Hybrid/Remote NHS Job Trends

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 4 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 268 350 343
Rank change year-on-year +82 -7 +43
Permanent jobs citing NHS 104 104 146
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.69% 0.62% 0.70%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.99% 1.59% 1.81%
Number of salaries quoted 50 61 127
10th Percentile £39,186 £45,000 £33,550
25th Percentile £40,313 £47,813 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +6.48% +2.86%
75th Percentile £65,750 £75,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £91,625 £87,500 £81,138
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £39,085
% change year-on-year +4.35% +47.12% -28.94%

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 5,233 6,561 8,086
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 34.83% 39.34% 38.61%
Number of salaries quoted 3,339 3,633 6,323
10th Percentile £28,200 £36,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% - -3.85%
75th Percentile £81,250 £82,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £110,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -7.69%

NHS
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing NHS and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

NHS job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

NHS
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing NHS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing NHS

NHS
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing NHS over the 6 months to 4 January 2026.

NHS salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

NHS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (2.88%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.92%) WordPress
3 1 (0.96%) Confluence
Applications
1 10 (9.62%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (6.73%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (5.77%) MS Visio
4 3 (2.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (2.88%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (4.81%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (1.92%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.96%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 11 (10.58%) SaaS
2 8 (7.69%) Azure
3 7 (6.73%) Dynamics 365
4 5 (4.81%) AWS
4 5 (4.81%) GitHub
5 2 (1.92%) GCP
6 1 (0.96%) Google Analytics
6 1 (0.96%) Google Data Studio
6 1 (0.96%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 4 (3.85%) TCP/IP
1 4 (3.85%) VPN
2 3 (2.88%) PuTTY
3 1 (0.96%) Structured Cabling
3 1 (0.96%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (11.54%) SQL Server
2 2 (1.92%) Electronic Patient Records
3 1 (0.96%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.96%) MySQL
3 1 (0.96%) NoSQL
3 1 (0.96%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (0.96%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 5 (4.81%) Git
2 3 (2.88%) Jenkins
2 3 (2.88%) Maven
2 3 (2.88%) Sonatype Nexus
3 1 (0.96%) JIRA
3 1 (0.96%) Pivotal Tracker
General
1 40 (38.46%) Local Government
2 25 (24.04%) Public Sector
3 23 (22.12%) Fire and Rescue
4 22 (21.15%) Legal
5 21 (20.19%) Influencing Skills
6 16 (15.38%) Social Skills
7 15 (14.42%) Billing
8 11 (10.58%) Health Technology
9 10 (9.62%) Telecoms
10 7 (6.73%) Documentation Skills
11 6 (5.77%) Analytical Skills
11 6 (5.77%) Marketing
12 5 (4.81%) Back Office
12 5 (4.81%) Digital Health
12 5 (4.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 4 (3.85%) Finance
13 4 (3.85%) Organisational Skills
13 4 (3.85%) Presentation Skills
14 3 (2.88%) Tech for Good
15 2 (1.92%) Police
Job Titles
1 16 (15.38%) Analyst
2 15 (14.42%) Audit Manager
3 14 (13.46%) Business Change Analyst
3 14 (13.46%) Change Analyst
3 14 (13.46%) Developer
4 13 (12.50%) Business Manager
4 13 (12.50%) Senior
5 9 (8.65%) Consultant
6 8 (7.69%) Senior Developer
7 7 (6.73%) Business Change Manager
7 7 (6.73%) Change Manager
8 6 (5.77%) Business Development Manager
8 6 (5.77%) Client Relationship Manager
8 6 (5.77%) Development Manager
8 6 (5.77%) Relationships Manager
9 4 (3.85%) Applications Consultant
9 4 (3.85%) Applications Support
9 4 (3.85%) Applications Support Consultant
9 4 (3.85%) Senior PHP Developer
9 4 (3.85%) Support Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (4.81%) XML
2 3 (2.88%) ActiveMQ
2 3 (2.88%) RAML
2 3 (2.88%) REST
2 3 (2.88%) SOAP
3 2 (1.92%) CSS
3 2 (1.92%) HTML
3 2 (1.92%) Laravel
3 2 (1.92%) Oracle Fusion
3 2 (1.92%) React
4 1 (0.96%) .NET
4 1 (0.96%) AngularJS
4 1 (0.96%) Spine.js
Miscellaneous
1 8 (7.69%) Management Information System
2 5 (4.81%) Mobile App
3 4 (3.85%) Driving Licence
3 4 (3.85%) Enterprise Software
3 4 (3.85%) Legacy Systems
3 4 (3.85%) Onboarding
4 3 (2.88%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (1.92%) Data Centre
5 2 (1.92%) Housing Association
5 2 (1.92%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.96%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (0.96%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 4 (3.85%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (28.85%) Agile
2 22 (21.15%) Digital Innovation
3 21 (20.19%) Case Management
3 21 (20.19%) ITSM
3 21 (20.19%) Service Management
4 19 (18.27%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 16 (15.38%) Mentoring
6 15 (14.42%) Benchmarking
6 15 (14.42%) Migration
7 14 (13.46%) Data Migration
8 10 (9.62%) Business Intelligence
9 9 (8.65%) Computer Science
9 9 (8.65%) ERP
9 9 (8.65%) Problem-Solving
10 8 (7.69%) Business Development
10 8 (7.69%) Change Management
10 8 (7.69%) Decision-Making
10 8 (7.69%) DevOps
10 8 (7.69%) Project Management
11 7 (6.73%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (10.58%) Java
2 6 (5.77%) C#
3 5 (4.81%) C
4 4 (3.85%) PHP
5 2 (1.92%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.96%) SQL
6 1 (0.96%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 15 (14.42%) ACCA
2 14 (13.46%) Degree
3 8 (7.69%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (1.92%) DBS Check
4 2 (1.92%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 1 (0.96%) BICSI RCDD
5 1 (0.96%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (0.96%) SC Cleared
5 1 (0.96%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (14.42%) GAAP
1 15 (14.42%) IFRS
2 5 (4.81%) ISO 9001
2 5 (4.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (3.85%) Accessibility
3 4 (3.85%) Data Quality
4 3 (2.88%) GDPR
5 2 (1.92%) QA
Systems Management
1 4 (3.85%) SCCM
2 2 (1.92%) cPanel
2 2 (1.92%) Plesk
3 1 (0.96%) Argo
3 1 (0.96%) Grafana
3 1 (0.96%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.96%) Prometheus
3 1 (0.96%) Terraform
Vendors
1 16 (15.38%) Microsoft
2 5 (4.81%) Oracle
3 3 (2.88%) MuleSoft
4 2 (1.92%) Salesforce
5 1 (0.96%) Adaptive Insights
5 1 (0.96%) Cisco
5 1 (0.96%) Google