NHS Contract Job Trends in Northamptonshire

National Health Service (NHS)
East Midlands > Northamptonshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term NHS in contract job vacancies in Northamptonshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited NHS over the 6 months leading up to 4 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 47 - 30
Rank change year-on-year - - +10
Contract jobs citing NHS 1 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in Northamptonshire 0.33% - 1.09%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.72% - 6.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £374
25th Percentile - - £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 - £389
Median % change year-on-year - - +114.95%
75th Percentile - - £400
90th Percentile - - £401
East Midlands median daily rate £375 £725 £389
% change year-on-year -48.28% +86.50% +72.78%

All Generic Skills
Northamptonshire

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 Northamptonshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 139 53 30
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northamptonshire 45.42% 22.65% 16.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 120 37 25
10th Percentile £331 £356 £198
25th Percentile £358 £406 £373
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £415 £450 £445
Median % change year-on-year -7.78% +1.12% -
75th Percentile £483 £500 £488
90th Percentile £550 £575 £523
East Midlands median daily rate £437 £450 £475
% change year-on-year -2.89% -5.26% +3.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £20.82
Median hourly rate £21.39 - £22.28
Median % change year-on-year - - +25.71%
75th Percentile - - £23.73
90th Percentile - - -
East Midlands median hourly rate £21.39 £50.00 £21.00
% change year-on-year -57.22% +138.10% +19.59%

NHS
Job Vacancy Trend in Northamptonshire

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

NHS job vacancy trend in Northamptonshire

NHS
Daily Rate Trend in Northamptonshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Northamptonshire citing NHS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Northamptonshire citing NHS

NHS
Hourly Rate Trend in Northamptonshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Northamptonshire citing NHS.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Northamptonshire citing NHS

NHS
Contract Job Locations in Northamptonshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing NHS within the Northamptonshire region over the 6 months to 4 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
Northampton - 1 £400 - 3
NHS
East Midlands

NHS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northamptonshire 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%) Local Government
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Security Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Security Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) ISMS
1 1 (100.00%) Security Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CISM
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001