NHS Contracts in England

National Health Service (NHS)
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term NHS in contract job vacancies advertised in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited NHS over the 6 months to 21 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
21 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 237 196 144
Rank change year-on-year -41 -52 -8
Contract jobs citing NHS 364 645 1,367
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.00% 1.34% 1.93%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.26% 4.00% 5.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 230 483 1,048
10th Percentile £174 £160 £154
25th Percentile £205 £205 £205
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £311 £300 £320
Median % change year-on-year +3.67% -6.25% +3.23%
75th Percentile £475 £488 £450
90th Percentile £576 £575 £552
UK median daily rate £315 £300 £334
% change year-on-year +5.00% -10.20% +2.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 68 34 101
10th Percentile £11.23 £15.45 £12.00
25th Percentile £12.25 £16.85 £14.75
Median hourly rate £14.83 £21.01 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -29.41% +5.03% +14.29%
75th Percentile £24.08 £26.00 £28.41
90th Percentile £43.00 £45.40 £37.06
UK median hourly rate £13.24 £21.00 £17.64
% change year-on-year -36.95% +19.05% +3.76%

All Generic Skills
England

NHS is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 11,151 16,135 24,100
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 30.68% 33.61% 33.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,312 11,229 17,197
10th Percentile £268 £313 £313
25th Percentile £414 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £570 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.51% +3.64% +10.00%
75th Percentile £675 £698 £675
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
UK median daily rate £539 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.09% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 815 572 638
10th Percentile £12.25 £9.80 £14.25
25th Percentile £15.17 £10.63 £17.03
Median hourly rate £34.21 £22.49 £26.50
Median % change year-on-year +52.15% -15.15% +1.09%
75th Percentile £61.30 £63.19 £49.25
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £65.60
UK median hourly rate £31.50 £22.26 £27.00
% change year-on-year +41.54% -17.57% +3.85%

NHS
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for NHS in England

NHS
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for NHS in England

NHS
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing NHS in England over the 6 months to 21 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for NHS in England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for NHS in England

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Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing NHS in England over the 6 months to 21 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for NHS in England

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Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing NHS within the England region over the 6 months to 21 May 2024. 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
London +36 129 £315 +5.00% 296
North of England 0 83 £490 +3.16% 279
South East -14 67 £205 - 188
North West +20 37 £400 - 149
Yorkshire -7 37 £500 -2.44% 98
East of England -10 32 £227 +0.69% 140
Midlands -31 29 £494 +113.74% 220
South West -10 21 £185 -50.72% 136
West Midlands -7 18 £650 +160.00% 114
East Midlands -2 11 £430 +104.76% 106
North East +9 9 £325 +54.76% 35
NHS
UK

