Digital Health Contract Job Trends in the North West

Digital Health
England > North West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Digital Health in contract job vacancies in the North West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Digital Health over the 6 months leading up to 16 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 157 - 137
Rank change year-on-year - - +30
Contract jobs citing Digital Health 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 0.032% - 0.036%
As % of the General category 0.056% - 0.068%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £456 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 - -
75th Percentile £469 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £510 £499 £338
% change year-on-year +2.20% +47.63% -7.78%

All General Skills
North West

Digital Health falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring general skills in the North West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 1,790 1,112 1,468
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 56.54% 57.68% 53.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,081 675 908
10th Percentile £200 £267 £296
25th Percentile £358 £379 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £489 £500
Median % change year-on-year -7.98% -2.20% -
75th Percentile £563 £586 £588
90th Percentile £638 £683 £698
England median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 163 108 191
10th Percentile £18.00 £13.49 £12.24
25th Percentile £22.68 £19.00 £14.50
Median hourly rate £35.50 £28.75 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +23.48% +62.25% -31.85%
75th Percentile £59.38 £49.06 £36.72
90th Percentile £77.20 £76.63 £49.00
England median hourly rate £29.00 £28.75 £28.00
% change year-on-year +0.87% +2.68% -20.00%

Digital Health
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Digital Health relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Digital Health job vacancy trend in the North West

Digital Health
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Digital Health.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Digital Health

Digital Health
Contract Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Digital Health within the North West region over the 6 months to 16 April 2026. 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
Manchester - 1 £463 - 2
Digital Health
England

Digital Health
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Business Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector Business Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Requirements Gathering
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management