NHS Contract Job Trends in Hertfordshire

National Health Service (NHS)
East of England > Hertfordshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term NHS in contract job vacancies in Hertfordshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited NHS over the 6 months leading up to 3 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 58 - 68
Rank change year-on-year - - +8
Contract jobs citing NHS 1 0 5
As % of all contract jobs in Hertfordshire 0.19% - 0.66%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.54% - 1.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - £197
25th Percentile - - £198
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - £200
Median % change year-on-year - - -37.25%
75th Percentile - - £275
90th Percentile - - £320
East of England median daily rate £315 £269 £268
% change year-on-year +17.06% +0.44% +36.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £11.63
Median hourly rate - - £11.75
75th Percentile - - £11.88
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median hourly rate £16.00 - £21.00
% change year-on-year - - +19.59%

All Generic Skills
Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 184 149 274
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 34.91% 31.43% 36.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 65 63 146
10th Percentile £233 £264 £273
25th Percentile £400 £333 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £553 £475 £525
Median % change year-on-year +16.42% -9.52% -4.55%
75th Percentile £650 £581 £638
90th Percentile £713 £643 £738
East of England median daily rate £500 £475 £475
% change year-on-year +5.26% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 56 24 60
10th Percentile £17.39 £35.00 £42.25
25th Percentile £30.34 £48.50 £48.00
Median hourly rate £54.00 £66.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +1.54% -4.41%
75th Percentile £67.25 £95.00 -
90th Percentile £76.25 £98.50 £70.00
East of England median hourly rate £42.50 £61.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -30.33% -6.15% +59.59%

NHS
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

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

NHS job vacancy trend in Hertfordshire

NHS
Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing NHS

NHS
Hourly Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing NHS

NHS
Contract Job Locations in Hertfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing NHS within the Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 3 November 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
Letchworth - 1 £600 -
NHS
East of England

NHS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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 (100.00%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle ERP
1 1 (100.00%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) OCI
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Local Government
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Lead
1 1 (100.00%) PMO Lead
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Budget Control
1 1 (100.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Critical Path Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) Programme Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Programme Management
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CTC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) PMO
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle