NHS Contracts in London

National Health Service (NHS)
England > London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term NHS in contract job vacancies advertised in London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited NHS over the 6 months to 16 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 261 304 280
Rank change year-on-year +43 -24 -46
Contract jobs citing NHS 129 197 365
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.74% 0.76% 0.95%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.22% 2.12% 2.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 102 164 303
10th Percentile £157 £165 £193
25th Percentile £250 £220 £260
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 £304 £388
Median % change year-on-year -1.15% -21.68% +3.33%
75th Percentile £397 £443 £488
90th Percentile £550 £588 £575
England median daily rate £307 £300 £325
% change year-on-year +2.17% -7.69% +4.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 4 18
10th Percentile £14.42 £15.05 £14.64
25th Percentile £16.27 £27.12 £15.46
Median hourly rate £20.90 £34.91 £36.41
Median % change year-on-year -40.14% -4.12% +96.81%
75th Percentile £29.88 £43.88 £41.95
90th Percentile £39.24 £58.05 £44.79
England median hourly rate £14.83 £22.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year -32.60% +10.00% +14.29%

All Generic Skills
London

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 London with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 5,810 9,304 14,070
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 33.28% 35.96% 36.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,111 6,700 10,269
10th Percentile £313 £375 £400
25th Percentile £450 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -2.08% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £725 £743 £713
90th Percentile £850 £838 £800
England median daily rate £550 £571 £550
% change year-on-year -3.64% +3.77% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 148 115 200
10th Percentile £15.48 £19.16 £18.50
25th Percentile £18.41 £22.08 £23.91
Median hourly rate £26.00 £35.00 £44.15
Median % change year-on-year -25.71% -20.72% +29.13%
75th Percentile £49.13 £64.75 £54.59
90th Percentile £69.50 £84.50 £69.91
England median hourly rate £34.21 £22.49 £27.00
% change year-on-year +52.15% -16.72% +2.99%

NHS
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for NHS in London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for NHS in London

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Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing NHS in London over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for NHS in London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for NHS in London

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Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing NHS in London over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for NHS in London

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Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing NHS within the London region over the 6 months to 16 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
Central London +21 7 £400 -11.21% 16
North London +4 4 £274 +82.67% 7
South London +3 4 £135 -50.00% 17
East London -9 1 £363 +62.92% 15
NHS
England

