National Health Service (NHS)
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term NHS in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited NHS over the 6 months to 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 241 193 160
Rank change year-on-year -48 -33 -16
Contract jobs citing NHS 438 836 1,611
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.01% 1.42% 1.82%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.35% 4.26% 5.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 295 635 1,224
10th Percentile £172 £158 £154
25th Percentile £205 £203 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £311 £300 £338
Median % change year-on-year +3.67% -11.24% +8.16%
75th Percentile £463 £478 £459
90th Percentile £563 £575 £550
UK excluding London median daily rate £335 £250 £300
% change year-on-year +34.00% -16.67% +4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 76 46 109
10th Percentile £11.25 £14.06 £11.15
25th Percentile £12.25 £16.85 £14.61
Median hourly rate £13.95 £21.86 £17.64
Median % change year-on-year -36.17% +23.92% +3.76%
75th Percentile £24.08 £32.03 £26.98
90th Percentile £39.55 £57.50 £36.54
UK excluding London median hourly rate £12.86 £21.00 £16.82
% change year-on-year -38.76% +24.85% +2.91%

All Generic Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 13,086 19,646 29,347
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.32% 33.26% 33.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,417 13,497 20,479
10th Percentile £263 £309 £313
25th Percentile £413 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.18% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £656 £676 £657
90th Percentile £798 £800 £763
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 902 642 722
10th Percentile £12.25 £9.80 £14.25
25th Percentile £15.17 £10.63 £17.00
Median hourly rate £30.14 £22.49 £27.25
Median % change year-on-year +34.04% -17.49% +3.52%
75th Percentile £61.30 £64.44 £50.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £66.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.25 £22.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +28.41% +10.00% -16.67%

NHS
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for NHS in the UK

NHS
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for NHS in the UK

NHS
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing NHS over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for NHS in the UK

NHS
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for NHS in the UK

NHS
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing NHS over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for NHS in the UK

NHS
Top 17 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 5 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
England -49 381 £300 - 1,324
UK excluding London -42 278 £335 +34.00% 1,075
Work from Home -27 142 £311 -22.25% 297
London +41 137 £296 -1.50% 287
North of England -1 83 £450 -5.26% 294
South East -10 73 £205 - 212
Yorkshire -9 38 £500 -3.61% 127
North West +14 35 £350 -12.50% 136
East of England -21 32 £259 +15.23% 154
Wales -1 31 £425 +107.32% 43
Midlands -25 30 £430 +91.11% 208
South West -5 23 £185 -56.52% 161
West Midlands -3 16 £575 +137.11% 111
East Midlands 0 14 £368 +93.42% 97
North East +17 10 £325 +54.76% 35
Northern Ireland - 6 - - 2
Scotland +20 3 £302 -13.71% 11

