NHS Jobs in the North West

National Health Service (NHS)
England > North West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term NHS in permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited NHS over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 222 244 87
Rank change year-on-year +22 -157 +121
Permanent jobs citing NHS 76 49 342
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.71% 0.66% 3.55%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.30% 1.56% 7.39%
Number of salaries quoted 57 35 63
10th Percentile £26,100 £33,500 £28,100
25th Percentile £31,250 £39,544 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £48,939 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -18.27% -6.78% +5.00%
75th Percentile £48,750 £61,250 £57,500
90th Percentile £63,955 £85,750 £62,250
England median annual salary £47,500 £51,500 £50,173
% change year-on-year -7.77% +2.65% -8.78%

All Generic Skills
North West

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 North West with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 3,300 3,147 4,628
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 30.93% 42.58% 48.09%
Number of salaries quoted 2,296 1,462 2,158
10th Percentile £26,750 £32,536 £28,266
25th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £38,947
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,839
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.09% +5.68%
75th Percentile £65,603 £70,000 £67,543
90th Percentile £82,500 £84,056 £81,250
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 North West

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

Job vacancy trend for NHS in the North West

NHS
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for NHS in the North West

NHS
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing NHS in the North West over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for NHS in the North West

NHS
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing NHS within the North West region over the 6 months to 1 June 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
Manchester +4 35 £47,316 +5.15% 63
Lancashire -7 11 £40,000 -27.27% 21
Merseyside - 11 £32,500 - 33
Cheshire - 6 £45,000 - 13
Cumbria - 5 £33,000 - 15
NHS
England

NHS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 4 (5.26%) ArcGIS
2 3 (3.95%) CMS
2 3 (3.95%) Umbraco
3 2 (2.63%) SAS
4 1 (1.32%) Jetty
Applications
1 5 (6.58%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.32%) Adobe Illustrator
2 1 (1.32%) CorelDRAW
2 1 (1.32%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (1.32%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (1.32%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 4 (5.26%) Power Platform
2 3 (3.95%) AWS
2 3 (3.95%) Azure
3 2 (2.63%) SaaS
4 1 (1.32%) AWS CloudFormation
4 1 (1.32%) AWS CodeBuild
4 1 (1.32%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (1.32%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 6 (7.89%) Network Security
1 6 (7.89%) Wi-Fi
2 5 (6.58%) DHCP
2 5 (6.58%) DNS
3 4 (5.26%) SAN
4 3 (3.95%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (15.79%) SQL Server
2 4 (5.26%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (5.26%) Geospatial Data
2 4 (5.26%) GIS
2 4 (5.26%) Power BI
3 3 (3.95%) MongoDB
3 3 (3.95%) MySQL
3 3 (3.95%) NoSQL
3 3 (3.95%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (3.95%) Redis
3 3 (3.95%) Relational Database
3 3 (3.95%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 1 (1.32%) Jenkins
General
1 33 (43.42%) Social Skills
2 22 (28.95%) Finance
3 20 (26.32%) Local Government
3 20 (26.32%) Presentation Skills
4 18 (23.68%) Public Sector
5 15 (19.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 14 (18.42%) Billing
7 5 (6.58%) Retail
8 4 (5.26%) Analytical Skills
9 3 (3.95%) Pharmaceutical
10 2 (2.63%) Digital Health
11 1 (1.32%) Digital Healthcare
11 1 (1.32%) Health Technology
11 1 (1.32%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 14 (18.42%) Audit Manager
1 14 (18.42%) Developer
2 7 (9.21%) Coordinator
2 7 (9.21%) Project Coordinator
3 6 (7.89%) Analyst
3 6 (7.89%) Senior
4 5 (6.58%) Architect
4 5 (6.58%) IT Architect
4 5 (6.58%) Software Engineer
4 5 (6.58%) Systems Architect
5 4 (5.26%) Business Intelligence Analyst
5 4 (5.26%) Report Analyst
6 3 (3.95%) Geospatial Developer
6 3 (3.95%) Geospatial Engineer
6 3 (3.95%) IT Manager
6 3 (3.95%) IT Security Manager
6 3 (3.95%) Research Software Engineer
6 3 (3.95%) Security Manager
6 3 (3.95%) Senior Developer
6 3 (3.95%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (13.16%) .NET
2 8 (10.53%) CSS
2 8 (10.53%) HTML
3 7 (9.21%) HTML5
4 6 (7.89%) AngularJS
4 6 (7.89%) Node.js
4 6 (7.89%) React
5 5 (6.58%) ASP.NET
5 5 (6.58%) RESTful
6 4 (5.26%) Blazor
6 4 (5.26%) GeoJSON
6 4 (5.26%) PostGIS
6 4 (5.26%) Svelte
6 4 (5.26%) Vue
6 4 (5.26%) WPF
7 3 (3.95%) .NET Core
7 3 (3.95%) GeoPandas
7 3 (3.95%) GeoTools
7 3 (3.95%) Leaflet
7 3 (3.95%) OpenLayers
Miscellaneous
1 14 (18.42%) Housing Association
2 11 (14.47%) Mobile App
3 6 (7.89%) CCTV
3 6 (7.89%) Management Information System
4 2 (2.63%) Derivative
4 2 (2.63%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.32%) Blog
5 1 (1.32%) Graphic Design
5 1 (1.32%) Public Cloud
5 1 (1.32%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 5 (6.58%) Linux
2 4 (5.26%) Windows
3 1 (1.32%) Android
3 1 (1.32%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (28.95%) Problem-Solving
2 17 (22.37%) People Management
3 16 (21.05%) Business Development
4 14 (18.42%) Coaching
4 14 (18.42%) Performance Management
4 14 (18.42%) Service Management
5 8 (10.53%) Continuous Improvement
5 8 (10.53%) Customer Service
5 8 (10.53%) Full Stack Development
6 7 (9.21%) Agile
6 7 (9.21%) Clean Code
6 7 (9.21%) Project Management
6 7 (9.21%) Web Development
7 6 (7.89%) Software Engineering
8 5 (6.58%) Decision-Making
9 4 (5.26%) Code Quality
9 4 (5.26%) Data Governance
9 4 (5.26%) Line Management
9 4 (5.26%) Mentoring
9 4 (5.26%) Proactive Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 13 (17.11%) C#
2 9 (11.84%) SQL
3 7 (9.21%) Python
4 6 (7.89%) Java
4 6 (7.89%) JavaScript
5 4 (5.26%) Kotlin
6 1 (1.32%) PowerShell
6 1 (1.32%) Ruby
6 1 (1.32%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 14 (18.42%) ACCA
2 5 (6.58%) CISSP
2 5 (6.58%) Degree
3 3 (3.95%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 3 (3.95%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (3.95%) CISM
4 2 (2.63%) DBS Check
4 2 (2.63%) MCSE
4 2 (2.63%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (1.32%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (18.42%) GAAP
1 14 (18.42%) IFRS
2 5 (6.58%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (3.95%) Accessibility
3 3 (3.95%) GDPR
3 3 (3.95%) WCAG
4 2 (2.63%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 2 (2.63%) Disclosure Scotland
4 2 (2.63%) SLA
5 1 (1.32%) PMO
5 1 (1.32%) QA
System Software
1 6 (7.89%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.63%) Hyper-V
3 1 (1.32%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (3.95%) SCCM
2 1 (1.32%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.32%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.32%) Terraform
Vendors
1 14 (18.42%) CA
2 7 (9.21%) Microsoft
3 4 (5.26%) ESRI
3 4 (5.26%) Northgate
4 3 (3.95%) HP
4 3 (3.95%) Oracle
5 2 (2.63%) Citrix
5 2 (2.63%) Salesforce
5 2 (2.63%) VMware
6 1 (1.32%) Adobe
6 1 (1.32%) Atlassian