NHS Contract Job Trends in Newcastle upon Tyne

National Health Service (NHS)
Tyne and Wear > Newcastle upon Tyne

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term NHS in contract job vacancies in Newcastle upon Tyne. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited NHS over the 6 months leading up to 14 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 38 30 26
Rank change year-on-year -8 -4 +35
Contract jobs citing NHS 2 1 2
As % of all contract jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne 0.83% 0.56% 1.33%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.86% 1.45% 4.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £162
25th Percentile £375 - £196
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 - £258
Median % change year-on-year - - -8.04%
75th Percentile £425 - £326
90th Percentile - - £363
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £400 - £258
% change year-on-year - - -8.04%

All Generic Skills
Newcastle upon Tyne

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 Newcastle upon Tyne.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 70 69 46
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne 28.93% 38.76% 30.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 21 30
10th Percentile £154 £310 £156
25th Percentile £175 £340 £353
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £425 £475
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -10.53% -9.52%
75th Percentile £536 £538 £597
90th Percentile £600 £650 £714
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £438 £425 £450
% change year-on-year +2.94% -5.56% -14.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 3
10th Percentile £14.69 - £16.65
25th Percentile £16.67 £18.00 £22.13
Median hourly rate £19.97 £19.00 £32.00
Median % change year-on-year +5.11% -40.63% -
75th Percentile £35.99 £20.00 £32.88
90th Percentile £45.59 - £33.40
Tyne and Wear median hourly rate £19.97 £19.00 £32.00
% change year-on-year +5.11% -40.63% -

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Job Vacancy Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing NHS relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne.

NHS job vacancy trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

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Daily Rate Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne citing NHS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne citing NHS

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Hourly Rate Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne citing NHS.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne citing NHS

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Newcastle upon Tyne 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Relational Database
General
1 2 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Administrator
1 1 (50.00%) Data Administrator
1 1 (50.00%) Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Report Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) LIMS
1 1 (50.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Actionable Insight
1 1 (50.00%) Data Governance
1 1 (50.00%) Process Improvement
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (50.00%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Data Quality
1 1 (50.00%) QA