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

National Health Service (NHS)
Location
3 months to
21 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank540533456
Rank change year-on-year
Down-7Down-77
Matching permanent IT job ads1018483
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London0.188 %0.148 %0.186 %
As % of the Miscellaneous category0.491 %0.363 %0.436 %
Number of salaries quoted747571
Average salary£42,500£44,000£39,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-3.40 %+12.82 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£26,500£25,560£24,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£55,000£66,207£55,000
UK excluding London average salary£39,000£41,500£40,000
% change year-on-year
-6.02 %+3.75 %
London IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryAll Miscellaneous Category
London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
205522311419049
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London38.17 %40.65 %42.70 %
Number of salaries quoted176051932615703
Average salary£52,500£60,000£62,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-12.50 %-4.00 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£32,500£33,000£35,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£82,500£90,000£90,000
UK excluding London average salary£40,000£37,500£37,500
% change year-on-year
+6.66 %-
NHS EnglandNHS
England

NHS
Demand Trend

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

London 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 London region.

London NHS Salary Trend

NHS
Salary Histogram

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

London 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 London 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
City of LondonDown-611£37,500-37.50 %
RomfordNew entry-8--
ClaphamNew entry-6--
WimbledonNo change02£55,000+22.22 %
NHS EnglandNHS
England

NHS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

165 (40.12 %)SQL Server
247 (29.01 %)SQL
342 (25.93 %)Degree
441 (25.31 %)Microsoft
535 (21.60 %)Finance
624 (14.81 %)MS Excel
723 (14.20 %)JavaScript
723 (14.20 %)Oracle
723 (14.20 %)Service Delivery
822 (13.58 %)Ajax
921 (12.96 %)CSS
1020 (12.35 %).NET
1020 (12.35 %)Data Analysis
1119 (11.73 %)HTML
1119 (11.73 %)PRINCE2
1218 (11.11 %)SharePoint
1218 (11.11 %)Agile Software Development
1218 (11.11 %)Marketing
1317 (10.49 %)ITIL
1317 (10.49 %)Windows
1317 (10.49 %)IIS
1317 (10.49 %)Project Management
1317 (10.49 %)Business Intelligence
1416 (9.877 %)C#
1416 (9.877 %)OO
1515 (9.259 %)Java
1515 (9.259 %)PHP
1515 (9.259 %)Management Information System
1614 (8.642 %)LAMP
1614 (8.642 %)MySQL

NHS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

London IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
122 (13.58 %)Ajax
221 (12.96 %)CSS
320 (12.35 %).NET
419 (11.73 %)HTML
514 (8.642 %)LAMP
613 (8.025 %)jQuery
78 (4.938 %)XML
78 (4.938 %).NET Framework
78 (4.938 %)Application Packaging
84 (2.469 %)Web Services
84 (2.469 %)XHTML
84 (2.469 %)Google Maps API
93 (1.852 %)ASP.NET
93 (1.852 %)XSLT
93 (1.852 %)XML Schema
102 (1.235 %)SOAP
111 (0.617 %)REST
111 (0.617 %)Ext JS
111 (0.617 %)JSON
111 (0.617 %)Zend Framework
London IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
118 (11.11 %)SharePoint
217 (10.49 %)IIS
311 (6.790 %)SAS
410 (6.173 %)CMS
59 (5.556 %)WebLogic
65 (3.086 %)Apache
74 (2.469 %)concrete5
74 (2.469 %)Amazon S3
81 (0.617 %)Amazon AWS
81 (0.617 %)MS Exchange
81 (0.617 %)BizTalk Server
London IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
124 (14.81 %)MS Excel
214 (8.642 %)MS Visio
310 (6.173 %)SPSS
47 (4.321 %)MS PowerPoint
56 (3.704 %)MS Office
63 (1.852 %)Spreadsheet
63 (1.852 %)Photoshop
63 (1.852 %)MS Project
71 (0.617 %)InfoPath
London IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
12 (1.235 %)Cerner Millennium
21 (0.617 %)Dynamics CRM
London IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
15 (3.086 %)DNS
24 (2.469 %)SSL
24 (2.469 %)Intranet
33 (1.852 %)SAN
33 (1.852 %)TCP/IP
42 (1.235 %)Ethernet
42 (1.235 %)WAN
51 (0.617 %)Network Security
51 (0.617 %)iSCSI
51 (0.617 %)SMTP
51 (0.617 %)DHCP
51 (0.617 %)HTTP
51 (0.617 %)Broadband
51 (0.617 %)DVB
51 (0.617 %)Wireless
London IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
165 (40.12 %)SQL Server
214 (8.642 %)MySQL
312 (7.407 %)Data Warehouse
410 (6.173 %)ETL
59 (5.556 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
67 (4.321 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
67 (4.321 %)SQL Server Integration Services
67 (4.321 %)GIS
76 (3.704 %)MS Access
84 (2.469 %)RDBMS
84 (2.469 %)OLAP
91 (0.617 %)Pentaho
91 (0.617 %)SQL Server 2008
91 (0.617 %)Oracle 11g
91 (0.617 %)Crystal Reports
91 (0.617 %)SQL Server 2005
91 (0.617 %)PostgreSQL
London IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
19 (5.556 %)Team Foundation Server
19 (5.556 %)Visual Studio
28 (4.938 %)VSS/SourceSafe
34 (2.469 %)Subversion
34 (2.469 %)JIRA
34 (2.469 %)Git (software)
41 (0.617 %)Rational Rhapsody
41 (0.617 %)Hudson
41 (0.617 %)Ant
41 (0.617 %)Maven
London IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
135 (21.60 %)Finance
218 (11.11 %)Marketing
311 (6.790 %)Back Office
46 (3.704 %)Telecoms
55 (3.086 %)Banking
55 (3.086 %)Retail
62 (1.235 %)Legal
62 (1.235 %)Advertising
62 (1.235 %)Multimedia
71 (0.617 %)Pharmaceutical
71 (0.617 %)Local Government
London IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
134 (20.99 %)Developer
231 (19.14 %)Analyst
311 (6.790 %)Senior Analyst
410 (6.173 %)Support Analyst
410 (6.173 %)PHP Developer
410 (6.173 %)Project Manager
59 (5.556 %)Administrator
68 (4.938 %)Information Analyst
68 (4.938 %)Server Administrator
68 (4.938 %)Senior Developer
77 (4.321 %)PHP MySQL Developer
77 (4.321 %)Development Manager
77 (4.321 %)Web Developer
77 (4.321 %)Business Manager
77 (4.321 %)Business Intelligence (BI) Developer
77 (4.321 %)Business Development Manager
77 (4.321 %)Applications Support
86 (3.704 %)Service Manager
86 (3.704 %)Applications Support Analyst
86 (3.704 %)Delivery Manager
London IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
115 (9.259 %)Management Information System
210 (6.173 %)Computer Science
38 (4.938 %)Data Protection Act
38 (4.938 %)iSeries
38 (4.938 %)Cloud Computing
46 (3.704 %)Open Source
55 (3.086 %)Digital Media
55 (3.086 %)Informatics
55 (3.086 %)PACS
64 (2.469 %)IPTV
64 (2.469 %)W3C
64 (2.469 %)SaaS
64 (2.469 %)Learning Management System
64 (2.469 %)FMCG
73 (1.852 %)Mathematics
82 (1.235 %)Visualisation
91 (0.617 %)Health Informatics
91 (0.617 %)Data Extraction
91 (0.617 %)Data Integration
91 (0.617 %)Psychology
London IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
117 (10.49 %)Windows
213 (8.025 %)UNIX
39 (5.556 %)Linux
41 (0.617 %)Windows 7
41 (0.617 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
41 (0.617 %)Windows 2000
41 (0.617 %)Windows XP
London IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
123 (14.20 %)Service Delivery
220 (12.35 %)Data Analysis
319 (11.73 %)PRINCE2
418 (11.11 %)Agile Software Development
517 (10.49 %)ITIL
517 (10.49 %)Project Management
517 (10.49 %)Business Intelligence
616 (9.877 %)OO
713 (8.025 %)Workflow
812 (7.407 %)Business Development
812 (7.407 %)Stakeholder Management
911 (6.790 %)Data Modelling
1010 (6.173 %)Web Application Development
119 (5.556 %)Data Protection
119 (5.556 %)MVC
127 (4.321 %)Incident Management
127 (4.321 %)Dimensional Modelling
135 (3.086 %)Strategic Planning
144 (2.469 %)Information Security
144 (2.469 %)Change Management
London IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
147 (29.01 %)SQL
223 (14.20 %)JavaScript
316 (9.877 %)C#
415 (9.259 %)Java
415 (9.259 %)PHP
511 (6.790 %)VB
68 (4.938 %)T-SQL
68 (4.938 %)PHP5
76 (3.704 %)C
76 (3.704 %)PHP4
85 (3.086 %)VBA
93 (1.852 %)VB.NET
93 (1.852 %)VB6
101 (0.617 %)Delphi
London IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
142 (25.93 %)Degree
211 (6.790 %)Microsoft Certification
310 (6.173 %)MCSE
49 (5.556 %)Oracle Certification
58 (4.938 %)OCP
65 (3.086 %)MCP
73 (1.852 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
73 (1.852 %)Security Cleared
81 (0.617 %)SC Cleared
81 (0.617 %)MCSA
81 (0.617 %)ECDL
81 (0.617 %)RHCE
81 (0.617 %)ITIL Certification
81 (0.617 %)CCNA
81 (0.617 %)ISEB
81 (0.617 %)CISSP
81 (0.617 %)Cisco Certification
81 (0.617 %)ISEB Practitioner
81 (0.617 %)MBCS
81 (0.617 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
London IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
17 (4.321 %)HL7
23 (1.852 %)QA
23 (1.852 %)SLA
32 (1.235 %)ISO/IEC 27001
32 (1.235 %)PCI DSS
41 (0.617 %)HIPAA
41 (0.617 %)COBIT
41 (0.617 %)ISO/IEC 17799
41 (0.617 %)ISO 9000
41 (0.617 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
London IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
112 (7.407 %)Active Directory
210 (6.173 %)VMware Infrastructure
31 (0.617 %)Hyper-V
31 (0.617 %)Oracle RAC
31 (0.617 %)NFS
31 (0.617 %)Oracle RMAN
31 (0.617 %)VMware ESX
31 (0.617 %)VMware Workstation
London IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
11 (0.617 %)Data Guard
11 (0.617 %)SCCM
11 (0.617 %)WSUS
11 (0.617 %)MOM
11 (0.617 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 (0.617 %)Nagios
11 (0.617 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
London IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
141 (25.31 %)Microsoft
223 (14.20 %)Oracle
311 (6.790 %)VMware
410 (6.173 %)Zend
54 (2.469 %)Yahoo!
54 (2.469 %)Google
54 (2.469 %)Cerner
54 (2.469 %)SAP
63 (1.852 %)Salesforce.com
63 (1.852 %)Cisco
63 (1.852 %)InterSystems
72 (1.235 %)Red Hat
81 (0.617 %)MEDITECH
81 (0.617 %)DataCore
81 (0.617 %)Siebel
81 (0.617 %)Business Objects
81 (0.617 %)Symantec
81 (0.617 %)iSOFT
81 (0.617 %)Hitachi
81 (0.617 %)Informatica