NHS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 7 (1.92%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.10%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.55%) Exchange Server 2007
3 2 (0.55%) Exchange Server 2010
4 1 (0.27%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.27%) CMS
Applications
1 22 (6.04%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (3.85%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (1.37%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (0.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.82%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.55%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.27%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.27%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 3 (0.82%) SystmOne
2 1 (0.27%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.27%) HealthRoster
Cloud Services
1 34 (9.34%) Azure
2 24 (6.59%) Microsoft 365
2 24 (6.59%) Power Platform
3 14 (3.85%) AWS
4 6 (1.65%) Power Automate
5 3 (0.82%) Amazon S3
5 3 (0.82%) GCP
6 2 (0.55%) AWS Lambda
6 2 (0.55%) Azure Data Factory
6 2 (0.55%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 2 (0.55%) Cloud Computing
6 2 (0.55%) Nutanix
6 2 (0.55%) Serverless
7 1 (0.27%) Amazon EC2
7 1 (0.27%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (0.27%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (0.27%) PowerApps
7 1 (0.27%) SaaS
7 1 (0.27%) ShareGate
7 1 (0.27%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 16 (4.40%) WAN
2 14 (3.85%) Firewall
2 14 (3.85%) LAN
3 11 (3.02%) Wireless
4 8 (2.20%) VPN
5 6 (1.65%) DHCP
6 5 (1.37%) DNS
6 5 (1.37%) Network Security
6 5 (1.37%) WLAN
7 4 (1.10%) Intranet
7 4 (1.10%) SAN
8 3 (0.82%) VoIP
9 2 (0.55%) Cisco ASA
9 2 (0.55%) IP Telephony
9 2 (0.55%) SD-WAN
9 2 (0.55%) Structured Cabling
9 2 (0.55%) Wi-Fi
10 1 (0.27%) Cisco Firepower
10 1 (0.27%) Cisco ISE
10 1 (0.27%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (12.09%) Electronic Patient Records
2 22 (6.04%) Data Warehouse
3 18 (4.95%) Power BI
4 11 (3.02%) SQL Server
5 8 (2.20%) Relational Database
6 6 (1.65%) QlikView
7 5 (1.37%) Big Data
7 5 (1.37%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 5 (1.37%) Tableau
8 4 (1.10%) KNIME
9 3 (0.82%) Data Lake
9 3 (0.82%) PostgreSQL
10 2 (0.55%) Amazon Redshift
10 2 (0.55%) MongoDB
10 2 (0.55%) MySQL
10 2 (0.55%) Oracle Database
10 2 (0.55%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 1 (0.27%) Amazon RDS
11 1 (0.27%) NoSQL
11 1 (0.27%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 5 (1.37%) Visual Studio
2 3 (0.82%) Git
3 2 (0.55%) Selenium
4 1 (0.27%) Oracle APEX
4 1 (0.27%) WebDriver
General
1 84 (23.08%) Social Skills
2 79 (21.70%) Public Sector
3 56 (15.38%) Finance
4 44 (12.09%) Telecoms
5 40 (10.99%) Marketing
6 38 (10.44%) Electronics
6 38 (10.44%) Manufacturing
7 25 (6.87%) Analytical Skills
8 12 (3.30%) Health Technology
9 10 (2.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 9 (2.47%) Local Government
11 6 (1.65%) Digital Health
11 6 (1.65%) Digital Healthcare
12 5 (1.37%) Presentation Skills
13 4 (1.10%) Influencing Skills
13 4 (1.10%) Organisational Skills
14 3 (0.82%) Billing
15 2 (0.55%) Legal
15 2 (0.55%) Military
16 1 (0.27%) Law
Job Titles
1 43 (11.81%) Project Manager
2 42 (11.54%) Analyst
3 38 (10.44%) Senior
4 21 (5.77%) Administrator
4 21 (5.77%) Support Engineer
5 19 (5.22%) Architect
6 17 (4.67%) Service Analyst
6 17 (4.67%) Service Desk Analyst
7 16 (4.40%) Developer
8 15 (4.12%) Lead
9 14 (3.85%) Senior Manager
10 13 (3.57%) Desktop Engineer
10 13 (3.57%) Desktop Support
10 13 (3.57%) Desktop Support Engineer
11 12 (3.30%) Infrastructure Technician
12 10 (2.75%) IT Support
12 10 (2.75%) Network Engineer
12 10 (2.75%) Trainer
13 9 (2.47%) Business Analyst
13 9 (2.47%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (1.92%) .NET
