NHS Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

National Health Service (NHS)
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term NHS in remote or hybrid work. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited NHS over the 6 months leading up to 18 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 309 338 305
Rank change year-on-year +29 -33 +23
Permanent jobs citing NHS 173 240 359
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.82% 0.76% 1.05%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.03% 2.20% 2.70%
Number of salaries quoted 47 190 315
10th Percentile £36,410 £31,250 £33,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £39,573 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £53,250 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.41% +4.41% +1.65%
75th Percentile £66,250 £63,678 £65,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £85,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £53,750 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +7.50% - -4.76%

All Generic Skills
Work from Home

NHS falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 8,525 10,898 13,285
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 40.40% 34.53% 38.76%
Number of salaries quoted 3,879 7,978 10,235
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £39,517
25th Percentile £45,000 £43,750 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -7.69% -
75th Percentile £83,750 £82,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £112,500 £107,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £64,029
% change year-on-year +4.55% -14.10% +2.45%

NHS
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing NHS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

NHS trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

NHS
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing NHS.

NHS salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

NHS
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing NHS over the 6 months to 18 July 2025.

NHS salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

NHS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 8 (4.62%) PowerFactory
2 6 (3.47%) ArcGIS
2 6 (3.47%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.73%) Confluence
4 1 (0.58%) CMS
Applications
1 15 (8.67%) AutoCAD
2 7 (4.05%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (2.89%) Microsoft Project
3 5 (2.89%) MS Visio
3 5 (2.89%) Revit
4 4 (2.31%) Microsoft Office
5 3 (1.73%) Adobe Illustrator
5 3 (1.73%) Blender
5 3 (1.73%) ProjectWise
5 3 (1.73%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (1.16%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 2 (1.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 1 (0.58%) Adobe Premiere
7 1 (0.58%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 11 (6.36%) Dynamics NAV
2 4 (2.31%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 29 (16.76%) SaaS
2 28 (16.18%) Power Platform
3 22 (12.72%) Azure
4 21 (12.14%) AWS
5 17 (9.83%) Azure DevOps
5 17 (9.83%) Azure Monitor
5 17 (9.83%) Entra ID
5 17 (9.83%) Power Automate
6 16 (9.25%) Azure AI
6 16 (9.25%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 16 (9.25%) Azure Key Vault
6 16 (9.25%) Azure Service Bus
6 16 (9.25%) IaaS
6 16 (9.25%) PaaS
7 14 (8.09%) Dynamics 365
8 12 (6.94%) GitHub
9 4 (2.31%) Google Workspace
9 4 (2.31%) Microsoft 365
10 3 (1.73%) Smartsheet
11 1 (0.58%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 21 (12.14%) WAN
2 20 (11.56%) VPN
3 17 (9.83%) DNS
4 16 (9.25%) Firewall
4 16 (9.25%) SD-WAN
5 5 (2.89%) 4G
5 5 (2.89%) 5G
5 5 (2.89%) TCP/IP
5 5 (2.89%) Unified Communications
6 1 (0.58%) Broadband
6 1 (0.58%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (15.61%) Power BI
2 21 (12.14%) SQL Server
3 17 (9.83%) MySQL
4 16 (9.25%) Data Lake
5 6 (3.47%) Electronic Patient Records
6 4 (2.31%) GIS
7 3 (1.73%) Data Mining
7 3 (1.73%) Data Warehouse
7 3 (1.73%) QGIS
8 2 (1.16%) PostgreSQL
8 2 (1.16%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 2 (1.16%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 2 (1.16%) Tableau
9 1 (0.58%) Geospatial Data
9 1 (0.58%) Metadata
9 1 (0.58%) Power Query
9 1 (0.58%) QlikView
9 1 (0.58%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 16 (9.25%) Git
2 4 (2.31%) JIRA
3 1 (0.58%) Balsamiq
3 1 (0.58%) Gatling
3 1 (0.58%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.58%) JMeter
3 1 (0.58%) Locust
3 1 (0.58%) Postman
3 1 (0.58%) Rational Rhapsody
3 1 (0.58%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (0.58%) Visual Studio
General
1 50 (28.90%) Public Sector
2 39 (22.54%) Social Skills
3 38 (21.97%) Finance
4 33 (19.08%) Local Government
5 25 (14.45%) Legal
6 17 (9.83%) Analytical Skills
