Health Level 7 (HL7)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for HL7 skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited HL7 over the 6 months to 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 543 632 779
Rank change year-on-year +89 +147 -133
Contract jobs citing HL7 47 71 81
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.11% 0.12% 0.091%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.76% 0.90% 0.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 34 19
10th Percentile £213 £201 £265
25th Percentile £259 £292 £329
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £260 £413 £400
Median % change year-on-year -36.97% +3.13% -20.00%
75th Percentile £428 £461 £481
90th Percentile £531 £537 £592
UK excluding London median daily rate £260 £400 £367
% change year-on-year -35.00% +9.12% -26.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £33.39 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £33.39 -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK

HL7 is in the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 6,210 7,911 11,787
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 14.32% 13.35% 13.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,938 5,435 8,072
10th Percentile £296 £276 £294
25th Percentile £403 £410 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £515
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% +1.94% +8.42%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £623
90th Percentile £750 £738 £713
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £478 £450
% change year-on-year +2.09% +6.11% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 384 233 302
10th Percentile £10.95 £13.29 £12.02
25th Percentile £13.18 £18.50 £16.63
Median hourly rate £20.80 £35.00 £27.75
Median % change year-on-year -40.56% +26.13% +32.14%
75th Percentile £45.00 £60.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £67.50 £77.50 £66.90
UK excluding London median hourly rate £18.00 £35.00 £21.05
% change year-on-year -48.57% +66.27% +0.24%

HL7
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing HL7 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for HL7 in the UK

HL7
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing HL7.

Daily rate trend for HL7 in the UK

HL7
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing HL7 over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for HL7 in the UK

HL7
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing HL7.

Hourly rate trend for HL7 in the UK

HL7
Top 11 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing HL7 within the UK over the 6 months to 3 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
England +113 40 £260 -36.97% 17
UK excluding London +51 39 £260 -35.00% 12
Midlands +29 16 £260 -25.86% 2
West Midlands +38 15 £260 -1.14% 1
South East +24 13 £519 - 4
Work from Home +106 10 £311 -24.61% 5
London +80 7 £413 - 5
Wales +13 6 £513 +0.05% 1
North of England +29 4 £311 -22.25% 1
North West +17 4 £311 -22.25%
East Midlands +18 1 - - 1

HL7
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 5 (10.64%) Apache
2 2 (4.26%) Confluence
3 1 (2.13%) CMS
3 1 (2.13%) SharePoint
3 1 (2.13%) Sitecore CMS
Business Applications
1 1 (2.13%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 1 (2.13%) Azure
1 1 (2.13%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.26%) HTTP
2 1 (2.13%) LAN
2 1 (2.13%) VPN
2 1 (2.13%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (19.15%) Electronic Patient Records
2 1 (2.13%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.13%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (2.13%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 15 (31.91%) Rational Rhapsody
2 2 (4.26%) JIRA
2 2 (4.26%) JMeter
2 2 (4.26%) JUnit
2 2 (4.26%) Postman
2 2 (4.26%) Selenium
3 1 (2.13%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 1 (2.13%) tSQLt
3 1 (2.13%) Visual Studio
General
1 11 (23.40%) Public Sector
2 8 (17.02%) Electronics
2 8 (17.02%) Finance
2 8 (17.02%) Manufacturing
2 8 (17.02%) Marketing
2 8 (17.02%) Telecoms
3 6 (12.77%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 22 (46.81%) Developer
2 15 (31.91%) Integration Developer
3 8 (17.02%) LIMS Manager
3 8 (17.02%) LIMS Project Manager
3 8 (17.02%) Project Manager
3 8 (17.02%) Senior
3 8 (17.02%) Senior Developer
3 8 (17.02%) Test Manager
4 7 (14.89%) Senior Integration Developer
5 5 (10.64%) Software Developer
6 3 (6.38%) Architect
6 3 (6.38%) Integration Engineer
7 2 (4.26%) Solutions Architect
8 1 (2.13%) .NET Architect
8 1 (2.13%) .NET Solutions Architect
8 1 (2.13%) Digital Architect
8 1 (2.13%) Digital Solutions Architect
8 1 (2.13%) Integration Manager
8 1 (2.13%) JavaScript Developer
8 1 (2.13%) Senior SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (19.15%) FHIR
2 5 (10.64%) Web Services
3 3 (6.38%) XML
4 2 (4.26%) .NET
4 2 (4.26%) Gherkin
4 2 (4.26%) JSON
4 2 (4.26%) REST
4 2 (4.26%) SOAP
5 1 (2.13%) CSS
5 1 (2.13%) HTML
5 1 (2.13%) OAuth
5 1 (2.13%) OAuth2
5 1 (2.13%) OpenID
5 1 (2.13%) React
5 1 (2.13%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 26 (55.32%) NHS
2 9 (19.15%) LIMS
3 5 (10.64%) Life Science
4 4 (8.51%) PACS
5 3 (6.38%) Public Cloud
6 2 (4.26%) Distributed Architecture
7 1 (2.13%) Clustering
7 1 (2.13%) e-Health
7 1 (2.13%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.26%) Linux
1 2 (4.26%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (23.40%) Test Automation
2 9 (19.15%) Business Intelligence
2 9 (19.15%) Test Scripting
3 8 (17.02%) Digital Marketing
3 8 (17.02%) Programme Management
3 8 (17.02%) Validation
4 7 (14.89%) Test Strategy
5 5 (10.64%) Agile
5 5 (10.64%) Problem-Solving
5 5 (10.64%) Regression Testing
5 5 (10.64%) Software Testing
5 5 (10.64%) Test Management
6 4 (8.51%) Continuous Improvement
6 4 (8.51%) System Integration Testing
6 4 (8.51%) Waterfall
7 3 (6.38%) Defect Tracking
7 3 (6.38%) Health Informatics
7 3 (6.38%) Integration Testing
7 3 (6.38%) Operational Acceptance Testing
7 3 (6.38%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 16 (34.04%) SQL
2 1 (2.13%) JavaScript
2 1 (2.13%) PowerShell
2 1 (2.13%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (10.64%) ISTQB
2 4 (8.51%) ISEB
3 2 (4.26%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (4.26%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.38%) QA
2 1 (2.13%) DICOM
Systems Management
1 1 (2.13%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 8 (17.02%) SAP
2 2 (4.26%) Microsoft
3 1 (2.13%) RedGate
3 1 (2.13%) Sitecore