NHS Contracts in Cheshire

National Health Service (NHS)
North West > Cheshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term NHS in contract job vacancies in Cheshire. 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 57 54 59
Rank change year-on-year -3 +5 -11
Contract jobs citing NHS 1 4 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cheshire 0.22% 0.79% 0.75%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.63% 2.56% 1.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 4 2
10th Percentile - - £328
25th Percentile - £297 £355
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £311 £405
Median % change year-on-year - -23.21% +42.11%
75th Percentile - £325 £460
90th Percentile - - £490
North West median daily rate £215 £350 £394
% change year-on-year -38.57% -11.11% +27.02%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £20.00
North West median hourly rate £32.50 £16.17 £20.00
% change year-on-year +100.99% -19.15% -25.93%

All Generic Skills
Cheshire

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 Cheshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 158 156 244
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire 35.19% 30.95% 46.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 112 101 143
10th Percentile £314 £297 £263
25th Percentile £358 £425 £326
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £467 £513 £450
Median % change year-on-year -8.88% +13.89% +2.27%
75th Percentile £553 £567 £580
90th Percentile £636 £606 £648
North West median daily rate £473 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.50% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 17 7
10th Percentile £29.46 £14.15 £21.89
25th Percentile £29.80 £17.72 £23.15
Median hourly rate £32.50 £36.50 £27.98
Median % change year-on-year -10.96% +30.45% +47.26%
75th Percentile £33.75 £43.75 £52.88
90th Percentile £55.50 - £66.25
North West median hourly rate £29.52 £25.25 £27.98
% change year-on-year +16.89% -9.76% +51.24%

NHS
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

Job vacancy trend for NHS in Cheshire

NHS
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

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

Daily rate trend for NHS in Cheshire

NHS
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cheshire

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

Hourly rate trend for NHS in Cheshire

NHS
Contract Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing NHS within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 1 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
Warrington - 1 - - 2
NHS
North West

NHS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Presentation Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Information Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Information Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Predictive Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Predictive Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving