NHS Contracts in the East Midlands

National Health Service (NHS)
England > East Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term NHS in contract job vacancies advertised in the East Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited NHS over the 6 months to 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 52 56 42
Rank change year-on-year +4 -14 +9
Contract jobs citing NHS 14 33 59
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East Midlands 1.81% 3.16% 4.22%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 7.00% 11.07% 13.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 17 36
10th Percentile £262 £131 £130
25th Percentile £278 £158 £184
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £368 £190 £225
Median % change year-on-year +93.42% -15.56% +5.88%
75th Percentile £465 £456 £341
90th Percentile £497 £480 £428
England median daily rate £300 £300 £325
% change year-on-year - -7.69% +6.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 18
10th Percentile - £17.69 £14.24
25th Percentile - £19.18 £14.82
Median hourly rate - £21.13 £14.91
Median % change year-on-year - +41.72% +2.05%
75th Percentile - £23.31 £22.06
90th Percentile - £25.19 £22.90
England median hourly rate £15.46 £22.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year -29.73% +15.80% +11.75%

All Generic Skills
East Midlands

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 the East Midlands with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 200 298 437
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 25.84% 28.57% 31.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 137 213 339
10th Percentile £167 £201 £188
25th Percentile £230 £350 £323
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% - +12.50%
75th Percentile £563 £550 £525
90th Percentile £625 £678 £619
England median daily rate £550 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 22 31
10th Percentile £11.75 £16.80 £13.45
25th Percentile £12.28 £18.34 £14.82
Median hourly rate £14.00 £21.97 £17.11
Median % change year-on-year -36.26% +28.41% +16.36%
75th Percentile £18.32 £62.50 £20.75
90th Percentile £24.59 £65.00 £23.25
England median hourly rate £31.50 £22.50 £26.50
% change year-on-year +40.00% -15.09% +1.50%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for NHS in the East Midlands

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for NHS in the East Midlands

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Daily Rate Histogram in the East Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing NHS in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for NHS in the East Midlands

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for NHS in the East Midlands

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Contract Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing NHS within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 4 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
Lincolnshire +10 3 - - 16
Northamptonshire +5 2 £436 +174.37% 20
Derbyshire +3 1 £262 +89.74% 21
Nottinghamshire -3 1 £475 +281.28% 24
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East 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 1 (7.14%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (7.14%) Azure
1 1 (7.14%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (7.14%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (64.29%) Electronic Patient Records
2 1 (7.14%) BusinessObjects
2 1 (7.14%) Power BI
2 1 (7.14%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (7.14%) Visual Studio
General
1 2 (14.29%) Legal
1 2 (14.29%) Public Sector
1 2 (14.29%) Social Skills
2 1 (7.14%) Finance
2 1 (7.14%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 5 (35.71%) Analyst
2 3 (21.43%) Business Analyst
2 3 (21.43%) Project Manager
3 2 (14.29%) Change Coordinator
3 2 (14.29%) Coordinator
3 2 (14.29%) Programme Director
3 2 (14.29%) Test Analyst
4 1 (7.14%) Business Systems Analyst
4 1 (7.14%) Developer
4 1 (7.14%) EPR Project Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Finance Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Healthcare Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Healthcare Project Manager
4 1 (7.14%) JavaScript Developer
4 1 (7.14%) Project Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.14%) CSS
1 1 (7.14%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (21.43%) Management Information System
2 1 (7.14%) e-Health
2 1 (7.14%) LIMS
2 1 (7.14%) PACS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (28.57%) Project Management
2 2 (14.29%) Business Analysis
2 2 (14.29%) Business Case
2 2 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (14.29%) Change Control
2 2 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (14.29%) Decision-Making
2 2 (14.29%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 2 (14.29%) Manual Testing
2 2 (14.29%) Performance Management
2 2 (14.29%) Programme Delivery
2 2 (14.29%) Risk Register
2 2 (14.29%) Scenario Testing
2 2 (14.29%) Software Testing
2 2 (14.29%) Supplier Management
2 2 (14.29%) System Integration Testing
2 2 (14.29%) Test Scripting
2 2 (14.29%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (7.14%) Business Strategy
3 1 (7.14%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.14%) JavaScript
1 1 (7.14%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (7.14%) ISTQB
1 1 (7.14%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.14%) GDPR
1 1 (7.14%) HL7
Systems Management
1 1 (7.14%) Single Sign-On