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 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 368 308 312
Rank change year-on-year -60 +4 +47
Permanent jobs citing NHS 241 427 809
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.71% 1.03% 1.18%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.00% 2.67% 2.53%
Number of salaries quoted 211 357 517
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,314 £33,172
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% -5.63%
75th Percentile £65,383 £63,033 £67,746
90th Percentile £82,500 £80,000 £86,250
UK median annual salary £50,952 £51,573 £50,000
% change year-on-year -1.20% +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 12,055 16,013 32,008
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 35.60% 38.51% 46.59%
Number of salaries quoted 9,252 11,630 16,857
10th Percentile £32,500 £39,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £48,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,500 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.46% - +13.04%
75th Percentile £78,750 £86,250 £84,056
90th Percentile £101,250 £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 8 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 (1.24%) Confluence
2 2 (0.83%) CMS
3 1 (0.41%) Drupal
3 1 (0.41%) Moodle
3 1 (0.41%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.41%) Totara
Applications
1 11 (4.56%) Microsoft Excel
1 11 (4.56%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (2.49%) InVision
2 6 (2.49%) Sketch
3 5 (2.07%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (1.24%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.83%) Adobe Illustrator
5 2 (0.83%) 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 (17.84%) Azure
2 33 (13.69%) AWS
3 21 (8.71%) Power Platform
4 13 (5.39%) Azure DevOps
5 12 (4.98%) Microsoft 365
6 9 (3.73%) Google Analytics
6 9 (3.73%) Google Tag Manager
7 7 (2.90%) GCP
8 5 (2.07%) SaaS
9 4 (1.66%) Azure Data Factory
9 4 (1.66%) BigCommerce
10 3 (1.24%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 3 (1.24%) dbt
10 3 (1.24%) PaaS
10 3 (1.24%) Snowflake
11 2 (0.83%) AWS CloudFormation
11 2 (0.83%) AWS CodeBuild
11 2 (0.83%) npm
11 2 (0.83%) Storyblok
12 1 (0.41%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 20 (8.30%) Internet
2 16 (6.64%) Broadband
2 16 (6.64%) WPA
3 6 (2.49%) Intranet
4 4 (1.66%) VPN
5 3 (1.24%) Firewall
6 2 (0.83%) DNS
6 2 (0.83%) LAN
6 2 (0.83%) SAN
6 2 (0.83%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (9.96%) SQL Server
2 21 (8.71%) Power BI
2 21 (8.71%) Tableau
3 19 (7.88%) Data Warehouse
4 7 (2.90%) BigQuery
4 7 (2.90%) Looker
5 6 (2.49%) PostgreSQL
6 3 (1.24%) Azure SQL Database
6 3 (1.24%) Electronic Patient Records
6 3 (1.24%) SQLite
7 2 (0.83%) Big Data
7 2 (0.83%) EDRMS
7 2 (0.83%) Power Query
7 2 (0.83%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.41%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.41%) MS Access
8 1 (0.41%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 7 (2.90%) JIRA
2 4 (1.66%) Katalon Studio
2 4 (1.66%) Postman
3 2 (0.83%) Git
3 2 (0.83%) gulp
3 2 (0.83%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.83%) JIRA Agile
3 2 (0.83%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.41%) Cypress.io
4 1 (0.41%) Selenium
4 1 (0.41%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 78 (32.37%) Social Skills
2 41 (17.01%) Finance
3 34 (14.11%) Marketing
4 31 (12.86%) Analytical Skills
5 28 (11.62%) Public Sector
6 25 (10.37%) Health Technology
7 24 (9.96%) Retail
8 23 (9.54%) Pharmaceutical
9 16 (6.64%) Digital Health
10 11 (4.56%) Presentation Skills
11 9 (3.73%) Electronics
11 9 (3.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 7 (2.90%) Organisational Skills
12 7 (2.90%) Telecoms
13 4 (1.66%) Local Government
14 2 (0.83%) Digital Healthcare
14 2 (0.83%) Influencing Skills
14 2 (0.83%) Legal
14 2 (0.83%) Manufacturing
14 2 (0.83%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 44 (18.26%) Developer
2 41 (17.01%) Senior
3 30 (12.45%) Analyst
3 30 (12.45%) Lead
4 18 (7.47%) Senior Developer
5 16 (6.64%) Product Manager
6 15 (6.22%) Architect
7 14 (5.81%) Project Manager
8 13 (5.39%) Technical Architect
9 11 (4.56%) Business Analyst
10 10 (4.15%) Senior Analyst
10 10 (4.15%) Senior Business Analyst
11 9 (3.73%) Business Intelligence Analyst
