National Health Service (NHS)
South East > Kent
The table below looks at the prevalence of the term NHS in contract job vacancies in Kent. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited NHS over the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 18 Sep 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 24 | 12 | 5 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -12 | -7 | +22 |
| Contract jobs citing NHS | 2 | 13 | 30 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Kent | 1.54% | 6.67% | 13.82% |
| As % of the Miscellaneous category | 4.55% | 14.77% | 27.78% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 2 | 8 | 29 |
| 10th Percentile | £226 | £189 | £150 |
| 25th Percentile | £266 | £205 | £200 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £338 | £353 | £205 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.26% | +71.95% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £416 | £519 | - |
| 90th Percentile | £459 | £537 | £214 |
| South East median daily rate | £350 | £513 | £205 |
| % change year-on-year | -31.71% | +150.00% | -2.38% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Median hourly rate | - | £20.08 | - |
| South East median hourly rate | £31.61 | £20.08 | £23.36 |
| % change year-on-year | +57.43% | -14.04% | +56.33% |
All Generic Skills
Kent
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 Kent.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills | 44 | 88 | 108 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Kent | 33.85% | 45.13% | 49.77% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 36 | 35 | 84 |
| 10th Percentile | £146 | £189 | £150 |
| 25th Percentile | £160 | £219 | £205 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £220 | £500 | £360 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -56.00% | +38.89% | -24.21% |
| 75th Percentile | £355 | £580 | £505 |
| 90th Percentile | £531 | £633 | £638 |
| South East median daily rate | £490 | £500 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.00% | - | -2.44% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 17 | 7 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £48.24 | £37.55 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £65.47 | £52.75 |
| Median hourly rate | - | £70.32 | £55.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +27.85% | +82.85% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £75.16 | £70.22 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £79.19 |
| South East median hourly rate | £33.05 | £57.35 | £55.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -42.37% | +4.27% | +132.12% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Kent
Job postings citing NHS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Kent.
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Daily Rate Trend in Kent
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Kent citing NHS.
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Daily Rate Histogram in Kent
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing NHS in Kent over the 6 months to 18 September 2025.
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Hourly Rate Trend in Kent
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Kent citing NHS.
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Contract Job Locations in Kent
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing NHS within the Kent region over the 6 months to 18 September 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maidstone | +2 | 1 | £200 | - | 1 |
| NHS South East |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Kent 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: