HIPAA Contracts

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring HIPAA skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited HIPAA over the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 401 555 667
Rank change year-on-year +154 +112 +169
Contract jobs citing HIPAA 118 45 46
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.40% 0.10% 0.077%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 2.59% 0.72% 0.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 67 20 25
10th Percentile £354 £290 £500
25th Percentile £477 £405 £575
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £463 £625
Median % change year-on-year +18.92% -26.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £678 £600 £638
90th Percentile £845 £788 £708
UK excluding London median daily rate £469 £438 £500
% change year-on-year +7.20% -12.50% +2.04%

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 4,558 6,250 7,982
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 15.59% 14.34% 13.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,921 3,951 5,482
10th Percentile £265 £295 £275
25th Percentile £400 £402 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% -2.86% +2.44%
75th Percentile £623 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £488 £475
% change year-on-year -2.56% +2.63% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 179 383 225
10th Percentile £18.04 £10.95 £13.21
25th Percentile £22.21 £13.18 £18.70
Median hourly rate £34.50 £21.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +64.29% -44.00% +33.93%
75th Percentile £65.00 £45.00 £62.00
90th Percentile £83.01 £67.38 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.78 £18.00 £36.25
% change year-on-year +126.53% -50.34% +72.21%

HIPAA
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for HIPAA in the UK

HIPAA
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for HIPAA in the UK

HIPAA
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing HIPAA over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Daily rate histogram for HIPAA in the UK

HIPAA
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for HIPAA in the UK

HIPAA
Top 12 Contract 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 30 April 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 +110 89 £535 +9.74% 97
London +75 50 £613 +6.52% 64
Work from Home +82 42 £537 +2.29% 55
UK excluding London +47 23 £469 +7.20% 36
South East +57 15 £450 +2.86% 13
South West +31 2 - - 5
North of England +29 2 £536 - 11
North West +12 2 £536 - 8
Northern Ireland - 2 - -
Midlands +15 1 £525 +20.00% 3
West Midlands +7 1 £525 +20.00% 2
East of England - 1 - - 3

