NHS Contracts in the North West

National Health Service (NHS)
England > North West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term NHS in contract job vacancies in the North West. 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 96 109 53
Rank change year-on-year +13 -56 -16
Contract jobs citing NHS 39 41 168
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 1.40% 1.36% 4.17%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 5.61% 4.24% 11.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 22 133
10th Percentile £246 £137 £187
25th Percentile £297 £270 £240
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £420 £308
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +36.59% +11.82%
75th Percentile £655 £604 £400
90th Percentile £713 £785 £483
England median daily rate £315 £299 £325
% change year-on-year +5.27% -7.93% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 8 10
10th Percentile £11.25 £16.60 £12.48
25th Percentile £13.06 - £20.31
Median hourly rate £16.17 £16.85 £21.78
Median % change year-on-year -4.04% -22.64% +21.00%
75th Percentile £44.74 £21.50 £23.26
90th Percentile - £26.00 £27.66
England median hourly rate £14.49 £21.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year -31.02% -2.33% +22.86%

All Generic Skills
North West

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 North West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 695 967 1,410
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 24.89% 32.10% 35.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 437 633 1,075
10th Percentile £292 £295 £210
25th Percentile £413 £400 £355
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £493 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -1.40% +5.26% +16.71%
75th Percentile £581 £606 £588
90th Percentile £690 £675 £675
England median daily rate £550 £565 £550
% change year-on-year -2.65% +2.73% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 72 39 56
10th Percentile £13.00 £16.50 £11.63
25th Percentile £15.00 £20.11 £14.25
Median hourly rate £25.25 £27.50 £19.25
Median % change year-on-year -8.18% +42.86% +7.24%
75th Percentile £39.06 £58.18 £27.25
90th Percentile £57.50 £67.60 £61.88
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 North West

Job postings citing NHS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for NHS in the North West

NHS
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing NHS in the North West.

Daily rate trend for NHS in the North West

NHS
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing NHS in the North West over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for NHS in the North West

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing NHS in the North West.

Hourly rate trend for NHS in the North West

NHS
Hourly Rate Histogram in the North West

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

Hourly rate histogram for NHS in the North West

NHS
Contract Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing NHS within the North West 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
Lancashire +9 10 £650 - 13
Manchester +1 10 £700 +59.09% 84
Merseyside +12 4 £450 +246.15% 25
Cheshire -4 4 £311 -23.21% 10
Cumbria - 4 £500 - 14
NHS
England

NHS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 3 (7.69%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (12.82%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (5.13%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (2.56%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (2.56%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (2.56%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 4 (10.26%) Microsoft 365
1 4 (10.26%) Power Platform
2 2 (5.13%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 3 (7.69%) DHCP
1 3 (7.69%) DNS
2 2 (5.13%) SAN
3 1 (2.56%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (12.82%) Electronic Patient Records
2 4 (10.26%) Power BI
3 1 (2.56%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (2.56%) SQL Server
General
1 8 (20.51%) Social Skills
2 7 (17.95%) Public Sector
3 6 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (12.82%) Finance
5 3 (7.69%) Digital Healthcare
5 3 (7.69%) Local Government
6 2 (5.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (2.56%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (2.56%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (25.64%) Senior
2 6 (15.38%) Architect
3 5 (12.82%) Analyst
4 4 (10.26%) Developer
4 4 (10.26%) Information Analyst
4 4 (10.26%) Programme Manager
4 4 (10.26%) Senior Analyst
4 4 (10.26%) Senior Information Analyst
4 4 (10.26%) Software Developer
5 3 (7.69%) IT Engineer
5 3 (7.69%) Senior Manager
5 3 (7.69%) Senior Programme Manager
5 3 (7.69%) Solutions Architect
5 3 (7.69%) Systems Architect
6 2 (5.13%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 2 (5.13%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
6 2 (5.13%) Project Assistant
6 2 (5.13%) Project Management Assistant
6 2 (5.13%) Support Officer
7 1 (2.56%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.13%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 4 (10.26%) Management Information System
2 3 (7.69%) Onboarding
3 2 (5.13%) Virtual Team
4 1 (2.56%) Data Structures
4 1 (2.56%) e-Learning
4 1 (2.56%) LIMS
4 1 (2.56%) Smartphone
4 1 (2.56%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.56%) Windows
1 1 (2.56%) Windows 10
1 1 (2.56%) Windows Server
1 1 (2.56%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (12.82%) Agile
2 5 (12.82%) PRINCE2
3 4 (10.26%) Business Intelligence
3 4 (10.26%) Information Management
3 4 (10.26%) Project Delivery
3 4 (10.26%) Project Management
3 4 (10.26%) Risk Register
3 4 (10.26%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (7.69%) Change Management
4 3 (7.69%) Conflict Management
4 3 (7.69%) Line Management
4 3 (7.69%) Mathematics
4 3 (7.69%) Performance Management
4 3 (7.69%) Performance Monitoring
4 3 (7.69%) Process Improvement
4 3 (7.69%) Programme Governance
4 3 (7.69%) Stakeholder Identification
4 3 (7.69%) Technical Leadership
4 3 (7.69%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 4 (10.26%) SQL
2 1 (2.56%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 5 (12.82%) Degree
2 4 (10.26%) Security Cleared
3 3 (7.69%) Numerate Degree
3 3 (7.69%) SC Cleared
4 2 (5.13%) APMG
4 2 (5.13%) PMI Certification
4 2 (5.13%) PMP
5 1 (2.56%) CIPD
5 1 (2.56%) CISA
5 1 (2.56%) CISM
5 1 (2.56%) CISSP
5 1 (2.56%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (10.26%) HL7
2 3 (7.69%) Data Quality
3 1 (2.56%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 4 (10.26%) Active Directory
2 2 (5.13%) Hyper-V
2 2 (5.13%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (5.13%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (5.13%) SCCM
1 2 (5.13%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 7 (17.95%) Microsoft
2 2 (5.13%) Citrix
2 2 (5.13%) VMware
3 1 (2.56%) Adobe