11 9 (3.73%) Full Stack Developer
11 9 (3.73%) Technical Leader
12 8 (3.32%) Business Manager
12 8 (3.32%) Report Analyst
13 7 (2.90%) .NET Developer
13 7 (2.90%) IT Manager
13 7 (2.90%) Web Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (12.45%) .NET
2 14 (5.81%) HTML
3 12 (4.98%) CSS
3 12 (4.98%) Lightning Web Components
4 9 (3.73%) ASP.NET
4 9 (3.73%) FHIR
4 9 (3.73%) XML
5 8 (3.32%) React
6 7 (2.90%) Razor View Engine
7 5 (2.07%) .NET Core
7 5 (2.07%) .NET Framework
7 5 (2.07%) Entity Framework
8 4 (1.66%) Gherkin
8 4 (1.66%) Node.js
8 4 (1.66%) Web Services
8 4 (1.66%) XSLT
9 3 (1.24%) AngularJS
9 3 (1.24%) htmx
9 3 (1.24%) Middleware
9 3 (1.24%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 16 (6.64%) Mobile App
2 9 (3.73%) Product Ownership
3 8 (3.32%) Legacy Systems
3 8 (3.32%) Management Information System
4 7 (2.90%) Social Media
5 6 (2.49%) Driving Licence
6 5 (2.07%) Cloud Native
7 4 (1.66%) Algorithms
8 3 (1.24%) Blog
8 3 (1.24%) Data Structures
8 3 (1.24%) Onboarding
8 3 (1.24%) PMI
8 3 (1.24%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (0.83%) Client/Server
9 2 (0.83%) Digital Signage
9 2 (0.83%) Genomics
9 2 (0.83%) Life Science
9 2 (0.83%) Public Cloud
9 2 (0.83%) Replication
10 1 (0.41%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.24%) Windows
2 2 (0.83%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.41%) Android
3 1 (0.41%) Linux
3 1 (0.41%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (21.99%) Agile
2 35 (14.52%) Business Intelligence
3 33 (13.69%) Roadmaps
4 31 (12.86%) User Stories
5 30 (12.45%) Project Management
6 28 (11.62%) Analytics
7 27 (11.20%) Acceptance Criteria
8 24 (9.96%) DevOps
9 22 (9.13%) Problem-Solving
9 22 (9.13%) Product Requirements
10 19 (7.88%) Mentoring
11 18 (7.47%) Data Analysis
11 18 (7.47%) Full Stack Development
12 17 (7.05%) Decision-Making
12 17 (7.05%) Visualisation
13 16 (6.64%) Market Research
13 16 (6.64%) Product Strategy
13 16 (6.64%) Requirements Gathering
13 16 (6.64%) Software Engineering
13 16 (6.64%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 54 (22.41%) SQL
2 29 (12.03%) C#
3 20 (8.30%) Python
4 18 (7.47%) JavaScript
5 16 (6.64%) TypeScript
6 10 (4.15%) R
7 6 (2.49%) Java
8 4 (1.66%) Groovy
9 3 (1.24%) PowerShell
9 3 (1.24%) T-SQL
10 2 (0.83%) JSX
10 2 (0.83%) Kusto Query Language
10 2 (0.83%) PHP
10 2 (0.83%) Ruby
10 2 (0.83%) 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 30 (12.45%) Degree
2 25 (10.37%) DBS Check
3 20 (8.30%) CIPD
4 6 (2.49%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (2.07%) CISM
5 5 (2.07%) CISSP
6 4 (1.66%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 3 (1.24%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 3 (1.24%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (1.24%) PMI Certification
8 2 (0.83%) Azure Certification
8 2 (0.83%) CISA
8 2 (0.83%) CompTIA Security+
8 2 (0.83%) GIAC
8 2 (0.83%) Master's Degree
8 2 (0.83%) MCITP
8 2 (0.83%) MCSE
8 2 (0.83%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (0.83%) PMP
8 2 (0.83%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (6.22%) Accessibility
2 9 (3.73%) HL7
3 6 (2.49%) Actionable Recommendations
3 6 (2.49%) PMO
3 6 (2.49%) QA
4 5 (2.07%) Cyber Essentials
4 5 (2.07%) GDPR
5 3 (1.24%) Data Quality
5 3 (1.24%) SLA
6 2 (0.83%) GRC
6 2 (0.83%) ISO 9001
6 2 (0.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.83%) NCSC
System Software
1 11 (4.56%) Docker
2 7 (2.90%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (1.66%) Active Directory
3 4 (1.66%) VMware Server
4 2 (0.83%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.83%) Virtual Servers
4 2 (0.83%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.41%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 12 (4.98%) Terraform
2 8 (3.32%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.83%) SCCM
4 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 38 (15.77%) Microsoft
2 16 (6.64%) Northgate
3 13 (5.39%) Google
4 12 (4.98%) Salesforce
5 8 (3.32%) Adobe
5 8 (3.32%) VMware
6 6 (2.49%) Facebook
6 6 (2.49%) Hotjar
7 4 (1.66%) Cisco
8 3 (1.24%) New Relic
8 3 (1.24%) RedGate
9 2 (0.83%) Atlassian
9 2 (0.83%) Commvault
9 2 (0.83%) Databricks
9 2 (0.83%) IBM
9 2 (0.83%) SAP
9 2 (0.83%) Sophos
9 2 (0.83%) Veeam
9 2 (0.83%) Xamarin
10 1 (0.41%) Proofpoint