NHS Contracts in Kent

National Health Service (NHS)
South East > Kent

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term NHS in contract job vacancies advertised in Kent. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited NHS over the 6 months to 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 5 4 13
Rank change year-on-year -1 +9 -2
Contract jobs citing NHS 28 35 27
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Kent 14.00% 16.06% 9.47%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 42.42% 32.71% 27.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 32 17
10th Percentile £163 £150 £234
25th Percentile - £202 £310
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £205 £205 £320
Median % change year-on-year - -35.94% +7.11%
75th Percentile - - £400
90th Percentile - £221 £420
South East median daily rate £205 £205 £299
% change year-on-year - -31.32% -5.98%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 6
10th Percentile - - £16.84
25th Percentile £11.45 - £18.70
Median hourly rate £35.50 - £23.05
75th Percentile £35.75 - £31.25
90th Percentile £42.42 - £33.68
South East median hourly rate £26.55 £37.49 £17.16
% change year-on-year -29.18% +118.46% +18.34%

All Generic Skills
Kent

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 Kent with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 66 107 99
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Kent 33.00% 49.08% 34.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 87 80
10th Percentile - £194 £140
25th Percentile £205 £205 £189
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £333 £350 £383
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -8.50% +9.29%
75th Percentile £378 £417 £558
90th Percentile £423 £643 £638
South East median daily rate £500 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 4 7
10th Percentile £11.45 £48.58 £16.98
25th Percentile £17.40 £54.48 £19.83
Median hourly rate £35.50 £62.25 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year -42.97% +159.38% -33.53%
75th Percentile £44.09 £69.85 £33.68
90th Percentile £66.65 £75.46 £41.02
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £50.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year -5.00% +132.56% -37.68%

NHS
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

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

Job vacancy trend for NHS in Kent

NHS
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Kent

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

Daily rate trend for NHS in Kent

NHS
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Kent

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

Hourly rate trend for NHS in Kent

NHS
Hourly Rate Histogram in Kent

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing NHS in Kent over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for NHS in Kent

NHS
Contract Job Locations in Kent

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing NHS within the Kent region over the 6 months to 5 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
Maidstone - 4 - - 12
Aylesford - 2 £175 - 3
Folkestone - 2 - - 2
NHS
South East

NHS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Kent 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 2 (7.14%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (7.14%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 2 (7.14%) Firewall
1 2 (7.14%) LAN
1 2 (7.14%) VPN
1 2 (7.14%) WAN
1 2 (7.14%) Wireless
General
1 18 (64.29%) Electronics
1 18 (64.29%) Finance
1 18 (64.29%) Manufacturing
1 18 (64.29%) Marketing
1 18 (64.29%) Public Sector
1 18 (64.29%) Telecoms
2 5 (17.86%) Social Skills
3 2 (7.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 19 (67.86%) Support Engineer
2 16 (57.14%) Desktop Engineer
2 16 (57.14%) Desktop Support
2 16 (57.14%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 3 (10.71%) 2nd Line Engineer
3 3 (10.71%) 2nd Line Support
3 3 (10.71%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
4 2 (7.14%) Coordinator
4 2 (7.14%) Lead
4 2 (7.14%) Network Engineer
4 2 (7.14%) Project Manager
5 1 (3.57%) Risk Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (7.14%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 16 (57.14%) Windows
1 16 (57.14%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (64.29%) Business Intelligence
1 18 (64.29%) Digital Marketing
1 18 (64.29%) Programme Management
2 3 (10.71%) Risk Management
3 2 (7.14%) Decision-Making
3 2 (7.14%) High Availability
3 2 (7.14%) Project Management
3 2 (7.14%) Regulatory Change
Vendors
1 18 (64.29%) SAP
2 2 (7.14%) Microsoft
2 2 (7.14%) SolarWinds