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

National Health Service (NHS)
Location
3 months to
21 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank10410148
Rank change year-on-year
Down-3Down-53
Matching permanent IT job ads12116
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Essex0.861 %0.080 %2.377 %
As % of the Miscellaneous category3.647 %0.273 %9.877 %
Number of salaries quoted11116
Average salary£34,000£44,000£49,613
Average salary % change year-on-year
-22.72 %-11.31 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£26,750£44,000£35,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£41,750£44,000£55,000
UK excluding London average salary£39,000£41,500£40,000
% change year-on-year
-6.02 %+3.75 %
Essex IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryAll Miscellaneous Category
Essex
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
329366162
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Essex23.62 %29.16 %24.07 %
Number of salaries quoted280297132
Average salary£40,000£35,000£37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+14.28 %-6.66 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£24,000£24,000£23,700
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£52,500£63,250£52,500
UK excluding London average salary£40,000£37,500£37,500
% change year-on-year
+6.66 %-
NHS East of EnglandNHS
East of England

NHS
Demand Trend

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

Essex 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 Essex region.

Essex NHS Salary Trend

NHS
Salary Histogram

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

Essex 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 Essex 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
DunmowNew entry-2£40,000-
NHS East of EnglandNHS
East of England

NHS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

15 (33.33 %)MS Office
15 (33.33 %)Management Information System
15 (33.33 %)Degree
15 (33.33 %)Change Control
24 (26.67 %)Project Management
24 (26.67 %)SQL
33 (20.00 %)JavaScript
33 (20.00 %)SQL Server
33 (20.00 %)Crystal Reports
33 (20.00 %)ITIL
33 (20.00 %)PRINCE2
33 (20.00 %)MS Excel
33 (20.00 %)ECDL
33 (20.00 %)Spreadsheet
33 (20.00 %)Time Management
42 (13.33 %)PDA
42 (13.33 %)Web Development
42 (13.33 %)Finance
42 (13.33 %)Migration
42 (13.33 %)Service Delivery
42 (13.33 %)Change Management
42 (13.33 %)SQL Server 2000
42 (13.33 %)Microsoft
42 (13.33 %)Windows XP
42 (13.33 %)Windows
42 (13.33 %)SSADM
42 (13.33 %)IIS
42 (13.33 %)Visual Studio
42 (13.33 %)ASP.NET
42 (13.33 %)HTML

NHS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Essex IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
12 (13.33 %)ASP.NET
12 (13.33 %)HTML
12 (13.33 %).NET
Essex IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
12 (13.33 %)IIS
Essex IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
15 (33.33 %)MS Office
23 (20.00 %)MS Excel
23 (20.00 %)Spreadsheet
31 (6.667 %)MS Visio
Essex IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (20.00 %)SQL Server
13 (20.00 %)Crystal Reports
22 (13.33 %)SQL Server 2000
31 (6.667 %)MySQL
31 (6.667 %)Data Mining
Essex IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
12 (13.33 %)Visual Studio
Essex IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
12 (13.33 %)Finance
21 (6.667 %)Local Government
Essex IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
15 (33.33 %)Analyst
23 (20.00 %)Senior Analyst
23 (20.00 %)Information Analyst
23 (20.00 %)Senior Information Analyst
32 (13.33 %)Desktop Engineer
41 (6.667 %)DBA
41 (6.667 %)Applications Developer
41 (6.667 %)Support Analyst
41 (6.667 %)Applications Support
41 (6.667 %)Service Analyst
41 (6.667 %)Project Manager
41 (6.667 %)Developer
41 (6.667 %)Service Manager
41 (6.667 %)Applications Support Analyst
41 (6.667 %)Service Desk Analyst
41 (6.667 %)Team Leader
41 (6.667 %)SQL DBA
41 (6.667 %)NHS Information Analyst
41 (6.667 %)Customer Services Manager
41 (6.667 %)Service Desk Team Leader
Essex IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
15 (33.33 %)Management Information System
22 (13.33 %)PDA
31 (6.667 %)NPfIT
31 (6.667 %)Tandem
31 (6.667 %)Freedom of Information
31 (6.667 %)Health Informatics
31 (6.667 %)Informatics
Essex IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
12 (13.33 %)Windows XP
12 (13.33 %)Windows
Essex IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
15 (33.33 %)Change Control
24 (26.67 %)Project Management
33 (20.00 %)ITIL
33 (20.00 %)PRINCE2
33 (20.00 %)Time Management
42 (13.33 %)Web Development
42 (13.33 %)Migration
42 (13.33 %)Service Delivery
42 (13.33 %)Change Management
42 (13.33 %)SSADM
51 (6.667 %)Business Intelligence
51 (6.667 %)Service Management
51 (6.667 %)Information Management
51 (6.667 %)Performance Management
51 (6.667 %)Data Protection
Essex IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
14 (26.67 %)SQL
23 (20.00 %)JavaScript
32 (13.33 %)Java
32 (13.33 %)VB
32 (13.33 %)VB.NET
32 (13.33 %)VBA
41 (6.667 %)Delphi
Essex IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
15 (33.33 %)Degree
23 (20.00 %)ECDL
31 (6.667 %)ISEB
31 (6.667 %)PRINCE2 Certification
31 (6.667 %)Security Cleared
Essex IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (6.667 %)ISO 9001
11 (6.667 %)SLA
11 (6.667 %)ISO/IEC 27001
11 (6.667 %)QA
Essex IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
12 (13.33 %)Microsoft
21 (6.667 %)Capita