England NHS Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for National Health Service (NHS) skills within the England region with a comparison to our Miscellaneous category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited NHS over the 3 months to 8 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

National Health Service (NHS)
Location Abingdon Banbury Banstead Basildon Berkshire Birmingham Bolton Bournemouth Brierley Hill Brighton Bristol Buckinghamshire Bury St Edmunds Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Cardiff Chertsey Cheshire Chester Chesterfield Chippenham City of London Coventry Derby Derbyshire Devon Dorset Dudley East Midlands East of England East Sussex Edinburgh Enfield England Epsom Essex Exeter Glasgow Hammersmith Hampshire Hertfordshire Home Counties Huddersfield Huntingdon Kent Lancashire Leeds Leicestershire Liverpool London Macclesfield Maidstone Manchester Matlock Merseyside Midlands Newport Pagnell North West North Yorkshire Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Paddington Pontefract Portsmouth Preston Reading Redditch Rochester Rotherham Scotland Sheffield Slough Somerset South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southwark St Helens Stafford Staffordshire Stirling Stoke-on-Trent Suffolk Surrey Sussex Swansea UK Wakefield Wales Warrington Warwick Warwickshire West Midlands West Wales West Yorkshire Wiltshire Woking Wolverhampton Worcestershire York Yorkshire	3 months to 8 Sep 2008	Same period last year
Rank	380	480
Rank change on same period last year	+100
Matching permanent IT job ads	748	642
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	0.415 %	0.270 %
As % of the category below	2.034 %	1.244 %
Salaries quoted	572	476
Average minimum salary	£36,765	£35,589
Average salary	£40,167	£39,349
% change on same period last year	+2.07 %
Average maximum salary	£43,570	£43,110
UK excluding London average salary	£38,286	£37,889
% change on same period last year	+1.04 %
Miscellaneous England
Matching permanent IT job ads	36767	51618
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	20.41 %	21.74 %
Salaries quoted	30307	39251
Average minimum salary	£44,344	£48,017
Average salary	£49,231	£53,027
% change on same period last year	-7.15 %
Average maximum salary	£54,117	£58,038
UK excluding London average salary	£37,744	£39,030
% change on same period last year	-3.29 %
NHS UK

NHS
Demand Trend

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

NHS
Salary Trend

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

NHS
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing NHS across the England region over the 3 months to 8 September 2008.

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 8 September 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Average Salary Last 3 Months	Average Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year
London	+117	226	£44,247	-3.08 %
South East	+68	154	£39,036	+2.66 %
West Midlands	+46	111	£35,326	-15.74 %
Yorkshire	+20	92	£41,151	+19.28 %
North West	+3	82	£38,731	+30.99 %
East Midlands	+34	35	£32,365	+3.14 %
East of England	+5	16	£31,611	-33.26 %
South West	+4	11	£35,071	+17.77 %
Midlands	+32	8	£51,786	+47.95 %

NHS UK

NHS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 September 2008, 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 1077 (61.30 %) Health 2 425 (24.19 %) SQL 3 400 (22.77 %) SQL Server 4 352 (20.03 %) Project Management 5 246 (14.00 %) PRINCE2 6 191 (10.87 %) Business Intelligence 7 181 (10.30 %) Degree 8 177 (10.07 %) Microsoft 9 175 (9.960 %) MS Excel 10 172 (9.789 %) Oracle 11 161 (9.163 %) Datawarehouse 12 157 (8.936 %) .NET 13 129 (7.342 %) Finance 14 119 (6.773 %) NPfIT 15 115 (6.545 %) Pensions

16 107 (6.090 %) C# 17 106 (6.033 %) Windows 18 98 (5.578 %) Informatics 19 96 (5.464 %) VB 20 95 (5.407 %) SQL Server 2005 21 89 (5.065 %) XML 22 87 (4.952 %) Java 22 87 (4.952 %) MS Visio 23 78 (4.439 %) MS Project 23 78 (4.439 %) ASP.NET 24 76 (4.326 %) Government 25 73 (4.155 %) HL7 26 72 (4.098 %) OLAP 27 68 (3.870 %) Change Management 27 68 (3.870 %) Data Analysis

