NHS Contract Job Trends in Birmingham

National Health Service (NHS)
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term NHS in contract job vacancies in Birmingham. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited NHS over the 6 months leading up to 11 November 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Nov 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 74 73 56
Rank change year-on-year -1 -17 -1
Contract jobs citing NHS 1 1 10
As % of all contract jobs in Birmingham 0.12% 0.15% 1.40%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.38% 0.33% 5.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - £233
25th Percentile - - £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £625
Median % change year-on-year - - +110.28%
75th Percentile - - £663
90th Percentile - - £678
West Midlands median daily rate £400 £400 £473
% change year-on-year - -15.34% +45.51%

All Generic Skills
Birmingham

NHS falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies citing generic IT skills in Birmingham.

6 months to
11 Nov 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing generic IT skills 262 303 185
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Birmingham 30.72% 44.82% 25.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 131 197 108
10th Percentile £300 £248 £158
25th Percentile £425 £365 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £475 £506
Median % change year-on-year +9.47% -6.17% +12.50%
75th Percentile £650 £537 £676
90th Percentile £725 £600 £738
West Midlands median daily rate £482 £488 £550
% change year-on-year -1.08% -11.36% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 18 10
10th Percentile £14.20 - £19.65
25th Percentile £43.80 - £24.00
Median hourly rate £43.96 £18.87 £30.45
Median % change year-on-year +132.96% -38.03% -53.15%
75th Percentile - £22.34 £53.94
90th Percentile £75.00 £29.70 £57.53
West Midlands median hourly rate £25.00 £30.00 £30.45
% change year-on-year -16.67% -1.48% +23.78%

NHS Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing NHS relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.

NHS job vacancy trend in Birmingham

NHS Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing NHS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing NHS

NHS Hourly Rate Trend in Birmingham

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing NHS.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing NHS

NHS Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Miscellaneous

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1Management Information System100.0%1