NHS Jobs in Wales

National Health Service (NHS)
UK > Wales

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term NHS in permanent job vacancies in Wales. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited NHS over the 6 months leading up to 13 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 72 103 96
Rank change year-on-year +31 -7 -2
Permanent jobs citing NHS 7 15 37
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 0.67% 0.73% 2.22%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.25% 2.37% 5.17%
Number of salaries quoted 4 14 32
10th Percentile £50,696 £42,000 -
25th Percentile £58,284 £42,314 £43,162
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,000 £53,500 £44,666
Median % change year-on-year +25.23% +19.78% -4.13%
75th Percentile £71,000 £63,137 £55,569
90th Percentile - £66,105 £62,988
UK median annual salary £57,500 £50,504 £51,573
% change year-on-year +13.85% -2.07% +3.15%

All Generic Skills
Wales

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 Wales.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 311 632 715
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 29.85% 30.95% 42.89%
Number of salaries quoted 187 339 325
10th Percentile £31,250 £26,250 £30,200
25th Percentile £46,250 £32,000 £36,464
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,000 £44,886 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +38.13% -0.25% -14.29%
75th Percentile £70,600 £57,500 £62,988
90th Percentile £78,750 £67,750 £75,000
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 Wales

Job postings citing NHS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Wales.

Job vacancy trend for NHS in Wales

NHS
Salary Trend in Wales

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing NHS in Wales.

Salary trend for NHS in Wales

NHS
Salary Histogram in Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing NHS in Wales over the 6 months to 13 May 2025.

Salary histogram for NHS in Wales

NHS
Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing NHS within the Wales region over the 6 months to 13 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
South Wales +31 7 £67,000 +25.23% 14
NHS
UK

NHS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (28.57%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (28.57%) Wireless
2 1 (14.29%) Cisco ASA
2 1 (14.29%) Cisco Firepower
2 1 (14.29%) Cisco IOS
2 1 (14.29%) Cisco ISE
2 1 (14.29%) DNS
2 1 (14.29%) Firewall
2 1 (14.29%) Network Security
2 1 (14.29%) TCP/IP
2 1 (14.29%) VoIP
2 1 (14.29%) Wi-Fi
General
1 5 (71.43%) Finance
1 5 (71.43%) Public Sector
2 3 (42.86%) Local Government
3 2 (28.57%) Welsh Language
4 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Civil Engineer
1 3 (42.86%) Development Engineer
1 3 (42.86%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 3 (42.86%) Principal Engineer
1 3 (42.86%) Senior
1 3 (42.86%) Senior Development Engineer
1 3 (42.86%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Network Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Network Support
2 1 (14.29%) Network Support Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (57.14%) Data Centre
2 2 (28.57%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Budgeting
1 3 (42.86%) Budgeting and Forecasting
1 3 (42.86%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
1 3 (42.86%) Business Development
1 3 (42.86%) Continuous Improvement
1 3 (42.86%) Due Diligence
1 3 (42.86%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 3 (42.86%) IT Strategy
1 3 (42.86%) Line Management
1 3 (42.86%) Mentoring
1 3 (42.86%) Project Delivery
1 3 (42.86%) Project Management
1 3 (42.86%) Resource Allocation
1 3 (42.86%) Strategic Planning
1 3 (42.86%) Technology Strategy
2 2 (28.57%) DevOps
2 2 (28.57%) Technical Leadership
3 1 (14.29%) Budget Management
3 1 (14.29%) Decision-Making
3 1 (14.29%) Strategic Thinking
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) Degree
2 1 (14.29%) CCNA
2 1 (14.29%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (14.29%) CWNA
2 1 (14.29%) CWTS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (42.86%) Accessibility
System Software
1 2 (28.57%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) Cisco Prime
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) Cisco
2 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 2 (28.57%) Mitel
2 2 (28.57%) VMware
3 1 (14.29%) Aerohive Networks