Healthcare Manager Contract Job Trends

Healthcare Manager
UK

The median Healthcare Manager daily rate in the UK is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 29 August 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 560 567 652
Rank change year-on-year +7 +85 +185
Contract jobs requiring a Healthcare Manager 3 5 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.009% 0.013% 0.016%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.010% 0.014% 0.017%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 5 5
10th Percentile £492 £419 £280
25th Percentile £509 £513 £306
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +15.79% -
75th Percentile £613 £600 £538
90th Percentile £643 £683 £545
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £550 £525
% change year-on-year - +4.76% +23.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £22.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £22.00

All DemandTrendContract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 29,910 35,903 47,906
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.22% 93.02% 94.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,855 22,735 32,984
10th Percentile £280 £300 £305
25th Percentile £400 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £535
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -1.87% -1.83%
75th Percentile £620 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +1.01%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,566 1,849 1,472
10th Percentile £13.75 £14.16 £14.65
25th Percentile £17.00 £20.00 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -41.51% +1.18% +63.46%
75th Percentile £53.75 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.58 £75.00 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £43.95 £40.00
% change year-on-year -42.78% +9.88% +86.05%

Healthcare Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Healthcare Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Healthcare Manager in the UK

Healthcare Manager
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Healthcare Manager job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Healthcare Manager job vacancies in the UK

Healthcare Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Healthcare Manager over the 6 months to 29 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Healthcare Manager in the UK

Healthcare Manager
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Healthcare Manager job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Healthcare Manager job vacancies in the UK

Healthcare Manager
Top 6 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Healthcare Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 29 August 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
England +26 3 £550 +2.33% 3
UK excluding London +7 3 £550 - 2
Work from Home +20 2 £600 -4.00% 1
South East - 2 £600 - 2
East Midlands - 1 £480 -
Midlands - 1 £480 -

Healthcare Manager Skill Set
Top 13 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 29 August 2025, Healthcare Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Healthcare Manager in the job title.

1 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (66.67%) PACS
1 2 (66.67%) NHS
1 2 (66.67%) LIMS
1 2 (66.67%) Electronic Patient Records
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Project Management
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) Data Migration
2 1 (33.33%) Scrum
2 1 (33.33%) Programme Management
2 1 (33.33%) Migration

Healthcare Manager Skill Set
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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) Electronic Patient Records
General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) LIMS
1 2 (66.67%) NHS
1 2 (66.67%) PACS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) Data Migration
2 1 (33.33%) Migration
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Programme Management
2 1 (33.33%) Project Management
2 1 (33.33%) Scrum