NHS Contract Job Trends in Surrey

National Health Service (NHS)
South East > Surrey

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term NHS in contract job vacancies in Surrey. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited NHS over the 6 months leading up to 7 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 55 28 44
Rank change year-on-year -27 +16 +17
Contract jobs citing NHS 1 11 11
As % of all contract jobs in Surrey 0.19% 3.67% 1.85%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.70% 12.22% 8.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 10 9
10th Percentile - £175 £212
25th Percentile £281 - £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £288 £195 £370
Median % change year-on-year +47.44% -47.30% +66.67%
75th Percentile £294 £273 £388
90th Percentile - £334 £436
South East median daily rate £400 £275 £205
% change year-on-year +45.45% +34.15% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £12.27
Median hourly rate - - £12.54
75th Percentile - - £12.80
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £55.00 £14.08 £26.55
% change year-on-year +290.76% -46.99% -29.18%

All Generic Skills
Surrey

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 Surrey.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 143 90 132
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Surrey 27.50% 30.00% 22.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 102 59 92
10th Percentile £204 £153 £278
25th Percentile £352 £195 £401
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £290 £500
Median % change year-on-year +63.79% -42.00% -2.91%
75th Percentile £563 £513 £658
90th Percentile £661 £657 £738
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -2.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 14 20
10th Percentile £50.00 £22.13 £11.59
25th Percentile £66.25 £24.18 £11.71
Median hourly rate £68.75 £26.08 £12.77
Median % change year-on-year +163.61% +104.27% -79.97%
75th Percentile £77.39 £47.63 £35.94
90th Percentile £85.40 £70.98 £68.75
South East median hourly rate £70.00 £48.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year +45.83% +1.05% -5.00%

NHS
Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing NHS relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Surrey.

NHS job vacancy trend in Surrey

NHS
Daily Rate Trend in Surrey

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing NHS

NHS
Hourly Rate Trend in Surrey

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing NHS

NHS
Contract Job Locations in Surrey

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing NHS within the Surrey region over the 6 months to 7 May 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
Cobham - 1 £288 -
NHS
South East

NHS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Surrey 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) SystmOne
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) SystmOne Specialist