NHS Contracts in Central London

National Health Service (NHS)
London > Central London

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

6 months to
6 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 120 126 150
Rank change year-on-year +6 +24 +27
Contract jobs citing NHS 4 7 24
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 0.20% 0.29% 0.63%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.59% 0.94% 1.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 5 15
10th Percentile £339 - £187
25th Percentile £427 £285 £222
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £400 £426
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -6.10% -6.89%
75th Percentile £525 £438 £588
90th Percentile - £486 £738
London median daily rate £450 £296 £300
% change year-on-year +52.28% -1.50% -21.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £23.00 -
London median hourly rate £26.32 £26.50 £36.00
% change year-on-year -0.68% -26.39% -1.13%

All Generic Skills
Central London

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 Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 678 744 1,382
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 33.90% 30.78% 36.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 438 524 950
10th Percentile £357 £266 £318
25th Percentile £474 £425 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £575 £613
Median % change year-on-year - -6.12% +6.52%
75th Percentile £695 £700 £750
90th Percentile £800 £850 £850
London median daily rate £575 £578 £600
% change year-on-year -0.43% -3.75% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 10 17
10th Percentile £23.78 £12.75 £18.78
25th Percentile £26.45 £16.73 £25.00
Median hourly rate £29.07 £23.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +26.39% -34.29% -26.32%
75th Percentile £31.00 £26.25 £83.75
90th Percentile £72.40 £29.78 £88.30
London median hourly rate £35.45 £26.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +36.33% -25.71% -20.05%

NHS
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for NHS in Central London

NHS
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

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

Daily rate trend for NHS in Central London

NHS
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing NHS in Central London over the 6 months to 6 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for NHS in Central London

NHS
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

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

Hourly rate trend for NHS in Central London

NHS
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing NHS within the Central London region over the 6 months to 6 May 2025. 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
City of London -3 2 £394 -1.56% 8
West End of London - 2 £500 -
NHS
London

NHS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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:

Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (25.00%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) H.323
1 2 (50.00%) MGCP
1 2 (50.00%) Unified Communications
1 2 (50.00%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (25.00%) Power BI
1 1 (25.00%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (50.00%) Multimedia
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (25.00%) Marketing
2 1 (25.00%) Pharmaceutical
2 1 (25.00%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Cisco Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Cisco Network Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Network Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Unified Communications Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Delivery Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Digital Signage
2 1 (25.00%) Biopharmaceutical
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (50.00%) Customer Experience
2 1 (25.00%) Actionable Insight
2 1 (25.00%) Agile
2 1 (25.00%) Analytics
2 1 (25.00%) Coaching
2 1 (25.00%) Creative Thinking
2 1 (25.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (25.00%) Innovative Thinking
2 1 (25.00%) Kanban
2 1 (25.00%) Market Research
2 1 (25.00%) Marketing Strategy
2 1 (25.00%) Planning and Forecasting
2 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (25.00%) Sprint Planning
2 1 (25.00%) Sprint Retrospective
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (25.00%) Strategic Thinking
2 1 (25.00%) User Research
2 1 (25.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) CCNA
1 2 (50.00%) CCNP
1 2 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (25.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 2 (50.00%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (50.00%) Ansible
1 2 (50.00%) Cisco UCCE
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Cisco
2 1 (25.00%) Brio
2 1 (25.00%) Cegedim Rx