NHS Contract Job Trends in Tyne and Wear

National Health Service (NHS)
North East > Tyne and Wear

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term NHS in contract job vacancies in Tyne and Wear. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited NHS over the 6 months leading up to 14 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 37 32 26
Rank change year-on-year -5 -6 +37
Contract jobs citing NHS 2 1 2
As % of all contract jobs in Tyne and Wear 0.77% 0.49% 1.22%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.67% 1.37% 4.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £162
25th Percentile £375 - £196
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 - £258
Median % change year-on-year - - -8.04%
75th Percentile £425 - £326
90th Percentile - - £363
North East median daily rate £400 - £375
% change year-on-year - - +36.36%

All Generic Skills
Tyne and Wear

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 Tyne and Wear.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 75 73 50
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear 28.85% 35.44% 30.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 25 33
10th Percentile £161 £311 £166
25th Percentile £175 £400 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £425 £450
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -5.56% -14.69%
75th Percentile £545 £588 £588
90th Percentile £600 £703 £691
North East median daily rate £438 £425 £419
% change year-on-year +2.94% +1.37% -20.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 3
10th Percentile £14.69 - £16.65
25th Percentile £16.67 £18.00 £22.13
Median hourly rate £19.97 £19.00 £32.00
Median % change year-on-year +5.11% -40.63% -
75th Percentile £35.99 £20.00 £32.88
90th Percentile £45.59 - £33.40
North East median hourly rate £16.73 £32.59 £32.00
% change year-on-year -48.67% +1.84% -

NHS
Job Vacancy Trend in Tyne and Wear

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

NHS job vacancy trend in Tyne and Wear

NHS
Daily Rate Trend in Tyne and Wear

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing NHS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing NHS

NHS
Hourly Rate Trend in Tyne and Wear

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing NHS.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing NHS

NHS
Contract Job Locations in Tyne and Wear

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing NHS within the Tyne and Wear region over the 6 months to 14 October 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Newcastle upon Tyne -8 2 £400 - 5
NHS
North East

NHS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Tyne and Wear 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 (50.00%) Relational Database
General
1 2 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Administrator
1 1 (50.00%) Data Administrator
1 1 (50.00%) Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Report Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) LIMS
1 1 (50.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Actionable Insight
1 1 (50.00%) Data Governance
1 1 (50.00%) Process Improvement
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (50.00%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Data Quality
1 1 (50.00%) QA