NHS Job Trends in England

National Health Service (NHS)
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term NHS in permanent job vacancies in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited NHS over the 6 months leading up to 11 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 345 357 377
Rank change year-on-year +12 +20 +16
Permanent jobs citing NHS 442 326 566
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.51% 0.75% 0.64%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.96% 1.81% 1.91%
Number of salaries quoted 349 123 421
10th Percentile £32,250 £26,250 £29,750
25th Percentile £38,750 £37,500 £37,199
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £46,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% +12.90% -7.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,385 £80,000 £82,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +14.29% +5.00% -

All Generic Skills
England

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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 22,512 17,964 29,698
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 25.79% 41.54% 33.46%
Number of salaries quoted 14,895 8,940 19,879
10th Percentile £31,000 £29,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,750 £38,918
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -15.38%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £58,750 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.17% +4.55% -14.10%

NHS
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing NHS relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

NHS job vacancy trend in England

NHS
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing NHS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing NHS

NHS
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing NHS in England over the 6 months to 11 July 2026.

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 11 July 2026. 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 +2 131 £60,000 +84.62% 82
South East +27 104 £57,000 -18.57% 56
Yorkshire +42 100 £60,000 +22.45% 49
London -19 82 £69,559 +23.66% 103
Midlands -22 46 £40,000 -30.43% 37
South West -30 44 £36,250 +31.82% 18
West Midlands -10 33 £40,000 -25.58% 21
North West -11 29 £40,000 +23.08% 28
East Midlands -27 13 £70,000 +16.67% 16
East of England -36 13 £35,000 -41.67% 16
North East -86 2 £55,000 +205.56% 8
NHS
UK

