NHS Jobs in the West Midlands

National Health Service (NHS)
England > West Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term NHS in permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited NHS over the 6 months to 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 186 250 176
Rank change year-on-year +64 -74 +35
Permanent jobs citing NHS 64 27 119
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.89% 0.40% 1.65%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.71% 1.06% 4.16%
Number of salaries quoted 56 19 28
10th Percentile £23,500 £36,700 £26,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,150 £30,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £52,500 £40,125
Median % change year-on-year +1.90% +30.84% -10.83%
75th Percentile £58,750 £63,750 £48,554
90th Percentile £66,250 £74,500 £58,726
England median annual salary £47,500 £51,573 £50,000
% change year-on-year -7.90% +3.15% -9.09%

All Generic Skills
West Midlands

NHS is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 2,362 2,551 2,862
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 32.66% 37.88% 39.61%
Number of salaries quoted 1,710 981 1,751
10th Percentile £26,250 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £42,500 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £83,750 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +4.17%

NHS
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing NHS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for NHS in the West Midlands

NHS
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing NHS in the West Midlands.

Salary trend for NHS in the West Midlands

NHS
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing NHS in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Salary histogram for NHS in the West Midlands

NHS
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing NHS within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 26 April 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
Birmingham +14 25 £57,500 +21.05% 5
Wolverhampton - 21 £53,500 -
Staffordshire -7 8 £57,500 +9.52% 1
Worcestershire - 6 £23,500 -
Shropshire +2 2 £55,000 +37.50%
Dudley - 1 £53,500 -
NHS
England

NHS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 1 (1.56%) Drupal
1 1 (1.56%) Exchange Server 2010
1 1 (1.56%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 8 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.56%) Adobe Illustrator
2 1 (1.56%) Adobe XD
2 1 (1.56%) InVision
2 1 (1.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (1.56%) Photoshop
2 1 (1.56%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 9 (14.06%) Azure
2 6 (9.38%) Power Platform
3 5 (7.81%) Azure Data Factory
3 5 (7.81%) Azure Synapse Analytics
3 5 (7.81%) SaaS
4 3 (4.69%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (3.13%) AWS
6 1 (1.56%) Amazon S3
6 1 (1.56%) Azure AKS
6 1 (1.56%) Figma
6 1 (1.56%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 3 (4.69%) Firewall
2 1 (1.56%) NGFW
2 1 (1.56%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (18.75%) SQL Server
2 9 (14.06%) Data Warehouse
3 6 (9.38%) Data Lake
3 6 (9.38%) Power BI
4 5 (7.81%) Big Data
4 5 (7.81%) Metadata
4 5 (7.81%) Microsoft Analysis Services
4 5 (7.81%) Relational Database
4 5 (7.81%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 5 (7.81%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (1.56%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (1.56%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (1.56%) Balsamiq
1 1 (1.56%) Git
1 1 (1.56%) Moq
1 1 (1.56%) NUnit
1 1 (1.56%) Sourcetree
1 1 (1.56%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 33 (51.56%) Social Skills
2 30 (46.88%) Finance
3 22 (34.38%) Organisational Skills
4 14 (21.88%) Environmental Health
5 12 (18.75%) Public Sector
6 9 (14.06%) Marketing
7 8 (12.50%) Local Government
8 6 (9.38%) Presentation Skills
9 5 (7.81%) Billing
9 5 (7.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 5 (7.81%) Pharmaceutical
10 4 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
10 4 (6.25%) Electronics
11 3 (4.69%) Digital Healthcare
11 3 (4.69%) Health Technology
12 2 (3.13%) Digital Health
12 2 (3.13%) Retail
13 1 (1.56%) Back Office
13 1 (1.56%) Influencing Skills
13 1 (1.56%) Police
Job Titles
1 9 (14.06%) Lead
2 8 (12.50%) Consultant
3 7 (10.94%) Azure Engineer
3 7 (10.94%) Senior
3 7 (10.94%) Support Technician
3 7 (10.94%) Technical Consultant
4 6 (9.38%) Data Engineer
5 5 (7.81%) Audit Manager
5 5 (7.81%) Azure Data Engineer
5 5 (7.81%) Operations Manager
5 5 (7.81%) Site Manager
6 4 (6.25%) Business Development Manager
6 4 (6.25%) Business Manager
6 4 (6.25%) Delivery Manager
6 4 (6.25%) Development Manager
6 4 (6.25%) Project Manager
6 4 (6.25%) Software Delivery Manager
6 4 (6.25%) Software Manager
7 3 (4.69%) Data Warehouse Manager
7 3 (4.69%) Senior Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (12.50%) CSS
1 8 (12.50%) HTML
2 2 (3.13%) Vue
3 1 (1.56%) .NET
3 1 (1.56%) .NET Core
3 1 (1.56%) FHIR
3 1 (1.56%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 14 (21.88%) Management Information System
2 6 (9.38%) Driving Licence
2 6 (9.38%) Social Media
3 5 (7.81%) Algorithms
3 5 (7.81%) Data Protection Act
3 5 (7.81%) Housing Association
4 3 (4.69%) Enterprise Software
4 3 (4.69%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (3.13%) BYOD
6 1 (1.56%) IoT
6 1 (1.56%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (1.56%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 3 (4.69%) Windows
2 2 (3.13%) Android
2 2 (3.13%) Apple iOS
2 2 (3.13%) Mac OS
3 1 (1.56%) Windows Server
3 1 (1.56%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (26.56%) Problem-Solving
1 17 (26.56%) Project Management
2 15 (23.44%) Change Management
2 15 (23.44%) Continuous Improvement
3 14 (21.88%) Budgeting
3 14 (21.88%) Cost Control
3 14 (21.88%) Customer Service
3 14 (21.88%) Information Security
3 14 (21.88%) Quality Management
4 13 (20.31%) Time Management
5 12 (18.75%) Service Management
6 11 (17.19%) Agile
7 9 (14.06%) Business Development
7 9 (14.06%) DevOps
8 7 (10.94%) Analytics
8 7 (10.94%) Business Intelligence
8 7 (10.94%) CRM
8 7 (10.94%) Project Delivery
9 6 (9.38%) Data Protection
9 6 (9.38%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 15 (23.44%) SQL
2 8 (12.50%) C#
2 8 (12.50%) JavaScript
3 7 (10.94%) Java
4 6 (9.38%) T-SQL
5 4 (6.25%) Python
6 2 (3.13%) Bash
6 2 (3.13%) Bicep
6 2 (3.13%) PowerShell
7 1 (1.56%) PHP
Qualifications
1 10 (15.63%) Degree
2 5 (7.81%) ACCA
3 1 (1.56%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (1.56%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (29.69%) GDPR
2 14 (21.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (7.81%) Data Quality
3 5 (7.81%) GAAP
3 5 (7.81%) IFRS
4 2 (3.13%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (1.56%) Accessibility
5 1 (1.56%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (1.56%) Hyper-V
1 1 (1.56%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (10.94%) Terraform
2 2 (3.13%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 18 (28.13%) Microsoft
2 6 (9.38%) Databricks
2 6 (9.38%) Facebook
3 5 (7.81%) CA
4 3 (4.69%) Cisco
5 2 (3.13%) Meraki
6 1 (1.56%) Adobe
6 1 (1.56%) Dell
6 1 (1.56%) HP
6 1 (1.56%) HubSpot
6 1 (1.56%) NetApp
6 1 (1.56%) VMware