NHS Contracts in England

National Health Service (NHS)
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term NHS in contract job vacancies advertised in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited NHS over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 221 177 144
Rank change year-on-year -44 -33 -17
Contract jobs citing NHS 387 754 1,363
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.05% 1.49% 1.92%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.40% 4.43% 5.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 258 574 1,033
10th Percentile £166 £158 £154
25th Percentile £205 £205 £208
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £291 £300 £325
Median % change year-on-year -2.92% -7.69% +8.33%
75th Percentile £428 £475 £456
90th Percentile £554 £575 £554
UK median daily rate £306 £300 £348
% change year-on-year +2.16% -13.67% +11.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 71 45 103
10th Percentile £11.25 £16.76 £11.92
25th Percentile £12.26 £17.72 £14.79
Median hourly rate £15.75 £22.00 £19.25
Median % change year-on-year -28.41% +14.32% +13.21%
75th Percentile £25.83 £36.00 £26.99
90th Percentile £42.25 £59.50 £36.93
UK median hourly rate £14.49 £21.72 £17.64
% change year-on-year -33.31% +23.13% +3.76%

All Generic Skills
England

NHS is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 11,373 17,010 24,101
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 30.77% 33.65% 33.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,425 11,824 17,120
10th Percentile £263 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £450 £437
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £675 £695 £675
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
UK median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 818 598 643
10th Percentile £12.25 £9.80 £14.25
25th Percentile £15.16 £10.63 £16.50
Median hourly rate £30.00 £22.50 £26.98
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -16.60% +1.24%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.15 £65.77
UK median hourly rate £28.50 £22.49 £27.50
% change year-on-year +26.75% -18.24% +3.19%

NHS
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for NHS in England

NHS
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for NHS in England

NHS
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing NHS in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for NHS in England

NHS
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for NHS in England

NHS
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing NHS in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for NHS in England

NHS
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 NHS within the England region over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. 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 +22 140 £290 -7.20% 51
North of England -8 86 £450 -5.26% 50
South East -6 71 £205 - 53
Yorkshire -14 39 £490 -5.54% 23
North West 0 35 £350 -11.11% 25
East of England -31 32 £259 +17.85% 19
Midlands -33 30 £430 +95.45% 31
South West -10 23 £185 -57.76% 22
East Midlands 0 15 £368 +94.70% 22
West Midlands -2 15 £575 +144.68% 9
North East +21 12 £325 +66.67% 7
NHS
UK

NHS
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:

Application Platforms
1 9 (2.33%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.29%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.52%) Exchange Server 2007
3 2 (0.52%) Exchange Server 2010
4 1 (0.26%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.26%) CMS
Applications
1 22 (5.68%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (4.13%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (1.29%) Spreadsheet
4 4 (1.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.78%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.52%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.26%) Adobe Illustrator
7 1 (0.26%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 2 (0.52%) Cerner Millennium
1 2 (0.52%) SystmOne
2 1 (0.26%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.26%) HealthRoster
Cloud Services
1 35 (9.04%) Azure
2 26 (6.72%) Microsoft 365
3 22 (5.68%) Power Platform
4 12 (3.10%) AWS
5 6 (1.55%) Power Automate
6 3 (0.78%) Amazon S3
6 3 (0.78%) GCP
7 2 (0.52%) AWS Lambda
7 2 (0.52%) Azure Data Factory
7 2 (0.52%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 2 (0.52%) Cloud Computing
7 2 (0.52%) Nutanix
7 2 (0.52%) OneDrive
7 2 (0.52%) Serverless
8 1 (0.26%) Amazon EC2
8 1 (0.26%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (0.26%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (0.26%) PowerApps
8 1 (0.26%) ShareGate
8 1 (0.26%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 20 (5.17%) WAN
2 18 (4.65%) LAN
3 17 (4.39%) Firewall
4 14 (3.62%) Wireless
5 12 (3.10%) VPN
6 7 (1.81%) DHCP
7 6 (1.55%) DNS
8 5 (1.29%) WLAN
9 4 (1.03%) Intranet
9 4 (1.03%) Network Security
9 4 (1.03%) SAN
10 3 (0.78%) Remote Desktop
10 3 (0.78%) VoIP
11 2 (0.52%) SD-WAN
11 2 (0.52%) Structured Cabling
12 1 (0.26%) Cisco ASA
12 1 (0.26%) Cisco Firepower
12 1 (0.26%) Cisco IOS
12 1 (0.26%) Cisco ISE
12 1 (0.26%) PSTN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (11.37%) Electronic Patient Records
2 21 (5.43%) Data Warehouse
3 16 (4.13%) Power BI
4 11 (2.84%) SQL Server
5 9 (2.33%) Relational Database
6 6 (1.55%) QlikView
7 5 (1.29%) Big Data
7 5 (1.29%) Tableau
8 4 (1.03%) KNIME
8 4 (1.03%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 3 (0.78%) Data Lake
10 2 (0.52%) Amazon Redshift
10 2 (0.52%) MongoDB
10 2 (0.52%) MySQL
10 2 (0.52%) PostgreSQL
11 1 (0.26%) BusinessObjects
11 1 (0.26%) NoSQL
11 1 (0.26%) Oracle Database
11 1 (0.26%) Qlik Sense
11 1 (0.26%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 5 (1.29%) Visual Studio
2 4 (1.03%) Git
3 1 (0.26%) Oracle APEX
3 1 (0.26%) Rational Rhapsody
3 1 (0.26%) Selenium
General
1 97 (25.06%) Public Sector
2 80 (20.67%) Social Skills
3 68 (17.57%) Finance
4 54 (13.95%) Marketing
5 51 (13.18%) Telecoms
6 48 (12.40%) Electronics
6 48 (12.40%) Manufacturing
7 25 (6.46%) Analytical Skills
8 12 (3.10%) Health Technology
8 12 (3.10%) Local Government
9 11 (2.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 7 (1.81%) Presentation Skills
11 6 (1.55%) Digital Health
11 6 (1.55%) Digital Healthcare
12 4 (1.03%) Influencing Skills
13 3 (0.78%) Organisational Skills
14 2 (0.52%) Billing
14 2 (0.52%) Documentation Skills
14 2 (0.52%) Legal
14 2 (0.52%) Military
Job Titles
1 48 (12.40%) Analyst
2 43 (11.11%) Project Manager
3 30 (7.75%) Senior
4 28 (7.24%) Support Engineer
5 23 (5.94%) Administrator
6 22 (5.68%) Desktop Engineer
7 20 (5.17%) Desktop Support
7 20 (5.17%) Desktop Support Engineer
8 19 (4.91%) Architect
8 19 (4.91%) Service Analyst
8 19 (4.91%) Service Desk Analyst
9 17 (4.39%) Developer
9 17 (4.39%) Lead
10 13 (3.36%) Network Engineer
11 11 (2.84%) Business Analyst
11 11 (2.84%) Data Analyst
11 11 (2.84%) Infrastructure Technician
12 10 (2.58%) IT Support
12 10 (2.58%) Programme Manager
13 9 (2.33%) Trainer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (2.07%) .NET
2 6 (1.55%) ASP.NET
2 6 (1.55%) HTML
3 5 (1.29%) CSS
4 4 (1.03%) Software Packaging
5 2 (0.52%) .NET Framework
5 2 (0.52%) Entity Framework
5 2 (0.52%) OAuth
5 2 (0.52%) PySpark
5 2 (0.52%) Razor View Engine
6 1 (0.26%) Django
6 1 (0.26%) EDI
6 1 (0.26%) FastAPI
6 1 (0.26%) FHIR
Miscellaneous
1 21 (5.43%) Management Information System
2 12 (3.10%) LIMS
3 11 (2.84%) Smartphone
4 9 (2.33%) Data Centre
5 8 (2.07%) PACS
6 6 (1.55%) Onboarding
7 5 (1.29%) Data Structures
8 3 (0.78%) AS400
8 3 (0.78%) IoT
8 3 (0.78%) Learning Management System
8 3 (0.78%) Virtual Team
9 2 (0.52%) Algorithms
9 2 (0.52%) Analytical Mindset
9 2 (0.52%) e-Health
9 2 (0.52%) Freedom of Information
9 2 (0.52%) Smartcard
9 2 (0.52%) Social Media
10 1 (0.26%) Driving Licence
10 1 (0.26%) Freedom of Information Act
10 1 (0.26%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 60 (15.50%) Windows
2 26 (6.72%) Windows 10
3 23 (5.94%) Windows Server
4 9 (2.33%) Windows Server 2012
5 3 (0.78%) Windows 7
6 2 (0.52%) Android
6 2 (0.52%) Linux
6 2 (0.52%) Windows Server 2008
7 1 (0.26%) Mac OS X
7 1 (0.26%) Unix
7 1 (0.26%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (18.35%) Business Intelligence
2 57 (14.73%) Programme Management
3 49 (12.66%) Digital Marketing
4 31 (8.01%) Project Management
5 28 (7.24%) Problem-Solving
6 24 (6.20%) Migration
7 20 (5.17%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 18 (4.65%) Analytics
8 18 (4.65%) Stakeholder Management
9 17 (4.39%) Customer Service
9 17 (4.39%) Project Delivery
10 14 (3.62%) Agile
10 14 (3.62%) Change Management
10 14 (3.62%) Data Analysis
10 14 (3.62%) Decision-Making
10 14 (3.62%) PRINCE2
10 14 (3.62%) Test Scripting
11 12 (3.10%) Informatics
11 12 (3.10%) ITIL
11 12 (3.10%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 25 (6.46%) SQL
2 13 (3.36%) Python
3 8 (2.07%) PowerShell
4 7 (1.81%) JavaScript
5 6 (1.55%) C#
6 4 (1.03%) PHP
6 4 (1.03%) T-SQL
7 2 (0.52%) VB.NET
7 2 (0.52%) VBA
8 1 (0.26%) Java
8 1 (0.26%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 15 (3.88%) Degree
2 7 (1.81%) Microsoft Certification
3 6 (1.55%) Cisco Certification
4 5 (1.29%) CCNA
4 5 (1.29%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 5 (1.29%) Network+ Certification
4 5 (1.29%) Security Cleared
5 4 (1.03%) A+ Certification
6 3 (0.78%) DBS Check
6 3 (0.78%) ECDL
6 3 (0.78%) ISEB
6 3 (0.78%) PMI Certification
6 3 (0.78%) PMP
6 3 (0.78%) SC Cleared
7 2 (0.52%) APMG
7 2 (0.52%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (0.52%) CCNP
7 2 (0.52%) CISSP
7 2 (0.52%) MCITP
8 1 (0.26%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (5.17%) Data Quality
2 18 (4.65%) HL7
3 9 (2.33%) Accessibility
4 6 (1.55%) PMO
5 5 (1.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (1.03%) QA
7 3 (0.78%) GDPR
7 3 (0.78%) GRC
7 3 (0.78%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 3 (0.78%) NCSC
7 3 (0.78%) SLA
8 2 (0.52%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.26%) NIST
System Software
1 19 (4.91%) Active Directory
2 7 (1.81%) Hyper-V
3 6 (1.55%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.52%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.26%) Docker
Systems Management
1 8 (2.07%) SCCM
2 7 (1.81%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (1.03%) WSUS
4 3 (0.78%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (0.78%) TrustSec
5 1 (0.26%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.26%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 64 (16.54%) Microsoft
2 48 (12.40%) SAP
3 19 (4.91%) VMware
4 14 (3.62%) Cerner
5 13 (3.36%) Veeam
6 10 (2.58%) Brio
7 7 (1.81%) Datix
7 7 (1.81%) SolarWinds
8 6 (1.55%) Cisco
9 4 (1.03%) Alteryx
9 4 (1.03%) Automation Anywhere
9 4 (1.03%) Blue Prism
9 4 (1.03%) Citrix
9 4 (1.03%) UiPath
10 2 (0.52%) Adobe
10 2 (0.52%) CA
10 2 (0.52%) Databricks
10 2 (0.52%) Datto
10 2 (0.52%) Dell
10 2 (0.52%) SonicWALL