Digital Health Contract Job Trends in Wales

Digital Health
UK > Wales

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Digital Health in contract job vacancies in Wales. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Digital Health over the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 46 - 47
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Digital Health 2 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Wales 0.45% - 0.25%
As % of the General category 0.83% - 0.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £214 - £190
UK median daily rate £338 £403 £358
% change year-on-year -16.15% +12.59% -22.70%

All General Skills
Wales

Digital Health falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring general skills in Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 241 202 191
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 54.77% 54.30% 47.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 140 100 127
10th Percentile £165 £160 £173
25th Percentile £240 £209 £217
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £389 £381 £375
Median % change year-on-year +1.97% +1.67% -16.67%
75th Percentile £488 £502 £550
90th Percentile £638 £625 £629
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 31 20
10th Percentile £13.08 £15.20 £13.26
25th Percentile £13.33 £20.12 £21.34
Median hourly rate £20.00 £22.00 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -33.33% +64.02%
75th Percentile £23.71 £27.00 £54.13
90th Percentile £41.55 £41.25 £55.38
UK median hourly rate £23.00 £27.35 £30.24
% change year-on-year -15.90% -9.55% +20.95%

Digital Health
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Digital Health relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales.

Digital Health job vacancy trend in Wales

Digital Health
Daily Rate Trend in Wales

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Digital Health.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Digital Health

Digital Health
Contract Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Digital Health within the Wales region over the 6 months to 14 January 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
South Wales - 2 £214 - 5
Digital Health
UK

Digital Health
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wales 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:

General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
1 2 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Principal Project Manager
1 2 (100.00%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) NHS
1 2 (100.00%) PMI
1 2 (100.00%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Business Case
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 2 (100.00%) Line Management
1 2 (100.00%) Migration
1 2 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 2 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 2 (100.00%) Project Management
1 2 (100.00%) Resource Management
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
1 2 (100.00%) Master's Degree
1 2 (100.00%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) QA