NHS Contracts in the North West

National Health Service (NHS)
England > North West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term NHS in contract job vacancies advertised in the North West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited NHS over the 6 months to 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 94 113 52
Rank change year-on-year +19 -61 -22
Contract jobs citing NHS 39 43 164
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 1.45% 1.40% 4.03%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 5.65% 4.28% 11.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 25 130
10th Percentile £246 £158 £162
25th Percentile £297 £294 £226
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £400 £300
Median % change year-on-year - +33.33% +14.29%
75th Percentile £655 £540 £400
90th Percentile £713 £740 £489
England median daily rate £315 £305 £325
% change year-on-year +3.28% -6.15% +3.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 9 9
10th Percentile £11.25 £16.68 £12.48
25th Percentile £13.06 - £20.00
Median hourly rate £16.17 £16.85 £21.78
Median % change year-on-year -4.04% -22.64% +11.69%
75th Percentile £44.74 £26.00 -
90th Percentile - - £28.32
England median hourly rate £14.83 £21.00 £20.68
% change year-on-year -29.39% +1.57% +18.14%

All Generic Skills
North West

NHS is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 690 1,004 1,426
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 25.61% 32.76% 35.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 450 654 1,088
10th Percentile £287 £304 £213
25th Percentile £413 £400 £360
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £493 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -1.40% +5.26% +18.75%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £588
90th Percentile £676 £675 £675
England median daily rate £550 £570 £550
% change year-on-year -3.51% +3.64% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 75 43 58
10th Percentile £13.00 £16.67 £11.68
25th Percentile £15.00 £20.74 £14.06
Median hourly rate £25.25 £27.98 £19.25
Median % change year-on-year -9.76% +45.35% +7.54%
75th Percentile £40.63 £65.88 £28.56
90th Percentile £57.50 £70.00 £60.63
England median hourly rate £35.50 £22.21 £26.50
% change year-on-year +59.87% -16.21% +3.92%

NHS
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing NHS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for NHS in the North West

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing NHS in the North West.

Daily rate trend for NHS in the North West

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Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing NHS in the North West over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for NHS in the North West

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing NHS in the North West.

Hourly rate trend for NHS in the North West

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the North West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing NHS in the North West over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for NHS in the North West

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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 NHS within the North West region over the 6 months to 28 May 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
Lancashire +14 10 £650 +62.50% 20
Manchester +5 10 £700 +59.09% 58
Merseyside +11 4 £450 +246.15% 25
Cheshire +6 4 £311 -23.21% 15
Cumbria - 4 £500 - 14
NHS
England

NHS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 (7.69%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (12.82%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (5.13%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (2.56%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (2.56%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (2.56%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 4 (10.26%) Microsoft 365
1 4 (10.26%) Power Platform
2 2 (5.13%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 3 (7.69%) DHCP
1 3 (7.69%) DNS
2 2 (5.13%) SAN
3 1 (2.56%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (12.82%) Electronic Patient Records
2 4 (10.26%) Power BI
3 1 (2.56%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (2.56%) SQL Server
General
1 8 (20.51%) Social Skills
2 7 (17.95%) Public Sector
3 6 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (12.82%) Finance
5 3 (7.69%) Digital Healthcare
5 3 (7.69%) Local Government
6 2 (5.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (2.56%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (2.56%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (25.64%) Senior
2 6 (15.38%) Architect
3 5 (12.82%) Analyst
4 4 (10.26%) Developer
4 4 (10.26%) Information Analyst
4 4 (10.26%) Programme Manager
4 4 (10.26%) Senior Analyst
4 4 (10.26%) Senior Information Analyst
4 4 (10.26%) Software Developer
5 3 (7.69%) IT Engineer
5 3 (7.69%) Senior Manager
5 3 (7.69%) Senior Programme Manager
5 3 (7.69%) Solutions Architect
5 3 (7.69%) Systems Architect
6 2 (5.13%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 2 (5.13%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
6 2 (5.13%) Project Assistant
6 2 (5.13%) Project Management Assistant
6 2 (5.13%) Support Officer
7 1 (2.56%) IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.13%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 4 (10.26%) Management Information System
2 3 (7.69%) Onboarding
3 2 (5.13%) Virtual Team
4 1 (2.56%) Data Structures
4 1 (2.56%) e-Learning
4 1 (2.56%) LIMS
4 1 (2.56%) Smartphone
4 1 (2.56%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.56%) Windows
1 1 (2.56%) Windows 10
1 1 (2.56%) Windows Server
1 1 (2.56%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (12.82%) Agile
2 5 (12.82%) PRINCE2
3 4 (10.26%) Business Intelligence
3 4 (10.26%) Information Management
3 4 (10.26%) Project Delivery
3 4 (10.26%) Project Management
3 4 (10.26%) Risk Register
3 4 (10.26%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (7.69%) Conflict Management
4 3 (7.69%) Document Management
4 3 (7.69%) Line Management
4 3 (7.69%) Mathematics
4 3 (7.69%) Performance Management
4 3 (7.69%) Performance Monitoring
4 3 (7.69%) Process Improvement
4 3 (7.69%) Programme Governance
4 3 (7.69%) Stakeholder Identification
4 3 (7.69%) Technical Leadership
4 3 (7.69%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 4 (10.26%) SQL
2 1 (2.56%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 5 (12.82%) Degree
2 4 (10.26%) Security Cleared
3 3 (7.69%) Numerate Degree
3 3 (7.69%) SC Cleared
4 2 (5.13%) APMG
4 2 (5.13%) PMI Certification
4 2 (5.13%) PMP
5 1 (2.56%) CIPD
5 1 (2.56%) CISA
5 1 (2.56%) CISM
5 1 (2.56%) CISSP
5 1 (2.56%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (10.26%) HL7
2 3 (7.69%) Data Quality
3 1 (2.56%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 4 (10.26%) Active Directory
2 2 (5.13%) Hyper-V
2 2 (5.13%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (5.13%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (5.13%) SCCM
1 2 (5.13%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 7 (17.95%) Microsoft
2 2 (5.13%) Citrix
2 2 (5.13%) VMware
3 1 (2.56%) Adobe