NHS Contracts in Leeds

National Health Service (NHS)
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term NHS in contract job vacancies in Leeds. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited NHS over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 39 39 43
Rank change year-on-year 0 +4 -15
Contract jobs citing NHS 21 24 56
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Leeds 4.52% 3.00% 4.21%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 13.38% 12.18% 15.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 17 51
10th Percentile £415 £204 £400
25th Percentile £450 £350 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -9.09% +33.33%
75th Percentile £500 £550 £575
90th Percentile £576 £603 -
West Yorkshire median daily rate £488 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -2.50% -4.76% +50.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £31.47 - -
Median hourly rate £32.81 £12.25 -
Median % change year-on-year +167.84% - -
75th Percentile £34.15 £13.76 -
90th Percentile - £16.46 -
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £32.81 £13.71 -
% change year-on-year +139.31% - -

All Generic Skills
Leeds

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 Leeds.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 157 197 370
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leeds 33.76% 24.66% 27.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 92 110 288
10th Percentile £276 £292 £400
25th Percentile £400 £403 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £638
90th Percentile £725 £619 £700
West Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £500 £550
% change year-on-year - -9.09% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 32 1
10th Percentile £34.18 - -
25th Percentile £38.24 £12.15 -
Median hourly rate £65.71 £12.30 £17.24
Median % change year-on-year +434.21% -28.65% -27.26%
75th Percentile £97.12 £15.19 -
90th Percentile £97.98 - -
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £41.00 £12.90 £17.24
% change year-on-year +217.83% -25.17% -7.81%

NHS
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

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

Job vacancy trend for NHS in Leeds

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Leeds

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

Daily rate trend for NHS in Leeds

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Daily Rate Histogram in Leeds

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing NHS in Leeds over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for NHS in Leeds

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Leeds

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

Hourly rate trend for NHS in Leeds

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leeds 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:

Applications
1 2 (9.52%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (4.76%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 4 (19.05%) Power Platform
2 3 (14.29%) Azure
3 2 (9.52%) AWS
3 2 (9.52%) Azure Data Factory
3 2 (9.52%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (4.76%) Amazon EC2
4 1 (4.76%) Amazon S3
4 1 (4.76%) AWS Lambda
4 1 (4.76%) Azure Stack
4 1 (4.76%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (19.05%) Power BI
2 2 (9.52%) Data Lake
2 2 (9.52%) Power Query
3 1 (4.76%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (4.76%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (4.76%) Qlik Sense
3 1 (4.76%) QlikView
3 1 (4.76%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (9.52%) Git
1 2 (9.52%) JIRA
1 2 (9.52%) Selenium
General
1 12 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 7 (33.33%) Public Sector
3 4 (19.05%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (14.29%) Health Technology
4 3 (14.29%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (9.52%) Finance
Job Titles
1 5 (23.81%) Architect
2 3 (14.29%) Analyst
2 3 (14.29%) Lead
2 3 (14.29%) Senior
3 2 (9.52%) Business Intelligence Architect
3 2 (9.52%) Developer
3 2 (9.52%) Senior Software Engineer
3 2 (9.52%) Software Engineer
3 2 (9.52%) Technical Architect
3 2 (9.52%) Test Automation Engineer
3 2 (9.52%) Test Engineer
4 1 (4.76%) .NET Software Engineer
4 1 (4.76%) Business Intelligence Analyst
4 1 (4.76%) Data Analyst
4 1 (4.76%) iOS Developer
4 1 (4.76%) Performance Analyst
4 1 (4.76%) Product Manager
4 1 (4.76%) Python Developer
4 1 (4.76%) Senior .NET Software Engineer
4 1 (4.76%) Test Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (9.52%) Playwright
2 1 (4.76%) .NET
2 1 (4.76%) FHIR
2 1 (4.76%) Node.js
2 1 (4.76%) React
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.76%) PACS
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.76%) Android
1 1 (4.76%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (42.86%) Agile
2 7 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (28.57%) CI/CD
3 6 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
4 5 (23.81%) DevOps
5 4 (19.05%) Business Intelligence
6 3 (14.29%) Digital Transformation Programme
6 3 (14.29%) Risk Management
6 3 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 3 (14.29%) Test Automation
7 2 (9.52%) Actionable Insight
7 2 (9.52%) ArchiMate
7 2 (9.52%) Continuous Delivery
7 2 (9.52%) Continuous Improvement
7 2 (9.52%) Decision-Making
7 2 (9.52%) Performance Monitoring
7 2 (9.52%) Performance Optimisation
7 2 (9.52%) Roadmaps
7 2 (9.52%) Root Cause Analysis
7 2 (9.52%) Technical Analysis
Programming Languages
1 3 (14.29%) Python
2 2 (9.52%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 1 (4.76%) C#
3 1 (4.76%) JavaScript
3 1 (4.76%) SQL
3 1 (4.76%) T-SQL
3 1 (4.76%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 1 (4.76%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (4.76%) Degree
1 1 (4.76%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (9.52%) Actionable Recommendations
1 2 (9.52%) PMO
2 1 (4.76%) Data Quality
2 1 (4.76%) DICOM
2 1 (4.76%) GDPR
2 1 (4.76%) HL7
2 1 (4.76%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (4.76%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (14.29%) Brio
2 2 (9.52%) Microsoft