NHS Contract Job Trends in Lincolnshire

National Health Service (NHS)
East Midlands > Lincolnshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term NHS in contract job vacancies in Lincolnshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited NHS over the 6 months leading up to 4 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 20 10 15
Rank change year-on-year -10 +5 -11
Contract jobs citing NHS 2 1 1
As % of all contract jobs in Lincolnshire 2.63% 2.27% 1.67%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 8.70% 5.88% 5.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £373 - £355
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 - £360
Median % change year-on-year - - +167.44%
75th Percentile £378 - £365
90th Percentile - - -
East Midlands median daily rate £375 £725 £389
% change year-on-year -48.28% +86.50% +72.78%

All Generic Skills
Lincolnshire

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 Lincolnshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 23 17 17
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Lincolnshire 30.26% 38.64% 28.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 4 11
10th Percentile - - £281
25th Percentile £154 £275 £303
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £201 £363 £450
Median % change year-on-year -44.48% -19.44% +56.52%
75th Percentile £469 £475 £619
90th Percentile £505 £543 £700
East Midlands median daily rate £437 £450 £475
% change year-on-year -2.89% -5.26% +3.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 2
10th Percentile - - £17.05
25th Percentile - - £17.62
Median hourly rate £18.87 £15.10 £19.23
Median % change year-on-year +24.97% -21.47% +9.50%
75th Percentile - - £20.19
90th Percentile - - £20.38
East Midlands median hourly rate £21.39 £50.00 £21.00
% change year-on-year -57.22% +138.10% +19.59%

NHS
Job Vacancy Trend in Lincolnshire

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

NHS job vacancy trend in Lincolnshire

NHS
Daily Rate Trend in Lincolnshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Lincolnshire citing NHS

NHS
Hourly Rate Trend in Lincolnshire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Lincolnshire citing NHS

NHS
Contract Job Locations in Lincolnshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing NHS within the Lincolnshire region over the 6 months to 4 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
Lincoln -3 1 £375 - 4
NHS
East Midlands

NHS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Lincolnshire 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 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (100.00%) MS Visio
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Project
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) EDMS
1 2 (100.00%) Electronic Patient Records
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Digital Healthcare
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Lead
1 2 (100.00%) Workstream Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) FHIR
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Change Management
1 2 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (50.00%) HL7
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft