Competition ratios per post for each specialty
| Specialty | Number of applications | Number of direct entry posts | Competition ratio |
| Andrology | 13 | 2 | 6.5 |
| Audiology | 119 | 15 | 7.9 |
| Cancer Genomics | 388 | 14 | 27.7 |
| Cardiac Science | 601 | 38 | 15.8 |
| Clinical Biochemistry | 822 | 31 | 26.5 |
| Clinical Bioinformatics (Genomics) | 174 | 6 | 29.0 |
| Clinical Bioinformatics (Health Informatics) | 36 | 7 | 5.1 |
| Clinical Bioinformatics (Physical Sciences) | 29 | 4 | 7.3 |
| Clinical Engineering | 232 | 20 | 11.6 |
| Clinical Immunology | 310 | 7 | 44.3 |
| Clinical Pharmaceutical Science | 272 | 12 | 22.7 |
| Critical Care Science | 80 | 7 | 11.4 |
| Gastrointestinal Physiology | 21 | 1 | 21.0 |
| Genomic Counselling (formerly Genetic Counselling) | 484 | 14 | 34.6 |
| Genomics (formerly Genetics) | 403 | 15 | 26.9 |
| Haematology and Transfusion Science | 114 | 2 | 57.0 |
| Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics | 73 | 7 | 10.4 |
| Medical Physics | 640 | 68 | 9.4 |
| Microbiology | 509 | 8 | 63.6 |
| Neurophysiology | 334 | 6 | 55.7 |
| Reconstructive Science | 32 | 5 | 6.4 |
| Reproductive Science | 353 | 9 | 39.2 |
| Respiratory and Sleep Sciences | 128 | 8 | 16.0 |
| Vascular Science | 79 | 14 | 5.6 |
Applicants for the STP 2021 intake were only allowed to apply to 1 specialty. This was altered due to the COVID-19 pandemic affecting the recruitment process to the programme that year.
Ethnic demographic data for STP applicants
| Ethnic group | Total number of applications – 2021 * | Total number of accepted offers – 2021 |
| Any other Asian background | 308 (4.93%) | 8 |
| Any other Black background | 20 (0.32%) | 0 |
| Any other ethnic group | 116 (1.86%) | 5 |
| Any other mixed background | 67 (1.07%) | <5 |
| Any other white background | 494 (7.91%) | 25 |
| Asian or Asian British – Bangladeshi | 145 (2.32%) | <5 |
| Asian or Asian British – Indian | 435 (6.96%) | 14 |
| Asian or Asian British – Pakistani | 246 (3.94%) | 5 |
| Black or Black British – African | 461 (7.38%) | 15 |
| Black or Black British – Caribbean | 59 (0.94%) | <5 |
| Blank entry | 190 (3.04%) | <5 |
| Chinese | 133 (2.13%) | 7 |
| Mixed White and Asian | 121 (1.94%) | 8 |
| Mixed White and Black African | 49 (0.78%) | <5 |
| Mixed White and Black Caribbean | 49 (0.78%) | 8 |
| Not Stated | 93 (1.49%) | <5 |
| White British | 3179 (50.90%) | 197 |
| White Irish | 81 (1.30%) | 7 |
| Total | 6246 | 315 |
*The percentage of applications is shown in brackets.
Changes to the 2021 recruitment process
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic some changes were made to the recruitment process to enable them to continue. The altered process included:
- no long listing or online test
- online non competitive interviews
- applicants could only apply to 1 specialty