National Health Service (NHS)
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term NHS in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited NHS over the 6 months to 15 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
15 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 232 196 161
Rank change year-on-year -36 -35 -10
Contract jobs citing NHS 421 777 1,573
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.99% 1.36% 1.80%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.27% 4.09% 5.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 272 588 1,198
10th Percentile £175 £158 £155
25th Percentile £205 £203 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £315 £300 £348
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -13.67% +8.59%
75th Percentile £478 £488 £459
90th Percentile £572 £575 £550
UK excluding London median daily rate £350 £250 £300
% change year-on-year +40.00% -16.67% +4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 74 41 107
10th Percentile £11.25 £12.63 £11.15
25th Percentile £12.25 £16.85 £14.68
Median hourly rate £13.24 £21.00 £17.64
Median % change year-on-year -36.95% +19.05% +3.76%
75th Percentile £22.19 £26.00 £27.71
90th Percentile £40.30 £67.50 £36.67
UK excluding London median hourly rate £12.86 £20.00 £17.53
% change year-on-year -35.70% +14.09% +6.24%

All Generic Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 12,885 18,988 28,967
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.28% 33.25% 33.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,301 13,052 20,257
10th Percentile £269 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.91% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £674 £676 £660
90th Percentile £800 £800 £763
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +9.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 890 627 724
10th Percentile £12.25 £9.80 £14.25
25th Percentile £15.14 £10.63 £17.23
Median hourly rate £31.25 £22.49 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +38.98% -18.24% +4.05%
75th Percentile £61.30 £63.75 £50.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £66.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.50 £22.00 £21.04
% change year-on-year +29.55% +4.56% -12.33%

NHS
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for NHS in the UK

NHS
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for NHS in the UK

NHS
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing NHS over the 6 months to 15 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for NHS in the UK

NHS
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for NHS in the UK

NHS
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing NHS over the 6 months to 15 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for NHS in the UK

NHS
Top 17 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing NHS within the UK over the 6 months to 15 May 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
England -48 365 £303 +1.08% 1,213
UK excluding London -40 272 £350 +40.00% 977
Work from Home -23 134 £313 -21.75% 263
London +36 127 £300 -2.44% 270
North of England -6 84 £450 -5.26% 267
South East -14 69 £205 - 188
Yorkshire -7 38 £500 -2.44% 97
North West +12 37 £350 -12.50% 143
East of England -15 32 £227 +0.69% 136
Wales +1 31 £438 +113.41% 39
Midlands -20 29 £488 +115.71% 211
South West -10 21 £185 -61.09% 133
West Midlands -4 17 £650 +168.04% 113
East Midlands -5 12 £385 +92.50% 98
North East +11 9 £325 +54.76% 29
Northern Ireland - 6 - - 1
Scotland +26 3 £407 +16.29% 9

NHS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 10 (2.38%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.19%) Apache
2 5 (1.19%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.48%) Exchange Server 2007
3 2 (0.48%) Exchange Server 2010
4 1 (0.24%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.24%) CMS
Applications
1 24 (5.70%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (3.56%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (1.19%) Spreadsheet
4 4 (0.95%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.71%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.48%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.24%) Adobe Illustrator
7 1 (0.24%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.24%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 3 (0.71%) SystmOne
2 1 (0.24%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.24%) HealthRoster
Cloud Services
1 44 (10.45%) Azure
2 29 (6.89%) Microsoft 365
3 25 (5.94%) Power Platform
4 20 (4.75%) AWS
5 6 (1.43%) Azure AKS
5 6 (1.43%) Entra ID
5 6 (1.43%) Power Automate
5 6 (1.43%) SaaS
6 5 (1.19%) GCP
7 4 (0.95%) Azure DevOps
8 3 (0.71%) Amazon S3
9 2 (0.48%) AWS Lambda
9 2 (0.48%) Azure Data Factory
9 2 (0.48%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 2 (0.48%) Cloud Computing
9 2 (0.48%) GitHub
9 2 (0.48%) GitHub Actions
9 2 (0.48%) Nutanix
9 2 (0.48%) OneDrive
9 2 (0.48%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 16 (3.80%) WAN
2 14 (3.33%) Firewall
2 14 (3.33%) LAN
3 11 (2.61%) Wireless
4 8 (1.90%) VPN
5 6 (1.43%) DHCP
6 5 (1.19%) DNS
6 5 (1.19%) Network Security
6 5 (1.19%) WLAN
7 4 (0.95%) Intranet
7 4 (0.95%) SAN
8 3 (0.71%) VoIP
9 2 (0.48%) Cisco ASA
9 2 (0.48%) IP Telephony
9 2 (0.48%) SD-WAN
9 2 (0.48%) Structured Cabling
9 2 (0.48%) Wi-Fi
10 1 (0.24%) 5G
10 1 (0.24%) Cisco Firepower
10 1 (0.24%) LoRaWAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (10.93%) Electronic Patient Records
2 22 (5.23%) Data Warehouse
3 18 (4.28%) Power BI
4 14 (3.33%) SQL Server
5 8 (1.90%) Relational Database
6 6 (1.43%) QlikView
6 6 (1.43%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 5 (1.19%) Big Data
7 5 (1.19%) Tableau
8 4 (0.95%) KNIME
8 4 (0.95%) PostgreSQL
9 3 (0.71%) Data Lake
10 2 (0.48%) Amazon Redshift
10 2 (0.48%) MongoDB
10 2 (0.48%) MySQL
10 2 (0.48%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 2 (0.48%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 1 (0.24%) NoSQL
11 1 (0.24%) Oracle Database
11 1 (0.24%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 6 (1.43%) Visual Studio
2 5 (1.19%) Git
3 1 (0.24%) JIRA
3 1 (0.24%) Oracle APEX
3 1 (0.24%) Selenium
3 1 (0.24%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 1 (0.24%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (0.24%) tSQLt
General
1 95 (22.57%) Social Skills
2 87 (20.67%) Public Sector
3 61 (14.49%) Finance
4 46 (10.93%) Telecoms
5 44 (10.45%) Marketing
6 40 (9.50%) Electronics
6 40 (9.50%) Manufacturing
7 26 (6.18%) Analytical Skills
8 12 (2.85%) Health Technology
9 11 (2.61%) Local Government
10 10 (2.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 10 (2.38%) Organisational Skills
11 8 (1.90%) Legal
12 6 (1.43%) Digital Health
12 6 (1.43%) Digital Healthcare
13 5 (1.19%) Presentation Skills
14 4 (0.95%) Influencing Skills
15 3 (0.71%) Pharmaceutical
16 2 (0.48%) Law
16 2 (0.48%) Military
Job Titles
1 46 (10.93%) Analyst
1 46 (10.93%) Project Manager
2 35 (8.31%) Senior
3 23 (5.46%) Developer
3 23 (5.46%) Support Engineer
4 22 (5.23%) Administrator
5 19 (4.51%) Architect
6 18 (4.28%) Service Analyst
6 18 (4.28%) Service Desk Analyst
7 17 (4.04%) Lead
8 15 (3.56%) Desktop Engineer
8 15 (3.56%) Desktop Support
8 15 (3.56%) Desktop Support Engineer
9 14 (3.33%) Trainer
10 12 (2.85%) Consultant
10 12 (2.85%) Infrastructure Technician
11 11 (2.61%) Business Analyst
11 11 (2.61%) IT Trainer
11 11 (2.61%) Senior Manager
12 10 (2.38%) Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (2.85%) .NET
2 8 (1.90%) HTML
3 7 (1.66%) CSS
3 7 (1.66%) FHIR
3 7 (1.66%) OAuth
4 6 (1.43%) Keycloak
5 5 (1.19%) ASP.NET
5 5 (1.19%) OAuth2
5 5 (1.19%) SAML
5 5 (1.19%) Web Services
6 3 (0.71%) React
7 2 (0.48%) Node.js
7 2 (0.48%) PySpark
7 2 (0.48%) XML
8 1 (0.24%) .NET Framework
8 1 (0.24%) Django
8 1 (0.24%) Entity Framework
8 1 (0.24%) FastAPI
8 1 (0.24%) OpenID
8 1 (0.24%) Razor View Engine
Miscellaneous
1 20 (4.75%) Management Information System
2 11 (2.61%) LIMS
2 11 (2.61%) Public Cloud
2 11 (2.61%) Smartphone
3 7 (1.66%) Freedom of Information
3 7 (1.66%) Life Science
3 7 (1.66%) PACS
4 5 (1.19%) Data Centre
4 5 (1.19%) Data Structures
5 4 (0.95%) Onboarding
5 4 (0.95%) Virtual Team
6 3 (0.71%) IoT
7 2 (0.48%) Algorithms
7 2 (0.48%) Analytical Mindset
7 2 (0.48%) AS400
7 2 (0.48%) Cloud Native
7 2 (0.48%) Learning Management System
7 2 (0.48%) Linux Command Line
7 2 (0.48%) Smartcard
7 2 (0.48%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 52 (12.35%) Windows
2 25 (5.94%) Windows Server
3 20 (4.75%) Windows 10
4 10 (2.38%) Windows Server 2012
5 4 (0.95%) Windows 7
6 2 (0.48%) Android
6 2 (0.48%) Linux
6 2 (0.48%) Windows Server 2008
7 1 (0.24%) Mac OS X
7 1 (0.24%) Unix
7 1 (0.24%) Windows 8
7 1 (0.24%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (15.20%) Business Intelligence
2 49 (11.64%) Programme Management
3 41 (9.74%) Digital Marketing
4 37 (8.79%) Project Management
5 34 (8.08%) Problem-Solving
6 27 (6.41%) Migration
7 25 (5.94%) Agile
8 23 (5.46%) Stakeholder Management
9 20 (4.75%) Project Delivery
10 18 (4.28%) Customer Service
10 18 (4.28%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 18 (4.28%) PRINCE2
11 17 (4.04%) Analytics
11 17 (4.04%) Risk Management
12 16 (3.80%) Decision-Making
13 15 (3.56%) Data Analysis
14 14 (3.33%) Business Case
14 14 (3.33%) Informatics
15 13 (3.09%) Digital Strategy
15 13 (3.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 29 (6.89%) SQL
2 15 (3.56%) Python
3 8 (1.90%) JavaScript
4 7 (1.66%) C#
4 7 (1.66%) Ruby
5 5 (1.19%) PowerShell
5 5 (1.19%) T-SQL
6 4 (0.95%) PHP
7 2 (0.48%) Bash
7 2 (0.48%) VB.NET
7 2 (0.48%) VBA
8 1 (0.24%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (0.24%) Java
8 1 (0.24%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 20 (4.75%) Degree
2 8 (1.90%) Microsoft Certification
3 6 (1.43%) Cisco Certification
3 6 (1.43%) HNC
3 6 (1.43%) NVQ Level 3
4 5 (1.19%) CCNA
4 5 (1.19%) ISTQB
4 5 (1.19%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 5 (1.19%) Security Cleared
5 4 (0.95%) ISEB
5 4 (0.95%) Network+ Certification
5 4 (0.95%) PMI Certification
5 4 (0.95%) PMP
5 4 (0.95%) SC Cleared
6 3 (0.71%) A+ Certification
6 3 (0.71%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (0.71%) DBS Check
6 3 (0.71%) ECDL
7 2 (0.48%) CCNP
7 2 (0.48%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (6.18%) Data Quality
1 26 (6.18%) HL7
2 13 (3.09%) QA
3 9 (2.14%) Accessibility
4 5 (1.19%) PMO
5 4 (0.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (0.71%) GDPR
6 3 (0.71%) GRC
6 3 (0.71%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 3 (0.71%) NCSC
6 3 (0.71%) SLA
7 2 (0.48%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.24%) Disclosure Scotland
8 1 (0.24%) NIST
8 1 (0.24%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 17 (4.04%) Active Directory
2 15 (3.56%) Docker
3 8 (1.90%) Hyper-V
4 7 (1.66%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.48%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 12 (2.85%) Single Sign-On
2 9 (2.14%) Kubernetes
3 4 (0.95%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (0.71%) TrustSec
5 2 (0.48%) Ansible
5 2 (0.48%) Progress Chef
5 2 (0.48%) Puppet
5 2 (0.48%) SCCM
5 2 (0.48%) Terraform
6 1 (0.24%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 71 (16.86%) Microsoft
2 40 (9.50%) SAP
3 20 (4.75%) VMware
4 14 (3.33%) Veeam
5 11 (2.61%) Brio
6 10 (2.38%) Cerner
7 7 (1.66%) Cisco
8 6 (1.43%) WSO2
9 5 (1.19%) Datix
10 4 (0.95%) Alteryx
10 4 (0.95%) Automation Anywhere
10 4 (0.95%) Blue Prism
10 4 (0.95%) UiPath
11 3 (0.71%) Mitel
11 3 (0.71%) SolarWinds
12 2 (0.48%) Adobe
12 2 (0.48%) Citrix
12 2 (0.48%) Dell
12 2 (0.48%) Google
12 2 (0.48%) Oracle