NHS Contracts in West Yorkshire

National Health Service (NHS)
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term NHS in contract job vacancies in West Yorkshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited NHS over the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 36 45 45
Rank change year-on-year +9 0 -18
Contract jobs citing NHS 23 30 60
As % of all contract jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 4.15% 3.02% 3.69%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 12.85% 12.35% 13.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 21 54
10th Percentile £425 £135 £282
25th Percentile £450 £325 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £538
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% -6.98% +53.57%
75th Percentile £525 £550 £575
90th Percentile £569 £600 -
Yorkshire median daily rate £488 £490 £519
% change year-on-year -0.51% -5.54% +59.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 6 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £31.47 £12.25 -
Median hourly rate £32.81 £13.71 -
Median % change year-on-year +139.31% - -
75th Percentile £34.15 £17.50 -
90th Percentile - £20.51 -
Yorkshire median hourly rate £32.81 £16.72 £22.00
% change year-on-year +96.23% -24.00% +24.72%

All Generic Skills
West Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 179 243 454
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 32.31% 24.45% 27.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 105 136 340
10th Percentile £263 £270 £350
25th Percentile £400 £395 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £575 £576 £625
90th Percentile £725 £625 £700
Yorkshire median daily rate £488 £475 £538
% change year-on-year +2.63% -11.63% +9.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 34 1
10th Percentile £28.34 - -
25th Percentile £31.47 £12.15 -
Median hourly rate £41.00 £12.90 £17.24
Median % change year-on-year +217.83% -25.17% -7.81%
75th Percentile £96.64 £15.19 -
90th Percentile £97.79 £15.23 -
Yorkshire median hourly rate £36.91 £14.63 £10.63
% change year-on-year +152.34% +37.58% -43.16%

NHS
Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for NHS in West Yorkshire

NHS
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in West Yorkshire

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

Daily rate trend for NHS in West Yorkshire

NHS
Daily Rate Histogram in West Yorkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing NHS in West Yorkshire over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for NHS in West Yorkshire

NHS
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in West Yorkshire

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

Hourly rate trend for NHS in West Yorkshire

NHS
Contract Job Locations in West Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing NHS within the West Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 2 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
Leeds +2 21 £475 -5.00% 25
NHS
Yorkshire

NHS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in West Yorkshire 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:

Applications
1 2 (8.70%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (4.35%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 4 (17.39%) Power Platform
2 3 (13.04%) Azure
3 2 (8.70%) AWS
3 2 (8.70%) Azure Data Factory
3 2 (8.70%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (4.35%) Amazon EC2
4 1 (4.35%) Amazon S3
4 1 (4.35%) AWS Lambda
4 1 (4.35%) Azure Stack
4 1 (4.35%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (17.39%) Power BI
2 2 (8.70%) Data Lake
2 2 (8.70%) Power Query
3 1 (4.35%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (4.35%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (4.35%) Qlik Sense
3 1 (4.35%) QlikView
3 1 (4.35%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (8.70%) Git
1 2 (8.70%) JIRA
1 2 (8.70%) Selenium
General
1 12 (52.17%) Social Skills
2 8 (34.78%) Public Sector
3 4 (17.39%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (13.04%) Health Technology
4 3 (13.04%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (8.70%) Finance
5 2 (8.70%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 5 (21.74%) Architect
2 3 (13.04%) Analyst
2 3 (13.04%) Lead
2 3 (13.04%) Project Manager
2 3 (13.04%) Senior
3 2 (8.70%) Business Intelligence Architect
3 2 (8.70%) Developer
3 2 (8.70%) IT Manager
3 2 (8.70%) IT Project Manager
3 2 (8.70%) Senior Software Engineer
3 2 (8.70%) Software Engineer
3 2 (8.70%) Technical Architect
3 2 (8.70%) Test Automation Engineer
3 2 (8.70%) Test Engineer
4 1 (4.35%) .NET Software Engineer
4 1 (4.35%) Business Intelligence Analyst
4 1 (4.35%) Performance Analyst
4 1 (4.35%) Product Manager
4 1 (4.35%) Python Developer
4 1 (4.35%) Senior .NET Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (8.70%) Playwright
2 1 (4.35%) .NET
2 1 (4.35%) FHIR
2 1 (4.35%) Node.js
2 1 (4.35%) React
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.35%) PACS
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.35%) Android
1 1 (4.35%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (39.13%) Agile
2 8 (34.78%) Stakeholder Management
3 7 (30.43%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (26.09%) CI/CD
5 5 (21.74%) DevOps
5 5 (21.74%) Risk Management
6 4 (17.39%) Business Intelligence
7 3 (13.04%) Digital Transformation Programme
7 3 (13.04%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 3 (13.04%) Test Automation
8 2 (8.70%) ArchiMate
8 2 (8.70%) Architectural Design
8 2 (8.70%) Continuous Delivery
8 2 (8.70%) Data Pipeline
8 2 (8.70%) Decision-Making
8 2 (8.70%) Performance Monitoring
8 2 (8.70%) Performance Optimisation
8 2 (8.70%) Roadmaps
8 2 (8.70%) Root Cause Analysis
8 2 (8.70%) Technical Analysis
Programming Languages
1 3 (13.04%) Python
2 2 (8.70%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 1 (4.35%) C#
3 1 (4.35%) JavaScript
3 1 (4.35%) SQL
3 1 (4.35%) T-SQL
3 1 (4.35%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 1 (4.35%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (4.35%) Degree
1 1 (4.35%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.70%) Actionable Recommendations
1 2 (8.70%) PMO
2 1 (4.35%) Data Quality
2 1 (4.35%) DICOM
2 1 (4.35%) GDPR
2 1 (4.35%) HL7
2 1 (4.35%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (4.35%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (13.04%) Brio
2 2 (8.70%) Liquidlogic
2 2 (8.70%) Microsoft