NHS Contracts in Berkshire

National Health Service (NHS)
South East > Berkshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term NHS in contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited NHS 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 115 108 119
Rank change year-on-year -7 +11 -26
Contract jobs citing NHS 5 7 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 0.25% 0.39% 0.59%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.84% 1.13% 1.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 7 13
10th Percentile £267 £185 £154
25th Percentile £393 £209 £160
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £250 £453
Median % change year-on-year +90.00% -44.75% +48.97%
75th Percentile £497 £356 £469
90th Percentile £514 £423 -
South East median daily rate £205 £205 £297
% change year-on-year - -30.98% -6.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £17.60 - -
South East median hourly rate £26.55 £37.49 £17.16
% change year-on-year -29.18% +118.46% +22.57%

All Generic Skills
Berkshire

NHS 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 Berkshire with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 597 619 782
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 30.17% 34.09% 32.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 329 397 472
10th Percentile £205 £313 £221
25th Percentile £280 £400 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% +2.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £608 £615 £600
90th Percentile £675 £700 £660
South East median daily rate £500 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 16 18
10th Percentile £11.79 £19.25 -
25th Percentile £22.25 £47.56 £17.50
Median hourly rate £42.50 £64.68 £22.49
Median % change year-on-year -34.29% +187.64% -27.47%
75th Percentile £62.23 £74.25 £64.03
90th Percentile £67.50 £79.19 £71.89
South East median hourly rate £47.19 £51.25 £21.50
% change year-on-year -7.93% +138.37% -33.85%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Job postings citing NHS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Job vacancy trend for NHS in Berkshire

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Daily rate trend for NHS in Berkshire

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Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing NHS in Berkshire over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for NHS in Berkshire

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Hourly rate trend for NHS in Berkshire

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Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing NHS within the Berkshire 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
Reading -10 4 £475 +65.22% 6
Slough - 1 £190 -
NHS
South East

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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:

Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) Power Automate
1 2 (40.00%) Power Platform
General
1 2 (40.00%) Local Government
1 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Electronics
2 1 (20.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (20.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (20.00%) Marketing
2 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (20.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Applications Developer
1 2 (40.00%) Developer
1 2 (40.00%) Power Apps Developer
1 2 (40.00%) Senior
1 2 (40.00%) Senior Applications Developer
1 2 (40.00%) Senior Developer
1 2 (40.00%) Senior Power Apps Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Desktop Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Desktop Support
2 1 (20.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Service Desk Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Service Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Support Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Life Science
1 1 (20.00%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Windows
1 1 (20.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Qualitative Research
1 2 (40.00%) Quantitative Research
2 1 (20.00%) Agile
2 1 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (20.00%) Digital Marketing
2 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (20.00%) Programme Management
2 1 (20.00%) Software Testing
2 1 (20.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (20.00%) Test Management
2 1 (20.00%) Test Strategy
2 1 (20.00%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
1 1 (20.00%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) HL7
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (20.00%) SAP