NHS Jobs in the South East

National Health Service (NHS)
England > South East

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term NHS in permanent job vacancies in the South East. 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 222 271 272
Rank change year-on-year +49 +1 +71
Permanent jobs citing NHS 138 90 264
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.91% 0.78% 1.20%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.75% 2.03% 2.74%
Number of salaries quoted 75 75 207
10th Percentile £29,750 £35,427 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,375 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,151 £51,550 £47,915
Median % change year-on-year +5.04% +7.59% -16.67%
75th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £73,823 £76,000
England median annual salary £46,899 £48,754 £52,500
% change year-on-year -3.80% -7.14% -8.70%

All Generic Skills
South East

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 South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 5,014 4,432 9,637
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 33.22% 38.25% 43.68%
Number of salaries quoted 3,005 2,762 4,582
10th Percentile £26,500 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,690 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.22% +1.25% +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £73,844 £72,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £85,000 £85,000
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 South East

Job postings citing NHS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for NHS in the South East

NHS
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing NHS in the South East.

Salary trend for NHS in the South East

NHS
Salary Histogram in the South East

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

Salary histogram for NHS in the South East

NHS
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing NHS within the South East 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
Thames Valley +63 64 £60,000 - 47
Berkshire +56 59 £80,000 +71.75% 18
Hampshire -16 45 £60,000 - 22
Surrey -18 13 £35,750 -24.74% 19
Kent -23 8 £45,000 -10.89% 15
West Sussex - 5 £25,000 - 10
East Sussex +20 3 £75,778 +24.81% 10
Oxfordshire -11 3 £54,151 -15.06% 15
Buckinghamshire +7 2 £40,000 -40.74% 14
NHS
England

NHS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 (4.35%) Apache
1 6 (4.35%) Tomcat
Applications
1 36 (26.09%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (4.35%) InVision
2 6 (4.35%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 10 (7.25%) NEC Housing
2 3 (2.17%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 43 (31.16%) Power Platform
2 33 (23.91%) Azure
3 18 (13.04%) SaaS
4 16 (11.59%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 13 (9.42%) Azure Data Factory
6 11 (7.97%) Microsoft 365
7 10 (7.25%) AWS
8 9 (6.52%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 9 (6.52%) LAN
1 9 (6.52%) WAN
2 6 (4.35%) Intranet
3 4 (2.90%) DHCP
3 4 (2.90%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (31.16%) Power BI
2 30 (21.74%) Tableau
3 15 (10.87%) Data Warehouse
4 10 (7.25%) Oracle Database
5 7 (5.07%) Power Query
6 3 (2.17%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
6 3 (2.17%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.72%) Electronic Patient Records
7 1 (0.72%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 10 (7.25%) Oracle APEX
2 3 (2.17%) JIRA
3 1 (0.72%) SoapUI
General
1 52 (37.68%) Social Skills
2 46 (33.33%) Marketing
3 42 (30.43%) Analytical Skills
4 33 (23.91%) Finance
5 28 (20.29%) Pharmaceutical
6 24 (17.39%) Public Sector
7 15 (10.87%) Local Government
8 10 (7.25%) Police
9 6 (4.35%) Presentation Skills
10 5 (3.62%) Back Office
11 4 (2.90%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (1.45%) Digital Health
12 2 (1.45%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (1.45%) Retail
12 2 (1.45%) Social Housing
12 2 (1.45%) Telecoms
13 1 (0.72%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 34 (24.64%) Analyst
2 23 (16.67%) Developer
3 19 (13.77%) Product Manager
4 10 (7.25%) Oracle Developer
4 10 (7.25%) PL/SQL Developer
4 10 (7.25%) Power BI Developer
4 10 (7.25%) Software Developer
4 10 (7.25%) SQL Developer
5 9 (6.52%) Service Manager
5 9 (6.52%) Technical Manager
5 9 (6.52%) Technical Services Manager
6 7 (5.07%) Systems Engineer
7 6 (4.35%) Data Analyst
7 6 (4.35%) Senior
7 6 (4.35%) User Researcher
8 5 (3.62%) IT Support
8 5 (3.62%) Lead
8 5 (3.62%) Project Manager
8 5 (3.62%) Senior Manager
9 4 (2.90%) Project Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (11.59%) JSON
1 16 (11.59%) XML
2 11 (7.97%) SOAP
3 10 (7.25%) CSS
3 10 (7.25%) HTML
3 10 (7.25%) REST
3 10 (7.25%) Ruby on Rails
4 6 (4.35%) JSP
4 6 (4.35%) Web Services
5 3 (2.17%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 9 (6.52%) PKI
2 6 (4.35%) Data Protection Act
2 6 (4.35%) Product Ownership
3 5 (3.62%) Driving Licence
3 5 (3.62%) PACS
4 3 (2.17%) Onboarding
5 1 (0.72%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 20 (14.49%) Windows
2 14 (10.14%) Windows Server
3 10 (7.25%) Linux
4 4 (2.90%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.72%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.72%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (26.09%) Business Intelligence
2 34 (24.64%) Business Development
3 31 (22.46%) Problem-Solving
4 30 (21.74%) Business Case
5 29 (21.01%) Contract Management
6 28 (20.29%) Computer Science
7 27 (19.57%) Analytical Modelling
7 27 (19.57%) Brand Management
7 27 (19.57%) Business Analysis
8 25 (18.12%) Product Requirements
8 25 (18.12%) Roadmaps
8 25 (18.12%) User Stories
9 22 (15.94%) Software Engineering
10 19 (13.77%) Acceptance Criteria
10 19 (13.77%) Market Research
10 19 (13.77%) Product Roadmap
10 19 (13.77%) Product Strategy
11 18 (13.04%) Customer Service
11 18 (13.04%) Decision-Making
12 16 (11.59%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 40 (28.99%) SQL
2 16 (11.59%) Java
3 10 (7.25%) C
3 10 (7.25%) PL/SQL
3 10 (7.25%) Ruby
4 7 (5.07%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 6 (4.35%) Bash
5 6 (4.35%) JavaScript
6 3 (2.17%) C#
6 3 (2.17%) Python
6 3 (2.17%) R
6 3 (2.17%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 42 (30.43%) Degree
2 28 (20.29%) DBS Check
3 26 (18.84%) Computer Science Degree
4 10 (7.25%) Security Cleared
5 3 (2.17%) Azure Certification
6 1 (0.72%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (11.59%) Accessibility
2 9 (6.52%) Cyber Essentials
2 9 (6.52%) GDPR
3 6 (4.35%) Actionable Recommendations
4 3 (2.17%) SLA
5 1 (0.72%) QA
5 1 (0.72%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 5 (3.62%) Active Directory
2 4 (2.90%) Hyper-V
2 4 (2.90%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.45%) Docker
Systems Management
1 8 (5.80%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.45%) Terraform
3 1 (0.72%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 20 (14.49%) Microsoft
2 10 (7.25%) NEC
2 10 (7.25%) Oracle
3 6 (4.35%) Adobe
3 6 (4.35%) Hotjar
4 4 (2.90%) VMware