2 6 (1.65%) HTML
3 5 (1.37%) ASP.NET
3 5 (1.37%) CSS
3 5 (1.37%) Web Services
4 2 (0.55%) OAuth
4 2 (0.55%) PySpark
5 1 (0.27%) .NET Framework
5 1 (0.27%) Django
5 1 (0.27%) Entity Framework
5 1 (0.27%) FastAPI
5 1 (0.27%) Razor View Engine
Miscellaneous
1 19 (5.22%) Management Information System
2 11 (3.02%) LIMS
2 11 (3.02%) Smartphone
3 7 (1.92%) PACS
4 5 (1.37%) Data Centre
4 5 (1.37%) Data Structures
4 5 (1.37%) Life Science
5 4 (1.10%) Virtual Team
6 3 (0.82%) IoT
7 2 (0.55%) Algorithms
7 2 (0.55%) Analytical Mindset
7 2 (0.55%) Learning Management System
7 2 (0.55%) Onboarding
7 2 (0.55%) Smartcard
7 2 (0.55%) Social Media
8 1 (0.27%) AS400
8 1 (0.27%) e-Health
8 1 (0.27%) Fibre Optics
8 1 (0.27%) Freedom of Information
8 1 (0.27%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 46 (12.64%) Windows
2 24 (6.59%) Windows Server
3 17 (4.67%) Windows 10
4 10 (2.75%) Windows Server 2012
5 4 (1.10%) Windows 7
6 2 (0.55%) Android
6 2 (0.55%) Linux
6 2 (0.55%) Windows Server 2008
7 1 (0.27%) Mac OS X
7 1 (0.27%) Unix
7 1 (0.27%) Windows 8
7 1 (0.27%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (17.03%) Business Intelligence
2 46 (12.64%) Programme Management
3 39 (10.71%) Digital Marketing
4 33 (9.07%) Project Management
5 31 (8.52%) Problem-Solving
6 26 (7.14%) Migration
7 19 (5.22%) Project Delivery
8 18 (4.95%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 17 (4.67%) Agile
9 17 (4.67%) Analytics
9 17 (4.67%) Customer Service
10 16 (4.40%) Decision-Making
10 16 (4.40%) Stakeholder Management
11 15 (4.12%) PRINCE2
12 14 (3.85%) Data Analysis
13 13 (3.57%) Digital Strategy
13 13 (3.57%) Informatics
14 12 (3.30%) Business Case
14 12 (3.30%) Network Management
14 12 (3.30%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 28 (7.69%) SQL
2 14 (3.85%) Python
3 6 (1.65%) C#
3 6 (1.65%) JavaScript
4 4 (1.10%) PHP
4 4 (1.10%) PowerShell
4 4 (1.10%) T-SQL
5 2 (0.55%) VB.NET
5 2 (0.55%) VBA
6 1 (0.27%) Java
6 1 (0.27%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 20 (5.49%) Degree
2 7 (1.92%) Microsoft Certification
3 6 (1.65%) Cisco Certification
4 5 (1.37%) CCNA
4 5 (1.37%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 5 (1.37%) Security Cleared
5 4 (1.10%) ISTQB
5 4 (1.10%) Network+ Certification
5 4 (1.10%) SC Cleared
6 3 (0.82%) A+ Certification
6 3 (0.82%) DBS Check
6 3 (0.82%) ECDL
6 3 (0.82%) ISEB
6 3 (0.82%) PMI Certification
6 3 (0.82%) PMP
7 2 (0.55%) APMG
7 2 (0.55%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (0.55%) CCNP
7 2 (0.55%) CIPD
7 2 (0.55%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (5.77%) Data Quality
2 20 (5.49%) HL7
3 9 (2.47%) Accessibility
4 6 (1.65%) QA
5 5 (1.37%) PMO
6 4 (1.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (0.82%) GDPR
7 3 (0.82%) GRC
7 3 (0.82%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 3 (0.82%) NCSC
8 2 (0.55%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (0.55%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.55%) SLA
System Software
1 17 (4.67%) Active Directory
2 8 (2.20%) Hyper-V
3 7 (1.92%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.55%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.27%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (1.10%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (0.82%) Single Sign-On
2 3 (0.82%) TrustSec
3 2 (0.55%) SCCM
4 1 (0.27%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.27%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 59 (16.21%) Microsoft
2 38 (10.44%) SAP
3 20 (5.49%) VMware
4 14 (3.85%) Veeam
5 12 (3.30%) Brio
6 10 (2.75%) Cerner
7 7 (1.92%) Cisco
8 4 (1.10%) Alteryx
8 4 (1.10%) Automation Anywhere
8 4 (1.10%) Blue Prism
8 4 (1.10%) Datix
8 4 (1.10%) UiPath
9 3 (0.82%) Mitel
9 3 (0.82%) SolarWinds
10 2 (0.55%) Adobe
10 2 (0.55%) CA
10 2 (0.55%) Citrix
10 2 (0.55%) Dell
10 2 (0.55%) Google
10 2 (0.55%) Oracle