NHS Job Trends in Leicestershire

National Health Service (NHS)
East Midlands > Leicestershire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term NHS in permanent job vacancies in Leicestershire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited NHS over the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 50 - 61
Rank change year-on-year - - -1
Permanent jobs citing NHS 4 0 3
As % of all permanent jobs in Leicestershire 0.70% - 0.59%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.52% - 1.81%
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £41,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 - £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -7.14%
75th Percentile £43,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East Midlands median annual salary £42,500 - £64,374
% change year-on-year - - +17.04%

All Generic Skills
Leicestershire

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 Leicestershire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 159 161 166
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leicestershire 27.85% 36.76% 32.68%
Number of salaries quoted 114 54 122
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,000 £25,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £33,750 £36,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - -10.00% +16.28%
75th Percentile £57,500 £57,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £67,500 £67,750 £65,000
East Midlands median annual salary £37,500 £55,000 £49,990
% change year-on-year -31.82% +10.02% -9.11%

NHS
Job Vacancy Trend in Leicestershire

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

NHS job vacancy trend in Leicestershire

NHS
Salary Trend in Leicestershire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Leicestershire citing NHS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Leicestershire citing NHS

NHS
Job Locations in Leicestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing NHS within the Leicestershire region over the 6 months to 14 January 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
Leicester - 4 £42,500 - 1
NHS
East Midlands

NHS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leicestershire 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:

Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 4 (100.00%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (100.00%) SQL Server
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Applications Consultant
1 4 (100.00%) Applications Support
1 4 (100.00%) Applications Support Consultant
1 4 (100.00%) Consultant
1 4 (100.00%) Support Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) Driving Licence
1 4 (100.00%) Enterprise Software
1 4 (100.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 4 (100.00%) Speech Recognition
Systems Management
1 4 (100.00%) SCCM