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This section looks at the demand for National Health Service (NHS) skills within the London 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 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkNational Health Service (NHS)
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank411537
Rank change on same period last yearUp+126
Matching permanent IT job ads243187
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.133 %0.079 %
As % of the category below1.209 %0.563 %
Salaries quoted202149
Average minimum salary£41,632£39,570
Average salary£44,837£44,885
% change on same period last year-0.10 %
Average maximum salary£48,043£50,201
UK excluding London average salary£38,469£37,761
% change on same period last year+1.87 %
London IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
London
Matching permanent IT job ads2010633209
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled10.98 %13.94 %
Salaries quoted1637724380
Average minimum salary£52,365£54,882
Average salary£58,398£60,825
% change on same period last year-3.98 %
Average maximum salary£64,432£66,768
UK excluding London average salary£37,751£39,165
% change on same period last year-3.61 %
NHS EnglandNHS
England

NHS
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 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 29 August 2008.

London NHS Salary Histogram

NHS
Job Locations

This section 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 29 August 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.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
City of LondonUp+833£47,845+27.58 %
PaddingtonNew entry-4£44,000-
SouthwarkNew entry-3£45,000-
EnfieldDown-91£37,500+59.57 %
HammersmithNew entry-1--
NHS EnglandNHS
England

NHS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, 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.

1443 (75.47 %)Health
2154 (26.24 %)Project Management
3123 (20.95 %)SQL
4113 (19.25 %)MS Excel
5106 (18.06 %)PRINCE2
6104 (17.72 %)SQL Server
7101 (17.21 %)Degree
876 (12.95 %)MS Visio
965 (11.07 %)MS Project
1059 (10.05 %)Business Intelligence
1156 (9.540 %)XML
1255 (9.370 %)Microsoft
1351 (8.688 %)Data Analysis
1351 (8.688 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
1450 (8.518 %)Java
1544 (7.496 %)Oracle
1642 (7.155 %)VB
1741 (6.985 %)VBA
1840 (6.814 %)PL/SQL
1939 (6.644 %)Oracle 10g
2038 (6.474 %)Service Delivery
2137 (6.303 %)Change Management
2137 (6.303 %)Finance
2236 (6.133 %)HL7
2334 (5.792 %)MS PowerPoint
2334 (5.792 %)Government
2334 (5.792 %)MBA
2433 (5.622 %)Project Planning
2532 (5.451 %)NPfIT
2532 (5.451 %)Pharmaceutical

