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 8 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 686 598 777
Rank change year-on-year -88 +179 +50
Permanent jobs citing Electronic Patient Records 50 73 109
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.054% 0.16% 0.10%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 0.63% 1.00% 0.62%
Number of salaries quoted 37 50 54
10th Percentile £37,500 £62,375 £36,875
25th Percentile £45,000 £65,000 £37,199
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £75,000 £54,575
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +37.42% -36.31%
75th Percentile £72,500 £76,875 £85,000
90th Percentile £81,500 £82,750 £88,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £75,000 £50,056
% change year-on-year -43.33% +49.83% -29.75%

All Database & 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 7,916 7,287 17,702
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 8.55% 16.44% 16.82%
Number of salaries quoted 5,015 4,726 12,585
10th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,960 £42,725
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -11.54%
75th Percentile £80,000 £83,738 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £112,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -4.55%

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 8 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Electronic Patient Records in the UK

Electronic Patient Records
Top 12 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 8 June 2026. 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 -68 41 £60,000 -20.00% 47
Work from Home +7 21 £70,000 -6.67% 198
UK excluding London -81 21 £42,500 -43.33% 34
London -18 11 £62,500 -3.85% 15
Midlands -23 10 £66,500 +35.71% 5
East Midlands - 9 - - 2
North of England -50 6 £40,000 -46.67% 13
North West -2 5 £40,000 -50.00% 5
South East -37 4 £63,750 -15.00% 4
East of England -29 1 £75,000 - 5
West Midlands -31 1 £66,500 +35.71% 3
Yorkshire -45 1 £70,000 -6.67% 6

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 1 (2.00%) Apache
1 1 (2.00%) Apache Airflow
1 1 (2.00%) Apache Spark
1 1 (2.00%) CMS
Applications
1 1 (2.00%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (2.00%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 12 (24.00%) Azure
2 8 (16.00%) AWS
3 5 (10.00%) Entra ID
3 5 (10.00%) SaaS
4 1 (2.00%) Amazon CloudWatch
4 1 (2.00%) Amazon EMR
4 1 (2.00%) Amazon S3
4 1 (2.00%) AWS CloudFormation
4 1 (2.00%) AWS Lambda
4 1 (2.00%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (2.00%) Datadog
4 1 (2.00%) GitHub
4 1 (2.00%) GitHub Actions
4 1 (2.00%) Google Ads
4 1 (2.00%) Power Platform
4 1 (2.00%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 4 (8.00%) SSL
1 4 (8.00%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (14.00%) MySQL
2 2 (4.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 2 (4.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (2.00%) Amazon Redshift
3 1 (2.00%) Big Data
3 1 (2.00%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (2.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 5 (10.00%) Rational Rhapsody
2 2 (4.00%) JIRA
3 1 (2.00%) Git
3 1 (2.00%) Jenkins
General
1 26 (52.00%) Health Technology
2 3 (6.00%) Digital Health
2 3 (6.00%) Digital Healthcare
3 2 (4.00%) Finance
3 2 (4.00%) Social Skills
4 1 (2.00%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (2.00%) Games
4 1 (2.00%) Law
4 1 (2.00%) Marketing
4 1 (2.00%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (2.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 11 (22.00%) Lead
2 8 (16.00%) Consultant
3 7 (14.00%) EPR Consultant
4 5 (10.00%) Applications Support
4 5 (10.00%) Architect
4 5 (10.00%) Solutions Architect
5 4 (8.00%) Integration Specialist
5 4 (8.00%) Technical Consultant
6 3 (6.00%) Analyst
6 3 (6.00%) Data Analyst
6 3 (6.00%) Developer
6 3 (6.00%) Senior
7 2 (4.00%) Data Migration Analyst
7 2 (4.00%) Integration Engineer
7 2 (4.00%) Migration Analyst
7 2 (4.00%) Project Manager
7 2 (4.00%) Senior Developer
7 2 (4.00%) Technical Manager
7 2 (4.00%) Technical Project Manager
8 1 (2.00%) Migration Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (28.00%) FHIR
2 7 (14.00%) JSON
3 3 (6.00%) XML
4 1 (2.00%) .NET
4 1 (2.00%) .NET Core
4 1 (2.00%) Middleware
4 1 (2.00%) Node.js
4 1 (2.00%) React
4 1 (2.00%) REST
4 1 (2.00%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 20 (40.00%) NHS
2 7 (14.00%) Linux Command Line
3 6 (12.00%) PACS
4 4 (8.00%) LIMS
5 2 (4.00%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (2.00%) Cloud Native
6 1 (2.00%) Data Structures
6 1 (2.00%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (2.00%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 7 (14.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (22.00%) Migration
2 10 (20.00%) Data Migration
2 10 (20.00%) Information Governance
3 9 (18.00%) Business Intelligence
4 7 (14.00%) Computer Science
4 7 (14.00%) User Acceptance Testing
5 5 (10.00%) AI
5 5 (10.00%) ETL
6 4 (8.00%) Agile
6 4 (8.00%) API Integration
6 4 (8.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
6 4 (8.00%) Roadmaps
7 3 (6.00%) Health Informatics
7 3 (6.00%) Informatics
7 3 (6.00%) Mentoring
7 3 (6.00%) Validation
8 2 (4.00%) PRINCE2
8 2 (4.00%) Project Management
8 2 (4.00%) Risk Management
8 2 (4.00%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 15 (30.00%) SQL
2 10 (20.00%) JavaScript
2 10 (20.00%) LINC
3 6 (12.00%) Python
4 5 (10.00%) PowerShell
5 2 (4.00%) Java
5 2 (4.00%) T-SQL
6 1 (2.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (2.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 8 (16.00%) Degree
2 6 (12.00%) AWS Certification
3 5 (10.00%) Azure Certification
4 2 (4.00%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (2.00%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
5 1 (2.00%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 1 (2.00%) Master's Degree
5 1 (2.00%) PMI Certification
5 1 (2.00%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (28.00%) HL7
2 8 (16.00%) Data Quality
3 6 (12.00%) DICOM
4 4 (8.00%) SNOMED CT
5 1 (2.00%) QA
System Software
1 1 (2.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (12.00%) Terraform
2 1 (2.00%) Grafana
2 1 (2.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 5 (10.00%) Blue Prism
2 2 (4.00%) Microsoft