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 3 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 645 613 773
Rank change year-on-year -32 +160 +125
Permanent jobs citing Informatics 29 58 47
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.041% 0.13% 0.060%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.052% 0.14% 0.068%
Number of salaries quoted 11 4 30
10th Percentile - £36,650 £40,845
25th Percentile £47,500 £38,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £47,750 £52,250
Median % change year-on-year +9.95% -8.61% +7.95%
75th Percentile £69,375 £68,125 £64,869
90th Percentile £95,000 £91,750 £82,904
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 55,531 42,488 69,308
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 78.63% 93.22% 87.90%
Number of salaries quoted 33,358 21,624 53,124
10th Percentile £29,000 £32,750 £29,250
25th Percentile £38,750 £45,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £76,900 £81,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £95,000
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 3 March 2026.

Salary histogram for Informatics in the UK

Informatics
Top 9 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 3 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 -30 28 £55,000 +15.18% 19
UK excluding London -17 24 £50,000 +4.71% 16
South East -30 18 £50,000 -52.38% 2
West Midlands +23 5 - - 2
London +12 5 £105,000 - 2
Midlands -10 5 - - 5
Work from Home +9 2 £52,500 +43.84% 12
North of England - 1 £70,000 - 3
Yorkshire - 1 £70,000 -

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 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (10.34%) Veeva
2 2 (6.90%) AWS
3 1 (3.45%) Amazon EMR
3 1 (3.45%) Azure
3 1 (3.45%) Entra ID
3 1 (3.45%) iPaaS
3 1 (3.45%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (3.45%) Sentry
3 1 (3.45%) Vercel
Communications & Networking
1 4 (13.79%) NAS
2 3 (10.34%) MQTT
2 3 (10.34%) TCP/IP
3 1 (3.45%) LAN
3 1 (3.45%) Network Security
3 1 (3.45%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (10.34%) Electronic Patient Records
2 1 (3.45%) Data Lake
2 1 (3.45%) Metadata
General
1 9 (31.03%) Finance
1 9 (31.03%) Pharmaceutical
2 4 (13.79%) Documentation Skills
2 4 (13.79%) Social Skills
3 2 (6.90%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (6.90%) Digital Health
4 1 (3.45%) Banking
4 1 (3.45%) Health Technology
4 1 (3.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (3.45%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (3.45%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 7 (24.14%) Lead
1 7 (24.14%) Senior
2 6 (20.69%) Analyst
3 5 (17.24%) Digital Analyst
3 5 (17.24%) IT Support
4 2 (6.90%) Associate Director
4 2 (6.90%) Senior Manager
5 1 (3.45%) Business Analyst
5 1 (3.45%) Delivery Manager
5 1 (3.45%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
5 1 (3.45%) Integration Engineer
5 1 (3.45%) IT Director
5 1 (3.45%) IT Project Manager
5 1 (3.45%) IT Support Engineer
5 1 (3.45%) Project Manager
5 1 (3.45%) Senior Analyst
5 1 (3.45%) Senior Business Analyst
5 1 (3.45%) Senior Developer
5 1 (3.45%) Senior Front-End Developer
5 1 (3.45%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (13.79%) Middleware
2 3 (10.34%) REST
2 3 (10.34%) SOAP
3 1 (3.45%) FHIR
3 1 (3.45%) GraphQL
3 1 (3.45%) HTML
3 1 (3.45%) Next.js
3 1 (3.45%) React
3 1 (3.45%) RESTful
3 1 (3.45%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 11 (37.93%) Life Science
2 5 (17.24%) Management Information System
2 5 (17.24%) Pharmacovigilance
3 4 (13.79%) Enterprise Software
3 4 (13.79%) LIMS
4 3 (10.34%) Operational Technology
5 1 (3.45%) Cyber Security Posture
5 1 (3.45%) NHS
5 1 (3.45%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.45%) Android
1 1 (3.45%) Apple iOS
1 1 (3.45%) Windows
1 1 (3.45%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (41.38%) Computer Science
2 11 (37.93%) Agile
3 10 (34.48%) Health Informatics
4 9 (31.03%) Data Science
4 9 (31.03%) Validation
5 8 (27.59%) Biotechnology
5 8 (27.59%) Hematology
5 8 (27.59%) Immunology
6 6 (20.69%) Mathematics
7 5 (17.24%) AI
7 5 (17.24%) Applied Mathematics
7 5 (17.24%) Business Strategy
7 5 (17.24%) Business Transformation
7 5 (17.24%) Coaching
7 5 (17.24%) Creative Thinking
7 5 (17.24%) Internal Audit
7 5 (17.24%) Mentoring
7 5 (17.24%) Roadmaps
8 4 (13.79%) Digital Strategy
8 4 (13.79%) Ticket Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (17.24%) SQL
2 3 (10.34%) Python
3 1 (3.45%) C#
3 1 (3.45%) JavaScript
3 1 (3.45%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 21 (72.41%) Degree
2 9 (31.03%) Master's Degree
3 5 (17.24%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (27.59%) GxP
1 8 (27.59%) QA
2 7 (24.14%) 21 CFR Part 11
3 2 (6.90%) GDPR
3 2 (6.90%) HIPAA
4 1 (3.45%) Accessibility
4 1 (3.45%) Data Quality
4 1 (3.45%) DICOM
4 1 (3.45%) HL7
4 1 (3.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (3.45%) SOC 2
System Software
1 6 (20.69%) Active Directory
2 4 (13.79%) Hyper-V
Vendors
1 5 (17.24%) Microsoft
2 4 (13.79%) Citrix
2 4 (13.79%) QNAP
2 4 (13.79%) Synology
2 4 (13.79%) Veeam
3 3 (10.34%) Agilent
4 1 (3.45%) Cerner
4 1 (3.45%) InterSystems
4 1 (3.45%) MEDITECH