The first part of the table below looks at the prevalence of the term NHS in IT jobs advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited NHS over the 3 months to 22 May 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 for the West Midlands region.

National Health Service (NHS)
Location
3 months to
22 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank177156141
Rank change year-on-year
Down-21Down-15
Matching permanent IT job ads101418
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands0.222 %0.340 %0.498 %
As % of the Miscellaneous category0.972 %1.515 %2.723 %
Number of salaries quoted81414
Average salary£41,250£50,000£33,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
-17.50 %+50.37 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£34,150£30,500£29,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£49,000£65,250£44,250
UK excluding London average salary£39,000£41,500£40,000
% change year-on-year
-6.02 %+3.75 %
West Midlands IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryAll Miscellaneous Category
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
1029924661
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands22.86 %22.42 %18.30 %
Number of salaries quoted873745522
Average salary£37,500£35,000£35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.14 %-
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£25,000£23,600£23,350
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£60,000£52,500£60,000
UK excluding London average salary£40,000£37,500£37,500
% change year-on-year
+6.66 %-
NHS EnglandNHS
England

NHS
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing NHS across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

West Midlands NHS Demand Trend

NHS
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing NHS across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands NHS Salary Trend

NHS
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing NHS across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 22 May 2012.

West Midlands NHS Salary Histogram

NHS
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 West Midlands region over the 3 months to 22 May 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
BirminghamDown-104£47,250+5.00 %
StaffordshireDown-92£39,750-20.50 %
NHS EnglandNHS
England

NHS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2012, IT jobs across the West Midlands region 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.

19 (40.91 %)PACS
23 (13.64 %)Risk Management
23 (13.64 %)PRINCE2
23 (13.64 %)Microsoft
32 (9.091 %)ITIL
32 (9.091 %)Business Development
32 (9.091 %)Business Analysis
41 (4.545 %)Yahoo!
41 (4.545 %)MCTS
41 (4.545 %)Dynamics CRM
41 (4.545 %)MCITP
41 (4.545 %)PKI
41 (4.545 %)SharePoint Server
41 (4.545 %)FormScape
41 (4.545 %)Marketing
41 (4.545 %)Problem Management
41 (4.545 %)SCCM
41 (4.545 %)SCOM
41 (4.545 %)Learning Management System
41 (4.545 %)SaaS
41 (4.545 %)Process Improvement
41 (4.545 %)Identity Management
41 (4.545 %)Management Information System
41 (4.545 %)Finance
41 (4.545 %)SQL
41 (4.545 %)SQL Server
41 (4.545 %)MS Office
41 (4.545 %)Active Directory
41 (4.545 %)CISSP
41 (4.545 %)ITIL Certification

NHS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2012, IT jobs across the West Midlands region 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.

West Midlands IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
11 (4.545 %)SharePoint
11 (4.545 %)BizTalk Server
11 (4.545 %)SharePoint Server
11 (4.545 %)FormScape
West Midlands IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
11 (4.545 %)MS Office
11 (4.545 %)MS Excel
West Midlands IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
11 (4.545 %)Dynamics CRM
West Midlands IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (4.545 %)SQL Server
11 (4.545 %)Data Warehouse
West Midlands IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
11 (4.545 %)Finance
11 (4.545 %)Marketing
West Midlands IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
17 (31.82 %)Consultant
24 (18.18 %)Technical Consultant
24 (18.18 %)Pre Sales Consultant
24 (18.18 %)Sales Executive
24 (18.18 %)Sales Consultant
24 (18.18 %)Technical Pre Sales Consultant
33 (13.64 %)Project Manager
42 (9.091 %)Business Analyst
42 (9.091 %)Analyst
42 (9.091 %)Development Manager
42 (9.091 %)Business Development Manager
42 (9.091 %)Administrator
42 (9.091 %)Business Manager
51 (4.545 %)Service Level Manager
51 (4.545 %)Service Manager
51 (4.545 %)Account Manager
51 (4.545 %)Bid Manager
51 (4.545 %)Software Consultant
51 (4.545 %)Senior Manager
51 (4.545 %)Senior Consultant
West Midlands IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
19 (40.91 %)PACS
21 (4.545 %)PKI
21 (4.545 %)Learning Management System
21 (4.545 %)SaaS
21 (4.545 %)Management Information System
West Midlands IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
13 (13.64 %)PRINCE2
13 (13.64 %)Risk Management
22 (9.091 %)Business Analysis
22 (9.091 %)Business Development
22 (9.091 %)ITIL
31 (4.545 %)Problem Management
31 (4.545 %)Process Improvement
31 (4.545 %)CRM
31 (4.545 %)ERP
31 (4.545 %)Identity Management
West Midlands IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
11 (4.545 %)SQL
West Midlands IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
11 (4.545 %)CISSP
11 (4.545 %)ITIL Certification
11 (4.545 %)MCTS
11 (4.545 %)MCITP
West Midlands IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
11 (4.545 %)Active Directory
West Midlands IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
11 (4.545 %)SCCM
11 (4.545 %)SCOM
West Midlands IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
13 (13.64 %)Microsoft
21 (4.545 %)Sage
21 (4.545 %)Yahoo!