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 19 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 16 - 17
Rank change year-on-year - - +9
Contract jobs citing NHS 5 0 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in North Yorkshire 5.26% - 4.88%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 20.00% - 21.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 4
10th Percentile - - £140
25th Percentile £140 - £142
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £155 - £150
Median % change year-on-year - - -37.50%
75th Percentile £158 - £186
90th Percentile - - £243
Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £495 £500
% change year-on-year +1.01% -1.00% +8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
Median hourly rate - - £22.00
Yorkshire median hourly rate £21.30 £16.72 £19.82
% change year-on-year +27.39% -15.64% +4.55%

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 46 38
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in North Yorkshire 26.32% 31.72% 23.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 21 26
10th Percentile £141 £180 £150
25th Percentile £153 £313 £281
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £180 £700 £408
Median % change year-on-year -74.29% +71.78% +5.16%
75th Percentile £605 £850 £573
90th Percentile £619 - £713
Yorkshire median daily rate £486 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -5.12% +2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 5
10th Percentile - - £17.50
25th Percentile £15.55 - -
Median hourly rate £17.03 - £22.00
Median % change year-on-year - - +2.33%
75th Percentile £18.51 - -
90th Percentile - - £35.20
Yorkshire median hourly rate £15.55 £15.17 £21.41
% change year-on-year +2.50% -29.13% +12.66%

NHS
Job Vacancy Trend in North Yorkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for NHS 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 19 September 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
Harrogate - 5 £155 - 3
NHS
Yorkshire

NHS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in North Yorkshire 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (60.00%) Electronic Patient Records
General
1 2 (40.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Analyst
1 2 (40.00%) IT Analyst
1 2 (40.00%) Service Analyst
1 2 (40.00%) Service Desk Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Administrator
2 1 (20.00%) Tester
2 1 (20.00%) Trainer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Smartcard
2 1 (20.00%) e-Learning
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) ITIL
1 2 (40.00%) Service Management
2 1 (20.00%) Software Testing
2 1 (20.00%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) ITIL Certification
System Software
1 2 (40.00%) Active Directory