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

6 months to
24 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 778 640 675
Rank change year-on-year -138 +35 +79
Permanent jobs citing Informatics 32 20 108
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.027% 0.041% 0.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.037% 0.046% 0.17%
Number of salaries quoted 18 11 24
10th Percentile £35,000 £46,250 -
25th Percentile £45,625 £48,125 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £43,742
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +14.31% -32.70%
75th Percentile - £56,875 £57,000
90th Percentile £65,000 £80,000 £77,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £49,371
% change year-on-year -5.00% +1.27% -10.23%

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 85,482 43,719 62,334
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.07% 88.75% 81.46%
Number of salaries quoted 58,986 24,656 34,489
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,750 £36,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £96,250 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% -2.78%

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 September 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 24 September 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 -113 28 £47,500 -5.00% 132
Work from Home -32 19 £47,500 -5.00% 43
UK excluding London -121 18 £47,500 -5.00% 80
London -47 13 £60,000 -25.00% 51
Midlands - 10 £47,500 - 10
East Midlands - 7 £47,500 - 3
South East -54 5 £35,000 - 26
Wales - 3 £65,000 - 3
West Midlands - 3 £47,500 - 7

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 (9.38%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (12.50%) SAP S/4HANA
1 4 (12.50%) SAP SCM
2 1 (3.13%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 1 (3.13%) Google Ads
Communications & Networking
1 3 (9.38%) LAN
1 3 (9.38%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.13%) Electronic Patient Records
General
1 17 (53.13%) Social Skills
2 6 (18.75%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (18.75%) Manufacturing
3 4 (12.50%) German Language
4 3 (9.38%) Digital Health
4 3 (9.38%) Humanities
4 3 (9.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 3 (9.38%) Organisational Skills
4 3 (9.38%) Retail
5 2 (6.25%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (3.13%) Aerospace
6 1 (3.13%) Health Technology
6 1 (3.13%) Marketing
6 1 (3.13%) Swedish Language
Job Titles
1 9 (28.13%) Applications Specialist
2 7 (21.88%) Consultant
3 4 (12.50%) SAP Consultant
3 4 (12.50%) SAP SCM Consultant
4 3 (9.38%) IT Engineer
4 3 (9.38%) IT Support
4 3 (9.38%) IT Support Engineer
4 3 (9.38%) Lead
4 3 (9.38%) Lecturer
4 3 (9.38%) Support Engineer
5 2 (6.25%) Analyst
6 1 (3.13%) Business Analyst
6 1 (3.13%) Data Analyst
6 1 (3.13%) Implementation Specialist
6 1 (3.13%) Project Manager
6 1 (3.13%) Sales Manager
6 1 (3.13%) Software Sales Manager
Miscellaneous
1 9 (28.13%) PACS
2 4 (12.50%) Data Structures
3 3 (9.38%) Distributed Systems
3 3 (9.38%) NHS
3 3 (9.38%) Onboarding
3 3 (9.38%) Robotics
4 2 (6.25%) e-Learning
4 2 (6.25%) Life Science
4 2 (6.25%) LIMS
5 1 (3.13%) IoT
5 1 (3.13%) Management Information System
5 1 (3.13%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 3 (9.38%) Windows
1 3 (9.38%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (37.50%) Health Informatics
2 10 (31.25%) Presales
3 7 (21.88%) AI
3 7 (21.88%) Decision-Making
3 7 (21.88%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (12.50%) Business Strategy
4 4 (12.50%) Logistics
4 4 (12.50%) Workshop Facilitation
5 3 (9.38%) Collaborative Working
5 3 (9.38%) Computer Science
5 3 (9.38%) Data Management
5 3 (9.38%) Knowledge Representation
5 3 (9.38%) Machine Learning
5 3 (9.38%) Pedagogy
5 3 (9.38%) Proactive Monitoring
6 2 (6.25%) Analytical Thinking
6 2 (6.25%) Data Visualisation
6 2 (6.25%) Digital Innovation
6 2 (6.25%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 2 (6.25%) Visualisation
Qualifications
1 8 (25.00%) Degree
2 3 (9.38%) Master's Degree
2 3 (9.38%) PhD
3 2 (6.25%) Postgraduate
4 1 (3.13%) ISEB
4 1 (3.13%) PMI Certification
4 1 (3.13%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (9.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (6.25%) GDPR
3 1 (3.13%) Accessibility
System Software
1 3 (9.38%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 4 (12.50%) SAP
2 1 (3.13%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.13%) Salesforce
2 1 (3.13%) Thales