NHS Jobs in the Thames Valley

National Health Service (NHS)
South East > Thames Valley

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term NHS in permanent job vacancies in the Thames Valley. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited NHS over the 6 months leading up to 19 January 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Jan 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 143 175 237
Rank change year-on-year +32 +62 +4
Permanent jobs citing NHS 36 27 17
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 1.06% 0.60% 0.29%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.06% 1.87% 0.66%
Number of salaries quoted 13 27 16
10th Percentile £43,750 £34,851 £40,331
25th Percentile £53,750 - £45,077
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £39,085 £52,666
Median % change year-on-year +104.68% -25.79% -8.41%
75th Percentile £82,500 £61,250 £70,000
90th Percentile - £83,000 £75,000
South East median annual salary £66,250 £43,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +54.07% -25.22% +15.00%

All Generic Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,177 1,441 2,562
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 34.77% 31.87% 44.13%
Number of salaries quoted 516 927 1,278
10th Percentile £36,250 £29,650 £30,500
25th Percentile £43,911 £38,130 £38,302
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £74,250 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £93,125 £80,000 £82,500
South East median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +14.29% -4.55% -

NHS
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing NHS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for NHS in the Thames Valley

NHS
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing NHS in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for NHS in the Thames Valley

NHS
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing NHS in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 19 January 2025.

Salary histogram for NHS in the Thames Valley

NHS
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing NHS within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 19 January 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
Berkshire +45 32 £80,000 +33.33% 8
Oxfordshire -3 4 £39,929 +2.16% 8
NHS
South East

NHS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 9 (25.00%) Apache
1 9 (25.00%) Tomcat
Applications
1 27 (75.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 18 (50.00%) Power Platform
2 10 (27.78%) Azure
3 1 (2.78%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (50.00%) Power BI
1 18 (50.00%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (2.78%) Git
1 1 (2.78%) JIRA
1 1 (2.78%) Selenium
General
1 21 (58.33%) Pharmaceutical
2 18 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 18 (50.00%) Marketing
3 3 (8.33%) Health Technology
3 3 (8.33%) Social Skills
4 2 (5.56%) Finance
4 2 (5.56%) Public Sector
5 1 (2.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (2.78%) Police
Job Titles
1 18 (50.00%) Analyst
2 9 (25.00%) Systems Engineer
3 3 (8.33%) Project Manager
3 3 (8.33%) Senior
3 3 (8.33%) Senior Manager
3 3 (8.33%) Senior Project Manager
4 2 (5.56%) Business Development Manager
4 2 (5.56%) Business Manager
4 2 (5.56%) Designer
4 2 (5.56%) Development Manager
4 2 (5.56%) Service Designer
4 2 (5.56%) User Researcher
5 1 (2.78%) Developer
5 1 (2.78%) Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (25.00%) JSON
1 9 (25.00%) JSP
1 9 (25.00%) Web Services
1 9 (25.00%) XML
2 1 (2.78%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 3 (8.33%) Life Science
1 3 (8.33%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (5.56%) PMI
3 1 (2.78%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 11 (30.56%) Windows
2 9 (25.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (61.11%) Business Development
2 18 (50.00%) Analytical Modelling
2 18 (50.00%) Brand Management
2 18 (50.00%) Business Analysis
2 18 (50.00%) Business Case
2 18 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 18 (50.00%) Contract Management
3 9 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 9 (25.00%) Root Cause Analysis
3 9 (25.00%) Software Engineering
4 3 (8.33%) Project Management
5 2 (5.56%) Agile
5 2 (5.56%) Change Management
5 2 (5.56%) Coaching
5 2 (5.56%) Design Thinking
5 2 (5.56%) Line Management
5 2 (5.56%) Mentoring
5 2 (5.56%) Service Design
5 2 (5.56%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (5.56%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Programming Languages
1 10 (27.78%) Java
1 10 (27.78%) JavaScript
1 10 (27.78%) SQL
2 9 (25.00%) Bash
Qualifications
1 10 (27.78%) Degree
2 2 (5.56%) PMI Certification
Systems Management
1 9 (25.00%) Kubernetes