NHS Contracts in the East of England

National Health Service (NHS)
England > East of England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term NHS in contract job vacancies advertised in the East of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited NHS over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 74 44 76
Rank change year-on-year -30 +32 -52
Contract jobs citing NHS 33 85 75
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 1.73% 4.11% 2.91%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 6.15% 12.41% 10.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 66 48
10th Percentile £121 £152 £124
25th Percentile £145 £200 £156
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £259 £220 £200
Median % change year-on-year +17.85% +10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £325 £255 £257
90th Percentile £420 £373 £288
England median daily rate £280 £300 £325
% change year-on-year -6.67% -7.69% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 8 17
10th Percentile - £14.75 £12.48
25th Percentile - £20.25 £12.88
Median hourly rate £12.86 £22.00 £26.98
Median % change year-on-year -41.55% -18.46% +66.83%
75th Percentile £16.63 £25.04 £28.41
90th Percentile £29.15 £51.08 £30.05
England median hourly rate £15.86 £22.00 £19.25
% change year-on-year -27.93% +14.32% +9.97%

All Generic Skills
East of England

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 of England with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 537 685 748
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 28.09% 33.09% 29.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 273 451 454
10th Percentile £178 £185 £173
25th Percentile £303 £260 £303
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year - - +18.75%
75th Percentile £550 £600 £587
90th Percentile £650 £700 £675
England median daily rate £550 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 129 52 82
10th Percentile £13.37 £20.54 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.00 £21.00 £14.38
Median hourly rate £55.00 £63.00 £26.98
Median % change year-on-year -12.70% +133.51% -30.82%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.00 £54.71
90th Percentile £70.00 £79.38 £69.20
England median hourly rate £30.00 £22.50 £26.50
% change year-on-year +33.33% -15.09% +1.92%

NHS
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Job vacancy trend for NHS in the East of England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

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

Daily rate trend for NHS in the East of England

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Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing NHS in the East of England over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for NHS in the East of England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

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

Hourly rate trend for NHS in the East of England

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the East of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing NHS in the East of England over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for NHS in the East of England

NHS
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

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 of England region over the 6 months to 25 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
Norfolk +5 15 £283 +68.88%
Essex -18 12 £338 +34.13% 6
Hertfordshire +4 2 £123 -41.67% 9
Cambridgeshire -20 2 £170 -22.73% 3
Suffolk +6 1 - - 1
NHS
England

NHS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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 4 (12.12%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (6.06%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (3.03%) Azure
1 1 (3.03%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.06%) LAN
1 2 (6.06%) Structured Cabling
1 2 (6.06%) WAN
1 2 (6.06%) Wireless
2 1 (3.03%) Firewall
2 1 (3.03%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (21.21%) Electronic Patient Records
2 3 (9.09%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (3.03%) EDMS
General
1 5 (15.15%) Digital Health
1 5 (15.15%) Public Sector
2 3 (9.09%) Electronics
2 3 (9.09%) Finance
2 3 (9.09%) Manufacturing
2 3 (9.09%) Marketing
2 3 (9.09%) Telecoms
3 2 (6.06%) Digital Healthcare
3 2 (6.06%) Social Skills
4 1 (3.03%) Local Government
4 1 (3.03%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 12 (36.36%) Analyst
1 12 (36.36%) Service Analyst
1 12 (36.36%) Service Desk Analyst
2 6 (18.18%) Project Manager
3 4 (12.12%) IT Support
4 3 (9.09%) Data Manager
4 3 (9.09%) EPR Project Manager
5 2 (6.06%) 1st Line Support
5 2 (6.06%) Analytics Manager
5 2 (6.06%) Data Analytics Manager
5 2 (6.06%) Digital Project Manager
5 2 (6.06%) Head of Digital
5 2 (6.06%) IT Engineer
5 2 (6.06%) IT Support Engineer
5 2 (6.06%) PMO Manager
5 2 (6.06%) Support Engineer
6 1 (3.03%) Administrator
6 1 (3.03%) Network Engineer
6 1 (3.03%) Programme Manager
6 1 (3.03%) Security Architect
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.06%) Learning Management System
1 2 (6.06%) Management Information System
2 1 (3.03%) Fibre Optics
Operating Systems
1 4 (12.12%) Windows
2 2 (6.06%) Windows 10
2 2 (6.06%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (15.15%) Programme Management
2 4 (12.12%) Business Intelligence
2 4 (12.12%) Customer Service
2 4 (12.12%) Project Delivery
3 3 (9.09%) Change Management
3 3 (9.09%) Data Migration
3 3 (9.09%) Digital Marketing
3 3 (9.09%) ITIL
3 3 (9.09%) Migration
3 3 (9.09%) Project Management
4 2 (6.06%) Analytics
4 2 (6.06%) Data Analytics
4 2 (6.06%) Data Management
4 2 (6.06%) Data Science
4 2 (6.06%) Informatics
4 2 (6.06%) Line Management
4 2 (6.06%) Multi-Factor Authentication
4 2 (6.06%) Problem Management
4 2 (6.06%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (6.06%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 3 (9.09%) Degree
2 2 (6.06%) ECDL
2 2 (6.06%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 2 (6.06%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (3.03%) CCNA
3 1 (3.03%) CCNP
3 1 (3.03%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (3.03%) CISSP
3 1 (3.03%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (9.09%) PMO
2 2 (6.06%) Data Quality
3 1 (3.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (3.03%) NIST
3 1 (3.03%) QA
System Software
1 2 (6.06%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 5 (15.15%) Microsoft
2 3 (9.09%) SAP
3 2 (6.06%) Cerner
4 1 (3.03%) Cisco
4 1 (3.03%) Datix