NFS Job Trends in the North of England

Network File System (NFS)
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring NFS skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank - 284 277
Rank change year-on-year - -7 +147
Permanent jobs citing NFS 0 1 4
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England - 0.011% 0.051%
As % of the System Software category - 0.11% 0.31%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £49,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - £56,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -13.85%
75th Percentile - - £63,000
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £45,000 £83,750 £62,500
% change year-on-year -46.27% +34.00% -21.88%

All System Software Skills
North of England

NFS falls under the System Software category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring system software skills in the North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 685 878 1,283
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 6.52% 9.45% 16.36%
Number of salaries quoted 512 540 1,063
10th Percentile £26,525 £27,725 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £36,125 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,500 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.11% - -1.04%
75th Percentile £63,750 £62,813 £62,833
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £48,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -16.52% +4.55% -

NFS
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

NFS job vacancy trend in the North of England

NFS
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing NFS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing NFS