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 7 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 101 86 88
Rank change year-on-year -15 +2 -5
Contract jobs citing NHS 13 7 13
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 0.59% 0.56% 0.80%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.09% 1.55% 3.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 2 8
10th Percentile - £205 £195
25th Percentile £160 £213 £265
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £223 £227 £306
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -25.83% +32.54%
75th Percentile £519 £243 £338
90th Percentile £585 £251 £379
England median daily rate £475 £450 £350
% change year-on-year +5.56% +28.57% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 3
10th Percentile £22.66 - £14.31
25th Percentile £24.78 - £14.52
Median hourly rate £31.47 - £15.75
75th Percentile £34.62 - £25.06
90th Percentile - - £30.13
England median hourly rate £26.72 £19.20 £18.64
% change year-on-year +39.15% +3.05% +1.14%

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 621 451 354
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 28.33% 35.77% 21.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 335 209 173
10th Percentile £177 £195 £179
25th Percentile £350 £379 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +11.11% -5.26%
75th Percentile £584 £600 £550
90th Percentile £675 £675 £650
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 100 95 72
10th Percentile £15.00 £16.95 £25.10
25th Percentile £16.25 £27.74 £46.25
Median hourly rate £59.50 £65.00 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year -8.46% +4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £74.00 £76.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £87.50 £85.00
England median hourly rate £43.56 £32.05 £47.50
% change year-on-year +35.91% -32.53% +14.46%

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 7 August 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 7 August 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 -11 5 £223 - 6
Hertfordshire - 3 £160 - 11
Cambridgeshire - 3 £600 - 18
Essex -19 1 £203 +1.25% 10
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:

Business Applications
1 1 (7.69%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 4 (30.77%) Azure
2 2 (15.38%) Entra ID
2 2 (15.38%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (15.38%) DNS
1 2 (15.38%) TCP/IP
2 1 (7.69%) DHCP
2 1 (7.69%) LAN
2 1 (7.69%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (23.08%) Electronic Patient Records
General
1 3 (23.08%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (15.38%) Social Skills
3 1 (7.69%) Digital Health
3 1 (7.69%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (7.69%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (7.69%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (38.46%) Administrator
2 3 (23.08%) 3rd Line Support
2 3 (23.08%) Server Administrator
2 3 (23.08%) Storage Administrator
3 2 (15.38%) 3rd Line Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) Consultant
3 2 (15.38%) Senior
3 2 (15.38%) Senior Systems Administrator
3 2 (15.38%) Support Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) Systems Administrator
4 1 (7.69%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) 3rd Line Technical Support
4 1 (7.69%) Cutover Manager
4 1 (7.69%) Infrastructure Technician
4 1 (7.69%) NHS Project Manager
4 1 (7.69%) Product Consultant
4 1 (7.69%) Technical Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) Technical Support
4 1 (7.69%) Technical Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.69%) FHIR
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.69%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 4 (30.77%) Windows
1 4 (30.77%) Windows Server
2 1 (7.69%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (23.08%) Continuous Improvement
1 3 (23.08%) High Availability
1 3 (23.08%) ITIL
2 2 (15.38%) Analytical Thinking
2 2 (15.38%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (15.38%) Identity Access Management
2 2 (15.38%) Multi-Factor Authentication
2 2 (15.38%) PRINCE2
2 2 (15.38%) Project Delivery
2 2 (15.38%) Project Management
2 2 (15.38%) Security Hardening
2 2 (15.38%) Vulnerability Management
2 2 (15.38%) Vulnerability Remediation
3 1 (7.69%) Budget Management
3 1 (7.69%) Business Strategy
3 1 (7.69%) Contingency Planning
3 1 (7.69%) Critical Thinking
3 1 (7.69%) Decision-Making
3 1 (7.69%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 1 (7.69%) Patch Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (15.38%) PowerShell
2 1 (7.69%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (15.38%) Degree
2 1 (7.69%) CCNA
2 1 (7.69%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (7.69%) MCSE
2 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (7.69%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.69%) HL7
System Software
1 3 (23.08%) Active Directory
2 1 (7.69%) Hyper-V
2 1 (7.69%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 5 (38.46%) Microsoft
2 4 (30.77%) VMware
3 2 (15.38%) Citrix
4 1 (7.69%) Cisco
4 1 (7.69%) SolarWinds
4 1 (7.69%) Veeam