NHS Contracts in South Wales

National Health Service (NHS)
Wales > South Wales

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term NHS in contract job vacancies advertised in South Wales. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited NHS over the 6 months to 13 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
13 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 11 15 11
Rank change year-on-year +4 -4 +7
Contract jobs citing NHS 28 42 108
As % of all contract jobs advertised in South Wales 9.03% 8.32% 12.50%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 23.53% 20.19% 35.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 34 83
10th Percentile £211 £160 £188
25th Percentile £413 £180 £338
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £220 £420
Median % change year-on-year +98.86% -47.62% +17.89%
75th Percentile £523 £473 £469
90th Percentile £531 £489 £539
Wales median daily rate £438 £205 £420
% change year-on-year +113.41% -51.19% +20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 10
10th Percentile - £12.54 -
25th Percentile - £12.59 £11.15
Median hourly rate - £15.13 £12.31
Median % change year-on-year - +22.92% -17.28%
75th Percentile - £16.90 £16.78
90th Percentile - £17.61 £17.25
Wales median hourly rate - £15.13 £12.31
% change year-on-year - +22.92% -5.35%

All Generic Skills
South Wales

NHS is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in South Wales with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 119 208 303
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales 38.39% 41.19% 35.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 83 149 216
10th Percentile £160 £178 £222
25th Percentile £409 £275 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +5.56% +5.88%
75th Percentile £545 £550 £539
90th Percentile £574 £615 £638
Wales median daily rate £500 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +11.11% - +3.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 8 12
10th Percentile £18.78 £12.59 -
25th Percentile £29.31 £14.78 £11.15
Median hourly rate £48.75 £18.10 £14.18
Median % change year-on-year +169.34% +27.64% -14.06%
75th Percentile £68.31 £21.24 £17.25
90th Percentile £78.93 £32.93 £19.64
Wales median hourly rate £13.50 £17.03 £15.00
% change year-on-year -20.73% +13.53% -4.76%

NHS
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

Job postings citing NHS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in South Wales.

Job vacancy trend for NHS in South Wales

NHS
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in South Wales

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing NHS in South Wales.

Daily rate trend for NHS in South Wales

NHS
Daily Rate Histogram in South Wales

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing NHS in South Wales over the 6 months to 13 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for NHS in South Wales

NHS
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in South Wales

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing NHS in South Wales.

Hourly rate trend for NHS in South Wales

NHS
Contract Job Locations in South Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing NHS within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 13 May 2024. 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
Cardiff +6 28 £438 +16.67% 19
NHS
Wales

NHS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Wales by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 5 (17.86%) Apache
Applications
1 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 7 (25.00%) Azure
2 6 (21.43%) Azure AKS
2 6 (21.43%) Entra ID
3 1 (3.57%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (3.57%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (7.14%) SQL Server
2 1 (3.57%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (3.57%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (3.57%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
1 1 (3.57%) Team Foundation Server
1 1 (3.57%) tSQLt
1 1 (3.57%) Visual Studio
General
1 1 (3.57%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (3.57%) Public Sector
1 1 (3.57%) Social Skills
1 1 (3.57%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 6 (21.43%) Developer
2 4 (14.29%) .NET Developer
2 4 (14.29%) WSO2 Engineer
3 3 (10.71%) Integration Engineer
3 3 (10.71%) React Developer
4 2 (7.14%) Analyst
4 2 (7.14%) Azure Engineer
4 2 (7.14%) Full Stack .NET Developer
4 2 (7.14%) Full Stack Developer
5 1 (3.57%) Agile Project Manager
5 1 (3.57%) Business Analyst
5 1 (3.57%) Clinical Coder
5 1 (3.57%) Project Manager
5 1 (3.57%) Senior Developer
5 1 (3.57%) Senior Software Developer
5 1 (3.57%) Senior SQL Developer
5 1 (3.57%) Software Developer
5 1 (3.57%) Software Engineer
5 1 (3.57%) SQL Developer
5 1 (3.57%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (25.00%) FHIR
2 6 (21.43%) Keycloak
3 5 (17.86%) .NET
3 5 (17.86%) OAuth
3 5 (17.86%) OAuth2
3 5 (17.86%) SAML
4 3 (10.71%) React
5 2 (7.14%) CSS
5 2 (7.14%) HTML
5 2 (7.14%) XML
6 1 (3.57%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 11 (39.29%) Public Cloud
2 1 (3.57%) Clustering
2 1 (3.57%) Management Information System
2 1 (3.57%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.57%) Windows
1 1 (3.57%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (21.43%) API Management
2 4 (14.29%) Agile
3 3 (10.71%) User Experience
4 2 (7.14%) Conflict Resolution
4 2 (7.14%) Data Mapping
4 2 (7.14%) Data Migration
4 2 (7.14%) Full Stack Development
4 2 (7.14%) Migration
4 2 (7.14%) PRINCE2
4 2 (7.14%) Project Management
4 2 (7.14%) Scrum
4 2 (7.14%) Software Engineering
4 2 (7.14%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (3.57%) Business Analysis
5 1 (3.57%) Informatics
5 1 (3.57%) Requirements Analysis
5 1 (3.57%) Software Testing
5 1 (3.57%) Test Management
5 1 (3.57%) UML
5 1 (3.57%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (7.14%) C#
1 2 (7.14%) JavaScript
1 2 (7.14%) SQL
2 1 (3.57%) PowerShell
2 1 (3.57%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (3.57%) Degree
1 1 (3.57%) ISEB
1 1 (3.57%) ISTQB
1 1 (3.57%) PMI Certification
1 1 (3.57%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (21.43%) HL7
System Software
1 12 (42.86%) Docker
Systems Management
1 9 (32.14%) Single Sign-On
2 6 (21.43%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 6 (21.43%) Microsoft
1 6 (21.43%) WSO2
2 1 (3.57%) RedGate