The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term NHS in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited NHS over the 3 months to 24 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 terms in our Miscellaneous category.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
National Health Service (NHS)
Rank 507 597 615
Rank change year-on-year
+90 +18
Permanent jobs citing NHS 397 324 272
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.367% 0.268% 0.219%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.101% 0.810% 0.632%
Number of salaries quoted 308 263 238
Average salary £40,000 £39,500 £41,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.26% -4.81%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,800 £26,500 £24,820
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £54,500 £60,750
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £39,000 £41,500
% change year-on-year
-2.56% -6.02%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
36050 39991 43024
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 33.36% 33.14% 34.58%
Number of salaries quoted 29589 33707 36075
Average salary £45,000 £45,000 £47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -5.26%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,000 £28,500 £28,000
10% offered a salary of more than £75,000 £82,500 £75,000
UK excluding London average salary £39,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.50% +6.66%

NHS
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing NHS within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

NHS Jobs Demand Trend

NHS
Salary Trend

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

NHS Salary Trend

NHS
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing NHS over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 within the UK.

NHS Salary Histogram

NHS
Top 30 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 UK over the 3 months to 24 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 +72 381 £40,000 -
London +50 103 £44,875 +5.58%
South East -15 71 £42,500 -5.55%
North West +44 65 £36,750 +22.50%
West Midlands +14 43 £40,000 -3.03%
Yorkshire +25 40 £35,000 +9.37%
West Yorkshire +15 36 £35,000 +9.37%
East of England +17 32 £28,000 -20.00%
Manchester +6 32 £31,750 +32.29%
City of London +21 30 £42,500 +13.33%
Leeds -5 25 £28,000 -12.50%
Cheshire +14 22 £35,000 -17.64%
Staffordshire +17 19 £40,000 +0.62%
Warrington +30 17 £35,000 +19.65%
Hertfordshire +23 16 £28,000 -34.11%
Buckinghamshire - 16 £47,500 -
Warwickshire - 14 £105,000 -
Berkshire -1 13 £55,000 +12.24%
Oxfordshire -10 13 £54,920 +15.62%
Milton Keynes - 13 £47,500 -
South West -6 12 £43,500 +24.28%
Reading -1 11 £57,500 +15.00%
Hertford - 10 £24,500 -
East Midlands -8 9 £35,309 +21.75%
South Wales +3 8 £45,000 +21.62%
Wales +3 8 £45,000 +21.62%
West Sussex -8 8 £39,000 -13.33%
Warwick - 8 £35,000 -
Cambridgeshire +16 7 £22,500 -35.71%
Banbury +10 7 £54,920 +32.33%

NHS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK 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.

1 181 (24.90%) SQL Server
2 177 (24.35%) SQL
3 144 (19.81%) Microsoft
4 131 (18.02%) Degree
5 125 (17.19%) Project Management
6 123 (16.92%) .NET
7 102 (14.03%) Business Intelligence
8 97 (13.34%) C#
9 92 (12.65%) MS Excel
10 85 (11.69%) PRINCE2
11 83 (11.42%) SQL Server 2008
12 79 (10.87%) Management Information System
12 79 (10.87%) Agile Software Development
13 76 (10.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 67 (9.216%) Finance
15 64 (8.803%) Oracle
16 62 (8.528%) SQL Server Integration Services
17 60 (8.253%) ITIL
18 58 (7.978%) Informatics
19 56 (7.703%) Marketing
20 54 (7.428%) Windows
21 52 (7.153%) Business Analysis
22 51 (7.015%) .NET Framework
22 51 (7.015%) Service Delivery
23 49 (6.740%) Web Services
24 44 (6.052%) XML
24 44 (6.052%) HTML
24 44 (6.052%) Java
25 43 (5.915%) SQL Server 2005
25 43 (5.915%) SQL Server Analysis Services

NHS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK 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.

Application Development
1 123 (16.92%) .NET
2 51 (7.015%) .NET Framework
3 49 (6.740%) Web Services
4 44 (6.052%) XML
4 44 (6.052%) HTML
5 29 (3.989%) CSS
6 27 (3.714%) ASP.NET
7 23 (3.164%) jQuery
8 17 (2.338%) J2EE
9 13 (1.788%) WinForms
10 12 (1.651%) ASP
11 10 (1.376%) Twitter Bootstrap
11 10 (1.376%) Ruby on Rails
12 9 (1.238%) Ajax
12 9 (1.238%) CAML
12 9 (1.238%) LINQ
12 9 (1.238%) HTML5
13 8 (1.100%) WCF
14 7 (0.963%) Symfony
15 6 (0.825%) Memcached
Application Platforms
1 34 (4.677%) SharePoint
2 20 (2.751%) CMS
3 17 (2.338%) Apache
4 9 (1.238%) SharePoint Server
4 9 (1.238%) IIS
4 9 (1.238%) Umbraco
5 8 (1.100%) SAS
6 7 (0.963%) Tomcat
6 7 (0.963%) SharePoint 2010
7 6 (0.825%) Confluence
7 6 (0.825%) DotNetNuke
8 4 (0.550%) MS Exchange
9 3 (0.413%) BizTalk Server
9 3 (0.413%) Exchange Server 2010
10 2 (0.275%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 2 (0.275%) Drupal
10 2 (0.275%) WordPress
10 2 (0.275%) MS Project Server
11 1 (0.138%) Moodle
11 1 (0.138%) Escenic
Applications
1 92 (12.65%) MS Excel
2 27 (3.714%) MS Office
3 12 (1.651%) InfoPath
4 9 (1.238%) MS Project
5 6 (0.825%) Spreadsheet
6 5 (0.688%) Stata
6 5 (0.688%) MS Visio
6 5 (0.688%) SPSS
7 4 (0.550%) Mingle
7 4 (0.550%) Photoshop
7 4 (0.550%) ImageReady
8 3 (0.413%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 11 (1.513%) Oracle EBS
1 11 (1.513%) Google Analytics
2 7 (0.963%) Dynamics AX
3 5 (0.688%) WebTrends
4 4 (0.550%) Dynamics NAV
4 4 (0.550%) Dynamics CRM
5 3 (0.413%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 3 (0.413%) Oracle EBS R12
5 3 (0.413%) SAP BPC
6 2 (0.275%) Cerner Millennium
6 2 (0.275%) Oracle Applications
6 2 (0.275%) Cognos Business Intelligence
7 1 (0.138%) Agresso
Communications & Networking
1 12 (1.651%) WAN
1 12 (1.651%) HTTP
2 11 (1.513%) LAN
3 9 (1.238%) TCP/IP
4 8 (1.100%) SAN
5 7 (0.963%) VPN
6 6 (0.825%) Firewall
6 6 (0.825%) Internet
6 6 (0.825%) Broadband
7 5 (0.688%) SMS
7 5 (0.688%) Intranet
8 4 (0.550%) Network Security
8 4 (0.550%) Cisco IOS
9 3 (0.413%) IPsec
10 2 (0.275%) Cisco ASA
10 2 (0.275%) NAS
10 2 (0.275%) FTP
10 2 (0.275%) SSL
10 2 (0.275%) IP Telephony
11 1 (0.138%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 181 (24.90%) SQL Server
2 83 (11.42%) SQL Server 2008
3 76 (10.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 62 (8.528%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 43 (5.915%) SQL Server 2005
5 43 (5.915%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 37 (5.089%) Data Warehouse
7 30 (4.127%) MySQL
8 26 (3.576%) QlikView
9 15 (2.063%) Crystal Reports
10 13 (1.788%) DB2
11 12 (1.651%) Oracle 8/8i
12 11 (1.513%) BusinessObjects
13 9 (1.238%) SQL Server 2012
14 8 (1.100%) Microsoft Analysis Services
15 7 (0.963%) RDBMS
