National Health Service (NHS)
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term NHS in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited NHS over the 6 months to 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 408 411 287
Rank change year-on-year +3 -124 +113
Permanent jobs citing NHS 633 776 2,345
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.63% 0.78% 1.46%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.80% 1.83% 3.05%
Number of salaries quoted 507 586 917
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,277 £28,881
25th Percentile £37,625 £41,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £51,573 £50,045
Median % change year-on-year -3.05% +3.05% -9.01%
75th Percentile £62,633 £65,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,470 £77,500 £84,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £46,500 £47,500 £48,333
% change year-on-year -2.11% -1.72% -7.94%

All Generic Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 35,145 42,330 76,975
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 35.18% 42.69% 47.89%
Number of salaries quoted 23,044 23,098 33,984
10th Percentile £28,000 £35,427 £34,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £46,250 £45,719
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £86,250 £83,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £109,865 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%

NHS
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for NHS in the UK

NHS
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for NHS in the UK

NHS
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing NHS over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Salary histogram for NHS in the UK

NHS
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing NHS within the UK over the 6 months to 18 May 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
England +40 572 £48,500 -5.96% 1,302
UK excluding London -26 463 £46,500 -2.11% 1,055
Work from Home -61 251 £53,500 +3.88% 275
North of England +72 183 £40,132 -10.82% 281
London +32 113 £57,500 -5.06% 300
South East 0 105 £50,000 -2.68% 204
Yorkshire +111 83 £43,742 -1.89% 107
Midlands +38 78 £53,500 +7.00% 224
North West +25 71 £40,000 -22.44% 141
West Midlands +57 65 £53,500 +1.90% 120
South West -76 43 £39,500 -18.97% 143
East of England -4 36 £30,000 +15.38% 147
North East -30 29 £41,000 -8.21% 35
Wales -16 15 £53,500 +19.78% 47
East Midlands -9 10 £48,500 +17.58% 104
Scotland -74 3 £38,470 -38.45% 14

