NHS Contract Job Trends in the North East

National Health Service (NHS)
England > North East

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

6 months to
29 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 43 - 23
Rank change year-on-year - - +38
Contract jobs citing NHS 5 0 10
As % of all contract jobs in the North East 1.34% - 3.86%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 5.21% - 12.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 10
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £375 - £131
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 - £258
Median % change year-on-year - - -7.21%
75th Percentile £425 - £500
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £450 £358 £303
% change year-on-year +25.87% +17.99% +2.03%

All Generic Skills
North East

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 the North East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 96 105 78
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North East 25.74% 33.76% 30.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 64 39 49
10th Percentile £163 £312 £140
25th Percentile £170 £394 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £410 £460 £454
Median % change year-on-year -10.87% +1.32% -16.70%
75th Percentile £550 £588 £525
90th Percentile £600 £660 £635
England median daily rate £515 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -6.36% - -3.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 4 7
10th Percentile £12.44 £26.45 £14.95
25th Percentile £12.79 £39.14 £23.75
Median hourly rate £13.49 £46.18 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -70.79% +42.09% -50.76%
75th Percentile £43.94 - £46.18
90th Percentile £62.13 - £51.71
England median hourly rate £28.00 £41.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -31.71% -7.87% +27.14%

NHS
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing NHS relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the North East.

NHS job vacancy trend in the North East

NHS
Daily Rate Trend in the North East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing NHS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing NHS

NHS
Hourly Rate Trend in the North East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing NHS.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing NHS

NHS
Contract Job Locations in the North East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing NHS within the North East region over the 6 months to 29 November 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
Tyne and Wear - 5 £400 - 9
NHS
England

NHS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North East 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 (20.00%) Relational Database
General
1 5 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
2 4 (80.00%) Documentation Skills
2 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Administrator
1 4 (80.00%) Data Administrator
2 1 (20.00%) Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Report Developer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (80.00%) LIMS
1 4 (80.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Data Governance
1 4 (80.00%) Process Improvement
1 4 (80.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (20.00%) Actionable Insight
2 1 (20.00%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (80.00%) Data Quality
1 4 (80.00%) QA