NHS Contract Job Trends in the Scottish Borders

National Health Service (NHS)
Scotland > Scottish Borders

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term NHS in contract job vacancies in the Scottish Borders. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited NHS over the 6 months leading up to 2 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank - 3 -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing NHS 0 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in the Scottish Borders - 33.33% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category - 50.00% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £475 -
Scotland median daily rate £330 £475 £315
% change year-on-year -30.53% +50.79% -25.88%

All Generic Skills
Scottish Borders

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 the Scottish Borders.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 0 2 0
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Scottish Borders - 66.67% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £475 -
Scotland median daily rate £450 £450 £500
% change year-on-year - -10.00% +4.17%

NHS
Job Vacancy Trend in the Scottish Borders

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

NHS job vacancy trend in the Scottish Borders

NHS
Daily Rate Trend in the Scottish Borders

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Scottish Borders citing NHS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Scottish Borders citing NHS