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 8 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 66 - 78
Rank change year-on-year - - -12
Contract jobs citing NHS 45 0 31
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 2.03% - 1.59%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 7.48% - 6.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 0 13
10th Percentile £160 - £121
25th Percentile £196 - £122
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £262 - £227
Median % change year-on-year - - +1.82%
75th Percentile £338 - £310
90th Percentile £524 - £338
England median daily rate £450 £434 £315
% change year-on-year +3.75% +37.70% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 0 16
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £15.79 - -
Median hourly rate £22.50 - £12.86
75th Percentile £23.75 - £15.26
90th Percentile £33.75 - £29.88
England median hourly rate £22.50 £17.16 £14.49
% change year-on-year +31.16% +18.43% -31.02%

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 602 400 504
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 27.18% 40.16% 25.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 356 210 247
10th Percentile £185 £225 £178
25th Percentile £325 £396 £295
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £476 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -4.75% +11.11% -5.26%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £557
90th Percentile £681 £675 £650
England median daily rate £525 £526 £550
% change year-on-year -0.10% -4.45% -3.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 91 76 126
10th Percentile £15.79 £16.95 £12.86
25th Percentile £16.35 £22.23 £24.19
Median hourly rate £31.47 £68.00 £59.75
Median % change year-on-year -53.73% +13.81% +11.16%
75th Percentile £74.00 £82.14 £65.00
90th Percentile £84.00 £87.75 £76.63
England median hourly rate £43.96 £33.91 £36.50
% change year-on-year +29.64% -7.10% +62.33%

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 8 June 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 8 June 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 8 June 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 - 34 £278 -
Cambridgeshire - 7 £380 - 7
Hertfordshire - 3 £160 - 6
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 (4.44%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (4.44%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (4.44%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 7 (15.56%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 3 (6.67%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (4.44%) Power Platform
3 1 (2.22%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 6 (13.33%) DNS
1 6 (13.33%) TCP/IP
2 5 (11.11%) LAN
2 5 (11.11%) WAN
3 2 (4.44%) Network Security
4 1 (2.22%) DHCP
4 1 (2.22%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (15.56%) Electronic Patient Records
2 3 (6.67%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (6.67%) SQL Server
3 2 (4.44%) Power BI
3 2 (4.44%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 2 (4.44%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 2 (4.44%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (2.22%) Data Lake
4 1 (2.22%) NoSQL
4 1 (2.22%) QlikView
4 1 (2.22%) Tableau
General
1 14 (31.11%) Social Skills
2 8 (17.78%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (15.56%) Public Sector
4 4 (8.89%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (6.67%) Digital Health
6 2 (4.44%) Telecoms
7 1 (2.22%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (2.22%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (2.22%) Law
7 1 (2.22%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (13.33%) Administrator
1 6 (13.33%) Analyst
1 6 (13.33%) Trainer
2 5 (11.11%) 1st Line Support
2 5 (11.11%) 3rd Line Support
2 5 (11.11%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
2 5 (11.11%) 3rd Line Technical Support
2 5 (11.11%) Governance Manager
2 5 (11.11%) Information Governance Manager
2 5 (11.11%) Information Manager
2 5 (11.11%) IT Support
2 5 (11.11%) NHS Trainer
2 5 (11.11%) SystmOne Specialist
2 5 (11.11%) SystmOne Trainer
2 5 (11.11%) Technical Analyst
2 5 (11.11%) Technical Support
2 5 (11.11%) Technical Support Analyst
3 4 (8.89%) Information Assurance Manager
3 4 (8.89%) NHS Information Manager
4 3 (6.67%) Server Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.22%) FHIR
Miscellaneous
1 2 (4.44%) Cybercrime
1 2 (4.44%) Management Information System
2 1 (2.22%) CSOC
2 1 (2.22%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (2.22%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (2.22%) SystemC
Operating Systems
1 7 (15.56%) Windows
1 7 (15.56%) Windows Server
2 1 (2.22%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (20.00%) Information Governance
2 6 (13.33%) Data Security
3 5 (11.11%) Customer Service
3 5 (11.11%) Cybersecurity
3 5 (11.11%) Data Protection
3 5 (11.11%) Decision-Making
3 5 (11.11%) Project Management
4 4 (8.89%) Business Intelligence
4 4 (8.89%) Cyber Assurance
4 4 (8.89%) PRINCE2
5 3 (6.67%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (6.67%) Data Architecture
5 3 (6.67%) Digital Transformation Programme
5 3 (6.67%) High Availability
5 3 (6.67%) ITIL
6 2 (4.44%) Analytical Thinking
6 2 (4.44%) Computer Security
6 2 (4.44%) Data Extraction
6 2 (4.44%) Data Migration
6 2 (4.44%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (11.11%) SQL
2 2 (4.44%) T-SQL
3 1 (2.22%) Python
Qualifications
1 8 (17.78%) Degree
2 1 (2.22%) CCNA
2 1 (2.22%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (2.22%) ISEB
2 1 (2.22%) Master's Degree
2 1 (2.22%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
2 1 (2.22%) Security Cleared
2 1 (2.22%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.67%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (4.44%) GDPR
3 1 (2.22%) Data Quality
3 1 (2.22%) HL7
System Software
1 5 (11.11%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.22%) Hyper-V
2 1 (2.22%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 12 (26.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.22%) Cerner
2 1 (2.22%) Datix
2 1 (2.22%) VMware