Electronic Prescribing (e-Prescribing)
UK
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring ePrescribing skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited ePrescribing over the 6 months leading up to 11 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 11 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 578 | 676 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | +98 | +110 |
| Contract jobs citing ePrescribing | 0 | 4 | 27 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | - | 0.009% | 0.047% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | - | 0.011% | 0.052% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | £400 | £150 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +166.67% | -65.71% |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | - | £400 | - |
All Process and Methodology Skills
UK
ePrescribing falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 26,789 | 37,090 | 51,996 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 90.94% | 86.26% | 89.82% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 17,213 | 23,884 | 36,030 |
| 10th Percentile | £306 | £300 | £325 |
| 25th Percentile | £411 | £413 | £438 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £520 | £525 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -0.95% | -4.55% | +3.77% |
| 75th Percentile | £630 | £638 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £745 | £750 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £479 | £500 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.20% | - | +5.26% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1,097 | 2,438 | 1,721 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.20 | £12.75 | £11.00 |
| 25th Percentile | £18.22 | £16.00 | £16.13 |
| Median hourly rate | £28.41 | £36.50 | £36.25 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -22.16% | +0.69% | +41.16% |
| 75th Percentile | £60.00 | £60.00 | £65.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £75.00 | £72.50 | £75.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £26.34 | £38.06 | £35.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -30.81% | +8.74% | +75.00% |
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Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing ePrescribing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing ePrescribing.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing ePrescribing.