NHS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 8 (1.26%) CMS
2 5 (0.79%) Confluence
3 4 (0.63%) ArcGIS
4 3 (0.47%) SharePoint
4 3 (0.47%) Umbraco
5 2 (0.32%) SAS
6 1 (0.16%) Apache
6 1 (0.16%) Drupal
6 1 (0.16%) Exchange Server 2010
6 1 (0.16%) Jetty
6 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.16%) Moodle
6 1 (0.16%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.16%) Totara
6 1 (0.16%) WordPress
Applications
1 47 (7.42%) Microsoft Office
2 36 (5.69%) Microsoft Excel
3 15 (2.37%) Microsoft Project
4 8 (1.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 7 (1.11%) InVision
5 7 (1.11%) Sketch
6 6 (0.95%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (0.63%) Adobe Illustrator
8 3 (0.47%) Photoshop
9 1 (0.16%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.16%) Adobe XD
9 1 (0.16%) CorelDRAW
9 1 (0.16%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (0.79%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.47%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.32%) Primavera
4 1 (0.16%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 110 (17.38%) Azure
2 60 (9.48%) AWS
3 48 (7.58%) Power Platform
4 45 (7.11%) Microsoft 365
5 16 (2.53%) SaaS
6 15 (2.37%) Azure DevOps
7 13 (2.05%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 12 (1.90%) Azure Data Factory
9 11 (1.74%) GCP
10 10 (1.58%) Cloud Computing
10 10 (1.58%) Google Analytics
10 10 (1.58%) Google Tag Manager
11 8 (1.26%) dbt
11 8 (1.26%) Snowflake
12 5 (0.79%) Azure Sentinel
12 5 (0.79%) BigCommerce
13 4 (0.63%) npm
13 4 (0.63%) Storyblok
14 3 (0.47%) AWS CloudFormation
14 3 (0.47%) AWS CodeBuild
Communications & Networking
1 22 (3.48%) Internet
1 22 (3.48%) LAN
1 22 (3.48%) WAN
2 18 (2.84%) Firewall
3 16 (2.53%) Broadband
3 16 (2.53%) WPA
4 10 (1.58%) Intranet
5 9 (1.42%) DNS
5 9 (1.42%) TCP/IP
6 7 (1.11%) DHCP
7 6 (0.95%) Wi-Fi
8 5 (0.79%) Network Security
8 5 (0.79%) SAN
8 5 (0.79%) VPN
9 3 (0.47%) Wireless
10 1 (0.16%) DECT
10 1 (0.16%) NGFW
10 1 (0.16%) RFID
10 1 (0.16%) Unified Communications
10 1 (0.16%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (8.37%) SQL Server
2 43 (6.79%) Power BI
3 38 (6.00%) Data Warehouse
4 27 (4.27%) Tableau
5 20 (3.16%) Electronic Patient Records
6 16 (2.53%) Relational Database
7 15 (2.37%) Data Lake
7 15 (2.37%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 11 (1.74%) PostgreSQL
9 10 (1.58%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 9 (1.42%) Big Data
11 7 (1.11%) BigQuery
11 7 (1.11%) Looker
11 7 (1.11%) Metadata
11 7 (1.11%) Microsoft Analysis Services
12 6 (0.95%) MongoDB
13 5 (0.79%) MySQL
13 5 (0.79%) NoSQL
13 5 (0.79%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 5 (0.79%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 9 (1.42%) JIRA
2 5 (0.79%) Visual Studio
3 4 (0.63%) Git
3 4 (0.63%) gulp
3 4 (0.63%) Katalon Studio
3 4 (0.63%) Postman
4 3 (0.47%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.32%) Bitbucket
5 2 (0.32%) Burp Suite
5 2 (0.32%) JIRA Agile
5 2 (0.32%) Mercurial
6 1 (0.16%) Balsamiq
6 1 (0.16%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.16%) Moq
6 1 (0.16%) NUnit
6 1 (0.16%) Selenium
6 1 (0.16%) Sourcetree
6 1 (0.16%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (0.16%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 225 (35.55%) Social Skills
2 128 (20.22%) Finance
3 101 (15.96%) Public Sector
4 69 (10.90%) Analytical Skills
5 60 (9.48%) Pharmaceutical
6 55 (8.69%) Presentation Skills
7 53 (8.37%) Marketing
8 52 (8.21%) Local Government
9 51 (8.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 41 (6.48%) Health Technology
11 39 (6.16%) Retail
12 38 (6.00%) Organisational Skills
13 31 (4.90%) Billing
14 17 (2.69%) Digital Health
15 15 (2.37%) Telecoms
16 14 (2.21%) Environmental Health
17 13 (2.05%) Manufacturing
18 12 (1.90%) Electronics
19 11 (1.74%) Digital Healthcare
20 10 (1.58%) Police
Job Titles
1 90 (14.22%) Senior
2 78 (12.32%) Developer
3 65 (10.27%) Project Manager
4 56 (8.85%) Lead
5 48 (7.58%) Analyst
6 32 (5.06%) Audit Manager
7 27 (4.27%) Architect
8 24 (3.79%) Senior Developer
9 21 (3.32%) Business Manager
10 19 (3.00%) Product Manager
11 18 (2.84%) Delivery Manager
12 17 (2.69%) Senior Manager
12 17 (2.69%) Systems Engineer
13 16 (2.53%) Data Engineer
14 15 (2.37%) Support Technician
15 14 (2.21%) Business Analyst
16 13 (2.05%) IT Manager
16 13 (2.05%) Technical Architect
17 12 (1.90%) Software Developer
17 12 (1.90%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 52 (8.21%) .NET
2 33 (5.21%) HTML
3 32 (5.06%) CSS