NHS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 September 2008, 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 1 157 (8.936 %) .NET 2 89 (5.065 %) XML 3 78 (4.439 %) ASP.NET 4 41 (2.334 %) ASP 5 31 (1.764 %) HTML 6 22 (1.252 %) CSS 6 22 (1.252 %) WebServices 7 17 (0.968 %) AJAX 8 10 (0.569 %) XSLT 9 7 (0.398 %) WinForms 9 7 (0.398 %) .NET Framework 10 6 (0.341 %) J2SE 11 5 (0.285 %) ODBC 11 5 (0.285 %) XHTML 11 5 (0.285 %) JSP 11 5 (0.285 %) ASP.NET 2.0 12 4 (0.228 %) Spring 12 4 (0.228 %) XSL 13 3 (0.171 %) Servlets 13 3 (0.171 %) Middleware	Application Platforms 1 44 (2.504 %) BizTalk Server 2 29 (1.651 %) SharePoint 3 22 (1.252 %) MS Exchange 4 20 (1.138 %) SharePoint Server 2007 5 14 (0.797 %) CMS 6 9 (0.512 %) SharePoint Portal Server 7 8 (0.455 %) Exchange Server 2007 7 8 (0.455 %) IIS 8 7 (0.398 %) Content Management Server 8 7 (0.398 %) Exchange Server 2003 9 4 (0.228 %) SAS 10 3 (0.171 %) Lotus Notes 10 3 (0.171 %) WebLogic 11 2 (0.114 %) Tomcat 11 2 (0.114 %) Zope 11 2 (0.114 %) Plone 11 2 (0.114 %) Oracle Workflow 12 1 (0.057 %) MapXtreme 12 1 (0.057 %) Exchange Server 2000 12 1 (0.057 %) MQSeries
Applications 1 175 (9.960 %) MS Excel 2 87 (4.952 %) MS Visio 3 78 (4.439 %) MS Project 4 66 (3.756 %) MS Office 5 36 (2.049 %) MS PowerPoint 6 5 (0.285 %) Spreadsheet 6 5 (0.285 %) Photoshop 7 3 (0.171 %) Stata 7 3 (0.171 %) SPSS 8 2 (0.114 %) Adobe Illustrator 9 1 (0.057 %) FreeHand 9 1 (0.057 %) S-PLUS	Business Applications 1 7 (0.398 %) Cerner Millennium 2 6 (0.341 %) Oracle 11i 2 6 (0.341 %) Oracle HRMS 3 4 (0.228 %) Oracle Applications 4 3 (0.171 %) Oracle EBS 5 2 (0.114 %) Oracle Payroll 5 2 (0.114 %) Dynamics NAV 5 2 (0.114 %) Dynamics CRM 5 2 (0.114 %) Dynamics AX 5 2 (0.114 %) Dynamics GP 5 2 (0.114 %) Navision 6 1 (0.057 %) Hyperion Planning
Communications & Networking 1 38 (2.163 %) TCP/IP 2 30 (1.707 %) LAN 3 29 (1.651 %) WAN 4 15 (0.854 %) DNS 5 14 (0.797 %) Internet 6 13 (0.740 %) Firewall 6 13 (0.740 %) Wireless 7 11 (0.626 %) Intranet 8 8 (0.455 %) Network Security 9 6 (0.341 %) SAN 9 6 (0.341 %) DHCP 10 4 (0.228 %) VoIP 11 3 (0.171 %) HTTP 11 3 (0.171 %) BSS 12 2 (0.114 %) WLAN 12 2 (0.114 %) ADSL 12 2 (0.114 %) Cisco PIX 13 1 (0.057 %) Cisco ASA 13 1 (0.057 %) Broadband 13 1 (0.057 %) ISDN	Database & Business Intelligence 1 400 (22.77 %) SQL Server 2 161 (9.163 %) Datawarehouse 3 95 (5.407 %) SQL Server 2005 4 72 (4.098 %) OLAP 5 57 (3.244 %) SQL Server Analysis Services 6 51 (2.903 %) Microsoft Analysis Services 7 50 (2.846 %) SQL Server 2000 8 48 (2.732 %) Oracle 10g 9 39 (2.220 %) RDBMS 10 33 (1.878 %) MS Access 11 26 (1.480 %) BusinessObjects 12 22 (1.252 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 13 21 (1.195 %) SQL Server Integration Services 14 19 (1.081 %) ETL 15 15 (0.854 %) Crystal Reports 16 8 (0.455 %) Oracle 9i 17 7 (0.398 %) Oracle Reports 18 6 (0.341 %) InterSystems Cache 19 5 (0.285 %) Oracle OLAP 19 5 (0.285 %) DTS
Development Applications 1 40 (2.277 %) InstallShield 2 14 (0.797 %) TestDirector 3 13 (0.740 %) Visual Studio 4 8 (0.455 %) WinRunner 4 8 (0.455 %) LoadRunner 5 7 (0.398 %) NUnit 6 6 (0.341 %) Dreamweaver 7 4 (0.228 %) FrontPage 8 2 (0.114 %) Oracle Forms 8 2 (0.114 %) Flash 9 1 (0.057 %) VSS/SourceSafe 9 1 (0.057 %) QuickTest Pro 9 1 (0.057 %) ClearQuest	General 1 1077 (61.30 %) Health 2 129 (7.342 %) Finance 3 115 (6.545 %) Pensions 4 76 (4.326 %) Government 5 53 (3.017 %) Education 6 48 (2.732 %) Pharmaceutical 7 27 (1.537 %) Marketing 8 16 (0.911 %) Back Office 8 16 (0.911 %) Police 9 15 (0.854 %) Legal 10 9 (0.512 %) Local Government 11 8 (0.455 %) Telecoms 12 7 (0.398 %) Manufacturing 12 7 (0.398 %) Insurance 13 6 (0.341 %) Publishing 14 5 (0.285 %) Law 15 4 (0.228 %) Chemicals 16 3 (0.171 %) FMCG 16 3 (0.171 %) Auditing 17 1 (0.057 %) Graphic Design
Job Titles 1 332 (18.90 %) Analyst 2 279 (15.88 %) Consultant 3 235 (13.38 %) Project Manager 4 174 (9.903 %) Developer 5 136 (7.740 %) Information Analyst 6 79 (4.496 %) Trainer 7 62 (3.529 %) Healthcare Consultant 8 56 (3.187 %) C# Developer 9 53 (3.017 %) Business Analyst 10 52 (2.960 %) Data Analyst 11 49 (2.789 %) Technical Consultant 12 47 (2.675 %) IT Trainer 12 47 (2.675 %) NHS Project Manager 13 46 (2.618 %) Implementation Consultant 13 46 (2.618 %) Business Consultant 14 41 (2.334 %) Applications Support 15 37 (2.106 %) Support Analyst 15 37 (2.106 %) Programme Manager 16 36 (2.049 %) Programmer 17 31 (1.764 %) Analyst Programmer	Miscellaneous 1 119 (6.773 %) NPfIT 2 98 (5.578 %) Informatics 3 45 (2.561 %) Management Information System 4 36 (2.049 %) Statistics 5 17 (0.968 %) PACS 6 13 (0.740 %) Smartcard 7 11 (0.626 %) e-Health 7 11 (0.626 %) Computer Science 8 9 (0.512 %) Data Extraction 9 8 (0.455 %) Data Integration 10 7 (0.398 %) Data Protection Act 11 6 (0.341 %) PMI 12 5 (0.285 %) N-Tier 13 4 (0.228 %) LIMS 13 4 (0.228 %) PKI 13 4 (0.228 %) Clustering 13 4 (0.228 %) E-Learning 13 4 (0.228 %) Biology 14 3 (0.171 %) Freedom of Information 15 2 (0.114 %) Freedom of Information Act
