NHS Contracts in London

National Health Service (NHS)
England > London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term NHS in contract job vacancies in London. 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 293 253 280
Rank change year-on-year -40 +27 -14
Contract jobs citing NHS 60 139 227
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.48% 0.78% 0.84%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.33% 2.35% 2.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 48 112 191
10th Percentile £228 £163 £170
25th Percentile £284 £213 £225
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £288 £310
Median % change year-on-year +56.12% -7.02% -21.67%
75th Percentile £511 £388 £450
90th Percentile £575 £536 £588
England median daily rate £410 £296 £300
% change year-on-year +38.75% -1.50% -7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 8 5
10th Percentile £11.66 £14.83 £17.73
25th Percentile £17.16 £17.95 £33.82
Median hourly rate £26.32 £26.50 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year -0.68% -26.39% +2.62%
75th Percentile £31.11 £33.21 £43.63
90th Percentile £33.98 £39.73 £57.95
England median hourly rate £18.13 £15.46 £22.00
% change year-on-year +17.27% -29.73% +15.80%

All Generic Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 4,516 5,909 9,701
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 35.99% 33.14% 35.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,054 4,182 6,966
10th Percentile £325 £301 £375
25th Percentile £451 £450 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £583 £600
Median % change year-on-year -1.29% -2.92% -
75th Percentile £738 £725 £750
90th Percentile £850 £850 £838
England median daily rate £548 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -0.36% -4.35% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 74 160 109
10th Percentile £15.84 £15.50 £18.93
25th Percentile £22.60 £18.93 £21.24
Median hourly rate £34.50 £26.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +32.69% -25.71% -21.35%
75th Percentile £50.31 £47.81 £64.50
90th Percentile £80.05 £66.78 £83.15
England median hourly rate £33.00 £30.16 £22.50
% change year-on-year +9.42% +34.04% -16.67%

NHS
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for NHS in London

NHS
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for NHS in London

NHS
Daily Rate Histogram in London

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

Daily rate histogram for NHS in London

NHS
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for NHS in London

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Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing NHS in London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for NHS in London

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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 NHS within the London region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Central London +2 5 £500 +25.00% 15
East London +16 2 £285 -21.38% 2
West London +13 2 £240 - 7
South London +2 1 £223 +35.15% 3
NHS
England

