NHS Contracts in Wales

National Health Service (NHS)
UK > Wales

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term NHS in contract job vacancies advertised in Wales. 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 15 12 11
Rank change year-on-year -3 -1 +11
Contract jobs citing NHS 32 64 124
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wales 7.98% 10.14% 12.25%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 23.70% 24.33% 35.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 54 98
10th Percentile £203 £158 £159
25th Percentile £413 £163 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £205 £420
Median % change year-on-year +107.32% -51.19% +25.37%
75th Percentile £500 £419 £450
90th Percentile £531 £488 £538
UK median daily rate £306 £300 £348
% change year-on-year +2.16% -13.67% +11.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 9
10th Percentile - £12.54 -
25th Percentile - £12.59 £11.15
Median hourly rate - £15.13 £12.31
Median % change year-on-year - +22.92% -7.13%
75th Percentile - £16.90 £16.78
90th Percentile - £17.61 £16.87
UK median hourly rate £14.49 £21.72 £17.64
% change year-on-year -33.31% +23.13% +3.76%

All Generic Skills
Wales

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 Wales with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 135 263 346
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 33.67% 41.68% 34.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 94 186 246
10th Percentile £163 £160 £155
25th Percentile £380 £220 £293
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £425 £449
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% -5.29% -0.28%
75th Percentile £537 £538 £538
90th Percentile £574 £619 £638
UK median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 10 15
10th Percentile - £12.61 -
25th Percentile £11.75 £15.25 £11.15
Median hourly rate £13.50 £17.03 £16.06
Median % change year-on-year -20.73% +6.07% +5.28%
75th Percentile £19.00 £19.81 £22.46
90th Percentile £45.80 £27.64 £27.00
UK median hourly rate £28.50 £22.49 £27.50
% change year-on-year +26.75% -18.24% +3.19%

NHS
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for NHS in Wales

NHS
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Wales

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

Daily rate trend for NHS in Wales

NHS
Daily Rate Histogram in Wales

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

Daily rate histogram for NHS in Wales

NHS
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Wales

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

Hourly rate trend for NHS in Wales

NHS
Contract Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing NHS within the Wales 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
South Wales +4 30 £425 +93.18% 6
NHS
UK

NHS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales 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 (15.63%) Apache
Applications
1 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 7 (21.88%) Azure
2 6 (18.75%) Azure AKS
2 6 (18.75%) Entra ID
3 2 (6.25%) Power Platform
4 1 (3.13%) Azure DevOps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (9.38%) SQL Server
2 1 (3.13%) Power BI
2 1 (3.13%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (3.13%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (3.13%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
1 1 (3.13%) Team Foundation Server
1 1 (3.13%) tSQLt
1 1 (3.13%) Visual Studio
General
1 2 (6.25%) Public Sector
1 2 (6.25%) Social Skills
2 1 (3.13%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (3.13%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 7 (21.88%) Developer
2 4 (12.50%) .NET Developer
2 4 (12.50%) WSO2 Engineer
3 3 (9.38%) Analyst
3 3 (9.38%) Integration Engineer
3 3 (9.38%) React Developer
4 2 (6.25%) Azure Engineer
4 2 (6.25%) Full Stack .NET Developer
4 2 (6.25%) Full Stack Developer
4 2 (6.25%) Project Manager
5 1 (3.13%) Agile Project Manager
5 1 (3.13%) Business Analyst
5 1 (3.13%) Clinical Coder
5 1 (3.13%) IT Analyst
5 1 (3.13%) IT Support
5 1 (3.13%) Power BI Developer
5 1 (3.13%) Principal Business Analyst
5 1 (3.13%) Senior
5 1 (3.13%) Senior SQL Developer
5 1 (3.13%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (21.88%) FHIR
2 6 (18.75%) Keycloak
3 5 (15.63%) .NET
3 5 (15.63%) OAuth
3 5 (15.63%) OAuth2
3 5 (15.63%) SAML
4 3 (9.38%) React
5 2 (6.25%) CSS
5 2 (6.25%) HTML
5 2 (6.25%) XML
6 1 (3.13%) OpenID
6 1 (3.13%) WF
Miscellaneous
1 11 (34.38%) Public Cloud
2 1 (3.13%) Clustering
2 1 (3.13%) Driving Licence
2 1 (3.13%) Management Information System
2 1 (3.13%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.13%) Windows
1 1 (3.13%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (18.75%) API Management
2 4 (12.50%) Agile
3 3 (9.38%) User Experience
4 2 (6.25%) Conflict Resolution
4 2 (6.25%) Data Mapping
4 2 (6.25%) Data Migration
4 2 (6.25%) Full Stack Development
4 2 (6.25%) Migration
4 2 (6.25%) PRINCE2
4 2 (6.25%) Project Management
4 2 (6.25%) Scrum
4 2 (6.25%) Software Engineering
4 2 (6.25%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (3.13%) Business Analysis
5 1 (3.13%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (3.13%) Requirements Analysis
5 1 (3.13%) Software Testing
5 1 (3.13%) Test Automation
5 1 (3.13%) UML
5 1 (3.13%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 3 (9.38%) SQL
2 2 (6.25%) C#
2 2 (6.25%) JavaScript
3 1 (3.13%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 1 (3.13%) PowerShell
3 1 (3.13%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (3.13%) Degree
1 1 (3.13%) ISEB
1 1 (3.13%) ISTQB
1 1 (3.13%) PMI Certification
1 1 (3.13%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (18.75%) HL7
System Software
1 12 (37.50%) Docker
Systems Management
1 9 (28.13%) Single Sign-On
2 6 (18.75%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 7 (21.88%) Microsoft
2 6 (18.75%) WSO2
3 1 (3.13%) Citrix
3 1 (3.13%) Oracle
3 1 (3.13%) RedGate
3 1 (3.13%) SolarWinds