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 in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited NHS over the 6 months leading up to 4 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 334 256 199
Rank change year-on-year -78 -57 -37
Contract jobs citing NHS 162 353 619
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.61% 0.95% 1.30%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.77% 3.08% 3.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 115 223 475
10th Percentile £202 £163 £166
25th Percentile £260 £205 £205
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £315 £316
Median % change year-on-year +42.86% -0.32% -2.77%
75th Percentile £528 £500 £488
90th Percentile £575 £594 £585
UK median daily rate £425 £350 £307
% change year-on-year +21.43% +14.19% -10.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 61 26
10th Percentile £13.08 £11.25 £12.13
25th Percentile £14.87 £12.25 £16.85
Median hourly rate £21.25 £13.42 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +58.35% -36.10% -3.58%
75th Percentile £31.73 £20.50 £26.33
90th Percentile £34.15 £26.25 £43.99
UK median hourly rate £23.79 £12.86 £20.00
% change year-on-year +84.95% -35.70% -6.98%

All Generic Skills
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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 9,153 11,452 15,830
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 34.74% 30.67% 33.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,845 7,369 11,046
10th Percentile £305 £283 £313
25th Percentile £408 £415 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -2.22% +2.27%
75th Percentile £660 £675 £695
90th Percentile £788 £825 £800
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £550
% change year-on-year -2.78% -1.82% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 439 832 513
10th Percentile £15.50 £12.25 £10.63
25th Percentile £18.87 £15.39 £11.87
Median hourly rate £32.77 £37.50 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.61% +50.00% -5.66%
75th Percentile £60.00 £63.75 £63.75
90th Percentile £80.20 £72.50 £77.90
UK median hourly rate £30.25 £36.27 £23.33
% change year-on-year -16.60% +55.51% -13.55%

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 4 July 2025.

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 4 July 2025.

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 4 July 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 -24 62 £440 +39.68% 632
North of England -36 46 £481 -1.79% 366
Yorkshire -9 33 £500 +1.01% 160
South East +11 32 £309 +11.26% 199
North West -20 12 £208 -48.13% 168
Midlands -12 10 £375 -21.05% 206
West Midlands -3 8 £350 -30.00% 125
East of England -2 3 £227 -6.42% 118
East Midlands -2 2 £400 -6.98% 81
South West +18 1 £410 +122.04% 146
North East -6 1 £650 +100.00% 46
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 2 (1.23%) Apache
1 2 (1.23%) Confluence
1 2 (1.23%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.62%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.62%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 5 (3.09%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (2.47%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (1.23%) Sketch
4 1 (0.62%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.62%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.62%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (1.23%) Cerner Millennium
1 2 (1.23%) NEC Housing
2 1 (0.62%) Academy Housing
2 1 (0.62%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 22 (13.58%) Azure
2 14 (8.64%) Power Platform
