NHS Contracts in Merseyside

National Health Service (NHS)
North West > Merseyside

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term NHS in contract job vacancies in Merseyside. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited NHS over the 6 months leading up to 31 October 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 29 26 30
Rank change year-on-year -3 +4 +4
Contract jobs citing NHS 1 5 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Merseyside 0.45% 2.48% 3.81%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.13% 13.89% 11.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 6
10th Percentile - £259 £111
25th Percentile - £306 £145
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £384 £232
Median % change year-on-year - +65.70% +3.00%
75th Percentile - £462 £352
90th Percentile - £509 £384
North West median daily rate £400 £280 £309
% change year-on-year +42.86% -9.31% -11.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 6
10th Percentile - £18.80 £16.87
25th Percentile - £22.63 -
Median hourly rate - £29.00 £17.56
Median % change year-on-year - +65.15% -
75th Percentile - £29.50 -
90th Percentile - £29.80 £18.72
North West median hourly rate £32.50 £22.93 £17.56
% change year-on-year +41.77% +30.55% -12.20%

All Generic Skills
Merseyside

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 Merseyside.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 47 36 102
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Merseyside 21.27% 17.82% 32.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 18 55
10th Percentile £150 £204 £168
25th Percentile £203 £234 £322
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £250 £400 £450
Median % change year-on-year -37.50% -11.11% +38.46%
75th Percentile £450 £523 £500
90th Percentile £500 £591 £574
North West median daily rate £486 £500 £490
% change year-on-year -2.80% +2.04% +8.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 9
10th Percentile £18.25 £20.08 £15.24
25th Percentile £18.57 £25.81 -
Median hourly rate £19.13 £29.50 £17.56
Median % change year-on-year -35.16% +68.00% +5.85%
75th Percentile £19.67 £38.25 £19.88
90th Percentile £19.98 £53.10 £21.32
North West median hourly rate £31.75 £42.50 £21.78
% change year-on-year -25.29% +95.13% +17.73%

NHS
Job Vacancy Trend in Merseyside

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

Job vacancy trend for NHS in Merseyside

NHS
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Merseyside

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

Daily rate trend for NHS in Merseyside

NHS
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Merseyside

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

Hourly rate trend for NHS in Merseyside

NHS
Contract Job Locations in Merseyside

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing NHS within the Merseyside region over the 6 months to 31 October 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
Liverpool -3 1 - - 15
NHS
North West

NHS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Merseyside 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:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Service Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Service Desk Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) A+ Certification
1 1 (100.00%) ECDL
1 1 (100.00%) MCP
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft