The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term PACS in IT jobs advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited PACS over the 3 months to 19 June 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 for the West Midlands region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Picture Archiving and Communication Systems (PACS)
Rank 191 192 169
Rank change year-on-year
+1 -23
Permanent jobs citing PACS 11 2 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.209% 0.042% 0.023%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.761% 0.161% 0.100%
Number of salaries quoted 9 0 1
Average salary £35,000 - £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £39,000 £32,000
% change year-on-year
-10.25% +21.87%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
1445 1239 997
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 27.40% 25.92% 23.03%
Number of salaries quoted 1203 1060 821
Average salary £40,000 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.66% +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £24,000 £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
PACS
England

PACS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands PACS Jobs Demand Trend

PACS
Salary Trend

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

West Midlands PACS Salary Trend

PACS
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PACS within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
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Job
Vacancies
Warwickshire - 11 £35,000 - 2
PACS
England

PACS
Top 14 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands region citing PACS 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 PACS.

1 6 (54.55%) ISEB
1 6 (54.55%) NHS
1 6 (54.55%) Software Testing
1 6 (54.55%) User Acceptance Testing
2 3 (27.27%) Workflow
2 3 (27.27%) Workflow Management
3 2 (18.18%) Service Delivery
3 2 (18.18%) Pharmaceutical
3 2 (18.18%) SQL
3 2 (18.18%) SQL Server
3 2 (18.18%) MS Excel
3 2 (18.18%) e-Health
3 2 (18.18%) Marketing
3 2 (18.18%) HL7

PACS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands region citing PACS 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 PACS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 2 (18.18%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (18.18%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (18.18%) Pharmaceutical
1 2 (18.18%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 9 (81.82%) Analyst
2 6 (54.55%) Test Analyst
3 3 (27.27%) Systems Analyst
4 2 (18.18%) Systems Integration Analyst
4 2 (18.18%) Integration Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 6 (54.55%) NHS
2 2 (18.18%) e-Health
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (54.55%) Software Testing
1 6 (54.55%) User Acceptance Testing
2 3 (27.27%) Workflow
2 3 (27.27%) Workflow Management
3 2 (18.18%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 2 (18.18%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (54.55%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (18.18%) HL7
Warwick, Warwickshire
You will have a strong UAT background (and experience within Manual / Functional testing too) and ideally have worked within the NHS / healthcare sector with PAS/PACS experience... NHS /...
AMsource Technology
Salary: From £30,000 to £40,000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 14 June 2013
Warwick, Warwickshire
The Presales Specialist (e-health) will use their expert knowledge of the clinical solution suite (EPR) to support the sales and marketing process... The successful Presales Specialist (e-...
Experis IT
Salary: £verycompetitive
Posted: 14 June 2013
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