The first part of the 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 16 February 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.

National Health Service (NHS)
Location
3 months to
16 Feb 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank593550332
Rank change year-on-year
Down-43Down-218
Matching permanent IT job ads294288438
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.254 %0.261 %0.549 %
As % of the Miscellaneous category0.819 %0.807 %1.756 %
Number of salaries quoted257238348
Average salary£37,500£40,500£40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.40 %+1.25 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£24,500£24,613£29,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£55,427£54,980£60,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£41,500£42,500
% change year-on-year
-15.66 %-2.35 %
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryAll Miscellaneous Category
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
358953567724937
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK30.99 %32.38 %31.23 %
Number of salaries quoted308952949420261
Average salary£45,000£48,500£47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.21 %+2.10 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£28,500£27,500£27,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£75,000£85,000£80,000
UK excluding London average salary£38,500£37,500£37,500
% change year-on-year
+2.66 %-

NHS
Demand Trend

The 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 Demand Trend

NHS
Salary Trend

The 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

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing NHS over the 3 months to 16 February 2012 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 16 February 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
EnglandDown-41281£37,500-7.97 %
South EastDown-3189£32,500-13.33 %
LondonDown-2861£40,000+6.66 %
OxfordshireUp+138£32,500-21.68 %
YorkshireDown-1137£43,500+33.84 %
North WestUp+1135£38,000-1.93 %
BanburyUp+1133£32,500-21.68 %
West YorkshireDown-631£35,250+8.46 %
LeedsDown-829£35,000+7.69 %
East of EnglandUp+323£30,000-23.56 %
CambridgeshireNo change016£30,000+20.00 %
PeterboroughNew entry-16£30,000-
CheshireUp+2214£37,500-
ManchesterUp+813£42,500+3.65 %
BerkshireDown-1013£39,000+4.00 %
South WestDown-1913£32,250-24.11 %
West MidlandsDown-6212£47,000+10.58 %
SurreyDown-1510£24,000-49.25 %
KentDown-48£28,000+55.55 %
BirminghamUp+67£75,000+76.47 %
WarringtonUp+37£37,500+2.73 %
HampshireDown-337£30,500-14.08 %
ReadingNew entry-6£39,000-
WimbledonNew entry-6£47,500-
City of LondonDown-225£50,000+33.33 %
AbingdonNew entry-5£37,500-
BristolDown-64£29,000-
EssexDown-284£45,688-39.08 %
ExeterNew entry-4£32,500-
SouthamptonNew entry-4£30,000-

NHS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 16 February 2012, 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.

1163 (26.72 %)SQL Server
2140 (22.95 %)SQL
3117 (19.18 %)Microsoft
498 (16.07 %)Degree
580 (13.11 %)Finance
668 (11.15 %)MS Excel
767 (10.98 %)Windows
767 (10.98 %).NET
866 (10.82 %)C#
866 (10.82 %)Business Intelligence
956 (9.180 %)Project Management
1051 (8.361 %)ITIL
1150 (8.197 %)JavaScript
1249 (8.033 %)PRINCE2
1346 (7.541 %)Java
1445 (7.377 %)ASP.NET
1544 (7.213 %)Oracle
1643 (7.049 %)CSS
1643 (7.049 %)XML
1643 (7.049 %)Test Scripting
1742 (6.885 %)Telecoms
1840 (6.557 %)Retail
1939 (6.393 %)Marketing
1939 (6.393 %)Management Information System
1939 (6.393 %)VMware
2038 (6.230 %)SharePoint
2137 (6.066 %)Data Warehouse (DWH)
2137 (6.066 %)T-SQL
2236 (5.902 %)Web Services
2236 (5.902 %)Cisco

