NHS Job Trends in Northern Ireland

National Health Service (NHS)
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term NHS in permanent job vacancies in Northern Ireland. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited NHS over the 6 months leading up to 6 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 53 47 -
Rank change year-on-year -6 - -
Permanent jobs citing NHS 3 5 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Northern Ireland 0.61% 1.06% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.59% 3.38% -
Number of salaries quoted 3 5 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £24,500 £100,000 -
Median % change year-on-year -75.50% - -
UK median annual salary £48,750 £57,500 £39,085
% change year-on-year -15.22% +47.12% -28.94%

All Generic Skills
Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 116 148 110
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 23.72% 31.36% 36.67%
Number of salaries quoted 38 44 89
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,100 £32,500
25th Percentile £32,000 £46,713 £38,856
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £95,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £88,875 £100,250 £81,500
UK median annual salary £54,000 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% -4.00% -

NHS
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

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

NHS job vacancy trend in Northern Ireland

NHS
Salary Trend in Northern Ireland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing NHS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing NHS

NHS
Job Locations in Northern Ireland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing NHS within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 6 December 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
County Antrim +4 3 £24,500 -75.50% 4
NHS
UK

NHS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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
General
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
1 3 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
1 3 (100.00%) Retail
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Consultant
1 3 (100.00%) Technology Consultant
1 3 (100.00%) Trainee
1 3 (100.00%) Trainee Consultant
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (100.00%) Scrum
1 3 (100.00%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) Degree