NHS Jobs with Work from Home 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 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 328 298 328
Rank change year-on-year -30 +30 +69
Permanent jobs citing NHS 220 334 860
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.79% 1.02% 1.10%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.29% 2.62% 2.35%
Number of salaries quoted 176 296 559
10th Percentile £34,375 £33,500 £33,750
25th Percentile £39,893 £42,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,250 £51,525 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.53% -1.86% -
75th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £81,194 £83,250
UK median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -8.70%

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 9,605 12,729 36,632
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 34.38% 38.79% 46.65%
Number of salaries quoted 6,855 9,924 18,426
10th Percentile £33,500 £40,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% - +8.33%
75th Percentile £83,750 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £117,500 £107,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £64,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -14.06% +2.40% +4.17%

NHS
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing NHS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

NHS trend for jobs with a WFH option

NHS
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option 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 a work from home option citing NHS over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

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 3 (1.36%) CMS
2 2 (0.91%) Confluence
Applications
1 7 (3.18%) Microsoft Excel
1 7 (3.18%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (2.73%) InVision
2 6 (2.73%) Sketch
3 4 (1.82%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.91%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.45%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 10 (4.55%) NEC Housing
2 3 (1.36%) SystmOne
3 1 (0.45%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 44 (20.00%) Azure
2 23 (10.45%) Power Platform
3 16 (7.27%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 15 (6.82%) Microsoft 365
5 14 (6.36%) Azure Data Factory
6 13 (5.91%) SaaS
7 12 (5.45%) AWS
8 8 (3.64%) Azure DevOps
9 6 (2.73%) BigCommerce
10 5 (2.27%) Google Analytics
10 5 (2.27%) Google Tag Manager
11 4 (1.82%) GCP
11 4 (1.82%) Serverless
12 3 (1.36%) Azure Functions
12 3 (1.36%) dbt
12 3 (1.36%) Snowflake
13 2 (0.91%) Azure Stack
13 2 (0.91%) Firebase
13 2 (0.91%) Google Ads
13 2 (0.91%) Storyblok
Communications & Networking
1 12 (5.45%) Internet
2 10 (4.55%) Broadband
2 10 (4.55%) WPA
3 6 (2.73%) Intranet
4 5 (2.27%) DNS
4 5 (2.27%) SAN
5 2 (0.91%) Firewall
5 2 (0.91%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (10.45%) Power BI
2 17 (7.73%) Data Warehouse
3 12 (5.45%) Tableau
4 10 (4.55%) Oracle Database
5 9 (4.09%) PostgreSQL
5 9 (4.09%) SQL Server
6 8 (3.64%) SQLite
7 7 (3.18%) Power Query
8 5 (2.27%) Electronic Patient Records
9 4 (1.82%) BigQuery
9 4 (1.82%) Looker
10 3 (1.36%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
10 3 (1.36%) Big Data
10 3 (1.36%) Data Lake
11 1 (0.45%) QlikView
11 1 (0.45%) Relational Database
11 1 (0.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 10 (4.55%) Oracle APEX
2 2 (0.91%) Cypress.io
2 2 (0.91%) gulp
2 2 (0.91%) JIRA
2 2 (0.91%) Katalon Studio
2 2 (0.91%) Postman
2 2 (0.91%) Selenium
3 1 (0.45%) Git
3 1 (0.45%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (0.45%) Visual Studio
General
1 71 (32.27%) Social Skills
2 53 (24.09%) Finance
3 49 (22.27%) Public Sector
4 42 (19.09%) Marketing
5 30 (13.64%) Analytical Skills
6 20 (9.09%) Pharmaceutical
7 16 (7.27%) Health Technology
8 14 (6.36%) Local Government
9 13 (5.91%) Electronics
10 12 (5.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 10 (4.55%) Digital Healthcare
11 10 (4.55%) Police
11 10 (4.55%) Telecoms
12 9 (4.09%) Presentation Skills
13 7 (3.18%) Manufacturing
14 6 (2.73%) Digital Health
15 4 (1.82%) Retail
15 4 (1.82%) Tech for Good
16 3 (1.36%) Influencing Skills
17 2 (0.91%) Public Speaking
Job Titles
1 58 (26.36%) Developer
2 28 (12.73%) Senior
3 25 (11.36%) Analyst
3 25 (11.36%) Lead
4 20 (9.09%) Product Manager
4 20 (9.09%) Software Developer
5 11 (5.00%) Business Analyst
5 11 (5.00%) Project Manager
6 10 (4.55%) .NET Developer
6 10 (4.55%) Oracle Developer
6 10 (4.55%) PL/SQL Developer
6 10 (4.55%) Power BI Developer
6 10 (4.55%) Senior Analyst
6 10 (4.55%) Senior Business Analyst
6 10 (4.55%) SQL Developer
7 9 (4.09%) Architect
7 9 (4.09%) Lead Developer
7 9 (4.09%) Software Engineer
8 8 (3.64%) Senior Developer
8 8 (3.64%) User Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (11.36%) .NET
2 21 (9.55%) CSS
2 21 (9.55%) HTML
3 15 (6.82%) XML
4 13 (5.91%) REST
5 11 (5.00%) React
6 10 (4.55%) JSON
6 10 (4.55%) Lightning Web Components
6 10 (4.55%) Ruby on Rails
6 10 (4.55%) SOAP
7 8 (3.64%) Django
7 8 (3.64%) FHIR
7 8 (3.64%) htmx
8 7 (3.18%) .NET Core
8 7 (3.18%) ASP.NET
8 7 (3.18%) Razor View Engine
9 5 (2.27%) .NET Framework
10 4 (1.82%) Entity Framework
11 3 (1.36%) AngularJS
11 3 (1.36%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 9 (4.09%) Product Ownership
2 6 (2.73%) Social Media
3 5 (2.27%) Management Information System
4 4 (1.82%) Driving Licence
4 4 (1.82%) Life Science
4 4 (1.82%) Mobile App
4 4 (1.82%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (1.36%) Cloud Native
5 3 (1.36%) Genomics
5 3 (1.36%) Onboarding
6 2 (0.91%) Blog
7 1 (0.45%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (0.45%) Cyberattack
7 1 (0.45%) Data Structures
7 1 (0.45%) Digital Media
7 1 (0.45%) Legacy Code
7 1 (0.45%) PACS
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.82%) Windows
2 2 (0.91%) Apple iOS
2 2 (0.91%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.45%) Android
3 1 (0.45%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (17.27%) Roadmaps
2 35 (15.91%) User Stories
3 34 (15.45%) Analytics
4 31 (14.09%) Acceptance Criteria
4 31 (14.09%) Computer Science
4 31 (14.09%) Software Engineering
5 26 (11.82%) Agile
5 26 (11.82%) Product Requirements
6 25 (11.36%) Business Intelligence
6 25 (11.36%) Project Management
7 23 (10.45%) Problem-Solving
8 22 (10.00%) Mentoring
8 22 (10.00%) Product Roadmap
8 22 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
9 20 (9.09%) Market Research
9 20 (9.09%) Product Strategy
10 19 (8.64%) Visualisation
11 16 (7.27%) Requirements Gathering
12 15 (6.82%) Change Management
12 15 (6.82%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 53 (24.09%) SQL
2 22 (10.00%) C#
3 19 (8.64%) Python
4 17 (7.73%) Java
4 17 (7.73%) JavaScript
5 11 (5.00%) R
6 10 (4.55%) C
6 10 (4.55%) PL/SQL
6 10 (4.55%) Ruby
6 10 (4.55%) TypeScript
7 7 (3.18%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 5 (2.27%) VB.NET
9 3 (1.36%) PowerShell
10 2 (0.91%) Groovy
10 2 (0.91%) Kusto Query Language
11 1 (0.45%) JSX
11 1 (0.45%) Kotlin
11 1 (0.45%) Swift
Qualifications
1 55 (25.00%) Degree
2 31 (14.09%) Computer Science Degree
2 31 (14.09%) DBS Check
3 17 (7.73%) CIPD
4 12 (5.45%) Security Cleared
5 5 (2.27%) MCITP
5 5 (2.27%) MCSE
5 5 (2.27%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (1.82%) Azure Certification
7 3 (1.36%) CISSP
7 3 (1.36%) Master's Degree
8 2 (0.91%) CISA
8 2 (0.91%) CISM
8 2 (0.91%) CompTIA Security+
8 2 (0.91%) GIAC
8 2 (0.91%) SANS
8 2 (0.91%) SC Cleared
9 1 (0.45%) CSPO
9 1 (0.45%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (8.64%) Accessibility
2 8 (3.64%) HL7
3 6 (2.73%) Actionable Recommendations
3 6 (2.73%) QA
4 4 (1.82%) GDPR
5 3 (1.36%) PMO
5 3 (1.36%) SLA
6 2 (0.91%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.91%) GRC
7 1 (0.45%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.45%) NCSC
System Software
1 14 (6.36%) Docker
2 8 (3.64%) Active Directory
2 8 (3.64%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (2.27%) Virtual Servers
4 2 (0.91%) VMware Server
5 1 (0.45%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 9 (4.09%) Terraform
2 6 (2.73%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.91%) SCCM
4 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 22 (10.00%) Microsoft
2 10 (4.55%) NEC
2 10 (4.55%) Oracle
2 10 (4.55%) Salesforce
3 8 (3.64%) VMware
4 7 (3.18%) Google
4 7 (3.18%) SAP
5 6 (2.73%) Adobe
5 6 (2.73%) Hotjar
6 5 (2.27%) Cisco
6 5 (2.27%) Commvault
6 5 (2.27%) IBM
6 5 (2.27%) Veeam
7 4 (1.82%) Facebook
7 4 (1.82%) Northgate
8 2 (0.91%) Sophos
8 2 (0.91%) Xamarin
9 1 (0.45%) Databricks