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 4 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 70 81 90
Rank change year-on-year +11 +9 -45
Contract jobs citing NHS 28 6 26
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 1.96% 0.46% 1.39%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 5.81% 1.68% 4.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 2 18
10th Percentile £226 £262 £165
25th Percentile £262 £264 £202
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £315 £269 £268
Median % change year-on-year +17.06% +0.44% +33.75%
75th Percentile £422 £273 £347
90th Percentile £525 £276 £649
England median daily rate £475 £350 £310
% change year-on-year +35.71% +12.90% +1.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 0 4
10th Percentile - - £14.14
25th Percentile £6.00 - £17.91
Median hourly rate £16.00 - £21.00
75th Percentile £16.50 - £22.00
90th Percentile £27.30 - -
England median hourly rate £16.00 £23.80 £20.00
% change year-on-year -32.76% +18.98% +13.90%

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 482 358 627
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 33.82% 27.33% 33.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 206 160 343
10th Percentile £190 £231 £197
25th Percentile £363 £323 £338
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% - -
75th Percentile £625 £588 £575
90th Percentile £700 £650 £675
England median daily rate £525 £540 £550
% change year-on-year -2.82% -1.77% -2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 116 42 84
10th Percentile £12.99 £26.63 £21.48
25th Percentile £16.52 £36.25 £42.25
Median hourly rate £42.50 £61.00 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year -30.33% -2.40% +53.45%
75th Percentile £67.50 £75.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £95.00 £70.00
England median hourly rate £28.56 £47.50 £44.50
% change year-on-year -39.87% +6.74% +65.89%

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 4 November 2025.

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 4 November 2025.

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 4 November 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
Norfolk +3 22 £338 - 9
Cambridgeshire -3 3 - - 4
Essex - 1 £200 - 3
Hertfordshire - 1 £600 - 14
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 6 (21.43%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (3.57%) Oracle ERP
1 1 (3.57%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 5 (17.86%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (3.57%) OCI
2 1 (3.57%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 13 (46.43%) LAN
2 12 (42.86%) TCP/IP
3 7 (25.00%) WAN
3 7 (25.00%) Wireless
4 6 (21.43%) Structured Cabling
5 1 (3.57%) Firewall
5 1 (3.57%) RS-232
5 1 (3.57%) VLAN
5 1 (3.57%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (3.57%) X.400
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (21.43%) SQL Server
2 5 (17.86%) Oracle Database
3 4 (14.29%) Electronic Patient Records
4 1 (3.57%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (3.57%) JIRA
General
1 16 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 9 (32.14%) Public Sector
3 7 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (14.29%) Digital Health
5 2 (7.14%) Finance
6 1 (3.57%) Electronics
6 1 (3.57%) Health Technology
6 1 (3.57%) Legal
6 1 (3.57%) Local Government
6 1 (3.57%) Manufacturing
6 1 (3.57%) Marketing
6 1 (3.57%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 18 (64.29%) Analyst
2 17 (60.71%) Support Analyst
3 15 (53.57%) Technical Analyst
3 15 (53.57%) Technical Support
3 15 (53.57%) Technical Support Analyst
4 7 (25.00%) 2nd Line Support
5 6 (21.43%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
5 6 (21.43%) 2nd Line Technical Support
5 6 (21.43%) 2nd Line Technical Support Analyst
5 6 (21.43%) Asset Management Analyst
6 3 (10.71%) IT Analyst
6 3 (10.71%) IT Support
6 3 (10.71%) IT Support Analyst
7 2 (7.14%) Lead
7 2 (7.14%) Procurement Specialist
8 1 (3.57%) 2nd Line Engineer
8 1 (3.57%) Change Manager
8 1 (3.57%) Communications Manager
8 1 (3.57%) PMO Lead
8 1 (3.57%) Project Change Manager
Miscellaneous
1 6 (21.43%) CMDB
1 6 (21.43%) Driving Licence
1 6 (21.43%) Management Information System
2 1 (3.57%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (3.57%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 20 (71.43%) Windows
2 14 (50.00%) Windows Server
3 5 (17.86%) Windows Server 2003
3 5 (17.86%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (3.57%) Linux
4 1 (3.57%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (25.00%) Asset Management
3 6 (21.43%) ITIL
3 6 (21.43%) Network Management
3 6 (21.43%) Network Monitoring
3 6 (21.43%) Service Management
4 5 (17.86%) Capacity Planning
4 5 (17.86%) Customer Service
4 5 (17.86%) ITSM
4 5 (17.86%) Security Patching
5 4 (14.29%) Information Governance
5 4 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 3 (10.71%) Contract Management
6 3 (10.71%) Digital Transformation Programme
7 2 (7.14%) Collaborative Culture
7 2 (7.14%) Collaborative Working
7 2 (7.14%) Continuous Improvement
7 2 (7.14%) Contract Negotiation
7 2 (7.14%) E-Procurement
7 2 (7.14%) Project Delivery
Qualifications
1 12 (42.86%) Degree
2 10 (35.71%) HNC
2 10 (35.71%) HND
2 10 (35.71%) MCP
2 10 (35.71%) MCSE
2 10 (35.71%) Microsoft Certification
3 6 (21.43%) ECDL
4 4 (14.29%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (3.57%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (3.57%) CTC Cleared
5 1 (3.57%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 1 (3.57%) SC Cleared
5 1 (3.57%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.57%) PMO
System Software
1 11 (39.29%) Active Directory
2 2 (7.14%) Hyper-V
2 2 (7.14%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (3.57%) SCCM
Vendors
1 8 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 6 (21.43%) Oracle
3 5 (17.86%) Citrix
4 2 (7.14%) Cisco
4 2 (7.14%) VMware
5 1 (3.57%) Aruba
5 1 (3.57%) SAP