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 22 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 608 617 693
Rank change year-on-year +9 +76 +188
Permanent jobs citing Electronic Patient Records 40 84 62
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.065% 0.16% 0.099%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 0.61% 0.89% 0.49%
Number of salaries quoted 35 57 36
10th Percentile £55,000 £54,500 £49,250
25th Percentile £55,625 £70,000 £62,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% - +7.14%
75th Percentile £75,000 - £85,000
90th Percentile £82,250 £76,000 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £75,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year -16.67% -11.76% +28.30%

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 6,602 9,474 12,719
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.66% 17.83% 20.29%
Number of salaries quoted 4,162 5,271 9,959
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £43,750 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.55% +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 22 January 2026.

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 22 January 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 +28 29 £62,500 -16.67% 94
London +37 13 £61,250 +19.51% 13
UK excluding London +3 11 £62,500 -16.67% 88
Work from Home +36 6 £70,000 -6.67% 40
South East +29 5 £72,500 -3.33% 20
North of England +2 4 £40,000 -46.67% 16
North West +25 2 £39,000 -22.00% 5
Yorkshire -32 2 £70,000 -6.67% 8
Midlands +14 1 £70,000 +7.69% 18
South West +11 1 £31,000 - 9
East Midlands -8 1 £70,000 +7.69% 10

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:

Applications
1 1 (2.50%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (2.50%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 7 (17.50%) SaaS
2 5 (12.50%) AWS
3 4 (10.00%) Azure
4 1 (2.50%) Amazon ECS
4 1 (2.50%) Amazon EMR
4 1 (2.50%) Entra ID
4 1 (2.50%) iPaaS
4 1 (2.50%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (2.50%) Power Platform
4 1 (2.50%) Pulumi
4 1 (2.50%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 10 (25.00%) VPN
2 6 (15.00%) SSL
3 1 (2.50%) 4G
3 1 (2.50%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (32.50%) MySQL
2 1 (2.50%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (2.50%) Power BI
2 1 (2.50%) Power Query
2 1 (2.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (2.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 2 (5.00%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 27 (67.50%) Health Technology
2 6 (15.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (5.00%) Digital Health
3 2 (5.00%) Digital Healthcare
4 1 (2.50%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (2.50%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (2.50%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (2.50%) Retail
Job Titles
1 10 (25.00%) Consultant
1 10 (25.00%) EPR Consultant
1 10 (25.00%) Technical Consultant
2 7 (17.50%) Configuration Manager
3 6 (15.00%) Integration Specialist
4 3 (7.50%) Developer
4 3 (7.50%) Integration Engineer
4 3 (7.50%) Senior
5 2 (5.00%) DBA
5 2 (5.00%) NHS DBA
5 2 (5.00%) Senior Developer
6 1 (2.50%) Administrator
6 1 (2.50%) Applications Support
6 1 (2.50%) Delivery Manager
6 1 (2.50%) Development Specialist
6 1 (2.50%) Head of IT
6 1 (2.50%) Java Developer
6 1 (2.50%) PMO Manager
6 1 (2.50%) Senior Java Developer
6 1 (2.50%) Workstream Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (65.00%) FHIR
2 17 (42.50%) JSON
3 7 (17.50%) XML
4 2 (5.00%) .NET
5 1 (2.50%) CSS
5 1 (2.50%) HTML
5 1 (2.50%) Middleware
5 1 (2.50%) NestJS
5 1 (2.50%) RESTful
5 1 (2.50%) SvelteKit
Miscellaneous
1 21 (52.50%) NHS
2 10 (25.00%) Linux Command Line
3 2 (5.00%) LIMS
3 2 (5.00%) Replication
4 1 (2.50%) CCTV
4 1 (2.50%) Hackathon
4 1 (2.50%) Legacy Code
4 1 (2.50%) PACS
4 1 (2.50%) Smart Home
Operating Systems
1 12 (30.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (30.00%) Business Intelligence
2 10 (25.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 9 (22.50%) Project Delivery
4 6 (15.00%) API Integration
5 5 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (7.50%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (7.50%) ETL
6 3 (7.50%) Informatics
6 3 (7.50%) Problem-Solving
7 2 (5.00%) Collaborative Culture
7 2 (5.00%) Collaborative Working
7 2 (5.00%) Computer Science
7 2 (5.00%) Cybersecurity
7 2 (5.00%) Full-Stack Development
7 2 (5.00%) Health Informatics
7 2 (5.00%) High Availability
7 2 (5.00%) Microservices
7 2 (5.00%) Risk Management
7 2 (5.00%) Roadmaps
8 1 (2.50%) Customer Experience
Programming Languages
1 22 (55.00%) SQL
2 13 (32.50%) JavaScript
3 2 (5.00%) C#
3 2 (5.00%) Java
4 1 (2.50%) Perl
4 1 (2.50%) PowerShell
4 1 (2.50%) Python
4 1 (2.50%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 2 (5.00%) Degree
2 1 (2.50%) AWS Certification
2 1 (2.50%) Azure Certification
2 1 (2.50%) City & Guilds
2 1 (2.50%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (2.50%) DBS Check
2 1 (2.50%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (65.00%) HL7
2 6 (15.00%) SNOMED CT
3 2 (5.00%) DICOM
3 2 (5.00%) GDPR
4 1 (2.50%) HIPAA
4 1 (2.50%) PMO
4 1 (2.50%) QA
System Software
1 1 (2.50%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (10.00%) Terraform
2 2 (5.00%) Argo
2 2 (5.00%) Grafana
2 2 (5.00%) Kubernetes
2 2 (5.00%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 2 (5.00%) Cerner
2 1 (2.50%) Alteryx
2 1 (2.50%) InterSystems
2 1 (2.50%) MEDITECH
2 1 (2.50%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.50%) Oracle
2 1 (2.50%) Salesforce