NHS Jobs in the North West

National Health Service (NHS)
England > North West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term NHS in permanent job vacancies in the North West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited NHS over the 6 months leading up to 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 217 230 122
Rank change year-on-year +13 -108 +124
Permanent jobs citing NHS 60 39 283
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.65% 0.60% 2.80%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.08% 1.48% 6.41%
Number of salaries quoted 44 27 78
10th Percentile £30,500 £33,500 £33,375
25th Percentile £31,063 £37,897 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £45,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% -14.29% +18.64%
75th Percentile £43,742 £53,096 £58,750
90th Percentile £50,000 £70,000 £65,000
England median annual salary £46,899 £48,754 £52,500
% change year-on-year -3.80% -7.14% -8.70%

All Generic Skills
North West

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 West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 2,880 2,638 4,415
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 31.10% 40.77% 43.70%
Number of salaries quoted 1,713 1,393 2,354
10th Percentile £27,500 £32,752 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £53,112
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.55% +6.22%
75th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £68,353
90th Percentile £84,919 £84,702 £81,250
England median annual salary £56,124 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -13.66% +4.00% +4.17%

NHS
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for NHS in the North West

NHS
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for NHS in the North West

NHS
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing NHS in the North West over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for NHS in the North West

NHS
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing NHS within the North West region over the 6 months to 26 July 2024. 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
Manchester -3 25 £40,066 -3.21% 44
Lancashire -16 8 £40,000 -27.27% 7
Merseyside - 8 £32,500 - 19
Cheshire - 6 £45,000 - 7
Cumbria - 5 £33,000 - 11
NHS
England

NHS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 (10.00%) CMS
1 6 (10.00%) Umbraco
2 4 (6.67%) ArcGIS
3 2 (3.33%) SAS
Applications
1 5 (8.33%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (1.67%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (1.67%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 2 (3.33%) SaaS
2 1 (1.67%) AWS
2 1 (1.67%) Azure
2 1 (1.67%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 6 (10.00%) Intranet
1 6 (10.00%) Network Security
2 5 (8.33%) DHCP
2 5 (8.33%) DNS
3 4 (6.67%) SAN
3 4 (6.67%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (20.00%) SQL Server
2 4 (6.67%) Geospatial Data
2 4 (6.67%) GIS
3 3 (5.00%) MongoDB
3 3 (5.00%) MySQL
3 3 (5.00%) NoSQL
3 3 (5.00%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (5.00%) Redis
3 3 (5.00%) Relational Database
4 1 (1.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
General
1 29 (48.33%) Social Skills
2 18 (30.00%) Local Government
2 18 (30.00%) Presentation Skills
3 15 (25.00%) Finance
3 15 (25.00%) Public Sector
4 14 (23.33%) Billing
4 14 (23.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (5.00%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (1.67%) Digital Health
6 1 (1.67%) Digital Healthcare
6 1 (1.67%) Marketing
6 1 (1.67%) Retail
Job Titles
1 14 (23.33%) Audit Manager
1 14 (23.33%) Developer
2 7 (11.67%) Coordinator
2 7 (11.67%) Project Coordinator
3 6 (10.00%) Umbraco Developer
4 5 (8.33%) Architect
4 5 (8.33%) IT Architect
4 5 (8.33%) Software Engineer
4 5 (8.33%) Systems Architect
5 3 (5.00%) Developer/Software Engineer
5 3 (5.00%) Geospatial Developer
5 3 (5.00%) Geospatial Engineer
5 3 (5.00%) Research Engineer
5 3 (5.00%) Research Software Engineer
5 3 (5.00%) Software Developer
6 2 (3.33%) Business Manager
6 2 (3.33%) Cybersecurity Specialist
6 2 (3.33%) Infrastructure Specialist
6 2 (3.33%) Security Specialist
6 2 (3.33%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (16.67%) CSS
1 10 (16.67%) HTML
1 10 (16.67%) HTML5
2 9 (15.00%) .NET
3 6 (10.00%) jQuery
4 5 (8.33%) AngularJS
4 5 (8.33%) Node.js
4 5 (8.33%) React
5 4 (6.67%) ASP.NET
5 4 (6.67%) Blazor
5 4 (6.67%) GeoJSON
5 4 (6.67%) PostGIS
5 4 (6.67%) RESTful
5 4 (6.67%) Svelte
5 4 (6.67%) Vue
5 4 (6.67%) WPF
6 3 (5.00%) GeoPandas
6 3 (5.00%) JSON
6 3 (5.00%) OpenLayers
6 3 (5.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 14 (23.33%) Housing Association
2 7 (11.67%) Mobile App
3 4 (6.67%) CCTV
3 4 (6.67%) Management Information System
4 2 (3.33%) Derivative
4 2 (3.33%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 5 (8.33%) Linux
2 4 (6.67%) Windows
3 1 (1.67%) Android
3 1 (1.67%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
2 16 (26.67%) Business Development
3 14 (23.33%) Coaching
3 14 (23.33%) People Management
3 14 (23.33%) Performance Management
3 14 (23.33%) Service Management
4 10 (16.67%) Clean Code
4 10 (16.67%) Web Development
5 6 (10.00%) Content Management
5 6 (10.00%) Customer Requirements
5 6 (10.00%) Full Stack Development
6 5 (8.33%) Decision-Making
6 5 (8.33%) Project Management
6 5 (8.33%) Software Engineering
7 4 (6.67%) Code Quality
7 4 (6.67%) Customer Service
7 4 (6.67%) Informatics
7 4 (6.67%) Line Management
7 4 (6.67%) OO
7 4 (6.67%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 15 (25.00%) C#
2 7 (11.67%) SQL
3 5 (8.33%) Java
3 5 (8.33%) Python
4 4 (6.67%) JavaScript
4 4 (6.67%) Kotlin
5 1 (1.67%) PowerShell
5 1 (1.67%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 14 (23.33%) ACCA
2 8 (13.33%) Degree
3 2 (3.33%) CISSP
3 2 (3.33%) MCSE
3 2 (3.33%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (1.67%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (23.33%) GAAP
1 14 (23.33%) IFRS
2 6 (10.00%) Accessibility
2 6 (10.00%) GDPR
2 6 (10.00%) WCAG
3 2 (3.33%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (3.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (1.67%) PMO
4 1 (1.67%) QA
System Software
1 6 (10.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (3.33%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 3 (5.00%) SCCM
2 1 (1.67%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 14 (23.33%) CA
2 6 (10.00%) HP
2 6 (10.00%) Microsoft
3 4 (6.67%) ESRI
4 3 (5.00%) Oracle
5 2 (3.33%) Citrix
5 2 (3.33%) Salesforce
5 2 (3.33%) VMware