NHS Job Trends in Tyne and Wear

National Health Service (NHS)
North East > Tyne and Wear

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term NHS in permanent job vacancies in Tyne and Wear. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited NHS over the 6 months leading up to 14 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 43 - 46
Rank change year-on-year - - +31
Permanent jobs citing NHS 20 0 7
As % of all permanent jobs in Tyne and Wear 2.89% - 1.84%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 9.30% - 5.19%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 6
10th Percentile - - £46,336
25th Percentile - - £47,672
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £25,000 - £48,864
Median % change year-on-year - - -27.61%
75th Percentile - - £73,368
90th Percentile - - £81,138
North East median annual salary £21,500 £54,750 £46,336
% change year-on-year -60.73% +18.16% -31.35%

All Generic Skills
Tyne and Wear

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 Tyne and Wear.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 215 208 135
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear 31.07% 20.93% 35.53%
Number of salaries quoted 111 88 105
10th Percentile £24,500 £31,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £34,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -16.67% +9.09%
75th Percentile £62,500 £71,250 £68,750
90th Percentile £73,750 £100,000 £83,455
North East median annual salary £42,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -15.00% -9.09% +10.00%

NHS
Job Vacancy Trend in Tyne and Wear

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

NHS job vacancy trend in Tyne and Wear

NHS
Salary Trend in Tyne and Wear

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing NHS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing NHS

NHS
Job Locations in Tyne and Wear

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing NHS within the Tyne and Wear region over the 6 months to 14 October 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
Newcastle upon Tyne - 11 £25,000 - 5
Sunderland - 3 - -
South Shields - 3 - -
Gateshead - 3 - - 1
NHS
North East

NHS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Tyne and Wear 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 2 (10.00%) AutoCAD
1 2 (10.00%) Civil 3D
Business Applications
1 4 (20.00%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 14 (70.00%) Azure
2 13 (65.00%) Entra ID
3 4 (20.00%) SaaS
4 2 (10.00%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (10.00%) GitHub
5 1 (5.00%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (10.00%) SQL Server
General
1 3 (15.00%) Finance
1 3 (15.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (10.00%) Back Office
2 2 (10.00%) Documentation Skills
2 2 (10.00%) Legal
2 2 (10.00%) Local Government
2 2 (10.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (5.00%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (5.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 13 (65.00%) Identity Management Specialist
1 13 (65.00%) Technology Specialist
2 4 (20.00%) Developer
2 4 (20.00%) Dynamics NAV Developer
2 4 (20.00%) SaaS Developer
3 2 (10.00%) Civil Engineer
3 2 (10.00%) Development Engineer
3 2 (10.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) Consultant
4 1 (5.00%) Technology Consultant
4 1 (5.00%) Trainee
4 1 (5.00%) Trainee Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (10.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.00%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (65.00%) Identity Management
1 13 (65.00%) ITIL
2 4 (20.00%) Data Integration
2 4 (20.00%) Inventory Management
2 4 (20.00%) Mentoring
3 3 (15.00%) Computer Science
4 2 (10.00%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (10.00%) Clean Code
4 2 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (10.00%) Data Privacy
4 2 (10.00%) DevOps
4 2 (10.00%) Due Diligence
4 2 (10.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 2 (10.00%) OOP
4 2 (10.00%) Project Delivery
4 2 (10.00%) Quality Management
4 2 (10.00%) Risk Assessment
4 2 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (10.00%) Strategic Planning
4 2 (10.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 2 (10.00%) C
1 2 (10.00%) C#
1 2 (10.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 16 (80.00%) Degree
2 13 (65.00%) DBS Check
3 2 (10.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (10.00%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (10.00%) Accessibility
1 2 (10.00%) ISO 9001
1 2 (10.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 13 (65.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 15 (75.00%) Microsoft