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The table below looks at the demand for National Health Service (NHS) skills within the Merseyside 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 7 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkNational Health Service (NHS)
Location
3 months to
7 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank66-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching permanent IT job ads70
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.004 %0.000 %
As % of the category below5.224 %0.000 %
Salaries quoted50
Average minimum salary£30,400-
Average salary£32,200-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum salary£34,000-
UK excluding London average salary£38,368£38,928
% change on same period last year-1.43 %
Merseyside IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
Merseyside
Matching permanent IT job ads134107
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.078 %0.046 %
Salaries quoted11480
Average minimum salary£30,969£33,322
Average salary£33,158£36,637
% change on same period last year-9.49 %
Average maximum salary£35,346£39,953
UK excluding London average salary£37,729£39,500
% change on same period last year-4.48 %
NHS North WestNHS
North West

NHS
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing NHS across the Merseyside region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Merseyside 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 Merseyside region.

Merseyside NHS Salary Trend

NHS
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing NHS across the Merseyside region over the 3 months to 7 October 2008.

Merseyside 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 Merseyside region over the 3 months to 7 October 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
LiverpoolNew entry-4£34,000-
St HelensNew entry-1--
NHS North WestNHS
North West

NHS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT jobs across the Merseyside 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 (41.67 %)Health
22 (16.67 %)Cerner
22 (16.67 %)iSOFT
22 (16.67 %)Informatics
22 (16.67 %)Management Information System
31 (8.333 %)Data Management
31 (8.333 %)Information Management
31 (8.333 %)Spring
31 (8.333 %)JSF
31 (8.333 %)Windows Mobile
31 (8.333 %)PDA
31 (8.333 %).NET Framework
31 (8.333 %)NPfIT
31 (8.333 %)CCAB
31 (8.333 %)Police
31 (8.333 %)Scrum
31 (8.333 %)C#
31 (8.333 %)Java
31 (8.333 %).NET
31 (8.333 %)J2EE
31 (8.333 %)Oracle
31 (8.333 %)SQL Server
31 (8.333 %)WebLogic
31 (8.333 %)ADO.NET
31 (8.333 %)JSP
31 (8.333 %)Struts
31 (8.333 %)XML
31 (8.333 %)XSLT
31 (8.333 %)Windows
31 (8.333 %)JBoss

NHS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT jobs across the Merseyside 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.

Merseyside IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (8.333 %).NET
11 (8.333 %)J2EE
11 (8.333 %)ADO.NET
11 (8.333 %)JSP
11 (8.333 %)Struts
11 (8.333 %)XML
11 (8.333 %)XSLT
11 (8.333 %)Spring
11 (8.333 %)JSF
11 (8.333 %).NET Framework
Merseyside IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (8.333 %)WebLogic
11 (8.333 %)JBoss
11 (8.333 %)Apache
11 (8.333 %)Tomcat
Merseyside IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (8.333 %)GPRS
Merseyside IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (8.333 %)SQL Server
11 (8.333 %)Data Mining
Merseyside IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
15 (41.67 %)Health
21 (8.333 %)Police
Merseyside IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
16 (50.00 %)Trainer
22 (16.67 %)Developer
22 (16.67 %)IT Trainer
31 (8.333 %)J2EE Developer
31 (8.333 %)Team Leader
31 (8.333 %)Information Analyst
31 (8.333 %)Java Team Leader
31 (8.333 %)J2EE Team Leader
31 (8.333 %)Java/J2EE Developer
31 (8.333 %)Software Team Leader
31 (8.333 %)Analyst
31 (8.333 %)Applications Developer
31 (8.333 %)Java Developer
31 (8.333 %)Software Developer
Merseyside IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (16.67 %)Management Information System
12 (16.67 %)Informatics
21 (8.333 %)NPfIT
21 (8.333 %)PDA
Merseyside IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (8.333 %)Windows
11 (8.333 %)Windows Mobile
Merseyside IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (8.333 %)Business Intelligence
11 (8.333 %)Scrum
11 (8.333 %)Data Management
11 (8.333 %)Information Management
Merseyside IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (8.333 %)C#
11 (8.333 %)Java
Merseyside IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (8.333 %)CCAB
Merseyside IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (16.67 %)Cerner
12 (16.67 %)iSOFT
21 (8.333 %)Oracle
21 (8.333 %)BEA