NHS Jobs in Cardiff

National Health Service (NHS)
South Wales > Cardiff

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term NHS in permanent job vacancies in Cardiff. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited NHS over the 6 months leading up to 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 28 51 35
Rank change year-on-year +23 -16 +57
Permanent jobs citing NHS 4 15 31
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cardiff 2.23% 2.09% 5.61%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 5.33% 7.50% 12.81%
Number of salaries quoted 1 14 31
10th Percentile - £42,000 -
25th Percentile - £43,688 £43,162
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,637 £53,500 £44,666
Median % change year-on-year -14.70% +19.78% +1.51%
75th Percentile - £63,137 £58,042
90th Percentile - £65,766 £62,988
South Wales median annual salary £45,637 £53,500 £44,666
% change year-on-year -14.70% +19.78% +1.51%

All Generic Skills
Cardiff

NHS falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in Cardiff.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 75 200 242
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cardiff 41.90% 27.86% 43.76%
Number of salaries quoted 58 173 178
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,831 £32,221
25th Percentile £36,293 £35,059 £43,041
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,750 £50,000 £56,250
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% -11.11% +2.27%
75th Percentile £60,000 £63,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £75,901 £72,433 £78,750
South Wales median annual salary £62,000 £46,604 £48,750
% change year-on-year +33.04% -4.40% -7.14%

NHS
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

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

Job vacancy trend for NHS in Cardiff

NHS
Salary Trend in Cardiff

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

Salary trend for NHS in Cardiff

NHS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cardiff 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Cisco ASA
1 1 (25.00%) Cisco Firepower
1 1 (25.00%) Cisco IOS
1 1 (25.00%) Cisco ISE
1 1 (25.00%) DNS
1 1 (25.00%) Firewall
1 1 (25.00%) Network Security
1 1 (25.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (25.00%) VoIP
1 1 (25.00%) Wi-Fi
General
1 4 (100.00%) Public Sector
2 3 (75.00%) Finance
2 3 (75.00%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Civil Engineer
1 3 (75.00%) Development Engineer
1 3 (75.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 3 (75.00%) Principal Engineer
1 3 (75.00%) Senior
1 3 (75.00%) Senior Development Engineer
1 3 (75.00%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Network Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Network Support
2 1 (25.00%) Network Support Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Business Development
1 3 (75.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 3 (75.00%) Due Diligence
1 3 (75.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 3 (75.00%) Line Management
1 3 (75.00%) Mentoring
1 3 (75.00%) Project Delivery
1 3 (75.00%) Project Management
1 3 (75.00%) Strategic Planning
2 1 (25.00%) ITIL
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) Degree
2 1 (25.00%) CCNA
2 1 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (25.00%) CWNA
2 1 (25.00%) CWTS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (75.00%) Accessibility
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Cisco Prime
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Aerohive Networks
1 1 (25.00%) Cisco