PACS Contracts in the UK excluding London

Picture Archiving and Communication Systems (PACS)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term PACS in contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited PACS over the 6 months to 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 383 438 493
Rank change year-on-year +55 +55 -83
Contract jobs citing PACS 7 21 22
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.034% 0.087% 0.071%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.11% 0.27% 0.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 4 11
10th Percentile - £291 £225
25th Percentile - £305 £319
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £350 £400
Median % change year-on-year - -12.50% +60.00%
75th Percentile - £391 £423
90th Percentile - £396 £450
UK median daily rate £350 £306 £400
% change year-on-year +14.29% -23.44% -14.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £26.11 -
UK median hourly rate - £26.11 -

All Generic Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 6,132 7,829 9,812
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 29.51% 32.43% 31.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,655 5,298 6,773
10th Percentile £208 £213 £200
25th Percentile £375 £381 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £600 £615 £575
90th Percentile £688 £700 £668
UK median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 720 445 471
10th Percentile £12.15 £9.80 £12.02
25th Percentile £14.06 £10.63 £15.25
Median hourly rate £28.00 £22.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +27.27% +10.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £44.28
90th Percentile £70.00 £74.60 £61.50
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £22.49 £27.00
% change year-on-year +33.42% -16.72% +2.16%

PACS
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing PACS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for PACS in the UK excluding London

PACS
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing PACS in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for PACS in the UK excluding London

PACS
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing PACS in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for PACS in the UK excluding London

PACS
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PACS within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 26 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
Midlands +19 6 £350 +5.66%
West Midlands +33 4 £350 +5.66%
East Midlands +21 2 - -
South East +25 1 - -
PACS
UK

PACS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (28.57%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) Azure
1 1 (14.29%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 4 (57.14%) Network Security
1 4 (57.14%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (57.14%) GIS
1 4 (57.14%) QGIS
2 2 (28.57%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Visual Studio
General
1 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (28.57%) Network Specialist
2 1 (14.29%) Developer
2 1 (14.29%) JavaScript Developer
2 1 (14.29%) NHS Project Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Programme Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) CSS
1 1 (14.29%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) e-Health
1 2 (28.57%) LIMS
1 2 (28.57%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Decision-Making
1 4 (57.14%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (28.57%) Analytics
2 2 (28.57%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (28.57%) Data Migration
2 2 (28.57%) ePrescribing
2 2 (28.57%) Health Informatics
2 2 (28.57%) Informatics
2 2 (28.57%) Migration
2 2 (28.57%) Network Planning
3 1 (14.29%) Business Development
3 1 (14.29%) Coaching
3 1 (14.29%) DevOps
3 1 (14.29%) Mentoring
3 1 (14.29%) Process Management
3 1 (14.29%) Programme Management
3 1 (14.29%) Project Management
3 1 (14.29%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) HL7
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) Ericsson
1 4 (57.14%) ESRI
1 4 (57.14%) Greenplum
1 4 (57.14%) Mapinfo
1 4 (57.14%) Pega