NHS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, 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 DevelopmentApplication Development
156 (9.540 %)XML
226 (4.429 %).NET
323 (3.918 %)ASP.NET
414 (2.385 %)WebServices
512 (2.044 %)ASP
69 (1.533 %)HTML
76 (1.022 %)J2SE
85 (0.852 %)CSS
94 (0.681 %)JSP
94 (0.681 %)AJAX
103 (0.511 %)Servlets
103 (0.511 %)XSL
103 (0.511 %)Middleware
103 (0.511 %)Hibernate
103 (0.511 %)Spring
112 (0.341 %)COM
121 (0.170 %)XML Messaging
121 (0.170 %)RSS
121 (0.170 %).NET Framework
121 (0.170 %)Silverlight
London IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
131 (5.281 %)BizTalk Server
28 (1.363 %)SharePoint
37 (1.193 %)MS Exchange
46 (1.022 %)CMS
55 (0.852 %)Exchange Server 2003
55 (0.852 %)IIS
55 (0.852 %)Exchange Server 2007
63 (0.511 %)SharePoint Server 2007
72 (0.341 %)SAS
72 (0.341 %)Lotus Notes
81 (0.170 %)Tomcat
81 (0.170 %)Alfresco
81 (0.170 %)TeamSite
London IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1113 (19.25 %)MS Excel
276 (12.95 %)MS Visio
365 (11.07 %)MS Project
434 (5.792 %)MS PowerPoint
512 (2.044 %)MS Office
61 (0.170 %)SPSS
61 (0.170 %)S-PLUS
61 (0.170 %)Stata
London IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
12 (0.341 %)Cerner Millennium
21 (0.170 %)Hyperion Planning
London IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
17 (1.193 %)Wireless
26 (1.022 %)Internet
33 (0.511 %)LAN
33 (0.511 %)WAN
42 (0.341 %)HTTP
42 (0.341 %)TCP/IP
42 (0.341 %)SAN
42 (0.341 %)Intranet
42 (0.341 %)WLAN
42 (0.341 %)Network Security
51 (0.170 %)SMS
51 (0.170 %)Broadband
51 (0.170 %)ISDN
London IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1104 (17.72 %)SQL Server
239 (6.644 %)Oracle 10g
314 (2.385 %)Datawarehouse
411 (1.874 %)SQL Server 2005
58 (1.363 %)MS Access
67 (1.193 %)SQL Server 2000
76 (1.022 %)BusinessObjects
84 (0.681 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
93 (0.511 %)BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
93 (0.511 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
93 (0.511 %)Crystal Reports
102 (0.341 %)ETL
111 (0.170 %)Hyperion Essbase
111 (0.170 %)MySQL
111 (0.170 %)Data Mining
London IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
15 (0.852 %)Visual Studio
London IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1443 (75.47 %)Health
237 (6.303 %)Finance
334 (5.792 %)Government
432 (5.451 %)Pharmaceutical
526 (4.429 %)Education
612 (2.044 %)Legal
711 (1.874 %)Marketing
810 (1.704 %)Back Office
99 (1.533 %)Pensions
103 (0.511 %)Local Government
103 (0.511 %)Telecoms
112 (0.341 %)Law
112 (0.341 %)Insurance
112 (0.341 %)Police
121 (0.170 %)Billing
121 (0.170 %)Manufacturing
121 (0.170 %)Electronics
London IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1171 (29.13 %)Analyst
2123 (20.95 %)Project Manager
3102 (17.38 %)Consultant
496 (16.35 %)Information Analyst
561 (10.39 %)Healthcare Consultant
643 (7.325 %)Business Consultant
732 (5.451 %)Developer
831 (5.281 %)Analyst Programmer
831 (5.281 %)Programmer
831 (5.281 %)Integration Analyst
928 (4.770 %)Data Analyst
1023 (3.918 %)NHS Project Manager
1118 (3.066 %)NHS Information Analyst
1215 (2.555 %)Programme Manager
1312 (2.044 %)Senior Consultant
1411 (1.874 %)Technical Consultant
159 (1.533 %)C# Developer
168 (1.363 %)SQL Developer
177 (1.193 %).NET Developer
177 (1.193 %)Programme Office Manager
London IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
132 (5.451 %)NPfIT
218 (3.066 %)Management Information System
314 (2.385 %)Informatics
45 (0.852 %)PACS
45 (0.852 %)e-Health
54 (0.681 %)N-Tier
63 (0.511 %)Psychology
63 (0.511 %)Computer Science
63 (0.511 %)Freedom of Information
63 (0.511 %)Clustering
63 (0.511 %)E-Learning
72 (0.341 %)Video Conferencing
72 (0.341 %)Data Extraction
72 (0.341 %)Freedom of Information Act
81 (0.170 %)Data Integration
81 (0.170 %)Client/Server
81 (0.170 %)CMDB
81 (0.170 %)PDA
81 (0.170 %)Statistics
London IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
114 (2.385 %)Windows
24 (0.681 %)Windows Mobile
33 (0.511 %)Windows 2000
33 (0.511 %)Windows XP
33 (0.511 %)Windows Server 2003
42 (0.341 %)Linux
42 (0.341 %)Windows Server 2008
51 (0.170 %)UNIX
51 (0.170 %)Windows Vista
London IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1154 (26.24 %)Project Management
2106 (18.06 %)PRINCE2
359 (10.05 %)Business Intelligence
451 (8.688 %)Data Analysis
538 (6.474 %)Service Delivery
637 (6.303 %)Change Management
733 (5.622 %)Project Planning
821 (3.578 %)Statistical Analysis
918 (3.066 %)ITIL
1016 (2.726 %)Migration
1016 (2.726 %)Data Migration
1113 (2.215 %)Workflow
1212 (2.044 %)SOA
1311 (1.874 %)Service Management
1311 (1.874 %)Content Management
149 (1.533 %)CRM
158 (1.363 %)Business Development
158 (1.363 %)Configuration Management
167 (1.193 %)Information Management
176 (1.022 %)User Acceptance Testing
London IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1123 (20.95 %)SQL
250 (8.518 %)Java
342 (7.155 %)VB
441 (6.985 %)VBA
540 (6.814 %)PL/SQL
611 (1.874 %)C#
710 (1.704 %)VB.NET
89 (1.533 %)JavaScript
98 (1.363 %)Transact-SQL
105 (0.852 %)VB6
114 (0.681 %)MUMPS
114 (0.681 %)VBScript
123 (0.511 %)C
132 (0.341 %)Tcl
London IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1101 (17.21 %)Degree
251 (8.688 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
334 (5.792 %)MBA
421 (3.578 %)PRINCE2 Certification
58 (1.363 %)Microsoft Certification
66 (1.022 %)MCSE
74 (0.681 %)MCP
74 (0.681 %)CCNP
74 (0.681 %)Cisco Certification
83 (0.511 %)MCDST
83 (0.511 %)A+ Certification
83 (0.511 %)ITIL Certification
92 (0.341 %)CCSA
92 (0.341 %)CCSP
92 (0.341 %)ISEB
101 (0.170 %)Postgraduate
101 (0.170 %)MCSA
101 (0.170 %)CCSE
101 (0.170 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
London IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
136 (6.133 %)HL7
218 (3.066 %)ISO9001
316 (2.726 %)QA
411 (1.874 %)DICOM
510 (1.704 %)SLA
London IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
18 (1.363 %)Active Directory
22 (0.341 %)ISA Server
31 (0.170 %)VMware Infrastructure
London IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
12 (0.341 %)MOM
12 (0.341 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
12 (0.341 %)MIIS
London IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
155 (9.370 %)Microsoft
244 (7.496 %)Oracle
38 (1.363 %)BT
46 (1.022 %)Business Objects
54 (0.681 %)Cerner
54 (0.681 %)iSOFT
54 (0.681 %)Cisco
63 (0.511 %)Remedy
72 (0.341 %)Lotus
72 (0.341 %)CheckPoint
81 (0.170 %)Anite
81 (0.170 %)Mediasurface
81 (0.170 %)VMware
81 (0.170 %)Hyperion
81 (0.170 %)Novell
81 (0.170 %)Citrix
81 (0.170 %)Interwoven
81 (0.170 %)Vignette
81 (0.170 %)SAP