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

National Health Service (NHS)
Location
3 months to
21 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank647672
Rank change year-on-year
Up+12Down-4
Matching permanent IT job ads9264
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Kent1.273 %2.479 %0.513 %
As % of the Miscellaneous category5.056 %9.924 %2.030 %
Number of salaries quoted8224
Average salary£29,500£29,859£42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.20 %-29.74 %
UK excluding London average salary£39,000£41,500£40,000
% change year-on-year
-6.02 %+3.75 %
Kent IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryAll Miscellaneous Category
Kent
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
178262197
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Kent25.18 %24.98 %25.29 %
Number of salaries quoted156232179
Average salary£40,000£40,000£34,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-+15.94 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£22,500£24,401£22,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£51,500£45,400£50,600
UK excluding London average salary£40,000£37,500£37,500
% change year-on-year
+6.66 %-
NHS South EastNHS
South East

NHS
Demand Trend

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

Kent 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 Kent region.

Kent NHS Salary Trend

NHS
Salary Histogram

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

Kent 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 Kent 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
MaidstoneDown-15£29,500-1.20 %
NHS South EastNHS
South East

NHS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

112 (70.59 %)C#
112 (70.59 %)Microsoft
210 (58.82 %).NET
210 (58.82 %)OO
210 (58.82 %)WinForms
210 (58.82 %)WPF
39 (52.94 %)SQL
47 (41.18 %)XML
47 (41.18 %)WCF
47 (41.18 %).NET Framework
56 (35.29 %)N-Tier
65 (29.41 %)ITIL
65 (29.41 %)Computer Science
65 (29.41 %)DevExpress
74 (23.53 %)Health Informatics
74 (23.53 %)Fat Client
74 (23.53 %)Multithreading
74 (23.53 %)VMware Infrastructure
74 (23.53 %)Informatics
74 (23.53 %)IP Telephony
74 (23.53 %)Disaster Recovery
74 (23.53 %)Firewall
74 (23.53 %)Wireless
74 (23.53 %)VMware
74 (23.53 %)NetBackup
74 (23.53 %)Windows
74 (23.53 %)HP
74 (23.53 %)Citrix
74 (23.53 %)SAN
74 (23.53 %)CommVault

NHS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Kent IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
110 (58.82 %).NET
110 (58.82 %)WinForms
110 (58.82 %)WPF
27 (41.18 %)XML
27 (41.18 %)WCF
27 (41.18 %).NET Framework
32 (11.76 %)XSLT
Kent IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
11 (5.882 %)MS Excel
Kent IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
11 (5.882 %)Dynamics CRM
Kent IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
14 (23.53 %)IP Telephony
14 (23.53 %)Firewall
14 (23.53 %)Wireless
14 (23.53 %)SAN
14 (23.53 %)LAN
14 (23.53 %)WAN
Kent IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
14 (23.53 %)SQL Server
Kent IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
11 (5.882 %)Rational Rhapsody
Kent IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
13 (17.65 %)Finance
Kent IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
17 (41.18 %)Software Developer
17 (41.18 %)Developer
25 (29.41 %)Junior
34 (23.53 %)Junior Developer
34 (23.53 %)Junior Software Developer
43 (17.65 %)Software Engineer
43 (17.65 %)Senior Developer
43 (17.65 %)Senior Software Developer
51 (5.882 %)Analyst
51 (5.882 %)Project Manager
51 (5.882 %)Senior Software Engineer
51 (5.882 %)Junior Software Engineer
Kent IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
16 (35.29 %)N-Tier
25 (29.41 %)Computer Science
34 (23.53 %)Health Informatics
34 (23.53 %)Fat Client
34 (23.53 %)Informatics
34 (23.53 %)Thin Client
42 (11.76 %)Client/Server
Kent IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
14 (23.53 %)Windows
Kent IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
110 (58.82 %)OO
25 (29.41 %)ITIL
34 (23.53 %)Multithreading
34 (23.53 %)Disaster Recovery
34 (23.53 %)OOD
43 (17.65 %)Software Engineering
43 (17.65 %)Agile Software Development
43 (17.65 %)Release Management
51 (5.882 %)PRINCE2
51 (5.882 %)CRM
Kent IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
112 (70.59 %)C#
29 (52.94 %)SQL
32 (11.76 %)C++
32 (11.76 %)Java
Kent IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
13 (17.65 %)Microsoft Certification
22 (11.76 %)MCPD
31 (5.882 %)MCT
31 (5.882 %)PRINCE2 Certification
31 (5.882 %)ITIL Certification
Kent IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (11.76 %)HL7
Kent IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
14 (23.53 %)VMware Infrastructure
Kent IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
14 (23.53 %)NetBackup
Kent IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
112 (70.59 %)Microsoft
25 (29.41 %)DevExpress
34 (23.53 %)VMware
34 (23.53 %)HP
34 (23.53 %)Citrix
34 (23.53 %)CommVault
34 (23.53 %)Cisco
41 (5.882 %)Salesforce.com