NHS Jobs in the UK excluding London

National Health Service (NHS)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term NHS in permanent job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited NHS over the 6 months leading up to 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 351 336 218
Rank change year-on-year -15 -118 +141
Permanent jobs citing NHS 404 425 1,318
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.62% 0.88% 1.68%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.00% 2.21% 3.86%
Number of salaries quoted 281 336 622
10th Percentile £29,750 £25,563 £28,380
25th Percentile £37,199 £35,427 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £50,173
Median % change year-on-year - -10.31% -2.58%
75th Percentile £58,750 £57,864 £62,500
90th Percentile £67,500 £72,500 £77,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -8.70%

All Generic Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 20,220 19,230 34,139
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 30.98% 39.94% 43.59%
Number of salaries quoted 11,541 10,409 17,070
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,625 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £69,375
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £82,970
UK median annual salary £55,000 £64,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -14.06% +2.40% +4.17%

NHS
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing NHS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for NHS in the UK excluding London

NHS
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing NHS in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for NHS in the UK excluding London

NHS
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing NHS in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for NHS in the UK excluding London

NHS
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing NHS within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 26 July 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
South East +49 138 £54,151 +5.04% 132
North of England +23 123 £40,132 -14.43% 190
Midlands +7 63 £53,500 +22.99% 123
North West +13 60 £40,000 -11.11% 89
Yorkshire +62 54 £45,000 -4.05% 76
West Midlands +20 50 £53,500 +1.90% 64
South West -73 37 £39,253 -12.77% 122
East of England -15 23 £46,500 +86.00% 81
Wales +6 16 £53,500 +19.78% 36
East Midlands -25 11 £45,000 +24.14% 59
North East -23 9 £43,500 -8.75% 33
Scotland -46 4 £36,000 -40.00% 2
NHS
UK

NHS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 10 (2.48%) CMS
2 6 (1.49%) Apache
2 6 (1.49%) Tomcat
2 6 (1.49%) Umbraco
3 4 (0.99%) ArcGIS
4 2 (0.50%) Confluence
4 2 (0.50%) SAS
5 1 (0.25%) WordPress
Applications
1 44 (10.89%) Microsoft Excel
2 25 (6.19%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (2.48%) Microsoft Project
4 7 (1.73%) InVision
4 7 (1.73%) Sketch
4 7 (1.73%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.25%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (0.25%) Adobe XD
5 1 (0.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.25%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.25%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 10 (2.48%) NEC Housing
2 3 (0.74%) SystmOne
3 2 (0.50%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 72 (17.82%) Azure
2 52 (12.87%) Power Platform
3 26 (6.44%) SaaS
4 24 (5.94%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 22 (5.45%) Microsoft 365
6 21 (5.20%) Azure Data Factory
7 20 (4.95%) AWS
8 9 (2.23%) Cloud Computing
9 8 (1.98%) Azure DevOps
10 6 (1.49%) BigCommerce
11 5 (1.24%) GCP
11 5 (1.24%) Google Analytics
11 5 (1.24%) Google Tag Manager
12 4 (0.99%) Serverless
13 3 (0.74%) Azure Functions
14 2 (0.50%) Azure Stack
14 2 (0.50%) Firebase
14 2 (0.50%) Google Ads
14 2 (0.50%) npm
14 2 (0.50%) Storyblok
Communications & Networking
1 14 (3.47%) DNS
1 14 (3.47%) LAN
1 14 (3.47%) WAN
2 13 (3.22%) Internet
3 12 (2.97%) Intranet
4 11 (2.72%) Broadband
4 11 (2.72%) WPA
5 9 (2.23%) DHCP
5 9 (2.23%) Firewall
5 9 (2.23%) SAN
6 6 (1.49%) Network Security
6 6 (1.49%) TCP/IP
7 4 (0.99%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.25%) BGP
8 1 (0.25%) MPLS
8 1 (0.25%) OSPF
8 1 (0.25%) VoIP
8 1 (0.25%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (12.87%) Power BI
2 34 (8.42%) SQL Server
2 34 (8.42%) Tableau
3 25 (6.19%) Data Warehouse
4 14 (3.47%) Electronic Patient Records
5 12 (2.97%) Relational Database
6 11 (2.72%) Big Data
6 11 (2.72%) Data Lake
7 10 (2.48%) Oracle Database
8 9 (2.23%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 8 (1.98%) Metadata
9 8 (1.98%) Microsoft Analysis Services
9 8 (1.98%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 7 (1.73%) PostgreSQL
10 7 (1.73%) Power Query
11 5 (1.24%) MySQL
12 4 (0.99%) Geospatial Data
12 4 (0.99%) GIS
12 4 (0.99%) MongoDB
12 4 (0.99%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 10 (2.48%) Oracle APEX
2 5 (1.24%) JIRA
3 2 (0.50%) Cypress.io
3 2 (0.50%) Git
3 2 (0.50%) gulp
3 2 (0.50%) Katalon Studio
3 2 (0.50%) Postman
3 2 (0.50%) Selenium
4 1 (0.25%) Balsamiq
4 1 (0.25%) Moq
4 1 (0.25%) NUnit
4 1 (0.25%) SoapUI
4 1 (0.25%) Sourcetree
4 1 (0.25%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (0.25%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.25%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 157 (38.86%) Social Skills
2 109 (26.98%) Finance
3 86 (21.29%) Public Sector
4 71 (17.57%) Analytical Skills
5 65 (16.09%) Marketing
6 60 (14.85%) Pharmaceutical
7 54 (13.37%) Local Government
8 47 (11.63%) Presentation Skills
9 40 (9.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 30 (7.43%) Billing
11 25 (6.19%) Organisational Skills
12 15 (3.71%) Police
13 13 (3.22%) Health Technology
14 10 (2.48%) Environmental Health
14 10 (2.48%) Retail
14 10 (2.48%) Telecoms
15 9 (2.23%) Digital Health
16 6 (1.49%) Back Office
16 6 (1.49%) Digital Healthcare
16 6 (1.49%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 65 (16.09%) Developer
2 48 (11.88%) Analyst
3 35 (8.66%) Project Manager
4 34 (8.42%) Senior
5 30 (7.43%) Audit Manager
6 20 (4.95%) Software Developer
7 19 (4.70%) Lead
7 19 (4.70%) Product Manager
8 13 (3.22%) Architect
8 13 (3.22%) Software Engineer
9 12 (2.97%) Business Analyst
10 11 (2.72%) Senior Analyst
10 11 (2.72%) Senior Business Analyst
11 10 (2.48%) .NET Developer
11 10 (2.48%) Oracle Developer
11 10 (2.48%) PL/SQL Developer
11 10 (2.48%) Power BI Developer
11 10 (2.48%) SQL Developer
12 9 (2.23%) Business Manager
12 9 (2.23%) Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (8.91%) .NET
2 35 (8.66%) CSS
2 35 (8.66%) HTML
3 24 (5.94%) XML
4 19 (4.70%) JSON
5 13 (3.22%) REST
6 12 (2.97%) .NET Core
7 11 (2.72%) React
7 11 (2.72%) SOAP
8 10 (2.48%) ASP.NET
8 10 (2.48%) HTML5
8 10 (2.48%) Lightning Web Components
8 10 (2.48%) Ruby on Rails
9 8 (1.98%) Vue
9 8 (1.98%) Web Services
10 7 (1.73%) AngularJS
10 7 (1.73%) jQuery
10 7 (1.73%) Razor View Engine
11 6 (1.49%) JSP
11 6 (1.49%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 30 (7.43%) Housing Association
2 24 (5.94%) Management Information System
3 18 (4.46%) Data Protection Act
4 14 (3.47%) Driving Licence
4 14 (3.47%) Mobile App
5 13 (3.22%) Self-Motivation
6 10 (2.48%) Social Media
7 9 (2.23%) PKI
8 8 (1.98%) Algorithms
9 7 (1.73%) Product Ownership
10 6 (1.49%) Blog
10 6 (1.49%) PACS
11 4 (0.99%) CCTV
11 4 (0.99%) Life Science
12 3 (0.74%) Cloud Native
12 3 (0.74%) Enterprise Software
12 3 (0.74%) Freedom of Information
12 3 (0.74%) Genomics
12 3 (0.74%) Onboarding
13 2 (0.50%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 34 (8.42%) Windows
2 16 (3.96%) Windows Server
3 15 (3.71%) Linux
4 9 (2.23%) Windows 10
5 2 (0.50%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.25%) Android
6 1 (0.25%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.25%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.25%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 100 (24.75%) Problem-Solving
2 71 (17.57%) Business Development
3 65 (16.09%) Project Management
4 54 (13.37%) Customer Service
5 48 (11.88%) Business Intelligence
6 44 (10.89%) Agile
7 40 (9.90%) Software Engineering
8 37 (9.16%) Coaching
8 37 (9.16%) Service Management
9 35 (8.66%) Business Case
9 35 (8.66%) Computer Science
9 35 (8.66%) User Stories
10 34 (8.42%) Analytics
10 34 (8.42%) Roadmaps
11 33 (8.17%) People Management
12 32 (7.92%) Performance Management
12 32 (7.92%) PRINCE2
13 29 (7.18%) Acceptance Criteria
13 29 (7.18%) Contract Management
14 28 (6.93%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 75 (18.56%) SQL
2 43 (10.64%) C#
3 35 (8.66%) Java
4 32 (7.92%) JavaScript
5 13 (3.22%) Python
6 12 (2.97%) TypeScript
7 10 (2.48%) C
7 10 (2.48%) PL/SQL
7 10 (2.48%) Ruby
7 10 (2.48%) T-SQL
8 7 (1.73%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 7 (1.73%) R
9 6 (1.49%) Bash
10 5 (1.24%) VB.NET
11 4 (0.99%) Kotlin
12 2 (0.50%) Groovy
13 1 (0.25%) JSX
13 1 (0.25%) PHP
13 1 (0.25%) PowerShell
13 1 (0.25%) Swift
Qualifications
1 80 (19.80%) Degree
2 51 (12.62%) DBS Check
3 31 (7.67%) Computer Science Degree
4 30 (7.43%) ACCA
5 17 (4.21%) CIPD
6 15 (3.71%) Security Cleared
7 8 (1.98%) Microsoft Certification
8 7 (1.73%) MCSE
9 5 (1.24%) MCITP
10 4 (0.99%) Azure Certification
11 2 (0.50%) CISSP
11 2 (0.50%) HND
12 1 (0.25%) CCDA
12 1 (0.25%) CCNA
12 1 (0.25%) CCNP
12 1 (0.25%) Cisco Certification
12 1 (0.25%) JNCIA
12 1 (0.25%) JNCIP
12 1 (0.25%) JNCIS
12 1 (0.25%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (9.65%) GDPR
2 30 (7.43%) GAAP
2 30 (7.43%) IFRS
3 24 (5.94%) Accessibility
4 14 (3.47%) Cyber Essentials
5 11 (2.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 8 (1.98%) Data Quality
6 8 (1.98%) QA
7 6 (1.49%) Actionable Recommendations
7 6 (1.49%) WCAG
8 4 (0.99%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 4 (0.99%) PMO
9 3 (0.74%) SLA
10 2 (0.50%) GMP
11 1 (0.25%) Disclosure Scotland
11 1 (0.25%) HL7
11 1 (0.25%) NCSC
11 1 (0.25%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 17 (4.21%) Active Directory
2 12 (2.97%) Docker
3 11 (2.72%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (1.49%) Hyper-V
5 5 (1.24%) Virtual Servers
6 2 (0.50%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 16 (3.96%) Terraform
2 14 (3.47%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.74%) SCCM
4 2 (0.50%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 63 (15.59%) Microsoft
2 30 (7.43%) CA
3 13 (3.22%) Oracle
3 13 (3.22%) VMware
4 12 (2.97%) Salesforce
5 10 (2.48%) Google
5 10 (2.48%) NEC
6 9 (2.23%) Cisco
7 8 (1.98%) Adobe
7 8 (1.98%) Databricks
7 8 (1.98%) Facebook
8 6 (1.49%) Hotjar
8 6 (1.49%) HP
8 6 (1.49%) Northgate
9 5 (1.24%) Commvault
9 5 (1.24%) IBM
9 5 (1.24%) Veeam
10 4 (0.99%) ESRI
10 4 (0.99%) YouTube
11 2 (0.50%) Citrix