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 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 269 296 306
Rank change year-on-year +27 +10 -55
Contract jobs citing NHS 131 190 341
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.74% 0.76% 0.89%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.24% 2.10% 2.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 109 159 278
10th Percentile £156 £170 £185
25th Percentile £253 £220 £253
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £315 £300 £400
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -25.00% +3.23%
75th Percentile £403 £439 £485
90th Percentile £568 £588 £575
England median daily rate £315 £299 £325
% change year-on-year +5.27% -7.93% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 3 19
10th Percentile £14.22 £8.05 £14.68
25th Percentile £15.43 £9.63 £16.16
Median hourly rate £18.80 £12.50 £36.41
Median % change year-on-year +50.36% -65.67% +96.81%
75th Percentile £21.80 £24.38 £41.89
90th Percentile £36.61 £31.35 £44.46
England median hourly rate £14.49 £21.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year -31.02% -2.33% +22.86%

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 5,844 9,036 14,051
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 33.05% 35.93% 36.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,106 6,567 10,276
10th Percentile £315 £364 £400
25th Percentile £450 £495 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £725 £743 £725
90th Percentile £850 £838 £813
England median daily rate £550 £565 £550
% change year-on-year -2.65% +2.73% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 144 104 201
10th Percentile £15.45 £18.28 £17.13
25th Percentile £18.41 £21.24 £23.91
Median hourly rate £27.92 £34.81 £42.02
Median % change year-on-year -19.79% -17.16% +20.47%
75th Percentile £50.38 £60.94 £50.00
90th Percentile £71.25 £84.63 £67.50
England median hourly rate £36.50 £22.49 £26.50
% change year-on-year +62.33% -15.15% +6.00%

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

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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

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Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing NHS in London over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for NHS in London

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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 12 June 2024.

