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 permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH). Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited NHS over the 6 months to 13 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
13 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 356 307 314
Rank change year-on-year -49 +7 +62
Permanent jobs citing NHS 243 432 813
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.72% 1.04% 1.17%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.02% 2.72% 2.51%
Number of salaries quoted 211 361 520
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,314 £33,606
25th Percentile £38,875 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,500 £51,000 £50,173
Median % change year-on-year +6.86% +1.65% -7.23%
75th Percentile £63,750 £63,033 £66,250
90th Percentile £82,500 £80,000 £86,250
UK median annual salary £50,504 £51,573 £50,000
% change year-on-year -2.07% +3.15% -9.09%

All Generic Skills
Work from Home

NHS is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 12,036 15,898 32,376
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 35.70% 38.45% 46.68%
Number of salaries quoted 9,251 11,625 16,972
10th Percentile £32,500 £39,175 £37,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £48,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,526 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.42% - +13.04%
75th Percentile £78,750 £86,250 £83,750
90th Percentile £102,500 £107,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +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 13 May 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 (1.23%) Confluence
2 2 (0.82%) CMS
3 1 (0.41%) Drupal
3 1 (0.41%) Moodle
3 1 (0.41%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.41%) Totara
Applications
1 11 (4.53%) Microsoft Excel
1 11 (4.53%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (2.47%) InVision
2 6 (2.47%) Sketch
3 5 (2.06%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (1.23%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.82%) Adobe Illustrator
5 2 (0.82%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.41%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.41%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 43 (17.70%) Azure
2 33 (13.58%) AWS
3 22 (9.05%) Power Platform
4 13 (5.35%) Azure DevOps
5 12 (4.94%) Microsoft 365
6 9 (3.70%) Google Analytics
6 9 (3.70%) Google Tag Manager
7 7 (2.88%) GCP
8 5 (2.06%) SaaS
9 4 (1.65%) Azure Data Factory
9 4 (1.65%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 4 (1.65%) BigCommerce
10 3 (1.23%) dbt
10 3 (1.23%) PaaS
10 3 (1.23%) Snowflake
11 2 (0.82%) AWS CloudFormation
11 2 (0.82%) AWS CodeBuild
11 2 (0.82%) npm
11 2 (0.82%) Storyblok
12 1 (0.41%) Firebase
Communications & Networking
1 20 (8.23%) Internet
2 16 (6.58%) Broadband
2 16 (6.58%) WPA
3 6 (2.47%) Intranet
4 4 (1.65%) VPN
5 2 (0.82%) DNS
5 2 (0.82%) Firewall
5 2 (0.82%) LAN
5 2 (0.82%) SAN
5 2 (0.82%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (9.88%) SQL Server
2 22 (9.05%) Power BI
3 21 (8.64%) Tableau
4 20 (8.23%) Data Warehouse
5 7 (2.88%) BigQuery
5 7 (2.88%) Looker
5 7 (2.88%) PostgreSQL
6 4 (1.65%) SQLite
7 3 (1.23%) Azure SQL Database
7 3 (1.23%) Electronic Patient Records
8 2 (0.82%) Big Data
8 2 (0.82%) Data Lake
8 2 (0.82%) EDRMS
8 2 (0.82%) Power Query
8 2 (0.82%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 1 (0.41%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
9 1 (0.41%) MS Access
9 1 (0.41%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 7 (2.88%) JIRA
2 4 (1.65%) Katalon Studio
2 4 (1.65%) Postman
3 2 (0.82%) Git
3 2 (0.82%) gulp
3 2 (0.82%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.82%) JIRA Agile
3 2 (0.82%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.41%) Cypress.io
4 1 (0.41%) Selenium
4 1 (0.41%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 79 (32.51%) Social Skills
2 42 (17.28%) Finance
3 34 (13.99%) Marketing
4 31 (12.76%) Analytical Skills
5 28 (11.52%) Public Sector
6 25 (10.29%) Health Technology
7 24 (9.88%) Pharmaceutical
7 24 (9.88%) Retail
8 16 (6.58%) Digital Health
9 11 (4.53%) Presentation Skills
10 10 (4.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 9 (3.70%) Electronics
12 7 (2.88%) Organisational Skills
12 7 (2.88%) Telecoms
13 4 (1.65%) Local Government
14 2 (0.82%) Banking
14 2 (0.82%) Influencing Skills
14 2 (0.82%) Legal
14 2 (0.82%) Manufacturing
14 2 (0.82%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 45 (18.52%) Developer
2 41 (16.87%) Senior
3 30 (12.35%) Lead
4 29 (11.93%) Analyst
5 18 (7.41%) Senior Developer
