NHS Contracts in Scotland

National Health Service (NHS)
UK > Scotland

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term NHS in contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland. 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 122 139 163
Rank change year-on-year +17 +24 -13
Contract jobs citing NHS 2 25 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.095% 0.93% 0.41%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.29% 2.56% 1.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 23 12
10th Percentile - £124 £150
25th Percentile £663 £189 £154
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 £350 £375
Median % change year-on-year +92.86% -6.67% -7.41%
75th Percentile £688 £463 £424
90th Percentile - £498 £438
UK median daily rate £315 £300 £334
% change year-on-year +5.00% -10.20% +2.79%

All Generic Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 699 975 1,184
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 33.25% 36.46% 34.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 421 657 818
10th Percentile £200 £231 £263
25th Percentile £363 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £458 £489 £475
Median % change year-on-year -6.44% +2.95% +11.76%
75th Percentile £575 £553 £555
90th Percentile £646 £650 £638
UK median daily rate £539 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.09% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 26 23
10th Percentile £12.49 - £16.00
25th Percentile £16.25 £10.63 £20.50
Median hourly rate £18.13 £12.73 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +42.42% -70.40% -4.44%
75th Percentile £35.00 £22.39 £53.75
90th Percentile £60.10 £50.74 £57.15
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 Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for NHS in Scotland

NHS
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for NHS in Scotland

NHS
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Hourly rate trend for NHS in Scotland

NHS
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing NHS within the Scotland 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
Edinburgh +24 1 - - 3
Glasgow -10 1 £675 +84.93% 2
NHS
UK

NHS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (50.00%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) 4G
1 1 (50.00%) 5G
1 1 (50.00%) LoRaWAN
General
1 2 (100.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Local Government
2 1 (50.00%) Social Housing
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Business Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Digital Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Digital Business Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Lead
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Housing Association
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Use Case
2 1 (50.00%) Acceptance Criteria
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Business Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Business Case
2 1 (50.00%) Data Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Data Transformation
2 1 (50.00%) Financial Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) GAP Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Impact Assessments
2 1 (50.00%) Programme Management
2 1 (50.00%) Prototyping
2 1 (50.00%) Requirements Gathering
2 1 (50.00%) Requirements Workshops
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) SWOT Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) User Stories
2 1 (50.00%) Workflow
2 1 (50.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) SNOMED CT
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft