Electronic Patient Records Job Trends

Electronic Patient/Health/Medical Records (EPR, EHR, EMR)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Electronic Patient Records skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 6 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 596 691 525
Rank change year-on-year +95 -166 +348
Permanent jobs citing Electronic Patient Records 53 44 199
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.11% 0.065% 0.38%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 0.78% 0.41% 1.74%
Number of salaries quoted 29 23 27
10th Percentile £52,600 £47,000 £45,192
25th Percentile £56,250 £60,000 £49,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £68,500
Median % change year-on-year - +2.19% -2.14%
75th Percentile £75,000 £85,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £80,500 £96,250 £88,738
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £54,700
% change year-on-year +7.69% +18.83% -21.86%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
UK

Electronic Patient Records falls under the Databases and Business Intelligence category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring database or business intelligence skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 6,838 10,604 11,455
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.64% 15.67% 21.67%
Number of salaries quoted 4,437 6,013 9,018
10th Percentile £32,750 £37,500 £37,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £46,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -2.44%
75th Percentile £80,000 £87,348 £80,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £115,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +1.85%

Electronic Patient Records
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Electronic Patient Records relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Electronic Patient Records job vacancy trend in the UK

Electronic Patient Records
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Electronic Patient Records.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Electronic Patient Records

Electronic Patient Records
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Electronic Patient Records over the 6 months to 6 November 2025.

Salary histogram for Electronic Patient Records in the UK

Electronic Patient Records
Top 11 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Electronic Patient Records within the UK over the 6 months to 6 November 2025. 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 +87 30 £70,000 -6.67% 71
UK excluding London +76 18 £70,000 +7.69% 56
London +42 10 £72,500 -21.62% 21
Work from Home +31 6 £71,250 +9.62% 75
South East - 6 £70,000 - 25
Midlands +49 5 £21,500 -66.92% 7
East Midlands +21 5 £21,500 -66.92% 1
Scotland +3 4 - - 1
North of England +10 3 £59,000 -30.59% 8
North West +33 2 £59,000 +18.00% 5
Yorkshire +9 1 - - 3

