Environmental Health Contract Job Trends in England

Environmental Health
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Environmental Health in contract job vacancies in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Environmental Health over the 6 months leading up to 12 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 534 468 536
Rank change year-on-year -66 +68 +170
Contract jobs citing Environmental Health 7 10 7
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.023% 0.037% 0.019%
As % of the General category 0.037% 0.060% 0.033%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 6
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £41 £143
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £43 £145
Median % change year-on-year - -70.69% -67.78%
75th Percentile - £44 £344
90th Percentile - - £517
UK median daily rate - £43 £145
% change year-on-year - -70.69% -43.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 0
10th Percentile £38.12 - -
25th Percentile £49.18 - -
Median hourly rate £58.00 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £58.00 - -

All General Skills
England

Environmental Health falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring general skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 18,828 16,570 21,528
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 60.71% 62.03% 59.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,944 9,986 14,444
10th Percentile £284 £295 £275
25th Percentile £402 £413 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £534 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.37% -2.91% -
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £738 £775 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,180 542 1,087
10th Percentile £14.25 £15.49 £14.05
25th Percentile £16.74 £18.50 £16.25
Median hourly rate £23.19 £29.12 £30.48
Median % change year-on-year -20.35% -4.46% +18.53%
75th Percentile £46.00 £55.88 £57.50
90th Percentile £70.07 £74.65 £70.03
UK median hourly rate £23.00 £27.19 £30.00
% change year-on-year -15.40% -9.38% +20.00%

Environmental Health
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Environmental Health relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Environmental Health job vacancy trend in England

Environmental Health
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Environmental Health.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Environmental Health

Environmental Health
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Environmental Health.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Environmental Health

Environmental Health
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Environmental Health in England over the 6 months to 12 January 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Environmental Health in England

Environmental Health
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 Environmental Health within the England region over the 6 months to 12 January 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
South East -12 5 - - 9
West Midlands -39 1 - - 3
Midlands -49 1 - - 8
East of England - 1 - - 6
Environmental Health
UK

Environmental Health
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Primavera
General
1 5 (71.43%) Social Skills
2 4 (57.14%) Aerospace
3 2 (28.57%) Manufacturing
4 1 (14.29%) Legal
4 1 (14.29%) Military
Job Titles
1 1 (14.29%) Senior
1 1 (14.29%) Technical Trainer
1 1 (14.29%) Trainer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (57.14%) Learning Management System
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (14.29%) Business Strategy
2 1 (14.29%) Change Control
2 1 (14.29%) Coaching
2 1 (14.29%) Configuration Management
2 1 (14.29%) Critical Path Analysis
2 1 (14.29%) Data Analysis
2 1 (14.29%) Mentoring
2 1 (14.29%) Process Improvement
2 1 (14.29%) Project Management
2 1 (14.29%) Resource Levelling
2 1 (14.29%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (14.29%) Work Breakdown Structure
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) Security Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) DV Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) COSHH
1 1 (14.29%) Def Stans
1 1 (14.29%) ISO 14001
1 1 (14.29%) NEBOSH
1 1 (14.29%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft