NHS Jobs in the UK excluding London

National Health Service (NHS)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term NHS in permanent job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 367 345 195
Rank change year-on-year -22 -150 +143
Permanent jobs citing NHS 490 492 1,554
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.61% 0.89% 2.03%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.93% 2.13% 4.54%
Number of salaries quoted 365 361 597
10th Percentile £29,850 £26,250 £27,875
25th Percentile £37,199 £38,750 £37,400
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £46,050 £49,377
Median % change year-on-year -2.28% -6.74% -4.12%
75th Percentile £60,000 £60,000 £58,750
90th Percentile £66,137 £73,750 £77,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £51,375 £50,173
% change year-on-year -2.68% +2.40% -8.78%

All Generic Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 25,421 23,055 34,196
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 31.73% 41.72% 44.78%
Number of salaries quoted 15,538 10,828 16,079
10th Percentile £26,250 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £78,750 £85,000 £82,750
UK 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 UK excluding London

Job postings citing NHS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for NHS in the UK excluding London

NHS
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing NHS in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for NHS in the UK excluding London

NHS
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing NHS in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for NHS in the UK excluding London

NHS
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing NHS within the UK excluding London 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
North of England +42 186 £41,066 -8.74% 297
South East -4 126 £50,000 -2.96% 207
Yorkshire +91 81 £43,742 -1.70% 112
Midlands +6 79 £53,500 +14.38% 213
North West +4 76 £40,000 -11.11% 150
West Midlands +31 67 £53,500 +2.81% 109
South West -100 41 £39,500 -21.00% 168
East of England -18 38 £30,000 +20.00% 129
North East -34 29 £41,000 -11.52% 38
Wales -14 16 £53,500 +19.78% 49
East Midlands -30 9 £45,000 +15.38% 102
Scotland -71 4 £38,470 -35.88% 11
NHS
UK

NHS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (1.63%) CMS
2 5 (1.02%) Confluence
3 4 (0.82%) ArcGIS
4 3 (0.61%) Umbraco
5 2 (0.41%) SAS
6 1 (0.20%) Apache
6 1 (0.20%) Drupal
6 1 (0.20%) Exchange Server 2010
6 1 (0.20%) Jetty
6 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.20%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.20%) WordPress
Applications
1 33 (6.73%) Microsoft Office
2 26 (5.31%) Microsoft Excel
3 14 (2.86%) Microsoft Project
4 7 (1.43%) InVision
4 7 (1.43%) Sketch
5 6 (1.22%) Spreadsheet
6 4 (0.82%) Adobe Illustrator
7 3 (0.61%) Photoshop
8 2 (0.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
9 1 (0.20%) Adobe XD
9 1 (0.20%) CorelDRAW
9 1 (0.20%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (0.61%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.41%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 98 (20.00%) Azure
2 45 (9.18%) Power Platform
3 39 (7.96%) AWS
3 39 (7.96%) Microsoft 365
4 21 (4.29%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 19 (3.88%) SaaS
6 18 (3.67%) Azure Data Factory
7 13 (2.65%) Azure DevOps
8 11 (2.24%) GCP
9 10 (2.04%) Cloud Computing
9 10 (2.04%) Google Analytics
9 10 (2.04%) Google Tag Manager
10 5 (1.02%) BigCommerce
11 4 (0.82%) npm
11 4 (0.82%) Storyblok
12 3 (0.61%) Azure Sentinel
12 3 (0.61%) PaaS
13 2 (0.41%) Azure Stack
13 2 (0.41%) Firebase
13 2 (0.41%) Google Ads
Communications & Networking
1 22 (4.49%) Internet
2 20 (4.08%) LAN
2 20 (4.08%) WAN
3 17 (3.47%) Broadband
3 17 (3.47%) WPA
4 15 (3.06%) Firewall
5 13 (2.65%) DNS
6 10 (2.04%) Intranet
7 9 (1.84%) DHCP
7 9 (1.84%) SAN
7 9 (1.84%) TCP/IP
8 8 (1.63%) Network Security
9 6 (1.22%) Wi-Fi
10 4 (0.82%) Wireless
11 2 (0.41%) VPN
12 1 (0.20%) BGP
12 1 (0.20%) DECT
12 1 (0.20%) MPLS
12 1 (0.20%) OSPF
12 1 (0.20%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (8.98%) SQL Server
2 42 (8.57%) Power BI
3 38 (7.76%) Data Warehouse
4 26 (5.31%) Tableau
5 14 (2.86%) Electronic Patient Records
5 14 (2.86%) Relational Database
6 12 (2.45%) Data Lake
6 12 (2.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 11 (2.24%) Big Data
8 8 (1.63%) Metadata
8 8 (1.63%) Microsoft Analysis Services
8 8 (1.63%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 7 (1.43%) BigQuery
9 7 (1.43%) Looker
9 7 (1.43%) PostgreSQL
10 5 (1.02%) MongoDB
10 5 (1.02%) Power Query
11 4 (0.82%) Azure SQL Database
11 4 (0.82%) Geospatial Data
11 4 (0.82%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 9 (1.84%) JIRA
2 4 (0.82%) Git
2 4 (0.82%) gulp
2 4 (0.82%) Katalon Studio
2 4 (0.82%) Postman
2 4 (0.82%) Visual Studio
3 2 (0.41%) Burp Suite
3 2 (0.41%) Cypress.io
3 2 (0.41%) JIRA Agile
3 2 (0.41%) Selenium
4 1 (0.20%) Balsamiq
4 1 (0.20%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.20%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.20%) Mercurial
4 1 (0.20%) Moq
4 1 (0.20%) NUnit
4 1 (0.20%) Sourcetree
4 1 (0.20%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (0.20%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 187 (38.16%) Social Skills
2 123 (25.10%) Finance
3 83 (16.94%) Public Sector
4 60 (12.24%) Analytical Skills
5 58 (11.84%) Marketing
6 57 (11.63%) Pharmaceutical
7 53 (10.82%) Presentation Skills
8 46 (9.39%) Local Government
9 42 (8.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 31 (6.33%) Billing
11 30 (6.12%) Retail
12 29 (5.92%) Organisational Skills
13 24 (4.90%) Health Technology
14 16 (3.27%) Digital Health
15 14 (2.86%) Environmental Health
16 13 (2.65%) Telecoms
17 10 (2.04%) Police
18 8 (1.63%) Manufacturing
19 6 (1.22%) Electronics
20 5 (1.02%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 67 (13.67%) Developer
2 59 (12.04%) Senior
3 46 (9.39%) Analyst
4 45 (9.18%) Project Manager
5 38 (7.76%) Lead
6 31 (6.33%) Audit Manager
7 23 (4.69%) Product Manager
8 21 (4.29%) Architect
9 18 (3.67%) Senior Developer
10 17 (3.47%) Systems Engineer
11 15 (3.06%) Business Manager
11 15 (3.06%) Support Technician
12 13 (2.65%) IT Manager
13 12 (2.45%) Business Analyst
13 12 (2.45%) Data Engineer
13 12 (2.45%) Technical Architect
14 11 (2.24%) Senior Analyst
14 11 (2.24%) Senior Business Analyst
14 11 (2.24%) Software Engineer
15 10 (2.04%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (8.57%) .NET
2 28 (5.71%) HTML
3 27 (5.51%) CSS
4 15 (3.06%) React
5 13 (2.65%) XML
6 12 (2.45%) Lightning Web Components
7 11 (2.24%) .NET Core
7 11 (2.24%) ASP.NET
8 9 (1.84%) Node.js
9 8 (1.63%) AngularJS
9 8 (1.63%) Razor View Engine
9 8 (1.63%) Vue
10 7 (1.43%) .NET Framework
10 7 (1.43%) HTML5
11 6 (1.22%) jQuery
12 5 (1.02%) Entity Framework
12 5 (1.02%) RESTful
12 5 (1.02%) Web Services
12 5 (1.02%) WPF
13 4 (0.82%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 39 (7.96%) Management Information System
2 31 (6.33%) Housing Association
3 26 (5.31%) Mobile App
4 17 (3.47%) Data Protection Act
5 14 (2.86%) Self-Motivation
6 13 (2.65%) Social Media
7 12 (2.45%) Algorithms
8 10 (2.04%) Driving Licence
9 9 (1.84%) LIMS
9 9 (1.84%) PKI
10 8 (1.63%) Product Ownership
11 7 (1.43%) Blog
11 7 (1.43%) Legacy Systems
12 6 (1.22%) CCTV
13 5 (1.02%) Cloud Native
14 4 (0.82%) BYOD
14 4 (0.82%) Life Science
15 3 (0.61%) Enterprise Software
15 3 (0.61%) Freedom of Information
15 3 (0.61%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 55 (11.22%) Windows
2 26 (5.31%) Windows Server
3 16 (3.27%) Windows 10
4 12 (2.45%) Linux
5 5 (1.02%) Apple iOS
6 4 (0.82%) Android
7 3 (0.61%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.41%) Windows 7
9 1 (0.20%) Unix
9 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 106 (21.63%) Problem-Solving
2 80 (16.33%) Project Management
3 64 (13.06%) Agile
4 55 (11.22%) Business Development
5 51 (10.41%) Customer Service
6 49 (10.00%) Coaching
7 48 (9.80%) Business Intelligence
8 40 (8.16%) Analytics
9 38 (7.76%) Roadmaps
9 38 (7.76%) Service Management
9 38 (7.76%) User Stories
10 37 (7.55%) Continuous Improvement
10 37 (7.55%) DevOps
11 34 (6.94%) People Management
11 34 (6.94%) Performance Management
12 32 (6.53%) Acceptance Criteria
12 32 (6.53%) Decision-Making
13 31 (6.33%) Project Delivery
14 30 (6.12%) Cybersecurity
14 30 (6.12%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 79 (16.12%) SQL
2 49 (10.00%) C#
3 35 (7.14%) JavaScript
4 23 (4.69%) Java
5 22 (4.49%) Python
6 15 (3.06%) TypeScript
7 14 (2.86%) T-SQL
8 11 (2.24%) R
9 5 (1.02%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 4 (0.82%) Groovy
10 4 (0.82%) Kotlin
11 3 (0.61%) Bash
11 3 (0.61%) JSX
11 3 (0.61%) PowerShell
12 2 (0.41%) Bicep
12 2 (0.41%) PHP
12 2 (0.41%) VB.NET
13 1 (0.20%) C
13 1 (0.20%) Ruby
13 1 (0.20%) Swift
Qualifications
1 80 (16.33%) Degree
2 54 (11.02%) DBS Check
3 31 (6.33%) ACCA
4 24 (4.90%) CIPD
5 19 (3.88%) Computer Science Degree
6 16 (3.27%) Microsoft Certification
7 8 (1.63%) Security Cleared
8 6 (1.22%) MCSE
9 5 (1.02%) CISSP
10 4 (0.82%) Azure Certification
10 4 (0.82%) Cisco Certification
10 4 (0.82%) MCITP
11 3 (0.61%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 3 (0.61%) CISM
11 3 (0.61%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 2 (0.41%) HND
12 2 (0.41%) PMI Certification
12 2 (0.41%) PMP
13 1 (0.20%) CCNP
13 1 (0.20%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (9.80%) GDPR
2 31 (6.33%) GAAP
2 31 (6.33%) IFRS
3 24 (4.90%) Cyber Essentials
4 19 (3.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 14 (2.86%) Accessibility
6 12 (2.45%) QA
7 8 (1.63%) Data Quality
8 7 (1.43%) PMO
9 6 (1.22%) Actionable Recommendations
9 6 (1.22%) GMP
9 6 (1.22%) NCSC
10 5 (1.02%) SLA
11 4 (0.82%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 3 (0.61%) WCAG
13 2 (0.41%) Disclosure Scotland
13 2 (0.41%) ISO 9001
13 2 (0.41%) SNOMED CT
14 1 (0.20%) HL7
System Software
1 25 (5.10%) Active Directory
2 13 (2.65%) Docker
2 13 (2.65%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (1.84%) Hyper-V
4 4 (0.82%) Virtual Servers
4 4 (0.82%) VMware Server
5 2 (0.41%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 19 (3.88%) Terraform
2 13 (2.65%) Microsoft Intune
3 10 (2.04%) Kubernetes
4 3 (0.61%) SCCM
Vendors
1 107 (21.84%) Microsoft
2 31 (6.33%) CA
3 18 (3.67%) Northgate
4 17 (3.47%) Google
5 15 (3.06%) VMware
6 14 (2.86%) Salesforce
7 11 (2.24%) Adobe
8 10 (2.04%) Cisco
8 10 (2.04%) Facebook
9 9 (1.84%) Databricks
10 6 (1.22%) Hotjar
11 4 (0.82%) Commvault
11 4 (0.82%) Datix
11 4 (0.82%) ESRI
11 4 (0.82%) HP
11 4 (0.82%) IBM
11 4 (0.82%) RedGate
11 4 (0.82%) Veeam
11 4 (0.82%) YouTube
12 3 (0.61%) Oracle