NHS Jobs in Kent

National Health Service (NHS)
South East > Kent

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term NHS in permanent job vacancies in Kent. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited NHS over the 6 months leading up to 27 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 67 100 88
Rank change year-on-year +33 -12 -6
Permanent jobs citing NHS 4 6 12
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kent 0.50% 0.39% 1.11%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.48% 1.09% 2.25%
Number of salaries quoted 0 3 10
10th Percentile - - £30,688
25th Percentile - - £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.88% -3.41%
75th Percentile - - £57,250
90th Percentile - - £65,000
South East median annual salary £75,000 £50,000 £51,525
% change year-on-year +50.00% -2.96% +13.87%

All Generic Skills
Kent

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 Kent.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 271 549 534
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kent 33.96% 35.81% 49.44%
Number of salaries quoted 201 360 245
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,250 £28,250
25th Percentile £34,988 £30,000 £35,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,325 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.83% - -5.26%
75th Percentile £48,750 £62,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £58,000 £73,000 £65,000
South East median annual salary £57,000 £50,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +14.00% -13.04% +4.55%

NHS
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

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

Job vacancy trend for NHS in Kent

NHS
Salary Trend in Kent

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

Salary trend for NHS in Kent

NHS
Job Locations in Kent

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing NHS within the Kent region over the 6 months to 27 May 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
Canterbury +9 1 - -
Maidstone - 1 - - 16
NHS
South East

NHS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Kent 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:

Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) Azure
1 2 (50.00%) Entra ID
2 1 (25.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (25.00%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (25.00%) Power BI
1 1 (25.00%) QlikView
1 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (25.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 1 (25.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 1 (25.00%) Tableau
General
1 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Technology Specialist
2 1 (25.00%) Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Information Governance Officer
2 1 (25.00%) Information Officer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Freedom of Information
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Identity Management
1 2 (50.00%) ITIL
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Modelling
2 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (25.00%) Data Modelling
2 1 (25.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (25.00%) Data Sharing
2 1 (25.00%) Information Governance
2 1 (25.00%) Records Management
2 1 (25.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (25.00%) Statistical Modelling
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) DBS Check
2 2 (50.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) GDPR
System Software
1 2 (50.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) Sage
2 1 (25.00%) SIMUL8