NHS Contract Job Trends in Northern Ireland

National Health Service (NHS)
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term NHS in contract job vacancies in Northern Ireland. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited NHS over the 6 months leading up to 14 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 40 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing NHS 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Northern Ireland 0.40% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.16% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
UK median daily rate £450 £350 £306
% change year-on-year +28.57% +14.38% -5.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £12.31 - -
UK median hourly rate £18.63 £23.99 £20.00
% change year-on-year -22.36% +19.95% +13.90%

All Generic Skills
Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 86 50 51
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 34.26% 26.74% 30.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 16 31
10th Percentile £303 £138 £135
25th Percentile £363 £155 £255
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £344 £400
Median % change year-on-year +52.73% -14.06% -20.00%
75th Percentile £606 £488 £523
90th Percentile £622 £556 £638
UK median daily rate £518 £529 £550
% change year-on-year -2.13% -3.86% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 3 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £12.31 £21.19 -
Median hourly rate £15.05 £22.56 -
Median % change year-on-year -33.29% - -
75th Percentile £15.33 £23.94 -
90th Percentile £16.14 - -
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £46.18 £45.00
% change year-on-year -40.45% +2.62% +73.08%

NHS
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

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

NHS job vacancy trend in Northern Ireland

NHS
Daily Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing NHS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing NHS

NHS
Contract Job Locations in Northern Ireland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing NHS within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 14 October 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
County Antrim - 1 - - 1
NHS
UK

NHS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Administrator
1 1 (100.00%) Help Desk Administrator
1 1 (100.00%) Help Desk Support
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service