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

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 353 297 325
Rank change year-on-year -56 +28 +73
Permanent jobs citing NHS 264 423 853
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.76% 1.10% 1.15%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.16% 2.81% 2.42%
Number of salaries quoted 220 358 538
10th Percentile £31,250 £33,500 £33,317
25th Percentile £38,750 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,750 £51,561 £50,173
Median % change year-on-year +4.24% +2.77% -8.78%
75th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £82,500 £80,000 £82,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £51,561 £50,173
% change year-on-year -3.03% +2.77% -8.78%

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 12,212 15,042 35,314
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 35.10% 39.03% 47.40%
Number of salaries quoted 9,277 11,134 17,177
10th Percentile £32,500 £39,544 £37,500
25th Percentile £42,547 £48,750 £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 £86,250 £83,750
90th Percentile £105,000 £110,000 £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 2 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 (1.89%) Confluence
2 4 (1.52%) CMS
3 1 (0.38%) Drupal
3 1 (0.38%) SharePoint
Applications
1 11 (4.17%) Microsoft Excel
1 11 (4.17%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (2.27%) InVision
2 6 (2.27%) Sketch
3 5 (1.89%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (1.14%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.76%) Adobe Illustrator
5 2 (0.76%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.38%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.38%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 52 (19.70%) Azure
2 32 (12.12%) AWS
3 27 (10.23%) Power Platform
4 14 (5.30%) Azure DevOps
5 13 (4.92%) Microsoft 365
6 10 (3.79%) Google Analytics
6 10 (3.79%) Google Tag Manager
7 9 (3.41%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 7 (2.65%) Azure Data Factory
8 7 (2.65%) GCP
9 5 (1.89%) BigCommerce
10 4 (1.52%) npm
10 4 (1.52%) SaaS
10 4 (1.52%) Storyblok
11 3 (1.14%) dbt
11 3 (1.14%) PaaS
11 3 (1.14%) Snowflake
12 2 (0.76%) AWS CloudFormation
12 2 (0.76%) AWS CodeBuild
12 2 (0.76%) Azure Stack
Communications & Networking
1 20 (7.58%) Internet
2 16 (6.06%) Broadband
2 16 (6.06%) WPA
3 6 (2.27%) Intranet
4 4 (1.52%) VPN
5 3 (1.14%) DNS
5 3 (1.14%) SAN
6 2 (0.76%) Firewall
6 2 (0.76%) LAN
6 2 (0.76%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (10.23%) Power BI
2 25 (9.47%) Data Warehouse
3 24 (9.09%) SQL Server
4 21 (7.95%) Tableau
5 11 (4.17%) PostgreSQL
6 8 (3.03%) SQLite
7 7 (2.65%) BigQuery
7 7 (2.65%) Looker
8 4 (1.52%) Data Lake
8 4 (1.52%) Power Query
9 3 (1.14%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
9 3 (1.14%) Azure SQL Database
9 3 (1.14%) Big Data
9 3 (1.14%) Electronic Patient Records
10 2 (0.76%) EDRMS
10 2 (0.76%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 1 (0.38%) MS Access
11 1 (0.38%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 8 (3.03%) JIRA
2 4 (1.52%) gulp
2 4 (1.52%) Katalon Studio
2 4 (1.52%) Postman
3 3 (1.14%) Git
3 3 (1.14%) Visual Studio
4 2 (0.76%) Cypress.io
4 2 (0.76%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.76%) JIRA Agile
4 2 (0.76%) Selenium
5 1 (0.38%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 85 (32.20%) Social Skills
2 49 (18.56%) Finance
3 43 (16.29%) Marketing
4 33 (12.50%) Public Sector
5 30 (11.36%) Analytical Skills
6 29 (10.98%) Pharmaceutical
7 26 (9.85%) Health Technology
8 24 (9.09%) Retail
9 16 (6.06%) Digital Health
10 14 (5.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 11 (4.17%) Presentation Skills
12 10 (3.79%) Electronics
13 8 (3.03%) Telecoms
14 5 (1.89%) Organisational Skills
15 4 (1.52%) Local Government
16 3 (1.14%) Digital Healthcare
16 3 (1.14%) Manufacturing
17 2 (0.76%) Banking
17 2 (0.76%) Influencing Skills
17 2 (0.76%) Public Speaking
Job Titles
1 54 (20.45%) Developer
2 41 (15.53%) Senior
3 33 (12.50%) Lead
4 29 (10.98%) Analyst
5 21 (7.95%) Product Manager
6 18 (6.82%) Architect
6 18 (6.82%) Senior Developer
7 14 (5.30%) Project Manager
8 13 (4.92%) Technical Architect
9 11 (4.17%) Business Analyst
10 10 (3.79%) Senior Analyst
10 10 (3.79%) Senior Business Analyst
11 9 (3.41%) Business Intelligence Analyst
11 9 (3.41%) Full Stack Developer
11 9 (3.41%) Technical Leader
12 8 (3.03%) .NET Developer
12 8 (3.03%) Report Analyst
12 8 (3.03%) Software Developer
13 7 (2.65%) IT Manager
13 7 (2.65%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (12.50%) .NET
2 17 (6.44%) HTML
3 16 (6.06%) CSS
4 15 (5.68%) React
5 12 (4.55%) Lightning Web Components
6 9 (3.41%) ASP.NET
6 9 (3.41%) FHIR
6 9 (3.41%) XML
7 8 (3.03%) Django
7 8 (3.03%) htmx
7 8 (3.03%) Razor View Engine
8 6 (2.27%) .NET Framework
9 5 (1.89%) .NET Core
9 5 (1.89%) Entity Framework
9 5 (1.89%) Node.js
10 4 (1.52%) Gherkin
10 4 (1.52%) Tailwind CSS
10 4 (1.52%) Web Services
10 4 (1.52%) XSLT
11 3 (1.14%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 16 (6.06%) Mobile App
2 9 (3.41%) Product Ownership
3 8 (3.03%) Legacy Systems
3 8 (3.03%) Management Information System
3 8 (3.03%) Social Media
4 6 (2.27%) Driving Licence
5 5 (1.89%) Cloud Native
6 4 (1.52%) Algorithms
6 4 (1.52%) Blog
6 4 (1.52%) Life Science
6 4 (1.52%) Self-Motivation
7 3 (1.14%) Data Structures
7 3 (1.14%) Genomics
7 3 (1.14%) Onboarding
7 3 (1.14%) PMI
8 2 (0.76%) Client/Server
8 2 (0.76%) Digital Signage
8 2 (0.76%) Public Cloud
8 2 (0.76%) Replication
9 1 (0.38%) PACS
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.14%) Windows
2 2 (0.76%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.38%) Android
3 1 (0.38%) Linux
3 1 (0.38%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (20.45%) Agile
2 41 (15.53%) Roadmaps
3 36 (13.64%) Business Intelligence
3 36 (13.64%) User Stories
4 34 (12.88%) Analytics
4 34 (12.88%) Project Management
5 32 (12.12%) Acceptance Criteria
6 27 (10.23%) Product Requirements
7 26 (9.85%) DevOps
8 24 (9.09%) Mentoring
9 22 (8.33%) Problem-Solving
9 22 (8.33%) Software Engineering
10 21 (7.95%) Market Research
10 21 (7.95%) Product Strategy
11 20 (7.58%) Product Roadmap
11 20 (7.58%) Stakeholder Management
12 19 (7.20%) Visualisation
13 18 (6.82%) Full Stack Development
14 17 (6.44%) Decision-Making
14 17 (6.44%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 61 (23.11%) SQL
2 31 (11.74%) C#
3 25 (9.47%) Python
4 24 (9.09%) JavaScript
5 17 (6.44%) TypeScript
6 15 (5.68%) R
7 5 (1.89%) Java
8 4 (1.52%) Groovy
9 3 (1.14%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 3 (1.14%) JSX
9 3 (1.14%) PowerShell
9 3 (1.14%) T-SQL
10 2 (0.76%) Kusto Query Language
10 2 (0.76%) Ruby
10 2 (0.76%) VB.NET
11 1 (0.38%) C
11 1 (0.38%) Kotlin
11 1 (0.38%) PHP
11 1 (0.38%) Swift
Qualifications
1 42 (15.91%) Degree
2 30 (11.36%) DBS Check
3 24 (9.09%) CIPD
4 14 (5.30%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (1.89%) CISM
5 5 (1.89%) CISSP
6 4 (1.52%) Azure Certification
6 4 (1.52%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 3 (1.14%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 3 (1.14%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (1.14%) MCITP
7 3 (1.14%) MCSE
7 3 (1.14%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (1.14%) PMI Certification
8 2 (0.76%) CISA
8 2 (0.76%) CompTIA Security+
8 2 (0.76%) GIAC
8 2 (0.76%) Master's Degree
8 2 (0.76%) PMP
8 2 (0.76%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (5.68%) Accessibility
2 9 (3.41%) HL7
3 7 (2.65%) GDPR
4 6 (2.27%) Actionable Recommendations
4 6 (2.27%) PMO
4 6 (2.27%) QA
5 5 (1.89%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (1.14%) Data Quality
6 3 (1.14%) SLA
7 2 (0.76%) GRC
7 2 (0.76%) ISO 9001
7 2 (0.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.76%) NCSC
System Software
1 16 (6.06%) Docker
2 8 (3.03%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (1.89%) Active Directory
4 4 (1.52%) VMware Server
5 3 (1.14%) Virtual Servers
6 2 (0.76%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.76%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.38%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 12 (4.55%) Terraform
2 8 (3.03%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.76%) SCCM
4 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 39 (14.77%) Microsoft
2 16 (6.06%) Northgate
3 14 (5.30%) Google
4 12 (4.55%) Salesforce
5 8 (3.03%) Adobe
5 8 (3.03%) VMware
6 6 (2.27%) Facebook
6 6 (2.27%) Hotjar
7 5 (1.89%) Cisco
8 3 (1.14%) Commvault
8 3 (1.14%) IBM
8 3 (1.14%) New Relic
8 3 (1.14%) RedGate
8 3 (1.14%) SAP
8 3 (1.14%) Veeam
9 2 (0.76%) Atlassian
9 2 (0.76%) Databricks
9 2 (0.76%) Sophos
9 2 (0.76%) Xamarin
10 1 (0.38%) Proofpoint