Digital Health Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Digital Health
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Digital Health in contract job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Digital Health over the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 379 343 403
Rank change year-on-year -36 +60 +74
Contract jobs citing Digital Health 19 5 2
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.10% 0.034% 0.010%
As % of the General category 0.18% 0.057% 0.019%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 3 1
10th Percentile £214 £258 -
25th Percentile £298 £265 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £338 £280 £190
Median % change year-on-year +20.80% +47.37% -17.39%
75th Percentile £492 £416 -
90th Percentile £553 £497 -
UK median daily rate £339 £403 £358
% change year-on-year -15.78% +12.59% -15.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £17.78 - -
25th Percentile £19.19 - -
Median hourly rate £22.17 - -
75th Percentile £25.77 - -
90th Percentile £27.56 - -
UK median hourly rate £22.17 - -

All General Skills
UK excluding London

Digital Health falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring general skills in the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 10,580 8,740 10,798
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 57.76% 60.07% 55.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,520 4,947 6,769
10th Percentile £204 £210 £210
25th Percentile £363 £358 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £488 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.56% -2.50% -
75th Percentile £575 £588 £600
90th Percentile £675 £685 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -4.76% -3.58% -1.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,139 533 909
10th Percentile £13.50 £15.38 £14.00
25th Percentile £16.00 £18.03 £15.75
Median hourly rate £22.00 £26.12 £30.50
Median % change year-on-year -15.77% -14.36% +38.64%
75th Percentile £45.00 £55.25 £57.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £71.25 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £23.58 £27.39 £33.00
% change year-on-year -13.91% -17.02% +32.00%

Digital Health
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Digital Health relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Digital Health job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Digital Health
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Digital Health.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Digital Health

Digital Health
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Digital Health in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Digital Health in the UK excluding London

Digital Health
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Digital Health.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Digital Health

Digital Health
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Digital Health within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 1 January 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
East of England -9 9 £329 +22.90% 2
North of England -49 6 £500 -9.09% 11
Yorkshire -48 5 £525 -4.55% 10
South East - 2 £575 - 5
Wales - 2 £214 -
North West - 1 £463 - 1
Digital Health
UK

Digital Health
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (5.26%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (5.26%) Azure
1 1 (5.26%) Miro
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (31.58%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 1 (5.26%) JIRA
General
1 14 (73.68%) Public Sector
2 11 (57.89%) Social Skills
3 7 (36.84%) Finance
4 3 (15.79%) Health Technology
5 2 (10.53%) Electronics
5 2 (10.53%) Manufacturing
5 2 (10.53%) Marketing
5 2 (10.53%) Telecoms
5 2 (10.53%) Welsh Language
6 1 (5.26%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (5.26%) Digital Healthcare
6 1 (5.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (5.26%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (5.26%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 5 (26.32%) Procurement Specialist
2 3 (15.79%) Product Manager
3 2 (10.53%) Analyst
3 2 (10.53%) Business Analyst
3 2 (10.53%) Principal Project Manager
3 2 (10.53%) Project Manager
3 2 (10.53%) Support Engineer
4 1 (5.26%) Architect
4 1 (5.26%) Communications Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Consultant
4 1 (5.26%) Data Manager
4 1 (5.26%) IT Engineer
4 1 (5.26%) Lead
4 1 (5.26%) Public Sector Business Analyst
4 1 (5.26%) Senior
4 1 (5.26%) Senior Analyst
4 1 (5.26%) Senior Business Analyst
4 1 (5.26%) Solutions Architect
4 1 (5.26%) Systems Engineer
4 1 (5.26%) Systems Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (10.53%) FHIR
Miscellaneous
1 9 (47.37%) NHS
2 3 (15.79%) Product Ownership
3 2 (10.53%) PMI
3 2 (10.53%) Public Cloud
4 1 (5.26%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (5.26%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.26%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (63.16%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 8 (42.11%) Agile
2 8 (42.11%) Continuous Improvement
2 8 (42.11%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 5 (26.32%) Contract Management
4 4 (21.05%) Product Roadmap
4 4 (21.05%) Project Management
4 4 (21.05%) Roadmaps
5 3 (15.79%) Backlog Prioritisation
5 3 (15.79%) Cost Control
5 3 (15.79%) Product Backlog
5 3 (15.79%) Product Vision
5 3 (15.79%) Programme Governance
5 3 (15.79%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
6 2 (10.53%) Business Case
6 2 (10.53%) Collaborative Working
6 2 (10.53%) Contract Negotiation
6 2 (10.53%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (10.53%) Project Delivery
6 2 (10.53%) Technology Transformation
Qualifications
1 3 (15.79%) Degree
2 2 (10.53%) Master's Degree
2 2 (10.53%) PMI Certification
3 1 (5.26%) HND
3 1 (5.26%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (10.53%) QA
2 1 (5.26%) GDPR
2 1 (5.26%) HL7
2 1 (5.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (5.26%) SNOMED CT
Vendors
1 2 (10.53%) SAP
2 1 (5.26%) Brio
2 1 (5.26%) Microsoft