FHIR Contract Job Trends in the East Midlands

Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR)
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East Midlands requiring FHIR skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 72 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing FHIR 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 0.35% - -
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 1.40% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £377 - -
25th Percentile £385 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £399 - -
75th Percentile £412 - -
90th Percentile £419 - -
England median daily rate £490 £200 £600
% change year-on-year +145.00% -66.67% +3.00%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
East Midlands

FHIR falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in the East Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 215 129 154
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 25.38% 16.93% 18.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 181 98 129
10th Percentile £270 £309 £300
25th Percentile £360 £340 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £415 £443 £475
Median % change year-on-year -6.21% -6.84% -
75th Percentile £500 £510 £538
90th Percentile £606 £577 £650
England median daily rate £510 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -7.27% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile £20.74 - £56.90
25th Percentile £21.48 - £58.25
Median hourly rate £22.83 - £60.50
Median % change year-on-year - - +207.65%
75th Percentile £24.05 - £62.75
90th Percentile £24.71 - £64.10
England median hourly rate £54.00 £65.00 £56.06
% change year-on-year -16.92% +15.95% -13.75%

FHIR
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing FHIR relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.

FHIR job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

FHIR
Contract Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing FHIR within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 19 October 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
Lincolnshire - 3 £399 -
FHIR
England

FHIR
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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:

Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (66.67%) MS Visio
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Project
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) Electronic Patient Records
2 2 (66.67%) EDMS
General
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Digital Healthcare
3 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Lead
1 3 (100.00%) Workstream Lead
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) NHS
2 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (66.67%) Change Management
3 1 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (33.33%) Digital Transformation Programme
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) Accessibility
1 1 (33.33%) HL7
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft