NHS Job Trends in West Yorkshire

National Health Service (NHS)
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire

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

6 months to
14 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 39 94 96
Rank change year-on-year +55 +2 +67
Permanent jobs citing NHS 112 11 60
As % of all permanent jobs in West Yorkshire 3.13% 0.81% 1.93%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 13.22% 1.85% 6.68%
Number of salaries quoted 81 3 42
10th Percentile £58,750 - £32,500
25th Percentile - £46,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £47,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +26.32% +11.76% -4.49%
75th Percentile - £74,375 £56,563
90th Percentile - £89,750 £62,500
Yorkshire median annual salary £60,000 £47,500 £43,742
% change year-on-year +26.32% +8.59% -1.70%

All Generic Skills
West Yorkshire

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 West Yorkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 847 596 898
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 23.67% 43.82% 28.94%
Number of salaries quoted 580 284 633
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,275 £27,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year - +12.75% -14.66%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,460 £69,500
90th Percentile £97,750 £98,474 £80,000
Yorkshire median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £49,500
% change year-on-year - +1.01% -10.00%

NHS
Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing NHS relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in West Yorkshire.

NHS job vacancy trend in West Yorkshire

NHS
Salary Trend in West Yorkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West Yorkshire citing NHS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West Yorkshire citing NHS

NHS
Salary Histogram in West Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing NHS in West Yorkshire over the 6 months to 14 June 2026.

Salary histogram for NHS in West Yorkshire

NHS
Job Locations in West Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing NHS within the West Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 14 June 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
Leeds +40 111 £60,000 -40.00% 47
NHS
Yorkshire

NHS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Yorkshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (3.57%) Moodle
2 1 (0.89%) Apache
2 1 (0.89%) Apache Spark
2 1 (0.89%) CMS
2 1 (0.89%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 1 (0.89%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.89%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 26 (23.21%) SystmOne
2 1 (0.89%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 5 (4.46%) AWS
2 3 (2.68%) AWS Lambda
2 3 (2.68%) Serverless
3 2 (1.79%) Amazon ECS
3 2 (1.79%) AWS Fargate
3 2 (1.79%) dbt
3 2 (1.79%) GitHub
3 2 (1.79%) GitHub Actions
4 1 (0.89%) Amazon S3
4 1 (0.89%) Figma
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.89%) Data Lake
1 1 (0.89%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 2 (1.79%) GitLab
1 2 (1.79%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.89%) JIRA
General
1 68 (60.71%) Digital Healthcare
2 16 (14.29%) French Language
2 16 (14.29%) Portuguese Language
3 14 (12.50%) Spanish Language
4 11 (9.82%) Social Skills
5 8 (7.14%) Public Sector
6 6 (5.36%) Finance
7 4 (3.57%) Retail
8 3 (2.68%) Digital Health
8 3 (2.68%) Local Government
9 2 (1.79%) Analytical Skills
9 2 (1.79%) Health Technology
10 1 (0.89%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.89%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 69 (61.61%) Account Manager
2 6 (5.36%) Senior
3 4 (3.57%) Technical Support
3 4 (3.57%) Technical Trainer
3 4 (3.57%) Trainer
4 3 (2.68%) Developer
4 3 (2.68%) Full-Stack Developer
4 3 (2.68%) Full-Stack Python Developer
4 3 (2.68%) Python Developer
4 3 (2.68%) Senior Developer
4 3 (2.68%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
4 3 (2.68%) Senior Python Developer
5 2 (1.79%) Audit Manager
5 2 (1.79%) Product Manager
5 2 (1.79%) Senior Manager
5 2 (1.79%) Senior Product Manager
6 1 (0.89%) Analyst
6 1 (0.89%) Architect
6 1 (0.89%) IT Manager
6 1 (0.89%) Senior Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.68%) React
1 3 (2.68%) Vue
2 1 (0.89%) FHIR
2 1 (0.89%) PySpark
2 1 (0.89%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 4 (3.57%) e-Learning
2 2 (1.79%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (0.89%) Cloud Native
3 1 (0.89%) Onboarding
3 1 (0.89%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.89%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (7.14%) Agile
2 6 (5.36%) Continuous Improvement
2 6 (5.36%) Data Engineering
2 6 (5.36%) DevOps
2 6 (5.36%) Mentoring
2 6 (5.36%) Roadmaps
3 4 (3.57%) Coaching
3 4 (3.57%) Software Testing
3 4 (3.57%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (3.57%) Time Management
4 3 (2.68%) CI/CD
4 3 (2.68%) Decision-Making
4 3 (2.68%) Event-Driven
4 3 (2.68%) Event-Driven Architecture
4 3 (2.68%) Full-Stack Development
4 3 (2.68%) Sprint Planning
4 3 (2.68%) Sprint Retrospective
4 3 (2.68%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 3 (2.68%) Test Automation
4 3 (2.68%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Programming Languages
1 4 (3.57%) Python
2 3 (2.68%) JavaScript
3 1 (0.89%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (1.79%) ACCA
1 2 (1.79%) Security Cleared
2 1 (0.89%) CBAP
2 1 (0.89%) DBS Check
2 1 (0.89%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.79%) Accessibility
1 2 (1.79%) GAAP
1 2 (1.79%) IFRS
2 1 (0.89%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (0.89%) Data Quality
2 1 (0.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 2 (1.79%) Databricks
2 1 (0.89%) Foundry
2 1 (0.89%) Microsoft
2 1 (0.89%) Oracle
2 1 (0.89%) Palantir