NHS Jobs in England

National Health Service (NHS)
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term NHS in permanent job vacancies advertised in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries 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 394 421 326
Rank change year-on-year +27 -95 +72
Permanent jobs citing NHS 568 634 1,671
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.66% 0.71% 1.24%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.91% 1.65% 2.65%
Number of salaries quoted 450 463 771
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,600 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,250 £51,573 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.50% +3.15% -13.04%
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £66,250
90th Percentile £76,375 £80,000 £83,750
UK median annual salary £50,000 £51,573 £50,000
% change year-on-year -3.05% +3.15% -9.09%

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 permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 29,721 38,344 63,127
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 34.62% 43.22% 46.86%
Number of salaries quoted 20,838 20,947 30,293
10th Percentile £28,000 £35,500 £34,750
25th Percentile £38,000 £46,570 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £87,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £105,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +4.17%

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

NHS
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for NHS in England

NHS
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing NHS in England over the 6 months to 15 May 2024.

Salary histogram for NHS in England

NHS
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing NHS within the England region 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North of England +60 183 £40,132 -10.82% 266
London +37 112 £57,500 -5.06% 265
South East +2 102 £50,000 +5.26% 184
Yorkshire +119 83 £43,742 -1.89% 98
Midlands +43 78 £53,500 +5.34% 208
North West +23 71 £40,000 -22.44% 141
West Midlands +64 65 £53,500 +1.90% 110
South West -72 43 £39,500 -21.78% 128
East of England -4 36 £30,000 +10.09% 136
North East -27 29 £41,000 -8.21% 29
East Midlands -18 10 £48,500 +17.58% 98
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 8 (1.41%) CMS
2 5 (0.88%) Confluence
3 4 (0.70%) ArcGIS
4 3 (0.53%) SharePoint
4 3 (0.53%) Umbraco
5 2 (0.35%) SAS
6 1 (0.18%) Apache
6 1 (0.18%) Drupal
6 1 (0.18%) Exchange Server 2010
6 1 (0.18%) Jetty
6 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.18%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.18%) WordPress
Applications
1 45 (7.92%) Microsoft Office
2 34 (5.99%) Microsoft Excel
3 14 (2.46%) Microsoft Project
4 7 (1.23%) InVision
4 7 (1.23%) Sketch
5 6 (1.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 6 (1.06%) Spreadsheet
6 4 (0.70%) Adobe Illustrator
7 3 (0.53%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.18%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.18%) Adobe XD
8 1 (0.18%) CorelDRAW
8 1 (0.18%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (0.88%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.35%) Primavera
3 1 (0.18%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 105 (18.49%) Azure
2 55 (9.68%) AWS
3 44 (7.75%) Microsoft 365
4 40 (7.04%) Power Platform
5 15 (2.64%) Azure DevOps
6 14 (2.46%) SaaS
7 11 (1.94%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 10 (1.76%) Azure Data Factory
8 10 (1.76%) Cloud Computing
8 10 (1.76%) GCP
8 10 (1.76%) Google Analytics
8 10 (1.76%) Google Tag Manager
9 8 (1.41%) dbt
9 8 (1.41%) Snowflake
10 5 (0.88%) Azure Sentinel
10 5 (0.88%) BigCommerce
11 4 (0.70%) npm
11 4 (0.70%) Storyblok
12 3 (0.53%) AWS CloudFormation
12 3 (0.53%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 22 (3.87%) Internet
1 22 (3.87%) LAN
1 22 (3.87%) WAN
2 18 (3.17%) Firewall
3 16 (2.82%) Broadband
3 16 (2.82%) WPA
4 10 (1.76%) Intranet
5 9 (1.58%) DNS
5 9 (1.58%) TCP/IP
6 7 (1.23%) DHCP
7 6 (1.06%) Wi-Fi
8 5 (0.88%) Network Security
8 5 (0.88%) SAN
8 5 (0.88%) VPN
9 3 (0.53%) Wireless
10 1 (0.18%) DECT
10 1 (0.18%) NGFW
10 1 (0.18%) RFID
10 1 (0.18%) Unified Communications
10 1 (0.18%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (9.15%) SQL Server
2 35 (6.16%) Power BI
3 32 (5.63%) Data Warehouse
4 21 (3.70%) Tableau
5 20 (3.52%) Electronic Patient Records
6 16 (2.82%) Relational Database
7 15 (2.64%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 12 (2.11%) Data Lake
9 10 (1.76%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 9 (1.58%) PostgreSQL
11 7 (1.23%) Big Data
11 7 (1.23%) BigQuery
11 7 (1.23%) Looker
11 7 (1.23%) Metadata
11 7 (1.23%) Microsoft Analysis Services
12 6 (1.06%) MongoDB
13 5 (0.88%) MySQL
13 5 (0.88%) NoSQL
13 5 (0.88%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 4 (0.70%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 9 (1.58%) JIRA
2 5 (0.88%) Visual Studio
3 4 (0.70%) Git
3 4 (0.70%) gulp
3 4 (0.70%) Katalon Studio
3 4 (0.70%) Postman
4 3 (0.53%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.35%) Bitbucket
5 2 (0.35%) Burp Suite
5 2 (0.35%) JIRA Agile
5 2 (0.35%) Mercurial
6 1 (0.18%) Balsamiq
6 1 (0.18%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.18%) Moq
6 1 (0.18%) NUnit
6 1 (0.18%) Selenium
6 1 (0.18%) Sourcetree
6 1 (0.18%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (0.18%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 213 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 120 (21.13%) Finance
3 97 (17.08%) Public Sector
4 60 (10.56%) Analytical Skills
4 60 (10.56%) Pharmaceutical
5 55 (9.68%) Presentation Skills
6 53 (9.33%) Marketing
7 48 (8.45%) Local Government
8 43 (7.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 37 (6.51%) Retail
10 36 (6.34%) Organisational Skills
11 35 (6.16%) Health Technology
12 31 (5.46%) Billing
13 15 (2.64%) Telecoms
14 14 (2.46%) Environmental Health
15 13 (2.29%) Manufacturing
16 12 (2.11%) Digital Health
17 11 (1.94%) Digital Healthcare
18 10 (1.76%) Police
19 9 (1.58%) Legal
Job Titles
1 82 (14.44%) Senior
2 71 (12.50%) Developer
3 64 (11.27%) Project Manager
4 48 (8.45%) Lead
5 47 (8.27%) Analyst
6 32 (5.63%) Audit Manager
7 24 (4.23%) Senior Developer
8 20 (3.52%) Business Manager
9 18 (3.17%) Delivery Manager
9 18 (3.17%) Product Manager
10 17 (2.99%) Architect
10 17 (2.99%) Systems Engineer
11 16 (2.82%) Senior Manager
12 15 (2.64%) Data Engineer
12 15 (2.64%) Support Technician
13 14 (2.46%) Business Analyst
14 13 (2.29%) IT Manager
15 12 (2.11%) Digital Delivery Manager
15 12 (2.11%) Software Developer
15 12 (2.11%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 52 (9.15%) .NET
2 30 (5.28%) HTML
3 29 (5.11%) CSS
4 21 (3.70%) React
5 14 (2.46%) ASP.NET
6 13 (2.29%) XML
7 12 (2.11%) .NET Core
7 12 (2.11%) AngularJS
7 12 (2.11%) Lightning Web Components
7 12 (2.11%) Node.js
8 9 (1.58%) Vue
9 8 (1.41%) .NET Framework
9 8 (1.41%) Razor View Engine
10 7 (1.23%) HTML5
10 7 (1.23%) jQuery
10 7 (1.23%) RESTful
11 5 (0.88%) Entity Framework
11 5 (0.88%) FHIR
11 5 (0.88%) Web Services
11 5 (0.88%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 57 (10.04%) Management Information System
2 34 (5.99%) Housing Association
3 26 (4.58%) Mobile App
4 18 (3.17%) Data Protection Act
5 17 (2.99%) Self-Motivation
6 13 (2.29%) Algorithms
7 9 (1.58%) Driving Licence
7 9 (1.58%) LIMS
7 9 (1.58%) PKI
7 9 (1.58%) Product Ownership
8 8 (1.41%) Social Media
9 7 (1.23%) Data Structures
9 7 (1.23%) Renewable Energy
10 6 (1.06%) CCTV
10 6 (1.06%) Legacy Systems
11 5 (0.88%) Cloud Native
11 5 (0.88%) Low-Code
11 5 (0.88%) PMI
12 4 (0.70%) BYOD
12 4 (0.70%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 57 (10.04%) Windows
2 28 (4.93%) Windows Server
3 17 (2.99%) Windows 10
4 12 (2.11%) Linux
5 5 (0.88%) Apple iOS
6 4 (0.70%) Android
7 2 (0.35%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.35%) Windows 7
8 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 106 (18.66%) Problem-Solving
2 100 (17.61%) Project Management
3 85 (14.96%) Agile
4 55 (9.68%) Business Intelligence
5 51 (8.98%) Business Development
6 49 (8.63%) Coaching
7 47 (8.27%) Customer Service
8 45 (7.92%) Decision-Making
9 43 (7.57%) Analytics
9 43 (7.57%) Continuous Improvement
10 40 (7.04%) Roadmaps
10 40 (7.04%) Service Management
11 39 (6.87%) DevOps
11 39 (6.87%) PRINCE2
12 38 (6.69%) Change Management
12 38 (6.69%) Information Governance
13 35 (6.16%) Cybersecurity
13 35 (6.16%) Performance Management
13 35 (6.16%) Project Delivery
14 34 (5.99%) People Management
Programming Languages
1 88 (15.49%) SQL
2 57 (10.04%) C#
3 38 (6.69%) JavaScript
4 33 (5.81%) Python
5 23 (4.05%) Java
6 19 (3.35%) TypeScript
7 16 (2.82%) T-SQL
8 10 (1.76%) R
9 6 (1.06%) PowerShell
10 5 (0.88%) Kotlin
11 4 (0.70%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 4 (0.70%) Groovy
11 4 (0.70%) Kusto Query Language
11 4 (0.70%) PHP
11 4 (0.70%) Ruby
12 3 (0.53%) Bash
12 3 (0.53%) JSX
13 2 (0.35%) Bicep
13 2 (0.35%) VB.NET
14 1 (0.18%) Swift
Qualifications
1 85 (14.96%) Degree
2 66 (11.62%) DBS Check
3 32 (5.63%) ACCA
4 24 (4.23%) CIPD
5 16 (2.82%) Microsoft Certification
6 11 (1.94%) Computer Science Degree
7 8 (1.41%) Security Cleared
8 7 (1.23%) NVQ Level 3
8 7 (1.23%) Postgraduate
9 6 (1.06%) CISSP
9 6 (1.06%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 5 (0.88%) Cisco Certification
10 5 (0.88%) CISM
10 5 (0.88%) MCSE
10 5 (0.88%) PMI Certification
10 5 (0.88%) PMP
11 3 (0.53%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 3 (0.53%) Azure Certification
12 2 (0.35%) CompTIA Security+
12 2 (0.35%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (8.80%) GDPR
2 31 (5.46%) GAAP
2 31 (5.46%) IFRS
3 23 (4.05%) Cyber Essentials
4 22 (3.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 19 (3.35%) Accessibility
5 19 (3.35%) QA
6 12 (2.11%) Data Quality
7 11 (1.94%) PMO
8 8 (1.41%) ISO 9001
9 6 (1.06%) Actionable Recommendations
9 6 (1.06%) GMP
9 6 (1.06%) ISO/IEC 17025
9 6 (1.06%) NCSC
10 5 (0.88%) SLA
11 3 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 3 (0.53%) WCAG
12 2 (0.35%) Disclosure Scotland
12 2 (0.35%) PCI DSS
12 2 (0.35%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 24 (4.23%) Active Directory
2 14 (2.46%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (2.11%) Docker
4 9 (1.58%) Hyper-V
5 4 (0.70%) VMware Server
6 3 (0.53%) Slurm Workload Manager
6 3 (0.53%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.35%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.18%) Terminal Services
8 1 (0.18%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 28 (4.93%) Terraform
2 16 (2.82%) Microsoft Intune
3 11 (1.94%) Kubernetes
4 4 (0.70%) SCCM
5 1 (0.18%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (0.18%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 131 (23.06%) Microsoft
2 32 (5.63%) CA
3 18 (3.17%) Northgate
4 16 (2.82%) Google
4 16 (2.82%) VMware
5 14 (2.46%) Salesforce
6 12 (2.11%) Adobe
7 9 (1.58%) Databricks
8 7 (1.23%) Cisco
9 6 (1.06%) Facebook
9 6 (1.06%) Hotjar
9 6 (1.06%) SAP
10 5 (0.88%) RedGate
11 4 (0.70%) Datix
11 4 (0.70%) ESRI
11 4 (0.70%) HP
12 3 (0.53%) Atlassian
12 3 (0.53%) New Relic
12 3 (0.53%) Oracle
12 3 (0.53%) ServiceNow