3 13 (8.02%) AWS
4 8 (4.94%) GCP
5 5 (3.09%) Azure DevOps
5 5 (3.09%) Microsoft 365
6 4 (2.47%) Amazon EC2
6 4 (2.47%) Amazon S3
6 4 (2.47%) Serverless
7 3 (1.85%) AWS Lambda
7 3 (1.85%) Azure Data Factory
8 2 (1.23%) Azure Stack
8 2 (1.23%) Cloud Run
8 2 (1.23%) Figma
8 2 (1.23%) SaaS
9 1 (0.62%) Azure Pipelines
9 1 (0.62%) Azure Service Bus
9 1 (0.62%) Azure Storage
9 1 (0.62%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 1 (0.62%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.85%) Firewall
1 3 (1.85%) LAN
1 3 (1.85%) Network Security
1 3 (1.85%) Wi-Fi
2 2 (1.23%) H.323
2 2 (1.23%) MGCP
2 2 (1.23%) Structured Cabling
2 2 (1.23%) Unified Communications
2 2 (1.23%) WebEx
3 1 (0.62%) BGP
3 1 (0.62%) DNS
3 1 (0.62%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (0.62%) MPLS
3 1 (0.62%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.62%) VoIP
3 1 (0.62%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (11.11%) Electronic Patient Records
2 13 (8.02%) Power BI
3 5 (3.09%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 4 (2.47%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (2.47%) SQL Server
5 3 (1.85%) Data Lake
5 3 (1.85%) PostgreSQL
5 3 (1.85%) Tableau
6 2 (1.23%) Amazon Redshift
6 2 (1.23%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (1.23%) Big Data
6 2 (1.23%) Metadata
6 2 (1.23%) MongoDB
6 2 (1.23%) MySQL
6 2 (1.23%) Power Query
6 2 (1.23%) Qlik Sense
7 1 (0.62%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.62%) MS Access
7 1 (0.62%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (0.62%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 4 (2.47%) Git
2 3 (1.85%) JIRA
2 3 (1.85%) Selenium
3 1 (0.62%) SpecFlow
3 1 (0.62%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 1 (0.62%) tSQLt
General
1 57 (35.19%) Social Skills
2 44 (27.16%) Public Sector
3 18 (11.11%) Finance
4 17 (10.49%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (6.79%) Local Government
5 11 (6.79%) Marketing
5 11 (6.79%) Telecoms
6 9 (5.56%) Electronics
6 9 (5.56%) Manufacturing
7 6 (3.70%) Documentation Skills
7 6 (3.70%) Health Technology
7 6 (3.70%) Legal
7 6 (3.70%) Presentation Skills
8 4 (2.47%) Digital Health
8 4 (2.47%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (1.85%) Advertising
9 3 (1.85%) Digital Healthcare
9 3 (1.85%) Pharmaceutical
10 2 (1.23%) Law
10 2 (1.23%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 23 (14.20%) Analyst
2 18 (11.11%) Developer
3 17 (10.49%) Architect
4 13 (8.02%) Project Manager
5 12 (7.41%) Lead
6 10 (6.17%) Senior
6 10 (6.17%) Support Engineer
7 7 (4.32%) Data Analyst
7 7 (4.32%) Technical Architect
8 6 (3.70%) Azure Engineer
8 6 (3.70%) Desktop Engineer
8 6 (3.70%) Desktop Support
8 6 (3.70%) Desktop Support Engineer
8 6 (3.70%) Network Engineer
8 6 (3.70%) Service Analyst
8 6 (3.70%) Service Desk Analyst
8 6 (3.70%) Software Engineer
9 4 (2.47%) .NET Software Engineer
9 4 (2.47%) Azure Software Engineer
9 4 (2.47%) Head of Digital
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (6.79%) FHIR
2 8 (4.94%) .NET
3 5 (3.09%) React
4 4 (2.47%) Kafka
4 4 (2.47%) Node.js
5 3 (1.85%) .NET Core
5 3 (1.85%) CSS
5 3 (1.85%) HTML
5 3 (1.85%) REST
6 2 (1.23%) Apache NiFi
6 2 (1.23%) ASP.NET Web API
6 2 (1.23%) CSS3
6 2 (1.23%) HTML5
6 2 (1.23%) Middleware
6 2 (1.23%) Playwright
6 2 (1.23%) PySpark
6 2 (1.23%) React Native
7 1 (0.62%) Hugging Face
7 1 (0.62%) Microsoft Graph
7 1 (0.62%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 11 (6.79%) LIMS
2 5 (3.09%) Digital Signage
2 5 (3.09%) PACS
3 4 (2.47%) Management Information System
