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 24 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 370 362 336
Rank change year-on-year -8 -26 -138
Permanent jobs citing NHS 219 500 475
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.54% 0.62% 0.88%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.59% 1.98% 2.04%
Number of salaries quoted 62 368 355
10th Percentile - £29,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £36,875 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,750 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% - -10.00%
75th Percentile £66,875 £58,813 £57,864
90th Percentile £80,000 £66,137 £72,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £50,056
% change year-on-year +5.00% -0.11% -0.23%

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 13,732 25,291 23,264
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 34.15% 31.40% 42.91%
Number of salaries quoted 6,181 15,423 10,770
10th Percentile £27,500 £26,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £64,750
% change year-on-year +9.09% -15.06% +3.60%

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 24 June 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 24 June 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 -25 93 £32,500 -19.02% 428
South East +5 44 £70,000 +40.00% 243
East of England +42 35 £60,000 +100.00% 150
North East +54 34 - - 54
Midlands +34 33 £60,000 +12.15% 229
North West -33 33 £32,500 -18.75% 202
Yorkshire +2 26 £47,500 +8.59% 177
West Midlands +31 24 £53,750 +0.47% 132
South West +80 12 £27,500 -30.38% 146
East Midlands +51 9 £60,000 +33.33% 97
Wales +32 4 - - 64
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 15 (6.85%) CMS
2 14 (6.39%) Umbraco
3 2 (0.91%) ArcGIS
3 2 (0.91%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.46%) Confluence
4 1 (0.46%) WordPress
Applications
1 15 (6.85%) Microsoft Excel
1 15 (6.85%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (2.74%) AutoCAD
3 3 (1.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (1.37%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.91%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 2 (0.91%) Adobe Illustrator
4 2 (0.91%) Revit
5 1 (0.46%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 86 (39.27%) Azure
2 84 (38.36%) Entra ID
3 21 (9.59%) Power Platform
4 18 (8.22%) AWS
5 17 (7.76%) SaaS
6 14 (6.39%) Azure AI
6 14 (6.39%) Azure DevOps
6 14 (6.39%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 14 (6.39%) Azure Key Vault
6 14 (6.39%) Azure Monitor
6 14 (6.39%) Azure Service Bus
6 14 (6.39%) IaaS
6 14 (6.39%) PaaS
6 14 (6.39%) Power Automate
7 3 (1.37%) Microsoft 365
8 1 (0.46%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 16 (7.31%) VPN
2 15 (6.85%) Firewall
3 14 (6.39%) DNS
3 14 (6.39%) Intranet
3 14 (6.39%) SD-WAN
3 14 (6.39%) WAN
4 6 (2.74%) SSL
5 3 (1.37%) Broadband
5 3 (1.37%) Internet
6 2 (0.91%) WPA
7 1 (0.46%) Cisco IOS
7 1 (0.46%) IOS XR
7 1 (0.46%) MPLS
7 1 (0.46%) Software-Defined Networking
7 1 (0.46%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (7.31%) Power BI
1 16 (7.31%) SQL Server
2 15 (6.85%) MySQL
3 14 (6.39%) Data Lake
4 11 (5.02%) Electronic Patient Records
5 2 (0.91%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (0.91%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (0.91%) Tableau
6 1 (0.46%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.46%) MS Access
6 1 (0.46%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 15 (6.85%) Git
2 4 (1.83%) JIRA
3 1 (0.46%) Balsamiq
3 1 (0.46%) GitLab
3 1 (0.46%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.46%) Robot Framework
3 1 (0.46%) SoapUI
3 1 (0.46%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (0.46%) Visual Studio
General
1 56 (25.57%) Social Skills
2 35 (15.98%) Public Sector
3 33 (15.07%) Finance
4 30 (13.70%) Local Government
5 23 (10.50%) Legal
6 16 (7.31%) Health Technology
6 16 (7.31%) Marketing
7 10 (4.57%) Pharmaceutical
8 9 (4.11%) Analytical Skills
9 8 (3.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 6 (2.74%) Law
11 5 (2.28%) Games
12 4 (1.83%) Influencing Skills
12 4 (1.83%) Organisational Skills
