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

6 months to
27 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 655 583 774
Rank change year-on-year -72 +191 +131
Permanent jobs citing Informatics 38 49 70
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.049% 0.12% 0.079%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.063% 0.13% 0.091%
Number of salaries quoted 17 4 38
10th Percentile £35,000 £36,650 £40,035
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 £65,000 £68,125 £64,475
90th Percentile £97,000 £91,750 £88,000
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 59,873 37,939 76,774
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 77.17% 93.46% 86.66%
Number of salaries quoted 36,505 22,139 57,454
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £29,079
25th Percentile £40,000 £43,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.29%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,410 £93,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -8.41%

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 27 March 2026.

Salary histogram for Informatics in the UK

Informatics
Top 12 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 27 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 -64 34 £50,000 +4.71% 26
UK excluding London -45 29 £50,000 +4.71% 27
South East -44 19 £50,000 -52.38% 5
London -13 8 £105,000 - 3
Work from Home +2 6 £52,500 +43.84% 11
West Midlands -4 5 - - 4
Midlands -25 5 - - 7
Wales - 2 £65,000 - 3
North of England - 2 £65,000 - 6
Scotland - 1 £35,000 -
North West - 1 £60,000 -
Yorkshire - 1 £70,000 - 4

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 3 (7.89%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (2.63%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (2.63%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 3 (7.89%) Veeva
2 1 (2.63%) AWS
2 1 (2.63%) Azure
2 1 (2.63%) Entra ID
2 1 (2.63%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (2.63%) Sentry
2 1 (2.63%) Vercel
Communications & Networking
1 4 (10.53%) NAS
2 3 (7.89%) LAN
2 3 (7.89%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (5.26%) MQTT
3 2 (5.26%) TCP/IP
4 1 (2.63%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (7.89%) Electronic Patient Records
2 1 (2.63%) Data Lake
2 1 (2.63%) Metadata
General
1 9 (23.68%) Finance
2 8 (21.05%) Pharmaceutical
3 5 (13.16%) Organisational Skills
4 4 (10.53%) Social Skills
5 3 (7.89%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (7.89%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (2.63%) Banking
6 1 (2.63%) Digital Health
6 1 (2.63%) German Language
6 1 (2.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (2.63%) Manufacturing
6 1 (2.63%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 7 (18.42%) IT Support
1 7 (18.42%) Lead
1 7 (18.42%) Senior
2 6 (15.79%) Analyst
3 5 (13.16%) Digital Analyst
4 4 (10.53%) Consultant
4 4 (10.53%) Lecturer
5 3 (7.89%) IT Engineer
5 3 (7.89%) IT Support Engineer
5 3 (7.89%) Support Engineer
6 2 (5.26%) Associate Director
6 2 (5.26%) Healthcare Manager
6 2 (5.26%) Healthcare Project Manager
6 2 (5.26%) IT Manager
6 2 (5.26%) IT Project Manager
6 2 (5.26%) Project Manager
6 2 (5.26%) Senior Manager
7 1 (2.63%) Business Analyst
7 1 (2.63%) Developer
7 1 (2.63%) Graduate
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.26%) Middleware
1 2 (5.26%) REST
1 2 (5.26%) SOAP
2 1 (2.63%) GraphQL
2 1 (2.63%) Next.js
2 1 (2.63%) React
2 1 (2.63%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 10 (26.32%) Life Science
2 5 (13.16%) Management Information System
2 5 (13.16%) Pharmacovigilance
3 4 (10.53%) Enterprise Software
4 3 (7.89%) LIMS
4 3 (7.89%) Onboarding
5 2 (5.26%) NHS
5 2 (5.26%) Operational Technology
6 1 (2.63%) Cyber Security Posture
6 1 (2.63%) Data Structures
6 1 (2.63%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 3 (7.89%) Windows
1 3 (7.89%) Windows 10
2 1 (2.63%) Android
2 1 (2.63%) Apple iOS
2 1 (2.63%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (39.47%) Computer Science
2 11 (28.95%) Agile
2 11 (28.95%) Health Informatics
3 9 (23.68%) AI
4 8 (21.05%) Data Science
4 8 (21.05%) Hematology
4 8 (21.05%) Immunology
4 8 (21.05%) Validation
5 7 (18.42%) Biotechnology
5 7 (18.42%) Business Strategy
6 6 (15.79%) Machine Learning
6 6 (15.79%) Mentoring
7 5 (13.16%) Applied Mathematics
7 5 (13.16%) Business Transformation
7 5 (13.16%) Coaching
7 5 (13.16%) Collaborative Working
7 5 (13.16%) Creative Thinking
7 5 (13.16%) Decision-Making
7 5 (13.16%) Internal Audit
7 5 (13.16%) Mathematics
Programming Languages
1 4 (10.53%) SQL
2 2 (5.26%) Python
3 1 (2.63%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 26 (68.42%) Degree
2 12 (31.58%) Master's Degree
3 4 (10.53%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (10.53%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (18.42%) GxP
1 7 (18.42%) QA
2 6 (15.79%) 21 CFR Part 11
3 3 (7.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (2.63%) Accessibility
4 1 (2.63%) Data Quality
4 1 (2.63%) GDPR
4 1 (2.63%) HIPAA
4 1 (2.63%) SOC 2
System Software
1 8 (21.05%) Active Directory
2 4 (10.53%) Hyper-V
Vendors
1 5 (13.16%) Microsoft
2 4 (10.53%) Citrix
2 4 (10.53%) QNAP
2 4 (10.53%) Synology
2 4 (10.53%) Veeam
3 2 (5.26%) Agilent
4 1 (2.63%) SAP