The first 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 24 May 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 Kent region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
National Health Service (NHS)
Rank 81 63 76
Rank change year-on-year
-18 +13
Permanent jobs citing NHS 6 9 26
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Kent 0.519% 1.255% 2.446%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.887% 4.206% 8.904%
Number of salaries quoted 3 8 22
Average salary £37,500 £29,500 £29,859
Average salary % change year-on-year
+27.11% -1.20%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,500 £19,000 £24,401
10% offered a salary of more than £41,500 £42,500 £50,600
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £39,000 £41,500
% change year-on-year
-2.56% -6.02%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Kent
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
318 214 292
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Kent 27.48% 29.85% 27.47%
Number of salaries quoted 263 186 264
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
90% offered a salary of more than £27,900 £25,000 £24,401
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £50,600 £51,450
UK excluding London average salary £39,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.50% +6.66%
NHS
South East

NHS
Jobs Demand Trend

This 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 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 Kent region.

Kent NHS Salary Trend

NHS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, 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.

1 4 (36.36%) Workflow
2 3 (27.27%) e-Health
2 3 (27.27%) Business Analysis
3 2 (18.18%) GAP Analysis
3 2 (18.18%) Business Performance Management
3 2 (18.18%) CMDB
3 2 (18.18%) Citrix Presentation Server
3 2 (18.18%) MS Visio
3 2 (18.18%) Scrum
3 2 (18.18%) Business Continuity
3 2 (18.18%) BCP
3 2 (18.18%) Configuration Management
3 2 (18.18%) UML
3 2 (18.18%) Citrix
3 2 (18.18%) Technical Architecture
3 2 (18.18%) Performance Management
3 2 (18.18%) XenApp
3 2 (18.18%) Trend Analysis
4 1 (9.091%) Product Management
4 1 (9.091%) Business Development
4 1 (9.091%) PMI
4 1 (9.091%) PMP
4 1 (9.091%) PMI Certification
4 1 (9.091%) MS Excel
4 1 (9.091%) SharePoint
4 1 (9.091%) C
4 1 (9.091%) SQL
4 1 (9.091%) PRINCE2
4 1 (9.091%) Project Management
4 1 (9.091%) Business Intelligence

NHS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, 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.

Application Platforms
1 1 (9.091%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (18.18%) MS Visio
2 1 (9.091%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (9.091%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 1 (9.091%) SQL Server Analysis Services
1 1 (9.091%) SQL Server Integration Services
Job Titles
1 4 (36.36%) Business Analyst
1 4 (36.36%) Analyst
2 3 (27.27%) Implementation Specialist
3 2 (18.18%) Citrix Specialist
4 1 (9.091%) Citrix Systems Engineer
4 1 (9.091%) Citrix Administrator
4 1 (9.091%) Project Manager
4 1 (9.091%) Systems Administrator
4 1 (9.091%) Systems Engineer
4 1 (9.091%) Administrator
4 1 (9.091%) Citrix Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (27.27%) e-Health
2 2 (18.18%) CMDB
3 1 (9.091%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (36.36%) Workflow
2 3 (27.27%) Business Analysis
3 2 (18.18%) GAP Analysis
3 2 (18.18%) Business Performance Management
3 2 (18.18%) Scrum
3 2 (18.18%) Business Continuity
3 2 (18.18%) BCP
3 2 (18.18%) Configuration Management
3 2 (18.18%) UML
3 2 (18.18%) Technical Architecture
3 2 (18.18%) Performance Management
3 2 (18.18%) Trend Analysis
4 1 (9.091%) Product Management
4 1 (9.091%) Business Development
4 1 (9.091%) PRINCE2
4 1 (9.091%) Project Management
4 1 (9.091%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (9.091%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (9.091%) C
1 1 (9.091%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (9.091%) PMP
1 1 (9.091%) PMI Certification
System Software
1 2 (18.18%) Citrix Presentation Server
1 2 (18.18%) XenApp
Vendors
1 2 (18.18%) Citrix
2 1 (9.091%) Microsoft
Kent, South East
Citrix System Administrator (System Specialist / Engineer) NHS Citrix System Administrator, System administrator, System Engineer, Citrix Specialist, Citrix, Citrix Consultant, Hardware, Software, NHS, Trend Analysis, Business Performance, Management, CMDB,...
Sand Resources
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 1 May 2013