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 1 June 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
1 Jun 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank572590411
Rank change year-on-year
Up+18Down-179
Matching permanent IT job ads331285411
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.272 %0.224 %0.414 %
As % of the Miscellaneous category0.863 %0.680 %1.261 %
Number of salaries quoted273251312
Average salary£39,000£41,500£37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.02 %+10.66 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£24,500£25,000£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£55,000£60,500£55,000
UK excluding London average salary£38,250£41,500£39,000
% change year-on-year
-7.83 %+6.41 %
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryAll Miscellaneous Category
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
383544188832584
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK31.46 %32.89 %32.79 %
Number of salaries quoted322663519026661
Average salary£45,000£47,500£50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.26 %-5.00 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£28,500£27,500£28,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£75,000£85,000£82,500
UK excluding London average salary£40,000£37,500£37,500
% change year-on-year
+6.66 %-

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 1 June 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 1 June 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
EnglandUp+33311£40,000-3.61 %
LondonUp+21107£42,500-5.55 %
South EastDown-5792£45,000+8.43 %
SurreyNo change031£52,500+56.71 %
North WestDown-1623£37,500-12.25 %
YorkshireUp+320£34,500-18.82 %
West YorkshireNew entry-20£34,500-
LeedsNew entry-18£34,500-
East MidlandsUp+1917£29,000+28.88 %
South WestUp+1217£35,000+40.00 %
East of EnglandUp+1217£34,539-16.77 %
NottinghamshireUp+2715£29,000+38.09 %
BerkshireDown-2214£48,000-8.57 %
NottinghamNew entry-14£29,000-
HampshireDown-613£30,000+1.69 %
SouthamptonDown-913£30,000+1.69 %
West MidlandsDown-1913£40,000-20.00 %
BristolUp+1712£35,000-
ClaphamNew entry-12--
EssexUp+311£34,000-22.72 %
City of LondonNo change011£37,500-37.50 %
CheshireDown-1911£42,500-10.52 %
KentUp+69£29,500-1.20 %
ChertseyNew entry-9£52,500-
South WalesUp+18£37,000-30.18 %
WalesDown-28£37,000-2.63 %
ReadingDown-228£64,750+23.33 %
WarringtonDown-358£29,250-38.42 %
North WalesNew entry-8£37,000-
BirminghamDown-66£50,000+11.11 %

NHS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 1 June 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.

1166 (27.17 %)SQL Server
2165 (27.00 %)SQL
3117 (19.15 %)Microsoft
4107 (17.51 %)Finance
5101 (16.53 %)Degree
698 (16.04 %).NET
780 (13.09 %)C#
878 (12.77 %)Business Intelligence
977 (12.60 %)Project Management
1068 (11.13 %)PRINCE2
1167 (10.97 %)MS Excel
1266 (10.80 %)Oracle
1365 (10.64 %)Data Warehouse
1458 (9.493 %)JavaScript
1555 (9.002 %)ITIL
1650 (8.183 %)CSS
1748 (7.856 %)OO
1846 (7.529 %)Marketing
1945 (7.365 %)XML
2044 (7.201 %)ASP.NET
2143 (7.038 %)Windows
2242 (6.874 %)Service Delivery
2242 (6.874 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
2340 (6.547 %)Java
2438 (6.219 %)SharePoint
2536 (5.892 %)Management Information System
2635 (5.728 %)jQuery
2734 (5.565 %)SQL Server Integration Services
2833 (5.401 %).NET Framework
2833 (5.401 %)ETL

NHS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 1 June 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
198 (16.04 %).NET
250 (8.183 %)CSS
345 (7.365 %)XML
444 (7.201 %)ASP.NET
535 (5.728 %)jQuery
633 (5.401 %).NET Framework
729 (4.746 %)Ajax
827 (4.419 %)HTML
923 (3.764 %)Web Services
1019 (3.110 %)WCF
1019 (3.110 %)XSLT
1118 (2.946 %)WinForms
1216 (2.619 %)LAMP
1315 (2.455 %)WPF
1414 (2.291 %)Silverlight
1512 (1.964 %)Middleware
1611 (1.800 %)MDX
1710 (1.637 %)ADO.NET Entity Framework
188 (1.309 %)XHTML
188 (1.309 %)XSD
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
138 (6.219 %)SharePoint
223 (3.764 %)IIS
320 (3.273 %)SAS
411 (1.800 %)CMS
411 (1.800 %)MS Exchange
59 (1.473 %)SharePoint Server
59 (1.473 %)WebLogic
68 (1.309 %)MSMQ
77 (1.146 %)Office Project Server
85 (0.818 %)Apache
94 (0.655 %)Exchange Server 2007
94 (0.655 %)Amazon S3
94 (0.655 %)concrete5
103 (0.491 %)Amazon AWS
103 (0.491 %)Exchange Server 2003
103 (0.491 %)BizTalk Server
112 (0.327 %)GlassFish
112 (0.327 %)Exchange Server 2010
121 (0.164 %)SharePoint 2010
121 (0.164 %)WordPress
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
167 (10.97 %)MS Excel
223 (3.764 %)MS Visio
322 (3.601 %)MS Project
419 (3.110 %)MS Office
510 (1.637 %)SPSS
69 (1.473 %)MS PowerPoint
75 (0.818 %)Spreadsheet
75 (0.818 %)Photoshop
84 (0.655 %)FrameMaker
91 (0.164 %)InfoPath
91 (0.164 %)CorelDRAW
91 (0.164 %)AutoCAD
91 (0.164 %)Paint Shop Pro
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
19 (1.473 %)Oracle EBS
25 (0.818 %)Oracle EBS R12
33 (0.491 %)Dynamics CRM
41 (0.164 %)Cerner Millennium
41 (0.164 %)Dynamics NAV
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
117 (2.782 %)SAN
29 (1.473 %)Firewall
29 (1.473 %)Wireless
36 (0.982 %)WAN
36 (0.982 %)Intranet
45 (0.818 %)Reverse Proxy
45 (0.818 %)IP Telephony
45 (0.818 %)Internet
45 (0.818 %)DNS
54 (0.655 %)SSL
54 (0.655 %)LAN
54 (0.655 %)TCP/IP
54 (0.655 %)VPN
54 (0.655 %)HTTP
62 (0.327 %)SMTP
62 (0.327 %)Ethernet
62 (0.327 %)Broadband
62 (0.327 %)Network Security
71 (0.164 %)Cisco PIX
71 (0.164 %)iSCSI
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1166 (27.17 %)SQL Server
265 (10.64 %)Data Warehouse
342 (6.874 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
434 (5.565 %)SQL Server Integration Services
533 (5.401 %)ETL
631 (5.074 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
721 (3.437 %)SQL Server 2005
721 (3.437 %)MySQL
816 (2.619 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
816 (2.619 %)SQL Server 2008
913 (2.128 %)Oracle BI EE
913 (2.128 %)MS Access
913 (2.128 %)OLAP
1011 (1.800 %)GIS
117 (1.146 %)DTS
117 (1.146 %)Star Schema
126 (0.982 %)Data Mining
126 (0.982 %)Crystal Reports
135 (0.818 %)InterSystems Cache
144 (0.655 %)Snowflake Schema
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
113 (2.128 %)Visual Studio
29 (1.473 %)Team Foundation Server
38 (1.309 %)VSS/SourceSafe
45 (0.818 %)Subversion
54 (0.655 %)JIRA
54 (0.655 %)Git (software)
63 (0.491 %)Rational Rhapsody
71 (0.164 %)Hudson
71 (0.164 %)Maven
71 (0.164 %)Ant
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1107 (17.51 %)Finance
246 (7.529 %)Marketing
331 (5.074 %)Back Office
421 (3.437 %)Telecoms
520 (3.273 %)Retail
520 (3.273 %)Local Government
617 (2.782 %)Banking
716 (2.619 %)Pharmaceutical
810 (1.637 %)Manufacturing
99 (1.473 %)Legal
106 (0.982 %)Financial Institution
114 (0.655 %)Law
122 (0.327 %)Games
122 (0.327 %)Advertising
122 (0.327 %)Multimedia
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1120 (19.64 %)Analyst
2103 (16.86 %)Developer
358 (9.493 %)Project Manager
449 (8.020 %)Consultant
529 (4.746 %)Senior Analyst
529 (4.746 %)Web Developer
626 (4.255 %)Senior Manager
725 (4.092 %)Information Analyst
824 (3.928 %)Programmer
824 (3.928 %)Support Analyst
921 (3.437 %)Senior Project Manager
1019 (3.110 %)Analyst Programmer
1019 (3.110 %)Administrator
1019 (3.110 %)Test Analyst
1116 (2.619 %)Service Manager
1215 (2.455 %)Business Manager
1215 (2.455 %)Senior Developer
1314 (2.291 %)Systems Manager
1314 (2.291 %)PHP Developer
1412 (1.964 %)Business Intelligence (BI) Developer
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
136 (5.892 %)Management Information System
224 (3.928 %)Informatics
322 (3.601 %)Computer Science
417 (2.782 %)Digital Media
516 (2.619 %)IPTV
516 (2.619 %)FMCG
614 (2.291 %)Data Protection Act
