NHS Jobs in the South West

National Health Service (NHS)
England > South West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term NHS in permanent job vacancies in the South West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited NHS over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 254 154 230
Rank change year-on-year -100 +76 +3
Permanent jobs citing NHS 41 105 93
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 0.39% 1.63% 1.07%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.36% 4.01% 2.51%
Number of salaries quoted 33 79 48
10th Percentile £36,775 £38,750 £28,000
25th Percentile £37,199 £42,500 £31,730
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,500 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -21.00% +11.11% -
75th Percentile £55,250 £71,000 £62,188
90th Percentile £66,137 £83,195 £75,750
England median annual salary £47,500 £51,000 £50,173
% change year-on-year -6.86% +1.65% -8.78%

All Generic Skills
South West

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 the South West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 3,022 2,620 3,703
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 28.61% 40.63% 42.53%
Number of salaries quoted 2,073 1,394 1,845
10th Percentile £27,750 £29,000 £30,241
25th Percentile £36,250 £39,031 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +16.67%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £73,675
90th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £87,500
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 South West

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

Job vacancy trend for NHS in the South West

NHS
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for NHS in the South West

NHS
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing NHS in the South West over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for NHS in the South West

NHS
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing NHS within the South West region over the 6 months to 12 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
Cornwall +6 22 £39,005 -2.49% 10
Bristol -29 11 £58,624 +30.28% 37
Gloucestershire -19 3 £62,500 - 28
Dorset -38 3 £62,500 +43.68% 16
Somerset -14 1 £45,000 -34.78% 34
Devon -42 1 - - 32
NHS
England

NHS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South 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:

Applications
1 7 (17.07%) Microsoft Office
1 7 (17.07%) Microsoft Project
2 6 (14.63%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 7 (17.07%) AWS
2 2 (4.88%) Azure
3 1 (2.44%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (2.44%) Smartsheet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (31.71%) Electronic Patient Records
2 4 (9.76%) SQL Server
General
1 13 (31.71%) Social Skills
2 12 (29.27%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (17.07%) Finance
3 7 (17.07%) Manufacturing
3 7 (17.07%) Telecoms
4 6 (14.63%) Pharmaceutical
4 6 (14.63%) Presentation Skills
5 5 (12.20%) Public Sector
6 4 (9.76%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (4.88%) Marketing
7 2 (4.88%) Retail
8 1 (2.44%) Advertising
8 1 (2.44%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 21 (51.22%) Project Manager
2 8 (19.51%) Lead
3 6 (14.63%) QA Leader
4 3 (7.32%) Developer
4 3 (7.32%) NHS Project Manager
4 3 (7.32%) Software Engineer
5 2 (4.88%) .NET Developer
5 2 (4.88%) Analyst
5 2 (4.88%) Architect
5 2 (4.88%) Business Analyst
5 2 (4.88%) Senior
5 2 (4.88%) Technical Architect
5 2 (4.88%) Technical Leader
6 1 (2.44%) iOS Developer
6 1 (2.44%) Senior Business Analyst
6 1 (2.44%) Senior Developer
6 1 (2.44%) Senior iOS Developer
6 1 (2.44%) Support Engineer
6 1 (2.44%) Systems Engineer
6 1 (2.44%) Systems Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (9.76%) .NET
1 4 (9.76%) ASP.NET
2 1 (2.44%) SwiftUI
Miscellaneous
1 6 (14.63%) Management Information System
2 4 (9.76%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (7.32%) Data Protection Act
3 3 (7.32%) Driving Licence
3 3 (7.32%) Freedom of Information
4 2 (4.88%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.44%) Apple iOS
1 1 (2.44%) Windows
1 1 (2.44%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (53.66%) Project Management
2 19 (46.34%) PRINCE2
3 13 (31.71%) Customer Service
4 12 (29.27%) Budget Management
5 9 (21.95%) Change Management
6 7 (17.07%) Culture Change
6 7 (17.07%) Data Protection
6 7 (17.07%) Project Delivery
7 6 (14.63%) Compliance Audit
7 6 (14.63%) Problem-Solving
7 6 (14.63%) Validation
8 5 (12.20%) Cost Reduction
9 4 (9.76%) Agile
9 4 (9.76%) Contingency Planning
9 4 (9.76%) Contract Negotiation
9 4 (9.76%) Supplier Management
9 4 (9.76%) System Testing
10 3 (7.32%) Project Planning
10 3 (7.32%) Software Engineering
10 3 (7.32%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 4 (9.76%) C#
2 3 (7.32%) Java
3 2 (4.88%) SQL
3 2 (4.88%) VB.NET
4 1 (2.44%) C
4 1 (2.44%) Swift
Qualifications
1 8 (19.51%) Degree
2 1 (2.44%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (14.63%) GMP
1 6 (14.63%) QA
2 1 (2.44%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (2.44%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (4.88%) Microsoft
1 2 (4.88%) Xamarin
2 1 (2.44%) SAP