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 in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited NHS over the 6 months leading up to 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 385 421 357
Rank change year-on-year +36 -64 +64
Permanent jobs citing NHS 502 498 1,569
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.64% 0.70% 1.07%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.95% 1.68% 2.26%
Number of salaries quoted 361 400 826
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,750 £32,306
25th Percentile £37,500 £39,544 £41,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,899 £48,754 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.80% -7.14% -8.70%
75th Percentile £62,500 £63,033 £67,746
90th Percentile £82,500 £80,000 £82,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -8.70%

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 25,806 29,571 69,564
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 32.93% 41.60% 47.31%
Number of salaries quoted 16,283 18,664 32,310
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,408 £34,506
25th Percentile £40,523 £46,570 £46,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,124 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.66% +4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £78,750 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £102,500 £110,000 £105,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £64,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -14.06% +2.40% +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 26 July 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 26 July 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 East +49 138 £54,151 +5.04% 132
North of England +23 123 £40,132 -14.43% 190
London +70 102 £57,500 -4.17% 155
Midlands +7 63 £53,500 +22.99% 123
North West +13 60 £40,000 -11.11% 89
Yorkshire +62 54 £45,000 -4.05% 76
West Midlands +20 50 £53,500 +1.90% 64
South West -73 37 £39,253 -12.77% 122
East of England -15 23 £46,500 +86.00% 81
East Midlands -25 11 £45,000 +24.14% 59
North East -23 9 £43,500 -8.75% 33
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 10 (1.99%) CMS
2 6 (1.20%) Apache
2 6 (1.20%) Tomcat
2 6 (1.20%) Umbraco
3 4 (0.80%) ArcGIS
4 2 (0.40%) Confluence
4 2 (0.40%) SAS
5 1 (0.20%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.20%) WordPress
Applications
1 49 (9.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 32 (6.37%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (1.99%) Microsoft Project
4 7 (1.39%) InVision
4 7 (1.39%) Sketch
4 7 (1.39%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.20%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.20%) Adobe XD
6 1 (0.20%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.20%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 10 (1.99%) NEC Housing
2 3 (0.60%) SystmOne
3 2 (0.40%) Primavera
4 1 (0.20%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 80 (15.94%) Azure
2 62 (12.35%) Power Platform
3 32 (6.37%) AWS
4 26 (5.18%) SaaS
5 25 (4.98%) Microsoft 365
6 24 (4.78%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 21 (4.18%) Azure Data Factory
8 9 (1.79%) Cloud Computing
9 8 (1.59%) Azure DevOps
10 6 (1.20%) BigCommerce
10 6 (1.20%) dbt
10 6 (1.20%) Snowflake
11 5 (1.00%) Google Analytics
11 5 (1.00%) Google Tag Manager
12 4 (0.80%) GCP
12 4 (0.80%) Serverless
13 3 (0.60%) Azure Functions
13 3 (0.60%) Azure Stack
14 2 (0.40%) Azure Sentinel
14 2 (0.40%) Storyblok
Communications & Networking