6 16 (6.58%) Architect
6 16 (6.58%) Product Manager
7 14 (5.76%) Project Manager
8 13 (5.35%) Technical Architect
9 11 (4.53%) Business Analyst
10 10 (4.12%) Senior Analyst
10 10 (4.12%) Senior Business Analyst
11 9 (3.70%) Business Intelligence Analyst
11 9 (3.70%) Full Stack Developer
11 9 (3.70%) Technical Leader
12 8 (3.29%) Business Manager
12 8 (3.29%) Report Analyst
13 7 (2.88%) .NET Developer
13 7 (2.88%) Software Developer
13 7 (2.88%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (12.35%) .NET
2 15 (6.17%) HTML
3 13 (5.35%) CSS
4 12 (4.94%) Lightning Web Components
5 9 (3.70%) ASP.NET
5 9 (3.70%) FHIR
5 9 (3.70%) React
5 9 (3.70%) XML
6 7 (2.88%) Razor View Engine
7 5 (2.06%) .NET Core
7 5 (2.06%) .NET Framework
7 5 (2.06%) Entity Framework
8 4 (1.65%) Django
8 4 (1.65%) Gherkin
8 4 (1.65%) htmx
8 4 (1.65%) Node.js
8 4 (1.65%) Web Services
8 4 (1.65%) XSLT
9 3 (1.23%) AngularJS
9 3 (1.23%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 16 (6.58%) Mobile App
2 9 (3.70%) Product Ownership
3 8 (3.29%) Legacy Systems
3 8 (3.29%) Management Information System
4 7 (2.88%) Social Media
5 6 (2.47%) Driving Licence
6 5 (2.06%) Cloud Native
7 4 (1.65%) Algorithms
8 3 (1.23%) Blog
8 3 (1.23%) Data Structures
8 3 (1.23%) Onboarding
8 3 (1.23%) PMI
8 3 (1.23%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (0.82%) Client/Server
9 2 (0.82%) Digital Signage
9 2 (0.82%) Genomics
9 2 (0.82%) Life Science
9 2 (0.82%) Public Cloud
9 2 (0.82%) Replication
10 1 (0.41%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.23%) Windows
2 2 (0.82%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.41%) Android
3 1 (0.41%) Linux
3 1 (0.41%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (21.81%) Agile
2 35 (14.40%) Business Intelligence
3 34 (13.99%) Roadmaps
4 31 (12.76%) Project Management
4 31 (12.76%) User Stories
5 27 (11.11%) Acceptance Criteria
5 27 (11.11%) Analytics
6 24 (9.88%) DevOps
7 22 (9.05%) Product Requirements
8 21 (8.64%) Problem-Solving
9 20 (8.23%) Mentoring
10 18 (7.41%) Full Stack Development
11 17 (7.00%) Data Analysis
11 17 (7.00%) Decision-Making
11 17 (7.00%) Software Engineering
11 17 (7.00%) Visualisation
12 16 (6.58%) Data Modelling
12 16 (6.58%) Market Research
12 16 (6.58%) Product Strategy
12 16 (6.58%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 55 (22.63%) SQL
2 29 (11.93%) C#
3 21 (8.64%) Python
4 19 (7.82%) JavaScript
5 16 (6.58%) TypeScript
6 11 (4.53%) R
7 6 (2.47%) Java
8 4 (1.65%) Groovy
9 3 (1.23%) PowerShell
9 3 (1.23%) T-SQL
10 2 (0.82%) JSX
10 2 (0.82%) Kusto Query Language
10 2 (0.82%) PHP
10 2 (0.82%) Ruby
10 2 (0.82%) VB.NET
11 1 (0.41%) C
11 1 (0.41%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.41%) Kotlin
11 1 (0.41%) Swift
Qualifications
1 32 (13.17%) Degree
2 26 (10.70%) DBS Check
3 21 (8.64%) CIPD
4 7 (2.88%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (2.06%) CISM
5 5 (2.06%) CISSP
6 4 (1.65%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 3 (1.23%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 3 (1.23%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (1.23%) PMI Certification
8 2 (0.82%) Azure Certification
8 2 (0.82%) CISA
8 2 (0.82%) CompTIA Security+
8 2 (0.82%) GIAC
8 2 (0.82%) Master's Degree
8 2 (0.82%) MCITP
8 2 (0.82%) MCSE
8 2 (0.82%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (0.82%) PMP
8 2 (0.82%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (6.17%) Accessibility
2 9 (3.70%) HL7
3 6 (2.47%) Actionable Recommendations
3 6 (2.47%) GDPR
3 6 (2.47%) PMO
4 5 (2.06%) Cyber Essentials
4 5 (2.06%) QA
5 3 (1.23%) Data Quality
5 3 (1.23%) SLA
6 2 (0.82%) GRC
6 2 (0.82%) ISO 9001
6 2 (0.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.82%) NCSC
System Software
1 12 (4.94%) Docker
2 7 (2.88%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (1.65%) Active Directory
3 4 (1.65%) VMware Server
4 2 (0.82%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.82%) Virtual Servers
4 2 (0.82%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.41%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 12 (4.94%) Terraform
2 8 (3.29%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.82%) SCCM
4 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 38 (15.64%) Microsoft
2 16 (6.58%) Northgate
3 13 (5.35%) Google
4 12 (4.94%) Salesforce
5 8 (3.29%) Adobe
6 7 (2.88%) VMware
7 6 (2.47%) Facebook
7 6 (2.47%) Hotjar
8 4 (1.65%) Cisco
9 3 (1.23%) New Relic
9 3 (1.23%) RedGate
10 2 (0.82%) Atlassian
10 2 (0.82%) Commvault
10 2 (0.82%) Databricks
10 2 (0.82%) IBM
10 2 (0.82%) SAP
10 2 (0.82%) Sophos
10 2 (0.82%) Veeam
10 2 (0.82%) Xamarin
11 1 (0.41%) Proofpoint