NHS Jobs in the South West

National Health Service (NHS)
England > South West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term NHS in permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited NHS over the 6 months to 6 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 255 180 233
Rank change year-on-year -75 +53 +11
Permanent jobs citing NHS 44 87 87
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 0.48% 1.25% 1.08%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.50% 3.12% 2.67%
Number of salaries quoted 36 58 43
10th Percentile £36,875 £32,425 £28,000
25th Percentile £37,199 £42,500 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,500 £48,750 £46,223
Median % change year-on-year -18.97% +5.47% +2.72%
75th Percentile £54,125 £71,563 £63,125
90th Percentile £66,137 £75,000 £74,750
England median annual salary £50,000 £51,573 £50,000
% change year-on-year -3.05% +3.15% -11.11%

All Generic Skills
South West

NHS is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 2,936 2,788 3,253
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 31.78% 40.21% 40.34%
Number of salaries quoted 2,033 1,414 1,776
10th Percentile £28,000 £29,000 £30,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £38,112 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,760 £53,056
Median % change year-on-year -6.99% +1.33% +12.89%
75th Percentile £66,250 £70,000 £73,356
90th Percentile £82,500 £87,500 £87,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +4.17%

NHS
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for NHS in the South West

NHS
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for NHS in the South West

NHS
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing NHS in the South West over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Salary histogram for NHS in the South West

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Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing NHS within the South West region over the 6 months to 6 May 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
Cornwall +1 22 £39,005 -5.44% 14
Bristol -28 11 £58,624 +6.59% 29
Dorset -21 6 £53,750 +25.00% 11
Gloucestershire -12 3 £70,000 +75.00% 21
Somerset -5 1 £45,000 -35.71% 19
Devon -16 1 - - 30
NHS
England

NHS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South 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:

Applications
1 8 (18.18%) Microsoft Project
2 7 (15.91%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (13.64%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (2.27%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (2.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (2.27%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 7 (15.91%) AWS
2 2 (4.55%) Azure
3 1 (2.27%) Smartsheet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (29.55%) Electronic Patient Records
2 4 (9.09%) SQL Server
General
1 13 (29.55%) Analytical Skills
1 13 (29.55%) Social Skills
2 9 (20.45%) Public Sector
3 8 (18.18%) Finance
3 8 (18.18%) Manufacturing
3 8 (18.18%) Telecoms
4 6 (13.64%) Pharmaceutical
4 6 (13.64%) Presentation Skills
5 4 (9.09%) Influencing Skills
6 3 (6.82%) Marketing
7 2 (4.55%) Electronics
7 2 (4.55%) Retail
Job Titles
1 24 (54.55%) Project Manager
2 8 (18.18%) Lead
3 6 (13.64%) QA Leader
4 3 (6.82%) Developer
4 3 (6.82%) Digital Project Manager
4 3 (6.82%) NHS Project Manager
4 3 (6.82%) Software Engineer
5 2 (4.55%) .NET Developer
5 2 (4.55%) Analyst
5 2 (4.55%) Architect
5 2 (4.55%) Business Analyst
5 2 (4.55%) Senior
5 2 (4.55%) Technical Architect
5 2 (4.55%) Technical Leader
6 1 (2.27%) Bid Manager
6 1 (2.27%) Facilitator
6 1 (2.27%) iOS Developer
6 1 (2.27%) Senior Analyst
6 1 (2.27%) Senior Business Analyst
6 1 (2.27%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (9.09%) .NET
1 4 (9.09%) ASP.NET
2 1 (2.27%) SwiftUI
Miscellaneous
1 6 (13.64%) Management Information System
2 4 (9.09%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (6.82%) Data Protection Act
3 3 (6.82%) Driving Licence
3 3 (6.82%) Freedom of Information
3 3 (6.82%) Housing Association
4 2 (4.55%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.27%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (50.00%) Project Management
2 20 (45.45%) PRINCE2
3 15 (34.09%) Budget Management
4 13 (29.55%) Customer Service
5 10 (22.73%) Change Management
6 7 (15.91%) Culture Change
6 7 (15.91%) Data Protection
6 7 (15.91%) Problem-Solving
6 7 (15.91%) Project Delivery
6 7 (15.91%) Validation
7 6 (13.64%) Compliance Audit
8 5 (11.36%) Cost Reduction
9 4 (9.09%) Agile
9 4 (9.09%) Contingency Planning
9 4 (9.09%) Contract Negotiation
9 4 (9.09%) Supplier Management
9 4 (9.09%) System Testing
10 3 (6.82%) Programme Management
10 3 (6.82%) Project Planning
10 3 (6.82%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 4 (9.09%) C#
2 3 (6.82%) Java
3 2 (4.55%) SQL
3 2 (4.55%) VB.NET
4 1 (2.27%) C
4 1 (2.27%) Swift
Qualifications
1 9 (20.45%) Degree
2 1 (2.27%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (13.64%) GMP
1 6 (13.64%) QA
2 5 (11.36%) PMO
Vendors
1 2 (4.55%) Microsoft
1 2 (4.55%) SAP
1 2 (4.55%) Xamarin