1 14 (2.79%) DNS
1 14 (2.79%) LAN
1 14 (2.79%) WAN
2 13 (2.59%) Internet
3 12 (2.39%) Intranet
4 11 (2.19%) Broadband
4 11 (2.19%) Firewall
4 11 (2.19%) WPA
5 9 (1.79%) DHCP
5 9 (1.79%) SAN
6 6 (1.20%) Network Security
6 6 (1.20%) TCP/IP
7 4 (0.80%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (0.40%) VPN
9 1 (0.20%) BGP
9 1 (0.20%) MPLS
9 1 (0.20%) OSPF
9 1 (0.20%) VoIP
9 1 (0.20%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 62 (12.35%) Power BI
2 37 (7.37%) Tableau
3 35 (6.97%) SQL Server
4 25 (4.98%) Data Warehouse
5 15 (2.99%) Electronic Patient Records
5 15 (2.99%) Relational Database
6 11 (2.19%) Data Lake
6 11 (2.19%) MySQL
7 10 (1.99%) Oracle Database
7 10 (1.99%) PostgreSQL
8 9 (1.79%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 8 (1.59%) Big Data
9 8 (1.59%) Metadata
9 8 (1.59%) Microsoft Analysis Services
9 8 (1.59%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 7 (1.39%) Power Query
11 6 (1.20%) MongoDB
11 6 (1.20%) SQLite
12 4 (0.80%) Geospatial Data
12 4 (0.80%) GIS
Development Applications
1 10 (1.99%) Oracle APEX
2 5 (1.00%) JIRA
3 2 (0.40%) Cypress.io
3 2 (0.40%) Git
3 2 (0.40%) gulp
3 2 (0.40%) Katalon Studio
3 2 (0.40%) Postman
3 2 (0.40%) Selenium
4 1 (0.20%) Balsamiq
4 1 (0.20%) Moq
4 1 (0.20%) NUnit
4 1 (0.20%) SoapUI
4 1 (0.20%) Sourcetree
4 1 (0.20%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (0.20%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.20%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 174 (34.66%) Social Skills
2 120 (23.90%) Finance
3 107 (21.31%) Public Sector
4 77 (15.34%) Marketing
5 75 (14.94%) Analytical Skills
6 66 (13.15%) Pharmaceutical
7 59 (11.75%) Local Government
8 49 (9.76%) Presentation Skills
9 42 (8.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 30 (5.98%) Billing
11 28 (5.58%) Organisational Skills
12 26 (5.18%) Health Technology
13 17 (3.39%) Telecoms
14 15 (2.99%) Police
15 14 (2.79%) Digital Healthcare
15 14 (2.79%) Retail
16 11 (2.19%) Electronics
17 10 (1.99%) Environmental Health
17 10 (1.99%) Manufacturing
18 7 (1.39%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 77 (15.34%) Developer
2 58 (11.55%) Analyst
3 52 (10.36%) Senior
4 42 (8.37%) Project Manager
5 36 (7.17%) Lead
6 32 (6.37%) Audit Manager
7 26 (5.18%) Software Developer
8 21 (4.18%) Product Manager
9 18 (3.59%) Delivery Manager
10 14 (2.79%) Senior Analyst
11 13 (2.59%) Business Analyst
11 13 (2.59%) Data Engineer
11 13 (2.59%) Senior Developer
12 12 (2.39%) Digital Delivery Manager
12 12 (2.39%) Senior Manager
13 11 (2.19%) .NET Developer
13 11 (2.19%) Business Manager
13 11 (2.19%) Senior Business Analyst
13 11 (2.19%) Software Engineer
14 10 (1.99%) SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (7.97%) .NET
2 37 (7.37%) CSS
2 37 (7.37%) HTML
3 28 (5.58%) React
4 24 (4.78%) XML
5 19 (3.78%) JSON
6 16 (3.19%) Ruby on Rails
7 15 (2.99%) .NET Core
8 13 (2.59%) jQuery
8 13 (2.59%) REST
9 12 (2.39%) AngularJS
9 12 (2.39%) ASP.NET
9 12 (2.39%) Node.js
10 11 (2.19%) SOAP
11 10 (1.99%) HTML5
11 10 (1.99%) Lightning Web Components
12 9 (1.79%) Vue
13 8 (1.59%) Web Services
14 7 (1.39%) Razor View Engine
15 6 (1.20%) htmx
Miscellaneous
1 41 (8.17%) Management Information System
2 30 (5.98%) Housing Association
3 19 (3.78%) Data Protection Act
4 16 (3.19%) Self-Motivation
5 14 (2.79%) Driving Licence
5 14 (2.79%) Mobile App
6 10 (1.99%) Algorithms
7 9 (1.79%) PKI
8 8 (1.59%) Product Ownership
9 6 (1.20%) PACS
9 6 (1.20%) Social Media
10 4 (0.80%) CCTV
10 4 (0.80%) Renewable Energy
