NHS Job Trends 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 14 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 156 192 110
Rank change year-on-year +36 -82 +61
Permanent jobs citing NHS 39 16 80
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 0.54% 0.41% 1.65%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.17% 0.97% 5.42%
Number of salaries quoted 32 9 20
10th Percentile £44,375 £39,929 £52,375
25th Percentile £54,000 £65,000 £56,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 £70,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.57% -12.50% +104.68%
75th Percentile £72,813 £80,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £85,000 - -
South East median annual salary £57,000 £70,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -18.57% +21.74% +33.72%

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 1,800 1,655 1,475
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 25.10% 41.94% 30.43%
Number of salaries quoted 1,236 683 735
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,854 £37,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% -8.70%
75th Percentile £68,750 £67,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £81,250 £82,500
South East median annual salary £55,000 £46,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +19.57% -12.38% -8.70%

NHS
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

NHS job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

NHS
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing NHS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing NHS

NHS
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing NHS in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 14 September 2026.

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 14 September 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
Berkshire +30 21 £63,750 -8.93% 16
Buckinghamshire +6 11 £57,000 - 10
Oxfordshire -25 7 £56,250 +40.88% 9
NHS
South East

NHS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Applications
1 1 (2.56%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (2.56%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 10 (25.64%) AWS
2 8 (20.51%) Azure
3 1 (2.56%) Google Ads
3 1 (2.56%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (17.95%) Electronic Patient Records
2 1 (2.56%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 1 (2.56%) JIRA
General
1 8 (20.51%) Health Technology
1 8 (20.51%) Local Government
2 6 (15.38%) Influencing Skills
3 2 (5.13%) Presentation Skills
3 2 (5.13%) Public Sector
3 2 (5.13%) Social Skills
4 1 (2.56%) Digital Health
4 1 (2.56%) Marketing
4 1 (2.56%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 15 (38.46%) Developer
2 11 (28.21%) Senior
3 8 (20.51%) C++ Developer
3 8 (20.51%) Senior C++ Developer
3 8 (20.51%) Senior Developer
4 7 (17.95%) Business Development Manager
4 7 (17.95%) Business Manager
4 7 (17.95%) Development Manager
5 5 (12.82%) Consultant
6 4 (10.26%) Android Developer
6 4 (10.26%) iOS Android Developer
6 4 (10.26%) iOS Developer
6 4 (10.26%) Mobile Developer
6 4 (10.26%) Presales Consultant
6 4 (10.26%) Software Engineer
7 3 (7.69%) Android Engineer
7 3 (7.69%) Android Software Engineer
7 3 (7.69%) Senior Android Engineer
7 3 (7.69%) Senior Software Engineer
8 2 (5.13%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (15.38%) MFC
2 1 (2.56%) Spring
2 1 (2.56%) Spring Boot
2 1 (2.56%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 7 (17.95%) Cloud Native
2 6 (15.38%) Self-Motivation
3 5 (12.82%) SystemC
4 1 (2.56%) Data Centre
4 1 (2.56%) Driving Licence
4 1 (2.56%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 7 (17.95%) Android
1 7 (17.95%) Apple iOS
1 7 (17.95%) Windows
2 1 (2.56%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (28.21%) Decision-Making
2 10 (25.64%) Problem-Solving
3 8 (20.51%) Business Development
3 8 (20.51%) Line Management
3 8 (20.51%) Mentoring
4 7 (17.95%) Coaching
4 7 (17.95%) Migration
5 6 (15.38%) Agile
5 6 (15.38%) Architectural Design
5 6 (15.38%) Cloud Enablement
5 6 (15.38%) Data Security
5 6 (15.38%) Product Strategy
5 6 (15.38%) Product Vision
5 6 (15.38%) Refactoring
5 6 (15.38%) Technical Debt
6 5 (12.82%) Continuous Improvement
6 5 (12.82%) Presales
6 5 (12.82%) Software Engineering
7 4 (10.26%) Android Development
7 4 (10.26%) Digital Transformation Programme
Programming Languages
1 8 (20.51%) C++
2 6 (15.38%) C#
3 2 (5.13%) Java
3 2 (5.13%) JavaScript
4 1 (2.56%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (2.56%) Degree
1 1 (2.56%) PMI Certification
1 1 (2.56%) PMP
1 1 (2.56%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.13%) HL7
Systems Management
1 2 (5.13%) Kubernetes
2 1 (2.56%) Argo
Vendors
1 7 (17.95%) Microsoft