12 4 (1.83%) Telecoms
13 3 (1.37%) Digital Health
13 3 (1.37%) Police
13 3 (1.37%) Presentation Skills
14 2 (0.91%) Advertising
14 2 (0.91%) Digital Healthcare
Job Titles
1 70 (31.96%) Technology Specialist
2 39 (17.81%) Identity Management Specialist
3 26 (11.87%) Civil Engineer
3 26 (11.87%) Development Engineer
3 26 (11.87%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 26 (11.87%) Senior
4 17 (7.76%) Developer
5 15 (6.85%) Architect
6 14 (6.39%) Cloud Architect
6 14 (6.39%) Umbraco Developer
7 12 (5.48%) Consultant
7 12 (5.48%) Lead
7 12 (5.48%) Principal Engineer
7 12 (5.48%) Senior Development Engineer
7 12 (5.48%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
8 9 (4.11%) Analyst
9 7 (3.20%) IT Support
10 6 (2.74%) Administrator
10 6 (2.74%) Integration Specialist
10 6 (2.74%) Senior Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (7.76%) CSS
1 17 (7.76%) HTML
2 16 (7.31%) HTML5
3 15 (6.85%) jQuery
4 6 (2.74%) FHIR
5 5 (2.28%) Lightning Web Components
6 4 (1.83%) React
7 2 (0.91%) AngularJS
8 1 (0.46%) .NET Core
8 1 (0.46%) CSS3
8 1 (0.46%) Jinja
8 1 (0.46%) JSON
8 1 (0.46%) Kafka
8 1 (0.46%) OpenConfig
8 1 (0.46%) RabbitMQ
8 1 (0.46%) React Native
8 1 (0.46%) Vue
8 1 (0.46%) Web Services
8 1 (0.46%) XML
8 1 (0.46%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 14 (6.39%) Data Centre
2 6 (2.74%) Management Information System
3 5 (2.28%) PACS
3 5 (2.28%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (1.83%) Digital Media
5 3 (1.37%) Onboarding
6 2 (0.91%) Algorithms
6 2 (0.91%) ASTM
6 2 (0.91%) Blog
6 2 (0.91%) Driving Licence
6 2 (0.91%) Legacy Applications
6 2 (0.91%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (0.91%) Product Ownership
6 2 (0.91%) Renewable Energy
6 2 (0.91%) Social Media
7 1 (0.46%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 1 (0.46%) Freedom of Information
7 1 (0.46%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 9 (4.11%) Windows
2 3 (1.37%) Linux
3 1 (0.46%) Ubuntu
3 1 (0.46%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 90 (41.10%) ITIL
2 70 (31.96%) Identity Management
3 40 (18.26%) Mentoring
4 38 (17.35%) Project Management
5 29 (13.24%) Project Delivery
5 29 (13.24%) Stakeholder Management
6 28 (12.79%) Continuous Improvement
7 27 (12.33%) Artificial Intelligence
7 27 (12.33%) Strategic Planning
8 26 (11.87%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 23 (10.50%) Agile
9 23 (10.50%) Problem-Solving
10 21 (9.59%) Due Diligence
11 20 (9.13%) Risk Assessment
12 19 (8.68%) Analytics
12 19 (8.68%) Decision-Making
13 18 (8.22%) Business Development
13 18 (8.22%) Roadmaps
14 17 (7.76%) Customer Requirements
15 16 (7.31%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 30 (13.70%) SQL
2 15 (6.85%) C#
3 14 (6.39%) Bicep
3 14 (6.39%) PowerShell
4 8 (3.65%) JavaScript
5 4 (1.83%) Python
6 3 (1.37%) Java
7 1 (0.46%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.46%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 123 (56.16%) Degree
2 94 (42.92%) DBS Check
3 14 (6.39%) Azure Certification
4 13 (5.94%) Postgraduate
5 8 (3.65%) HNC
6 4 (1.83%) HND
6 4 (1.83%) Security Cleared
7 2 (0.91%) SC Cleared
8 1 (0.46%) CISSP
8 1 (0.46%) CompTIA Security+
8 1 (0.46%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.46%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.46%) PMP
8 1 (0.46%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (16.89%) Accessibility
2 18 (8.22%) GDPR
3 15 (6.85%) WCAG
4 7 (3.20%) QA
5 6 (2.74%) HL7
5 6 (2.74%) SNOMED CT
6 1 (0.46%) Data Quality
System Software
1 71 (32.42%) Active Directory
2 14 (6.39%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.46%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 14 (6.39%) Single Sign-On
2 3 (1.37%) SCCM
Vendors
1 101 (46.12%) Microsoft
2 14 (6.39%) Databricks
2 14 (6.39%) HP
2 14 (6.39%) Meraki
3 6 (2.74%) Salesforce
4 2 (0.91%) Adobe
4 2 (0.91%) Cisco
4 2 (0.91%) Facebook
4 2 (0.91%) Google
4 2 (0.91%) Tenable
5 1 (0.46%) Citrix
5 1 (0.46%) Juniper
5 1 (0.46%) Monzo
5 1 (0.46%) Nexthink
5 1 (0.46%) OneLogin
5 1 (0.46%) Sage
5 1 (0.46%) Samsung
5 1 (0.46%) ServiceNow
5 1 (0.46%) SIMUL8
5 1 (0.46%) Telerik