NHS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 4 (3.10%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (2.33%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.55%) Exchange Server 2007
3 2 (1.55%) Exchange Server 2010
4 1 (0.78%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 6 (4.65%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (3.10%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (2.33%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (1.55%) SystmOne
2 1 (0.78%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.78%) HealthRoster
Cloud Services
1 13 (10.08%) Power Platform
2 8 (6.20%) Azure
3 4 (3.10%) AWS
3 4 (3.10%) Power Automate
4 2 (1.55%) Cloud Computing
4 2 (1.55%) GCP
4 2 (1.55%) Nutanix
5 1 (0.78%) Amazon S3
5 1 (0.78%) AWS Lambda
5 1 (0.78%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (0.78%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (0.78%) OneDrive
5 1 (0.78%) PowerApps
5 1 (0.78%) SaaS
5 1 (0.78%) Serverless
5 1 (0.78%) ShareGate
5 1 (0.78%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 7 (5.43%) WAN
2 6 (4.65%) Firewall
3 5 (3.88%) LAN
3 5 (3.88%) VPN
4 4 (3.10%) Wireless
5 3 (2.33%) Intranet
5 3 (2.33%) VoIP
6 2 (1.55%) Cisco ASA
6 2 (1.55%) DHCP
6 2 (1.55%) DNS
6 2 (1.55%) IP Telephony
6 2 (1.55%) Network Security
6 2 (1.55%) SAN
6 2 (1.55%) SD-WAN
7 1 (0.78%) Cisco Firepower
7 1 (0.78%) Cisco IOS
7 1 (0.78%) Cisco ISE
7 1 (0.78%) Internet
7 1 (0.78%) Unified Communications
7 1 (0.78%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (9.30%) Data Warehouse
2 10 (7.75%) Electronic Patient Records
3 9 (6.98%) Power BI
4 4 (3.10%) KNIME
4 4 (3.10%) QlikView
4 4 (3.10%) SQL Server
5 2 (1.55%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.78%) Big Data
6 1 (0.78%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.78%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.78%) MySQL
6 1 (0.78%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.78%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.78%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (1.55%) Visual Studio
2 1 (0.78%) Git
2 1 (0.78%) Oracle APEX
General
1 25 (19.38%) Social Skills
2 11 (8.53%) Public Sector
3 10 (7.75%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (3.88%) Telecoms
5 3 (2.33%) Billing
5 3 (2.33%) Finance
5 3 (2.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (2.33%) Marketing
5 3 (2.33%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (1.55%) Local Government
7 1 (0.78%) Digital Health
7 1 (0.78%) Digital Healthcare
7 1 (0.78%) Health Technology
7 1 (0.78%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (0.78%) Military
7 1 (0.78%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 14 (10.85%) Senior
2 13 (10.08%) Project Manager
3 11 (8.53%) Analyst
4 9 (6.98%) Administrator
4 9 (6.98%) Developer
5 8 (6.20%) Contracts Manager
5 8 (6.20%) Information Manager
6 7 (5.43%) Consultant
7 6 (4.65%) Analytics Manager
7 6 (4.65%) Data Analytics Manager
7 6 (4.65%) Data Manager
7 6 (4.65%) Technical Manager
7 6 (4.65%) Technical Project Manager
8 5 (3.88%) Deployment Engineer
8 5 (3.88%) Senior Manager
9 4 (3.10%) Architect
9 4 (3.10%) Business Analyst
9 4 (3.10%) Data Administrator
9 4 (3.10%) Field Engineer
9 4 (3.10%) Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (5.43%) .NET
2 5 (3.88%) ASP.NET
3 4 (3.10%) CSS
3 4 (3.10%) HTML
4 1 (0.78%) .NET Framework
4 1 (0.78%) Django
4 1 (0.78%) Entity Framework
4 1 (0.78%) FastAPI
4 1 (0.78%) Razor View Engine
4 1 (0.78%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 5 (3.88%) Management Information System
1 5 (3.88%) PACS
1 5 (3.88%) Smartphone
2 3 (2.33%) Data Structures
3 2 (1.55%) Algorithms
3 2 (1.55%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (1.55%) AS400
3 2 (1.55%) IoT
3 2 (1.55%) Life Science
3 2 (1.55%) Onboarding
3 2 (1.55%) Smartcard
4 1 (0.78%) Freedom of Information
4 1 (0.78%) Freedom of Information Act
4 1 (0.78%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (0.78%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 8 (6.20%) Windows
2 6 (4.65%) Windows Server
3 3 (2.33%) Windows 7
4 2 (1.55%) Android
4 2 (1.55%) Linux
5 1 (0.78%) Unix
5 1 (0.78%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (11.63%) Migration
2 12 (9.30%) Project Management
3 10 (7.75%) Business Intelligence
3 10 (7.75%) Problem-Solving
4 8 (6.20%) Analytics
5 7 (5.43%) Data Analysis
5 7 (5.43%) Data Protection
6 6 (4.65%) Business Case
6 6 (4.65%) Data Analytics
6 6 (4.65%) Informatics
6 6 (4.65%) PRINCE2
7 5 (3.88%) Digital Strategy
7 5 (3.88%) ITIL
7 5 (3.88%) Risk Management
7 5 (3.88%) Service Management
8 4 (3.10%) Agile
8 4 (3.10%) Data Modelling
8 4 (3.10%) Information Management
8 4 (3.10%) PRINCE
8 4 (3.10%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 13 (10.08%) SQL
2 5 (3.88%) C#
2 5 (3.88%) JavaScript
3 4 (3.10%) PHP
3 4 (3.10%) Python
4 2 (1.55%) PowerShell
4 2 (1.55%) T-SQL
4 2 (1.55%) VB.NET
4 2 (1.55%) VBA
5 1 (0.78%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 8 (6.20%) Degree
2 3 (2.33%) ISEB
2 3 (2.33%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (1.55%) A+ Certification
3 2 (1.55%) DBS Check
3 2 (1.55%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 2 (1.55%) MCITP
4 1 (0.78%) CCIE
4 1 (0.78%) CCNP
4 1 (0.78%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (0.78%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (0.78%) ECDL
4 1 (0.78%) ISTQB
4 1 (0.78%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 1 (0.78%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (7.75%) Data Quality
2 4 (3.10%) Accessibility
2 4 (3.10%) HL7
2 4 (3.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (2.33%) GRC
3 3 (2.33%) HMG Security Policy Framework
3 3 (2.33%) NCSC
3 3 (2.33%) QA
4 2 (1.55%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (1.55%) GDPR
4 2 (1.55%) PMO
System Software
1 6 (4.65%) Active Directory
2 5 (3.88%) Hyper-V
2 5 (3.88%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.55%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 3 (2.33%) TrustSec
2 2 (1.55%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.78%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 20 (15.50%) Microsoft
2 6 (4.65%) Cisco
3 5 (3.88%) VMware
4 4 (3.10%) Alteryx
4 4 (3.10%) Automation Anywhere
4 4 (3.10%) Blue Prism
4 4 (3.10%) Cerner
4 4 (3.10%) Datix
4 4 (3.10%) UiPath
5 3 (2.33%) Mitel
6 2 (1.55%) CA
6 2 (1.55%) Datto
6 2 (1.55%) Dell
6 2 (1.55%) Google
6 2 (1.55%) SonicWALL
6 2 (1.55%) Veeam
7 1 (0.78%) Databricks
7 1 (0.78%) Oracle
7 1 (0.78%) Progress