NHS Contracts in Scotland

National Health Service (NHS)
UK > Scotland

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term NHS in contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited NHS over the 6 months to 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 128 140 151
Rank change year-on-year +12 +11 -10
Contract jobs citing NHS 3 25 20
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.14% 0.87% 0.57%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.42% 2.41% 1.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 24 18
10th Percentile £167 £126 £151
25th Percentile £215 £209 £155
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £302 £365 £240
Median % change year-on-year -17.26% +52.24% -40.06%
75th Percentile £390 £475 £402
90th Percentile £440 £500 £419
UK median daily rate £306 £300 £348
% change year-on-year +2.16% -13.67% +11.20%

All Generic Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 721 1,036 1,174
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 32.67% 36.24% 33.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 419 712 814
10th Percentile £204 £250 £241
25th Percentile £400 £413 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £488 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.56% +2.63% +11.76%
75th Percentile £588 £560 £550
90th Percentile £675 £675 £625
UK median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 23 23
10th Percentile £13.75 - £15.53
25th Percentile £16.25 £10.63 £18.90
Median hourly rate £18.14 £12.30 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +47.44% -71.40% -5.49%
75th Percentile £38.25 £28.81 £53.75
90th Percentile £60.38 £52.55 £55.75
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £22.49 £27.50
% change year-on-year +28.97% -18.24% +3.19%

NHS
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for NHS in Scotland

NHS
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for NHS in Scotland

NHS
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing NHS in Scotland over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for NHS in Scotland

NHS
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Hourly rate trend for NHS in Scotland

NHS
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing NHS within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 28 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
Edinburgh +37 1 - - 1
Glasgow -16 1 £139 -63.42% 2
Renfrewshire - 1 £465 -
NHS
UK

NHS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (33.33%) MS Visio
General
1 3 (100.00%) Public Sector
2 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Business Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Desktop Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Digital Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Digital Business Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Junior
2 1 (33.33%) Junior Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Programme Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Senior
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Programme Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Driving Licence
1 1 (33.33%) e-Health
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Acceptance Criteria
1 1 (33.33%) Agile
1 1 (33.33%) Artificial Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Business Analysis
1 1 (33.33%) GAP Analysis
1 1 (33.33%) Impact Assessments
1 1 (33.33%) Matrix Management
1 1 (33.33%) Programme Management
1 1 (33.33%) Prototyping
1 1 (33.33%) Requirements Gathering
1 1 (33.33%) Requirements Workshops
1 1 (33.33%) SWOT Analysis
1 1 (33.33%) Use Case
1 1 (33.33%) User Stories
1 1 (33.33%) Workflow
1 1 (33.33%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) MCP
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) Disclosure Scotland
1 1 (33.33%) SNOMED CT
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft