NHS Jobs in the Midlands

National Health Service (NHS)
England > Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term NHS in permanent job vacancies in the Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited NHS over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 228 247 287
Rank change year-on-year +19 +40 -84
Permanent jobs citing NHS 15 78 36
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.22% 0.67% 0.38%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.74% 2.02% 0.85%
Number of salaries quoted 6 67 28
10th Percentile £53,750 £27,400 £26,675
25th Percentile £55,313 £41,250 £40,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £53,500 £52,036
Median % change year-on-year +12.15% +2.81% +22.44%
75th Percentile £74,375 £58,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £86,250 £67,500 £74,875
England median annual salary £57,500 £47,500 £51,573
% change year-on-year +21.05% -7.90% +3.15%

All Generic Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 2,019 3,853 4,228
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 29.07% 33.00% 44.27%
Number of salaries quoted 1,071 2,655 1,485
10th Percentile £27,250 £25,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £33,563 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £49,500 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.03% -8.33% +13.68%
75th Percentile £62,500 £61,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £73,750 £73,750 £81,250
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +4.00%

NHS
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for NHS in the Midlands

NHS
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for NHS in the Midlands

NHS
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing NHS in the Midlands over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for NHS in the Midlands

NHS
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing NHS within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 1 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
West Midlands -2 12 £60,000 +12.15% 21
East Midlands +42 3 £60,000 +28.34% 23
NHS
England

NHS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (6.67%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (13.33%) VPN
2 1 (6.67%) Cisco IOS
2 1 (6.67%) Internet
2 1 (6.67%) IOS XR
2 1 (6.67%) MPLS
2 1 (6.67%) Software-Defined Networking
Development Applications
1 1 (6.67%) GitLab
1 1 (6.67%) JIRA
1 1 (6.67%) Robot Framework
General
1 5 (33.33%) Finance
1 5 (33.33%) Public Sector
2 4 (26.67%) Social Skills
3 3 (20.00%) Health Technology
3 3 (20.00%) Local Government
4 2 (13.33%) Digital Health
4 2 (13.33%) Marketing
4 2 (13.33%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (13.33%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (6.67%) Law
Job Titles
1 4 (26.67%) Project Manager
1 4 (26.67%) Senior
2 3 (20.00%) Civil Engineer
2 3 (20.00%) Consultant
2 3 (20.00%) Development Engineer
2 3 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 3 (20.00%) Network Consultant
2 3 (20.00%) Network Operations Consultant
2 3 (20.00%) Principal Consultant
2 3 (20.00%) Principal Engineer
2 3 (20.00%) Senior Consultant
2 3 (20.00%) Senior Network Consultant
3 2 (13.33%) Business Development Director
3 2 (13.33%) Development Director
4 1 (6.67%) Cisco Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Senior Cisco Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Senior Cisco Network Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Senior Network Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.67%) Jinja
1 1 (6.67%) OpenConfig
1 1 (6.67%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (13.33%) Legacy Applications
1 2 (13.33%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (6.67%) LIMS
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (46.67%) Mentoring
1 7 (46.67%) Project Management
1 7 (46.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 5 (33.33%) Business Development
3 3 (20.00%) Asset Management
3 3 (20.00%) Business Case
3 3 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (20.00%) Due Diligence
3 3 (20.00%) Feasibility Study
3 3 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 3 (20.00%) Line Management
3 3 (20.00%) Project Delivery
3 3 (20.00%) Psychology
3 3 (20.00%) Risk Assessment
3 3 (20.00%) Strategic Planning
4 2 (13.33%) Data Migration
4 2 (13.33%) Decision-Making
4 2 (13.33%) Intelligent Automation
4 2 (13.33%) SDLC
4 2 (13.33%) Software Deployment
Qualifications
1 7 (46.67%) Degree
2 3 (20.00%) HNC
2 3 (20.00%) HND
3 1 (6.67%) PMI Certification
3 1 (6.67%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (20.00%) Accessibility
2 1 (6.67%) QA
System Software
1 1 (6.67%) Active Directory
1 1 (6.67%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 1 (6.67%) SCCM
Vendors
1 2 (13.33%) Cisco
2 1 (6.67%) Citrix
2 1 (6.67%) Juniper
2 1 (6.67%) Nexthink
2 1 (6.67%) Salesforce
2 1 (6.67%) ServiceNow