NHS Contract Job Trends in Wiltshire

National Health Service (NHS)
South West > Wiltshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term NHS in contract job vacancies in Wiltshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited NHS over the 6 months leading up to 29 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 65 - 73
Rank change year-on-year - - +13
Contract jobs citing NHS 2 0 5
As % of all contract jobs in Wiltshire 0.36% - 0.63%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.06% - 1.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 5
10th Percentile £398 - -
25th Percentile £428 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £491 - £210
Median % change year-on-year - - -47.50%
75th Percentile £565 - -
90th Percentile £601 - -
South West median daily rate £391 £300 £238
% change year-on-year +30.42% +26.18% -20.75%

All Generic Skills
Wiltshire

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 Wiltshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 189 209 259
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wiltshire 33.63% 40.35% 32.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 132 143 175
10th Percentile £413 £353 £306
25th Percentile £513 £484 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £613 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year +11.36% - -1.12%
75th Percentile £725 £650 £638
90th Percentile £738 £725 £725
South West median daily rate £537 £548 £550
% change year-on-year -1.96% -0.36% +2.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 0 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £12.50 - £14.36
Median % change year-on-year - - -77.21%
75th Percentile £22.53 - £60.00
90th Percentile £23.75 - £76.00
South West median hourly rate £33.00 £70.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year -52.86% - +7.69%

NHS
Job Vacancy Trend in Wiltshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing NHS relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Wiltshire.

NHS job vacancy trend in Wiltshire

NHS
Daily Rate Trend in Wiltshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wiltshire citing NHS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wiltshire citing NHS

NHS
Daily Rate Histogram in Wiltshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing NHS in Wiltshire over the 6 months to 29 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for NHS in Wiltshire

NHS
Hourly Rate Trend in Wiltshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Wiltshire citing NHS.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Wiltshire citing NHS

NHS
Contract Job Locations in Wiltshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing NHS within the Wiltshire region over the 6 months to 29 November 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
Salisbury - 1 £600 -
Swindon - 1 £383 - 1
NHS
South West

NHS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wiltshire 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:

Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Cerner Millennium
1 1 (50.00%) SystmOne
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Electronic Patient Records
General
1 1 (50.00%) Pharmaceutical
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Configuration Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Data Migration Lead
1 1 (50.00%) Lead
1 1 (50.00%) Workstream Lead
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Change Control
1 1 (50.00%) Change Management
1 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (50.00%) Data Migration
1 1 (50.00%) Migration
1 1 (50.00%) Project Management
1 1 (50.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (50.00%) User Experience
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) ECDL
2 1 (50.00%) HND
2 1 (50.00%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Cerner
2 1 (50.00%) Oracle