NHS Job Trends 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 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 - 35 89
Rank change year-on-year - +54 -26
Permanent jobs citing NHS 0 32 29
As % of all permanent jobs in the North East - 5.44% 1.56%
As % of the Miscellaneous category - 12.17% 5.28%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 20
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - £41,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -8.21%
75th Percentile - - £63,750
90th Percentile - - £67,773
England median annual salary £60,000 £56,250 £50,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% +12.50% -3.05%

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 453 263 549
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 22.63% 44.73% 29.52%
Number of salaries quoted 267 108 455
10th Percentile £31,250 £34,400 £29,443
25th Percentile £40,300 £42,500 £35,920
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £45,500
Median % change year-on-year - +20.88% -8.77%
75th Percentile £70,000 £68,250 £66,459
90th Percentile £90,000 £85,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -15.38%

NHS
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

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

NHS job vacancy trend in the North East

NHS
Salary Trend in the North East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing NHS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing NHS