NHS Contracts in Wales

National Health Service (NHS)
UK > Wales

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term NHS in contract job vacancies in Wales. 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 10 15 13
Rank change year-on-year +5 -2 +8
Contract jobs citing NHS 35 59 97
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wales 8.54% 10.12% 10.36%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 23.81% 24.28% 29.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 46 76
10th Percentile £137 £158 £158
25th Percentile £213 £180 £257
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £205 £410
Median % change year-on-year +107.32% -50.00% +22.39%
75th Percentile £500 £434 £450
90th Percentile £531 £489 £538
UK median daily rate £325 £290 £350
% change year-on-year +12.07% -17.14% +4.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 7
10th Percentile - £12.53 -
25th Percentile - £12.56 £11.15
Median hourly rate - £14.25 £16.06
Median % change year-on-year - -11.24% +30.48%
75th Percentile - £16.98 £17.01
90th Percentile - £17.65 £17.25
UK median hourly rate £12.96 £20.00 £21.35
% change year-on-year -35.20% -6.32% +25.59%

All Generic Skills
Wales

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 Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 147 243 329
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 35.85% 41.68% 35.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 100 168 228
10th Percentile £133 £163 £166
25th Percentile £327 £235 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +5.56% +5.88%
75th Percentile £550 £550 £550
90th Percentile £576 £638 £625
UK median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 10 15
10th Percentile - £12.61 £11.15
25th Percentile £11.75 £15.25 £14.00
Median hourly rate £18.95 £18.10 £16.50
Median % change year-on-year +4.67% +9.70% +10.00%
75th Percentile £45.06 £21.50 £21.88
90th Percentile £74.98 £27.64 £25.00
UK median hourly rate £35.65 £22.26 £27.00
% change year-on-year +60.15% -17.56% +8.00%

NHS
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for NHS in Wales

NHS
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Wales

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

Daily rate trend for NHS in Wales

NHS
Daily Rate Histogram in Wales

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

Daily rate histogram for NHS in Wales

NHS
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Wales

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

Hourly rate trend for NHS in Wales

NHS
Contract Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing NHS within the Wales 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
South Wales +13 31 £425 +77.08% 29
Dyfed - 1 £925 -
NHS
UK

NHS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales 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 5 (14.29%) Apache
2 3 (8.57%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (5.71%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.86%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (8.57%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 7 (20.00%) Azure
2 6 (17.14%) Azure AKS
2 6 (17.14%) Entra ID
3 2 (5.71%) Power Platform
4 1 (2.86%) Azure DevOps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.71%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.86%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (2.86%) Team Foundation Server
1 1 (2.86%) Visual Studio
General
1 3 (8.57%) Public Sector
2 2 (5.71%) Legal
2 2 (5.71%) Social Skills
3 1 (2.86%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (2.86%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 6 (17.14%) Developer
2 4 (11.43%) .NET Developer
2 4 (11.43%) WSO2 Engineer
3 3 (8.57%) Integration Engineer
3 3 (8.57%) IT Support
3 3 (8.57%) IT Support Technician
3 3 (8.57%) IT Technician
3 3 (8.57%) React Developer
3 3 (8.57%) Support Technician
4 2 (5.71%) Azure Engineer
4 2 (5.71%) Full Stack .NET Developer
4 2 (5.71%) Full Stack Developer
4 2 (5.71%) Implementation Engineer
4 2 (5.71%) IT Engineer
5 1 (2.86%) Agile Project Manager
5 1 (2.86%) Business Intelligence Developer
5 1 (2.86%) Clinical Coder
5 1 (2.86%) Power BI Developer
5 1 (2.86%) Principal Business Analyst
5 1 (2.86%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (17.14%) FHIR
1 6 (17.14%) Keycloak
2 5 (14.29%) .NET
2 5 (14.29%) OAuth
2 5 (14.29%) OAuth2
2 5 (14.29%) SAML
3 3 (8.57%) React
4 2 (5.71%) CSS
4 2 (5.71%) HTML
5 1 (2.86%) OpenID
5 1 (2.86%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 11 (31.43%) Public Cloud
2 1 (2.86%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 4 (11.43%) Windows
1 4 (11.43%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (17.14%) API Management
2 5 (14.29%) PRINCE2
3 4 (11.43%) Informatics
3 4 (11.43%) ITIL
4 3 (8.57%) Agile
4 3 (8.57%) Conflict Resolution
4 3 (8.57%) User Experience
5 2 (5.71%) Customer Requirements
5 2 (5.71%) Data Mapping
5 2 (5.71%) Data Migration
5 2 (5.71%) Full Stack Development
5 2 (5.71%) Information Governance
5 2 (5.71%) Line Management
5 2 (5.71%) Migration
5 2 (5.71%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (5.71%) Project Management
5 2 (5.71%) Software Engineering
5 2 (5.71%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (2.86%) Service Delivery
6 1 (2.86%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.71%) C#
1 2 (5.71%) JavaScript
1 2 (5.71%) SQL
2 1 (2.86%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 4 (11.43%) Degree
2 3 (8.57%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 1 (2.86%) CISM
3 1 (2.86%) CISSP
3 1 (2.86%) ISEB
3 1 (2.86%) ISEB Practitioner
3 1 (2.86%) ISTQB
3 1 (2.86%) PMI Certification
3 1 (2.86%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (11.43%) HL7
2 1 (2.86%) NIST
System Software
1 12 (34.29%) Docker
2 3 (8.57%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 9 (25.71%) Single Sign-On
2 6 (17.14%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 7 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 6 (17.14%) WSO2
3 3 (8.57%) Cegedim Rx
3 3 (8.57%) HP
4 1 (2.86%) Oracle