Hybrid/Remote Digital Health Contract Job Trends

Digital Health
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Digital Health in remote or hybrid contract work. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Digital Health over the 6 months leading up to 5 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 325 299 355
Rank change year-on-year -26 +56 +117
Contract jobs citing Digital Health 9 3 2
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.076% 0.030% 0.013%
As % of the General category 0.13% 0.047% 0.022%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 3 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £500 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £499 £122
Median % change year-on-year +7.72% +309.18% -74.33%
75th Percentile £578 £512 -
90th Percentile £584 £520 -
UK median daily rate £500 £499 £338
% change year-on-year +0.20% +47.63% -24.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £14.88
Median hourly rate - - £15.75
75th Percentile - - £16.63
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £24.19 - £13.75

All General Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring general skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 7,072 6,321 9,241
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 59.67% 62.25% 58.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,555 4,243 6,030
10th Percentile £335 £325 £331
25th Percentile £420 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 £525 £530
Median % change year-on-year -2.10% -0.94% -3.64%
75th Percentile £630 £650 £650
90th Percentile £750 £799 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 289 181 435
10th Percentile £15.50 £14.20 £14.00
25th Percentile £21.25 £20.45 £19.75
Median hourly rate £45.46 £34.50 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year +31.77% -9.50% -30.69%
75th Percentile £70.00 £65.00 £52.00
90th Percentile £83.35 £86.00 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £25.77 £29.00 £26.37
% change year-on-year -11.14% +9.97% -24.66%

Digital Health
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Digital Health and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Digital Health job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Digital Health
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Digital Health.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Digital Health

Digital Health
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (22.22%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 2 (22.22%) AWS
2 1 (11.11%) Azure
2 1 (11.11%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (22.22%) Electronic Patient Records
1 2 (22.22%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 2 (22.22%) JIRA
General
1 7 (77.78%) Health Technology
2 3 (33.33%) Public Sector
2 3 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 2 (22.22%) Electronics
3 2 (22.22%) Finance
3 2 (22.22%) Manufacturing
3 2 (22.22%) Marketing
3 2 (22.22%) Telecoms
4 1 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (11.11%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 2 (22.22%) Analyst
1 2 (22.22%) Business Analyst
1 2 (22.22%) Developer
1 2 (22.22%) Implementation Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) Architect
2 1 (11.11%) Business Consultant
2 1 (11.11%) Consultant
2 1 (11.11%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
2 1 (11.11%) Full-Stack Developer
2 1 (11.11%) Lead
2 1 (11.11%) Procurement Specialist
2 1 (11.11%) React Developer
2 1 (11.11%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (55.56%) FHIR
2 2 (22.22%) Node.js
2 2 (22.22%) React Native
3 1 (11.11%) Jest
Miscellaneous
1 4 (44.44%) NHS
2 3 (33.33%) Mobile App
3 2 (22.22%) Onboarding
4 1 (11.11%) Animation
4 1 (11.11%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 1 (11.11%) Android
1 1 (11.11%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (33.33%) AI
1 3 (33.33%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 2 (22.22%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (22.22%) Collaborative Working
2 2 (22.22%) Contract Management
2 2 (22.22%) Data Modelling
2 2 (22.22%) Digital Marketing
2 2 (22.22%) Programme Management
2 2 (22.22%) Service Delivery
2 2 (22.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (22.22%) Supplier Enablement
2 2 (22.22%) Technology Transformation
3 1 (11.11%) Actionable Insight
3 1 (11.11%) API Integration
3 1 (11.11%) Data Visualisation
3 1 (11.11%) Event-Driven Architecture
3 1 (11.11%) Front End Development
3 1 (11.11%) Performance Optimisation
3 1 (11.11%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 2 (22.22%) Python
1 2 (22.22%) TypeScript
2 1 (11.11%) Go
2 1 (11.11%) JavaScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (55.56%) HL7
2 1 (11.11%) Accessibility
2 1 (11.11%) DICOM
2 1 (11.11%) GDPR
System Software
1 1 (11.11%) Docker
Vendors
1 2 (22.22%) SAP
2 1 (11.11%) Google