PACS Contracts in England

Picture Archiving and Communication Systems (PACS)
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term PACS in contract job vacancies advertised in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited PACS over the 6 months to 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 527 613 753
Rank change year-on-year +86 +140 -152
Contract jobs citing PACS 11 35 36
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.030% 0.070% 0.051%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.097% 0.21% 0.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 12 16
10th Percentile £172 £150 £218
25th Percentile £176 £309 £341
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £513 £400
Median % change year-on-year -31.71% +28.13% -13.04%
75th Percentile - £588 £429
90th Percentile £396 £599 £513
UK median daily rate £350 £513 £400
% change year-on-year -31.71% +28.13% -13.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £26.11 -
UK median hourly rate - £26.11 -

All Generic Skills
England

PACS is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 11,329 16,843 24,134
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 30.73% 33.68% 33.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,438 11,694 17,131
10th Percentile £263 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £675 £695 £675
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
UK median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.23% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 818 591 642
10th Percentile £12.25 £9.80 £14.25
25th Percentile £15.17 £10.63 £16.53
Median hourly rate £31.50 £22.50 £26.50
Median % change year-on-year +40.00% -15.09% +1.50%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £70.00 £77.50 £65.76
UK median hourly rate £30.14 £22.49 £27.50
% change year-on-year +34.04% -18.24% +4.05%

PACS
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing PACS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for PACS in England

PACS
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing PACS in England.

Daily rate trend for PACS in England

PACS
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PACS in England over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for PACS in England

PACS
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing PACS in England.

Hourly rate trend for PACS in England

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Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PACS within the England region over the 6 months to 4 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +90 5 £185 -67.11% 6
Midlands +19 4 £350 -6.67% 1
West Midlands +27 3 £350 -6.67%
South East +22 1 - - 4
East Midlands +21 1 - - 1
PACS
UK

PACS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 3 (27.27%) SharePoint
2 2 (18.18%) Exchange Server 2007
2 2 (18.18%) Exchange Server 2010
2 2 (18.18%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (18.18%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (18.18%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 1 (9.09%) Azure
1 1 (9.09%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 3 (27.27%) Network Security
1 3 (27.27%) Radio Access Network
2 2 (18.18%) SAN
2 2 (18.18%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (27.27%) Electronic Patient Records
1 3 (27.27%) GIS
1 3 (27.27%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Visual Studio
General
1 1 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (18.18%) Network Specialist
2 1 (9.09%) Analyst
2 1 (9.09%) Business Analyst
2 1 (9.09%) Developer
2 1 (9.09%) JavaScript Developer
2 1 (9.09%) NHS Business Analyst
2 1 (9.09%) Programme Manager
2 1 (9.09%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (9.09%) CSS
1 1 (9.09%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (63.64%) NHS
2 2 (18.18%) Management Information System
2 2 (18.18%) Smartcard
2 2 (18.18%) Smartphone
3 1 (9.09%) Data Structures
3 1 (9.09%) e-Health
3 1 (9.09%) LIMS
Operating Systems
1 2 (18.18%) Android
1 2 (18.18%) Windows
1 2 (18.18%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (27.27%) Decision-Making
1 3 (27.27%) Integration Testing
1 3 (27.27%) Operational Acceptance Testing
1 3 (27.27%) Performance Testing
1 3 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (27.27%) Programme Management
1 3 (27.27%) Regression Testing
1 3 (27.27%) System Integration Testing
1 3 (27.27%) Test Automation
1 3 (27.27%) User Acceptance Testing
2 2 (18.18%) Asset Management
2 2 (18.18%) Information Management
2 2 (18.18%) ITIL
2 2 (18.18%) Network Planning
2 2 (18.18%) PRINCE
2 2 (18.18%) PRINCE2
2 2 (18.18%) Project Delivery
2 2 (18.18%) Project Management
2 2 (18.18%) Project Planning
2 2 (18.18%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (9.09%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 3 (27.27%) ISEB
1 3 (27.27%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (36.36%) HL7
2 2 (18.18%) PMO
System Software
1 2 (18.18%) Active Directory
1 2 (18.18%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 3 (27.27%) Ericsson
1 3 (27.27%) ESRI
1 3 (27.27%) Greenplum
1 3 (27.27%) Mapinfo
1 3 (27.27%) Pega
2 2 (18.18%) Cerner
2 2 (18.18%) Microsoft
2 2 (18.18%) Veeam
2 2 (18.18%) VMware