NHS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (3.33%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.67%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (6.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (5.00%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (3.33%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (1.67%) Photoshop
4 1 (1.67%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 11 (18.33%) Azure
2 8 (13.33%) AWS
3 3 (5.00%) GCP
4 2 (3.33%) Power Platform
4 2 (3.33%) Serverless
5 1 (1.67%) Amazon CloudWatch
5 1 (1.67%) Amazon ECR
5 1 (1.67%) Amazon S3
5 1 (1.67%) Amazon SQS
5 1 (1.67%) AWS CloudFormation
5 1 (1.67%) AWS Lambda
5 1 (1.67%) Azure Data Factory
5 1 (1.67%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 1 (1.67%) Azure Stack
5 1 (1.67%) Azure Storage
5 1 (1.67%) Canva
5 1 (1.67%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (1.67%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 3 (5.00%) BGP
1 3 (5.00%) DNS
1 3 (5.00%) Firewall
1 3 (5.00%) Network Security
2 2 (3.33%) DHCP
2 2 (3.33%) EIGRP
2 2 (3.33%) H.323
2 2 (3.33%) Internet
2 2 (3.33%) LAN
2 2 (3.33%) MGCP
2 2 (3.33%) OSPF
2 2 (3.33%) Unified Communications
2 2 (3.33%) VoIP
2 2 (3.33%) VPN
2 2 (3.33%) WAN
2 2 (3.33%) WebEx
2 2 (3.33%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (10.00%) Electronic Patient Records
2 4 (6.67%) DynamoDB
2 4 (6.67%) SQL Server
3 3 (5.00%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (5.00%) NoSQL
4 2 (3.33%) InterSystems Cache
4 2 (3.33%) Metadata
4 2 (3.33%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (3.33%) Power BI
5 1 (1.67%) Amazon Athena
5 1 (1.67%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (1.67%) Data Lake
5 1 (1.67%) Metadata Repository
5 1 (1.67%) MS Access
5 1 (1.67%) Qlik Sense
5 1 (1.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (1.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (1.67%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (1.67%) JIRA
1 1 (1.67%) Selenium
1 1 (1.67%) SpecFlow
1 1 (1.67%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
1 1 (1.67%) tSQLt
General
1 18 (30.00%) Public Sector
2 16 (26.67%) Social Skills
3 7 (11.67%) Finance
4 6 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (8.33%) Marketing
6 3 (5.00%) Digital Health
6 3 (5.00%) Electronics
6 3 (5.00%) Manufacturing
6 3 (5.00%) Telecoms
7 2 (3.33%) Digital Healthcare
7 2 (3.33%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (3.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (3.33%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (3.33%) Local Government
7 2 (3.33%) Multimedia
8 1 (1.67%) Legal
8 1 (1.67%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (1.67%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (1.67%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (11.67%) Developer
1 7 (11.67%) Lead
2 6 (10.00%) Project Manager
3 5 (8.33%) Analyst
3 5 (8.33%) Architect
3 5 (8.33%) Network Engineer
3 5 (8.33%) Senior
4 3 (5.00%) Cloud Architect
4 3 (5.00%) Data Engineer
4 3 (5.00%) Delivery Manager
4 3 (5.00%) Full-Stack Engineer
4 3 (5.00%) PACS Project Manager
4 3 (5.00%) Python Engineer
5 2 (3.33%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 2 (3.33%) Designer
5 2 (3.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (3.33%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (3.33%) Network Infrastructure Specialist
5 2 (3.33%) Support Manager
5 2 (3.33%) Unified Communications Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (6.67%) FHIR
1 4 (6.67%) React
2 3 (5.00%) .NET
2 3 (5.00%) pydantic
3 2 (3.33%) ASP.NET
3 2 (3.33%) CSS
3 2 (3.33%) HTML
3 2 (3.33%) Plotly
4 1 (1.67%) AngularJS
4 1 (1.67%) boto
4 1 (1.67%) CSS3
4 1 (1.67%) ebXML
4 1 (1.67%) HTML5
4 1 (1.67%) ODBC
4 1 (1.67%) OpenTelemetry
4 1 (1.67%) RESTful
4 1 (1.67%) SOAP
4 1 (1.67%) Web Services
4 1 (1.67%) XML
4 1 (1.67%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 4 (6.67%) PACS
2 2 (3.33%) Digital Signage
3 1 (1.67%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (1.67%) Biopharmaceutical
3 1 (1.67%) Cloud Native
3 1 (1.67%) Clustering
3 1 (1.67%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (1.67%) Data Structures
3 1 (1.67%) Driving Licence
3 1 (1.67%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (1.67%) Replication
3 1 (1.67%) Security Posture
3 1 (1.67%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.67%) Unix
1 1 (1.67%) Windows
1 1 (1.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (20.00%) Agile
2 11 (18.33%) Project Management
3 8 (13.33%) Migration
3 8 (13.33%) Problem-Solving
4 7 (11.67%) Analytics
4 7 (11.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 6 (10.00%) Risk Management
5 6 (10.00%) Software Engineering
6 5 (8.33%) Business Intelligence
6 5 (8.33%) Continuous Improvement
6 5 (8.33%) Data Migration
6 5 (8.33%) Data Modelling
6 5 (8.33%) Decision-Making
6 5 (8.33%) Full-Stack Development
6 5 (8.33%) ITIL
7 4 (6.67%) Budget Management
7 4 (6.67%) Coaching
7 4 (6.67%) DevOps
7 4 (6.67%) Digital Transformation Programme
7 4 (6.67%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 12 (20.00%) Python
2 7 (11.67%) SQL
3 4 (6.67%) C#
4 2 (3.33%) Go
4 2 (3.33%) PowerShell
4 2 (3.33%) TypeScript
5 1 (1.67%) Bicep
5 1 (1.67%) JavaScript
5 1 (1.67%) R
5 1 (1.67%) T-SQL
5 1 (1.67%) VB
5 1 (1.67%) VBA
Qualifications
1 5 (8.33%) Cisco Certification
1 5 (8.33%) Degree
2 4 (6.67%) CCNA
3 3 (5.00%) CCNP
3 3 (5.00%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (3.33%) AWS Certification
4 2 (3.33%) Azure Certification
4 2 (3.33%) ITIL Certification
4 2 (3.33%) Security Cleared
5 1 (1.67%) A+ Certification
5 1 (1.67%) CITP
5 1 (1.67%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 1 (1.67%) Master's Degree
5 1 (1.67%) MCSE
5 1 (1.67%) SC Cleared
5 1 (1.67%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (8.33%) HL7
2 3 (5.00%) Data Quality
3 2 (3.33%) DICOM
4 1 (1.67%) Accessibility
4 1 (1.67%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (1.67%) GDPR
4 1 (1.67%) HIPAA
4 1 (1.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.67%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 1 (1.67%) PMO
4 1 (1.67%) QA
System Software
1 2 (3.33%) Firmware
2 1 (1.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (5.00%) Terraform
2 2 (3.33%) Ansible
2 2 (3.33%) Cisco UCCE
Vendors
1 9 (15.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (8.33%) Cisco
3 3 (5.00%) Google
3 3 (5.00%) SAP
4 2 (3.33%) Databricks
4 2 (3.33%) Extreme Networks
4 2 (3.33%) Mitel
4 2 (3.33%) Palantir
5 1 (1.67%) Brio
5 1 (1.67%) Cegedim Rx
5 1 (1.67%) Cloudera
5 1 (1.67%) Commvault
5 1 (1.67%) Dell
5 1 (1.67%) Foundry
5 1 (1.67%) InterSystems
5 1 (1.67%) Oracle
5 1 (1.67%) Qualys
5 1 (1.67%) RedGate
5 1 (1.67%) Splunk
5 1 (1.67%) VMware