NHS Jobs 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 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 263 248 274
Rank change year-on-year -15 +26 -36
DemandTrendPermanent jobs citing NHS 89 100 78
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.66% 0.63% 0.68%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.06% 2.32% 1.62%
Number of salaries quoted 20 61 68
10th Percentile £25,455 £30,500 £29,500
25th Percentile £30,875 £31,250 £35,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,250 £42,500 £47,586
Median % change year-on-year -17.06% -10.69% -9.36%
75th Percentile £41,063 £52,500 £55,250
90th Percentile £64,625 £67,500 £63,000
England median annual salary £53,750 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +7.50% +5.26% -10.38%

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.

DemandTrendPermanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 4,320 4,309 4,814
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 32.15% 27.01% 42.00%
Number of salaries quoted 1,668 2,396 2,683
10th Percentile £25,750 £29,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £33,000 £38,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,504 £52,084 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.87% -9.42% +7.48%
75th Percentile £67,500 £66,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £85,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year - -11.54% +4.00%

NHS
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for NHS 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 August 2025.

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 August 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
DemandTrendPermanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North East +48 39 £18,000 -53.55% 20
Yorkshire +6 27 £47,500 -5.00% 75
North West -41 24 £32,500 -18.75% 79
NHS
England

NHS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 6 (6.74%) CMS
1 6 (6.74%) SharePoint
2 5 (5.62%) Umbraco
3 2 (2.25%) ArcGIS
4 1 (1.12%) Confluence
4 1 (1.12%) WordPress
Applications
1 9 (10.11%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (4.49%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (2.25%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 2 (2.25%) Adobe Illustrator
3 2 (2.25%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 4 (4.49%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 43 (48.31%) Azure
1 43 (48.31%) Entra ID
2 8 (8.99%) SaaS
3 4 (4.49%) AWS
3 4 (4.49%) Azure AI
3 4 (4.49%) Azure DevOps
3 4 (4.49%) Azure ExpressRoute
3 4 (4.49%) Azure Key Vault
3 4 (4.49%) Azure Monitor
3 4 (4.49%) Azure Service Bus
3 4 (4.49%) IaaS
3 4 (4.49%) PaaS
3 4 (4.49%) Power Automate
3 4 (4.49%) Power Platform
4 2 (2.25%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (2.25%) GitHub
5 1 (1.12%) Google Analytics
5 1 (1.12%) Google Data Studio
Communications & Networking
1 7 (7.87%) Broadband
2 6 (6.74%) Internet
2 6 (6.74%) WPA
3 5 (5.62%) Firewall
3 5 (5.62%) Intranet
4 4 (4.49%) DNS
4 4 (4.49%) SD-WAN
4 4 (4.49%) VPN
4 4 (4.49%) WAN
5 1 (1.12%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (7.87%) SQL Server
2 5 (5.62%) MySQL
3 4 (4.49%) Data Lake
3 4 (4.49%) Power BI
4 1 (1.12%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 4 (4.49%) Git
2 1 (1.12%) JIRA
2 1 (1.12%) Pivotal Tracker
General
1 21 (23.60%) Social Skills
2 12 (13.48%) Analytical Skills
2 12 (13.48%) Finance
3 11 (12.36%) Local Government
3 11 (12.36%) Public Sector
4 8 (8.99%) Legal
5 5 (5.62%) Marketing
5 5 (5.62%) Police
6 2 (2.25%) Back Office
6 2 (2.25%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (2.25%) Law
7 1 (1.12%) Digital Health
7 1 (1.12%) Digital Healthcare
7 1 (1.12%) Health Technology
7 1 (1.12%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.12%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.12%) Retail
7 1 (1.12%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 39 (43.82%) Identity Management Specialist
1 39 (43.82%) Technology Specialist
2 10 (11.24%) Developer
3 9 (10.11%) Lead
4 6 (6.74%) Civil Engineer
4 6 (6.74%) Development Engineer
4 6 (6.74%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 5 (5.62%) 2nd Line Support
5 5 (5.62%) Senior
5 5 (5.62%) Support Team Leader
5 5 (5.62%) Team Leader
5 5 (5.62%) Umbraco Developer
6 4 (4.49%) Account Manager
6 4 (4.49%) Architect
6 4 (4.49%) Cloud Architect
6 4 (4.49%) Dynamics NAV Developer
6 4 (4.49%) SaaS Developer
7 3 (3.37%) Administrator
8 2 (2.25%) Technical Support
8 2 (2.25%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (6.74%) CSS
1 6 (6.74%) HTML
1 6 (6.74%) HTML5
2 5 (5.62%) jQuery
2 5 (5.62%) Software Packaging
3 3 (3.37%) Lightning Web Components
4 2 (2.25%) XML
5 1 (1.12%) AngularJS
5 1 (1.12%) CSS3
5 1 (1.12%) React
5 1 (1.12%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 4 (4.49%) Data Centre
2 3 (3.37%) Driving Licence
3 2 (2.25%) Algorithms
3 2 (2.25%) ASTM
3 2 (2.25%) Blog
3 2 (2.25%) PACS
3 2 (2.25%) Renewable Energy
3 2 (2.25%) Social Media
4 1 (1.12%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 1 (1.12%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.12%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 3 (3.37%) Android
1 3 (3.37%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (53.93%) ITIL
2 39 (43.82%) Identity Management
3 14 (15.73%) Problem-Solving
4 11 (12.36%) Continuous Improvement
4 11 (12.36%) Mentoring
4 11 (12.36%) Strategic Planning
5 9 (10.11%) Project Management
6 8 (8.99%) Data Integration
6 8 (8.99%) People Management
6 8 (8.99%) Service Delivery
6 8 (8.99%) Stakeholder Management
7 7 (7.87%) Agile
7 7 (7.87%) Clean Code
7 7 (7.87%) Data Protection
7 7 (7.87%) Decision-Making
8 6 (6.74%) Artificial Intelligence
8 6 (6.74%) Content Management
8 6 (6.74%) DevOps
8 6 (6.74%) Digital Strategy
8 6 (6.74%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 9 (10.11%) SQL
2 7 (7.87%) C#
3 6 (6.74%) JavaScript
4 4 (4.49%) Bicep
4 4 (4.49%) PowerShell
5 2 (2.25%) C
5 2 (2.25%) Java
Qualifications
1 53 (59.55%) Degree
2 49 (55.06%) DBS Check
3 4 (4.49%) Azure Certification
3 4 (4.49%) Postgraduate
4 2 (2.25%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (10.11%) Accessibility
2 6 (6.74%) GDPR
3 5 (5.62%) WCAG
4 4 (4.49%) QA
5 3 (3.37%) SLA
6 2 (2.25%) ISO 9001
6 2 (2.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 39 (43.82%) Active Directory
2 4 (4.49%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 4 (4.49%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 52 (58.43%) Microsoft
2 5 (5.62%) HP
3 4 (4.49%) Databricks
3 4 (4.49%) Meraki
3 4 (4.49%) Salesforce
4 2 (2.25%) Adobe
4 2 (2.25%) Facebook
4 2 (2.25%) Google
5 1 (1.12%) Monzo
5 1 (1.12%) MuleSoft
5 1 (1.12%) Samsung