PACS Job Trends in the North West

Picture Archiving and Communication Systems (PACS)
England > North West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term PACS in permanent job vacancies in the North West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited PACS over the 6 months leading up to 2 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 185 - 238
Rank change year-on-year - - +67
Permanent jobs citing PACS 3 0 4
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 0.043% - 0.062%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.10% - 0.19%
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £37,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 - -
75th Percentile £42,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £40,000 - £55,000
% change year-on-year - - +19.57%

All Generic Skills
North West

PACS 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 2,881 1,469 2,129
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 41.75% 30.18% 33.14%
Number of salaries quoted 1,017 742 1,687
10th Percentile £27,000 £31,250 £27,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £36,524
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £67,070
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £83,759
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -12.00% +8.70% -11.54%

PACS
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

PACS job vacancy trend in the North West

PACS
Salary Trend in the North West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing PACS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing PACS

PACS
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 PACS within the North West region over the 6 months to 2 February 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
Merseyside - 3 £40,000 - 1
PACS
England

PACS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) AWS
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
1 3 (100.00%) Entra ID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) Electronic Patient Records
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Applications Support
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) AI
1 3 (100.00%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 3 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) AWS Certification
1 3 (100.00%) Azure Certification
1 3 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) DICOM
Systems Management
1 3 (100.00%) Terraform