FHIR Contract Job Trends in the South West

Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR)
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South West requiring FHIR skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 132 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing FHIR 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 0.044% - -
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.30% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £222 - -
England median daily rate £500 £281 £600
% change year-on-year +77.78% -53.13% +3.45%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
South West

FHIR falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in the South West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 334 416 527
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 14.57% 18.79% 17.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 211 240 382
10th Percentile £350 £383 £325
25th Percentile £419 £450 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £616 £650 £650
90th Percentile £700 £734 £720
England median daily rate £508 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -7.73% - -4.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 26 44
10th Percentile £61.80 £61.88 £48.32
25th Percentile - - £48.72
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £51.89
Median % change year-on-year - +25.26% -20.17%
75th Percentile £68.00 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £76.40 £74.00 £75.60
England median hourly rate £56.90 £65.00 £53.50
% change year-on-year -12.46% +21.50% -17.69%

FHIR
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

FHIR job vacancy trend in the South West

FHIR
Daily Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing FHIR.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing FHIR

FHIR
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 1 (100.00%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (100.00%) Marketing
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Developer Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Integration Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Integration Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) ODBC
1 1 (100.00%) Web Services
1 1 (100.00%) XML
1 1 (100.00%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Budget Management
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Change Control
1 1 (100.00%) Data Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Marketing
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Programme Management
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) PL/SQL
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) Tcl
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) DICOM
1 1 (100.00%) HL7
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) SAP