Electronic Patient Records
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 6 (11.32%) Apache Spark
2 4 (7.55%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (1.89%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 1 (1.89%) Lorenzo
1 1 (1.89%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 15 (28.30%) AWS
2 13 (24.53%) Amazon EMR
3 11 (20.75%) Azure
4 9 (16.98%) Amazon ECS
4 9 (16.98%) Serverless
5 8 (15.09%) Amazon EC2
5 8 (15.09%) AWS Lambda
6 5 (9.43%) GCP
6 5 (9.43%) SaaS
7 4 (7.55%) Amazon Bedrock
7 4 (7.55%) Amazon EKS
7 4 (7.55%) Amazon Kinesis
7 4 (7.55%) Amazon MSK
7 4 (7.55%) Amazon S3
7 4 (7.55%) Amazon SageMaker
7 4 (7.55%) Amazon SQS
8 2 (3.77%) GitHub
9 1 (1.89%) iPaaS
9 1 (1.89%) Pulumi
9 1 (1.89%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 4 (7.55%) SSL
1 4 (7.55%) VPN
2 1 (1.89%) 4G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (26.42%) MySQL
2 8 (15.09%) Amazon RDS
3 4 (7.55%) Amazon Athena
3 4 (7.55%) Amazon Aurora
3 4 (7.55%) Apache Iceberg
3 4 (7.55%) DynamoDB
3 4 (7.55%) Flink
3 4 (7.55%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (7.55%) Relational Database
4 2 (3.77%) Big Data
5 1 (1.89%) Data Lake
5 1 (1.89%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (1.89%) Power BI
5 1 (1.89%) SQL Server
5 1 (1.89%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 4 (7.55%) Git
1 4 (7.55%) Jenkins
1 4 (7.55%) Maven
1 4 (7.55%) Terragrunt
2 2 (3.77%) Rational Rhapsody
3 1 (1.89%) JIRA
General
1 29 (54.72%) Health Technology
2 15 (28.30%) Law
3 13 (24.53%) Finance
4 12 (22.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 12 (22.64%) Social Skills
5 10 (18.87%) Analytical Skills
6 9 (16.98%) Marketing
7 8 (15.09%) Banking
8 3 (5.66%) Digital Health
9 2 (3.77%) Public Sector
10 1 (1.89%) Digital Healthcare
10 1 (1.89%) Games
10 1 (1.89%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (1.89%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (1.89%) Retail
Job Titles
1 11 (20.75%) Senior
2 8 (15.09%) Consultant
2 8 (15.09%) Software Engineer
3 7 (13.21%) Configuration Manager
3 7 (13.21%) EPR Consultant
4 6 (11.32%) Delivery Manager
4 6 (11.32%) Developer
4 6 (11.32%) Senior Delivery Manager
4 6 (11.32%) Senior Manager
5 5 (9.43%) Lead
6 4 (7.55%) Developer/Software Engineer
6 4 (7.55%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
6 4 (7.55%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
6 4 (7.55%) Front-End Java Developer (Client-Side Java Developer)
6 4 (7.55%) Integration Specialist
6 4 (7.55%) Java Developer
6 4 (7.55%) Java Engineer
6 4 (7.55%) Java Software Developer
6 4 (7.55%) Java Software Engineer
6 4 (7.55%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (43.40%) FHIR
2 11 (20.75%) JSON
3 7 (13.21%) XML
4 5 (9.43%) HTML
4 5 (9.43%) RESTful
5 4 (7.55%) AngularJS
5 4 (7.55%) FastAPI
5 4 (7.55%) jQuery
5 4 (7.55%) JSON Web Signature
5 4 (7.55%) JWT
5 4 (7.55%) Kafka
5 4 (7.55%) LangChain
5 4 (7.55%) LangGraph
5 4 (7.55%) OAuth
5 4 (7.55%) OpenID
5 4 (7.55%) PyTorch
5 4 (7.55%) React
5 4 (7.55%) Spring
5 4 (7.55%) Spring Boot
5 4 (7.55%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 26 (49.06%) NHS
2 7 (13.21%) Linux Command Line
3 4 (7.55%) AI Agents
3 4 (7.55%) Cloud Native
3 4 (7.55%) Data Structures
3 4 (7.55%) Distributed Systems
3 4 (7.55%) Mobile Banking
3 4 (7.55%) Public Cloud
4 2 (3.77%) LIMS
4 2 (3.77%) Onboarding
4 2 (3.77%) Replication
5 1 (1.89%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.89%) Hackathon
5 1 (1.89%) Legacy Code
5 1 (1.89%) Smart Home
5 1 (1.89%) SystemC
Operating Systems
1 9 (16.98%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (32.08%) Agile
2 13 (24.53%) Project Delivery
2 13 (24.53%) User Acceptance Testing
3 12 (22.64%) Software Engineering
4 11 (20.75%) Computer Science
5 9 (16.98%) Analytics
5 9 (16.98%) Business Intelligence
6 8 (15.09%) Containerisation
6 8 (15.09%) Stakeholder Management
6 8 (15.09%) Test Automation
7 7 (13.21%) Continuous Improvement
7 7 (13.21%) Data Analytics
7 7 (13.21%) Machine Learning
8 6 (11.32%) AI
8 6 (11.32%) Data Science
8 6 (11.32%) People Management
8 6 (11.32%) Problem-Solving
8 6 (11.32%) Resource Allocation
8 6 (11.32%) Scrum
9 5 (9.43%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 24 (45.28%) SQL
2 12 (22.64%) JavaScript
3 11 (20.75%) Python
4 8 (15.09%) Java
5 4 (7.55%) Rust
6 3 (5.66%) R
7 2 (3.77%) C#
8 1 (1.89%) C
8 1 (1.89%) Perl
8 1 (1.89%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 9 (16.98%) Degree
2 5 (9.43%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (3.77%) Master's Degree
3 2 (3.77%) PhD
4 1 (1.89%) City & Guilds
4 1 (1.89%) DBS Check
4 1 (1.89%) NVQ Level 3
4 1 (1.89%) PMP
4 1 (1.89%) SC Cleared
4 1 (1.89%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (43.40%) HL7
2 5 (9.43%) GDPR
2 5 (9.43%) SNOMED CT
3 3 (5.66%) QA
4 2 (3.77%) DICOM
4 2 (3.77%) PMO
5 1 (1.89%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (1.89%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (1.89%) HIPAA
5 1 (1.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 5 (9.43%) Docker
2 2 (3.77%) IAG
Systems Management
1 10 (18.87%) Kubernetes
2 7 (13.21%) Terraform
3 4 (7.55%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (3.77%) Argo
4 2 (3.77%) Grafana
4 2 (3.77%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 4 (7.55%) OpenAI
1 4 (7.55%) Oracle
2 2 (3.77%) Cerner
2 2 (3.77%) InterSystems
2 2 (3.77%) MEDITECH
3 1 (1.89%) Foundry
3 1 (1.89%) Google
3 1 (1.89%) Microsoft
3 1 (1.89%) Palantir