NHS Jobs in the North East

National Health Service (NHS)
England > North East

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term NHS in permanent job vacancies in the North East. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited NHS over the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 37 85 61
Rank change year-on-year +48 -24 +43
Permanent jobs citing NHS 33 29 53
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 3.72% 1.46% 4.19%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 12.13% 5.16% 10.33%
Number of salaries quoted 0 20 14
10th Percentile - - £34,649
25th Percentile - £31,250 £43,162
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £41,000 £44,833
Median % change year-on-year - -8.55% -16.59%
75th Percentile - £63,750 £47,672
90th Percentile - £67,773 -
England median annual salary £57,500 £47,500 £51,550
% change year-on-year +21.05% -7.86% +2.75%

All Generic Skills
North East

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 North East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 272 562 513
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 30.67% 28.37% 40.59%
Number of salaries quoted 101 461 166
10th Percentile £28,188 £30,000 £31,500
25th Percentile £40,500 £36,250 £37,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £47,500 £47,711
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -0.44% +6.02%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £77,500 £72,500
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 North East

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

Job vacancy trend for NHS in the North East

NHS
Salary Trend in the North East

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

Salary trend for NHS in the North East

NHS
Job Locations in the North East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing NHS within the North East region over the 6 months to 30 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
Tyne and Wear +51 16 - - 36
Durham +12 13 - - 2
Northumberland - 3 - -
NHS
England

NHS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North East 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (6.06%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 2 (6.06%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 2 (6.06%) Adobe Illustrator
2 1 (3.03%) AutoCAD
Cloud Services
1 30 (90.91%) Azure
1 30 (90.91%) Entra ID
General
1 3 (9.09%) Social Skills
2 2 (6.06%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (3.03%) Finance
3 1 (3.03%) Legal
3 1 (3.03%) Local Government
3 1 (3.03%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 30 (90.91%) Identity Management Specialist
1 30 (90.91%) Technology Specialist
2 2 (6.06%) Consultant
2 2 (6.06%) Lead
2 2 (6.06%) Lead Consultant
3 1 (3.03%) Civil Engineer
3 1 (3.03%) Development Engineer
3 1 (3.03%) Infrastructure Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.06%) ASTM
1 2 (6.06%) Renewable Energy
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (90.91%) Identity Management
1 30 (90.91%) ITIL
2 3 (9.09%) Mentoring
2 3 (9.09%) Strategic Planning
3 2 (6.06%) Critical Thinking
3 2 (6.06%) Data Collection
3 2 (6.06%) Data Entry
3 2 (6.06%) Data Interpretation
3 2 (6.06%) Impact Assessments
3 2 (6.06%) Office Automation
3 2 (6.06%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (6.06%) Regulatory Compliance
3 2 (6.06%) Visualisation
4 1 (3.03%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (3.03%) Due Diligence
4 1 (3.03%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 1 (3.03%) Project Delivery
4 1 (3.03%) Risk Assessment
4 1 (3.03%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 32 (96.97%) Degree
2 30 (90.91%) DBS Check
3 1 (3.03%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.06%) QA
2 1 (3.03%) Accessibility
System Software
1 30 (90.91%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 30 (90.91%) Microsoft
2 2 (6.06%) Adobe