PACS Contracts in the Midlands

Picture Archiving and Communication Systems (PACS)
England > Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term PACS in contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited PACS over the 6 months to 29 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 132 152 206
Rank change year-on-year +20 +54 -
Contract jobs citing PACS 6 14 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.22% 0.41% 0.020%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.71% 1.28% 0.068%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £375 -
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% - -
England median daily rate £350 £325 £400
% change year-on-year +7.69% -18.75% -14.44%

All Generic Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 851 1,092 1,469
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 30.93% 31.72% 29.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 554 737 1,076
10th Percentile £220 £237 £213
25th Percentile £350 £373 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% - +17.28%
75th Percentile £611 £600 £575
90th Percentile £750 £700 £675
England median daily rate £550 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 62 41 57
10th Percentile £10.47 £16.70 £12.23
25th Percentile £13.93 £18.13 £14.82
Median hourly rate £19.50 £22.50 £16.50
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% +36.36% +6.45%
75th Percentile £28.88 £53.75 £20.00
90th Percentile £58.75 £65.00 £22.95
England median hourly rate £30.00 £22.50 £26.98
% change year-on-year +33.33% -16.60% +2.08%

PACS
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for PACS in the Midlands

PACS
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for PACS in the Midlands

PACS
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for PACS in the Midlands

PACS
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PACS within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 29 April 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
West Midlands +31 4 £350 -6.67%
East Midlands +21 2 - -
PACS
England

PACS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 2 (33.33%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) Azure
1 1 (16.67%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 4 (66.67%) Network Security
1 4 (66.67%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (66.67%) GIS
1 4 (66.67%) QGIS
2 2 (33.33%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Visual Studio
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Network Specialist
2 1 (16.67%) Developer
2 1 (16.67%) JavaScript Developer
2 1 (16.67%) NHS Project Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (16.67%) CSS
1 1 (16.67%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) e-Health
1 2 (33.33%) LIMS
1 2 (33.33%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Decision-Making
1 4 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (33.33%) Analytics
2 2 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (33.33%) Data Migration
2 2 (33.33%) ePrescribing
2 2 (33.33%) Health Informatics
2 2 (33.33%) Informatics
2 2 (33.33%) Migration
2 2 (33.33%) Network Planning
3 1 (16.67%) Coaching
3 1 (16.67%) DevOps
3 1 (16.67%) Mentoring
3 1 (16.67%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 4 (66.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) HL7
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) Ericsson
1 4 (66.67%) ESRI
1 4 (66.67%) Greenplum
1 4 (66.67%) Mapinfo
1 4 (66.67%) Pega