NHS Contracts in England

National Health Service (NHS)
UK > England

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

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 232 200 152
Rank change year-on-year -32 -48 -14
Contract jobs citing NHS 365 636 1,317
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.99% 1.33% 1.86%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.24% 3.95% 5.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 231 477 1,016
10th Percentile £168 £164 £154
25th Percentile £205 £205 £205
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £315 £306 £325
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -5.85% +1.56%
75th Percentile £488 £475 £459
90th Percentile £575 £575 £563
UK median daily rate £315 £300 £350
% change year-on-year +5.00% -14.29% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 67 33 94
10th Percentile £11.22 £12.84 £12.48
25th Percentile £12.25 £16.85 £14.87
Median hourly rate £14.49 £21.00 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -31.02% -2.33% +22.86%
75th Percentile £24.29 £26.00 £28.41
90th Percentile £43.25 £39.59 £36.87
UK median hourly rate £13.06 £20.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year -34.70% - +17.65%

All Generic Skills
England

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 England with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 11,251 16,100 23,959
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 30.47% 33.72% 33.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,318 11,239 17,150
10th Percentile £270 £313 £313
25th Percentile £415 £450 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £570 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.51% +3.64% +10.00%
75th Percentile £675 £695 £675
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
UK median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.18% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 835 556 608
10th Percentile £12.25 £9.80 £14.25
25th Percentile £15.21 £10.63 £17.38
Median hourly rate £36.00 £22.49 £26.39
Median % change year-on-year +60.11% -14.78% +3.47%
75th Percentile £62.50 £61.27 £49.25
90th Percentile £71.88 £75.00 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £22.00 £26.98
% change year-on-year +59.09% -18.46% +5.80%

NHS
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for NHS in England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for NHS in England

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing NHS in England over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for NHS in England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for NHS in England

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Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing NHS in England over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for NHS in England

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Contract Job Locations in 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 England region over the 6 months to 2 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
London +39 129 £315 +2.94% 267
North of England +8 91 £490 +3.16% 233
South East -28 64 £205 - 154
Yorkshire 0 43 £500 -1.04% 73
North West +13 39 £400 -4.76% 129
East of England -13 31 £227 +1.82% 116
Midlands -23 29 £494 +89.90% 172
South West -7 20 £185 -43.14% 120
West Midlands -6 19 £650 +147.15% 91
East Midlands -8 10 £430 +91.11% 81
North East +12 9 £325 +66.67% 33
NHS
UK

NHS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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:

Application Platforms
1 6 (1.64%) SharePoint
2 3 (0.82%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.55%) Exchange Server 2007
3 2 (0.55%) Exchange Server 2010
4 1 (0.27%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.27%) CMS
Applications
1 22 (6.03%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (3.84%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (1.37%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (0.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.82%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.55%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.27%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.27%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 5 (1.37%) SystmOne
2 1 (0.27%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.27%) HealthRoster
Cloud Services
1 32 (8.77%) Azure
2 25 (6.85%) Power Platform
3 24 (6.58%) Microsoft 365
4 15 (4.11%) AWS
5 6 (1.64%) Power Automate
6 3 (0.82%) Amazon S3
6 3 (0.82%) GCP
7 2 (0.55%) AWS Lambda
7 2 (0.55%) Azure Data Factory
7 2 (0.55%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 2 (0.55%) Cloud Computing
7 2 (0.55%) Nutanix
7 2 (0.55%) Serverless
8 1 (0.27%) Amazon EC2
8 1 (0.27%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (0.27%) OneDrive
8 1 (0.27%) PowerApps
8 1 (0.27%) SaaS
8 1 (0.27%) ShareGate
8 1 (0.27%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 12 (3.29%) Firewall
2 11 (3.01%) WAN
3 9 (2.47%) LAN
4 6 (1.64%) Wireless
5 5 (1.37%) DHCP
5 5 (1.37%) DNS
5 5 (1.37%) Network Security
6 4 (1.10%) IP Telephony
6 4 (1.10%) SAN
6 4 (1.10%) WLAN
7 3 (0.82%) Intranet
7 3 (0.82%) VoIP
7 3 (0.82%) VPN
8 2 (0.55%) SD-WAN
8 2 (0.55%) Structured Cabling
8 2 (0.55%) Wi-Fi
9 1 (0.27%) Cisco ASA
9 1 (0.27%) Remote Desktop
9 1 (0.27%) Unified Communications
9 1 (0.27%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (11.51%) Electronic Patient Records
2 21 (5.75%) Data Warehouse
3 19 (5.21%) Power BI
4 8 (2.19%) Relational Database
5 7 (1.92%) SQL Server
6 6 (1.64%) QlikView
7 5 (1.37%) Big Data
7 5 (1.37%) Tableau
8 4 (1.10%) KNIME
9 3 (0.82%) Data Lake
9 3 (0.82%) PostgreSQL
9 3 (0.82%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 2 (0.55%) Amazon Redshift
10 2 (0.55%) MongoDB
10 2 (0.55%) MySQL
10 2 (0.55%) Oracle Database
10 2 (0.55%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 1 (0.27%) Amazon RDS
11 1 (0.27%) NoSQL
11 1 (0.27%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 3 (0.82%) Git
2 2 (0.55%) Selenium
2 2 (0.55%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.27%) Oracle APEX
3 1 (0.27%) WebDriver
General
1 80 (21.92%) Social Skills
2 78 (21.37%) Public Sector
3 52 (14.25%) Finance
4 45 (12.33%) Telecoms
5 36 (9.86%) Marketing
6 34 (9.32%) Electronics
6 34 (9.32%) Manufacturing
7 27 (7.40%) Analytical Skills
8 13 (3.56%) Health Technology
9 10 (2.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 9 (2.47%) Local Government
11 6 (1.64%) Digital Health
11 6 (1.64%) Digital Healthcare
12 5 (1.37%) Presentation Skills
13 4 (1.10%) Influencing Skills
13 4 (1.10%) Organisational Skills
14 3 (0.82%) Billing
15 2 (0.55%) Legal
15 2 (0.55%) Military
15 2 (0.55%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 43 (11.78%) Project Manager
2 41 (11.23%) Senior
3 40 (10.96%) Analyst
4 20 (5.48%) Architect
5 19 (5.21%) Support Engineer
6 18 (4.93%) Administrator
7 16 (4.38%) Developer
7 16 (4.38%) Senior Manager
8 15 (4.11%) Lead
9 13 (3.56%) Service Analyst
9 13 (3.56%) Service Desk Analyst
10 12 (3.29%) Desktop Engineer
10 12 (3.29%) Desktop Support
10 12 (3.29%) Desktop Support Engineer
10 12 (3.29%) Infrastructure Technician
11 10 (2.74%) Business Analyst
11 10 (2.74%) IT Engineer
11 10 (2.74%) Senior Project Manager
12 9 (2.47%) Contracts Manager
12 9 (2.47%) Data Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.37%) .NET
