NHS Contracts in Dorset

National Health Service (NHS)
South West > Dorset

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term NHS in contract job vacancies in Dorset. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited NHS over the 6 months leading up to 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank - 17 29
Rank change year-on-year - +12 -13
Contract jobs citing NHS 0 12 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Dorset - 6.98% 2.79%
As % of the Miscellaneous category - 18.18% 12.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 12 4
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £185 £159
Median % change year-on-year - +16.12% -66.49%
South West median daily rate £410 £185 £223
% change year-on-year +121.85% -17.13% -24.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £19.00
Median hourly rate - - £21.00
75th Percentile - - £23.00
90th Percentile - - -
South West median hourly rate - £15.99 £21.00
% change year-on-year - -23.88% -44.96%

All Generic Skills
Dorset

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 Dorset.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 22 66 47
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Dorset 25.29% 38.37% 21.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 36 32
10th Percentile £192 £172 £159
25th Percentile £300 £175 £361
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £185 £506
Median % change year-on-year +157.24% -63.52% +6.58%
75th Percentile £575 £353 £641
90th Percentile - £759 £738
South West median daily rate £500 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 21 8
10th Percentile - £11.87 £15.81
25th Percentile - £13.69 £17.22
Median hourly rate - £14.46 £19.22
Median % change year-on-year - -24.75% -64.70%
75th Percentile - £46.39 £32.43
90th Percentile - £57.33 £64.38
South West median hourly rate £31.00 £50.00 £9.80
% change year-on-year -38.00% +410.20% -80.39%

NHS
Job Vacancy Trend in Dorset

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

Job vacancy trend for NHS in Dorset

NHS
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Dorset

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

Daily rate trend for NHS in Dorset

NHS
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Dorset

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

Hourly rate trend for NHS in Dorset