum depending on level of experience
Posted: 18 June 2013
London
Sanderson
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 19 June 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £37000.00 - £40000.00 per annum
Posted: 28 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £39000.00 - £47000.00 per annum
Posted: 30 May 2013
Cheshire
Quindell Plc - Metaskil
Salary: A highly competitive salary plus generous benefits
Posted: 19 June 2013
London
TRG
Salary: 55000-70000 Per Annum Benefits
Posted: 12 June 2013
City of London
Capita Resourcing
Salary: £30000.00 - £35000.00 per annum
Posted: 14 June 2013
City, London
Capita Resourcing - Jobs at Capita
Salary: £30000.00 - £35000.00 per annum
Posted: 14 June 2013
Leicester, Leicestershire
Gem CSU
Salary: £45,707 - 56,504 per year
Posted: 17 June 2013
City, London
Vertex Solutions
Salary: £45000.00 per annum
Posted: 17 June 2013