NHS Job Trends in the North of England

National Health Service (NHS)
England > North of England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term NHS in permanent job vacancies in the North of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited NHS over the 6 months leading up to 21 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 191 212 212
Rank change year-on-year +21 0 +50
Permanent jobs citing NHS 136 49 174
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.77% 0.70% 1.06%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.65% 1.83% 3.37%
Number of salaries quoted 91 33 117
10th Percentile £27,875 - £30,500
25th Percentile - £31,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £32,500 £40,132
Median % change year-on-year +84.62% -19.02% -10.82%
75th Percentile - £34,000 £50,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £71,000 £66,137
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +4.35% +21.05% -7.90%

All Generic Skills
North of England

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 of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 5,138 2,679 5,163
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 29.12% 38.54% 31.39%
Number of salaries quoted 2,315 1,368 3,897
10th Percentile £28,500 £29,000 £26,750
25th Percentile £36,000 £40,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £53,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.94% +6.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £87,500 £82,500
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 of England

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

NHS job vacancy trend in the North of England

NHS
Salary Trend in the North of England

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

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

NHS
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing NHS in the North of England over the 6 months to 21 April 2026.

Salary histogram for NHS in the North of England

NHS
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing NHS within the North of England region over the 6 months to 21 April 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
Yorkshire +29 102 £60,000 +18.81% 40
North West -34 33 £72,500 +123.08% 26
North East -39 1 £25,000 - 4
NHS
England

NHS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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 7 (5.15%) Moodle
2 2 (1.47%) WordPress
3 1 (0.74%) Apache
3 1 (0.74%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.74%) CMS
3 1 (0.74%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 3 (2.21%) Sketch
2 1 (0.74%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.74%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 24 (17.65%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 8 (5.88%) AWS
2 3 (2.21%) AWS Lambda
2 3 (2.21%) Azure
2 3 (2.21%) dbt
2 3 (2.21%) Figma
2 3 (2.21%) Serverless
3 2 (1.47%) Amazon ECS
3 2 (1.47%) AWS Fargate
3 2 (1.47%) GCP
3 2 (1.47%) GitHub
3 2 (1.47%) GitHub Actions
3 2 (1.47%) Heroku
4 1 (0.74%) Amazon S3
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.74%) Data Lake
1 1 (0.74%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 2 (1.47%) Git
1 2 (1.47%) GitLab
1 2 (1.47%) Jenkins
1 2 (1.47%) JIRA
General
1 58 (42.65%) Digital Healthcare
2 22 (16.18%) Public Sector
3 20 (14.71%) Social Skills
4 18 (13.24%) Local Government
5 15 (11.03%) Billing
6 14 (10.29%) French Language
7 13 (9.56%) Portuguese Language
8 10 (7.35%) Digital Health
8 10 (7.35%) Finance
8 10 (7.35%) Spanish Language
9 8 (5.88%) Retail
10 4 (2.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (2.94%) Manufacturing
10 4 (2.94%) Marketing
11 3 (2.21%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (2.21%) Health Technology
11 3 (2.21%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.74%) Analytical Skills
12 1 (0.74%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 56 (41.18%) Account Manager
2 17 (12.50%) Audit Manager
3 9 (6.62%) Senior
4 7 (5.15%) Developer
4 7 (5.15%) Senior Developer
4 7 (5.15%) Technical Support
4 7 (5.15%) Technical Trainer
4 7 (5.15%) Trainer
5 4 (2.94%) 1st Line Support
5 4 (2.94%) Delivery Manager
5 4 (2.94%) IT Support
5 4 (2.94%) PHP Developer
5 4 (2.94%) Senior PHP Developer
6 3 (2.21%) Designer
6 3 (2.21%) Full-Stack Developer
6 3 (2.21%) Healthcare Manager
6 3 (2.21%) Product Director
6 3 (2.21%) Python Developer
6 3 (2.21%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
6 3 (2.21%) Senior Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.68%) React
2 3 (2.21%) Vue
3 2 (1.47%) CSS
3 2 (1.47%) HTML
3 2 (1.47%) Laravel
4 1 (0.74%) FHIR
4 1 (0.74%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 7 (5.15%) e-Learning
2 4 (2.94%) Driving Licence
3 2 (1.47%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (1.47%) Onboarding
4 1 (0.74%) Cloud Native
4 1 (0.74%) PMI
4 1 (0.74%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 5 (3.68%) Windows
2 4 (2.94%) Linux
2 4 (2.94%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (15.44%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 17 (12.50%) Benchmarking
3 16 (11.76%) Mentoring
4 9 (6.62%) Continuous Improvement
4 9 (6.62%) Data Engineering
4 9 (6.62%) DevOps
5 8 (5.88%) Agile
5 8 (5.88%) Time Management
6 7 (5.15%) Coaching
6 7 (5.15%) Software Testing
7 4 (2.94%) Collaborative Working
7 4 (2.94%) Integrated Marketing
7 4 (2.94%) Problem-Solving
7 4 (2.94%) Roadmaps
7 4 (2.94%) Stakeholder Management
7 4 (2.94%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
8 3 (2.21%) CI/CD
8 3 (2.21%) Event-Driven
8 3 (2.21%) Full-Stack Development
8 3 (2.21%) User Research
Programming Languages
1 5 (3.68%) JavaScript
2 4 (2.94%) PHP
2 4 (2.94%) Python
3 1 (0.74%) SQL
Qualifications
1 17 (12.50%) ACCA
2 1 (0.74%) CBAP
2 1 (0.74%) Degree
2 1 (0.74%) PMI Certification
2 1 (0.74%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (12.50%) GAAP
1 17 (12.50%) IFRS
2 4 (2.94%) Accessibility
2 4 (2.94%) QA
3 2 (1.47%) WCAG
4 1 (0.74%) Data Quality
Systems Management
1 2 (1.47%) cPanel
1 2 (1.47%) Plesk
Vendors
1 2 (1.47%) Databricks
2 1 (0.74%) Foundry
2 1 (0.74%) Microsoft
2 1 (0.74%) Palantir