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 14 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 540 637 746
Rank change year-on-year +97 +109 -89
Contract jobs citing HL7 47 69 85
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.11% 0.12% 0.096%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.77% 0.90% 0.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 32 20
10th Percentile £213 £200 £270
25th Percentile £259 £262 £331
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £260 £413 £400
Median % change year-on-year -36.97% +3.13% -20.00%
75th Percentile £469 £458 £495
90th Percentile £531 £537 £584
UK excluding London median daily rate £260 £400 £367
% change year-on-year -35.00% +9.12% -32.74%
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 6,099 7,708 11,680
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 14.29% 13.37% 13.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,878 5,287 7,989
10th Percentile £285 £281 £300
25th Percentile £401 £413 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £514
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% +2.24% +8.11%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £625
90th Percentile £750 £738 £713
UK excluding London median daily rate £484 £479 £450
% change year-on-year +0.94% +6.44% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 380 235 315
10th Percentile £10.95 £13.29 £12.03
25th Percentile £13.18 £18.50 £17.13
Median hourly rate £21.06 £35.00 £32.37
Median % change year-on-year -39.84% +8.12% +54.14%
75th Percentile £45.00 £62.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £68.75 £77.50 £68.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £18.27 £34.19 £22.55
% change year-on-year -46.57% +51.66% +7.36%

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 14 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 12 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 14 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 +104 40 £260 -36.97% 14
UK excluding London +62 39 £260 -35.00% 8
Midlands +24 15 £260 -25.86% 2
West Midlands +34 14 £260 -1.14% 1
South East +29 13 £519 - 2
Work from Home +97 10 £311 -24.61% 4
London +72 7 £413 - 6
Wales +13 6 £513 +0.05%
North of England +26 5 £311 -22.25% 2
North West +28 4 £311 -22.25%
East Midlands +15 1 - - 1
Yorkshire - 1 £500 - 2

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
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (19.15%) Electronic Patient Records
2 2 (4.26%) SQL Server
3 1 (2.13%) Relational Database
3 1 (2.13%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (2.13%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 14 (29.79%) 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 7 (14.89%) Social Skills
4 1 (2.13%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (2.13%) Law
Job Titles
1 21 (44.68%) Developer
2 14 (29.79%) Integration Developer
3 9 (19.15%) Test Manager
4 8 (17.02%) LIMS Manager
4 8 (17.02%) LIMS Project Manager
4 8 (17.02%) Project Manager
4 8 (17.02%) Senior
4 8 (17.02%) Senior Developer
5 7 (14.89%) Senior Integration Developer
6 5 (10.64%) Software Developer
7 3 (6.38%) Integration Engineer
8 2 (4.26%) Architect
9 1 (2.13%) .NET Architect
9 1 (2.13%) .NET Developer
9 1 (2.13%) .NET Software Engineer
9 1 (2.13%) .NET Solutions Architect
9 1 (2.13%) Data Architect
9 1 (2.13%) Software Engineer
9 1 (2.13%) Solutions Architect
9 1 (2.13%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (21.28%) FHIR
2 6 (12.77%) Web Services
3 3 (6.38%) .NET
3 3 (6.38%) XML
4 2 (4.26%) Gherkin
4 2 (4.26%) JSON
4 2 (4.26%) REST
4 2 (4.26%) SOAP
5 1 (2.13%) .NET Core
5 1 (2.13%) ASP.NET
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 6 (12.77%) 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 12 (25.53%) Test Automation
2 9 (19.15%) Business Intelligence
3 8 (17.02%) Digital Marketing
3 8 (17.02%) Programme Management
3 8 (17.02%) Test Scripting
3 8 (17.02%) Test Strategy
3 8 (17.02%) Validation
4 7 (14.89%) Agile
5 6 (12.77%) Problem-Solving
5 6 (12.77%) Software Testing
5 6 (12.77%) Test Management
6 5 (10.64%) Continuous Improvement
6 5 (10.64%) Regression Testing
6 5 (10.64%) Waterfall
7 4 (8.51%) Defect Tracking
7 4 (8.51%) SDLC
7 4 (8.51%) System Integration Testing
8 3 (6.38%) Health Informatics
8 3 (6.38%) Integration Testing
8 3 (6.38%) Operational Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 15 (31.91%) SQL
2 1 (2.13%) C#
2 1 (2.13%) JavaScript
2 1 (2.13%) PowerShell
2 1 (2.13%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (12.77%) ISTQB
2 4 (8.51%) ISEB
3 3 (6.38%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (6.38%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (10.64%) 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