NHS Contract Job Trends in Sussex

National Health Service (NHS)
South East > Sussex

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term NHS in contract job vacancies in Sussex. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited NHS over the 6 months leading up to 29 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 5 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing NHS 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Sussex 14.29% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 60.00% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £228 - -
25th Percentile £231 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £246 - -
75th Percentile £416 - -
90th Percentile £511 - -
South East median daily rate £450 £350 £406
% change year-on-year +28.57% -13.85% +98.17%

All Generic Skills
Sussex

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 Sussex.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 5 0 3
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Sussex 23.81% - 8.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 3
10th Percentile £230 - £380
25th Percentile £236 - £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -25.93%
75th Percentile £650 - £563
90th Percentile £665 - £600
South East median daily rate £525 £500 £515
% change year-on-year +5.00% -2.91% +3.00%

NHS
Job Vacancy Trend in Sussex

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

NHS job vacancy trend in Sussex

NHS
Daily Rate Trend in Sussex

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Sussex citing NHS

NHS
Daily Rate Histogram in Sussex

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing NHS in Sussex over the 6 months to 29 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for NHS in Sussex

NHS
Hourly Rate Trend in Sussex

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Sussex citing NHS

NHS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Sussex 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) Firewall
1 2 (66.67%) LAN
1 2 (66.67%) NGFW
1 2 (66.67%) Structured Cabling
1 2 (66.67%) WAN
1 2 (66.67%) Wireless
General
1 3 (100.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Network Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Contract Management Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Driving Licence
1 2 (66.67%) IoT
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Information Security
1 2 (66.67%) ITIL
1 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Contract Management
2 1 (33.33%) Cost Management
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) JNCIP
1 2 (66.67%) JNCIS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Juniper
1 2 (66.67%) Palo Alto