NHS Contract Job Trends in the East of England

National Health Service (NHS)
England > East of England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term NHS in contract job vacancies in the East of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited NHS over the 6 months leading up to 6 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 92 77 96
Rank change year-on-year -15 +19 -2
Contract jobs citing NHS 25 15 6
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 1.03% 1.13% 0.40%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.45% 3.35% 1.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 3 3
10th Percentile - £210 £233
25th Percentile £110 £226 £243
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £180 £255 £260
Median % change year-on-year -29.31% -2.07% -
75th Percentile £225 £428 £269
90th Percentile £226 £531 £274
England median daily rate £457 £455 £350
% change year-on-year +0.38% +30.00% +12.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 5 0
10th Percentile £12.83 - -
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.50 -
Median hourly rate £17.00 £16.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% - -
75th Percentile - £28.75 -
90th Percentile £20.00 £29.59 -
England median hourly rate £18.60 £21.30 £22.10
% change year-on-year -12.68% -3.62% +10.50%

All Generic Skills
East of England

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 the East of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 725 448 356
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 29.93% 33.73% 23.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 330 195 165
10th Percentile £165 £213 £216
25th Percentile £300 £391 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £494 £505 £450
Median % change year-on-year -2.23% +12.22% -5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £638 £575
90th Percentile £694 £700 £650
England median daily rate £525 £525 £543
% change year-on-year - -3.23% -1.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 179 103 46
10th Percentile £14.62 £13.50 £28.13
25th Percentile £16.75 £19.50 £46.25
Median hourly rate £65.00 £42.50 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +52.94% -32.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £74.00 £72.00 £74.69
90th Percentile £83.40 £83.27 £90.00
England median hourly rate £34.62 £30.00 £56.50
% change year-on-year +15.38% -46.90% +22.35%

NHS
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

NHS job vacancy trend in the East of England

NHS
Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing NHS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing NHS

NHS
Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing NHS in the East of England over the 6 months to 6 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for NHS in the East of England

NHS
Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing NHS.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing NHS

NHS
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing NHS within the East of England region over the 6 months to 6 October 2026. 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
Norfolk +4 21 £155 - 25
Cambridgeshire +3 2 - - 23
Essex -18 2 £210 +5.00% 15
NHS
England

NHS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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 4 (16.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (4.00%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 9 (36.00%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (16.00%) Azure
3 2 (8.00%) Entra ID
4 1 (4.00%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.00%) DHCP
1 1 (4.00%) DNS
1 1 (4.00%) Firewall
1 1 (4.00%) LAN
1 1 (4.00%) Network Security
1 1 (4.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (4.00%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.00%) Power BI
General
1 5 (20.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (8.00%) Advertising
3 1 (4.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (4.00%) Finance
3 1 (4.00%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (4.00%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (4.00%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (20.00%) Analyst
1 5 (20.00%) IT Analyst
1 5 (20.00%) Service Analyst
1 5 (20.00%) Service Desk Analyst
2 4 (16.00%) 1st Line Support
2 4 (16.00%) Infrastructure Technician
3 3 (12.00%) Project Manager
3 3 (12.00%) Support Engineer
4 2 (8.00%) 3rd Line Engineer
4 2 (8.00%) 3rd Line Support
4 2 (8.00%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
4 2 (8.00%) Administrator
4 2 (8.00%) Customer Service Administrator
4 2 (8.00%) Information Assurance Officer
4 2 (8.00%) Information Governance Officer
4 2 (8.00%) Information Officer
4 2 (8.00%) NHS Project Manager
5 1 (4.00%) Business Intelligence Developer
5 1 (4.00%) Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.00%) Driving Licence
1 2 (8.00%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (4.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 9 (36.00%) Windows
2 5 (20.00%) Windows 10
3 3 (12.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (36.00%) Customer Service
2 8 (32.00%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (12.00%) ITIL
3 3 (12.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (8.00%) Change Management
4 2 (8.00%) Cybersecurity
4 2 (8.00%) Data Entry
4 2 (8.00%) Data Protection
4 2 (8.00%) Identity Access Management
4 2 (8.00%) Information Governance
4 2 (8.00%) Line Management
4 2 (8.00%) Multi-Factor Authentication
4 2 (8.00%) Project Delivery
4 2 (8.00%) Project Management
4 2 (8.00%) Security Hardening
4 2 (8.00%) Service Delivery
4 2 (8.00%) Service Management
4 2 (8.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (8.00%) Vulnerability Management
4 2 (8.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 2 (8.00%) PowerShell
1 2 (8.00%) SQL
2 1 (4.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 2 (8.00%) Degree
2 1 (4.00%) CCNA
2 1 (4.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (4.00%) MCSE
2 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.00%) GDPR
1 1 (4.00%) QA
System Software
1 4 (16.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (4.00%) Hyper-V
2 1 (4.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (4.00%) vSphere
Vendors
1 11 (44.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (16.00%) VMware
3 3 (12.00%) Citrix
4 1 (4.00%) Cisco
4 1 (4.00%) SolarWinds
4 1 (4.00%) Veeam