NHS Contracts in the UK excluding London

National Health Service (NHS)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term NHS in contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited NHS over the 6 months to 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 163 112 76
Rank change year-on-year -51 -36 -4
Contract jobs citing NHS 276 517 963
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.35% 2.20% 3.17%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 4.62% 6.79% 9.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 161 379 720
10th Percentile £175 £152 £150
25th Percentile £205 £200 £189
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £250 £300
Median % change year-on-year +40.00% -16.67% +4.35%
75th Percentile £500 £475 £430
90th Percentile £595 £575 £525
UK median daily rate £315 £300 £338
% change year-on-year +5.00% -11.11% +8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 68 38 82
10th Percentile £11.23 £14.43 £11.15
25th Percentile £12.25 £16.85 £13.63
Median hourly rate £12.86 £20.50 £17.16
Median % change year-on-year -37.27% +19.46% +4.99%
75th Percentile £18.83 £25.63 £25.37
90th Percentile £37.70 £41.39 £30.81
UK median hourly rate £13.24 £21.01 £17.64
% change year-on-year -36.98% +19.10% +3.76%

All Generic Skills
UK excluding 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 the UK excluding London with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 5,968 7,613 9,647
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 29.14% 32.45% 31.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,580 5,131 6,667
10th Percentile £210 £220 £205
25th Percentile £375 £394 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £595 £613 £575
90th Percentile £688 £700 £669
UK median daily rate £540 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -1.82% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 720 433 451
10th Percentile £12.15 £9.80 £12.21
25th Percentile £14.06 £10.63 £15.50
Median hourly rate £28.50 £22.00 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +29.55% +4.76% -12.50%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £46.30
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £31.13 £22.49 £27.50
% change year-on-year +38.43% -18.24% +4.05%

NHS
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for NHS in the UK excluding London

NHS
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for NHS in the UK excluding London

NHS
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing NHS in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for NHS in the UK excluding London

NHS
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for NHS in the UK excluding London

NHS
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing NHS in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for NHS in the UK excluding London

NHS
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding 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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 9 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
North of England -5 83 £450 -2.70% 250
South East -7 72 £205 - 173
Yorkshire -8 38 £500 -2.44% 103
North West +5 37 £350 -12.50% 120
East of England -20 33 £243 +8.33% 136
Wales +1 31 £438 +113.41% 30
Midlands -23 28 £481 +116.29% 178
South West -12 22 £185 -61.09% 136
West Midlands -3 16 £650 +176.60% 101
East Midlands +3 12 £385 +102.63% 77
North East +11 8 £325 +54.76% 31
Northern Ireland - 6 - - 1
Scotland +21 4 £465 +32.86% 9
NHS
UK

