Digital Health Contract Job Trends in the South West

Digital Health
England > South West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Digital Health in contract job vacancies in the South West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Digital Health over the 6 months leading up to 22 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 139 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Digital Health 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 0.068% - -
As % of the General category 0.15% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
England median daily rate £500 £499 £338
% change year-on-year +0.20% +47.63% -24.89%

All General Skills
South West

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 West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 1,358 950 1,602
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 45.89% 55.78% 50.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 746 592 985
10th Percentile £263 £215 £250
25th Percentile £406 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £511 £516 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.07% -1.67% -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £613 £646
90th Percentile £738 £688 £713
England median daily rate £500 £525 £533
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.50% -3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 180 51 256
10th Percentile £14.86 £18.51 £13.69
25th Percentile £17.69 £33.00 £17.07
Median hourly rate £32.75 £62.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -47.60% +56.25% -34.96%
75th Percentile £63.75 £68.38 £57.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £74.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £31.35 £26.00
% change year-on-year -19.76% +20.56% -25.71%

Digital Health
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Digital Health job vacancy trend in the South West

Digital Health
Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 West region over the 6 months to 22 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
Cornwall - 2 - -
Digital Health
England

Digital Health
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Electronic Patient Records
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Digital Project Manager
1 2 (100.00%) EPR Project Manager
1 2 (100.00%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) NHS