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 11 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 338 264 331
Rank change year-on-year -74 +67 -54
Permanent jobs citing NHS 101 170 254
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.47% 1.03% 0.79%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.25% 2.42% 2.28%
Number of salaries quoted 78 44 206
10th Percentile £35,125 £36,330 £31,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,188 £39,143
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,423 £52,500 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.38% -1.87% +3.88%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,625 £63,750
90th Percentile £71,384 £80,625 £85,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +14.29% +5.00% -

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 8,054 7,034 11,145
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 37.79% 42.71% 34.76%
Number of salaries quoted 5,007 3,617 8,481
10th Percentile £34,400 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £122,500 £111,250
UK median annual salary £58,750 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.17% +4.55% -14.10%

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 11 July 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 4 (3.96%) Confluence
2 2 (1.98%) Palantir Foundry
3 1 (0.99%) Apache
3 1 (0.99%) Moodle
3 1 (0.99%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.99%) WordPress
Applications
1 5 (4.95%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (4.95%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.98%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (1.98%) Sketch
2 2 (1.98%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.99%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (1.98%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.99%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.99%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 13 (12.87%) Azure
2 12 (11.88%) AWS
3 5 (4.95%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (3.96%) Power Platform
5 3 (2.97%) SaaS
6 2 (1.98%) Amazon ECS
6 2 (1.98%) AWS Fargate
6 2 (1.98%) AWS Lambda
6 2 (1.98%) Entra ID
6 2 (1.98%) Figma
6 2 (1.98%) GitHub
6 2 (1.98%) GitHub Actions
6 2 (1.98%) Google Analytics
6 2 (1.98%) Heroku
6 2 (1.98%) Serverless
7 1 (0.99%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (0.99%) ClickUp
7 1 (0.99%) Google Tag Manager
7 1 (0.99%) Microsoft Copilot
7 1 (0.99%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.98%) DNS
1 2 (1.98%) TCP/IP
1 2 (1.98%) VPN
2 1 (0.99%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (13.86%) Electronic Patient Records
2 13 (12.87%) MySQL
3 3 (2.97%) Power BI
4 2 (1.98%) Data Mining
4 2 (1.98%) KNIME
4 2 (1.98%) MS Access
4 2 (1.98%) SQL Server
4 2 (1.98%) Tableau
5 1 (0.99%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.99%) Big Data
5 1 (0.99%) Elasticsearch
5 1 (0.99%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.99%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.99%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.99%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (0.99%) Vitess
Development Applications
1 3 (2.97%) JIRA
2 2 (1.98%) GitLab
2 2 (1.98%) Jenkins
2 2 (1.98%) Rational Rhapsody
3 1 (0.99%) Git
3 1 (0.99%) Selenium
General
1 28 (27.72%) Public Sector
2 27 (26.73%) Social Skills
3 25 (24.75%) Health Technology
4 22 (21.78%) Local Government
5 12 (11.88%) Analytical Skills
6 7 (6.93%) Digital Health
6 7 (6.93%) Marketing
6 7 (6.93%) Organisational Skills
7 4 (3.96%) Finance
7 4 (3.96%) Legal
8 2 (1.98%) Billing
9 1 (0.99%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (0.99%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (0.99%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.99%) Public Speaking
9 1 (0.99%) Social Housing
9 1 (0.99%) Social Science
9 1 (0.99%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 17 (16.83%) Senior
