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 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 387 512 636
Rank change year-on-year +125 +124 +188
Contract jobs citing HIPAA 134 60 51
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.46% 0.14% 0.091%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 2.88% 1.00% 0.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 71 29 31
10th Percentile £360 £378 £500
25th Percentile £449 £406 £594
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £537 £550 £625
Median % change year-on-year -2.36% -12.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £656 £600 £681
90th Percentile £775 £718 £713
UK excluding London median daily rate £445 £438 £500
% change year-on-year +1.66% -12.50% -25.93%

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 4,652 5,994 7,575
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 15.95% 13.97% 13.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,978 3,792 5,161
10th Percentile £263 £280 £290
25th Percentile £400 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% -2.86% +1.94%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £640
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £485
% change year-on-year - -2.06% +7.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 180 402 240
10th Percentile £15.13 £10.96 £13.29
25th Percentile £22.11 £13.20 £18.50
Median hourly rate £33.50 £22.04 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +52.01% -41.24% +26.05%
75th Percentile £67.50 £47.81 £63.36
90th Percentile £80.28 £68.87 £77.73
UK excluding London median hourly rate £33.88 £18.97 £35.00
% change year-on-year +78.60% -45.80% +55.56%

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 31 May 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 13 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 31 May 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 +101 103 £521 -5.36% 117
London +89 52 £575 +4.55% 78
Work from Home +78 52 £500 -9.09% 75
UK excluding London +50 33 £445 +1.66% 46
South East +58 14 £425 -2.86% 13
Midlands +8 9 £435 -0.63% 9
East Midlands +14 8 £430 -25.22% 3
North of England +17 4 £536 +5.98% 5
North West +13 4 £536 - 3
East of England - 3 - - 7
Northern Ireland - 2 - - 4
South West +31 1 - - 4
West Midlands +3 1 £525 +20.00% 6

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 (1.49%) Apache Airflow
1 2 (1.49%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.75%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 1 (0.75%) Apache
2 1 (0.75%) Apache Pulsar
2 1 (0.75%) Apache Spark
2 1 (0.75%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 71 (52.99%) Azure
2 60 (44.78%) AWS
3 37 (27.61%) GCP
4 23 (17.16%) Entra ID
5 12 (8.96%) Microsoft Purview
6 7 (5.22%) Snowflake
7 6 (4.48%) GitHub
7 6 (4.48%) Microsoft 365
8 5 (3.73%) Amazon EC2
8 5 (3.73%) AWS CloudFormation
8 5 (3.73%) GitHub Actions
8 5 (3.73%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 4 (2.99%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 4 (2.99%) Amazon S3
9 4 (2.99%) Azure Sentinel
10 3 (2.24%) Azure Key Vault
10 3 (2.24%) SaaS
11 2 (1.49%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 2 (1.49%) Google Workspace
11 2 (1.49%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 22 (16.42%) Firewall
2 15 (11.19%) Network Security
3 4 (2.99%) HTTP
3 4 (2.99%) Intrusion Detection
4 3 (2.24%) DNS
5 2 (1.49%) Cisco ISE
5 2 (1.49%) SMTP
5 2 (1.49%) TCP/IP
5 2 (1.49%) VPN
6 1 (0.75%) NAS
6 1 (0.75%) SAN
6 1 (0.75%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.75%) SSL
6 1 (0.75%) VSAN
6 1 (0.75%) WAN
6 1 (0.75%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (7.46%) Data Warehouse
2 6 (4.48%) Data Lake
3 5 (3.73%) Amazon RDS
3 5 (3.73%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
3 5 (3.73%) SQL Server
4 4 (2.99%) NoSQL
5 3 (2.24%) Big Data
5 3 (2.24%) Metadata
6 2 (1.49%) NewSQL
7 1 (0.75%) Amazon Athena
7 1 (0.75%) Amazon Redshift
7 1 (0.75%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.75%) BigQuery
7 1 (0.75%) DB2
7 1 (0.75%) DynamoDB
7 1 (0.75%) Electronic Patient Records
7 1 (0.75%) Flink
7 1 (0.75%) Hadoop
7 1 (0.75%) InfluxDB
7 1 (0.75%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 4 (2.99%) GitLab
1 4 (2.99%) Jenkins
1 4 (2.99%) SonarQube
2 3 (2.24%) JIRA
3 1 (0.75%) Burp Suite
3 1 (0.75%) Jaeger
3 1 (0.75%) Metasploit
General
1 30 (22.39%) Social Skills
2 20 (14.93%) Analytical Skills
3 18 (13.43%) Legal
4 15 (11.19%) Finance
5 8 (5.97%) Pharmaceutical
6 7 (5.22%) Banking
6 7 (5.22%) Public Sector
7 3 (2.24%) Marketing
7 3 (2.24%) Telecoms
8 2 (1.49%) Billing
9 1 (0.75%) Automotive
9 1 (0.75%) French Language
9 1 (0.75%) Health Technology
9 1 (0.75%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (0.75%) Law
9 1 (0.75%) Local Government
9 1 (0.75%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 22 (16.42%) Architect
2 16 (11.94%) Analyst
3 15 (11.19%) Lead
4 10 (7.46%) AWS Specialist
4 10 (7.46%) IAM Specialist
5 9 (6.72%) Security Architect
6 8 (5.97%) Consultant
6 8 (5.97%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 8 (5.97%) Security Analyst
7 6 (4.48%) Azure Engineer
7 6 (4.48%) Engagement Manager
7 6 (4.48%) Security Consultant
8 5 (3.73%) Business Analyst
8 5 (3.73%) Governance Analyst
8 5 (3.73%) Information Security Consultant
8 5 (3.73%) Senior
9 4 (2.99%) Data Architect
9 4 (2.99%) DevSecOps Engineer
9 4 (2.99%) Project Manager
9 4 (2.99%) Snowflake Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (19.40%) SailPoint
2 21 (15.67%) SAML
3 19 (14.18%) OAuth
3 19 (14.18%) OpenID
4 10 (7.46%) LDAP
5 6 (4.48%) Hibernate
5 6 (4.48%) Spring
6 3 (2.24%) Kafka
7 2 (1.49%) .NET
7 2 (1.49%) ARM Templates
7 2 (1.49%) React
7 2 (1.49%) REST
8 1 (0.75%) Apache NiFi
8 1 (0.75%) Elastic Stack
8 1 (0.75%) FIDO
8 1 (0.75%) Loki
8 1 (0.75%) PyTorch
8 1 (0.75%) scikit-learn
8 1 (0.75%) TensorFlow
8 1 (0.75%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 17 (12.69%) Security Posture
2 15 (11.19%) Enterprise Software
3 12 (8.96%) Onboarding
4 10 (7.46%) Insider Threat
5 9 (6.72%) Management Information System
6 8 (5.97%) Life Science
7 6 (4.48%) Legacy Systems
8 4 (2.99%) LIMS
8 4 (2.99%) Replication
9 3 (2.24%) Cloud Native
10 2 (1.49%) Cyber Defence
10 2 (1.49%) Cyber Kill Chain
10 2 (1.49%) Data Structures
10 2 (1.49%) Hedge funds
10 2 (1.49%) NHS
10 2 (1.49%) PMI
10 2 (1.49%) Public Cloud
11 1 (0.75%) Data Centre
11 1 (0.75%) Data Protection Act
11 1 (0.75%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 5 (3.73%) Windows
2 3 (2.24%) Linux
3 2 (1.49%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 2 (1.49%) Rocky
