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

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 357 296 312
Rank change year-on-year -61 +16 +60
Permanent jobs citing NHS 251 436 827
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.74% 1.08% 1.18%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.08% 2.80% 2.51%
Number of salaries quoted 216 367 527
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,314 £33,750
25th Percentile £38,750 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £51,500 £50,173
Median % change year-on-year +3.88% +2.65% -7.23%
75th Percentile £63,750 £64,375 £66,250
90th Percentile £81,250 £77,750 £86,250
UK median annual salary £50,000 £51,573 £50,045
% change year-on-year -3.05% +3.05% -9.01%

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 12,096 15,583 32,992
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 35.73% 38.56% 46.91%
Number of salaries quoted 9,268 11,387 16,897
10th Percentile £32,500 £39,276 £37,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £48,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,541 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.40% - +13.04%
75th Percentile £80,000 £86,250 £83,750
90th Percentile £102,500 £108,750 £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 18 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 5 (1.99%) Confluence
2 4 (1.59%) CMS
3 1 (0.40%) Drupal
3 1 (0.40%) Moodle
3 1 (0.40%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.40%) Totara
Applications
1 11 (4.38%) Microsoft Excel
1 11 (4.38%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (2.39%) InVision
2 6 (2.39%) Sketch
3 5 (1.99%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (1.20%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.80%) Adobe Illustrator
5 2 (0.80%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.40%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.40%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 47 (18.73%) Azure
2 33 (13.15%) AWS
3 24 (9.56%) Power Platform
4 14 (5.58%) Azure DevOps
5 12 (4.78%) Microsoft 365
6 10 (3.98%) Google Analytics
6 10 (3.98%) Google Tag Manager
7 7 (2.79%) GCP
8 6 (2.39%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 5 (1.99%) Azure Data Factory
9 5 (1.99%) BigCommerce
9 5 (1.99%) SaaS
10 4 (1.59%) npm
10 4 (1.59%) Storyblok
11 3 (1.20%) dbt
11 3 (1.20%) PaaS
11 3 (1.20%) Snowflake
12 2 (0.80%) AWS CloudFormation
12 2 (0.80%) AWS CodeBuild
12 2 (0.80%) Firebase
Communications & Networking
1 20 (7.97%) Internet
2 16 (6.37%) Broadband
2 16 (6.37%) WPA
3 6 (2.39%) Intranet
4 4 (1.59%) VPN
5 2 (0.80%) DNS
5 2 (0.80%) Firewall
5 2 (0.80%) LAN
5 2 (0.80%) SAN
5 2 (0.80%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (9.56%) Power BI
1 24 (9.56%) SQL Server
2 22 (8.76%) Data Warehouse
3 21 (8.37%) Tableau
4 8 (3.19%) PostgreSQL
5 7 (2.79%) BigQuery
5 7 (2.79%) Looker
6 5 (1.99%) SQLite
7 3 (1.20%) Azure SQL Database
7 3 (1.20%) Data Lake
7 3 (1.20%) Electronic Patient Records
7 3 (1.20%) Power Query
8 2 (0.80%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
8 2 (0.80%) Big Data
8 2 (0.80%) EDRMS
8 2 (0.80%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 1 (0.40%) MS Access
9 1 (0.40%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 8 (3.19%) JIRA
2 4 (1.59%) gulp
2 4 (1.59%) Katalon Studio
2 4 (1.59%) Postman
3 3 (1.20%) Git
3 3 (1.20%) Visual Studio
4 2 (0.80%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.80%) JIRA Agile
5 1 (0.40%) Cypress.io
5 1 (0.40%) Selenium
5 1 (0.40%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 83 (33.07%) Social Skills
2 45 (17.93%) Finance
3 38 (15.14%) Marketing
4 32 (12.75%) Analytical Skills
5 29 (11.55%) Public Sector
6 28 (11.16%) Pharmaceutical
7 25 (9.96%) Health Technology
8 24 (9.56%) Retail
9 16 (6.37%) Digital Health
10 11 (4.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 11 (4.38%) Presentation Skills
11 10 (3.98%) Electronics
12 8 (3.19%) Telecoms
13 7 (2.79%) Organisational Skills
14 4 (1.59%) Local Government
15 3 (1.20%) Digital Healthcare
15 3 (1.20%) Manufacturing
16 2 (0.80%) Banking
16 2 (0.80%) Influencing Skills
16 2 (0.80%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 50 (19.92%) Developer
2 41 (16.33%) Senior
3 31 (12.35%) Lead
4 29 (11.55%) Analyst
5 18 (7.17%) Senior Developer
6 17 (6.77%) Architect
7 16 (6.37%) Product Manager
8 14 (5.58%) Project Manager
9 13 (5.18%) Technical Architect
10 11 (4.38%) Business Analyst
11 10 (3.98%) Senior Analyst
11 10 (3.98%) Senior Business Analyst
12 9 (3.59%) Business Intelligence Analyst
12 9 (3.59%) Full Stack Developer
12 9 (3.59%) Technical Leader
13 8 (3.19%) .NET Developer
13 8 (3.19%) Business Manager
13 8 (3.19%) Report Analyst
14 7 (2.79%) Web Analytics Manager
14 7 (2.79%) Web Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (13.15%) .NET
2 16 (6.37%) HTML
3 15 (5.98%) CSS
4 12 (4.78%) Lightning Web Components
4 12 (4.78%) React
5 9 (3.59%) ASP.NET
5 9 (3.59%) FHIR
5 9 (3.59%) XML
6 8 (3.19%) Razor View Engine
7 6 (2.39%) .NET Framework
8 5 (1.99%) .NET Core
8 5 (1.99%) Django
8 5 (1.99%) Entity Framework
8 5 (1.99%) htmx
8 5 (1.99%) Node.js
9 4 (1.59%) Gherkin
9 4 (1.59%) Tailwind CSS
9 4 (1.59%) Web Services
9 4 (1.59%) XSLT
10 3 (1.20%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 16 (6.37%) Mobile App
2 9 (3.59%) Product Ownership
3 8 (3.19%) Legacy Systems
3 8 (3.19%) Management Information System
4 7 (2.79%) Social Media
5 6 (2.39%) Driving Licence
6 5 (1.99%) Cloud Native
7 4 (1.59%) Algorithms
7 4 (1.59%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (1.20%) Blog
8 3 (1.20%) Data Structures
8 3 (1.20%) Onboarding
8 3 (1.20%) PMI
9 2 (0.80%) Client/Server
9 2 (0.80%) Digital Signage
9 2 (0.80%) Genomics
9 2 (0.80%) Life Science
9 2 (0.80%) Public Cloud
9 2 (0.80%) Replication
10 1 (0.40%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.20%) Windows
2 2 (0.80%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.40%) Android
3 1 (0.40%) Linux
3 1 (0.40%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (21.12%) Agile
2 36 (14.34%) Business Intelligence
3 35 (13.94%) Roadmaps
4 32 (12.75%) Project Management
5 31 (12.35%) User Stories
6 30 (11.95%) Analytics
7 27 (10.76%) Acceptance Criteria
8 26 (10.36%) DevOps
9 22 (8.76%) Product Requirements
10 21 (8.37%) Mentoring
10 21 (8.37%) Problem-Solving
11 19 (7.57%) Software Engineering
12 18 (7.17%) Full Stack Development
12 18 (7.17%) Visualisation
13 17 (6.77%) Data Analysis
13 17 (6.77%) Decision-Making
13 17 (6.77%) User Experience
14 16 (6.37%) Data Modelling
14 16 (6.37%) Market Research
14 16 (6.37%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 58 (23.11%) SQL
2 31 (12.35%) C#
3 22 (8.76%) Python
4 21 (8.37%) JavaScript
5 17 (6.77%) TypeScript
6 12 (4.78%) R
7 6 (2.39%) Java
8 4 (1.59%) Groovy
9 3 (1.20%) JSX
9 3 (1.20%) PowerShell
9 3 (1.20%) T-SQL
10 2 (0.80%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 2 (0.80%) Kusto Query Language
10 2 (0.80%) PHP
10 2 (0.80%) Ruby
10 2 (0.80%) VB.NET
11 1 (0.40%) C
11 1 (0.40%) Kotlin
11 1 (0.40%) Swift
Qualifications
1 38 (15.14%) Degree
2 30 (11.95%) DBS Check
3 24 (9.56%) CIPD
4 11 (4.38%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (1.99%) CISM
5 5 (1.99%) CISSP
6 4 (1.59%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 3 (1.20%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 3 (1.20%) Azure Certification
7 3 (1.20%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (1.20%) PMI Certification
8 2 (0.80%) CISA
8 2 (0.80%) CompTIA Security+
8 2 (0.80%) GIAC
8 2 (0.80%) Master's Degree
8 2 (0.80%) MCITP
8 2 (0.80%) MCSE
8 2 (0.80%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (0.80%) PMP
8 2 (0.80%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (5.98%) Accessibility
2 9 (3.59%) HL7
3 7 (2.79%) GDPR
4 6 (2.39%) Actionable Recommendations
4 6 (2.39%) PMO
5 5 (1.99%) Cyber Essentials
5 5 (1.99%) QA
6 3 (1.20%) Data Quality
6 3 (1.20%) SLA
7 2 (0.80%) GRC
7 2 (0.80%) ISO 9001
7 2 (0.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.80%) NCSC
System Software
1 13 (5.18%) Docker
2 7 (2.79%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (1.59%) Active Directory
3 4 (1.59%) VMware Server
4 2 (0.80%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.80%) Virtual Servers
4 2 (0.80%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.40%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 12 (4.78%) Terraform
2 8 (3.19%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.80%) SCCM
4 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 38 (15.14%) Microsoft
2 16 (6.37%) Northgate
3 14 (5.58%) Google
4 12 (4.78%) Salesforce
5 8 (3.19%) Adobe
6 7 (2.79%) VMware
7 6 (2.39%) Facebook
7 6 (2.39%) Hotjar
8 4 (1.59%) Cisco
9 3 (1.20%) New Relic
9 3 (1.20%) RedGate
9 3 (1.20%) SAP
10 2 (0.80%) Atlassian
10 2 (0.80%) Commvault
10 2 (0.80%) Databricks
10 2 (0.80%) IBM
10 2 (0.80%) Sophos
10 2 (0.80%) Veeam
10 2 (0.80%) Xamarin
11 1 (0.40%) Proofpoint