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

National Health Service (NHS)
Location
3 months to
21 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank966982
Rank change year-on-year
Down-27Up+13
Matching permanent IT job ads63619
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oxfordshire0.408 %2.258 %1.330 %
As % of the Miscellaneous category1.418 %7.895 %5.706 %
Number of salaries quoted63619
Average salary£46,250£41,500£45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+11.44 %-7.77 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£33,000£26,250£26,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£50,000£47,500£52,500
UK excluding London average salary£39,000£41,500£40,000
% change year-on-year
-6.02 %+3.75 %
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryAll Miscellaneous Category
Oxfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
423456333
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oxfordshire28.80 %28.61 %23.30 %
Number of salaries quoted368426289
Average salary£37,500£34,000£35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+10.29 %-2.85 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£25,500£25,000£26,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£51,000£50,000£60,000
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 Oxfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire NHS Salary Trend

NHS
Salary Histogram

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

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire 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
OxfordUp+113£47,500+18.75 %
BanburyDown-42£33,000-20.48 %
AbingdonUp+11£45,000+80.00 %
NHS South EastNHS
South East

NHS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

122 (51.16 %)Test Scripting
27 (16.28 %)Pharmaceutical
34 (9.302 %)SQL Server
34 (9.302 %)C#
34 (9.302 %)Degree
43 (6.977 %)Web Application Development
43 (6.977 %).NET
43 (6.977 %)Web Services
43 (6.977 %)WinForms
43 (6.977 %)Manufacturing
52 (4.651 %)Cocoa
52 (4.651 %)Xcode
52 (4.651 %)Objective-C
52 (4.651 %)XML
52 (4.651 %)SOAP
52 (4.651 %)Apple
52 (4.651 %)iPhone
52 (4.651 %)iPad
52 (4.651 %)Apple iOS
52 (4.651 %)Finance
52 (4.651 %)SQLite
61 (2.326 %)Computer Science
61 (2.326 %)SCCM
61 (2.326 %)SCOM
61 (2.326 %)SQL Server 2008
61 (2.326 %)Project Management
61 (2.326 %)MS Excel
61 (2.326 %)Microsoft
61 (2.326 %)Active Directory
61 (2.326 %)CISSP

NHS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
13 (6.977 %).NET
13 (6.977 %)Web Services
13 (6.977 %)WinForms
22 (4.651 %)Cocoa
22 (4.651 %)XML
22 (4.651 %)SOAP
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
11 (2.326 %)MS Excel
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
11 (2.326 %)Dynamics NAV
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
14 (9.302 %)SQL Server
22 (4.651 %)SQLite
31 (2.326 %)SQL Server 2008
31 (2.326 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
31 (2.326 %)SQL Server 2005
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
12 (4.651 %)Xcode
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
17 (16.28 %)Pharmaceutical
23 (6.977 %)Manufacturing
32 (4.651 %)Finance
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
122 (51.16 %)Analyst
122 (51.16 %)Test Analyst
211 (25.58 %)Senior Analyst
211 (25.58 %)Senior Test Analyst
37 (16.28 %)Bid Manager
45 (11.63 %)Consultant
52 (4.651 %)Developer
52 (4.651 %)iOS Developer
52 (4.651 %)iPad Developer
61 (2.326 %)Dynamics NAV Consultant
61 (2.326 %)Development Consultant
61 (2.326 %)Senior Consultant
61 (2.326 %)Senior Manager
61 (2.326 %)Microsoft Consultant
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
12 (4.651 %)iPhone
12 (4.651 %)iPad
21 (2.326 %)Computer Science
21 (2.326 %)PKI
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
12 (4.651 %)Apple iOS
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
122 (51.16 %)Test Scripting
23 (6.977 %)Web Application Development
31 (2.326 %)Project Management
31 (2.326 %)Identity Management
31 (2.326 %)Software Engineering
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
14 (9.302 %)C#
22 (4.651 %)Objective-C
31 (2.326 %)C
31 (2.326 %)SQL
31 (2.326 %)T-SQL
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
14 (9.302 %)Degree
21 (2.326 %)CISSP
21 (2.326 %)MCTS
21 (2.326 %)MCITP
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
11 (2.326 %)Active Directory
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
11 (2.326 %)SCCM
11 (2.326 %)SCOM
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
12 (4.651 %)Apple
21 (2.326 %)Microsoft