Digital Health Contract Job Trends in London

Digital Health
England > London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Digital Health in contract job vacancies in London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Digital Health over the 6 months leading up to 29 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 363 363 394
Rank change year-on-year 0 +31 +141
Contract jobs citing Digital Health 13 1 1
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.091% 0.007% 0.005%
As % of the General category 0.14% 0.011% 0.008%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 1 0
10th Percentile £260 - -
25th Percentile £300 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £525 -
Median % change year-on-year -21.43% - -
75th Percentile £584 - -
90th Percentile £769 - -
England median daily rate £401 £403 £525
% change year-on-year -0.43% -23.33% +20.00%

All General Skills
London

Digital Health falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring general skills in London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 9,481 9,482 11,848
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 66.17% 64.48% 64.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,169 6,038 8,523
10th Percentile £348 £325 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £537 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.61% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £673 £700 £700
90th Percentile £775 £823 £800
England median daily rate £500 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -6.54% -2.73% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 180 115 165
10th Percentile £17.50 £17.35 £17.10
25th Percentile £20.82 £23.99 £20.50
Median hourly rate £26.30 £35.00 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -24.86% +7.69% +4.84%
75th Percentile £44.81 £53.75 £57.50
90th Percentile £69.42 £77.04 £77.00
England median hourly rate £23.50 £30.00 £33.00
% change year-on-year -21.67% -9.09% +28.35%

Digital Health
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Digital Health job vacancy trend in London

Digital Health
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Digital Health.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Digital Health

Digital Health
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Digital Health in London over the 6 months to 29 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Digital Health in London

Digital Health
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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (23.08%) Azure
2 2 (15.38%) GCP
2 2 (15.38%) Snowflake
3 1 (7.69%) AWS
3 1 (7.69%) Figma
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (30.77%) Electronic Patient Records
2 1 (7.69%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 6 (46.15%) Social Skills
2 5 (38.46%) Digital Healthcare
3 4 (30.77%) Public Sector
4 3 (23.08%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (15.38%) Health Technology
5 2 (15.38%) Pharmaceutical
5 2 (15.38%) Wearables
6 1 (7.69%) Electronics
6 1 (7.69%) Finance
6 1 (7.69%) Manufacturing
6 1 (7.69%) Marketing
6 1 (7.69%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (15.38%) Consultant
1 2 (15.38%) Designer
1 2 (15.38%) Lead
2 1 (7.69%) Applications Manager
2 1 (7.69%) Architect
2 1 (7.69%) Data Modeller
2 1 (7.69%) Digital Designer
2 1 (7.69%) Digital Product Manager
2 1 (7.69%) Digital UX Designer
2 1 (7.69%) EPR Consultant
2 1 (7.69%) Healthcare Consultant
2 1 (7.69%) Healthcare Manager
2 1 (7.69%) Integration Developer
2 1 (7.69%) Lead Designer
2 1 (7.69%) Lead Service Designer
2 1 (7.69%) Product Manager
2 1 (7.69%) Security Architect
2 1 (7.69%) Service Designer
2 1 (7.69%) User Researcher
2 1 (7.69%) UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (15.38%) FHIR
2 1 (7.69%) .NET
2 1 (7.69%) jQuery
2 1 (7.69%) Unity DI Container
2 1 (7.69%) Web Services
2 1 (7.69%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (53.85%) NHS
2 3 (23.08%) Onboarding
3 2 (15.38%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (7.69%) Biopharmaceutical
4 1 (7.69%) Mobile App
4 1 (7.69%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (53.85%) Agile
2 4 (30.77%) AI
2 4 (30.77%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 3 (23.08%) QMS
3 3 (23.08%) Quality Management
3 3 (23.08%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 3 (23.08%) User Experience
4 2 (15.38%) Coaching
4 2 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (15.38%) Data Modelling
4 2 (15.38%) DevOps
4 2 (15.38%) SDLC
4 2 (15.38%) Service Design
4 2 (15.38%) User Research
4 2 (15.38%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 2 (15.38%) UX Research
5 1 (7.69%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (7.69%) ETL
5 1 (7.69%) OOP
5 1 (7.69%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (23.08%) SQL
2 2 (15.38%) R
3 1 (7.69%) C#
3 1 (7.69%) JavaScript
3 1 (7.69%) Python
3 1 (7.69%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (7.69%) CISM
1 1 (7.69%) CISSP
1 1 (7.69%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (15.38%) DICOM
1 2 (15.38%) GDPR
1 2 (15.38%) HL7
1 2 (15.38%) IEC 62304
1 2 (15.38%) ISO 13485
2 1 (7.69%) Accessibility
2 1 (7.69%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (7.69%) Data Quality
2 1 (7.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (7.69%) LOINC
2 1 (7.69%) NIST
2 1 (7.69%) SNOMED CT
Vendors
1 2 (15.38%) Google
2 1 (7.69%) SAP