1 5 (1.37%) ASP.NET
1 5 (1.37%) HTML
1 5 (1.37%) Web Services
2 4 (1.10%) CSS
3 2 (0.55%) OAuth
3 2 (0.55%) PySpark
4 1 (0.27%) .NET Framework
4 1 (0.27%) Django
4 1 (0.27%) Entity Framework
4 1 (0.27%) FastAPI
4 1 (0.27%) Razor View Engine
Miscellaneous
1 20 (5.48%) Management Information System
2 11 (3.01%) Smartphone
3 10 (2.74%) LIMS
4 6 (1.64%) PACS
5 5 (1.37%) Data Structures
5 5 (1.37%) Life Science
5 5 (1.37%) Virtual Team
6 4 (1.10%) Data Centre
7 3 (0.82%) Analytical Mindset
7 3 (0.82%) IoT
7 3 (0.82%) Onboarding
8 2 (0.55%) Algorithms
8 2 (0.55%) Freedom of Information
8 2 (0.55%) Learning Management System
8 2 (0.55%) Smartcard
9 1 (0.27%) AS400
9 1 (0.27%) e-Learning
9 1 (0.27%) Freedom of Information Act
9 1 (0.27%) Social Media
9 1 (0.27%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 44 (12.05%) Windows
2 22 (6.03%) Windows Server
3 17 (4.66%) Windows 10
4 10 (2.74%) Windows Server 2012
5 4 (1.10%) Windows 7
6 2 (0.55%) Android
6 2 (0.55%) Linux
6 2 (0.55%) Windows Server 2008
7 1 (0.27%) Mac OS X
7 1 (0.27%) Unix
7 1 (0.27%) Windows 8
7 1 (0.27%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (16.16%) Business Intelligence
2 42 (11.51%) Programme Management
3 35 (9.59%) Digital Marketing
4 33 (9.04%) Project Management
5 32 (8.77%) Problem-Solving
6 25 (6.85%) Migration
7 22 (6.03%) Project Delivery
8 18 (4.93%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 17 (4.66%) Agile
9 17 (4.66%) Analytics
9 17 (4.66%) Decision-Making
10 16 (4.38%) PRINCE2
10 16 (4.38%) Stakeholder Management
11 15 (4.11%) Data Analysis
11 15 (4.11%) Informatics
12 13 (3.56%) Change Management
12 13 (3.56%) Validation
13 12 (3.29%) Data Modelling
13 12 (3.29%) Network Management
13 12 (3.29%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 26 (7.12%) SQL
2 14 (3.84%) Python
3 6 (1.64%) C#
4 5 (1.37%) JavaScript
5 4 (1.10%) PHP
5 4 (1.10%) PowerShell
6 2 (0.55%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.27%) Java
7 1 (0.27%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 23 (6.30%) Degree
2 6 (1.64%) Microsoft Certification
3 5 (1.37%) CCNA
3 5 (1.37%) Cisco Certification
3 5 (1.37%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 5 (1.37%) Security Cleared
4 4 (1.10%) CIPD
4 4 (1.10%) ISTQB
4 4 (1.10%) Network+ Certification
4 4 (1.10%) SC Cleared
5 3 (0.82%) DBS Check
5 3 (0.82%) ISEB
5 3 (0.82%) Numerate Degree
5 3 (0.82%) PMI Certification
5 3 (0.82%) PMP
6 2 (0.55%) A+ Certification
6 2 (0.55%) APMG
6 2 (0.55%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (0.55%) ECDL
6 2 (0.55%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (5.75%) Data Quality
2 19 (5.21%) HL7
3 9 (2.47%) Accessibility
4 5 (1.37%) PMO
5 4 (1.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (1.10%) QA
6 3 (0.82%) GDPR
6 3 (0.82%) GRC
6 3 (0.82%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 3 (0.82%) NCSC
7 2 (0.55%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.55%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (0.55%) SLA
System Software
1 13 (3.56%) Active Directory
2 8 (2.19%) Hyper-V
3 7 (1.92%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.27%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (1.10%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (0.82%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (0.55%) SCCM
4 1 (0.27%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 56 (15.34%) Microsoft
2 34 (9.32%) SAP
3 20 (5.48%) VMware
4 15 (4.11%) Brio
5 14 (3.84%) Veeam
6 9 (2.47%) Cerner
6 9 (2.47%) Mitel
7 4 (1.10%) Alteryx
7 4 (1.10%) Automation Anywhere
7 4 (1.10%) Blue Prism
7 4 (1.10%) UiPath
8 3 (0.82%) Cisco
8 3 (0.82%) Datix
9 2 (0.55%) Adobe
9 2 (0.55%) CA
9 2 (0.55%) Citrix
9 2 (0.55%) Dell
9 2 (0.55%) HP
9 2 (0.55%) Oracle
9 2 (0.55%) Siemens