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 13 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 75 92 100
Rank change year-on-year +17 +8 +69
Permanent jobs citing NHS 45 10 40
As % of all permanent jobs in West Yorkshire 2.45% 0.70% 1.94%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 7.68% 2.20% 5.33%
Number of salaries quoted 32 6 34
10th Percentile £50,100 - £34,000
25th Percentile - £47,500 £38,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% - -
75th Percentile - £52,500 £57,125
90th Percentile £63,750 £63,750 £61,750
Yorkshire median annual salary £60,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +20.00% - -

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 586 454 751
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 31.92% 31.70% 36.42%
Number of salaries quoted 310 191 569
10th Percentile £29,000 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £50,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -16.67% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £69,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,250 £81,750 £92,750
Yorkshire median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - -9.09% -

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 13 January 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 13 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
Leeds +15 41 £60,000 +20.00% 22
Bradford - 1 £51,000 -
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 3 (6.67%) Moodle
Applications
1 2 (4.44%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 9 (20.00%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 1 (2.22%) dbt
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.22%) Electronic Patient Records
General
1 22 (48.89%) Digital Healthcare
2 7 (15.56%) Social Skills
3 6 (13.33%) French Language
4 5 (11.11%) Portuguese Language
5 4 (8.89%) Spanish Language
6 3 (6.67%) Finance
6 3 (6.67%) Public Sector
6 3 (6.67%) Retail
7 2 (4.44%) Digital Health
7 2 (4.44%) Military
8 1 (2.22%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (2.22%) Fire and Rescue
8 1 (2.22%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (2.22%) Legal
8 1 (2.22%) Local Government
8 1 (2.22%) Marketing
8 1 (2.22%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 22 (48.89%) Account Manager
2 4 (8.89%) Senior
2 4 (8.89%) User Researcher
3 3 (6.67%) Senior User Researcher
3 3 (6.67%) Technical Support
3 3 (6.67%) Technical Trainer
3 3 (6.67%) Trainer
4 2 (4.44%) Administrator
4 2 (4.44%) Analyst
5 1 (2.22%) 3rd Line Engineer
5 1 (2.22%) 3rd Line Technical Engineer
5 1 (2.22%) Business Analyst
5 1 (2.22%) Business Change Analyst
5 1 (2.22%) Change Analyst
5 1 (2.22%) Delivery Manager
5 1 (2.22%) Sales Representative
5 1 (2.22%) Senior Analyst
5 1 (2.22%) Senior Business Analyst
5 1 (2.22%) Technical Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.67%) e-Learning
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (13.33%) Agile
1 6 (13.33%) Mentoring
2 5 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
2 5 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (8.89%) Actionable Insight
3 4 (8.89%) User Research
3 4 (8.89%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 3 (6.67%) Commercial Awareness
4 3 (6.67%) Customer Service
4 3 (6.67%) Data Engineering
4 3 (6.67%) DevOps
4 3 (6.67%) Risk Management
4 3 (6.67%) Service Design
4 3 (6.67%) Software Testing
4 3 (6.67%) Time Management
5 1 (2.22%) CRM
5 1 (2.22%) ITIL
5 1 (2.22%) ITSM
5 1 (2.22%) SEO
5 1 (2.22%) Service Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.44%) Accessibility
1 2 (4.44%) QA
2 1 (2.22%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (2.22%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (2.22%) GDPR
Vendors
1 2 (4.44%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.22%) Salesforce