HIPAA
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (1.69%) Apache Airflow
2 1 (0.85%) Apache
2 1 (0.85%) Apache Pulsar
2 1 (0.85%) Apache Spark
2 1 (0.85%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 58 (49.15%) Azure
2 46 (38.98%) AWS
3 24 (20.34%) GCP
4 20 (16.95%) Entra ID
5 11 (9.32%) Microsoft Purview
6 7 (5.93%) Snowflake
7 5 (4.24%) Amazon EC2
7 5 (4.24%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 4 (3.39%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 4 (3.39%) Amazon S3
9 3 (2.54%) Azure Data Factory
9 3 (2.54%) Azure Key Vault
9 3 (2.54%) Microsoft 365
10 2 (1.69%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 2 (1.69%) GitHub
10 2 (1.69%) GitHub Actions
10 2 (1.69%) Google Workspace
10 2 (1.69%) Power Platform
10 2 (1.69%) SaaS
10 2 (1.69%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 18 (15.25%) Firewall
2 11 (9.32%) Network Security
3 4 (3.39%) Cisco ISE
3 4 (3.39%) HTTP
3 4 (3.39%) VPN
4 3 (2.54%) DNS
5 2 (1.69%) Cisco ASA
5 2 (1.69%) Cisco Firepower
5 2 (1.69%) Intrusion Detection
5 2 (1.69%) LAN
5 2 (1.69%) SMTP
5 2 (1.69%) SNMP
5 2 (1.69%) TACACS
5 2 (1.69%) TCP/IP
5 2 (1.69%) Wireless
5 2 (1.69%) WLAN
6 1 (0.85%) NAS
6 1 (0.85%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.85%) VSAN
6 1 (0.85%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (8.47%) Data Warehouse
2 6 (5.08%) Data Lake
3 5 (4.24%) Amazon RDS
3 5 (4.24%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
3 5 (4.24%) SQL Server
4 4 (3.39%) Metadata
4 4 (3.39%) NoSQL
5 3 (2.54%) Big Data
6 2 (1.69%) Electronic Patient Records
6 2 (1.69%) NewSQL
6 2 (1.69%) Power BI
7 1 (0.85%) Amazon Athena
7 1 (0.85%) Amazon Redshift
7 1 (0.85%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.85%) BigQuery
7 1 (0.85%) DynamoDB
7 1 (0.85%) Elasticsearch
7 1 (0.85%) Flink
7 1 (0.85%) InfluxDB
7 1 (0.85%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 3 (2.54%) JIRA
2 2 (1.69%) Burp Suite
2 2 (1.69%) Metasploit
3 1 (0.85%) GitLab
3 1 (0.85%) Jaeger
3 1 (0.85%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.85%) SonarQube
General
1 31 (26.27%) Social Skills
2 23 (19.49%) Analytical Skills
3 17 (14.41%) Legal
4 13 (11.02%) Finance
5 8 (6.78%) Public Sector
6 7 (5.93%) Pharmaceutical
7 6 (5.08%) Banking
8 3 (2.54%) Telecoms
9 2 (1.69%) Billing
9 2 (1.69%) German Language
9 2 (1.69%) Law
10 1 (0.85%) Automotive
10 1 (0.85%) Health Technology
10 1 (0.85%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.85%) Local Government
10 1 (0.85%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.85%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 21 (17.80%) Architect
2 15 (12.71%) Lead
3 14 (11.86%) Analyst
4 11 (9.32%) Consultant
5 9 (7.63%) AWS Specialist
5 9 (7.63%) IAM Specialist
5 9 (7.63%) Security Consultant
6 8 (6.78%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 8 (6.78%) Security Architect
7 6 (5.08%) Engagement Manager
7 6 (5.08%) Security Analyst
8 5 (4.24%) Business Analyst
8 5 (4.24%) Data Architect
8 5 (4.24%) Data Engineer
8 5 (4.24%) Information Security Consultant
9 4 (3.39%) Cloud Architect
9 4 (3.39%) Security Manager
9 4 (3.39%) Senior
9 4 (3.39%) Snowflake Engineer
10 3 (2.54%) Governance Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (20.34%) SailPoint
2 15 (12.71%) SAML
3 12 (10.17%) OAuth
4 11 (9.32%) OpenID
5 6 (5.08%) LDAP
6 2 (1.69%) .NET
6 2 (1.69%) 802.1X
6 2 (1.69%) ARM Templates
6 2 (1.69%) Elastic Stack
6 2 (1.69%) FHIR
6 2 (1.69%) Kafka
6 2 (1.69%) React
7 1 (0.85%) Apache NiFi
7 1 (0.85%) Loki
7 1 (0.85%) OpenTelemetry
7 1 (0.85%) Pandas
7 1 (0.85%) PyTorch
7 1 (0.85%) REST
7 1 (0.85%) scikit-learn
7 1 (0.85%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 16 (13.56%) Security Posture
2 12 (10.17%) Onboarding
