NHS Contracts in the Thames Valley

National Health Service (NHS)
South East > Thames Valley

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term NHS in contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited NHS over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 123 140 140
Rank change year-on-year +17 0 -18
Contract jobs citing NHS 9 10 26
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.34% 0.35% 0.73%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.17% 1.08% 2.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 8 18
10th Percentile £180 £194 £154
25th Percentile £194 £237 £163
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £315 £238
Median % change year-on-year +50.79% +32.23% -14.92%
75th Percentile £503 £400 £452
90th Percentile £521 £483 £467
South East median daily rate £205 £205 £266
% change year-on-year - -22.86% -16.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £17.60 - -
South East median hourly rate £26.55 £26.25 £16.82
% change year-on-year +1.14% +56.06% +16.00%

All Generic Skills
Thames Valley

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 the Thames Valley with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 766 928 1,080
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 29.00% 32.40% 30.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 457 613 682
10th Percentile £205 £301 £225
25th Percentile £306 £410 £391
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £515 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% +3.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £588
90th Percentile £650 £700 £660
South East median daily rate £500 £510 £500
% change year-on-year -1.96% +2.00% +7.30%
Number of hourly rates quoted 58 24 32
10th Percentile £11.79 £18.08 £17.42
25th Percentile £21.00 £18.50 £17.50
Median hourly rate £29.00 £60.88 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -52.36% +204.38% -42.03%
75th Percentile £59.64 £73.69 £35.50
90th Percentile £65.00 £77.93 £67.49
South East median hourly rate £50.00 £52.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year -4.76% +144.19% -42.67%

NHS
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing NHS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for NHS in the Thames Valley

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing NHS in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for NHS in the Thames Valley

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Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing NHS in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for NHS in the Thames Valley

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing NHS in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for NHS in the Thames Valley

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Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing NHS within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 1 June 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
Berkshire -5 6 £475 +65.22% 33
Buckinghamshire +33 3 £190 -57.78% 17
NHS
South East

NHS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (22.22%) Power Automate
1 2 (22.22%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (11.11%) Relational Database
General
1 4 (44.44%) Social Skills
2 2 (22.22%) Electronics
2 2 (22.22%) Finance
2 2 (22.22%) Local Government
2 2 (22.22%) Manufacturing
2 2 (22.22%) Marketing
2 2 (22.22%) Public Sector
2 2 (22.22%) Telecoms
3 1 (11.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 2 (22.22%) Applications Developer
1 2 (22.22%) Desktop Engineer
1 2 (22.22%) Desktop Support
1 2 (22.22%) Desktop Support Engineer
1 2 (22.22%) Developer
1 2 (22.22%) Power Apps Developer
1 2 (22.22%) Senior
1 2 (22.22%) Senior Applications Developer
1 2 (22.22%) Senior Developer
1 2 (22.22%) Senior Power Apps Developer
1 2 (22.22%) Support Engineer
1 2 (22.22%) Test Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Digital Project Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Migration Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Project Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Service Desk Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Service Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Windows Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (22.22%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Life Science
1 2 (22.22%) Management Information System
2 1 (11.11%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 3 (33.33%) Windows
2 2 (22.22%) Windows 10
3 1 (11.11%) Windows 7
3 1 (11.11%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (11.11%) Windows Server 2012
3 1 (11.11%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (22.22%) Agile
2 2 (22.22%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (22.22%) Digital Marketing
2 2 (22.22%) Programme Management
2 2 (22.22%) Project Management
2 2 (22.22%) Qualitative Research
2 2 (22.22%) Quantitative Research
2 2 (22.22%) Software Testing
2 2 (22.22%) Test Automation
2 2 (22.22%) Test Management
2 2 (22.22%) Test Strategy
2 2 (22.22%) Waterfall
3 1 (11.11%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (11.11%) Digital Strategy
3 1 (11.11%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 2 (22.22%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (22.22%) Degree
1 2 (22.22%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (22.22%) HL7
2 1 (11.11%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 2 (22.22%) SAP
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft