NHS Contracts in Durham

National Health Service (NHS)
North East > Durham

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term NHS in contract job vacancies in Durham. 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 9 6 8
Rank change year-on-year -3 +2 -5
Contract jobs citing NHS 1 6 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Durham 2.38% 8.33% 10.94%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 14.29% 27.27% 41.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 7
10th Percentile - - £140
25th Percentile £625 - £165
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 - £225
Median % change year-on-year - - +73.08%
75th Percentile £675 - £451
90th Percentile - - £499
North East median daily rate £650 £413 £195
% change year-on-year +57.58% +111.54% -2.50%

All Generic Skills
Durham

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 Durham.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 7 22 17
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Durham 16.67% 30.56% 26.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 12 14
10th Percentile £353 - £139
25th Percentile £465 £163 £194
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £190 £260
Median % change year-on-year +189.47% -26.92% +82.46%
75th Percentile £569 £302 £469
90th Percentile £623 £694 £531
North East median daily rate £534 £475 £600
% change year-on-year +12.42% -20.83% +37.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £11.44 -
North East median hourly rate £49.09 £32.50 -
% change year-on-year +51.05% - -

NHS
Job Vacancy Trend in Durham

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

Job vacancy trend for NHS in Durham

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Durham

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

Daily rate trend for NHS in Durham

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Durham

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

Hourly rate trend for NHS in Durham

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Contract Job Locations in Durham

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing NHS within the Durham 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
Darlington -3 1 £650 - 1
NHS
North East

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Durham 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%) Local Government
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Programme Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector Programme Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Business Transformation
1 1 (100.00%) Programme Management
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management