4 3 (1.85%) Legacy Systems
4 3 (1.85%) Reference Data
5 2 (1.23%) Client/Server
5 2 (1.23%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (1.23%) Security Posture
6 1 (0.62%) Biopharmaceutical
6 1 (0.62%) Cloud Security Posture
6 1 (0.62%) Clustering
6 1 (0.62%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 1 (0.62%) Freedom of Information
6 1 (0.62%) Freedom of Information Act
6 1 (0.62%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (0.62%) Product Ownership
6 1 (0.62%) Smartcard
6 1 (0.62%) Social Media
6 1 (0.62%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 17 (10.49%) Windows
2 9 (5.56%) Windows 10
3 4 (2.47%) Android
3 4 (2.47%) Apple iOS
4 3 (1.85%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.62%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.62%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
2 26 (16.05%) Agile
3 23 (14.20%) Business Intelligence
4 19 (11.73%) Migration
5 16 (9.88%) DevOps
5 16 (9.88%) Risk Management
6 14 (8.64%) Stakeholder Management
7 13 (8.02%) Programme Management
7 13 (8.02%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 13 (8.02%) Workflow
8 12 (7.41%) Project Management
9 11 (6.79%) CI/CD
9 11 (6.79%) Customer Service
10 10 (6.17%) Analytics
10 10 (6.17%) Data Protection
10 10 (6.17%) Decision-Making
10 10 (6.17%) Digital Transformation Programme
11 9 (5.56%) Data Modelling
11 9 (5.56%) Digital Marketing
11 9 (5.56%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 17 (10.49%) SQL
2 14 (8.64%) Python
3 7 (4.32%) C#
4 4 (2.47%) TypeScript
5 3 (1.85%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 3 (1.85%) JavaScript
6 2 (1.23%) Go
6 2 (1.23%) PowerShell
6 2 (1.23%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.62%) Bicep
7 1 (0.62%) R
7 1 (0.62%) VBA
Qualifications
1 8 (4.94%) Degree
2 5 (3.09%) Microsoft Certification
2 5 (3.09%) Security Cleared
3 4 (2.47%) BPSS Clearance
3 4 (2.47%) SC Cleared
4 3 (1.85%) CCNP
4 3 (1.85%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (1.23%) AWS Certification
5 2 (1.23%) Azure Certification
5 2 (1.23%) CCNA
5 2 (1.23%) CISSP
5 2 (1.23%) ISTQB
5 2 (1.23%) Master's Degree
5 2 (1.23%) MCSE
5 2 (1.23%) TOGAF Certification
6 1 (0.62%) A+ Certification
6 1 (0.62%) CITP
6 1 (0.62%) CompTIA Security+
6 1 (0.62%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.62%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (4.94%) GDPR
1 8 (4.94%) HL7
2 6 (3.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (3.09%) PMO
4 4 (2.47%) Accessibility
4 4 (2.47%) Data Quality
5 3 (1.85%) Actionable Recommendations
5 3 (1.85%) HIPAA
6 2 (1.23%) DICOM
6 2 (1.23%) NIST
6 2 (1.23%) QA
6 2 (1.23%) Section 508
6 2 (1.23%) SNOMED CT
6 2 (1.23%) WCAG
7 1 (0.62%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.62%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 1 (0.62%) NCSC
System Software
1 6 (3.70%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.23%) Firmware
3 1 (0.62%) Docker
3 1 (0.62%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.62%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 8 (4.94%) Terraform
2 2 (1.23%) Ansible
2 2 (1.23%) Cisco UCCE
3 1 (0.62%) Cisco CUCM
3 1 (0.62%) SCCM
Vendors
1 21 (12.96%) Microsoft
2 9 (5.56%) SAP
3 8 (4.94%) Google
4 7 (4.32%) Oracle
5 6 (3.70%) Brio
6 5 (3.09%) Cerner
7 4 (2.47%) Cisco
7 4 (2.47%) MuleSoft
8 2 (1.23%) Databricks
8 2 (1.23%) NEC
8 2 (1.23%) Palantir
8 2 (1.23%) VMware
9 1 (0.62%) Cegedim Rx
9 1 (0.62%) Citrix
9 1 (0.62%) Commvault
9 1 (0.62%) Dell
9 1 (0.62%) Liquidlogic
9 1 (0.62%) OneLogin
9 1 (0.62%) OpenAI
9 1 (0.62%) ServiceNow