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 18 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 40 42 42
Rank change year-on-year +2 0 -17
Contract jobs citing NHS 23 24 49
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Leeds 4.93% 3.03% 3.89%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 14.29% 12.63% 14.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 17 44
10th Percentile £425 £340 £404
25th Percentile £450 £485 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £481 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% -4.55% +27.17%
75th Percentile £500 £595 £575
90th Percentile £569 £603 -
West Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £500 £538
% change year-on-year - -6.98% +34.38%
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 161 190 350
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leeds 34.48% 24.02% 27.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 94 107 266
10th Percentile £283 £325 £363
25th Percentile £400 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.29% -4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £555 £594 £625
90th Percentile £634 £619 £700
West Yorkshire median daily rate £492 £500 £550
% change year-on-year -1.60% -9.09% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 32 1
10th Percentile £36.81 - -
25th Percentile £44.81 £12.15 £20.75
Median hourly rate £62.25 £12.30 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year +406.10% -42.79% -4.02%
75th Percentile £82.45 £15.19 £22.25
90th Percentile £92.11 - -
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £32.81 £12.90 £21.50
% change year-on-year +154.34% -40.00% +14.97%

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 18 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 (8.70%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (4.35%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 4 (17.39%) AWS
1 4 (17.39%) Power Platform
2 3 (13.04%) Amazon EC2
2 3 (13.04%) Amazon S3
2 3 (13.04%) AWS Lambda
2 3 (13.04%) Azure
2 3 (13.04%) Serverless
3 2 (8.70%) Azure Data Factory
3 2 (8.70%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (4.35%) Azure Stack
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (17.39%) Power BI
2 2 (8.70%) Amazon Redshift
2 2 (8.70%) Big Data
2 2 (8.70%) Data Lake
2 2 (8.70%) MongoDB
2 2 (8.70%) MySQL
2 2 (8.70%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (8.70%) Power Query
3 1 (4.35%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (4.35%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (4.35%) Qlik Sense
3 1 (4.35%) QlikView
3 1 (4.35%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 4 (17.39%) Git
2 2 (8.70%) JIRA
2 2 (8.70%) Selenium
General
1 14 (60.87%) Social Skills
2 9 (39.13%) Public Sector
3 6 (26.09%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (21.74%) Health Technology
5 3 (13.04%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (8.70%) Finance
Job Titles
1 5 (21.74%) Architect
2 4 (17.39%) Developer
3 3 (13.04%) Analyst
3 3 (13.04%) Lead
3 3 (13.04%) Senior
4 2 (8.70%) Business Intelligence Architect
4 2 (8.70%) Python Developer
4 2 (8.70%) Senior Software Engineer
4 2 (8.70%) Software Engineer
4 2 (8.70%) Technical Architect
4 2 (8.70%) Test Automation Engineer
4 2 (8.70%) Test Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) .NET Software Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) Business Intelligence Analyst
5 1 (4.35%) Data Analyst
5 1 (4.35%) Performance Analyst
5 1 (4.35%) Product Manager
5 1 (4.35%) Senior .NET Software Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) Senior Analyst
5 1 (4.35%) Test Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (13.04%) Node.js
1 3 (13.04%) React
2 2 (8.70%) Playwright
2 2 (8.70%) PySpark
3 1 (4.35%) .NET
3 1 (4.35%) FHIR
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.35%) PACS
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.35%) Android
1 1 (4.35%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (39.13%) Agile
1 9 (39.13%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (26.09%) CI/CD
2 6 (26.09%) Stakeholder Management
3 5 (21.74%) DevOps
4 4 (17.39%) Business Intelligence
5 3 (13.04%) Data Analysis
5 3 (13.04%) Digital Transformation Programme
5 3 (13.04%) Risk Management
5 3 (13.04%) Software Engineering
5 3 (13.04%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 3 (13.04%) Test Automation
6 2 (8.70%) Actionable Insight
6 2 (8.70%) Architectural Design
6 2 (8.70%) Clean Code
6 2 (8.70%) Continuous Delivery
6 2 (8.70%) Data Pipeline
6 2 (8.70%) Decision-Making
6 2 (8.70%) Full-Stack Development
6 2 (8.70%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 5 (21.74%) Python
2 3 (13.04%) TypeScript
3 2 (8.70%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (4.35%) C#
4 1 (4.35%) JavaScript
4 1 (4.35%) SQL
4 1 (4.35%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (8.70%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (4.35%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (4.35%) Degree
2 1 (4.35%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.70%) Actionable Recommendations
1 2 (8.70%) PMO
2 1 (4.35%) Data Quality
2 1 (4.35%) DICOM
2 1 (4.35%) GDPR
2 1 (4.35%) HL7
2 1 (4.35%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (4.35%) Terraform
Vendors
1 5 (21.74%) Brio
2 2 (8.70%) Microsoft