NHS Contracts in the East of England

National Health Service (NHS)
England > East of England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term NHS in contract job vacancies in the East of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited NHS over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 82 65 83
Rank change year-on-year -17 +18 -66
Contract jobs citing NHS 31 53 67
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 1.58% 2.72% 2.63%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 6.19% 8.85% 8.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 39 43
10th Percentile £121 £152 £124
25th Percentile £122 £203 £155
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £227 £220 £195
Median % change year-on-year +2.98% +12.82% -4.88%
75th Percentile £310 £274 £234
90th Percentile £338 £381 £278
England median daily rate £315 £299 £325
% change year-on-year +5.27% -7.93% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 5 15
10th Percentile - £10.19 £15.39
25th Percentile - £20.00 £25.57
Median hourly rate £12.86 £21.01 £26.98
Median % change year-on-year -38.79% -22.13% +16.24%
75th Percentile £15.26 £22.00 £28.41
90th Percentile £29.88 £22.60 £30.35
England median hourly rate £14.49 £21.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year -31.02% -2.33% +22.86%

All Generic Skills
East of England

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 the East of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 501 599 748
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 25.57% 30.77% 29.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 237 385 478
10th Percentile £177 £205 £180
25th Percentile £290 £300 £306
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile £554 £588 £600
90th Percentile £650 £700 £700
England median daily rate £550 £565 £550
% change year-on-year -2.65% +2.73% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 128 38 75
10th Percentile £12.86 £20.50 £14.25
25th Percentile £24.56 £21.00 £16.61
Median hourly rate £59.75 £52.50 £29.44
Median % change year-on-year +13.81% +78.33% +12.37%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.75 £56.00
90th Percentile £76.50 £71.13 £68.94
England median hourly rate £36.50 £22.49 £26.50
% change year-on-year +62.33% -15.15% +6.00%

NHS
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Job postings citing NHS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Job vacancy trend for NHS in the East of England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing NHS in the East of England.

Daily rate trend for NHS in the East of England

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Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing NHS in the East of England over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for NHS in the East of England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing NHS in the East of England.

Hourly rate trend for NHS in the East of England

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the East of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing NHS in the East of England over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for NHS in the East of England

NHS
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing NHS within the East of England region over the 6 months to 12 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
Norfolk +2 14 £283 +30.66% 10
Essex -7 11 £230 -10.06% 36
Cambridgeshire -6 4 £170 -24.02% 30
Suffolk +13 1 - - 22
Hertfordshire +2 1 £123 -53.11% 20
NHS
England

NHS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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 4 (12.90%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (6.45%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (3.23%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 1 (3.23%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.45%) LAN
1 2 (6.45%) Structured Cabling
1 2 (6.45%) WAN
1 2 (6.45%) Wireless
2 1 (3.23%) Firewall
2 1 (3.23%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (19.35%) Electronic Patient Records
2 4 (12.90%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (3.23%) EDMS
3 1 (3.23%) Power BI
3 1 (3.23%) QlikView
3 1 (3.23%) SQL Server
3 1 (3.23%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 1 (3.23%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (3.23%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 5 (16.13%) Digital Health
2 3 (9.68%) Electronics
2 3 (9.68%) Finance
2 3 (9.68%) Manufacturing
2 3 (9.68%) Marketing
2 3 (9.68%) Public Sector
2 3 (9.68%) Telecoms
3 2 (6.45%) Digital Healthcare
3 2 (6.45%) Social Skills
4 1 (3.23%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (3.23%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 12 (38.71%) Analyst
2 11 (35.48%) Service Analyst
2 11 (35.48%) Service Desk Analyst
3 6 (19.35%) Project Manager
4 4 (12.90%) IT Support
5 3 (9.68%) Data Manager
5 3 (9.68%) EPR Project Manager
6 2 (6.45%) 1st Line Support
6 2 (6.45%) Analytics Manager
6 2 (6.45%) Data Analytics Manager
6 2 (6.45%) Digital Project Manager
6 2 (6.45%) Head of Digital
6 2 (6.45%) IT Engineer
6 2 (6.45%) IT Support Engineer
6 2 (6.45%) PMO Manager
6 2 (6.45%) Senior
6 2 (6.45%) Support Engineer
7 1 (3.23%) Administrator
7 1 (3.23%) Information Analyst
7 1 (3.23%) Senior Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (9.68%) Management Information System
2 2 (6.45%) Learning Management System
3 1 (3.23%) Fibre Optics
Operating Systems
1 4 (12.90%) Windows
2 2 (6.45%) Windows 10
2 2 (6.45%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (16.13%) Business Intelligence
1 5 (16.13%) Programme Management
2 4 (12.90%) Project Delivery
3 3 (9.68%) Change Management
3 3 (9.68%) Customer Service
3 3 (9.68%) Data Migration
3 3 (9.68%) Digital Marketing
3 3 (9.68%) Informatics
3 3 (9.68%) Migration
3 3 (9.68%) Project Management
4 2 (6.45%) Analytics
4 2 (6.45%) Data Analytics
4 2 (6.45%) Data Management
4 2 (6.45%) Data Science
4 2 (6.45%) ITIL
4 2 (6.45%) Line Management
4 2 (6.45%) Multi-Factor Authentication
4 2 (6.45%) Problem Management
4 2 (6.45%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 1 (3.23%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.23%) SQL
1 1 (3.23%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (9.68%) Degree
2 2 (6.45%) ECDL
2 2 (6.45%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 2 (6.45%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (3.23%) CCNA
3 1 (3.23%) CCNP
3 1 (3.23%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (3.23%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (9.68%) PMO
2 2 (6.45%) Data Quality
3 1 (3.23%) QA
System Software
1 2 (6.45%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 5 (16.13%) Microsoft
2 3 (9.68%) SAP
3 2 (6.45%) Cerner
4 1 (3.23%) Cisco
4 1 (3.23%) Datix