The first table below looks at the demand for DICOM skills in IT jobs advertised for the South West region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited DICOM over the 3 months to 22 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 of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category for the South West region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM)
Rank - - -
Permanent jobs citing DICOM 0 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West - - -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category - - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Average salary - - -
UK excluding London average salary £58,750 £42,250 £33,750
% change year-on-year
+39.05% +25.18%
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
South West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
554 508 510
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 10.48% 9.010% 8.629%
Number of salaries quoted 463 433 429
Average salary £40,000 £36,750 £39,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
+8.84% -7.54%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,500 £25,000 £24,950
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £65,000 £55,250
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- -2.43%
DICOM
England

DICOM
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing DICOM across the South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Quality Assurance & Compliance category.

South West DICOM Jobs Demand Trend

DICOM
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing DICOM across the South West region.

South West DICOM Salary Trend

DICOM
Top 16 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the South West region citing DICOM 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 DICOM.

1 2 (66.67%) PACS
1 2 (66.67%) HL7
2 1 (33.33%) Image Processing
2 1 (33.33%) Degree
2 1 (33.33%) Informatics
2 1 (33.33%) SQL
2 1 (33.33%) Oracle
2 1 (33.33%) UNIX
2 1 (33.33%) Windows
2 1 (33.33%) Linux
2 1 (33.33%) Oracle 8/8i
2 1 (33.33%) MS Excel
2 1 (33.33%) Client/Server
2 1 (33.33%) Project Management
2 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
2 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing

DICOM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the South West region citing DICOM 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 DICOM. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 1 (33.33%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle 8/8i
General
1 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Software Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Consultant
1 1 (33.33%) Technical Consultant
1 1 (33.33%) Installations Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) PACS
2 1 (33.33%) Informatics
2 1 (33.33%) Client/Server
2 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) UNIX
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
1 1 (33.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Image Processing
1 1 (33.33%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) HL7
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle