Digital Health Contract Job Trends in the South East

Digital Health
England > South East

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Digital Health in contract job vacancies in the South East. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Digital Health over the 6 months leading up to 2 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 187 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Digital Health 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.041% - -
As % of the General category 0.078% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 - -
England median daily rate £500 £499 £323
% change year-on-year +0.20% +54.26% -31.90%

All General Skills
South East

Digital Health falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring general skills in the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 2,580 1,842 3,024
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 52.50% 59.86% 54.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,702 1,113 1,741
10th Percentile £230 £210 £205
25th Percentile £375 £375 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year - +2.56% -2.50%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £660 £675
England median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 264 86 279
10th Percentile £13.65 £15.00 £12.81
25th Percentile £17.25 £20.00 £18.32
Median hourly rate £25.15 £34.63 £31.50
Median % change year-on-year -27.38% +9.94% -30.00%
75th Percentile £68.62 £62.24 £59.50
90th Percentile £85.33 £75.00 £67.50
England median hourly rate £23.83 £30.45 £26.00
% change year-on-year -21.76% +17.12% -18.75%

Digital Health
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Digital Health relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Digital Health job vacancy trend in the South East

Digital Health
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Digital Health.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Digital Health

Digital Health
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Digital Health within the South East region over the 6 months to 2 March 2026. 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
West Sussex - 1 - - 3
Digital Health
England

Digital Health
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Influencing Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Pharmaceutical
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Business Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Data Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Data Protection Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Actionable Insight
1 1 (50.00%) Business Strategy
1 1 (50.00%) Data Privacy
1 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (50.00%) Digital Strategy
1 1 (50.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 1 (50.00%) Information Governance
1 1 (50.00%) Information Security
1 1 (50.00%) Information Security Management
1 1 (50.00%) ISMS
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (50.00%) Project Management
1 1 (50.00%) Security Management
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (50.00%) Strategic Thinking
1 1 (50.00%) Technical Architecture
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) GDPR
1 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001