NHS Contracts in Bristol

National Health Service (NHS)
South West > Bristol

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term NHS in contract job vacancies in Bristol. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited NHS over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 53 67 100
Rank change year-on-year +14 +33 -13
Contract jobs citing NHS 2 7 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bristol 0.37% 0.66% 0.080%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.22% 2.31% 0.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 1
10th Percentile £311 - -
25th Percentile £326 £333 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £355 £335 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.97% -33.00% +121.24%
75th Percentile £386 £338 -
90th Percentile £404 - -
South West median daily rate £355 £185 £438
% change year-on-year +92.09% -57.76% +63.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 0
Median hourly rate - £15.99 -
South West median hourly rate - £15.99 £21.00
% change year-on-year - -23.88% -44.96%

All Generic Skills
Bristol

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 Bristol.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 164 303 352
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 30.54% 28.67% 28.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 105 126 170
10th Percentile £250 £300 £200
25th Percentile £361 £450 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £430 £536 £525
Median % change year-on-year -19.81% +2.14% +5.00%
75th Percentile £538 £638 £638
90th Percentile £604 £725 £740
South West median daily rate £535 £545 £550
% change year-on-year -1.83% -0.91% +10.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 102 105
10th Percentile £18.51 £36.25 -
25th Percentile £33.19 £45.00 -
Median hourly rate £62.50 £68.63 £9.80
Median % change year-on-year -8.93% +600.26% -84.07%
75th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.74 £79.50 £78.85
South West median hourly rate £50.00 £45.00 £9.80
% change year-on-year +11.11% +359.18% -80.30%

NHS
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Job vacancy trend for NHS in Bristol

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

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

Daily rate trend for NHS in Bristol

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

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

Hourly rate trend for NHS in Bristol

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Firewall
1 1 (50.00%) LAN
1 1 (50.00%) VPN
1 1 (50.00%) WAN
1 1 (50.00%) Wireless
General
1 2 (100.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (50.00%) Electronics
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (50.00%) Marketing
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) IT Manager
1 1 (50.00%) IT Project Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Network Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Project Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Digital Marketing
1 1 (50.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 1 (50.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (50.00%) Programme Management
1 1 (50.00%) Project Management
1 1 (50.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) PMI Certification
1 1 (50.00%) PMP
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) SAP