11 3 (0.60%) Cloud Native
11 3 (0.60%) Enterprise Software
11 3 (0.60%) Freedom of Information
11 3 (0.60%) Onboarding
12 2 (0.40%) Blog
12 2 (0.40%) Life Science
12 2 (0.40%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 36 (7.17%) Windows
2 18 (3.59%) Linux
3 16 (3.19%) Windows Server
4 9 (1.79%) Windows 10
5 2 (0.40%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.20%) Android
6 1 (0.20%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.20%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.20%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 100 (19.92%) Problem-Solving
2 85 (16.93%) Project Management
3 75 (14.94%) Business Development
4 64 (12.75%) Business Intelligence
5 54 (10.76%) Agile
5 54 (10.76%) Customer Service
6 48 (9.56%) Roadmaps
7 47 (9.36%) Analytics
7 47 (9.36%) Software Engineering
8 39 (7.77%) Service Management
9 38 (7.57%) Decision-Making
10 37 (7.37%) Coaching
11 36 (7.17%) Computer Science
12 35 (6.97%) Business Case
12 35 (6.97%) PRINCE2
12 35 (6.97%) User Stories
13 33 (6.57%) People Management
14 32 (6.37%) Change Management
14 32 (6.37%) Performance Management
15 30 (5.98%) Acceptance Criteria
Programming Languages
1 89 (17.73%) SQL
2 49 (9.76%) C#
3 42 (8.37%) JavaScript
4 35 (6.97%) Java
5 29 (5.78%) Python
6 16 (3.19%) Ruby
7 13 (2.59%) TypeScript
8 12 (2.39%) R
9 10 (1.99%) C
9 10 (1.99%) PL/SQL
10 9 (1.79%) T-SQL
11 7 (1.39%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 6 (1.20%) Bash
13 5 (1.00%) Kotlin
13 5 (1.00%) VB.NET
14 4 (0.80%) Kusto Query Language
15 3 (0.60%) PHP
15 3 (0.60%) PowerShell
16 2 (0.40%) Groovy
17 1 (0.20%) Swift
Qualifications
1 97 (19.32%) Degree
2 63 (12.55%) DBS Check
3 32 (6.37%) ACCA
3 32 (6.37%) Computer Science Degree
4 17 (3.39%) CIPD
4 17 (3.39%) Security Cleared
5 8 (1.59%) Microsoft Certification
6 7 (1.39%) MCSE
6 7 (1.39%) Postgraduate
7 5 (1.00%) Azure Certification
7 5 (1.00%) CISSP
7 5 (1.00%) MCITP
8 4 (0.80%) NVQ Level 3
9 3 (0.60%) AWS Certification
9 3 (0.60%) Master's Degree
10 2 (0.40%) CISA
10 2 (0.40%) CompTIA Security+
10 2 (0.40%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 2 (0.40%) SANS
10 2 (0.40%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (8.57%) GDPR
2 30 (5.98%) GAAP
2 30 (5.98%) IFRS
3 28 (5.58%) Accessibility
4 15 (2.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 14 (2.79%) Cyber Essentials
6 13 (2.59%) QA
7 10 (1.99%) Data Quality
8 6 (1.20%) Actionable Recommendations
8 6 (1.20%) WCAG
9 5 (1.00%) PMO
10 4 (0.80%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 4 (0.80%) ISO 9001
10 4 (0.80%) ISO/IEC 17025
11 3 (0.60%) SLA
12 2 (0.40%) GMP
12 2 (0.40%) GRC
12 2 (0.40%) PCI DSS
13 1 (0.20%) ISO 22301
13 1 (0.20%) NCSC
System Software
1 18 (3.59%) Active Directory
2 14 (2.79%) Docker
3 12 (2.39%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (1.20%) Hyper-V
5 5 (1.00%) Virtual Servers
6 3 (0.60%) Slurm Workload Manager
7 2 (0.40%) VMware Server
8 1 (0.20%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 22 (4.38%) Terraform
2 14 (2.79%) Kubernetes
3 4 (0.80%) SCCM
4 2 (0.40%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 74 (14.74%) Microsoft
2 32 (6.37%) CA
3 14 (2.79%) VMware
4 13 (2.59%) Oracle
5 12 (2.39%) Salesforce
6 10 (1.99%) NEC
7 9 (1.79%) Cisco
7 9 (1.79%) Databricks
7 9 (1.79%) Google
8 8 (1.59%) Adobe
8 8 (1.59%) SAP
9 6 (1.20%) Hotjar
9 6 (1.20%) HP
9 6 (1.20%) Northgate
10 5 (1.00%) Commvault
10 5 (1.00%) IBM
10 5 (1.00%) Veeam
11 4 (0.80%) ESRI
11 4 (0.80%) Facebook
12 2 (0.40%) Xamarin