NHS Contract Job Trends in North Yorkshire

National Health Service (NHS)
Yorkshire > North Yorkshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term NHS in contract job vacancies in North Yorkshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited NHS over the 6 months leading up to 2 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 20 17
Rank change year-on-year +5 -3 +6
Contract jobs citing NHS 4 1 8
As % of all contract jobs in North Yorkshire 3.81% 1.10% 5.41%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 16.00% 2.94% 20.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 4
10th Percentile £144 - £193
25th Percentile £149 - £249
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £155 £550 £285
Median % change year-on-year -71.82% +92.98% +96.55%
75th Percentile £158 - £295
90th Percentile - - -
Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £450 £405
% change year-on-year +11.11% +11.11% -22.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
Median hourly rate - - £22.00
Yorkshire median hourly rate £21.30 - £19.17
% change year-on-year - - -11.85%

All Generic Skills
North Yorkshire

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 North Yorkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 25 34 39
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in North Yorkshire 23.81% 37.36% 26.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 16 25
10th Percentile £153 £170 £165
25th Percentile £204 £272 £280
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £350 £415
Median % change year-on-year +28.57% -15.66% +18.57%
75th Percentile £619 £531 £538
90th Percentile - £550 £605
Yorkshire median daily rate £492 £488 £450
% change year-on-year +0.92% +8.33% -14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 8
10th Percentile - - £15.73
25th Percentile £15.55 - £16.25
Median hourly rate £32.53 - £19.75
Median % change year-on-year - - -9.20%
75th Percentile £51.63 - £22.00
90th Percentile £55.00 - £28.60
Yorkshire median hourly rate £21.30 £37.50 £19.17
% change year-on-year -43.20% +95.59% +46.61%

NHS
Job Vacancy Trend in North Yorkshire

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

NHS job vacancy trend in North Yorkshire

NHS
Daily Rate Trend in North Yorkshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in North Yorkshire citing NHS

NHS
Hourly Rate Trend in North Yorkshire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in North Yorkshire citing NHS

NHS
Contract Job Locations in North Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 2 January 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
Harrogate - 4 £155 -
NHS
Yorkshire

NHS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in North Yorkshire 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 3 (75.00%) Electronic Patient Records
General
1 1 (25.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) Administrator
1 1 (25.00%) Analyst
1 1 (25.00%) IT Analyst
1 1 (25.00%) Service Analyst
1 1 (25.00%) Service Desk Analyst
1 1 (25.00%) Tester
1 1 (25.00%) Trainer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) e-Learning
1 1 (25.00%) Smartcard
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) ITIL
2 1 (25.00%) Service Management
2 1 (25.00%) Software Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) ITIL Certification
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Active Directory