614 (2.291 %)Social Media
713 (2.128 %)Kindle
713 (2.128 %)PACS
812 (1.964 %)Mathematics
812 (1.964 %)iSeries
910 (1.637 %)NPfIT
910 (1.637 %)Data Extraction
910 (1.637 %)Cloud Computing
910 (1.637 %)Health Informatics
109 (1.473 %)Client/Server
118 (1.309 %)N-Tier
118 (1.309 %)Open Source
126 (0.982 %)W3C
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
143 (7.038 %)Windows
222 (3.601 %)UNIX
313 (2.128 %)Linux
49 (1.473 %)Windows Server 2008
57 (1.146 %)Windows 7
64 (0.655 %)Windows XP
73 (0.491 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
73 (0.491 %)Windows Server 2003
81 (0.164 %)Android
81 (0.164 %)Windows 2000
81 (0.164 %)AIX
81 (0.164 %)Solaris
81 (0.164 %)VMS
81 (0.164 %)OpenVMS
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
178 (12.77 %)Business Intelligence
277 (12.60 %)Project Management
368 (11.13 %)PRINCE2
455 (9.002 %)ITIL
548 (7.856 %)OO
642 (6.874 %)Service Delivery
731 (5.074 %)Agile Software Development
830 (4.910 %)Data Analysis
926 (4.255 %)Stakeholder Management
926 (4.255 %)Business Development
1023 (3.764 %)Test Scripting
1122 (3.601 %)Workflow
1219 (3.110 %)Risk Management
1219 (3.110 %)Change Management
1317 (2.782 %)Web Application Development
1416 (2.619 %)Data Modelling
1416 (2.619 %)MVC
1416 (2.619 %)Data Protection
1416 (2.619 %)Dimensional Modelling
1513 (2.128 %)Requirements Analysis
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1165 (27.00 %)SQL
280 (13.09 %)C#
358 (9.493 %)JavaScript
440 (6.547 %)Java
525 (4.092 %)VB.NET
624 (3.928 %)T-SQL
720 (3.273 %)VB
720 (3.273 %)PHP
812 (1.964 %)C
910 (1.637 %)PL/SQL
910 (1.637 %)VBA
108 (1.309 %)PHP5
116 (0.982 %)PHP4
123 (0.491 %)VB6
123 (0.491 %)C++
132 (0.327 %)Delphi
132 (0.327 %)SAS Macro
141 (0.164 %)C-shell
141 (0.164 %)Perl
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1101 (16.53 %)Degree
231 (5.074 %)Microsoft Certification
312 (1.964 %)MCSE
312 (1.964 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
410 (1.637 %)ITIL Certification
410 (1.637 %)ISEB
59 (1.473 %)Oracle Certification
68 (1.309 %)OCP
68 (1.309 %)CISSP
77 (1.146 %)Security Cleared
77 (1.146 %)CISM
77 (1.146 %)MCP
85 (0.818 %)ISEB Practitioner
85 (0.818 %)Cisco Certification
85 (0.818 %)PRINCE2 Certification
94 (0.655 %)PMI Certification
94 (0.655 %)MCPD
103 (0.491 %)MCTS
103 (0.491 %)ECDL
103 (0.491 %)RHCE
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
126 (4.255 %)HL7
214 (2.291 %)ISO 9001
310 (1.637 %)ISO/IEC 27001
310 (1.637 %)QA
49 (1.473 %)SLA
57 (1.146 %)PCI DSS
66 (0.982 %)ISO/IEC 17799
66 (0.982 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
66 (0.982 %)COBIT
66 (0.982 %)HIPAA
71 (0.164 %)ISO 9000
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
129 (4.746 %)Active Directory
218 (2.946 %)VMware Infrastructure
36 (0.982 %)Hyper-V
45 (0.818 %)vSphere
54 (0.655 %)VMware ESX
63 (0.491 %)UAG
71 (0.164 %)Oracle RAC
71 (0.164 %)VMware Workstation
71 (0.164 %)Oracle RMAN
71 (0.164 %)Terminal Services
71 (0.164 %)NFS
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
16 (0.982 %)SCCM
24 (0.655 %)ZENworks
24 (0.655 %)NetBackup
24 (0.655 %)SCOM
33 (0.491 %)Backup Exec
33 (0.491 %)Foglight
41 (0.164 %)Data Guard
41 (0.164 %)SolarWinds Orion
41 (0.164 %)HP Quality Center
41 (0.164 %)WSUS
41 (0.164 %)MOM
41 (0.164 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
41 (0.164 %)Nagios
41 (0.164 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1117 (19.15 %)Microsoft
266 (10.80 %)Oracle
329 (4.746 %)Cisco
424 (3.928 %)VMware
512 (1.964 %)Zend
611 (1.800 %)Symantec
79 (1.473 %)NetApp
79 (1.473 %)HP
79 (1.473 %)Informatica
88 (1.309 %)InterSystems
88 (1.309 %)Novell
88 (1.309 %)CheckPoint
97 (1.146 %)DevExpress
97 (1.146 %)Business Objects
106 (0.982 %)Capita
106 (0.982 %)Yahoo!
115 (0.818 %)Barracuda Networks
115 (0.818 %)Google
115 (0.818 %)Blue Coat
115 (0.818 %)Websense