NHS Contracts in West Sussex

National Health Service (NHS)
South East > West Sussex

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term NHS in contract job vacancies in West Sussex. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited NHS over the 6 months leading up to 4 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 17 35 30
Rank change year-on-year +18 -5 +19
Contract jobs citing NHS 8 4 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in West Sussex 5.48% 1.54% 5.82%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 11.43% 4.76% 16.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 3 10
10th Percentile £261 - -
25th Percentile £313 £488 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £363 £525 £200
Median % change year-on-year -30.95% +162.50% +14.29%
75th Percentile £385 £563 -
90th Percentile £431 - £219
South East median daily rate £275 £205 £205
% change year-on-year +34.15% - -32.51%

All Generic Skills
West Sussex

NHS falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in West Sussex.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 70 84 104
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West Sussex 47.95% 32.31% 35.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 58 78
10th Percentile £193 £258 £200
25th Percentile £235 £400 £333
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £444 £450 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.39% -14.29% +0.96%
75th Percentile £628 £563 £678
90th Percentile £731 £600 £699
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £513
% change year-on-year - -2.44% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £16.95 £36.75 -
Median hourly rate £18.82 £38.50 £22.16
Median % change year-on-year -51.12% +73.74% -68.34%
75th Percentile £44.21 £40.25 -
90th Percentile £85.50 - -
South East median hourly rate £47.90 £47.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year +0.85% -5.00% +132.56%

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Job Vacancy Trend in West Sussex

Job postings citing NHS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in West Sussex.

Job vacancy trend for NHS in West Sussex

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in West Sussex

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing NHS in West Sussex.

Daily rate trend for NHS in West Sussex

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Daily Rate Histogram in West Sussex

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing NHS in West Sussex over the 6 months to 4 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for NHS in West Sussex

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in West Sussex

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing NHS in West Sussex.

Hourly rate trend for NHS in West Sussex

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in West Sussex 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (25.00%) Firewall
1 2 (25.00%) LAN
1 2 (25.00%) Structured Cabling
1 2 (25.00%) VPN
1 2 (25.00%) WAN
1 2 (25.00%) Wi-Fi
1 2 (25.00%) Wireless
2 1 (12.50%) Network Security
General
1 5 (62.50%) Public Sector
2 4 (50.00%) Finance
3 3 (37.50%) Social Skills
4 2 (25.00%) Electronics
4 2 (25.00%) Manufacturing
4 2 (25.00%) Marketing
4 2 (25.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) Head of Digital
2 2 (25.00%) Head of Delivery
2 2 (25.00%) Network Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Project Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Head of IT
3 1 (12.50%) Head of IT Services
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Digital Signage
2 1 (12.50%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) Business Strategy
1 3 (37.50%) Continuous Improvement
1 3 (37.50%) Digital Strategy
1 3 (37.50%) Risk Management
2 2 (25.00%) Budget Control
2 2 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (25.00%) Digital Marketing
2 2 (25.00%) High Availability
2 2 (25.00%) Programme Management
2 2 (25.00%) Project Delivery
2 2 (25.00%) Roadmaps
2 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (25.00%) Strategic Roadmap
2 2 (25.00%) Supplier Management
3 1 (12.50%) Service Delivery
3 1 (12.50%) Service Design
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Cisco
1 2 (25.00%) SAP
1 2 (25.00%) SolarWinds