NHS Contracts in Lancashire

National Health Service (NHS)
North West > Lancashire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term NHS in contract job vacancies advertised in Lancashire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited NHS over the 6 months to 31 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
31 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 19 33 34
Rank change year-on-year +14 +1 -15
Contract jobs citing NHS 10 4 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Lancashire 4.41% 1.67% 2.44%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 22.73% 7.02% 8.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 6
10th Percentile - - £290
25th Percentile £619 - £310
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 - £450
Median % change year-on-year - - +185.71%
75th Percentile £656 - £594
90th Percentile £735 - £600
North West median daily rate £400 £440 £300
% change year-on-year -9.09% +46.67% +13.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £11.25 - -
Median hourly rate £11.50 - -
75th Percentile £11.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median hourly rate £16.17 £16.85 £21.78
% change year-on-year -4.04% -22.64% +13.14%

All Generic Skills
Lancashire

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 Lancashire with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 44 57 71
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Lancashire 19.38% 23.75% 28.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 39 60
10th Percentile £313 £140 £305
25th Percentile £403 £272 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £596 £455 £600
Median % change year-on-year +31.09% -24.17% +50.00%
75th Percentile £655 £650 £741
90th Percentile £881 £700 £763
North West median daily rate £493 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -1.40% +5.26% +18.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 6 6
10th Percentile £11.25 £17.88 £19.75
25th Percentile - £21.47 £28.69
Median hourly rate £15.00 £31.55 £40.43
Median % change year-on-year -52.45% -21.97% +210.98%
75th Percentile - £50.86 £44.03
90th Percentile £21.24 £60.02 £51.39
North West median hourly rate £25.25 £35.00 £19.25
% change year-on-year -27.86% +81.82% +7.54%

NHS
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

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

Job vacancy trend for NHS in Lancashire

NHS
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Lancashire

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

Daily rate trend for NHS in Lancashire

NHS
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Lancashire

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

Hourly rate trend for NHS in Lancashire

NHS
Contract Job Locations in Lancashire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing NHS within the Lancashire region over the 6 months to 31 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
Blackpool - 2 £650 - 3
Fleetwood - 2 £638 -
NHS
North West

NHS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Lancashire 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 2 (20.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 3 (30.00%) Power Platform
2 2 (20.00%) Azure
2 2 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (30.00%) Power BI
2 1 (10.00%) Data Warehouse
General
1 3 (30.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (20.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 2 (20.00%) Local Government
2 2 (20.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (10.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (30.00%) Analyst
1 3 (30.00%) Information Analyst
1 3 (30.00%) Senior
1 3 (30.00%) Senior Analyst
1 3 (30.00%) Senior Information Analyst
2 2 (20.00%) Architect
3 1 (10.00%) NHS Programme Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (20.00%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) Onboarding
1 2 (20.00%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (30.00%) Business Intelligence
1 3 (30.00%) Information Management
1 3 (30.00%) Mathematics
1 3 (30.00%) Performance Management
1 3 (30.00%) Performance Monitoring
2 2 (20.00%) Agile
2 2 (20.00%) Change Management
2 2 (20.00%) Identity Access Management
2 2 (20.00%) Project Management
2 2 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (20.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
2 2 (20.00%) Virtual Team Management
3 1 (10.00%) Collaborative Culture
3 1 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (10.00%) Programme Management
3 1 (10.00%) Risk Management
3 1 (10.00%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 3 (30.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (50.00%) Degree
2 3 (30.00%) Numerate Degree
3 2 (20.00%) APMG
Systems Management
1 2 (20.00%) Single Sign-On