Health tech and digital health jobs in the UK
Digital health roles for people with a clinical background and no wish to leave clinical thinking behind. Clinical safety, informatics, data and governance across a women's health platform, all remote or hybrid, all with published pay.
What these roles pay in the UK
Healthcare data analyst
£55,000 to £70,000SQL plus Python or R, outcomes and equity analysis
Clinical safety officer
£70,000 to £90,000 pro rataDCB0129 and DCB0160, two days a week, board reporting
Clinical informatics lead
£75,000 to £95,000SNOMED CT, FHIR, clinical data model ownership
Head of clinical governance
£90,000 to £115,000CQC readiness, audit, incident management, network-wide
Bands are indicative UK market ranges for 2026 and vary with caseload, accreditation and location.
The market right now
UK health tech hiring has shifted away from generalist product roles towards people who can hold clinical risk. Clinical safety officers, clinical informaticians and analysts who understand clinical caveats are the scarce group, and the pay reflects it.
Clinical safety in particular is a regulated function. DCB0129 and DCB0160 compliance is mandatory for health IT systems used in NHS care, and the pool of trained clinical safety officers is small enough that contract rates reach £600 to £900 a day.
Clinical informatics sits at the other constraint: data that is not structured or coded cannot be analysed, and women's health is under-researched partly for that reason. SNOMED CT and FHIR competence combined with a clinical background is genuinely rare.
Nearly all of this work is remote-first. Health tech companies compete nationally rather than regionally, which means clinicians outside London reach London pay bands without relocating.
Live now in this specialism
6 roles open today, pay published on each.
- Clinical safety officerRemote (UK) · £70,000 to £90,000 pro rata · Part-time
- Clinical informatics leadRemote (UK) · £75,000 to £95,000 · Permanent
- Healthcare data analyst, women's healthRemote (UK) · £55,000 to £70,000 · Permanent
- Head of clinical governanceLondon · £90,000 to £115,000 · Permanent
- Clinical research nurse, women's health studiesHybrid (London) · £44,000 to £52,000 a year · Permanent
- Product manager, women's digital healthRemote (UK) · £70,000 to £90,000 a year · Permanent
Clinical areas you'll work across
Frequently asked questions
What qualifications does a clinical safety officer need?
Current clinical registration plus formal Clinical Safety Officer training, and practical experience of DCB0129 and DCB0160. The clinical registration is not optional: the role signs off clinical risk.
How much do clinical safety officers earn in the UK?
Employed CSO roles pay £70,000 to £100,000 full-time equivalent, and contract CSOs charge £600 to £900 a day. Many hold the role part-time alongside clinical practice, which employers generally prefer.
Can clinicians move into health tech without a technical background?
Yes, for clinical safety, informatics and governance roles specifically. What is needed is the ability to translate between clinical and engineering teams, not the ability to write production code.
Do health tech jobs pay more than the NHS?
For senior clinical-digital roles, usually yes: health tech clinical informatics leads run £70,000 to £110,000 against NHS Band 8b to 8c. The trade is the loss of the NHS pension.
Are these roles fully remote?
Mostly. Our digital roles are remote-first with quarterly team days, which is now standard across UK health tech.
What is DCB0129?
The NHS Digital clinical risk management standard for manufacturers of health IT systems. DCB0160 is its counterpart for organisations deploying them. Both require a named clinical safety officer and a maintained hazard log.
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