DICOM Contract Job Trends in London

Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring DICOM skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 395 345 387
Rank change year-on-year -50 +42 -
Contract jobs citing DICOM 2 7 1
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.013% 0.052% 0.005%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.067% 0.36% 0.040%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 6 1
10th Percentile £387 £261 -
25th Percentile £393 £265 £663
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £433 £270 £725
Median % change year-on-year +60.28% -62.76% -
75th Percentile £468 £669 £788
90th Percentile £472 £800 -
England median daily rate £416 £348 £725
% change year-on-year +19.57% -52.07% -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
London

DICOM falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 3,006 1,960 2,474
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 18.93% 14.59% 13.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,007 1,236 1,790
10th Percentile £350 £308 £363
25th Percentile £419 £400 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £688
90th Percentile £749 £793 £788
England median daily rate £505 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +1.00% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 27 61
10th Percentile £18.07 £19.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £18.72 £23.23 £19.00
Median hourly rate £26.11 £39.00 £28.75
Median % change year-on-year -33.05% +35.65% -17.86%
75th Percentile £57.81 £80.80 £43.75
90th Percentile £78.45 £94.25 £61.75
England median hourly rate £25.77 £31.76 £26.66
% change year-on-year -18.86% +19.13% -23.83%

DICOM
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

DICOM job vacancy trend in London

DICOM
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing DICOM.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing DICOM

DICOM
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing DICOM within the London region over the 6 months to 27 February 2026. 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
Central London -5 1 £450 -43.75%
DICOM
England

DICOM
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle Workflow
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) NAS
1 1 (50.00%) SAN
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Presentation Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Consultant
2 1 (50.00%) Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) .NET
1 1 (50.00%) EDI
1 1 (50.00%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) PACS
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (50.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Workflow
2 1 (50.00%) High Availability
2 1 (50.00%) Informatics
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Optimisation
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Product Management
2 1 (50.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
2 1 (50.00%) C++
2 1 (50.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) AWS Certification
2 1 (50.00%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
2 1 (50.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (50.00%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) HL7
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle
2 1 (50.00%) Veritas