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 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 393 370 359
Rank change year-on-year -23 -11 -173
Permanent jobs citing NHS 193 479 491
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.49% 0.64% 0.86%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.43% 1.96% 2.02%
Number of salaries quoted 56 363 354
10th Percentile - £30,000 £27,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £37,199 £39,334
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £46,500 £47,199
Median % change year-on-year +2.15% -1.48% -2.01%
75th Percentile £65,625 £60,000 £60,938
90th Percentile £80,000 £66,137 £73,375
UK median annual salary £57,500 £50,000 £51,550
% change year-on-year +15.00% -3.01% +2.75%

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 13,541 24,499 24,363
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 34.12% 32.71% 42.50%
Number of salaries quoted 5,957 15,292 10,888
10th Percentile £28,500 £26,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,925 £35,000 £41,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £68,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £85,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +4.00%

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 31 May 2025.

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 31 May 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
North of England -47 88 £32,500 -22.62% 118
South East +5 42 £70,000 +40.00% 62
North East +51 33 - - 31
East of England +47 33 £60,000 +100.00% 42
North West -41 33 £32,500 -18.75% 50
Midlands +10 23 £60,000 +12.15% 62
Yorkshire -3 22 £47,500 +8.59% 41
West Midlands +4 15 £73,750 +37.85% 25
East Midlands +43 8 £60,000 +23.71% 36
South West +76 6 £42,500 +7.59% 36
Wales +28 3 - - 16
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 18 (9.33%) CMS
2 17 (8.81%) Umbraco
3 2 (1.04%) ArcGIS
4 1 (0.52%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.52%) Confluence
4 1 (0.52%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.52%) WordPress
Applications
1 11 (5.70%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (5.18%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.55%) AutoCAD
3 3 (1.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (1.55%) MS Visio
4 2 (1.04%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 2 (1.04%) Adobe Illustrator
Cloud Services
1 87 (45.08%) Azure
2 84 (43.52%) Entra ID
3 21 (10.88%) Power Platform
4 19 (9.84%) AWS
5 17 (8.81%) SaaS
6 14 (7.25%) Azure AI
6 14 (7.25%) Azure DevOps
6 14 (7.25%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 14 (7.25%) Azure Key Vault
6 14 (7.25%) Azure Monitor
6 14 (7.25%) Azure Service Bus
6 14 (7.25%) IaaS
6 14 (7.25%) PaaS
6 14 (7.25%) Power Automate
7 2 (1.04%) Microsoft 365
8 1 (0.52%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 17 (8.81%) Intranet
2 16 (8.29%) VPN
3 15 (7.77%) Firewall
4 14 (7.25%) DNS
4 14 (7.25%) SD-WAN
4 14 (7.25%) WAN
5 5 (2.59%) SSL
6 3 (1.55%) Broadband
6 3 (1.55%) Internet
7 2 (1.04%) WPA
8 1 (0.52%) Cisco IOS
8 1 (0.52%) IOS XR
8 1 (0.52%) MPLS
8 1 (0.52%) Software-Defined Networking
8 1 (0.52%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (10.36%) SQL Server
2 16 (8.29%) Power BI
3 15 (7.77%) MySQL
4 14 (7.25%) Data Lake
5 10 (5.18%) Electronic Patient Records
6 2 (1.04%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (1.04%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (1.04%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 2 (1.04%) Tableau
7 1 (0.52%) Airbyte
7 1 (0.52%) Metadata
7 1 (0.52%) MS Access
7 1 (0.52%) Qlik Sense
7 1 (0.52%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 15 (7.77%) Git
2 4 (2.07%) JIRA
3 1 (0.52%) Balsamiq
3 1 (0.52%) GitLab
3 1 (0.52%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.52%) Robot Framework
3 1 (0.52%) SoapUI
3 1 (0.52%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (0.52%) Visual Studio
General
1 55 (28.50%) Social Skills
2 21 (10.88%) Finance
3 20 (10.36%) Public Sector
4 15 (7.77%) Health Technology
4 15 (7.77%) Local Government
4 15 (7.77%) Marketing
5 11 (5.70%) Legal
6 10 (5.18%) Pharmaceutical
7 8 (4.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 7 (3.63%) Analytical Skills
9 5 (2.59%) Games
9 5 (2.59%) Law
10 4 (2.07%) Influencing Skills
10 4 (2.07%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (2.07%) Telecoms
11 3 (1.55%) Digital Health
11 3 (1.55%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (1.04%) Digital Healthcare
12 2 (1.04%) Police
12 2 (1.04%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 70 (36.27%) Technology Specialist
2 39 (20.21%) Identity Management Specialist
3 20 (10.36%) Developer
4 17 (8.81%) Senior
4 17 (8.81%) Umbraco Developer
5 14 (7.25%) Architect
5 14 (7.25%) Civil Engineer
5 14 (7.25%) Cloud Architect
5 14 (7.25%) Development Engineer
5 14 (7.25%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 9 (4.66%) Analyst
6 9 (4.66%) Consultant
6 9 (4.66%) Lead
7 8 (4.15%) Principal Engineer
8 7 (3.63%) Senior Development Engineer
8 7 (3.63%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
9 5 (2.59%) Integration Specialist
9 5 (2.59%) Operations Manager
9 5 (2.59%) Sales Executive
10 4 (2.07%) IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (10.36%) CSS
1 20 (10.36%) HTML
2 19 (9.84%) HTML5
3 18 (9.33%) jQuery
4 5 (2.59%) FHIR
4 5 (2.59%) Lightning Web Components
5 4 (2.07%) React
6 2 (1.04%) AngularJS
7 1 (0.52%) .NET
7 1 (0.52%) CSS3
7 1 (0.52%) Django
7 1 (0.52%) Jinja
7 1 (0.52%) JSON
7 1 (0.52%) Kafka
7 1 (0.52%) NumPy
7 1 (0.52%) Pandas
7 1 (0.52%) RabbitMQ
7 1 (0.52%) SQLAlchemy
7 1 (0.52%) Web Services
7 1 (0.52%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 14 (7.25%) Data Centre
2 6 (3.11%) Management Information System
3 5 (2.59%) PACS
3 5 (2.59%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (2.07%) Digital Media
5 3 (1.55%) Onboarding
6 2 (1.04%) Algorithms
6 2 (1.04%) ASTM
6 2 (1.04%) Blog
6 2 (1.04%) Driving Licence
6 2 (1.04%) Legacy Applications
6 2 (1.04%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (1.04%) Product Ownership
6 2 (1.04%) Renewable Energy
6 2 (1.04%) Social Media
7 1 (0.52%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 1 (0.52%) Freedom of Information
7 1 (0.52%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 10 (5.18%) Windows
2 4 (2.07%) Linux
3 2 (1.04%) Ubuntu
4 1 (0.52%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 89 (46.11%) ITIL
2 70 (36.27%) Identity Management
3 29 (15.03%) Project Management
4 26 (13.47%) Artificial Intelligence
5 25 (12.95%) Problem-Solving
6 23 (11.92%) Mentoring
7 21 (10.88%) Agile
8 20 (10.36%) Analytics
8 20 (10.36%) Customer Requirements
9 19 (9.84%) Project Delivery
10 18 (9.33%) Clean Code
10 18 (9.33%) Content Management
10 18 (9.33%) Roadmaps
11 17 (8.81%) Decision-Making
11 17 (8.81%) Stakeholder Management
11 17 (8.81%) Strategic Planning
11 17 (8.81%) Web Development
12 16 (8.29%) Migration
13 15 (7.77%) B2B
13 15 (7.77%) Business Development
Programming Languages
1 34 (17.62%) SQL
2 18 (9.33%) C#
3 15 (7.77%) PowerShell
4 14 (7.25%) Bicep
5 8 (4.15%) JavaScript
6 5 (2.59%) Python
7 3 (1.55%) Java
8 2 (1.04%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.52%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 117 (60.62%) Degree
2 91 (47.15%) DBS Check
3 14 (7.25%) Azure Certification
4 7 (3.63%) HNC
5 6 (3.11%) Postgraduate
6 3 (1.55%) HND
7 2 (1.04%) Security Cleared
8 1 (0.52%) CISSP
8 1 (0.52%) CompTIA Security+
8 1 (0.52%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.52%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.52%) PMP
8 1 (0.52%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (15.54%) Accessibility
2 20 (10.36%) GDPR
3 18 (9.33%) WCAG
4 7 (3.63%) QA
5 5 (2.59%) HL7
5 5 (2.59%) SNOMED CT
6 1 (0.52%) Data Quality
System Software
1 71 (36.79%) Active Directory
2 14 (7.25%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.52%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 14 (7.25%) Single Sign-On
2 3 (1.55%) SCCM
Vendors
1 96 (49.74%) Microsoft
2 17 (8.81%) HP
3 14 (7.25%) Databricks
3 14 (7.25%) Meraki
4 6 (3.11%) Salesforce
5 2 (1.04%) Adobe
5 2 (1.04%) Cisco
5 2 (1.04%) Facebook
5 2 (1.04%) Google
5 2 (1.04%) Tenable
6 1 (0.52%) Citrix
6 1 (0.52%) Juniper
6 1 (0.52%) Monzo
6 1 (0.52%) Nexthink
6 1 (0.52%) Red Hat
6 1 (0.52%) Sage
6 1 (0.52%) Samsung
6 1 (0.52%) ServiceNow
6 1 (0.52%) SIMUL8
6 1 (0.52%) Telerik