Digital Health Contracts

Digital Health
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Digital Health in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Digital Health over the 6 months to 1 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 589 693 818
Rank change year-on-year +104 +125 -140
Contract jobs citing Digital Health 9 19 35
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.021% 0.032% 0.039%
As % of the General category 0.036% 0.055% 0.070%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 15 21
10th Percentile £208 £154 £325
25th Percentile - £207 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £338 £308 £450
Median % change year-on-year +9.74% -31.56% +20.00%
75th Percentile £538 £573 £588
90th Percentile £665 £640 £595
UK excluding London median daily rate £338 £230 £563
% change year-on-year +46.96% -59.11% +50.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £12.06 - -
25th Percentile £12.53 - -
Median hourly rate £13.75 - £31.41
75th Percentile £15.41 - -
90th Percentile £16.14 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £13.75 - £31.41

All General Skills
UK

Digital Health is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 25,308 34,807 49,748
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 58.17% 58.49% 56.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,958 24,141 34,474
10th Percentile £275 £313 £318
25th Percentile £413 £440 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £535
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +8.08%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £763 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £495 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -1.00% +5.26% +11.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,948 1,063 1,441
10th Percentile £12.78 £13.41 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.49 £18.09 £15.00
Median hourly rate £30.00 £35.00 £21.97
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +59.31% -2.36%
75th Percentile £51.91 £61.25 £46.67
90th Percentile £65.01 £72.50 £58.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.00 £30.54 £18.50
% change year-on-year -8.32% +65.08% -7.50%

Digital Health
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Digital Health as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Digital Health in the UK

Digital Health
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Digital Health.

Daily rate trend for Digital Health in the UK

Digital Health
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Digital Health over the 6 months to 1 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Digital Health in the UK

Digital Health
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Digital Health.

Hourly rate trend for Digital Health in the UK

Digital Health
Top 7 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 1 May 2024. 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
England +123 9 £338 +25.65% 32
UK excluding London +38 6 £338 +46.96% 19
East of England +4 5 £338 +46.96% 4
Work from Home +123 2 £122 -76.66% 17
London +100 2 £750 +143.51% 20
North of England +30 1 - - 2
North West +27 1 - - 2

Digital Health
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Applications
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (11.11%) Firewall
1 1 (11.11%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (22.22%) Electronic Patient Records
2 1 (11.11%) EDMS
2 1 (11.11%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Oracle APEX
General
1 5 (55.56%) Digital Healthcare
2 2 (22.22%) Social Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Health Technology
3 1 (11.11%) Military
3 1 (11.11%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Pharmaceutical
3 1 (11.11%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (22.22%) Administrator
1 2 (22.22%) Analyst
1 2 (22.22%) Business Analyst
1 2 (22.22%) Head of Digital
1 2 (22.22%) Product Owner
2 1 (11.11%) DBA
2 1 (11.11%) IT Support
2 1 (11.11%) Network Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Oracle DBA
2 1 (11.11%) Product Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) Product Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 6 (66.67%) NHS
2 2 (22.22%) Learning Management System
2 2 (22.22%) Product Ownership
3 1 (11.11%) Algorithms
3 1 (11.11%) Fibre Optics
Operating Systems
1 1 (11.11%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (22.22%) Agile
1 2 (22.22%) Backlog Management
1 2 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (22.22%) Roadmaps
1 2 (22.22%) Scrum
2 1 (11.11%) Acceptance Criteria
2 1 (11.11%) Customer Service
2 1 (11.11%) Decision-Making
2 1 (11.11%) Document Management
2 1 (11.11%) Health Informatics
2 1 (11.11%) Machine Learning
2 1 (11.11%) Market Research
2 1 (11.11%) Product Backlog
2 1 (11.11%) Product Requirements
2 1 (11.11%) Product Roadmap
2 1 (11.11%) Product Strategy
2 1 (11.11%) Product Vision
2 1 (11.11%) Project Delivery
2 1 (11.11%) Translating Business Requirements
2 1 (11.11%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 1 (11.11%) PowerShell
1 1 (11.11%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) CCNA
1 1 (11.11%) CCNP
1 1 (11.11%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 2 (22.22%) Cerner
3 1 (11.11%) Cisco
3 1 (11.11%) Oracle