NHS Contract Job Trends in Cambridgeshire

National Health Service (NHS)
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term NHS in contract job vacancies in Cambridgeshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited NHS over the 6 months leading up to 1 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 32 41 49
Rank change year-on-year +9 +8 -10
Contract jobs citing NHS 7 2 2
As % of all contract jobs in Cambridgeshire 1.91% 0.68% 0.41%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 5.22% 2.04% 1.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £168
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £211 £260 £170
Median % change year-on-year -19.03% +52.94% -22.73%
75th Percentile £393 - £173
90th Percentile £502 - -
East of England median daily rate £278 £270 £267
% change year-on-year +2.78% +1.07% +22.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £28.85 - -
25th Percentile £29.05 - -
Median hourly rate £29.79 - -
75th Percentile £30.22 - -
90th Percentile £30.23 - -
East of England median hourly rate £16.00 - £12.86
% change year-on-year - - -41.55%

All Generic Skills
Cambridgeshire

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 Cambridgeshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 134 98 124
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 36.51% 33.11% 25.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 81 62 77
10th Percentile £183 £256 £235
25th Percentile £335 £413 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £468 £500
Median % change year-on-year -11.91% -6.35% +11.11%
75th Percentile £580 £538 £575
90th Percentile £675 £613 £660
East of England median daily rate £454 £500 £498
% change year-on-year -9.20% +0.50% +10.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 7 21
10th Percentile £23.00 £16.93 £25.00
25th Percentile £27.29 £19.49 £35.52
Median hourly rate £32.25 £23.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +40.22% -58.18% +39.93%
75th Percentile £45.00 £53.75 £66.25
90th Percentile £48.75 £65.00 £77.50
East of England median hourly rate £22.50 £67.75 £55.00
% change year-on-year -66.79% +23.18% -16.03%

NHS
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

NHS job vacancy trend in Cambridgeshire

NHS
Daily Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing NHS

NHS
Daily Rate Histogram in Cambridgeshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing NHS in Cambridgeshire over the 6 months to 1 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for NHS in Cambridgeshire

NHS
Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing NHS

NHS
Contract Job Locations in Cambridgeshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing NHS within the Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 1 March 2026. 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
Cambridge -7 5 £211 -19.03% 6
Wisbech - 1 - -
NHS
East of England

NHS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridgeshire 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (14.29%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (42.86%) SQL Server
2 2 (28.57%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (28.57%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 2 (28.57%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 2 (28.57%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (14.29%) Electronic Patient Records
3 1 (14.29%) Power BI
3 1 (14.29%) QlikView
General
1 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (28.57%) Developer
2 1 (14.29%) Administrator
2 1 (14.29%) Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Business Intelligence Developer
2 1 (14.29%) Data Scientist
2 1 (14.29%) Power BI Developer
2 1 (14.29%) SQL BI Developer
2 1 (14.29%) SQL Developer
2 1 (14.29%) Systems Administrator
2 1 (14.29%) Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 2 (28.57%) Windows
2 1 (14.29%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Decision-Making
2 2 (28.57%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (28.57%) Data Architecture
2 2 (28.57%) Information Management
2 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (14.29%) Asset Management
3 1 (14.29%) Change Control
3 1 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (14.29%) Data Extraction
3 1 (14.29%) Data Security
3 1 (14.29%) Functional Testing
3 1 (14.29%) Machine Learning
3 1 (14.29%) Manual Testing
3 1 (14.29%) Performance Management
3 1 (14.29%) Predictive Modelling
3 1 (14.29%) Project Management
3 1 (14.29%) Service Delivery
3 1 (14.29%) Software Testing
3 1 (14.29%) Test Scripting
3 1 (14.29%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 4 (57.14%) SQL
2 2 (28.57%) T-SQL
3 1 (14.29%) Python
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) SCCM
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft
2 1 (14.29%) Aruba
2 1 (14.29%) Cisco