NHS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 10 (2.28%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.14%) Apache
2 5 (1.14%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.46%) Exchange Server 2007
3 2 (0.46%) Exchange Server 2010
4 1 (0.23%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.23%) CMS
Applications
1 23 (5.25%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (3.42%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.91%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (0.91%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (0.68%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.46%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.23%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.23%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.23%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 2 (0.46%) SystmOne
2 1 (0.23%) Cerner Millennium
2 1 (0.23%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.23%) HealthRoster
Cloud Services
1 45 (10.27%) Azure
2 30 (6.85%) Microsoft 365
3 23 (5.25%) Power Platform
4 20 (4.57%) AWS
5 6 (1.37%) Azure AKS
5 6 (1.37%) Entra ID
5 6 (1.37%) Power Automate
5 6 (1.37%) SaaS
6 5 (1.14%) GCP
7 4 (0.91%) Azure DevOps
8 3 (0.68%) Amazon S3
9 2 (0.46%) AWS Lambda
9 2 (0.46%) Azure Data Factory
9 2 (0.46%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 2 (0.46%) Cloud Computing
9 2 (0.46%) GitHub
9 2 (0.46%) GitHub Actions
9 2 (0.46%) Nutanix
9 2 (0.46%) OneDrive
9 2 (0.46%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 18 (4.11%) WAN
2 16 (3.65%) LAN
3 15 (3.42%) Firewall
4 13 (2.97%) Wireless
5 10 (2.28%) VPN
6 6 (1.37%) DHCP
7 5 (1.14%) DNS
7 5 (1.14%) Network Security
7 5 (1.14%) WLAN
8 4 (0.91%) Intranet
8 4 (0.91%) SAN
9 3 (0.68%) VoIP
10 2 (0.46%) Remote Desktop
10 2 (0.46%) SD-WAN
10 2 (0.46%) Structured Cabling
11 1 (0.23%) Cisco ASA
11 1 (0.23%) Cisco Firepower
11 1 (0.23%) Cisco IOS
11 1 (0.23%) Cisco ISE
11 1 (0.23%) PSTN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (10.50%) Electronic Patient Records
2 21 (4.79%) Data Warehouse
3 16 (3.65%) Power BI
4 13 (2.97%) SQL Server
5 9 (2.05%) Relational Database
6 5 (1.14%) Big Data
6 5 (1.14%) QlikView
6 5 (1.14%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 5 (1.14%) Tableau
7 4 (0.91%) KNIME
7 4 (0.91%) PostgreSQL
8 3 (0.68%) Data Lake
9 2 (0.46%) Amazon Redshift
9 2 (0.46%) MongoDB
9 2 (0.46%) MySQL
10 1 (0.23%) MS Access
10 1 (0.23%) NoSQL
10 1 (0.23%) Oracle Database
10 1 (0.23%) Qlik Sense
10 1 (0.23%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 6 (1.37%) Git
1 6 (1.37%) Visual Studio
2 1 (0.23%) JIRA
2 1 (0.23%) Oracle APEX
2 1 (0.23%) Rational Rhapsody
2 1 (0.23%) Selenium
2 1 (0.23%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
2 1 (0.23%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (0.23%) tSQLt
General
1 97 (22.15%) Social Skills
2 95 (21.69%) Public Sector
3 66 (15.07%) Finance
4 51 (11.64%) Marketing
5 49 (11.19%) Telecoms
6 45 (10.27%) Electronics
6 45 (10.27%) Manufacturing
7 25 (5.71%) Analytical Skills
8 12 (2.74%) Health Technology
9 11 (2.51%) Local Government
10 10 (2.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 9 (2.05%) Organisational Skills
12 8 (1.83%) Legal
13 6 (1.37%) Digital Health
13 6 (1.37%) Digital Healthcare
13 6 (1.37%) Presentation Skills
14 4 (0.91%) Influencing Skills
15 3 (0.68%) Pharmaceutical
16 2 (0.46%) Billing
16 2 (0.46%) Military
Job Titles
1 49 (11.19%) Analyst
2 45 (10.27%) Project Manager
3 32 (7.31%) Senior
4 28 (6.39%) Support Engineer
5 24 (5.48%) Developer
6 22 (5.02%) Administrator
7 20 (4.57%) Architect
7 20 (4.57%) Desktop Engineer
8 19 (4.34%) Desktop Support
8 19 (4.34%) Desktop Support Engineer
8 19 (4.34%) Service Analyst
8 19 (4.34%) Service Desk Analyst
9 16 (3.65%) Lead
10 14 (3.20%) Trainer
11 12 (2.74%) Business Analyst
11 12 (2.74%) Consultant
11 12 (2.74%) Infrastructure Technician
11 12 (2.74%) Network Engineer
12 11 (2.51%) IT Trainer
13 10 (2.28%) Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (2.97%) .NET
2 8 (1.83%) FHIR
2 8 (1.83%) HTML
3 7 (1.60%) CSS
3 7 (1.60%) OAuth
