NHS Contracts in Reading

National Health Service (NHS)
Berkshire > Reading

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term NHS in contract job vacancies advertised in Reading. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited NHS over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 97 83 87
Rank change year-on-year -14 +4 -26
Contract jobs citing NHS 4 5 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 0.34% 0.49% 0.97%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.29% 1.55% 3.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 5 13
10th Percentile - £226 £155
25th Percentile £463 £245 £189
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £325 £453
Median % change year-on-year +46.15% -28.18% +42.52%
75th Percentile £506 £375 £469
90th Percentile £518 £447 -
Berkshire median daily rate £475 £288 £453
% change year-on-year +65.22% -36.46% +48.97%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £17.60 - -
Berkshire median hourly rate £17.60 - -

All Generic Skills
Reading

NHS is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Reading with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 310 323 402
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 26.45% 31.85% 29.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 191 223 256
10th Percentile £205 £363 £261
25th Percentile £299 £463 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.00% +10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £608 £656 £625
90th Percentile £650 £721 £675
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £515 £500
% change year-on-year -2.91% +3.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 9 1
10th Percentile £42.31 £45.70 -
25th Percentile £52.90 £63.14 £25.50
Median hourly rate £60.89 £70.00 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -13.01% +169.23% -40.23%
75th Percentile £63.29 £79.19 £26.50
90th Percentile £69.62 - -
Berkshire median hourly rate £42.50 £64.68 £21.97
% change year-on-year -34.29% +194.38% -36.32%

NHS
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Job vacancy trend for NHS in Reading

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Reading

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing NHS in Reading.

Daily rate trend for NHS in Reading

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing NHS in Reading.

Hourly rate trend for NHS in Reading

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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:

Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) Power Automate
1 2 (50.00%) Power Platform
General
1 2 (50.00%) Local Government
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Applications Developer
1 2 (50.00%) Developer
1 2 (50.00%) Power Apps Developer
1 2 (50.00%) Senior
1 2 (50.00%) Senior Applications Developer
1 2 (50.00%) Senior Developer
1 2 (50.00%) Senior Power Apps Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Service Desk Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Service Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Life Science
1 1 (25.00%) Smartphone
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Qualitative Research
1 2 (50.00%) Quantitative Research
2 1 (25.00%) Agile
2 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (25.00%) Software Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (25.00%) Test Management
2 1 (25.00%) Test Strategy
2 1 (25.00%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
1 1 (25.00%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) HL7
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft