HIPAA Contract Job Trends

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring HIPAA skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 586 420 544
Rank change year-on-year -166 +124 +142
Contract jobs citing HIPAA 46 113 45
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.100% 0.38% 0.10%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.59% 2.50% 0.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 66 19
10th Percentile £390 £353 £290
25th Percentile £424 £473 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £551 £488
Median % change year-on-year -9.26% +13.03% -20.41%
75th Percentile £599 £679 £594
90th Percentile £619 £863 £788
UK excluding London median daily rate £519 £469 £438
% change year-on-year +10.61% +7.20% -12.50%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK

HIPAA falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 7,836 4,525 6,286
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 17.03% 15.42% 14.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,075 2,914 3,997
10th Percentile £336 £263 £300
25th Percentile £413 £400 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year - -2.44% -2.38%
75th Percentile £600 £619 £630
90th Percentile £700 £720 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £490
% change year-on-year +5.26% -3.06% +3.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 437 176 378
10th Percentile £14.02 £17.95 £10.95
25th Percentile £18.50 £22.14 £13.00
Median hourly rate £31.86 £32.66 £20.47
Median % change year-on-year -2.43% +59.57% -45.43%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £43.75
90th Percentile £81.40 £82.86 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £36.00 £33.11 £17.46
% change year-on-year +8.73% +89.63% -50.11%

HIPAA
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing HIPAA relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

HIPAA job vacancy trend in the UK

HIPAA
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing HIPAA.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing HIPAA

HIPAA
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing HIPAA over the 6 months to 17 April 2026.

Daily rate histogram for HIPAA in the UK

HIPAA
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing HIPAA.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing HIPAA

HIPAA
Top 14 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing HIPAA within the UK over the 6 months to 17 April 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
England -161 38 £500 -6.54% 22
UK excluding London -87 25 £519 +10.61% 20
Work from Home -42 19 £596 +12.41% 16
London -101 16 £475 -24.00% 9
North of England -58 14 £560 +4.43% 3
North West -29 7 £600 +11.84% 1
Yorkshire - 6 £450 - 2
East of England -26 3 £575 - 5
Midlands -70 3 £524 -0.29% 1
Scotland - 3 £400 - 4
West Midlands -57 2 £600 +14.29% 1
South East -68 2 £408 -9.44% 1
East Midlands - 1 £447 -
North East - 1 £466 -

HIPAA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 6 (13.04%) Confluence
2 1 (2.17%) Apache
2 1 (2.17%) Apache Airflow
2 1 (2.17%) Apache Spark
2 1 (2.17%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (2.17%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (2.17%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (6.52%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (2.17%) SAP GRC
2 1 (2.17%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 31 (67.39%) Azure
2 29 (63.04%) AWS
3 15 (32.61%) GCP
4 8 (17.39%) Serverless
5 7 (15.22%) Entra ID
6 6 (13.04%) AWS CloudFormation
6 6 (13.04%) OpenShift
7 4 (8.70%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 4 (8.70%) AWS Lambda
7 4 (8.70%) Power Platform
8 3 (6.52%) Amazon EventBridge
8 3 (6.52%) Amazon Kinesis
8 3 (6.52%) Azure DevOps
8 3 (6.52%) GitHub
8 3 (6.52%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 2 (4.35%) AWS KMS
9 2 (4.35%) Azure Event Grid
9 2 (4.35%) GitHub Actions
9 2 (4.35%) Google Kubernetes Engine
9 2 (4.35%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.35%) Firewall
1 2 (4.35%) Reverse Proxy
1 2 (4.35%) VPN
2 1 (2.17%) HTTP
2 1 (2.17%) Network Security
2 1 (2.17%) SSL
2 1 (2.17%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (8.70%) PostgreSQL
1 4 (8.70%) SQL Server
2 3 (6.52%) Amazon Athena
2 3 (6.52%) Data Lake
2 3 (6.52%) DynamoDB
2 3 (6.52%) Metadata
2 3 (6.52%) NoSQL
2 3 (6.52%) Power BI
2 3 (6.52%) Relational Database
3 2 (4.35%) Apache Cassandra
3 2 (4.35%) Azure SQL Database
3 2 (4.35%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (4.35%) MongoDB
3 2 (4.35%) RDBMS
4 1 (2.17%) Big Data
4 1 (2.17%) Cloud Spanner
4 1 (2.17%) Hadoop
4 1 (2.17%) Metadata Repository
4 1 (2.17%) PowerCenter
4 1 (2.17%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 6 (13.04%) JIRA
General
1 15 (32.61%) Social Skills
2 11 (23.91%) Analytical Skills
2 11 (23.91%) Finance
3 5 (10.87%) Legal
3 5 (10.87%) Public Sector
4 3 (6.52%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (4.35%) Banking
5 2 (4.35%) Marketing
6 1 (2.17%) Law
6 1 (2.17%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 11 (23.91%) Architect
2 7 (15.22%) Security Engineer
3 4 (8.70%) CyberArk Specialist
3 4 (8.70%) Developer
4 3 (6.52%) Analyst
4 3 (6.52%) Consultant
4 3 (6.52%) Data Engineer
4 3 (6.52%) Solutions Architect
5 2 (4.35%) AWS Engineer
5 2 (4.35%) Azure Architect
5 2 (4.35%) Cloud Architect
5 2 (4.35%) Cloud Engineer
5 2 (4.35%) Digital Architect
5 2 (4.35%) Digital Marketing Architect
5 2 (4.35%) Digital Solutions Architect
5 2 (4.35%) GCP Engineer
5 2 (4.35%) Principal Architect
5 2 (4.35%) SAP Architect
5 2 (4.35%) SAP Solutions Architect
5 2 (4.35%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (13.04%) LDAP
1 6 (13.04%) Node.js
2 4 (8.70%) OAuth
2 4 (8.70%) OpenID
2 4 (8.70%) SAML
3 3 (6.52%) JDBC
3 3 (6.52%) REST
3 3 (6.52%) SOAP
4 2 (4.35%) J2EE
4 2 (4.35%) JSON
4 2 (4.35%) JWT
4 2 (4.35%) Middleware
4 2 (4.35%) OAuth2
4 2 (4.35%) RESTful
5 1 (2.17%) Apache Beam
5 1 (2.17%) Django
5 1 (2.17%) FastAPI
5 1 (2.17%) Flask
5 1 (2.17%) React
5 1 (2.17%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 10 (21.74%) Management Information System
2 9 (19.57%) Cloud Native
2 9 (19.57%) Security Posture
3 7 (15.22%) Cloud Security Posture
4 5 (10.87%) Linux Command Line
5 3 (6.52%) IVR
5 3 (6.52%) NHS
5 3 (6.52%) Onboarding
6 2 (4.35%) AI Agents
6 2 (4.35%) Distributed Systems
6 2 (4.35%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (4.35%) Greenfield Project
6 2 (4.35%) Marketing Technology
6 2 (4.35%) Taxonomies
6 2 (4.35%) Team-Oriented Environment
7 1 (2.17%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (2.17%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (2.17%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (2.17%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 11 (23.91%) Linux
2 6 (13.04%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (41.30%) DevOps
2 16 (34.78%) Cloud Security
3 13 (28.26%) SIEM
4 12 (26.09%) Agile
4 12 (26.09%) CI/CD
4 12 (26.09%) Infrastructure as Code
4 12 (26.09%) Problem-Solving
4 12 (26.09%) RBAC
5 11 (23.91%) Data Privacy
5 11 (23.91%) Roadmaps
6 9 (19.57%) Data Security
6 9 (19.57%) Regulatory Compliance
7 8 (17.39%) AI
7 8 (17.39%) Containerisation
7 8 (17.39%) Data Loss Prevention
7 8 (17.39%) Data Pipeline
8 7 (15.22%) Data Governance
8 7 (15.22%) Data Protection
8 7 (15.22%) Machine Learning
8 7 (15.22%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 24 (52.17%) Python
2 14 (30.43%) SQL
3 12 (26.09%) PowerShell
4 9 (19.57%) Java
5 8 (17.39%) Bash
6 3 (6.52%) Shell Script
7 2 (4.35%) Bicep
7 2 (4.35%) C#
7 2 (4.35%) Go
7 2 (4.35%) JavaScript
7 2 (4.35%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 10 (21.74%) Degree
2 8 (17.39%) CISSP
3 5 (10.87%) CISM
4 4 (8.70%) Computer Science Degree
4 4 (8.70%) Security Cleared
5 3 (6.52%) AWS Certification
5 3 (6.52%) Master's Degree
6 2 (4.35%) DV Cleared
7 1 (2.17%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (2.17%) CCSP
7 1 (2.17%) CEH
7 1 (2.17%) CFCE
7 1 (2.17%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (2.17%) CompTIA Security+
7 1 (2.17%) GCFA
7 1 (2.17%) GCIA
7 1 (2.17%) GCIH
7 1 (2.17%) GIAC
7 1 (2.17%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (2.17%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (73.91%) GDPR
2 14 (30.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 10 (21.74%) California Consumer Privacy Act
3 10 (21.74%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 9 (19.57%) PCI DSS
5 8 (17.39%) NIST
6 4 (8.70%) SOC 2
7 3 (6.52%) FedRAMP
7 3 (6.52%) PMO
8 2 (4.35%) Data Quality
8 2 (4.35%) QA
9 1 (2.17%) Accessibility
9 1 (2.17%) EU AI Act
9 1 (2.17%) GRC
9 1 (2.17%) HL7
System Software
1 7 (15.22%) Active Directory
2 6 (13.04%) Docker
3 1 (2.17%) NDS
3 1 (2.17%) NetIQ eDirectory
Systems Management
1 11 (23.91%) Kubernetes
2 8 (17.39%) Terraform
3 1 (2.17%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
3 1 (2.17%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 10 (21.74%) Microsoft
2 9 (19.57%) ServiceNow
3 8 (17.39%) CyberArk
4 7 (15.22%) Google
4 7 (15.22%) SAP
5 5 (10.87%) Varonis
6 3 (6.52%) Avaya
6 3 (6.52%) Cisco
6 3 (6.52%) Genesys
6 3 (6.52%) Okta
6 3 (6.52%) Oracle
6 3 (6.52%) Pega
6 3 (6.52%) Salesforce
6 3 (6.52%) Splunk
6 3 (6.52%) Workday
7 2 (4.35%) Centrify
7 2 (4.35%) Foundry
7 2 (4.35%) HubSpot
7 2 (4.35%) Informatica
7 2 (4.35%) Ping Identity