NHS Contracts in Staffordshire

National Health Service (NHS)
West Midlands > Staffordshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term NHS in contract job vacancies in Staffordshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited NHS over the 6 months leading up to 26 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 14 - 28
Rank change year-on-year - - -3
DemandTrendContract jobs citing NHS 2 0 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Staffordshire 3.23% - 0.51%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 8.00% - 2.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £365 - -
25th Percentile £388 - £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 - £275
Median % change year-on-year - - -40.54%
75th Percentile £463 - £288
90th Percentile £485 - -
West Midlands median daily rate £287 £500 £275
% change year-on-year -42.60% +81.82% -25.68%

All Generic Skills
Staffordshire

NHS 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 Staffordshire.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 25 33 47
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Staffordshire 40.32% 25.38% 23.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 16 35
10th Percentile - - £400
25th Percentile £140 £125 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £215 £510
Median % change year-on-year +62.79% -57.84% +11.72%
75th Percentile £488 £438 £550
90th Percentile £568 £569 £645
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £550 £523
% change year-on-year -9.09% +5.26% +4.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 4 6
10th Percentile - - £24.63
25th Percentile £29.00 £15.13 £26.25
Median hourly rate £30.00 £24.92 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +20.41% -9.40% -
75th Percentile £31.00 £37.64 £28.75
90th Percentile - £44.30 -
West Midlands median hourly rate £33.91 £30.88 £27.50
% change year-on-year +9.83% +12.27% +44.74%

NHS
Job Vacancy Trend in Staffordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for NHS in Staffordshire

NHS
Daily Rate Trend in Staffordshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Staffordshire citing NHS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Staffordshire citing NHS

NHS
Daily Rate Histogram in Staffordshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing NHS in Staffordshire over the 6 months to 26 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for NHS in Staffordshire

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Hourly Rate Trend in Staffordshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Staffordshire citing NHS.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Staffordshire citing NHS

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DemandTrendContract Job Locations in Staffordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing NHS within the Staffordshire region over the 6 months to 26 August 2025. 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Stoke-on-Trent - 2 £425 - 1
NHS
West Midlands

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Staffordshire 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) LAN
1 1 (50.00%) VoIP
General
1 2 (100.00%) Legal
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Network Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Project Manager
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (50.00%) Operational Stability
2 1 (50.00%) PRINCE2
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Resource Allocation
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) Service Delivery
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco