NHS Jobs in Wales

National Health Service (NHS)
UK > Wales

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term NHS in permanent job vacancies advertised in Wales. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited NHS over the 6 months to 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 106 91 102
Rank change year-on-year -15 +11 -18
Permanent jobs citing NHS 15 37 42
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 0.73% 2.24% 2.18%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.36% 5.51% 4.79%
Number of salaries quoted 14 32 15
10th Percentile £42,000 - £25,000
25th Percentile £42,314 £43,162 £37,956
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £44,666 £46,588
Median % change year-on-year +19.78% -4.13% +7.41%
75th Percentile £63,137 £55,569 £59,500
90th Percentile £66,105 £62,988 £64,750
UK median annual salary £50,504 £51,573 £50,000
% change year-on-year -2.07% +3.15% -9.09%

All Generic Skills
Wales

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 Wales with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 635 671 877
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 31.07% 40.69% 45.61%
Number of salaries quoted 339 320 399
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £32,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,886 £45,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.25% -14.29% +26.51%
75th Percentile £57,500 £62,988 £66,250
90th Percentile £67,750 £75,000 £75,000
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 Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for NHS in Wales

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Salary Trend in Wales

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

Salary trend for NHS in Wales

NHS
Salary Histogram in Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing NHS in Wales over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Salary histogram for NHS in Wales

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Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing NHS within the Wales region over the 6 months to 10 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
South Wales -20 14 £53,500 +19.78% 25
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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (26.67%) AWS
2 1 (6.67%) Azure
2 1 (6.67%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (13.33%) Big Data
2 1 (6.67%) Data Warehouse
General
1 6 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
1 6 (40.00%) Health Technology
2 5 (33.33%) Digital Health
2 5 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 4 (26.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 4 (26.67%) Welsh Language
4 2 (13.33%) Public Sector
5 1 (6.67%) Retail
Job Titles
1 6 (40.00%) Architect
1 6 (40.00%) Technical Architect
2 5 (33.33%) Senior
2 5 (33.33%) Senior Architect
2 5 (33.33%) Senior Technical Architect
3 2 (13.33%) Head of Delivery
3 2 (13.33%) Head of Programme Delivery
3 2 (13.33%) Software Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Data Warehouse Developer
4 1 (6.67%) Developer
4 1 (6.67%) Head of Programme Management
Miscellaneous
1 4 (26.67%) Blog
1 4 (26.67%) Social Media
2 2 (13.33%) Genomics
2 2 (13.33%) Life Science
3 1 (6.67%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (26.67%) Strategic Thinking
3 3 (20.00%) Cost Reduction
4 2 (13.33%) Analytics
4 2 (13.33%) Artificial Intelligence
4 2 (13.33%) Predictive Analytics
4 2 (13.33%) Programme Delivery
4 2 (13.33%) Programme Management
4 2 (13.33%) Project Delivery
4 2 (13.33%) Project Management
4 2 (13.33%) Software Engineering
4 2 (13.33%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
4 2 (13.33%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (6.67%) Agile
5 1 (6.67%) Data Extraction
5 1 (6.67%) Data Modelling
5 1 (6.67%) Data Visualisation
5 1 (6.67%) Open Source
5 1 (6.67%) User Experience
5 1 (6.67%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 2 (13.33%) Java
2 1 (6.67%) SQL
2 1 (6.67%) T-SQL
Vendors
1 4 (26.67%) Facebook
1 4 (26.67%) YouTube
2 1 (6.67%) Google