NHS Job Trends in Gloucestershire

National Health Service (NHS)
South West > Gloucestershire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term NHS in permanent job vacancies in Gloucestershire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited NHS over the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 49 - 93
Rank change year-on-year - - +31
Permanent jobs citing NHS 11 0 9
As % of all permanent jobs in Gloucestershire 1.69% - 1.05%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 6.40% - 2.54%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 9
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 - £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - - +43.75%
75th Percentile - - £66,250
90th Percentile - - £69,500
South West median annual salary £30,000 £57,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -47.83% +35.29% -5.56%

All Generic Skills
Gloucestershire

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 Gloucestershire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 172 278 355
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 26.50% 39.89% 41.28%
Number of salaries quoted 123 97 187
10th Percentile £31,600 £34,450 £29,440
25th Percentile £36,250 £47,500 £31,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.67% +14.29% +5.00%
75th Percentile £71,250 £70,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £81,000 £77,900
South West median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% -9.09% +4.76%

NHS
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucestershire

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

NHS job vacancy trend in Gloucestershire

NHS
Salary Trend in Gloucestershire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Gloucestershire citing NHS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Gloucestershire citing NHS

NHS
Job Locations in Gloucestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing NHS within the Gloucestershire region over the 6 months to 19 December 2025. 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
Cheltenham - 4 £30,000 - 3
Stroud - 3 - -
Lydney - 1 - -
Gloucester - 1 - - 3
Dursley - 1 - -
Dymock - 1 - -
NHS
South West

NHS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Gloucestershire 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:

General
1 9 (81.82%) Fire and Rescue
1 9 (81.82%) Influencing Skills
1 9 (81.82%) Legal
1 9 (81.82%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 7 (63.64%) Analyst
1 7 (63.64%) Business Change Analyst
1 7 (63.64%) Change Analyst
2 2 (18.18%) Business Change Manager
2 2 (18.18%) Business Manager
2 2 (18.18%) Change Manager
2 2 (18.18%) Delivery Manager
2 2 (18.18%) Service Delivery Manager
2 2 (18.18%) Service Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (81.82%) Agile
1 9 (81.82%) Case Management
1 9 (81.82%) Digital Innovation
1 9 (81.82%) ITSM
1 9 (81.82%) Service Management
2 7 (63.64%) Data Migration
2 7 (63.64%) Migration
3 2 (18.18%) Change Management
3 2 (18.18%) Service Delivery