Informatics Jobs

Informatics
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Informatics skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Informatics over the 6 months leading up to 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 677 808 885
Rank change year-on-year +131 +77 -226
Permanent jobs citing Informatics 34 102 79
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.062% 0.100% 0.081%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.066% 0.12% 0.084%
Number of salaries quoted 4 50 46
10th Percentile £41,875 £36,250 £30,750
25th Percentile £44,688 £43,744 £43,067
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £54,000 £48,402
Median % change year-on-year -12.04% +11.57% -1.56%
75th Percentile £50,313 £64,475 £63,750
90th Percentile £53,125 £85,000 £93,915
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £43,866
% change year-on-year -13.64% +25.38% +3.21%

All Process and 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 51,242 86,144 93,565
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.71% 84.33% 95.55%
Number of salaries quoted 25,211 60,433 55,406
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,250 £34,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £61,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -9.84% +1.67%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,645 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.29% -9.09% +4.76%

Informatics
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Informatics as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Informatics in the UK

Informatics
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Informatics.

Salary trend for Informatics in the UK

Informatics
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Informatics over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

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 28 May 2025. 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 +105 32 £47,500 - 217
UK excluding London +151 16 £47,500 -13.64% 208
London +103 16 - - 40
South East +82 10 - - 59
Work from Home +78 5 - - 128
North of England +34 2 £47,500 +8.59% 41
East of England +29 2 - - 31
Yorkshire - 2 £47,500 - 18
South West +118 1 £40,000 +2.55% 19
Midlands +56 1 £55,000 -10.48% 39
West Midlands - 1 £55,000 - 23

Informatics
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (5.88%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 1 (2.94%) TrackWise
Cloud Services
1 4 (11.76%) AWS
2 2 (5.88%) Amazon EC2
2 2 (5.88%) Amazon ECR
2 2 (5.88%) Amazon EKS
2 2 (5.88%) Amazon S3
2 2 (5.88%) GitHub
2 2 (5.88%) Slack
2 2 (5.88%) Virtual Private Cloud
3 1 (2.94%) SaaS
3 1 (2.94%) Tricentis Tosca
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.88%) MongoDB
1 2 (5.88%) MySQL
2 1 (2.94%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (2.94%) Electronic Patient Records
2 1 (2.94%) GIS
2 1 (2.94%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 5 (14.71%) JIRA
2 2 (5.88%) Git
2 2 (5.88%) GitLab
2 2 (5.88%) Jenkins
2 2 (5.88%) JMeter
2 2 (5.88%) Robot Framework
General
1 17 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 17 (50.00%) Pharmaceutical
2 16 (47.06%) Social Skills
3 9 (26.47%) Manufacturing
4 6 (17.65%) Electronics
5 1 (2.94%) Finance
5 1 (2.94%) Legal
5 1 (2.94%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 10 (29.41%) Senior
2 9 (26.47%) Analyst
3 8 (23.53%) Data Scientist
3 8 (23.53%) Senior Data Scientist
4 4 (11.76%) Developer
4 4 (11.76%) Software Developer
5 3 (8.82%) IT Support
5 3 (8.82%) Test Engineer
6 2 (5.88%) IT Engineer
6 2 (5.88%) IT Support Engineer
6 2 (5.88%) Software Engineer
6 2 (5.88%) Software Test Engineer
6 2 (5.88%) Support Engineer
6 2 (5.88%) Systems Support Engineer
6 2 (5.88%) Technical Engineer
6 2 (5.88%) Technical Support
6 2 (5.88%) Technical Support Engineer
7 1 (2.94%) Data Manager
7 1 (2.94%) Service Manager
7 1 (2.94%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.88%) CSS
1 2 (5.88%) Django
1 2 (5.88%) Flask
1 2 (5.88%) HTML
1 2 (5.88%) Lambda Expressions
1 2 (5.88%) Playwright
1 2 (5.88%) React
Miscellaneous
1 20 (58.82%) Algorithms
2 17 (50.00%) Life Science
3 6 (17.65%) Molecular Biology
4 4 (11.76%) Linux Command Line
5 3 (8.82%) Biopharmaceutical
5 3 (8.82%) Management Information System
5 3 (8.82%) NHS
6 2 (5.88%) LIMS
6 2 (5.88%) PACS
7 1 (2.94%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 4 (11.76%) Debian
1 4 (11.76%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (52.94%) Biotechnology
1 18 (52.94%) Software Engineering
2 17 (50.00%) Analytical Thinking
2 17 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 17 (50.00%) Data Modelling
2 17 (50.00%) Process Improvement
2 17 (50.00%) Statistics
2 17 (50.00%) Visualisation
3 16 (47.06%) Analytics
3 16 (47.06%) Business Analytics
3 16 (47.06%) Data Science
3 16 (47.06%) Data Visualisation
4 8 (23.53%) Biology
4 8 (23.53%) Dashboard Development
5 6 (17.65%) Commercialisation
5 6 (17.65%) Disruptive Innovation
6 5 (14.71%) Data Analysis
7 4 (11.76%) Bioinformatics
7 4 (11.76%) Continuous Integration
7 4 (11.76%) Workflow Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (26.47%) Python
2 5 (14.71%) JavaScript
3 2 (5.88%) TypeScript
4 1 (2.94%) Java
4 1 (2.94%) SQL
Qualifications
1 24 (70.59%) Degree
2 20 (58.82%) Master's Degree
2 20 (58.82%) PhD
3 2 (5.88%) ISTQB
3 2 (5.88%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (8.82%) GxP
2 2 (5.88%) QA
3 1 (2.94%) Accessibility
3 1 (2.94%) GLP
3 1 (2.94%) GMP
3 1 (2.94%) ISO 9001
3 1 (2.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (2.94%) SOC 2
System Software
1 2 (5.88%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (11.76%) Kubernetes
2 2 (5.88%) Kustomize
Vendors
1 2 (5.88%) Oracle
1 2 (5.88%) Sawtooth Software
2 1 (2.94%) Salesforce