NHS Job Trends in Staffordshire

National Health Service (NHS)
West Midlands > Staffordshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term NHS in permanent job vacancies in Staffordshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited NHS over the 6 months leading up to 8 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 70 - 75
Rank change year-on-year - - -14
Permanent jobs citing NHS 1 0 10
As % of all permanent jobs in Staffordshire 0.085% - 1.05%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.40% - 3.45%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 10
10th Percentile - - £30,475
25th Percentile £40,657 - £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,631 - £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - - +9.52%
75th Percentile £44,606 - £62,500
90th Percentile - - £63,750
West Midlands median annual salary £40,000 £57,500 £55,500
% change year-on-year -30.43% +3.60% +7.62%

All Generic Skills
Staffordshire

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 Staffordshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 248 424 290
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Staffordshire 21.00% 58.16% 30.53%
Number of salaries quoted 198 161 160
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,375 £27,425
25th Percentile £35,000 - £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £36,925 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +35.41% -26.15% +11.11%
75th Percentile £60,000 £37,500 £60,313
90th Percentile £80,000 £53,750 £63,750
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £54,650
% change year-on-year +11.11% -17.66% -0.64%

NHS
Job Vacancy Trend in Staffordshire

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

NHS job vacancy trend in Staffordshire

NHS
Salary Trend in Staffordshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Staffordshire citing NHS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Staffordshire citing NHS

NHS
Job Locations in Staffordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing NHS within the Staffordshire region over the 6 months to 8 August 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
Stafford - 1 £42,631 - 3
NHS
West Midlands

NHS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Staffordshire 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) SAN
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering