DICOM Contracts in England

Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring DICOM skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited DICOM over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 476 541 -
Rank change year-on-year +65 - -
Contract jobs citing DICOM 9 1 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.037% 0.003% -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.23% 0.019% -
Number of daily rates quoted 8 1 0
10th Percentile £265 - -
25th Percentile £376 £650 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £700 -
Median % change year-on-year -32.14% - -
75th Percentile £613 £750 -
90th Percentile £800 - -
UK median daily rate £475 £700 -
% change year-on-year -32.14% - -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
England

DICOM falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 3,865 5,295 6,738
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 15.87% 14.24% 13.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,481 3,378 4,585
10th Percentile £270 £300 £276
25th Percentile £400 £408 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -
75th Percentile £635 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £510 £525
% change year-on-year -1.96% -2.86% +2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 160 347 206
10th Percentile £17.78 £10.95 £13.94
25th Percentile £22.27 £13.09 £19.50
Median hourly rate £34.75 £22.34 £41.50
Median % change year-on-year +55.55% -46.17% +50.91%
75th Percentile £65.00 £45.00 £63.75
90th Percentile £79.11 £67.38 £79.88
UK median hourly rate £34.50 £20.80 £37.50
% change year-on-year +65.85% -44.53% +33.93%

DICOM
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing DICOM as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for DICOM in England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing DICOM in England.

Daily rate trend for DICOM in England

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing DICOM in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for DICOM in England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing DICOM in England.

Hourly rate trend for DICOM in England

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Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing DICOM within the England region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
London +44 7 £500 -28.57% 6
Yorkshire - 1 £500 - 1
North of England - 1 £500 - 2
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UK

DICOM
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (22.22%) BGP
1 2 (22.22%) DHCP
1 2 (22.22%) DNS
1 2 (22.22%) EIGRP
1 2 (22.22%) Firewall
1 2 (22.22%) Internet
1 2 (22.22%) LAN
1 2 (22.22%) Network Security
1 2 (22.22%) OSPF
1 2 (22.22%) VoIP
1 2 (22.22%) VPN
1 2 (22.22%) WAN
1 2 (22.22%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 2 (22.22%) Git
General
1 3 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 2 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (22.22%) Electronics
2 2 (22.22%) Finance
2 2 (22.22%) Manufacturing
2 2 (22.22%) Marketing
2 2 (22.22%) Public Sector
2 2 (22.22%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (22.22%) Architect
1 2 (22.22%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 2 (22.22%) Infrastructure Specialist
1 2 (22.22%) Integration Engineer
1 2 (22.22%) Network Engineer
1 2 (22.22%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
1 2 (22.22%) Network Infrastructure Specialist
1 2 (22.22%) Network Specialist
1 2 (22.22%) Principal Engineer
1 2 (22.22%) Principal Systems Engineer
1 2 (22.22%) Solutions Architect
1 2 (22.22%) Systems Engineer
1 2 (22.22%) Systems Integration Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Developer
2 1 (11.11%) Infrastructure Solutions Architect
2 1 (11.11%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (66.67%) FHIR
2 2 (22.22%) JSON
2 2 (22.22%) RESTful
2 2 (22.22%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (55.56%) PACS
2 3 (33.33%) NHS
3 1 (11.11%) Distributed Systems
3 1 (11.11%) Management Information System
3 1 (11.11%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (33.33%) Agile
2 2 (22.22%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (22.22%) Coaching
2 2 (22.22%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (22.22%) Data Protection
2 2 (22.22%) Data Sharing
2 2 (22.22%) Digital Marketing
2 2 (22.22%) Disaster Recovery
2 2 (22.22%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 2 (22.22%) ITIL
2 2 (22.22%) Mentoring
2 2 (22.22%) Migration
2 2 (22.22%) Network Management
2 2 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (22.22%) Programme Management
2 2 (22.22%) Project Management
2 2 (22.22%) Regulatory Compliance
2 2 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (22.22%) Task Automation
2 2 (22.22%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 2 (22.22%) JavaScript
1 2 (22.22%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (33.33%) Degree
2 2 (22.22%) CCNA
2 2 (22.22%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (22.22%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (100.00%) HL7
Vendors
1 2 (22.22%) Cisco
1 2 (22.22%) Extreme Networks
1 2 (22.22%) Mitel
1 2 (22.22%) SAP
2 1 (11.11%) Virgin Media