NHS Contract Job Trends in Hampshire

National Health Service (NHS)
South East > Hampshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term NHS in contract job vacancies in Hampshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited NHS over the 6 months leading up to 27 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 85 68 95
Rank change year-on-year -17 +27 -10
Contract jobs citing NHS 2 1 3
As % of all contract jobs in Hampshire 0.15% 0.13% 0.21%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.63% 0.42% 0.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £206
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £250 - £212
Median % change year-on-year - - +21.14%
75th Percentile - - £218
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £400 £241 £205
% change year-on-year +65.80% +17.68% -

All Generic Skills
Hampshire

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 Hampshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 316 240 358
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire 23.42% 31.58% 25.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 208 161 168
10th Percentile £296 £313 £250
25th Percentile £449 £440 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £513
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +7.26% -6.77%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £625
90th Percentile £725 £675 £738
South East median daily rate £488 £525 £488
% change year-on-year -7.14% +7.69% -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 13 31
10th Percentile £13.21 £28.25 £15.71
25th Percentile £22.50 £31.25 £26.75
Median hourly rate £23.75 £35.00 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -32.14% -33.33% +31.25%
75th Percentile £33.13 - £60.00
90th Percentile £59.23 £70.00 £75.00
South East median hourly rate £23.00 £35.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year -34.29% -26.32% +26.67%

NHS
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing NHS relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire.

NHS job vacancy trend in Hampshire

NHS
Daily Rate Trend in Hampshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing NHS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing NHS

NHS
Hourly Rate Trend in Hampshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing NHS.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing NHS

NHS
Contract Job Locations in Hampshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing NHS within the Hampshire region over the 6 months to 27 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
Southampton - 1 £250 - 4
NHS
South East

NHS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hampshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (50.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Electronics
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Local Government
2 1 (50.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (50.00%) Marketing
2 1 (50.00%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Administrator
1 1 (50.00%) Operations Director
1 1 (50.00%) Project Administrator
1 1 (50.00%) Project Officer
1 1 (50.00%) Project Support Administrator
1 1 (50.00%) Project Support Officer
1 1 (50.00%) Support Officer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Change Management
1 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (50.00%) Configuration Management
1 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (50.00%) Digital Marketing
1 1 (50.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 1 (50.00%) Programme Management
1 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (50.00%) Project Governance
1 1 (50.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) PMO
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) SAP