NHS Job Trends in London

National Health Service (NHS)
England > London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term NHS in permanent job vacancies in London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited NHS over the 6 months leading up to 12 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 344 321 391
Rank change year-on-year -23 +70 +37
Permanent jobs citing NHS 62 75 111
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.31% 0.60% 0.47%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.90% 1.35% 1.16%
Number of salaries quoted 46 46 93
10th Percentile £33,750 £36,250 £31,504
25th Percentile £55,000 £48,750 £43,997
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,559 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +20.97% - -5.06%
75th Percentile £98,750 £61,250 £73,883
90th Percentile £100,000 £74,190 £97,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £56,250 £50,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% +12.50% -3.05%

All Generic Skills
London

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 London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 6,923 5,574 9,541
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 34.21% 44.41% 40.74%
Number of salaries quoted 4,226 3,230 6,798
10th Percentile £40,532 £41,875 £37,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £56,250 £51,376
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year - +6.67% -
75th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £100,000
90th Percentile £122,500 £137,500 £128,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -15.38%

NHS
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

NHS job vacancy trend in London

NHS
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing NHS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing NHS

NHS
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing NHS in London over the 6 months to 12 May 2026.

Salary histogram for NHS in London

NHS
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing NHS within the London region over the 6 months to 12 May 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
Central London -1 9 £90,000 +94.59% 9
West London - 1 £69,119 - 3
NHS
England

NHS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 4 (6.45%) Palantir Foundry
2 2 (3.23%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (9.68%) Maya
Business Applications
1 2 (3.23%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 8 (12.90%) Cloud Computing
2 6 (9.68%) Azure
2 6 (9.68%) OCI
3 5 (8.06%) AWS
3 5 (8.06%) Power Platform
4 4 (6.45%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (4.84%) SaaS
6 2 (3.23%) Entra ID
6 2 (3.23%) PowerApps
7 1 (1.61%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (1.61%) Azure Logic Apps
7 1 (1.61%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (1.61%) GCP
7 1 (1.61%) GitHub
7 1 (1.61%) Microsoft Copilot
7 1 (1.61%) PaaS
7 1 (1.61%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 10 (16.13%) VPN
2 6 (9.68%) SSL
3 3 (4.84%) Firewall
3 3 (4.84%) Internet
3 3 (4.84%) WebEx
4 2 (3.23%) DNS
4 2 (3.23%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (22.58%) Electronic Patient Records
2 6 (9.68%) Data Warehouse
2 6 (9.68%) MySQL
3 3 (4.84%) Power BI
4 2 (3.23%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 2 (3.23%) JIRA
1 2 (3.23%) Rational Rhapsody
2 1 (1.61%) Git
General
1 17 (27.42%) Health Technology
2 15 (24.19%) Social Skills
3 12 (19.35%) Local Government
3 12 (19.35%) Public Sector
4 11 (17.74%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (9.68%) Digital Health
5 6 (9.68%) Finance
5 6 (9.68%) Games
5 6 (9.68%) Law
5 6 (9.68%) Pharmaceutical
6 4 (6.45%) Tech for Good
7 1 (1.61%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 13 (20.97%) Senior
2 10 (16.13%) Consultant
2 10 (16.13%) Senior Manager
3 6 (9.68%) Data Centre Manager
3 6 (9.68%) Data Centre Project Manager
3 6 (9.68%) EPR Consultant
3 6 (9.68%) Integration Specialist
3 6 (9.68%) Project Manager
3 6 (9.68%) Senior Project Manager
3 6 (9.68%) Technical Consultant
4 5 (8.06%) Analyst
4 5 (8.06%) Architect
4 5 (8.06%) IT Support
5 4 (6.45%) IT Assistant
5 4 (6.45%) IT Consultant
5 4 (6.45%) IT Support Assistant
5 4 (6.45%) Java Engineer
5 4 (6.45%) Oracle Consultant
5 4 (6.45%) Solutions Architect
5 4 (6.45%) Support Assistant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (19.35%) FHIR
2 6 (9.68%) JSON
3 2 (3.23%) Middleware
4 1 (1.61%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 6 (9.68%) Data Centre
1 6 (9.68%) Enterprise Software
1 6 (9.68%) Linux Command Line
2 4 (6.45%) Blockchain
3 3 (4.84%) Video Conferencing
4 2 (3.23%) e-Learning
4 2 (3.23%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.61%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (1.61%) Data Structures
5 1 (1.61%) Low-Code
5 1 (1.61%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.61%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.61%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 8 (12.90%) Linux
2 2 (3.23%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (16.13%) Migration
1 10 (16.13%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (14.52%) Business Intelligence
3 8 (12.90%) Data Migration
3 8 (12.90%) Mentoring
4 7 (11.29%) Agile
4 7 (11.29%) API Integration
4 7 (11.29%) Computer Science
4 7 (11.29%) Cybersecurity
4 7 (11.29%) IT Strategy
5 6 (9.68%) Business Strategy
5 6 (9.68%) Risk Management
5 6 (9.68%) Roadmaps
5 6 (9.68%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 6 (9.68%) Technology Transformation
5 6 (9.68%) User Acceptance Testing
6 5 (8.06%) AI
6 5 (8.06%) Disaster Recovery
7 4 (6.45%) Continuous Improvement
7 4 (6.45%) Data Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 10 (16.13%) SQL
2 7 (11.29%) JavaScript
3 4 (6.45%) Java
4 2 (3.23%) Bicep
4 2 (3.23%) Formula Language
5 1 (1.61%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (11.29%) Degree
2 6 (9.68%) Computer Science Degree
2 6 (9.68%) Postgraduate
3 1 (1.61%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (19.35%) HL7
2 6 (9.68%) SNOMED CT
3 2 (3.23%) GDPR
3 2 (3.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (3.23%) NCSC
4 1 (1.61%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (1.61%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (1.61%) Data Quality
4 1 (1.61%) PCI DSS
4 1 (1.61%) PMO
4 1 (1.61%) QA
System Software
1 2 (3.23%) Docker
2 1 (1.61%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 3 (4.84%) Terraform
2 2 (3.23%) Ansible
2 2 (3.23%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 7 (11.29%) Microsoft
2 6 (9.68%) Oracle
3 4 (6.45%) Foundry
3 4 (6.45%) Palantir
4 3 (4.84%) Yealink
5 2 (3.23%) HubSpot
5 2 (3.23%) InterSystems
5 2 (3.23%) ServiceNow
6 1 (1.61%) Databricks