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 12 June 2024. 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 +26 7 £388 -9.04% 16
North London +3 3 £275 +83.33% 3
South London +3 3 £130 -51.85% 22
East London -8 2 £263 +17.98% 22
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 3 (2.29%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (2.29%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.53%) Exchange Server 2007
2 2 (1.53%) Exchange Server 2010
3 1 (0.76%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 6 (4.58%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (3.05%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.53%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (3.05%) SystmOne
2 1 (0.76%) HealthRoster
Cloud Services
1 13 (9.92%) Power Platform
2 7 (5.34%) Azure
3 6 (4.58%) AWS
4 4 (3.05%) Power Automate
5 2 (1.53%) Cloud Computing
5 2 (1.53%) GCP
5 2 (1.53%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (1.53%) Nutanix
6 1 (0.76%) Amazon S3
6 1 (0.76%) AWS Lambda
6 1 (0.76%) Entra ID
6 1 (0.76%) OneDrive
6 1 (0.76%) PowerApps
6 1 (0.76%) SaaS
6 1 (0.76%) Serverless
6 1 (0.76%) ShareGate
6 1 (0.76%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.82%) Firewall
2 4 (3.05%) IP Telephony
3 3 (2.29%) VoIP
3 3 (2.29%) WAN
4 2 (1.53%) DHCP
4 2 (1.53%) DNS
4 2 (1.53%) Intranet
4 2 (1.53%) Network Security
4 2 (1.53%) SAN
4 2 (1.53%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.76%) Cisco ASA
5 1 (0.76%) LAN
5 1 (0.76%) Unified Communications
5 1 (0.76%) VLAN
5 1 (0.76%) VPN
5 1 (0.76%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (7.63%) Data Warehouse
2 9 (6.87%) Electronic Patient Records
2 9 (6.87%) Power BI
3 4 (3.05%) KNIME
3 4 (3.05%) QlikView
4 2 (1.53%) Oracle Database
4 2 (1.53%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (1.53%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.76%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.76%) Big Data
5 1 (0.76%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.76%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.76%) MySQL
5 1 (0.76%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.76%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (0.76%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (0.76%) Git
1 1 (0.76%) Oracle APEX
General
1 22 (16.79%) Social Skills
2 11 (8.40%) Public Sector
3 10 (7.63%) Telecoms
4 9 (6.87%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (2.29%) Billing
5 3 (2.29%) Finance
5 3 (2.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (1.53%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (0.76%) Digital Health
7 1 (0.76%) Digital Healthcare
7 1 (0.76%) Health Technology
7 1 (0.76%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (0.76%) Legal
7 1 (0.76%) Local Government
7 1 (0.76%) Military
7 1 (0.76%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 15 (11.45%) Senior
2 11 (8.40%) Project Manager
3 9 (6.87%) Contracts Manager
3 9 (6.87%) Developer
3 9 (6.87%) Information Manager
3 9 (6.87%) Telecoms Manager
4 7 (5.34%) Administrator
4 7 (5.34%) Analyst
4 7 (5.34%) Deployment Engineer
5 6 (4.58%) Analytics Manager
5 6 (4.58%) Consultant
5 6 (4.58%) Data Analytics Manager
5 6 (4.58%) Data Manager
5 6 (4.58%) Senior Manager
6 4 (3.05%) Architect
6 4 (3.05%) Automation Developer
6 4 (3.05%) Business Analyst
6 4 (3.05%) Data Administrator
6 4 (3.05%) Lead
7 3 (2.29%) Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.82%) .NET
1 5 (3.82%) ASP.NET
2 4 (3.05%) CSS
2 4 (3.05%) HTML
3 1 (0.76%) .NET Framework
3 1 (0.76%) Django
3 1 (0.76%) Entity Framework
3 1 (0.76%) FastAPI
3 1 (0.76%) Razor View Engine
3 1 (0.76%) Tapestry
3 1 (0.76%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 5 (3.82%) Management Information System
1 5 (3.82%) PACS
1 5 (3.82%) Smartphone
2 3 (2.29%) Data Structures
3 2 (1.53%) Algorithms
3 2 (1.53%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (1.53%) IoT
3 2 (1.53%) Life Science
3 2 (1.53%) Mobile App
3 2 (1.53%) Smartcard
4 1 (0.76%) AS400
4 1 (0.76%) Freedom of Information
4 1 (0.76%) Freedom of Information Act
4 1 (0.76%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 10 (7.63%) Windows
2 6 (4.58%) Windows Server
3 3 (2.29%) Windows 7
4 2 (1.53%) Android
4 2 (1.53%) Linux
4 2 (1.53%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.76%) Unix
5 1 (0.76%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (12.98%) Migration
2 13 (9.92%) Project Management
3 11 (8.40%) Business Intelligence
4 10 (7.63%) Analytics
4 10 (7.63%) Problem-Solving
5 9 (6.87%) Data Analytics
5 9 (6.87%) Informatics
6 7 (5.34%) Data Analysis
6 7 (5.34%) Data Protection
6 7 (5.34%) PRINCE2
7 6 (4.58%) Business Case
8 5 (3.82%) Digital Strategy
8 5 (3.82%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 5 (3.82%) ITIL
8 5 (3.82%) Stakeholder Management
9 4 (3.05%) Data Modelling
9 4 (3.05%) Information Management
9 4 (3.05%) PRINCE
9 4 (3.05%) Risk Management
9 4 (3.05%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 12 (9.16%) SQL
2 5 (3.82%) C#
2 5 (3.82%) JavaScript
3 4 (3.05%) PHP
3 4 (3.05%) Python
4 2 (1.53%) PowerShell
5 1 (0.76%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 8 (6.11%) Degree
2 4 (3.05%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (2.29%) ISEB
4 2 (1.53%) A+ Certification
4 2 (1.53%) DBS Check
4 2 (1.53%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 2 (1.53%) MCITP
5 1 (0.76%) CCNA
5 1 (0.76%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (0.76%) ISTQB
5 1 (0.76%) MCSE
5 1 (0.76%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 1 (0.76%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 1 (0.76%) SC Cleared
5 1 (0.76%) Security Cleared
5 1 (0.76%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (6.87%) Data Quality
2 5 (3.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (3.05%) Accessibility
3 4 (3.05%) HL7
4 3 (2.29%) GRC
4 3 (2.29%) HMG Security Policy Framework
4 3 (2.29%) NCSC
5 2 (1.53%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (1.53%) GDPR
5 2 (1.53%) PMO
5 2 (1.53%) QA
6 1 (0.76%) NIST
System Software
1 6 (4.58%) Active Directory
1 6 (4.58%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (3.82%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 3 (2.29%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 18 (13.74%) Microsoft
2 9 (6.87%) Mitel
3 6 (4.58%) VMware
4 4 (3.05%) Alteryx
4 4 (3.05%) Automation Anywhere
4 4 (3.05%) Blue Prism
4 4 (3.05%) Cerner
4 4 (3.05%) UiPath
5 2 (1.53%) accuRx
5 2 (1.53%) CA
5 2 (1.53%) Cegedim Rx
5 2 (1.53%) Datix
5 2 (1.53%) Datto
5 2 (1.53%) Dell
5 2 (1.53%) Google
5 2 (1.53%) HP
5 2 (1.53%) Oracle
5 2 (1.53%) Siemens
5 2 (1.53%) SonicWALL
5 2 (1.53%) Veeam