NHS Contracts in Essex

National Health Service (NHS)
East of England > Essex

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term NHS in contract job vacancies in Essex. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited NHS over the 6 months leading up to 12 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank - 20 10
Rank change year-on-year - -10 +10
Contract jobs citing NHS 0 12 31
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Essex - 5.63% 12.50%
As % of the Miscellaneous category - 20.69% 28.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 5 20
10th Percentile - - £199
25th Percentile - £121 £228
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £338 £260
Median % change year-on-year - +30.00% +30.00%
75th Percentile - - £331
90th Percentile - £525 £381
East of England median daily rate £280 £243 £225
% change year-on-year +15.27% +7.96% +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 7 3
10th Percentile - - £19.60
25th Percentile - - £19.75
Median hourly rate - £12.86 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year - -41.55% -20.56%
75th Percentile - £13.83 £66.28
90th Percentile - £14.80 £91.35
East of England median hourly rate - £12.86 £22.00
% change year-on-year - -41.55% -18.46%

All Generic Skills
Essex

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 Essex.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 22 58 108
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Essex 25.58% 27.23% 43.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 22 59
10th Percentile £315 £107 £159
25th Percentile £322 £338 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £475 £381
Median % change year-on-year -15.79% +24.84% -15.44%
75th Percentile £475 £588 £536
90th Percentile £534 £673 £619
East of England median daily rate £513 £475 £475
% change year-on-year +7.89% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 20 5
10th Percentile £15.48 £12.86 £19.70
25th Percentile £16.44 £13.84 £20.00
Median hourly rate £18.67 £35.65 £36.25
Median % change year-on-year -47.63% -1.66% +30.89%
75th Percentile £21.52 £59.19 £44.53
90th Percentile £22.86 £66.63 £82.65
East of England median hourly rate £66.00 £57.50 £58.75
% change year-on-year +14.78% -2.13% +106.79%

NHS
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

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

Job vacancy trend for NHS in Essex

NHS
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Essex

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

Daily rate trend for NHS in Essex

NHS
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Essex

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

Hourly rate trend for NHS in Essex