4 1 (0.75%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.75%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (29.10%) Incident Response
2 35 (26.12%) Problem-Solving
3 32 (23.88%) RBAC
4 31 (23.13%) Identity Access Management
4 31 (23.13%) Risk Management
5 29 (21.64%) Information Security
6 24 (17.91%) Cybersecurity
6 24 (17.91%) Regulatory Compliance
7 23 (17.16%) CI/CD
7 23 (17.16%) Continuous Improvement
8 21 (15.67%) Cloud Security
8 21 (15.67%) Project Management
9 20 (14.93%) Data Protection
9 20 (14.93%) SIEM
9 20 (14.93%) Stakeholder Management
10 19 (14.18%) Vulnerability Management
11 17 (12.69%) Migration
11 17 (12.69%) Security Operations
12 16 (11.94%) Identity Management
13 15 (11.19%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 46 (34.33%) Python
2 38 (28.36%) PowerShell
3 17 (12.69%) Bash
4 14 (10.45%) Java
5 13 (9.70%) SQL
6 2 (1.49%) C
6 2 (1.49%) Kusto Query Language
6 2 (1.49%) PHP
6 2 (1.49%) Scala
6 2 (1.49%) TypeScript
7 1 (0.75%) BeanShell
7 1 (0.75%) Bicep
7 1 (0.75%) C++
7 1 (0.75%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 45 (33.58%) CISSP
2 26 (19.40%) CISM
3 25 (18.66%) Security Cleared
4 22 (16.42%) SC Cleared
5 16 (11.94%) Degree
6 11 (8.21%) Microsoft Certification
7 10 (7.46%) CRISC
7 10 (7.46%) GIAC
7 10 (7.46%) SANS
8 9 (6.72%) CEH
9 8 (5.97%) AWS Certification
10 6 (4.48%) CompTIA Security+
10 6 (4.48%) PMP
11 5 (3.73%) Azure Certification
11 5 (3.73%) Master's Degree
12 4 (2.99%) DV Cleared
13 3 (2.24%) Cisco Certification
13 3 (2.24%) Computer Science Degree
13 3 (2.24%) PMI Certification
14 2 (1.49%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 111 (82.84%) GDPR
2 46 (34.33%) PCI DSS
3 37 (27.61%) NIST
4 32 (23.88%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 27 (20.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 18 (13.43%) SOC 2
7 14 (10.45%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 7 (5.22%) GRC
9 6 (4.48%) GxP
10 5 (3.73%) QA
11 3 (2.24%) 21 CFR Part 11
12 2 (1.49%) Data Quality
12 2 (1.49%) NIST 800
13 1 (0.75%) Cyber Essentials
13 1 (0.75%) HL7
System Software
1 19 (14.18%) Active Directory
2 14 (10.45%) Docker
3 3 (2.24%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (2.24%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (1.49%) Hyper-V
4 2 (1.49%) vSphere
5 1 (0.75%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.75%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 15 (11.19%) Single Sign-On
2 14 (10.45%) Kubernetes
3 11 (8.21%) CASB
4 10 (7.46%) Terraform
5 6 (4.48%) Tivoli Identity Manager
6 4 (2.99%) Ansible
6 4 (2.99%) HP Fortify
6 4 (2.99%) Nessus
7 2 (1.49%) Grafana
7 2 (1.49%) Packer
7 2 (1.49%) Prometheus
7 2 (1.49%) Puppet
8 1 (0.75%) CSIRT
8 1 (0.75%) Istio
8 1 (0.75%) linkerd
8 1 (0.75%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 1 (0.75%) Zipkin
Vendors
1 46 (34.33%) Microsoft
2 17 (12.69%) Okta
3 15 (11.19%) Ping Identity
4 11 (8.21%) Palo Alto
5 9 (6.72%) Google
6 6 (4.48%) IBM
7 5 (3.73%) ForgeRock
8 4 (2.99%) CyberArk
8 4 (2.99%) Qualys
8 4 (2.99%) ServiceNow
9 3 (2.24%) Salesforce
9 3 (2.24%) SAP
9 3 (2.24%) VMware
10 2 (1.49%) Ariba
10 2 (1.49%) Aruba
10 2 (1.49%) Cisco
10 2 (1.49%) CrowdStrike
10 2 (1.49%) F5
10 2 (1.49%) Imperva
10 2 (1.49%) RedGate