NHS Contract Job Trends in East Sussex

National Health Service (NHS)
South East > East Sussex

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term NHS in contract job vacancies in East Sussex. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited NHS over the 6 months leading up to 14 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 14 - 18
Rank change year-on-year - - +11
Contract jobs citing NHS 4 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in East Sussex 3.92% - 1.11%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 23.53% - 6.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £160 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £170 - -
75th Percentile £180 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £375 £513 £205
% change year-on-year -26.83% +150.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £30.50 - -
25th Percentile £30.87 - £30.75
Median hourly rate £31.61 - £31.50
75th Percentile £32.22 - £32.25
90th Percentile £32.51 - -
South East median hourly rate £31.61 £20.08 £20.25
% change year-on-year +57.43% -0.86% +16.51%

All Generic Skills
East Sussex

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 East Sussex.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 17 12 15
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in East Sussex 16.67% 15.79% 16.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 5 7
10th Percentile £160 £231 £300
25th Percentile £288 £308 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £313 £400 £475
Median % change year-on-year -21.88% -15.79% -6.86%
75th Percentile £493 £430 £538
90th Percentile £650 £555 £610
South East median daily rate £492 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -1.60% - -1.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 5
10th Percentile £16.05 - £13.15
25th Percentile £21.38 £51.25 £13.16
Median hourly rate £30.50 £52.50 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year -41.90% +191.67% +44.23%
75th Percentile £31.73 £53.75 £32.25
90th Percentile £32.32 - £45.15
South East median hourly rate £31.61 £56.25 £55.00
% change year-on-year -43.81% +2.27% +135.14%

NHS
Job Vacancy Trend in East Sussex

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

NHS job vacancy trend in East Sussex

NHS
Daily Rate Trend in East Sussex

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in East Sussex citing NHS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in East Sussex citing NHS

NHS
Hourly Rate Trend in East Sussex

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in East Sussex citing NHS.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in East Sussex citing NHS

NHS
Contract Job Locations in East Sussex

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 Sussex region over the 6 months to 14 October 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
Brighton - 2 - -
Eastbourne - 2 £170 -
NHS
South East

NHS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in East Sussex 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:

General
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Infrastructure Support
1 2 (50.00%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Support Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Test Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Tester
2 1 (25.00%) UAT Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) UAT Test Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) UAT Tester
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) LIMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Information Management
1 2 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 2 (50.00%) Mentoring
1 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
System Software
1 2 (50.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) VMware