Band 6

Experienced practitioner. SFIA level 4. Job evaluation points 396 to 465.

Knowledge: Specialist knowledge across a range of procedures, built through further training or experience.
Autonomy: Works independently; interprets policy for own area; seeks advice on complex issues.
Scope: A product, service, or workstream.
Leadership: May lead a small team or mentor colleagues.
Accountability: Outcomes of own workstream and quality of advice given.
Civil Service grades: HEO, SEO

Role levels in Band 6

Associate network architect Network architect · Architecture
Associate technical architect Technical architect · Architecture
Trainee business architect Business architect · Architecture
Clinical informatics specialist Clinical informatician · Clinical informatics and clinical safety
Communications lead Communications officer · Corporate services
Executive office manager Executive assistant · Corporate services
PMO manager Project support officer · Corporate services
Senior governance and risk officer Governance and risk manager · Corporate services
Security engineer Security engineer · Cyber security
Security operations analyst Security operations analyst · Cyber security
Analytics engineer Analytics engineer · Data
Clinical coding auditor and trainer Clinical coder · Data
Data analyst Data analyst · Data
Data engineer Data engineer · Data
Data scientist Data scientist · Data
Performance analyst Performance analyst · Data
Financial accountant Financial accountant · Finance
Management accountant Management accountant · Finance
Payroll manager Payroll officer · Finance
Learning and development specialist Learning and development specialist · Human resources
Recruitment manager Recruitment officer · Human resources
Senior HR adviser Human resources officer · Human resources
Information governance lead Information governance officer · Information governance
Change and release manager Change and release manager · IT operations
Infrastructure engineer Infrastructure engineer · IT operations
IT service manager IT service manager · IT operations
Problem manager Problem manager · IT operations
Senior application operations engineer Application operations engineer · IT operations
Senior end user computing engineer End user computing engineer · IT operations
Service desk manager Service desk analyst · IT operations
Senior procurement officer Procurement officer · Procurement and commercial
Associate product manager Product manager · Product and delivery
Business analyst Business analyst · Product and delivery
Digital portfolio manager Digital portfolio manager · Product and delivery
Project manager Project manager · Product and delivery
Senior quality assurance test analyst Quality assurance test analyst · Quality assurance testing
Test engineer Test engineer · Quality assurance testing
DevOps engineer DevOps engineer · Software development
Frontend developer Frontend developer · Software development
Integration engineer Integration engineer (health interoperability) · Software development
Software developer Software developer · Software development
Accessibility specialist Accessibility specialist · User-centred design
Content designer Content designer · User-centred design
Interaction designer Interaction designer · User-centred design
Service designer Service designer · User-centred design
User researcher User researcher · User-centred design