3 10 (8.47%) Enterprise Software
3 10 (8.47%) Insider Threat
4 7 (5.93%) Life Science
5 6 (5.08%) Legacy Systems
5 6 (5.08%) Management Information System
6 4 (3.39%) LIMS
6 4 (3.39%) Replication
7 3 (2.54%) Cloud Native
7 3 (2.54%) Cyberattack
8 2 (1.69%) Cyber Defence
8 2 (1.69%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 2 (1.69%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (1.69%) Data Structures
8 2 (1.69%) Hedge funds
8 2 (1.69%) NHS
8 2 (1.69%) PMI
8 2 (1.69%) Public Cloud
9 1 (0.85%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 3 (2.54%) Linux
2 2 (1.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 2 (1.69%) Rocky
2 2 (1.69%) Windows
3 1 (0.85%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (29.66%) Problem-Solving
2 32 (27.12%) Incident Response
3 27 (22.88%) Information Security
4 26 (22.03%) Risk Management
5 24 (20.34%) RBAC
6 23 (19.49%) Identity Access Management
6 23 (19.49%) Regulatory Compliance
7 22 (18.64%) Cybersecurity
8 21 (17.80%) Stakeholder Management
9 20 (16.95%) Data Protection
10 18 (15.25%) Continuous Improvement
10 18 (15.25%) Project Management
11 16 (13.56%) CI/CD
11 16 (13.56%) Cloud Security
11 16 (13.56%) Migration
12 15 (12.71%) SIEM
13 14 (11.86%) DevOps
14 13 (11.02%) Data Loss Prevention
14 13 (11.02%) Multi-Factor Authentication
14 13 (11.02%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 39 (33.05%) Python
2 28 (23.73%) PowerShell
3 15 (12.71%) Bash
4 13 (11.02%) SQL
5 9 (7.63%) Java
6 3 (2.54%) C
7 2 (1.69%) C++
7 2 (1.69%) Kusto Query Language
7 2 (1.69%) PHP
7 2 (1.69%) Ruby
7 2 (1.69%) Scala
7 2 (1.69%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.85%) BeanShell
8 1 (0.85%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 40 (33.90%) CISSP
2 26 (22.03%) CISM
3 23 (19.49%) Security Cleared
4 19 (16.10%) SC Cleared
5 17 (14.41%) Degree
6 10 (8.47%) CEH
6 10 (8.47%) CRISC
6 10 (8.47%) Microsoft Certification
7 8 (6.78%) AWS Certification
8 7 (5.93%) CompTIA Security+
9 5 (4.24%) Azure Certification
9 5 (4.24%) Cisco Certification
9 5 (4.24%) GIAC
9 5 (4.24%) Master's Degree
9 5 (4.24%) SANS
10 4 (3.39%) Computer Science Degree
10 4 (3.39%) DV Cleared
11 3 (2.54%) CCNA
11 3 (2.54%) OSCP
11 3 (2.54%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 99 (83.90%) GDPR
2 37 (31.36%) PCI DSS
3 30 (25.42%) NIST
3 30 (25.42%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 25 (21.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 18 (15.25%) SOC 2
6 15 (12.71%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 7 (5.93%) QA
8 5 (4.24%) GRC
8 5 (4.24%) GxP
9 4 (3.39%) Data Quality
10 3 (2.54%) 21 CFR Part 11
11 2 (1.69%) NIST 800
12 1 (0.85%) Government Security Classifications
System Software
1 18 (15.25%) Active Directory
2 6 (5.08%) Docker
3 3 (2.54%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (2.54%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (1.69%) Hyper-V
4 2 (1.69%) vSphere
5 1 (0.85%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.85%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 13 (11.02%) Single Sign-On
2 11 (9.32%) CASB
3 7 (5.93%) Kubernetes
3 7 (5.93%) Terraform
4 4 (3.39%) Ansible
5 2 (1.69%) Grafana
5 2 (1.69%) Packer
5 2 (1.69%) Prometheus
5 2 (1.69%) Puppet
6 1 (0.85%) CSIRT
6 1 (0.85%) HP Fortify
6 1 (0.85%) Istio
6 1 (0.85%) linkerd
6 1 (0.85%) Nessus
6 1 (0.85%) Zipkin
Vendors
1 36 (30.51%) Microsoft
2 16 (13.56%) Okta
3 9 (7.63%) Ping Identity
4 7 (5.93%) Google
5 6 (5.08%) Palo Alto
6 5 (4.24%) ForgeRock
7 4 (3.39%) Cisco
7 4 (3.39%) ServiceNow
8 3 (2.54%) CyberArk
8 3 (2.54%) SAP
8 3 (2.54%) VMware
9 2 (1.69%) Ariba
9 2 (1.69%) Aruba
9 2 (1.69%) CrowdStrike
9 2 (1.69%) F5
9 2 (1.69%) Imperva
9 2 (1.69%) RedGate
9 2 (1.69%) Salesforce
9 2 (1.69%) Tenable
10 1 (0.85%) Cribl.io