NHS Jobs in South Wales

National Health Service (NHS)
Wales > South Wales

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term NHS in permanent job vacancies in South Wales. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited NHS over the 6 months leading up to 27 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 61 93 73
Rank change year-on-year +32 -20 +44
Permanent jobs citing NHS 4 15 36
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Wales 0.46% 0.98% 3.09%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.70% 3.43% 7.86%
Number of salaries quoted 1 14 33
10th Percentile - £42,000 -
25th Percentile - £43,688 £43,162
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,637 £53,500 £44,666
Median % change year-on-year -14.70% +19.78% +1.51%
75th Percentile - £63,137 £53,096
90th Percentile - £65,766 £62,988
Wales median annual salary £45,637 £53,500 £44,666
% change year-on-year -14.70% +19.78% +1.51%

All Generic Skills
South Wales

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 South Wales.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 235 437 458
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Wales 26.86% 28.58% 39.28%
Number of salaries quoted 152 234 231
10th Percentile £31,375 £26,872 £30,630
25th Percentile £47,500 £35,093 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,000 £46,604 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +33.04% -6.79% -4.76%
75th Percentile £70,600 £59,938 £68,624
90th Percentile £79,750 £70,000 £77,500
Wales median annual salary £62,000 £44,886 £45,000
% change year-on-year +38.13% -0.25% -14.29%

NHS
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for NHS in South Wales

NHS
Salary Trend in South Wales

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

Salary trend for NHS in South Wales

NHS
Job Locations in South Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing NHS within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 27 May 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
Cardiff +24 4 £45,637 -14.70% 27
NHS
Wales

NHS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Wales 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Cisco ASA
1 1 (25.00%) Cisco Firepower
1 1 (25.00%) Cisco IOS
1 1 (25.00%) Cisco ISE
1 1 (25.00%) DNS
1 1 (25.00%) Firewall
1 1 (25.00%) Network Security
1 1 (25.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (25.00%) VoIP
1 1 (25.00%) Wi-Fi
General
1 4 (100.00%) Public Sector
2 3 (75.00%) Finance
2 3 (75.00%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Civil Engineer
1 3 (75.00%) Development Engineer
1 3 (75.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 3 (75.00%) Principal Engineer
1 3 (75.00%) Senior
1 3 (75.00%) Senior Development Engineer
1 3 (75.00%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Network Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Network Support
2 1 (25.00%) Network Support Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Business Development
1 3 (75.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 3 (75.00%) Due Diligence
1 3 (75.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 3 (75.00%) Line Management
1 3 (75.00%) Mentoring
1 3 (75.00%) Project Delivery
1 3 (75.00%) Project Management
1 3 (75.00%) Strategic Planning
2 1 (25.00%) ITIL
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) Degree
2 1 (25.00%) CCNA
2 1 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (25.00%) CWNA
2 1 (25.00%) CWTS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (75.00%) Accessibility
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Cisco Prime
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Aerohive Networks
1 1 (25.00%) Cisco