2 12 (11.88%) Developer
3 11 (10.89%) Consultant
4 10 (9.90%) Analyst
4 10 (9.90%) Senior Developer
5 8 (7.92%) Account Manager
5 8 (7.92%) Software Developer
6 7 (6.93%) EPR Consultant
7 6 (5.94%) Business Manager
7 6 (5.94%) C++ Developer
7 6 (5.94%) C++ Software Developer
7 6 (5.94%) Healthcare Manager
7 6 (5.94%) Senior C++ Developer
7 6 (5.94%) Senior Software Developer
8 5 (4.95%) Head of Marketing
8 5 (4.95%) Lead
9 4 (3.96%) Data Analyst
9 4 (3.96%) Data Migration Specialist
9 4 (3.96%) Full-Stack Python Developer
9 4 (3.96%) Migration Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (7.92%) FHIR
2 7 (6.93%) JSON
2 7 (6.93%) XML
3 4 (3.96%) React
3 4 (3.96%) Vue
4 2 (1.98%) .NET
4 2 (1.98%) AngularJS
4 2 (1.98%) ASP.NET
4 2 (1.98%) Middleware
5 1 (0.99%) Ajax
5 1 (0.99%) ARM Templates
5 1 (0.99%) Behat
5 1 (0.99%) Bootstrap
5 1 (0.99%) CSS
5 1 (0.99%) CSS3
5 1 (0.99%) HTML
5 1 (0.99%) jQuery
5 1 (0.99%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 7 (6.93%) Linux Command Line
1 7 (6.93%) Onboarding
2 5 (4.95%) Legacy Systems
2 5 (4.95%) LIMS
2 5 (4.95%) Web Conferencing
3 2 (1.98%) Cloud Native
3 2 (1.98%) Data Structures
3 2 (1.98%) e-Learning
3 2 (1.98%) EPoS
3 2 (1.98%) Management Information System
3 2 (1.98%) Mobile App
4 1 (0.99%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (0.99%) Distributed Systems
4 1 (0.99%) Genomics
4 1 (0.99%) Life Science
4 1 (0.99%) PACS
4 1 (0.99%) PMI
4 1 (0.99%) Product Ownership
4 1 (0.99%) Replication
4 1 (0.99%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 11 (10.89%) Linux
2 4 (3.96%) Windows
3 2 (1.98%) Android
3 2 (1.98%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (14.85%) Mentoring
2 14 (13.86%) Business Intelligence
2 14 (13.86%) Problem-Solving
3 13 (12.87%) Agile
3 13 (12.87%) Stakeholder Management
4 11 (10.89%) Data Migration
4 11 (10.89%) Migration
5 10 (9.90%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 9 (8.91%) Continuous Improvement
7 8 (7.92%) CRM
7 8 (7.92%) Information Management
7 8 (7.92%) Project Delivery
7 8 (7.92%) Service Delivery
7 8 (7.92%) User Acceptance Testing
8 7 (6.93%) Project Management
9 6 (5.94%) CI/CD
9 6 (5.94%) Decision-Making
9 6 (5.94%) Full-Stack Development
9 6 (5.94%) Roadmaps
9 6 (5.94%) SEO
Programming Languages
1 25 (24.75%) SQL
2 13 (12.87%) JavaScript
3 8 (7.92%) Python
4 6 (5.94%) C++
5 4 (3.96%) PL/SQL
6 3 (2.97%) R
6 3 (2.97%) T-SQL
7 2 (1.98%) C#
7 2 (1.98%) Formula Language
8 1 (0.99%) Bicep
8 1 (0.99%) Java
8 1 (0.99%) PHP
Qualifications
1 5 (4.95%) Degree
2 4 (3.96%) ACCA
3 2 (1.98%) DBS Check
3 2 (1.98%) PMI Certification
3 2 (1.98%) Postgraduate
3 2 (1.98%) Security Cleared
4 1 (0.99%) APMG
4 1 (0.99%) Azure Certification
4 1 (0.99%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (0.99%) CISM
4 1 (0.99%) CISSP
4 1 (0.99%) CompTIA Security+
4 1 (0.99%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (0.99%) PMP
4 1 (0.99%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (8.91%) HL7
2 6 (5.94%) Accessibility
3 5 (4.95%) Data Quality
3 5 (4.95%) GDPR
4 4 (3.96%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (3.96%) GAAP
4 4 (3.96%) IFRS
4 4 (3.96%) SNOMED CT
5 3 (2.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (1.98%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (1.98%) GRC
6 2 (1.98%) PCI DSS
6 2 (1.98%) QA
6 2 (1.98%) WCAG
7 1 (0.99%) DICOM
7 1 (0.99%) PMO
7 1 (0.99%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (0.99%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (1.98%) Terraform
2 1 (0.99%) Argo
2 1 (0.99%) Grafana
2 1 (0.99%) Graylog
2 1 (0.99%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.99%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 15 (14.85%) Microsoft
2 8 (7.92%) Salesforce
3 5 (4.95%) HubSpot
4 2 (1.98%) Alteryx
4 2 (1.98%) Foundry
4 2 (1.98%) Google
4 2 (1.98%) InterSystems
4 2 (1.98%) Oracle
4 2 (1.98%) Palantir
4 2 (1.98%) ServiceNow
4 2 (1.98%) Xamarin