NHS Contracts in Manchester

National Health Service (NHS)
North West > Manchester

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

6 months to
2 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 72 96 95
Rank change year-on-year +24 -1 -48
Contract jobs citing NHS 16 5 28
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 1.68% 0.32% 1.39%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 5.73% 1.18% 4.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 3 19
10th Percentile £184 £287 £125
25th Percentile £200 £298 £238
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £215 £315 £400
Median % change year-on-year -31.75% -21.25% +23.08%
75th Percentile £384 £514 £531
90th Percentile £400 £633 £610
North West median daily rate £215 £400 £338
% change year-on-year -46.25% +18.52% +8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 1 6
10th Percentile - - £16.85
25th Percentile £31.25 - £17.64
Median hourly rate £32.50 £13.06 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year +148.85% -43.22% +15.00%
75th Percentile £33.75 - £26.00
90th Percentile - - -
North West median hourly rate £32.50 £17.42 £20.00
% change year-on-year +86.57% -12.90% -

All Generic Skills
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 279 424 667
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 29.37% 27.02% 33.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 202 300 467
10th Percentile £208 £300 £320
25th Percentile £376 £411 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -2.44% +5.13%
75th Percentile £614 £575 £631
90th Percentile £700 £700 £688
North West median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 29 32
10th Percentile £21.25 £12.90 £17.17
25th Percentile £24.25 £20.50 £26.00
Median hourly rate £32.50 £26.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -35.00% +175.86%
75th Percentile £35.38 £43.75 £65.19
90th Percentile £75.50 £59.78 £70.00
North West median hourly rate £29.23 £25.25 £35.00
% change year-on-year +15.76% -27.86% +89.19%

NHS
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for NHS in Manchester

NHS
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Daily rate trend for NHS in Manchester

NHS
Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing NHS in Manchester over the 6 months to 2 April 2025.

Daily rate histogram for NHS in Manchester

NHS
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Hourly rate trend for NHS in Manchester

NHS
Contract Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing NHS within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 2 April 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
Bolton - 4 £195 - 3
NHS
North West

NHS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 6 (37.50%) Microsoft Excel
1 6 (37.50%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 5 (31.25%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (6.25%) Azure
2 1 (6.25%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (6.25%) Entra ID
2 1 (6.25%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.25%) Firewall
1 1 (6.25%) Intrusion Detection
1 1 (6.25%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.25%) SQL Server
General
1 6 (37.50%) Local Government
1 6 (37.50%) Pharmaceutical
2 5 (31.25%) Public Sector
3 4 (25.00%) Social Skills
4 1 (6.25%) Finance
4 1 (6.25%) Law
4 1 (6.25%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 8 (50.00%) Project Manager
2 6 (37.50%) Facilities Manager
2 6 (37.50%) Facilities Project Manager
3 3 (18.75%) Analyst
4 2 (12.50%) Change Manager
4 2 (12.50%) Change Project Manager
4 2 (12.50%) Deployment Engineer
4 2 (12.50%) Project Change Manager
4 2 (12.50%) Service Analyst
4 2 (12.50%) Service Desk Analyst
5 1 (6.25%) Business Analyst
5 1 (6.25%) Infrastructure Specialist
5 1 (6.25%) IT Manager
5 1 (6.25%) IT Procurement Manager
5 1 (6.25%) Procurement Manager
5 1 (6.25%) Procurement Officer
5 1 (6.25%) Public Sector Business Analyst
5 1 (6.25%) Requirements Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (12.50%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 5 (31.25%) Windows
2 4 (25.00%) Windows 10
3 1 (6.25%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (56.25%) Project Management
2 8 (50.00%) Contract Negotiation
3 6 (37.50%) Facilities Management
3 6 (37.50%) Resource Management
4 3 (18.75%) Agile
4 3 (18.75%) Change Management
4 3 (18.75%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (12.50%) Agile Project Management
5 2 (12.50%) Budgeting and Forecasting
5 2 (12.50%) Business Analysis
5 2 (12.50%) Change Control
5 2 (12.50%) Customer Service
5 2 (12.50%) ITIL
5 2 (12.50%) Service Management
5 2 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (6.25%) Cybersecurity
6 1 (6.25%) Data Visualisation
6 1 (6.25%) Supply Chain Management
6 1 (6.25%) User Stories
6 1 (6.25%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.25%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 6 (37.50%) Degree
1 6 (37.50%) HNC
2 1 (6.25%) Azure Certification
2 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 5 (31.25%) Active Directory
2 1 (6.25%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (6.25%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (12.50%) SCCM
2 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 9 (56.25%) Microsoft
2 2 (12.50%) ServiceNow
3 1 (6.25%) VMware