NHS Contracts in the West Midlands

National Health Service (NHS)
England > West Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term NHS in contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited NHS over the 6 months to 16 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 84 89 85
Rank change year-on-year +5 -4 +5
Contract jobs citing NHS 25 53 90
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 1.29% 2.14% 2.46%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.85% 6.71% 8.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 44 56
10th Percentile £122 £131 £205
25th Percentile £125 £160 £262
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £217 £365
Median % change year-on-year +84.44% -40.58% +32.73%
75th Percentile £650 £359 £428
90th Percentile £690 £432 £478
England median daily rate £280 £290 £325
% change year-on-year -3.45% -10.77% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 6 8
10th Percentile - £14.86 £13.58
25th Percentile £10.42 - £14.81
Median hourly rate £11.73 £17.72 £15.86
Median % change year-on-year -33.83% +11.73% -6.71%
75th Percentile £17.72 £22.43 £19.38
90th Percentile - £35.75 £21.22
England median hourly rate £15.99 £22.00 £19.46
% change year-on-year -27.34% +13.05% +14.47%

All Generic Skills
West Midlands

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 West Midlands with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 649 790 1,021
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 33.61% 31.95% 27.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 408 537 733
10th Percentile £296 £227 £250
25th Percentile £363 £400 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +13.77%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £575
90th Percentile £750 £700 £688
England median daily rate £550 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 53 21 27
10th Percentile £10.52 £17.30 £12.00
25th Percentile £14.71 £17.72 £12.96
Median hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £15.50
Median % change year-on-year - +45.16% -7.85%
75th Percentile £37.50 £50.75 £17.70
90th Percentile £58.75 £57.50 £19.38
England median hourly rate £27.50 £22.50 £26.50
% change year-on-year +22.22% -15.09% +3.92%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for NHS in the West Midlands

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for NHS in the West Midlands

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Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing NHS in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 16 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for NHS in the West Midlands

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for NHS in the West Midlands

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Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing NHS within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 16 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
Worcestershire +11 9 £122 -55.84% 2
Birmingham +8 9 £575 +158.43% 1
Shropshire - 6 - -
NHS
England

NHS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 (4.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (4.00%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 2 (8.00%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (12.00%) Electronic Patient Records
General
1 15 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (8.00%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (4.00%) Finance
3 1 (4.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (4.00%) Marketing
3 1 (4.00%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (4.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (12.00%) Analyst
1 3 (12.00%) Architect
2 2 (8.00%) Business Analyst
2 2 (8.00%) IT Engineer
2 2 (8.00%) Project Manager
2 2 (8.00%) Senior
2 2 (8.00%) Senior IT Engineer
2 2 (8.00%) Support Engineer
3 1 (4.00%) Administrator
3 1 (4.00%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
3 1 (4.00%) Consultant
3 1 (4.00%) Data Architect
3 1 (4.00%) Digital Project Manager
3 1 (4.00%) Digital Strategy Consultant
3 1 (4.00%) EPR Project Manager
3 1 (4.00%) Graduate
3 1 (4.00%) IT Analyst
3 1 (4.00%) IT Graduate
3 1 (4.00%) IT Support
3 1 (4.00%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (8.00%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.00%) Data Structures
1 1 (4.00%) IoT
1 1 (4.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (4.00%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 8 (32.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (48.00%) Customer Service
2 3 (12.00%) Change Management
2 3 (12.00%) Data Analysis
2 3 (12.00%) Project Delivery
3 2 (8.00%) Digital Strategy
3 2 (8.00%) Identity Access Management
3 2 (8.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 1 (4.00%) Analytics
4 1 (4.00%) Artificial Intelligence
4 1 (4.00%) Budget Management
4 1 (4.00%) Business Analysis
4 1 (4.00%) Business Case
4 1 (4.00%) Contingency Planning
4 1 (4.00%) Creative Thinking
4 1 (4.00%) Decision-Making
4 1 (4.00%) Digital Enablement
4 1 (4.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 1 (4.00%) Inventory Management
4 1 (4.00%) Process Improvement
4 1 (4.00%) Strategic Thinking
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.00%) SLA
Systems Management
1 2 (8.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 1 (4.00%) Microsoft