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 10 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 52 75 77
Rank change year-on-year +23 +2 -37
Contract jobs citing NHS 62 5 35
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 3.33% 0.49% 1.81%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 11.05% 1.14% 5.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 2 17
10th Percentile £196 £262 £121
25th Percentile £211 £264 £156
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £278 £270 £259
Median % change year-on-year +2.78% +4.14% +17.85%
75th Percentile £338 £277 £338
90th Percentile £450 £280 £545
England median daily rate £438 £360 £278
% change year-on-year +21.53% +29.73% -4.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 0 17
10th Percentile £6.00 - -
25th Percentile £15.50 - -
Median hourly rate £16.00 - £12.86
75th Percentile £23.75 - £16.63
90th Percentile £29.59 - £29.15
England median hourly rate £17.50 £24.18 £16.46
% change year-on-year -27.63% +46.90% -24.22%

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 561 439 602
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 30.10% 43.12% 31.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 293 245 322
10th Percentile £196 £250 £185
25th Percentile £313 £396 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £491
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +1.78% +9.17%
75th Percentile £600 £613 £560
90th Percentile £710 £700 £673
England median daily rate £513 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -6.82% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 104 68 137
10th Percentile £13.50 £16.95 £13.90
25th Percentile £15.79 £33.95 £18.00
Median hourly rate £22.50 £67.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -66.67% +22.73% -16.03%
75th Percentile £67.31 £85.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £89.35 £70.00
England median hourly rate £35.00 £34.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year +2.94% +13.33% +33.33%

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 10 March 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
Hourly Rate Histogram in the East of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing NHS in the East of England over the 6 months to 10 March 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for NHS in the East of England

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 10 March 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 +1 53 £278 -0.89%
Cambridgeshire +6 8 £211 -19.03% 2
Hertfordshire - 1 £600 - 3
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (3.23%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (12.90%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (3.23%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.61%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (9.68%) SystmOne
2 1 (1.61%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (1.61%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 7 (11.29%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (4.84%) Power Platform
3 1 (1.61%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 12 (19.35%) LAN
1 12 (19.35%) TCP/IP
2 11 (17.74%) WAN
3 7 (11.29%) Wireless
4 6 (9.68%) Structured Cabling
5 5 (8.06%) DNS
6 2 (3.23%) Firewall
6 2 (3.23%) Network Security
7 1 (1.61%) RS-232
7 1 (1.61%) VLAN
7 1 (1.61%) X.400
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (17.74%) Electronic Patient Records
2 4 (6.45%) SQL Server
3 3 (4.84%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (4.84%) Power BI
4 2 (3.23%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 2 (3.23%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 2 (3.23%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (1.61%) Data Lake
5 1 (1.61%) NoSQL
5 1 (1.61%) QlikView
5 1 (1.61%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (1.61%) JIRA
General
1 23 (37.10%) Social Skills
2 16 (25.81%) Public Sector
3 8 (12.90%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (9.68%) Digital Health
5 4 (6.45%) Organisational Skills
6 3 (4.84%) Telecoms
7 2 (3.23%) Finance
8 1 (1.61%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.61%) Electronics
8 1 (1.61%) Health Technology
8 1 (1.61%) Law
8 1 (1.61%) Local Government
8 1 (1.61%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.61%) Marketing
8 1 (1.61%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (1.61%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 19 (30.65%) Analyst
2 15 (24.19%) Technical Analyst
2 15 (24.19%) Technical Support
2 15 (24.19%) Technical Support Analyst
3 12 (19.35%) Support Analyst
4 8 (12.90%) IT Support
4 8 (12.90%) Trainer
5 6 (9.68%) 2nd Line Support
5 6 (9.68%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
5 6 (9.68%) 2nd Line Technical Support
5 6 (9.68%) 2nd Line Technical Support Analyst
5 6 (9.68%) Asset Management Analyst
6 5 (8.06%) 1st Line Support
6 5 (8.06%) 3rd Line Support
6 5 (8.06%) 3rd Line Technical Support
6 5 (8.06%) Governance Manager
6 5 (8.06%) Information Governance Manager
6 5 (8.06%) NHS Trainer
6 5 (8.06%) SystmOne Specialist
6 5 (8.06%) SystmOne Trainer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (12.90%) Management Information System
2 6 (9.68%) CMDB
2 6 (9.68%) Driving Licence
3 2 (3.23%) Cybercrime
4 1 (1.61%) CSOC
4 1 (1.61%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (1.61%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (1.61%) Social Media
4 1 (1.61%) SystemC
Operating Systems
1 19 (30.65%) Windows
2 14 (22.58%) Windows Server
3 5 (8.06%) Windows Server 2003
3 5 (8.06%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (1.61%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (19.35%) Information Governance
2 9 (14.52%) Customer Service
3 7 (11.29%) Asset Management
3 7 (11.29%) Data Security
3 7 (11.29%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (9.68%) Cybersecurity
4 6 (9.68%) ITIL
4 6 (9.68%) Network Management
4 6 (9.68%) Network Monitoring
5 5 (8.06%) Business Intelligence
5 5 (8.06%) Data Protection
5 5 (8.06%) Decision-Making
5 5 (8.06%) Digital Transformation Programme
5 5 (8.06%) Service Management
6 4 (6.45%) Cyber Assurance
6 4 (6.45%) ITSM
6 4 (6.45%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 3 (4.84%) Continuous Improvement
7 3 (4.84%) Contract Management
7 3 (4.84%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (8.06%) SQL
2 2 (3.23%) T-SQL
3 1 (1.61%) Python
Qualifications
1 15 (24.19%) Degree
2 6 (9.68%) ECDL
3 5 (8.06%) HNC
3 5 (8.06%) HND
3 5 (8.06%) MCSE
3 5 (8.06%) Microsoft Certification
3 5 (8.06%) Microsoft Certified Professional
4 4 (6.45%) ITIL Certification
5 2 (3.23%) Security Cleared
6 1 (1.61%) CCNA
6 1 (1.61%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (1.61%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.61%) CTC Cleared
6 1 (1.61%) ISEB
6 1 (1.61%) Master's Degree
6 1 (1.61%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 1 (1.61%) SC Cleared
6 1 (1.61%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.84%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (3.23%) GDPR
3 1 (1.61%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.61%) PMO
3 1 (1.61%) QA
System Software
1 15 (24.19%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.61%) Hyper-V
2 1 (1.61%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (1.61%) SCCM
Vendors
1 14 (22.58%) Microsoft
2 2 (3.23%) Cerner
2 2 (3.23%) Cisco
3 1 (1.61%) Aruba
3 1 (1.61%) Datix
3 1 (1.61%) MEDITECH
3 1 (1.61%) Oracle
3 1 (1.61%) SAP
3 1 (1.61%) VMware