7 14 (8.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 11 (6.36%) Back Office
8 11 (6.36%) Documentation Skills
9 9 (5.20%) Fire and Rescue
10 8 (4.62%) Health Technology
11 5 (2.89%) Marketing
11 5 (2.89%) Presentation Skills
11 5 (2.89%) Tech for Good
12 4 (2.31%) Digital Healthcare
12 4 (2.31%) Pharmaceutical
13 3 (1.73%) Digital Health
13 3 (1.73%) Environmental Health
13 3 (1.73%) Retail
14 2 (1.16%) Police
Job Titles
1 31 (17.92%) Civil Engineer
1 31 (17.92%) Development Engineer
1 31 (17.92%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 27 (15.61%) Senior
3 22 (12.72%) Principal Engineer
4 18 (10.40%) Consultant
5 16 (9.25%) Architect
5 16 (9.25%) Cloud Architect
5 16 (9.25%) Developer
6 12 (6.94%) Senior Development Engineer
6 12 (6.94%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
6 12 (6.94%) Systems Engineer
7 11 (6.36%) Dynamics NAV Developer
7 11 (6.36%) SaaS Developer
8 10 (5.78%) Product Manager
9 9 (5.20%) Analyst
9 9 (5.20%) Principal Consultant
10 8 (4.62%) Associate Director
11 7 (4.05%) IT Manager
11 7 (4.05%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (7.51%) XML
2 8 (4.62%) Flash
3 4 (2.31%) .NET
4 3 (1.73%) FHIR
4 3 (1.73%) HTML
4 3 (1.73%) Leaflet
4 3 (1.73%) Lightning Web Components
4 3 (1.73%) Oracle Fusion
4 3 (1.73%) PostGIS
5 2 (1.16%) .NET Core
5 2 (1.16%) ASP.NET
5 2 (1.16%) CSS
5 2 (1.16%) JSON
5 2 (1.16%) MIDP
5 2 (1.16%) React
6 1 (0.58%) EDI
6 1 (0.58%) Middleware
6 1 (0.58%) RESTful
6 1 (0.58%) Vue
6 1 (0.58%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 25 (14.45%) Data Centre
2 19 (10.98%) Management Information System
3 12 (6.94%) Renewable Energy
4 9 (5.20%) Housing Association
5 8 (4.62%) IoT
6 6 (3.47%) Onboarding
7 5 (2.89%) Enterprise Software
7 5 (2.89%) Mobile App
7 5 (2.89%) Operational Technology
8 4 (2.31%) Driving Licence
9 3 (1.73%) Analytical Mindset
9 3 (1.73%) Product Ownership
9 3 (1.73%) Tandem
10 2 (1.16%) ASTM
10 2 (1.16%) Legacy Systems
10 2 (1.16%) PACS
11 1 (0.58%) Distributed Architecture
11 1 (0.58%) Femtech
11 1 (0.58%) Legacy Code
11 1 (0.58%) Satnav
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.58%) Android
1 1 (0.58%) Apple iOS
1 1 (0.58%) Windows
1 1 (0.58%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 90 (52.02%) Mentoring
2 72 (41.62%) Project Management
3 45 (26.01%) Project Delivery
4 42 (24.28%) Continuous Improvement
5 33 (19.08%) Agile
6 32 (18.50%) DevOps
7 31 (17.92%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 31 (17.92%) Roadmaps
8 30 (17.34%) Stakeholder Management
9 28 (16.18%) Data Integration
10 27 (15.61%) Analytics
11 25 (14.45%) ITIL
11 25 (14.45%) Strategic Planning
12 24 (13.87%) Due Diligence
12 24 (13.87%) Problem-Solving
13 23 (13.29%) Artificial Intelligence
14 21 (12.14%) Business Intelligence
15 19 (10.98%) CI/CD
15 19 (10.98%) Risk Assessment
15 19 (10.98%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 30 (17.34%) SQL
2 18 (10.40%) C#
3 17 (9.83%) PowerShell
4 16 (9.25%) Bicep
5 14 (8.09%) Java
6 11 (6.36%) C
7 9 (5.20%) Python
8 5 (2.89%) JavaScript
9 3 (1.73%) R
10 1 (0.58%) PHP
10 1 (0.58%) Ruby
10 1 (0.58%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.58%) VB.NET
10 1 (0.58%) VBA
Qualifications
1 63 (36.42%) Degree
2 19 (10.98%) DBS Check
3 16 (9.25%) Azure Certification
4 15 (8.67%) Postgraduate
5 12 (6.94%) Security Cleared
6 11 (6.36%) Computer Science Degree
6 11 (6.36%) SC Cleared
7 6 (3.47%) Chartered Engineer
8 4 (2.31%) HNC
8 4 (2.31%) HND
9 3 (1.73%) ACCA
9 3 (1.73%) CIMA
9 3 (1.73%) CIPFA
10 2 (1.16%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 1 (0.58%) BPSS Clearance
11 1 (0.58%) CSPO
11 1 (0.58%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 1 (0.58%) Master's Degree
11 1 (0.58%) MBA
11 1 (0.58%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (17.34%) Accessibility
2 13 (7.51%) QA
3 12 (6.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 11 (6.36%) ISO 9001
5 6 (3.47%) GDPR
6 3 (1.73%) Data Quality
6 3 (1.73%) PMO
7 2 (1.16%) DICOM
7 2 (1.16%) HL7
8 1 (0.58%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.58%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.58%) ISO 13485
8 1 (0.58%) WCAG
System Software
1 16 (9.25%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (0.58%) Hyper-V
2 1 (0.58%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 16 (9.25%) Single Sign-On
2 4 (2.31%) SCCM
Vendors
1 26 (15.03%) Microsoft
2 16 (9.25%) Databricks
2 16 (9.25%) Meraki
3 8 (4.62%) DIgSILENT
4 5 (2.89%) Google
5 3 (1.73%) Autodesk
5 3 (1.73%) Oracle
5 3 (1.73%) Salesforce
5 3 (1.73%) Siemens
5 3 (1.73%) TOWER Software
6 2 (1.16%) Adobe
6 2 (1.16%) Splunk
7 1 (0.58%) Atlassian
7 1 (0.58%) ESRI
7 1 (0.58%) Sage
7 1 (0.58%) SIMUL8
7 1 (0.58%) Telerik
7 1 (0.58%) VMware