4 23 (3.63%) React
5 14 (2.21%) ASP.NET
6 13 (2.05%) FHIR
6 13 (2.05%) XML
7 12 (1.90%) .NET Core
7 12 (1.90%) AngularJS
7 12 (1.90%) Lightning Web Components
7 12 (1.90%) Node.js
8 9 (1.42%) Vue
9 8 (1.26%) .NET Framework
9 8 (1.26%) Razor View Engine
10 7 (1.11%) HTML5
10 7 (1.11%) jQuery
10 7 (1.11%) RESTful
11 5 (0.79%) Django
11 5 (0.79%) Entity Framework
11 5 (0.79%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 58 (9.16%) Management Information System
2 34 (5.37%) Housing Association
3 26 (4.11%) Mobile App
4 18 (2.84%) Data Protection Act
5 17 (2.69%) Self-Motivation
6 14 (2.21%) Product Ownership
7 13 (2.05%) Algorithms
8 12 (1.90%) Social Media
9 9 (1.42%) Driving Licence
9 9 (1.42%) LIMS
9 9 (1.42%) PKI
10 8 (1.26%) Blog
10 8 (1.26%) Data Structures
10 8 (1.26%) Legacy Systems
11 7 (1.11%) Renewable Energy
12 6 (0.95%) CCTV
12 6 (0.95%) PMI
13 5 (0.79%) Cloud Native
13 5 (0.79%) Low-Code
14 4 (0.63%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 57 (9.00%) Windows
2 28 (4.42%) Windows Server
3 17 (2.69%) Windows 10
4 12 (1.90%) Linux
5 5 (0.79%) Apple iOS
6 4 (0.63%) Android
7 2 (0.32%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.32%) Windows 7
8 1 (0.16%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (0.16%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 115 (18.17%) Project Management
2 113 (17.85%) Problem-Solving
3 93 (14.69%) Agile
4 63 (9.95%) Business Intelligence
5 52 (8.21%) Business Development
6 51 (8.06%) Decision-Making
7 49 (7.74%) Analytics
7 49 (7.74%) Coaching
7 49 (7.74%) Customer Service
8 45 (7.11%) Continuous Improvement
9 43 (6.79%) Roadmaps
10 41 (6.48%) Change Management
10 41 (6.48%) PRINCE2
11 40 (6.32%) DevOps
11 40 (6.32%) Service Management
12 39 (6.16%) Project Delivery
13 38 (6.00%) Information Governance
14 35 (5.53%) Cybersecurity
14 35 (5.53%) Mentoring
14 35 (5.53%) People Management
Programming Languages
1 99 (15.64%) SQL
2 57 (9.00%) C#
3 41 (6.48%) JavaScript
4 36 (5.69%) Python
5 25 (3.95%) Java
6 19 (3.00%) TypeScript
7 17 (2.69%) T-SQL
8 12 (1.90%) R
9 6 (0.95%) PowerShell
10 5 (0.79%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 5 (0.79%) Kotlin
10 5 (0.79%) PHP
11 4 (0.63%) Groovy
11 4 (0.63%) Kusto Query Language
11 4 (0.63%) Ruby
12 3 (0.47%) Bash
12 3 (0.47%) JSX
13 2 (0.32%) Bicep
13 2 (0.32%) VB.NET
14 1 (0.16%) Swift
Qualifications
1 93 (14.69%) Degree
2 66 (10.43%) DBS Check
3 32 (5.06%) ACCA
4 24 (3.79%) CIPD
5 16 (2.53%) Microsoft Certification
6 13 (2.05%) Computer Science Degree
7 11 (1.74%) Postgraduate
8 8 (1.26%) Security Cleared
9 7 (1.11%) NVQ Level 3
9 7 (1.11%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 6 (0.95%) CISSP
10 6 (0.95%) PMI Certification
11 5 (0.79%) Cisco Certification
11 5 (0.79%) CISM
11 5 (0.79%) MCSE
11 5 (0.79%) PMP
12 4 (0.63%) Azure Certification
12 4 (0.63%) Master's Degree
13 3 (0.47%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 2 (0.32%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (8.21%) GDPR
2 31 (4.90%) GAAP
2 31 (4.90%) IFRS
3 23 (3.63%) Cyber Essentials
4 22 (3.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 22 (3.48%) QA
5 21 (3.32%) Accessibility
6 14 (2.21%) Data Quality
7 12 (1.90%) PMO
8 9 (1.42%) HL7
9 8 (1.26%) ISO 9001
10 6 (0.95%) Actionable Recommendations
10 6 (0.95%) GMP
10 6 (0.95%) ISO/IEC 17025
10 6 (0.95%) NCSC
11 5 (0.79%) SLA
12 3 (0.47%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 3 (0.47%) WCAG
13 2 (0.32%) PCI DSS
13 2 (0.32%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 24 (3.79%) Active Directory
2 14 (2.21%) Docker
2 14 (2.21%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (1.42%) Hyper-V
4 4 (0.63%) VMware Server
5 3 (0.47%) Slurm Workload Manager
5 3 (0.47%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.32%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.16%) Terminal Services
7 1 (0.16%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 28 (4.42%) Terraform
2 16 (2.53%) Microsoft Intune
3 11 (1.74%) Kubernetes
4 4 (0.63%) SCCM
5 1 (0.16%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (0.16%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 133 (21.01%) Microsoft
2 32 (5.06%) CA
3 18 (2.84%) Northgate
4 17 (2.69%) Google
5 16 (2.53%) VMware
6 14 (2.21%) Salesforce
7 12 (1.90%) Adobe
8 10 (1.58%) Databricks
8 10 (1.58%) Facebook
9 9 (1.42%) SAP
10 7 (1.11%) Cisco
11 6 (0.95%) Hotjar
12 5 (0.79%) RedGate
13 4 (0.63%) Datix
13 4 (0.63%) ESRI
13 4 (0.63%) HP
13 4 (0.63%) YouTube
14 3 (0.47%) New Relic
14 3 (0.47%) Oracle
14 3 (0.47%) ServiceNow