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 17 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 17 Sep 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 56 | 58 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | +2 | +8 |
| Contract jobs citing NHS | 0 | 11 | 14 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Birmingham | - | 1.54% | 1.66% |
| As % of the Miscellaneous category | - | 5.95% | 4.58% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 4 | 11 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £243 | £260 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £400 | £263 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | £563 | £270 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +108.33% | -1.82% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £650 | £368 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £673 | £538 |
| West Midlands median daily rate | £350 | £500 | £275 |
| % change year-on-year | -30.00% | +81.82% | -15.38% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Median hourly rate | - | - | £31.04 |
| West Midlands median hourly rate | - | £19.30 | £31.04 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -37.84% | +75.17% |
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 | 238 | 185 | 306 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham | 39.93% | 25.91% | 36.30% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 159 | 106 | 163 |
| 10th Percentile | £201 | £195 | £270 |
| 25th Percentile | £363 | £381 | £364 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £475 | £525 | £475 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -9.52% | +10.53% | -8.21% |
| 75th Percentile | £538 | £672 | £600 |
| 90th Percentile | £600 | £738 | £700 |
| West Midlands median daily rate | £500 | £550 | £513 |
| % change year-on-year | -9.09% | +7.32% | +2.50% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 16 | 6 | 16 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £19.50 | £22.25 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £27.88 | £26.25 |
| Median hourly rate | £18.87 | £51.75 | £41.77 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -63.54% | +23.89% | +132.06% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £56.75 | £67.50 |
| 90th Percentile | £33.79 | £58.63 | £68.13 |
| West Midlands median hourly rate | £30.00 | £30.88 | £27.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.83% | +12.27% | +37.50% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham
Job postings citing NHS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.
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Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing NHS.
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Hourly Rate Trend in Birmingham
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing NHS.