NHS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 16 February 2012, 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.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
167 (10.98 %).NET
245 (7.377 %)ASP.NET
343 (7.049 %)CSS
343 (7.049 %)XML
436 (5.902 %)Web Services
528 (4.590 %)HTML
625 (4.098 %).NET Framework
724 (3.934 %)LAMP
821 (3.443 %)Ajax
917 (2.787 %)Silverlight
917 (2.787 %)jQuery
1012 (1.967 %)ADO.NET Entity Framework
1111 (1.803 %)J2EE
1111 (1.803 %)SOAP
1111 (1.803 %)Cocoa
1210 (1.639 %)WCF
139 (1.475 %)ASP
148 (1.311 %)Servlets
148 (1.311 %)EJB
148 (1.311 %)JMS
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
138 (6.230 %)SharePoint
228 (4.590 %)SAS
320 (3.279 %)IIS
413 (2.131 %)MS Exchange
413 (2.131 %)CMS
510 (1.639 %)SharePoint 2010
69 (1.475 %)Exchange Server 2007
69 (1.475 %)Apache
78 (1.311 %)BizTalk Server
85 (0.820 %)SharePoint Server
94 (0.656 %)Documentum
94 (0.656 %)Amazon S3
94 (0.656 %)concrete5
94 (0.656 %)Exchange Server 2010
102 (0.328 %)Zope
102 (0.328 %)Plone
102 (0.328 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
102 (0.328 %)ColdFusion
102 (0.328 %)Drupal
102 (0.328 %)GlassFish
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
168 (11.15 %)MS Excel
221 (3.443 %)MS Office
318 (2.951 %)SPSS
49 (1.475 %)FrameMaker
58 (1.311 %)MS PowerPoint
67 (1.148 %)Spreadsheet
67 (1.148 %)MS Visio
75 (0.820 %)MS Project
84 (0.656 %)Paint Shop Pro
91 (0.164 %)InDesign
91 (0.164 %)InfoPath
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
17 (1.148 %)Dynamics NAV
25 (0.820 %)Oracle EBS R12
25 (0.820 %)Oracle EBS
33 (0.492 %)Cerner Millennium
41 (0.164 %)SAP ERP
41 (0.164 %)Oracle ERP
41 (0.164 %)SAP Oil and Gas
41 (0.164 %)Dynamics CRM
41 (0.164 %)Dynamics AX
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
120 (3.279 %)SAN
217 (2.787 %)WAN
314 (2.295 %)LAN
413 (2.131 %)IP Telephony
512 (1.967 %)Internet
512 (1.967 %)Firewall
611 (1.803 %)DNS
710 (1.639 %)Intranet
710 (1.639 %)TCP/IP
88 (1.311 %)Wireless
96 (0.984 %)Reverse Proxy
104 (0.656 %)SSL
104 (0.656 %)DHCP
113 (0.492 %)NAS
113 (0.492 %)Cisco ASA
113 (0.492 %)VPN
122 (0.328 %)IMAP
122 (0.328 %)HTTP
122 (0.328 %)Broadband
122 (0.328 %)PBX
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1163 (26.72 %)SQL Server
237 (6.066 %)Data Warehouse (DWH)
333 (5.410 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
427 (4.426 %)MySQL
524 (3.934 %)SQL Server Integration Services
623 (3.770 %)SQL Server 2008
720 (3.279 %)SQL Server 2005
817 (2.787 %)GIS
916 (2.623 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
1014 (2.295 %)ETL
1113 (2.131 %)QlikView
1211 (1.803 %)SQLite
139 (1.475 %)MS Access
148 (1.311 %)Crystal Reports
156 (0.984 %)OLAP
156 (0.984 %)Oracle BI EE
165 (0.820 %)SQL Server 2000
174 (0.656 %)InterSystems Cache
174 (0.656 %)Oracle 8/8i
183 (0.492 %)Data Mining
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
111 (1.803 %)Xcode
29 (1.475 %)Subversion
36 (0.984 %)Eclipse
36 (0.984 %)Git (software)
45 (0.820 %)Visual Studio
54 (0.656 %)JIRA
62 (0.328 %)Bugzilla
62 (0.328 %)MSI
71 (0.164 %)Hudson
71 (0.164 %)Team Foundation Server
71 (0.164 %)Selenium
71 (0.164 %)Rational Rose
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
180 (13.11 %)Finance
242 (6.885 %)Telecoms
340 (6.557 %)Retail
439 (6.393 %)Marketing
534 (5.574 %)Banking
621 (3.443 %)Pharmaceutical
720 (3.279 %)Local Government
720 (3.279 %)Back Office
813 (2.131 %)Law
911 (1.803 %)Manufacturing
107 (1.148 %)Legal
112 (0.328 %)Multimedia
112 (0.328 %)Billing
112 (0.328 %)Advertising
112 (0.328 %)Games
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1134 (21.97 %)Analyst
2123 (20.16 %)Developer
367 (10.98 %)Consultant
441 (6.721 %)Test Analyst
538 (6.230 %)Senior Analyst
635 (5.738 %)Project Manager
732 (5.246 %)Web Developer
823 (3.770 %)Senior Test Analyst
919 (3.115 %)Information Analyst
1018 (2.951 %)Team Leader
1018 (2.951 %)PHP Developer
1117 (2.787 %)Architect
1117 (2.787 %)Development Manager
1216 (2.623 %)Support Analyst
1315 (2.459 %)Applications Support
1414 (2.295 %)Business Manager
1414 (2.295 %)Service Analyst
1414 (2.295 %)Support Engineer
1414 (2.295 %)Author
1414 (2.295 %)Technical Author
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
