NHS Contracts in the South West

National Health Service (NHS)
England > South West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term NHS in contract job vacancies advertised in the South West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited NHS over the 6 months to 23 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 131 120 80
Rank change year-on-year -11 -40 +20
Contract jobs citing NHS 23 56 94
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.72% 1.52% 2.51%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.16% 5.46% 9.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 41 74
10th Percentile - £160 £154
25th Percentile £175 £200 £181
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £185 £425 £285
Median % change year-on-year -56.52% +49.12% -18.57%
75th Percentile £242 £550 £445
90th Percentile £338 - £538
England median daily rate £280 £300 £325
% change year-on-year -6.67% -7.69% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 1 1
10th Percentile £12.00 - -
25th Percentile £13.58 £19.00 £37.15
Median hourly rate £15.99 £21.00 £38.16
Median % change year-on-year -23.88% -44.96% +41.31%
75th Percentile £16.80 £23.00 £39.16
90th Percentile £18.28 - -
England median hourly rate £15.86 £22.00 £19.25
% change year-on-year -27.93% +14.32% +9.97%

All Generic Skills
South West

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 South West with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,065 1,026 944
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 33.26% 27.84% 25.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 658 703 654
10th Percentile £300 £264 £205
25th Percentile £450 £425 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £550 £480
Median % change year-on-year -0.91% +14.58% +6.67%
75th Percentile £600 £656 £575
90th Percentile £694 £725 £668
England median daily rate £550 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 160 141 58
10th Percentile £13.62 - £15.46
25th Percentile £15.17 - £25.73
Median hourly rate £45.00 £9.80 £49.75
Median % change year-on-year +359.18% -80.30% +0.57%
75th Percentile £68.13 £67.50 £63.60
90th Percentile £72.50 £83.31 £75.00
England median hourly rate £28.50 £22.50 £26.50
% change year-on-year +26.67% -15.09% +1.92%

NHS
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing NHS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for NHS in the South West

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing NHS in the South West.

Daily rate trend for NHS in the South West

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing NHS in the South West over the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for NHS in the South West

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing NHS in the South West.

Hourly rate trend for NHS in the South West

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Contract Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing NHS within the South West region over the 6 months to 23 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
Dorset +9 11 £185 +16.12% 1
Bristol +21 7 £335 +3.08% 10
Gloucestershire +8 2 £200 -57.89% 1
Somerset +1 2 - - 3
NHS
England

NHS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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:

Cloud Services
1 11 (47.83%) Azure
1 11 (47.83%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (17.39%) Firewall
1 4 (17.39%) LAN
1 4 (17.39%) VPN
1 4 (17.39%) WAN
1 4 (17.39%) Wireless
General
1 9 (39.13%) Finance
2 4 (17.39%) Electronics
2 4 (17.39%) Manufacturing
2 4 (17.39%) Marketing
2 4 (17.39%) Public Sector
2 4 (17.39%) Telecoms
3 2 (8.70%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (4.35%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 11 (47.83%) Infrastructure Technician
2 5 (21.74%) Lead
3 4 (17.39%) Administrator
3 4 (17.39%) Network Engineer
4 2 (8.70%) Analyst
4 2 (8.70%) IT Engineer
4 2 (8.70%) IT Support
4 2 (8.70%) IT Support Engineer
4 2 (8.70%) Support Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) Data Analyst
5 1 (4.35%) Infrastructure Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (17.39%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 11 (47.83%) Windows
1 11 (47.83%) Windows Server
2 6 (26.09%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (47.83%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 11 (47.83%) Network Management
2 5 (21.74%) Business Intelligence
3 4 (17.39%) Digital Marketing
3 4 (17.39%) High Availability
3 4 (17.39%) Mentoring
3 4 (17.39%) Performance Improvement
3 4 (17.39%) Programme Management
4 1 (4.35%) Data Collection
4 1 (4.35%) Data Extraction
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.70%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 11 (47.83%) Microsoft
1 11 (47.83%) Veeam
1 11 (47.83%) VMware
2 4 (17.39%) SAP
2 4 (17.39%) SolarWinds