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 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 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 346 289 323
Rank change year-on-year -57 +34 +69
Permanent jobs citing NHS 276 410 869
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.78% 1.09% 1.15%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.23% 2.82% 2.42%
Number of salaries quoted 229 347 550
10th Percentile £31,250 £33,500 £33,750
25th Percentile £38,750 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £51,550 £50,173
Median % change year-on-year +3.78% +2.75% -4.43%
75th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £77,000 £81,750 £80,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £51,375 £50,173
% change year-on-year -2.68% +2.40% -8.78%

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 12,386 14,549 35,885
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 34.84% 38.82% 47.42%
Number of salaries quoted 9,322 10,904 17,354
10th Percentile £32,500 £40,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £43,000 £49,364 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% - +13.04%
75th Percentile £80,000 £85,977 £83,750
90th Percentile £105,000 £109,531 £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 12 June 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 (1.81%) Confluence
2 4 (1.45%) CMS
3 1 (0.36%) Drupal
3 1 (0.36%) SharePoint
Applications
1 11 (3.99%) Microsoft Excel
1 11 (3.99%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (2.17%) InVision
2 6 (2.17%) Sketch
3 5 (1.81%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (1.09%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.72%) Adobe Illustrator
5 2 (0.72%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.36%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.36%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 57 (20.65%) Azure
2 32 (11.59%) AWS
3 31 (11.23%) Power Platform
4 15 (5.43%) Microsoft 365
5 14 (5.07%) Azure DevOps
6 13 (4.71%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 11 (3.99%) Azure Data Factory
8 10 (3.62%) Google Analytics
8 10 (3.62%) Google Tag Manager
9 7 (2.54%) GCP
10 5 (1.81%) BigCommerce
11 4 (1.45%) npm
11 4 (1.45%) SaaS
11 4 (1.45%) Storyblok
12 3 (1.09%) dbt
12 3 (1.09%) PaaS
12 3 (1.09%) Snowflake
13 2 (0.72%) AWS CloudFormation
13 2 (0.72%) AWS CodeBuild
13 2 (0.72%) Azure Stack
Communications & Networking
1 20 (7.25%) Internet
2 16 (5.80%) Broadband
2 16 (5.80%) WPA
3 6 (2.17%) Intranet
4 4 (1.45%) DNS
4 4 (1.45%) SAN
4 4 (1.45%) VPN
5 2 (0.72%) Firewall
5 2 (0.72%) LAN
5 2 (0.72%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (11.23%) Power BI
2 29 (10.51%) Data Warehouse
3 24 (8.70%) SQL Server
4 21 (7.61%) Tableau
5 11 (3.99%) PostgreSQL
6 8 (2.90%) SQLite
7 7 (2.54%) BigQuery
7 7 (2.54%) Looker
8 6 (2.17%) Power Query
9 4 (1.45%) Data Lake
10 3 (1.09%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
10 3 (1.09%) Azure SQL Database
10 3 (1.09%) Big Data
10 3 (1.09%) Electronic Patient Records
11 2 (0.72%) EDRMS
11 2 (0.72%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 1 (0.36%) MS Access
12 1 (0.36%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 8 (2.90%) JIRA
2 4 (1.45%) gulp
2 4 (1.45%) Katalon Studio
2 4 (1.45%) Postman
3 3 (1.09%) Git
3 3 (1.09%) Visual Studio
4 2 (0.72%) Cypress.io
4 2 (0.72%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.72%) JIRA Agile
4 2 (0.72%) Selenium
5 1 (0.36%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 91 (32.97%) Social Skills
2 56 (20.29%) Finance
3 47 (17.03%) Marketing
4 36 (13.04%) Public Sector
5 30 (10.87%) Analytical Skills
6 29 (10.51%) Pharmaceutical
7 27 (9.78%) Health Technology
8 24 (8.70%) Retail
9 16 (5.80%) Digital Health
10 14 (5.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 12 (4.35%) Electronics
12 11 (3.99%) Presentation Skills
13 10 (3.62%) Telecoms
14 5 (1.81%) Digital Healthcare
14 5 (1.81%) Manufacturing
14 5 (1.81%) Organisational Skills
15 4 (1.45%) Local Government
16 3 (1.09%) Tech for Good
17 2 (0.72%) Influencing Skills
17 2 (0.72%) Public Speaking
Job Titles
1 58 (21.01%) Developer
2 41 (14.86%) Senior
3 34 (12.32%) Lead
4 30 (10.87%) Analyst
5 23 (8.33%) Product Manager
6 18 (6.52%) Architect
6 18 (6.52%) Senior Developer
7 14 (5.07%) Project Manager
8 13 (4.71%) Technical Architect
9 11 (3.99%) Business Analyst
10 10 (3.62%) Senior Analyst
10 10 (3.62%) Senior Business Analyst
11 9 (3.26%) Business Intelligence Analyst
11 9 (3.26%) Full Stack Developer
11 9 (3.26%) Software Developer
11 9 (3.26%) Technical Leader
12 8 (2.90%) .NET Developer
12 8 (2.90%) Power BI Developer
12 8 (2.90%) Report Analyst
12 8 (2.90%) User Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (11.96%) .NET
2 17 (6.16%) HTML
3 16 (5.80%) CSS
4 15 (5.43%) React
5 12 (4.35%) Lightning Web Components
6 9 (3.26%) ASP.NET
6 9 (3.26%) FHIR
6 9 (3.26%) XML
7 8 (2.90%) Django
7 8 (2.90%) htmx
7 8 (2.90%) Razor View Engine
8 6 (2.17%) .NET Framework
9 5 (1.81%) .NET Core
9 5 (1.81%) Entity Framework
9 5 (1.81%) Node.js
10 4 (1.45%) Gherkin
10 4 (1.45%) Tailwind CSS
10 4 (1.45%) Web Services
10 4 (1.45%) XSLT
11 3 (1.09%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 16 (5.80%) Mobile App
2 9 (3.26%) Product Ownership
3 8 (2.90%) Legacy Systems
3 8 (2.90%) Management Information System
3 8 (2.90%) Social Media
4 6 (2.17%) Driving Licence
5 5 (1.81%) Cloud Native
6 4 (1.45%) Algorithms
6 4 (1.45%) Blog
6 4 (1.45%) Life Science
6 4 (1.45%) Self-Motivation
7 3 (1.09%) Data Structures
7 3 (1.09%) Genomics
7 3 (1.09%) Onboarding
7 3 (1.09%) PMI
8 2 (0.72%) Client/Server
8 2 (0.72%) Digital Signage
8 2 (0.72%) Public Cloud
8 2 (0.72%) Replication
9 1 (0.36%) PACS
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.45%) Windows
2 2 (0.72%) Apple iOS
2 2 (0.72%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.36%) Android
3 1 (0.36%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (19.93%) Agile
2 43 (15.58%) Roadmaps
3 39 (14.13%) Analytics
4 38 (13.77%) Business Intelligence
4 38 (13.77%) User Stories
5 34 (12.32%) Acceptance Criteria
5 34 (12.32%) Project Management
6 29 (10.51%) Product Requirements
7 26 (9.42%) DevOps
7 26 (9.42%) Software Engineering
8 24 (8.70%) Mentoring
9 23 (8.33%) Market Research
9 23 (8.33%) Problem-Solving
9 23 (8.33%) Product Strategy
10 22 (7.97%) Product Roadmap
11 21 (7.61%) Stakeholder Management
11 21 (7.61%) Visualisation
12 20 (7.25%) Computer Science
13 18 (6.52%) Full Stack Development
13 18 (6.52%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 65 (23.55%) SQL
2 31 (11.23%) C#
3 25 (9.06%) Python
4 24 (8.70%) JavaScript
5 17 (6.16%) TypeScript
6 15 (5.43%) R
7 5 (1.81%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 5 (1.81%) Java
8 4 (1.45%) Groovy
9 3 (1.09%) JSX
9 3 (1.09%) PowerShell
9 3 (1.09%) T-SQL
10 2 (0.72%) Kusto Query Language
10 2 (0.72%) Ruby
10 2 (0.72%) VB.NET
11 1 (0.36%) C
11 1 (0.36%) Kotlin
11 1 (0.36%) PHP
11 1 (0.36%) Swift
Qualifications
1 49 (17.75%) Degree
2 30 (10.87%) DBS Check
3 24 (8.70%) CIPD
4 18 (6.52%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (1.81%) CISM
5 5 (1.81%) CISSP
6 4 (1.45%) Azure Certification
6 4 (1.45%) MCITP
6 4 (1.45%) MCSE
6 4 (1.45%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (1.45%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 3 (1.09%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 3 (1.09%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (1.09%) PMI Certification
8 2 (0.72%) CISA
8 2 (0.72%) CompTIA Security+
8 2 (0.72%) GIAC
8 2 (0.72%) Master's Degree
8 2 (0.72%) PMP
8 2 (0.72%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (5.43%) Accessibility
2 9 (3.26%) HL7
3 7 (2.54%) GDPR
4 6 (2.17%) Actionable Recommendations
4 6 (2.17%) PMO
4 6 (2.17%) QA
5 5 (1.81%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (1.09%) Data Quality
6 3 (1.09%) SLA
7 2 (0.72%) GRC
7 2 (0.72%) ISO 9001
7 2 (0.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.72%) NCSC
System Software
1 16 (5.80%) Docker
2 9 (3.26%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (2.54%) Active Directory
4 4 (1.45%) Virtual Servers
4 4 (1.45%) VMware Server
5 2 (0.72%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.72%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.36%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 12 (4.35%) Terraform
2 8 (2.90%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.72%) SCCM
4 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 40 (14.49%) Microsoft
2 16 (5.80%) Northgate
3 14 (5.07%) Google
4 12 (4.35%) Salesforce
5 9 (3.26%) VMware
6 8 (2.90%) Adobe
7 6 (2.17%) Cisco
7 6 (2.17%) Facebook
7 6 (2.17%) Hotjar
8 5 (1.81%) SAP
9 4 (1.45%) Commvault
9 4 (1.45%) IBM
9 4 (1.45%) Veeam
10 3 (1.09%) New Relic
10 3 (1.09%) RedGate
11 2 (0.72%) Atlassian
11 2 (0.72%) Databricks
11 2 (0.72%) Sophos
11 2 (0.72%) Xamarin
12 1 (0.36%) Proofpoint