NHS Contract Job Trends in Nottinghamshire

National Health Service (NHS)
East Midlands > Nottinghamshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term NHS in contract job vacancies in Nottinghamshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited NHS over the 6 months leading up to 20 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 26 - 22
Rank change year-on-year - - +19
Contract jobs citing NHS 1 0 6
As % of all contract jobs in Nottinghamshire 0.59% - 3.31%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.75% - 14.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 6
10th Percentile - - £319
25th Percentile - - £472
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 - £625
Median % change year-on-year - - +38.89%
75th Percentile - - £638
90th Percentile - - -
East Midlands median daily rate £375 £725 £389
% change year-on-year -48.28% +86.50% +94.56%

All Generic Skills
Nottinghamshire

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 Nottinghamshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 57 61 42
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Nottinghamshire 33.53% 35.26% 23.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 32 36
10th Percentile £195 £180 £257
25th Percentile £394 £352 £359
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £488 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.62% -18.75% +9.09%
75th Percentile £550 £525 £656
90th Percentile £697 £609 £755
East Midlands median daily rate £430 £455 £475
% change year-on-year -5.49% -4.21% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 4
10th Percentile £13.07 - £15.33
25th Percentile £14.37 - £16.19
Median hourly rate £16.52 - £55.11
Median % change year-on-year - - +124.92%
75th Percentile £18.68 - £93.75
90th Percentile £19.97 - -
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 Nottinghamshire

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

NHS job vacancy trend in Nottinghamshire

NHS
Daily Rate Trend in Nottinghamshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Nottinghamshire citing NHS

NHS
Hourly Rate Trend in Nottinghamshire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Nottinghamshire citing NHS

NHS
Contract Job Locations in Nottinghamshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing NHS within the Nottinghamshire region over the 6 months to 20 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
Nottingham - 1 £300 - 11
NHS
East Midlands

NHS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Nottinghamshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (100.00%) Marketing
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) IT Manager
1 1 (100.00%) IT Project Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Project Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Conflict Resolution
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Kanban
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management