Picture Archiving and Communication Systems (PACS)
England > South East
The table below looks at the prevalence of the term PACS in contract job vacancies in the South East. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited PACS over the 6 months leading up to 6 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 6 Jun 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 190 | 218 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | +28 | +27 |
| Contract jobs citing PACS | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East | - | 0.018% | 0.018% |
| As % of the Miscellaneous category | - | 0.063% | 0.053% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | £400 |
| England median daily rate | £525 | £181 | £575 |
| % change year-on-year | +189.66% | -68.48% | +41.54% |
All Generic Skills
South East
PACS 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 South East.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills | 958 | 1,589 | 1,892 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East | 32.45% | 28.15% | 33.87% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 600 | 943 | 1,286 |
| 10th Percentile | £200 | £205 | £205 |
| 25th Percentile | £350 | £364 | £363 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £495 | £500 | £510 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -1.10% | -1.96% | +2.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £588 | £610 | £630 |
| 90th Percentile | £650 | £688 | £719 |
| England median daily rate | £527 | £550 | £569 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.18% | -3.25% | +3.36% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 72 | 164 | 91 |
| 10th Percentile | £15.13 | £11.79 | £17.75 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.95 | £18.46 | £20.49 |
| Median hourly rate | £43.00 | £50.50 | £54.37 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -14.85% | -7.12% | +152.88% |
| 75th Percentile | £62.24 | £61.30 | £67.50 |
| 90th Percentile | £85.50 | £75.16 | £75.00 |
| England median hourly rate | £33.91 | £36.50 | £22.49 |
| % change year-on-year | -7.10% | +62.33% | -15.15% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in the South East
Job postings citing PACS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing PACS in the South East.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing PACS in the South East.