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 22 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 72 61 54
Rank change year-on-year -11 -7 +4
Contract jobs citing NHS 2 7 11
As % of all contract jobs in Birmingham 0.27% 1.02% 1.53%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.67% 3.85% 3.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 6
10th Percentile - £618 £179
25th Percentile - £625 £242
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £650 £310
Median % change year-on-year - +109.68% +29.44%
75th Percentile - £675 £371
90th Percentile - £683 £438
West Midlands median daily rate £390 £600 £300
% change year-on-year -35.00% +100.00% +22.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £31.04
West Midlands median hourly rate - £19.86 £17.72
% change year-on-year - +12.08% -

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 requiring generic IT skills in Birmingham.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 299 182 276
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 41.02% 26.42% 38.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 184 118 163
10th Percentile £250 £158 £271
25th Percentile £389 £381 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £525 £450
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +16.67% -
75th Percentile £538 £650 £575
90th Percentile £600 £729 £663
West Midlands median daily rate £488 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -11.36% +10.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 10 11
10th Percentile - £19.65 £31.04
25th Percentile - £24.00 £62.50
Median hourly rate £18.87 £30.45 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -38.03% -53.15% +220.51%
75th Percentile £21.19 £53.94 £67.50
90th Percentile £23.55 £57.53 £68.75
West Midlands median hourly rate £23.05 £24.18 £23.00
% change year-on-year -4.67% +5.13% +29.80%

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 following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Legal
1 1 (50.00%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Healthcare Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Lead
1 1 (50.00%) Lead Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Procurement Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Project Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Agile
1 1 (50.00%) Benchmarking
1 1 (50.00%) Contract Management
1 1 (50.00%) Due Diligence
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (50.00%) Project Management
1 1 (50.00%) Psychology
1 1 (50.00%) Risk Assessment
1 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (50.00%) Risk Register
1 1 (50.00%) User Research
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Data Quality
1 1 (50.00%) SLA