16 5 (0.688%) DTS
16 5 (0.688%) SQL Server 2000
16 5 (0.688%) Xcelsius
16 5 (0.688%) BusinessObjects XI
Development Applications
1 13 (1.788%) Visual Studio
2 10 (1.376%) Git (software)
3 7 (0.963%) Oracle Forms
3 7 (0.963%) Team Foundation Server
4 6 (0.825%) LoadRunner
4 6 (0.825%) Subversion
5 5 (0.688%) Eclipse
6 4 (0.550%) Selenium
6 4 (0.550%) TeamCity
6 4 (0.550%) TortoiseSVN
7 3 (0.413%) JIRA
7 3 (0.413%) Rational Rhapsody
8 2 (0.275%) VSS/SourceSafe
8 2 (0.275%) JDeveloper
9 1 (0.138%) NUnit
9 1 (0.138%) Bugzilla
9 1 (0.138%) MSI
9 1 (0.138%) TestDirector
9 1 (0.138%) JMeter
9 1 (0.138%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 67 (9.216%) Finance
2 56 (7.703%) Marketing
3 29 (3.989%) Pharmaceutical
4 27 (3.714%) Manufacturing
5 23 (3.164%) Local Government
6 13 (1.788%) Legal
7 10 (1.376%) Telecoms
8 8 (1.100%) Back Office
9 6 (0.825%) Publishing
10 3 (0.413%) Electronics
10 3 (0.413%) Law
11 2 (0.275%) Front Office
11 2 (0.275%) Advertising
12 1 (0.138%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 150 (20.63%) Developer
2 119 (16.37%) Analyst
3 79 (10.87%) Project Manager
4 72 (9.904%) Consultant
5 48 (6.602%) Business Analyst
6 31 (4.264%) DBA
7 26 (3.576%) SQL DBA
7 26 (3.576%) Administrator
8 21 (2.889%) NHS Project Manager
9 20 (2.751%) Senior Manager
9 20 (2.751%) PHP Developer
10 19 (2.613%) Technical Manager
10 19 (2.613%) Applications Developer
11 18 (2.476%) Service Manager
12 17 (2.338%) Information Analyst
13 16 (2.201%) Software Developer
13 16 (2.201%) Programme Manager
13 16 (2.201%) Senior Analyst
14 15 (2.063%) Business Intelligence Developer
14 15 (2.063%) Technical Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 79 (10.87%) Management Information System
2 58 (7.978%) Informatics
3 37 (5.089%) e-Health
4 25 (3.439%) Health Informatics
5 18 (2.476%) Computer Science
5 18 (2.476%) Replication
6 15 (2.063%) PACS
7 11 (1.513%) Enterprise Software
8 10 (1.376%) Mathematics
9 9 (1.238%) Data Extraction
10 8 (1.100%) Social Media
10 8 (1.100%) LIMS
11 7 (0.963%) Clustering
11 7 (0.963%) DTV
12 6 (0.825%) Mobile Payment
13 5 (0.688%) SaaS
14 4 (0.550%) Cloud Computing
14 4 (0.550%) Client/Server
15 3 (0.413%) Taxonomies
15 3 (0.413%) Ontologies
Operating Systems
1 54 (7.428%) Windows
2 29 (3.989%) Linux
3 23 (3.164%) Windows Server 2008
4 22 (3.026%) UNIX
5 21 (2.889%) Windows Server 2003
6 11 (1.513%) Windows XP
7 6 (0.825%) Apple iOS
7 6 (0.825%) Android
7 6 (0.825%) Windows 2000
8 5 (0.688%) Windows 8
9 4 (0.550%) Windows 2000 Server
9 4 (0.550%) Windows 7
9 4 (0.550%) AIX
10 2 (0.275%) Solaris
10 2 (0.275%) Windows Vista
11 1 (0.138%) Mac OS X
11 1 (0.138%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 125 (17.19%) Project Management
2 102 (14.03%) Business Intelligence
3 85 (11.69%) PRINCE2
4 79 (10.87%) Agile Software Development
5 60 (8.253%) ITIL
6 52 (7.153%) Business Analysis
7 51 (7.015%) Service Delivery
8 40 (5.502%) OO
9 36 (4.952%) Software Engineering
10 35 (4.814%) Scrum
11 33 (4.539%) Change Management
12 32 (4.402%) Workflow
12 32 (4.402%) TDD
13 31 (4.264%) Business Development
13 31 (4.264%) ERP
14 27 (3.714%) Stakeholder Management
15 26 (3.576%) Service Management
16 25 (3.439%) Data Analysis
17 22 (3.026%) Information Management
17 22 (3.026%) UML
Programming Languages
1 177 (24.35%) SQL
2 97 (13.34%) C#
3 44 (6.052%) Java
4 41 (5.640%) JavaScript
5 39 (5.365%) T-SQL
6 31 (4.264%) VBA
7 25 (3.439%) PHP
8 20 (2.751%) C
9 19 (2.613%) PL/SQL
10 15 (2.063%) VB.NET
11 10 (1.376%) Ruby
12 7 (0.963%) Python
12 7 (0.963%) C++
12 7 (0.963%) PHP5
13 6 (0.825%) VB
14 5 (0.688%) VBScript
14 5 (0.688%) R
15 4 (0.550%) XAML
15 4 (0.550%) Perl
16 2 (0.275%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 131 (18.02%) Degree
2 15 (2.063%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 13 (1.788%) Microsoft Certification
4 10 (1.376%) ACCA
4 10 (1.376%) ISEB
5 9 (1.238%) Cisco Certification
5 9 (1.238%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 8 (1.100%) CISA
6 8 (1.100%) MCTS
6 8 (1.100%) MCITP
7 7 (0.963%) ITIL Certification
7 7 (0.963%) CISM
7 7 (0.963%) QiCA
7 7 (0.963%) APMP
8 6 (0.825%) Postgraduate
9 4 (0.550%) Security Cleared
9 4 (0.550%) CCNA
10 3 (0.413%) CCIE
10 3 (0.413%) PMP
10 3 (0.413%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (5.227%) QA
2 21 (2.889%) SLA
3 18 (2.476%) HL7
4 16 (2.201%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 8 (1.100%) COBIT
6 3 (0.413%) ISO 9001
6 3 (0.413%) DICOM
7 2 (0.275%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.138%) EFQM
8 1 (0.138%) BS25999
System Software
1 5 (0.688%) VMware ESX
2 4 (0.550%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (0.413%) XenApp
4 2 (0.275%) vSphere
4 2 (0.275%) Citrix Presentation Server
4 2 (0.275%) Active Directory
5 1 (0.138%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 5 (0.688%) McAfee ePO
2 2 (0.275%) SCCM
2 2 (0.275%) HP Quality Center
2 2 (0.275%) Nagios
3 1 (0.138%) NetBackup
3 1 (0.138%) Puppet
Vendors
1 144 (19.81%) Microsoft
2 64 (8.803%) Oracle
3 41 (5.640%) SAP
4 18 (2.476%) Business Objects
5 17 (2.338%) Cisco
6 14 (1.926%) HP
6 14 (1.926%) Google
7 13 (1.788%) VMware
7 13 (1.788%) Cognos
7 13 (1.788%) Twitter
8 11 (1.513%) Citrix
9 10 (1.376%) Hitachi
9 10 (1.376%) NetApp
10 9 (1.238%) EMC
10 9 (1.238%) Novell
10 9 (1.238%) Lotus
11 7 (0.963%) Zend
12 6 (0.825%) Atlassian
12 6 (0.825%) JBoss
13 5 (0.688%) Adobe
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