139 (6.393 %)Management Information System
229 (4.754 %)IPTV
229 (4.754 %)FMCG
229 (4.754 %)Digital Media
322 (3.607 %)NPfIT
418 (2.951 %)Computer Science
515 (2.459 %)iPhone
613 (2.131 %)Informatics
613 (2.131 %)Mathematics
613 (2.131 %)PACS
711 (1.803 %)iPad
711 (1.803 %)Statistics
89 (1.475 %)Health Informatics
97 (1.148 %)Open Source
97 (1.148 %)Client/Server
97 (1.148 %)Replication
106 (0.984 %)Thin Client
106 (0.984 %)Fat Client
106 (0.984 %)PaaS
115 (0.820 %)PMI
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
167 (10.98 %)Windows
221 (3.443 %)Linux
314 (2.295 %)UNIX
413 (2.131 %)Windows Server 2003
511 (1.803 %)Apple iOS
511 (1.803 %)Windows Server 2008
511 (1.803 %)Android
68 (1.311 %)Windows 7
75 (0.820 %)Windows 2000
83 (0.492 %)Windows XP
92 (0.328 %)Ubuntu
92 (0.328 %)Debian
92 (0.328 %)VMS
92 (0.328 %)OpenVMS
101 (0.164 %)Windows 2000 Server
101 (0.164 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
101 (0.164 %)NetWare
101 (0.164 %)Windows NT
101 (0.164 %)AIX
101 (0.164 %)Solaris
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
166 (10.82 %)Business Intelligence
256 (9.180 %)Project Management
351 (8.361 %)ITIL
449 (8.033 %)PRINCE2
543 (7.049 %)Test Scripting
634 (5.574 %)Data Analysis
726 (4.262 %)OO
726 (4.262 %)Business Development
823 (3.770 %)Risk Management
823 (3.770 %)Web Development
922 (3.607 %)Service Management
1021 (3.443 %)Service Delivery
1118 (2.951 %)Agile Software Development
1217 (2.787 %)Requirements Analysis
1315 (2.459 %)MVC
1414 (2.295 %)Identity Management
1414 (2.295 %)Stakeholder Management
1414 (2.295 %)Information Security
1414 (2.295 %)Data Modelling
1414 (2.295 %)Release Management
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1140 (22.95 %)SQL
266 (10.82 %)C#
350 (8.197 %)JavaScript
446 (7.541 %)Java
537 (6.066 %)T-SQL
629 (4.754 %)PHP
723 (3.770 %)VB
816 (2.623 %)VB.NET
913 (2.131 %)C
1011 (1.803 %)Objective-C
116 (0.984 %)PHP5
116 (0.984 %)PHP4
125 (0.820 %)PL/SQL
125 (0.820 %)Ruby
134 (0.656 %)VBA
134 (0.656 %)MUMPS
134 (0.656 %)PowerShell
134 (0.656 %)Bash shell
142 (0.328 %)XPath
151 (0.164 %)SAS Macro
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
198 (16.07 %)Degree
225 (4.098 %)Microsoft Certification
319 (3.115 %)Cisco Certification
415 (2.459 %)ISEB
513 (2.131 %)MCSE
68 (1.311 %)ITIL Certification
68 (1.311 %)CCIE
68 (1.311 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
77 (1.148 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
86 (0.984 %)MCTS
95 (0.820 %)Security Cleared
95 (0.820 %)CCNA
95 (0.820 %)MCP
95 (0.820 %)PMI Certification
95 (0.820 %)MCPD
104 (0.656 %)MCITP
104 (0.656 %)MCSA
113 (0.492 %)VCP4
113 (0.492 %)SC Cleared
113 (0.492 %)CCNP
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
120 (3.279 %)HL7
215 (2.459 %)ISO/IEC 27001
312 (1.967 %)SLA
411 (1.803 %)ISO 9001
510 (1.639 %)PCI DSS
66 (0.984 %)COBIT
66 (0.984 %)ISO/IEC 17799
72 (0.328 %)BS7799
81 (0.164 %)BS25999
81 (0.164 %)QA
81 (0.164 %)GAAP
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
135 (5.738 %)Active Directory
225 (4.098 %)VMware Infrastructure
313 (2.131 %)VMware ESX
48 (1.311 %)vSphere
57 (1.148 %)Hyper-V
64 (0.656 %)VMware ESXi
73 (0.492 %)XenApp
73 (0.492 %)XenDesktop
73 (0.492 %)MSMQ
73 (0.492 %)Terminal Services
82 (0.328 %)Postfix
91 (0.164 %)Citrix Presentation Server
91 (0.164 %)VMware Workstation
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
19 (1.475 %)SCCM
28 (1.311 %)Cisco UCCX
36 (0.984 %)ZENworks
44 (0.656 %)NetBackup
44 (0.656 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
53 (0.492 %)Nagios
53 (0.492 %)Foglight
53 (0.492 %)WSUS
62 (0.328 %)MOM
62 (0.328 %)HP Quality Center
62 (0.328 %)McAfee ePO
71 (0.164 %)Splunk
71 (0.164 %)SolarWinds Orion
71 (0.164 %)SCOM
71 (0.164 %)OpenView
71 (0.164 %)Norton AntiVirus
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1117 (19.18 %)Microsoft
244 (7.213 %)Oracle
339 (6.393 %)VMware
436 (5.902 %)Cisco
520 (3.279 %)NetApp
614 (2.295 %)HP
713 (2.131 %)Zend
713 (2.131 %)Citrix
713 (2.131 %)Novell
812 (1.967 %)Apple
812 (1.967 %)Adobe
911 (1.803 %)Google
109 (1.475 %)Symantec
118 (1.311 %)IBM
127 (1.148 %)CheckPoint
136 (0.984 %)Blue Coat
136 (0.984 %)Cerner
136 (0.984 %)CommVault
136 (0.984 %)Websense
136 (0.984 %)SAP