NHS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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 5 (1.81%) Apache
1 5 (1.81%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.36%) CMS
2 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 18 (6.52%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (3.99%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (1.09%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.72%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 2 (0.72%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.36%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (0.36%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.36%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 1 (0.36%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 33 (11.96%) Azure
2 25 (9.06%) Microsoft 365
3 11 (3.99%) Power Platform
4 7 (2.54%) AWS
5 6 (2.17%) Azure AKS
5 6 (2.17%) Entra ID
6 2 (0.72%) Azure Data Factory
6 2 (0.72%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (0.72%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 2 (0.72%) Power Automate
7 1 (0.36%) Amazon S3
7 1 (0.36%) GCP
7 1 (0.36%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 10 (3.62%) LAN
1 10 (3.62%) WAN
2 9 (3.26%) Firewall
3 8 (2.90%) Wireless
4 4 (1.45%) DHCP
4 4 (1.45%) VPN
4 4 (1.45%) WLAN
5 3 (1.09%) DNS
5 3 (1.09%) Network Security
6 2 (0.72%) SAN
6 2 (0.72%) Structured Cabling
7 1 (0.36%) 4G
7 1 (0.36%) 5G
7 1 (0.36%) Intranet
7 1 (0.36%) LoRaWAN
7 1 (0.36%) Remote Desktop
7 1 (0.36%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (11.96%) Electronic Patient Records
2 10 (3.62%) Data Warehouse
3 8 (2.90%) Power BI
4 7 (2.54%) Relational Database
4 7 (2.54%) SQL Server
5 4 (1.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 4 (1.45%) Tableau
6 3 (1.09%) Big Data
7 2 (0.72%) Data Lake
7 2 (0.72%) QlikView
7 2 (0.72%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 2 (0.72%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (0.36%) Amazon Redshift
8 1 (0.36%) BusinessObjects
8 1 (0.36%) EDMS
8 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Analysis Services
8 1 (0.36%) NoSQL
8 1 (0.36%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 4 (1.45%) Visual Studio
2 1 (0.36%) Git
2 1 (0.36%) Selenium
2 1 (0.36%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
2 1 (0.36%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (0.36%) tSQLt
General
1 75 (27.17%) Public Sector
2 68 (24.64%) Social Skills
3 57 (20.65%) Finance
4 40 (14.49%) Marketing
4 40 (14.49%) Telecoms
5 39 (14.13%) Electronics
5 39 (14.13%) Manufacturing
6 15 (5.43%) Analytical Skills
7 10 (3.62%) Local Government
7 10 (3.62%) Organisational Skills
8 9 (3.26%) Health Technology
9 8 (2.90%) Legal
10 7 (2.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 5 (1.81%) Digital Health
11 5 (1.81%) Digital Healthcare
12 3 (1.09%) Influencing Skills
13 2 (0.72%) Presentation Skills
14 1 (0.36%) Documentation Skills
14 1 (0.36%) Social Housing
14 1 (0.36%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 33 (11.96%) Analyst
2 31 (11.23%) Project Manager
3 24 (8.70%) Support Engineer
4 23 (8.33%) Senior
5 16 (5.80%) Desktop Engineer
5 16 (5.80%) Desktop Support
5 16 (5.80%) Desktop Support Engineer
6 15 (5.43%) Architect
6 15 (5.43%) Service Analyst
6 15 (5.43%) Service Desk Analyst
7 14 (5.07%) Developer
7 14 (5.07%) Lead
8 12 (4.35%) Infrastructure Technician
9 10 (3.62%) Administrator
9 10 (3.62%) Trainer
10 9 (3.26%) IT Engineer
10 9 (3.26%) Programme Manager
10 9 (3.26%) Senior Manager
11 8 (2.90%) IT Support
11 8 (2.90%) LIMS Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (2.54%) FHIR
1 7 (2.54%) OAuth
2 6 (2.17%) Keycloak
3 5 (1.81%) .NET
3 5 (1.81%) OAuth2
3 5 (1.81%) SAML
4 4 (1.45%) HTML
4 4 (1.45%) Web Services
5 3 (1.09%) CSS
5 3 (1.09%) React
6 2 (0.72%) XML
7 1 (0.36%) OpenID
7 1 (0.36%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 15 (5.43%) Management Information System
2 11 (3.99%) LIMS
2 11 (3.99%) Public Cloud
3 6 (2.17%) Data Centre
3 6 (2.17%) Freedom of Information
3 6 (2.17%) Smartphone
4 4 (1.45%) Virtual Team
5 3 (1.09%) Life Science
6 2 (0.72%) e-Health
6 2 (0.72%) Learning Management System
6 2 (0.72%) Onboarding
7 1 (0.36%) Data Structures
7 1 (0.36%) Driving Licence
7 1 (0.36%) Fibre Optics
7 1 (0.36%) Housing Association
7 1 (0.36%) IoT
7 1 (0.36%) PACS
7 1 (0.36%) Product Ownership
7 1 (0.36%) Social Media
7 1 (0.36%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 40 (14.49%) Windows
2 21 (7.61%) Windows 10
3 16 (5.80%) Windows Server
4 10 (3.62%) Windows Server 2012
5 2 (0.72%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (0.36%) Mac OS X
6 1 (0.36%) Windows 7
6 1 (0.36%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (18.84%) Business Intelligence
2 48 (17.39%) Programme Management
3 39 (14.13%) Digital Marketing
4 23 (8.33%) Project Management
5 22 (7.97%) Problem-Solving
6 17 (6.16%) Agile
7 15 (5.43%) Project Delivery
8 14 (5.07%) Customer Service
8 14 (5.07%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 14 (5.07%) Stakeholder Management
9 12 (4.35%) Decision-Making
9 12 (4.35%) Network Management
9 12 (4.35%) Risk Management
10 11 (3.99%) Change Management
10 11 (3.99%) Document Management
10 11 (3.99%) Migration
10 11 (3.99%) PRINCE2
10 11 (3.99%) Test Scripting
11 10 (3.62%) Validation
12 8 (2.90%) Informatics
Programming Languages
1 13 (4.71%) SQL
2 7 (2.54%) Python
3 3 (1.09%) JavaScript
3 3 (1.09%) PowerShell
3 3 (1.09%) T-SQL
4 2 (0.72%) C#
5 1 (0.36%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 1 (0.36%) Java
Qualifications
1 13 (4.71%) Degree
2 6 (2.17%) HNC
2 6 (2.17%) NVQ Level 3
3 5 (1.81%) CCNA
3 5 (1.81%) Cisco Certification
3 5 (1.81%) Microsoft Certification
4 4 (1.45%) ISTQB
4 4 (1.45%) Network+ Certification
4 4 (1.45%) PMI Certification
4 4 (1.45%) PMP
4 4 (1.45%) Security Cleared
5 3 (1.09%) CISSP
5 3 (1.09%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 3 (1.09%) SC Cleared
6 2 (0.72%) APMG
6 2 (0.72%) CISM
6 2 (0.72%) ECDL
6 2 (0.72%) MCP
7 1 (0.36%) CISA
7 1 (0.36%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (7.97%) HL7
2 17 (6.16%) Data Quality
3 9 (3.26%) QA
4 5 (1.81%) Accessibility
5 3 (1.09%) PMO
5 3 (1.09%) SLA
6 2 (0.72%) NIST
7 1 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.36%) Disclosure Scotland
7 1 (0.36%) GDPR
7 1 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.36%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 13 (4.71%) Docker
2 8 (2.90%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.09%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.72%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 12 (4.35%) Single Sign-On
2 7 (2.54%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.72%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (0.72%) SCCM
Vendors
1 50 (18.12%) Microsoft
2 39 (14.13%) SAP
3 15 (5.43%) VMware
4 12 (4.35%) Veeam
5 9 (3.26%) Brio
6 7 (2.54%) Cerner
7 6 (2.17%) WSO2
8 4 (1.45%) SolarWinds
9 2 (0.72%) Adobe
9 2 (0.72%) Citrix
9 2 (0.72%) Extreme Networks
10 1 (0.36%) Apple
10 1 (0.36%) Cisco
10 1 (0.36%) Databricks
10 1 (0.36%) Datix
10 1 (0.36%) Intel
10 1 (0.36%) Oracle
10 1 (0.36%) RedGate
10 1 (0.36%) Splunk