NHS Contracts in the North East

National Health Service (NHS)
England > North East

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term NHS in contract job vacancies advertised in the North East. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited NHS over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 26 47 18
Rank change year-on-year +21 -29 +24
Contract jobs citing NHS 12 11 42
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North East 3.55% 2.59% 8.22%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 12.50% 10.09% 23.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 9 39
10th Percentile - £138 £104
25th Percentile £131 £139 £135
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £195 £200
Median % change year-on-year +66.67% -2.50% -30.80%
75th Percentile £500 £415 £289
90th Percentile - £493 £390
England median daily rate £291 £300 £325
% change year-on-year -2.92% -7.69% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £15.25
25th Percentile - - £15.63
Median hourly rate - - £17.50
75th Percentile - - £20.63
90th Percentile - - £21.75
England median hourly rate £15.75 £22.00 £19.25
% change year-on-year -28.41% +14.32% +13.21%

All Generic Skills
North East

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 North East with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 96 109 176
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North East 28.40% 25.71% 34.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 57 85 132
10th Percentile £163 £196 £121
25th Percentile £313 £463 £174
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £600 £425
Median % change year-on-year -20.83% +41.18% -5.56%
75th Percentile £549 £700 £588
90th Percentile £685 £775 £700
England median daily rate £550 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 0 4
10th Percentile £11.44 - £15.38
25th Percentile £15.05 - £15.94
Median hourly rate £32.50 - £18.75
Median % change year-on-year - - -34.78%
75th Percentile £48.75 - £27.81
90th Percentile £52.13 - £37.38
England median hourly rate £30.00 £22.50 £26.98
% change year-on-year +33.33% -16.60% +1.24%

NHS
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

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

Job vacancy trend for NHS in the North East

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North East

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

Daily rate trend for NHS in the North East

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Daily Rate Histogram in the North East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing NHS in the North East over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for NHS in the North East

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North East

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

Hourly rate trend for NHS in the North East

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Contract Job Locations in the North East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing NHS within the North East region over the 6 months to 27 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
Durham +2 6 - -
Tyne and Wear +22 3 £131 -7.26% 2
NHS
England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North East 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 (8.33%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (16.67%) Cerner Millennium
Communications & Networking
1 2 (16.67%) Remote Desktop
General
1 2 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (16.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (8.33%) Military
2 1 (8.33%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (16.67%) Desktop Engineer
1 2 (16.67%) Test Manager
2 1 (8.33%) Project Manager
2 1 (8.33%) Senior
2 1 (8.33%) Senior Manager
2 1 (8.33%) Senior Project Manager
Operating Systems
1 2 (16.67%) Windows
1 2 (16.67%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (16.67%) Hardware Maintenance
1 2 (16.67%) Innovative Thinking
1 2 (16.67%) Manual Testing
1 2 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (16.67%) Software Deployment
1 2 (16.67%) Test Planning
1 2 (16.67%) Test Scripting
2 1 (8.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (8.33%) Portfolio Management
2 1 (8.33%) Project Management
2 1 (8.33%) Project Planning
2 1 (8.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (8.33%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 1 (8.33%) DBS Check
System Software
1 2 (16.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (16.67%) SCCM
Vendors
1 3 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (16.67%) Cerner
2 2 (16.67%) Citrix