FHIR Contract Job Trends in the Midlands

Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR)
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring FHIR skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 158 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing FHIR 4 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the Midlands 0.13% - -
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.63% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £377 - -
25th Percentile £385 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £399 - -
75th Percentile £412 - -
90th Percentile £419 - -
England median daily rate £500 £281 £600
% change year-on-year +77.78% -53.13% +3.23%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Midlands

FHIR falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in the Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 634 419 373
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 20.05% 18.23% 14.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 425 273 277
10th Percentile £360 £351 £310
25th Percentile £410 £413 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +11.11% -10.00%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £550
90th Percentile £688 £723 £680
England median daily rate £513 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -6.82% - -4.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 2 7
10th Percentile £20.25 - £17.35
25th Percentile £25.07 £26.25 £19.16
Median hourly rate £27.21 £27.50 £30.50
Median % change year-on-year -1.05% -9.84% +55.10%
75th Percentile £50.00 £28.75 £49.88
90th Percentile £69.08 - £59.60
England median hourly rate £61.00 £65.00 £52.20
% change year-on-year -6.15% +24.53% -19.70%

FHIR
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

FHIR job vacancy trend in the Midlands

FHIR
Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing FHIR.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing FHIR

FHIR
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing FHIR within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 20 December 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
East Midlands - 4 £399 - 2
FHIR
England

FHIR
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (50.00%) MS Visio
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Project
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (75.00%) Electronic Patient Records
2 2 (50.00%) EDMS
General
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Digital Healthcare
3 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Lead
1 3 (75.00%) Workstream Lead
2 1 (25.00%) Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Business Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Healthcare Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Healthcare Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) NHS
2 1 (25.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) PRINCE2
1 3 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (75.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (50.00%) Change Management
3 1 (25.00%) Agile
3 1 (25.00%) Backlog Refinement
3 1 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (25.00%) Data Mapping
3 1 (25.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 1 (25.00%) Integration Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Requirements Gathering
3 1 (25.00%) Scrum
3 1 (25.00%) Sprint Planning
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (25.00%) User Stories
3 1 (25.00%) Validation
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) HL7
2 1 (25.00%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) MuleSoft