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 24 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 760 664 687
Rank change year-on-year -96 +23 +87
Permanent jobs citing Informatics 29 17 123
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.027% 0.034% 0.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.037% 0.038% 0.18%
Number of salaries quoted 15 10 35
10th Percentile - £45,625 -
25th Percentile £35,000 £47,188 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 - £62,500
90th Percentile - £80,000 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £35,000 £50,000 £51,250
% change year-on-year -30.00% -2.44% +19.00%

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 79,395 44,536 67,357
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.20% 88.97% 80.72%
Number of salaries quoted 54,920 25,310 42,355
10th Percentile £31,000 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £96,250 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% -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 24 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Informatics in the UK

Informatics
Top 11 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 24 August 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 -87 23 £35,000 -30.00% 46
London -28 13 £60,000 -25.00% 9
UK excluding London -97 13 £35,000 -30.00% 38
Work from Home -27 10 £60,000 +20.00% 18
South East -29 6 £35,000 - 3
Wales - 4 £65,000 - 1
North of England -40 1 £60,000 +26.32% 11
Scotland - 1 £35,000 -
West Midlands - 1 £45,000 - 9
Midlands - 1 £45,000 - 17
North West - 1 £60,000 - 5

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 5 (17.24%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (17.24%) SAP S/4HANA
1 5 (17.24%) SAP SCM
2 1 (3.45%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 1 (3.45%) Google Ads
Communications & Networking
1 5 (17.24%) LAN
1 5 (17.24%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.90%) Electronic Patient Records
General
1 8 (27.59%) Analytical Skills
1 8 (27.59%) Social Skills
2 7 (24.14%) Manufacturing
3 6 (20.69%) Organisational Skills
4 5 (17.24%) German Language
5 3 (10.34%) Digital Health
6 2 (6.90%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (3.45%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 10 (34.48%) Consultant
2 6 (20.69%) Lecturer
3 5 (17.24%) IT Engineer
3 5 (17.24%) IT Support
3 5 (17.24%) IT Support Engineer
3 5 (17.24%) SAP Consultant
3 5 (17.24%) SAP SCM Consultant
3 5 (17.24%) Support Engineer
4 2 (6.90%) Analyst
4 2 (6.90%) Lead
4 2 (6.90%) Project Manager
5 1 (3.45%) Business Analyst
5 1 (3.45%) Data Analyst
5 1 (3.45%) Graduate Consultant
5 1 (3.45%) Healthcare Manager
5 1 (3.45%) Healthcare Project Manager
5 1 (3.45%) Implementation Specialist
5 1 (3.45%) IT Manager
5 1 (3.45%) IT Project Manager
5 1 (3.45%) Linux Technician
Miscellaneous
1 5 (17.24%) Data Structures
1 5 (17.24%) Onboarding
2 4 (13.79%) NHS
3 2 (6.90%) e-Learning
3 2 (6.90%) Life Science
3 2 (6.90%) LIMS
4 1 (3.45%) IoT
4 1 (3.45%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (3.45%) Management Information System
4 1 (3.45%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 5 (17.24%) Windows
1 5 (17.24%) Windows 10
2 1 (3.45%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (37.93%) Decision-Making
2 8 (27.59%) Computer Science
3 7 (24.14%) AI
4 6 (20.69%) Collaborative Working
4 6 (20.69%) Knowledge Representation
4 6 (20.69%) Machine Learning
4 6 (20.69%) Pedagogy
4 6 (20.69%) Problem-Solving
5 5 (17.24%) Business Strategy
5 5 (17.24%) Health Informatics
5 5 (17.24%) Logistics
5 5 (17.24%) Proactive Monitoring
5 5 (17.24%) Workshop Facilitation
6 4 (13.79%) Data Management
7 2 (6.90%) Analytical Thinking
7 2 (6.90%) Data Visualisation
7 2 (6.90%) Digital Innovation
7 2 (6.90%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 2 (6.90%) Stakeholder Management
7 2 (6.90%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.45%) SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (44.83%) Degree
2 6 (20.69%) Master's Degree
2 6 (20.69%) PhD
3 2 (6.90%) Postgraduate
4 1 (3.45%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (3.45%) ISEB
4 1 (3.45%) PMI Certification
4 1 (3.45%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (17.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (6.90%) GDPR
System Software
1 5 (17.24%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 5 (17.24%) SAP
2 1 (3.45%) Microsoft