Operating Systems 1 106 (6.033 %) Windows 2 41 (2.334 %) UNIX 3 40 (2.277 %) Windows Server 2003 4 24 (1.366 %) Windows XP 5 18 (1.024 %) Windows 2000 Server 6 17 (0.968 %) Linux 7 16 (0.911 %) Windows 2000 8 10 (0.569 %) Windows Vista 9 8 (0.455 %) Windows NT 10 5 (0.285 %) Windows Mobile 11 3 (0.171 %) Mac OS X 11 3 (0.171 %) Windows Server 2008 12 1 (0.057 %) AIX 12 1 (0.057 %) HPUX	Processes & Methodologies 1 352 (20.03 %) Project Management 2 246 (14.00 %) PRINCE2 3 191 (10.87 %) Business Intelligence 4 68 (3.870 %) Change Management 4 68 (3.870 %) Data Analysis 5 66 (3.756 %) ITIL 6 57 (3.244 %) Service Delivery 7 38 (2.163 %) Project Planning 8 36 (2.049 %) Programme Management 9 34 (1.935 %) Information Management 10 33 (1.878 %) Migration 11 32 (1.821 %) CRM 11 32 (1.821 %) Business Analysis 12 29 (1.651 %) Business Development 13 28 (1.594 %) UML 13 28 (1.594 %) Data Migration 14 24 (1.366 %) Workflow 15 22 (1.252 %) Service Management 16 21 (1.195 %) Content Management 17 19 (1.081 %) Statistical Analysis
Programming Languages 1 425 (24.19 %) SQL 2 107 (6.090 %) C# 3 96 (5.464 %) VB 4 87 (4.952 %) Java 5 54 (3.073 %) C 6 53 (3.017 %) VB.NET 7 51 (2.903 %) PL/SQL 8 46 (2.618 %) VBA 9 40 (2.277 %) VC++ 10 31 (1.764 %) JavaScript 11 23 (1.309 %) Transact-SQL 12 20 (1.138 %) VB6 13 12 (0.683 %) Delphi 14 10 (0.569 %) MUMPS 15 9 (0.512 %) C++ 16 6 (0.341 %) VBScript 17 4 (0.228 %) PHP 17 4 (0.228 %) Tcl 18 2 (0.114 %) Python 19 1 (0.057 %) ActionScript	Qualifications 1 181 (10.30 %) Degree 2 66 (3.756 %) PRINCE2 Practitioner 3 60 (3.415 %) PRINCE2 Certification 4 54 (3.073 %) Microsoft Certification 5 34 (1.935 %) MBA 6 33 (1.878 %) MCSE 7 23 (1.309 %) MCP 8 19 (1.081 %) Cisco Certification 9 15 (0.854 %) ISEB 10 13 (0.740 %) CCNA 11 9 (0.512 %) CCNP 12 7 (0.398 %) ITIL Certification 13 5 (0.285 %) MCSD 14 3 (0.171 %) MCSA 14 3 (0.171 %) CCSP 14 3 (0.171 %) A+ Certification 14 3 (0.171 %) MCDST 15 2 (0.114 %) CCSA 16 1 (0.057 %) CCSE 16 1 (0.057 %) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 73 (4.155 %) HL7 2 42 (2.390 %) QA 3 28 (1.594 %) ISO9001 4 15 (0.854 %) SLA 5 11 (0.626 %) DICOM 6 5 (0.285 %) SNOMED CT 6 5 (0.285 %) ISO27001 7 1 (0.057 %) GxP 7 1 (0.057 %) GAMP 7 1 (0.057 %) GMP 7 1 (0.057 %) GLP 7 1 (0.057 %) ISO9000	System Software 1 32 (1.821 %) Active Directory 2 5 (0.285 %) MetaFrame 3 3 (0.171 %) VMware Infrastructure 4 2 (0.114 %) ISA Server 5 1 (0.057 %) Oracle RMAN 5 1 (0.057 %) Oracle RAC
Systems Management 1 2 (0.114 %) MOM 1 2 (0.114 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 1 2 (0.114 %) MIIS	Vendors 1 177 (10.07 %) Microsoft 2 172 (9.789 %) Oracle 3 43 (2.447 %) iSOFT 4 26 (1.480 %) Business Objects 5 24 (1.366 %) Cisco 6 17 (0.968 %) BT 7 15 (0.854 %) Cerner 8 12 (0.683 %) Remedy 9 10 (0.569 %) Citrix 10 8 (0.455 %) HP 11 6 (0.341 %) Dell 11 6 (0.341 %) Fujitsu 12 5 (0.285 %) SeeBeyond 12 5 (0.285 %) VMware 13 4 (0.228 %) ION Trading 13 4 (0.228 %) SAP 14 3 (0.171 %) Cognos 14 3 (0.171 %) IBM 14 3 (0.171 %) Primavera 14 3 (0.171 %) Lotus