4 6 (1.37%) ASP.NET
4 6 (1.37%) Keycloak
5 5 (1.14%) OAuth2
5 5 (1.14%) SAML
6 4 (0.91%) Software Packaging
7 3 (0.68%) React
7 3 (0.68%) Web Services
8 2 (0.46%) .NET Framework
8 2 (0.46%) Entity Framework
8 2 (0.46%) Node.js
8 2 (0.46%) PySpark
8 2 (0.46%) Razor View Engine
8 2 (0.46%) XML
9 1 (0.23%) Django
9 1 (0.23%) FastAPI
Miscellaneous
1 21 (4.79%) Management Information System
2 11 (2.51%) LIMS
2 11 (2.51%) Public Cloud
2 11 (2.51%) Smartphone
3 7 (1.60%) Data Centre
3 7 (1.60%) Freedom of Information
3 7 (1.60%) PACS
4 6 (1.37%) Life Science
4 6 (1.37%) Onboarding
5 5 (1.14%) Data Structures
6 4 (0.91%) Virtual Team
7 3 (0.68%) IoT
7 3 (0.68%) Learning Management System
8 2 (0.46%) Algorithms
8 2 (0.46%) AS400
8 2 (0.46%) Driving Licence
8 2 (0.46%) e-Health
8 2 (0.46%) Linux Command Line
8 2 (0.46%) Smartcard
8 2 (0.46%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 60 (13.70%) Windows
2 25 (5.71%) Windows 10
3 24 (5.48%) Windows Server
4 10 (2.28%) Windows Server 2012
5 3 (0.68%) Windows 7
6 2 (0.46%) Android
6 2 (0.46%) Linux
6 2 (0.46%) Windows Server 2008
7 1 (0.23%) Mac OS X
7 1 (0.23%) Unix
7 1 (0.23%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (15.30%) Business Intelligence
2 55 (12.56%) Programme Management
3 46 (10.50%) Digital Marketing
4 35 (7.99%) Project Management
5 34 (7.76%) Problem-Solving
6 25 (5.71%) Agile
6 25 (5.71%) Migration
7 24 (5.48%) Stakeholder Management
8 21 (4.79%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 19 (4.34%) Project Delivery
10 18 (4.11%) Customer Service
11 17 (3.88%) Analytics
11 17 (3.88%) PRINCE2
12 16 (3.65%) Risk Management
13 14 (3.20%) Data Analysis
13 14 (3.20%) Test Scripting
14 13 (2.97%) Change Management
14 13 (2.97%) DevOps
14 13 (2.97%) Document Management
14 13 (2.97%) Informatics
Programming Languages
1 27 (6.16%) SQL
2 15 (3.42%) Python
3 9 (2.05%) JavaScript
3 9 (2.05%) PowerShell
4 8 (1.83%) C#
5 7 (1.60%) Ruby
6 4 (0.91%) PHP
6 4 (0.91%) T-SQL
7 3 (0.68%) VBA
8 2 (0.46%) Bash
8 2 (0.46%) VB.NET
9 1 (0.23%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (0.23%) Java
9 1 (0.23%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.23%) VB
Qualifications
1 16 (3.65%) Degree
2 8 (1.83%) Microsoft Certification
3 6 (1.37%) Cisco Certification
3 6 (1.37%) HNC
3 6 (1.37%) NVQ Level 3
4 5 (1.14%) CCNA
4 5 (1.14%) ISTQB
4 5 (1.14%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 5 (1.14%) Network+ Certification
4 5 (1.14%) Security Cleared
5 4 (0.91%) A+ Certification
5 4 (0.91%) ISEB
5 4 (0.91%) PMI Certification
5 4 (0.91%) PMP
5 4 (0.91%) SC Cleared
6 3 (0.68%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (0.68%) DBS Check
6 3 (0.68%) ECDL
7 2 (0.46%) CCNP
7 2 (0.46%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (5.94%) Data Quality
1 26 (5.94%) HL7
2 12 (2.74%) QA
3 9 (2.05%) Accessibility
4 5 (1.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (1.14%) PMO
5 3 (0.68%) GDPR
5 3 (0.68%) GRC
5 3 (0.68%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 3 (0.68%) NCSC
5 3 (0.68%) SLA
6 2 (0.46%) Actionable Recommendations
6 2 (0.46%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.23%) Disclosure Scotland
7 1 (0.23%) NIST
7 1 (0.23%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 17 (3.88%) Active Directory
2 15 (3.42%) Docker
3 7 (1.60%) Hyper-V
4 6 (1.37%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.46%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 12 (2.74%) Single Sign-On
2 9 (2.05%) Kubernetes
3 7 (1.60%) Microsoft Intune
3 7 (1.60%) SCCM
4 4 (0.91%) WSUS
5 3 (0.68%) TrustSec
6 2 (0.46%) Ansible
6 2 (0.46%) Progress Chef
6 2 (0.46%) Puppet
6 2 (0.46%) Terraform
7 1 (0.23%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 76 (17.35%) Microsoft
2 45 (10.27%) SAP
3 19 (4.34%) VMware
4 14 (3.20%) Veeam
5 13 (2.97%) Cerner
6 11 (2.51%) Brio
7 7 (1.60%) Datix
8 6 (1.37%) Cisco
8 6 (1.37%) WSO2
9 5 (1.14%) SolarWinds
10 4 (0.91%) Alteryx
10 4 (0.91%) Automation Anywhere
10 4 (0.91%) Blue Prism
10 4 (0.91%) UiPath
11 3 (0.68%) Citrix
12 2 (0.46%) Adobe
12 2 (0.46%) CA
12 2 (0.46%) Dell
12 2 (0.46%) Google
12 2 (0.46%) Oracle