The first table below looks at the demand for DICOM skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. 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.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM)
Rank 861 891 863
Rank change year-on-year
+30 -28
Permanent jobs citing DICOM 3 9 7
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.003% 0.007% 0.006%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.028% 0.082% 0.071%
Number of salaries quoted 2 3 6
Average salary £58,750 £42,000 £33,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
+39.88% +24.44%
90% offered a salary of more than £57,750 £39,200 £27,000
10% offered a salary of more than £59,750 £42,400 £35,000
UK excluding London average salary £58,750 £42,250 £33,750
% change year-on-year
+39.05% +25.18%
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
10755 11011 9886
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 9.888% 8.978% 8.087%
Number of salaries quoted 8692 9047 8149
Average salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £28,000 £29,500
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £72,500 £72,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- -2.43%

DICOM
Jobs Demand Trend

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

DICOM Jobs Demand Trend

DICOM
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing DICOM within the UK.

DICOM Salary Trend

DICOM
Top 2 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing DICOM within the UK over the 3 months to 22 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
England +24 1 £60,000 +42.85%
South East +6 1 £60,000 -

DICOM
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK 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 14 (87.50%) HL7
2 11 (68.75%) PACS
3 7 (43.75%) Windows
4 6 (37.50%) SQL
5 5 (31.25%) Oracle
5 5 (31.25%) MS Excel
6 4 (25.00%) Oracle 8/8i
6 4 (25.00%) NHS
7 3 (18.75%) Windows Server 2008
7 3 (18.75%) Windows XP
7 3 (18.75%) Microsoft
7 3 (18.75%) Windows Server 2003
7 3 (18.75%) UNIX
8 2 (12.50%) PL/SQL
8 2 (12.50%) ITIL
8 2 (12.50%) Linux
8 2 (12.50%) SQL Server
8 2 (12.50%) Sybase
8 2 (12.50%) Crystal Reports
8 2 (12.50%) Client/Server
8 2 (12.50%) Computer Science
8 2 (12.50%) Workflow
8 2 (12.50%) Degree
9 1 (6.250%) Management Information System
9 1 (6.250%) Electronics
9 1 (6.250%) BizTalk Server
9 1 (6.250%) Knowledge Management
9 1 (6.250%) Strategic Planning
9 1 (6.250%) InfoPath
9 1 (6.250%) Marketing

DICOM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK 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.

Application Development
1 1 (6.250%) COM
1 1 (6.250%) XML
1 1 (6.250%) ODBC
Application Platforms
1 1 (6.250%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 5 (31.25%) MS Excel
2 1 (6.250%) InfoPath
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.250%) LAN
1 1 (6.250%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (25.00%) Oracle 8/8i
2 2 (12.50%) SQL Server
2 2 (12.50%) Crystal Reports
3 1 (6.250%) MS Access
3 1 (6.250%) Data Mining
3 1 (6.250%) SQLPlus
3 1 (6.250%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 1 (6.250%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 1 (6.250%) Electronics
1 1 (6.250%) Marketing
1 1 (6.250%) Finance
1 1 (6.250%) Manufacturing
1 1 (6.250%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 3 (18.75%) Consultant
2 2 (12.50%) Integration Manager
2 2 (12.50%) Technical Specialist
2 2 (12.50%) Installations Engineer
2 2 (12.50%) Technical Consultant
2 2 (12.50%) Field Engineer
3 1 (6.250%) Administrator
3 1 (6.250%) Systems Administrator
3 1 (6.250%) Implementation Analyst
3 1 (6.250%) Integration Consultant
3 1 (6.250%) Implementation Specialist
3 1 (6.250%) Storage Systems Administrator
3 1 (6.250%) Software Engineer
3 1 (6.250%) Analyst
3 1 (6.250%) IT Manager
Miscellaneous
1 11 (68.75%) PACS
2 4 (25.00%) NHS
3 2 (12.50%) Client/Server
3 2 (12.50%) Computer Science
4 1 (6.250%) Management Information System
4 1 (6.250%) Informatics
Operating Systems
1 7 (43.75%) Windows
2 3 (18.75%) Windows Server 2008
2 3 (18.75%) Windows XP
2 3 (18.75%) Windows Server 2003
2 3 (18.75%) UNIX
3 2 (12.50%) Linux
4 1 (6.250%) Windows Vista
4 1 (6.250%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (12.50%) ITIL
1 2 (12.50%) Workflow
2 1 (6.250%) Knowledge Management
2 1 (6.250%) Strategic Planning
2 1 (6.250%) Image Processing
2 1 (6.250%) Computer Architecture
2 1 (6.250%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (37.50%) SQL
2 2 (12.50%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (12.50%) Degree
2 1 (6.250%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (6.250%) A+ Certification
2 1 (6.250%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (6.250%) MCSE
2 1 (6.250%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (87.50%) HL7
System Software
1 1 (6.250%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (6.250%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (6.250%) Data Guard
Vendors
1 5 (31.25%) Oracle
2 3 (18.75%) Microsoft
3 2 (12.50%) Sybase
4 1 (6.250%) VMware
4 1 (6.250%) Dell
4 1 (6.250%) McKesson