PACS Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Picture Archiving and Communication Systems (PACS)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term PACS in permanent job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited PACS over the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 505 557 565
Rank change year-on-year +52 +8 +198
Permanent jobs citing PACS 4 9 8
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.009% 0.025% 0.023%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.029% 0.073% 0.067%
Number of salaries quoted 4 2 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £24,500 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £25,000 -
Median % change year-on-year +100.00% - -
75th Percentile £57,188 £25,500 -
90th Percentile £70,125 - -
UK median annual salary £50,000 £25,000 £68,750
% change year-on-year +100.00% -63.64% +4.96%

All Generic Skills
UK excluding London

PACS 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 13,649 12,311 11,930
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 32.19% 34.27% 34.57%
Number of salaries quoted 6,315 5,294 8,462
10th Percentile £26,375 £30,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £31,500 £41,250 £37,733
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,790 £82,500 £82,543
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -7.69%

PACS
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing PACS relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

PACS job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

PACS
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing PACS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing PACS

PACS
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing PACS in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for PACS in the UK excluding London

PACS
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 PACS within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 14 January 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
South West - 3 £50,000 -
West Midlands - 1 £77,500 - 1
Midlands - 1 £77,500 - 2
PACS
UK

PACS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

General
1 4 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Applications Specialist
2 1 (25.00%) Head of Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Health Informatics
1 3 (75.00%) Informatics
1 3 (75.00%) Presales
2 1 (25.00%) Business Development
2 1 (25.00%) Business Transformation
2 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (25.00%) Technology Enablement
2 1 (25.00%) Technology Roadmap
2 1 (25.00%) Technology Strategy
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) QA