NHS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 5 (1.13%) Apache
1 5 (1.13%) Moodle
1 5 (1.13%) Palantir Foundry
2 4 (0.90%) Apache Spark
2 4 (0.90%) Confluence
3 1 (0.23%) CMS
3 1 (0.23%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.23%) WordPress
Applications
1 10 (2.26%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (1.81%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.68%) Sketch
4 2 (0.45%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.45%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 22 (4.98%) SystmOne
2 3 (0.68%) Dynamics AX
2 3 (0.68%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.23%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.23%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 47 (10.63%) AWS
2 34 (7.69%) Azure
3 25 (5.66%) Power Platform
4 21 (4.75%) Cloud Computing
5 13 (2.94%) SaaS
6 9 (2.04%) Amazon S3
7 8 (1.81%) Microsoft 365
8 7 (1.58%) Serverless
9 6 (1.36%) AWS Lambda
9 6 (1.36%) PaaS
10 4 (0.90%) PowerApps
11 3 (0.68%) Azure Logic Apps
11 3 (0.68%) Figma
11 3 (0.68%) GCP
11 3 (0.68%) GitHub
11 3 (0.68%) IaaS
12 2 (0.45%) AWS Fargate
12 2 (0.45%) Entra ID
12 2 (0.45%) Google Ads
12 2 (0.45%) Heroku
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.13%) Internet
1 5 (1.13%) WebEx
2 4 (0.90%) VPN
3 3 (0.68%) Firewall
3 3 (0.68%) Network Security
3 3 (0.68%) Structured Cabling
3 3 (0.68%) Wireless
4 2 (0.45%) DNS
4 2 (0.45%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (4.75%) Power BI
2 13 (2.94%) Electronic Patient Records
3 10 (2.26%) Tableau
4 5 (1.13%) Amazon Redshift
4 5 (1.13%) SQL Server
5 4 (0.90%) Data Lake
6 2 (0.45%) Data Mining
6 2 (0.45%) KNIME
6 2 (0.45%) MS Access
6 2 (0.45%) MySQL
7 1 (0.23%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.23%) Elasticsearch
7 1 (0.23%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.23%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.23%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.23%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.23%) Vitess
Development Applications
1 9 (2.04%) JIRA
2 2 (0.45%) Git
2 2 (0.45%) GitLab
2 2 (0.45%) Jenkins
2 2 (0.45%) Rational Rhapsody
3 1 (0.23%) Selenium
General
1 81 (18.33%) Public Sector
2 79 (17.87%) Social Skills
3 65 (14.71%) Digital Healthcare
4 56 (12.67%) Local Government
5 39 (8.82%) Health Technology
6 36 (8.14%) Finance
7 22 (4.98%) Influencing Skills
8 20 (4.52%) Analytical Skills
9 19 (4.30%) Digital Health
10 18 (4.07%) Marketing
11 16 (3.62%) Organisational Skills
12 13 (2.94%) Portuguese Language
13 12 (2.71%) French Language
13 12 (2.71%) Pharmaceutical
13 12 (2.71%) Spanish Language
14 7 (1.58%) Electronics
15 5 (1.13%) Retail
16 3 (0.68%) Legal
16 3 (0.68%) Manufacturing
16 3 (0.68%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 79 (17.87%) Account Manager
2 58 (13.12%) Senior
3 36 (8.14%) Business Manager
4 34 (7.69%) Business Development Manager
4 34 (7.69%) Development Manager
5 27 (6.11%) Coordinator
5 27 (6.11%) Developer
5 27 (6.11%) Lead
6 26 (5.88%) IT Support
6 26 (5.88%) Senior Manager
7 25 (5.66%) Analyst
8 24 (5.43%) Senior Developer
9 19 (4.30%) C++ Developer
9 19 (4.30%) Senior C++ Developer
10 16 (3.62%) Healthcare Manager
10 16 (3.62%) IT Assistant
10 16 (3.62%) IT Support Assistant
10 16 (3.62%) Project Manager
10 16 (3.62%) Support Assistant
11 15 (3.39%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (2.94%) MFC
2 5 (1.13%) PySpark
3 3 (0.68%) FHIR
3 3 (0.68%) React
3 3 (0.68%) Vue
4 2 (0.45%) .NET
4 2 (0.45%) AngularJS
4 2 (0.45%) ASP.NET
4 2 (0.45%) Middleware
5 1 (0.23%) Ajax
5 1 (0.23%) ARM Templates
5 1 (0.23%) Behat
5 1 (0.23%) Bootstrap
5 1 (0.23%) CSS
5 1 (0.23%) CSS3
5 1 (0.23%) HTML
5 1 (0.23%) jQuery
5 1 (0.23%) Kafka
5 1 (0.23%) REST
5 1 (0.23%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 21 (4.75%) Cloud Native
2 19 (4.30%) Management Information System
3 17 (3.85%) Onboarding
4 14 (3.17%) Self-Motivation
5 13 (2.94%) Enterprise Software
6 11 (2.49%) Data Centre
7 8 (1.81%) Driving Licence
8 7 (1.58%) Augmented Reality
9 6 (1.36%) e-Learning
10 5 (1.13%) Data Protection Act
10 5 (1.13%) Legacy Systems
10 5 (1.13%) LIMS
10 5 (1.13%) Video Conferencing
10 5 (1.13%) Web Conferencing
11 3 (0.68%) Cloud Security Posture
11 3 (0.68%) Clustering
11 3 (0.68%) Housing Association
11 3 (0.68%) Low-Code
11 3 (0.68%) Product Ownership
11 3 (0.68%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 29 (6.56%) Windows
2 9 (2.04%) Linux
3 3 (0.68%) Windows Server
3 3 (0.68%) Windows Server 2016
3 3 (0.68%) Windows Server 2019
4 2 (0.45%) Android
4 2 (0.45%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (13.57%) Problem-Solving
2 51 (11.54%) Decision-Making
3 40 (9.05%) Business Development
4 39 (8.82%) Agile
5 38 (8.60%) Mentoring
6 34 (7.69%) Roadmaps
7 28 (6.33%) Analytics
8 27 (6.11%) Line Management
9 26 (5.88%) Continuous Improvement
9 26 (5.88%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 25 (5.66%) Cloud Security
10 25 (5.66%) Migration
11 24 (5.43%) Coaching
12 23 (5.20%) Disaster Recovery
13 22 (4.98%) Stakeholder Management
14 21 (4.75%) Business Intelligence
14 21 (4.75%) Data Security
15 20 (4.52%) Risk Management
16 19 (4.30%) Service Delivery
17 18 (4.07%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 29 (6.56%) SQL
2 19 (4.30%) C++
3 15 (3.39%) C#
4 14 (3.17%) Python
5 6 (1.36%) Java
6 5 (1.13%) JavaScript
7 3 (0.68%) Bicep
7 3 (0.68%) T-SQL
8 2 (0.45%) Formula Language
8 2 (0.45%) R
9 1 (0.23%) PHP
Qualifications
1 23 (5.20%) Postgraduate
2 20 (4.52%) Degree
3 11 (2.49%) Security Cleared
4 7 (1.58%) City & Guilds
5 4 (0.90%) ACCA
5 4 (0.90%) PMI Certification
6 3 (0.68%) CISM
6 3 (0.68%) CISSP
6 3 (0.68%) CRISC
7 2 (0.45%) CISA
7 2 (0.45%) DBS Check
7 2 (0.45%) PMP
8 1 (0.23%) APMG
8 1 (0.23%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.23%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.23%) CBAP
8 1 (0.23%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.23%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
8 1 (0.23%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.23%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (2.71%) Data Quality
1 12 (2.71%) GDPR
2 11 (2.49%) Accessibility
2 11 (2.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (1.81%) Cyber Essentials
4 6 (1.36%) PCI DSS
5 5 (1.13%) GRC
6 4 (0.90%) GAAP
6 4 (0.90%) IFRS
6 4 (0.90%) SLA
7 3 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 3 (0.68%) HL7
7 3 (0.68%) NCSC
8 2 (0.45%) QA
8 2 (0.45%) WCAG
9 1 (0.23%) DICOM
9 1 (0.23%) PMO
System Software
1 3 (0.68%) Active Directory
1 3 (0.68%) Docker
1 3 (0.68%) Hyper-V
2 1 (0.23%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 9 (2.04%) Terraform
2 6 (1.36%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.68%) Failover Clustering
3 3 (0.68%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.45%) Ansible
5 1 (0.23%) Argo
5 1 (0.23%) Grafana
5 1 (0.23%) Graylog
5 1 (0.23%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.23%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 44 (9.95%) Microsoft
2 11 (2.49%) Databricks
3 10 (2.26%) Palantir
4 7 (1.58%) HubSpot
5 6 (1.36%) Salesforce
6 5 (1.13%) Foundry
6 5 (1.13%) Yealink
7 4 (0.90%) Apple
7 4 (0.90%) ICL
7 4 (0.90%) Oracle
8 3 (0.68%) Google
8 3 (0.68%) ServiceNow
9 2 (0.45%) Alteryx
9 2 (0.45%) InterSystems
9 2 (0.45%) OneTrust
9 2 (0.45%) Xamarin
10 1 (0.23%) Cerner
10 1 (0.23%) Facebook