Informatics Job Trends

Informatics
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Informatics skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 650 595 786
Rank change year-on-year -55 +191 +108
Permanent jobs citing Informatics 32 56 56
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.044% 0.13% 0.067%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.056% 0.14% 0.077%
Number of salaries quoted 13 4 36
10th Percentile £37,500 £36,650 £39,224
25th Percentile £47,500 £38,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £47,750 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.95% +0.53% -1.86%
75th Percentile £75,000 £68,125 £64,475
90th Percentile £99,000 £91,750 £82,671
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £47,750 £47,500
% change year-on-year +4.71% +0.53% +10.29%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

Informatics falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 56,840 41,126 73,167
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 78.06% 93.65% 87.53%
Number of salaries quoted 34,202 22,190 55,823
10th Percentile £29,750 £32,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.41%
75th Percentile £77,219 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £94,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.09%

Informatics
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Informatics job vacancy trend in the UK

Informatics
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Informatics.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Informatics

Informatics
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Informatics over the 6 months to 10 March 2026.

Salary histogram for Informatics in the UK

Informatics
Top 10 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Informatics within the UK over the 6 months to 10 March 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 -24 31 £55,000 +15.18% 25
UK excluding London -35 26 £50,000 +4.71% 28
South East -28 19 £50,000 -52.38% 6
London 0 6 £105,000 - 2
West Midlands +5 5 - - 1
Midlands -11 5 - - 6
Work from Home +31 3 £52,500 +43.84% 21
North of England - 2 £65,000 - 3
North West - 1 £60,000 - 1
Yorkshire - 1 £70,000 - 1

Informatics
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 2 (6.25%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (3.13%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (3.13%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 3 (9.38%) Veeva
2 1 (3.13%) AWS
2 1 (3.13%) Azure
2 1 (3.13%) Entra ID
2 1 (3.13%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (3.13%) Sentry
2 1 (3.13%) Vercel
Communications & Networking
1 4 (12.50%) NAS
2 3 (9.38%) MQTT
2 3 (9.38%) TCP/IP
3 2 (6.25%) LAN
3 2 (6.25%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (3.13%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.25%) Electronic Patient Records
2 1 (3.13%) Data Lake
2 1 (3.13%) Metadata
General
1 9 (28.13%) Finance
1 9 (28.13%) Pharmaceutical
2 5 (15.63%) Social Skills
3 4 (12.50%) Documentation Skills
4 3 (9.38%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (6.25%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (3.13%) Banking
6 1 (3.13%) Digital Health
6 1 (3.13%) German Language
6 1 (3.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (3.13%) Manufacturing
6 1 (3.13%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 7 (21.88%) Lead
1 7 (21.88%) Senior
2 6 (18.75%) Analyst
2 6 (18.75%) IT Support
3 5 (15.63%) Digital Analyst
4 2 (6.25%) Associate Director
4 2 (6.25%) Consultant
4 2 (6.25%) Healthcare Manager
4 2 (6.25%) Healthcare Project Manager
4 2 (6.25%) IT Engineer
4 2 (6.25%) IT Manager
4 2 (6.25%) IT Project Manager
4 2 (6.25%) IT Support Engineer
4 2 (6.25%) Project Manager
4 2 (6.25%) Senior Manager
4 2 (6.25%) Support Engineer
5 1 (3.13%) Business Analyst
5 1 (3.13%) Delivery Manager
5 1 (3.13%) Developer
5 1 (3.13%) Development Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (9.38%) Middleware
1 3 (9.38%) REST
1 3 (9.38%) SOAP
2 1 (3.13%) GraphQL
2 1 (3.13%) HTML
2 1 (3.13%) Next.js
2 1 (3.13%) React
2 1 (3.13%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 11 (34.38%) Life Science
2 5 (15.63%) Management Information System
2 5 (15.63%) Pharmacovigilance
3 4 (12.50%) Enterprise Software
3 4 (12.50%) LIMS
4 3 (9.38%) Operational Technology
5 2 (6.25%) Onboarding
6 1 (3.13%) Cyber Security Posture
6 1 (3.13%) Data Structures
6 1 (3.13%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 2 (6.25%) Windows
1 2 (6.25%) Windows 10
2 1 (3.13%) Android
2 1 (3.13%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (37.50%) Computer Science
2 11 (34.38%) Agile
3 10 (31.25%) Health Informatics
4 9 (28.13%) Data Science
4 9 (28.13%) Validation
5 8 (25.00%) Biotechnology
5 8 (25.00%) Hematology
5 8 (25.00%) Immunology
6 6 (18.75%) AI
6 6 (18.75%) Mathematics
7 5 (15.63%) Applied Mathematics
7 5 (15.63%) Business Strategy
7 5 (15.63%) Business Transformation
7 5 (15.63%) Coaching
7 5 (15.63%) Creative Thinking
7 5 (15.63%) Internal Audit
7 5 (15.63%) Mentoring
7 5 (15.63%) Roadmaps
8 4 (12.50%) Analytics
8 4 (12.50%) Digital Strategy
Programming Languages
1 5 (15.63%) SQL
2 3 (9.38%) Python
3 1 (3.13%) C#
3 1 (3.13%) JavaScript
3 1 (3.13%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 22 (68.75%) Degree
2 10 (31.25%) Master's Degree
3 4 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (3.13%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (25.00%) GxP
1 8 (25.00%) QA
2 7 (21.88%) 21 CFR Part 11
3 2 (6.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (3.13%) Accessibility
4 1 (3.13%) Data Quality
4 1 (3.13%) GDPR
4 1 (3.13%) HIPAA
4 1 (3.13%) SOC 2
System Software
1 7 (21.88%) Active Directory
2 4 (12.50%) Hyper-V
Vendors
1 5 (15.63%) Microsoft
2 4 (12.50%) Citrix
2 4 (12.50%) QNAP
2 4 (12.50%) Synology
2 4 (12.50%) Veeam
3 3 (9.38%) Agilent
4 1 (3.13%) SAP