LIMS Contracts in England

Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS)
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term LIMS in contract job vacancies advertised in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited LIMS over the 6 months to 19 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 516 598 715
Rank change year-on-year +82 +117 -133
Contract jobs citing LIMS 27 60 64
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.073% 0.12% 0.089%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.23% 0.35% 0.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 20 30
10th Percentile £355 £150 £260
25th Percentile £456 £208 £278
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £243 £450
Median % change year-on-year +116.49% -46.11% -5.26%
75th Percentile £619 £450 £525
90th Percentile £723 £575 £591
UK median daily rate £535 £261 £463
% change year-on-year +104.98% -43.57% -11.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 6 0
Median hourly rate - £12.75 -
UK median hourly rate - £12.75 -

All Generic Skills
England

LIMS is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 11,496 17,234 24,297
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 30.89% 33.64% 33.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,516 11,950 17,291
10th Percentile £263 £310 £313
25th Percentile £413 £450 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £675 £698 £670
90th Percentile £800 £800 £763
UK median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 816 613 643
10th Percentile £12.25 £9.80 £13.78
25th Percentile £15.13 £10.63 £16.50
Median hourly rate £28.50 £22.49 £26.50
Median % change year-on-year +26.75% -15.15% +2.91%
75th Percentile £59.06 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £67.14
UK median hourly rate £28.25 £22.49 £27.00
% change year-on-year +25.64% -16.72% +5.88%

LIMS
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing LIMS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for LIMS in England

LIMS
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing LIMS in England.

Daily rate trend for LIMS in England

LIMS
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing LIMS in England over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for LIMS in England

LIMS
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing LIMS in England.

Hourly rate trend for LIMS in England

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Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing LIMS within the England region over the 6 months to 19 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East +17 9 £450 +40.63% 3
London +92 6 £594 +18.75% 8
East of England +13 6 £525 +133.33%
North of England +33 2 £363 - 4
Midlands +24 2 - - 2
East Midlands +13 2 - - 1
South West +25 1 £215 -2.27% 1
North West +17 1 £350 - 2
Yorkshire - 1 £375 - 2
LIMS
UK

LIMS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 2 (7.41%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 1 (3.70%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 1 (3.70%) AWS
1 1 (3.70%) Azure
1 1 (3.70%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (3.70%) Entra ID
1 1 (3.70%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (3.70%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.70%) DHCP
1 1 (3.70%) DNS
1 1 (3.70%) Firewall
1 1 (3.70%) LAN
1 1 (3.70%) NetScaler
1 1 (3.70%) WAN
1 1 (3.70%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (37.04%) Electronic Patient Records
2 1 (3.70%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (3.70%) Visual Studio
General
1 14 (51.85%) Manufacturing
2 9 (33.33%) Public Sector
3 8 (29.63%) Electronics
3 8 (29.63%) Finance
3 8 (29.63%) Marketing
3 8 (29.63%) Telecoms
4 5 (18.52%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (14.81%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (3.70%) Back Office
6 1 (3.70%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (3.70%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 11 (40.74%) Project Manager
2 8 (29.63%) LIMS Manager
2 8 (29.63%) LIMS Project Manager
3 6 (22.22%) Architect
3 6 (22.22%) Lead
3 6 (22.22%) Solutions Architect
4 5 (18.52%) Lead Architect
4 5 (18.52%) Lead Solutions Architect
5 4 (14.81%) Analyst
5 4 (14.81%) Business Analyst
5 4 (14.81%) Business Systems Analyst
5 4 (14.81%) LIMS Business Analyst
5 4 (14.81%) Senior
6 3 (11.11%) Senior Analyst
6 3 (11.11%) Senior Business Analyst
6 3 (11.11%) Senior Business Systems Analyst
7 2 (7.41%) IT Manager
8 1 (3.70%) Developer
8 1 (3.70%) SAP Architect
8 1 (3.70%) SAP Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.70%) CSS
1 1 (3.70%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 12 (44.44%) NHS
2 4 (14.81%) Life Science
3 2 (7.41%) e-Health
3 2 (7.41%) PACS
4 1 (3.70%) Client/Server
4 1 (3.70%) Onboarding
4 1 (3.70%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.70%) Windows
1 1 (3.70%) Windows Server
1 1 (3.70%) Windows Server 2012
1 1 (3.70%) Windows Server 2016
1 1 (3.70%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (37.04%) Business Intelligence
2 8 (29.63%) Digital Marketing
2 8 (29.63%) Programme Management
2 8 (29.63%) Test Scripting
2 8 (29.63%) Validation
3 5 (18.52%) Project Management
4 4 (14.81%) Agile
4 4 (14.81%) PRINCE2
5 3 (11.11%) Information Management
5 3 (11.11%) Service Delivery
6 2 (7.41%) Analytics
6 2 (7.41%) Data Migration
6 2 (7.41%) ePrescribing
6 2 (7.41%) Health Informatics
6 2 (7.41%) Informatics
6 2 (7.41%) ITIL
6 2 (7.41%) Migration
6 2 (7.41%) Service Management
7 1 (3.70%) Digital Transformation Programme
7 1 (3.70%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.70%) JavaScript
1 1 (3.70%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (14.81%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (37.04%) HL7
System Software
1 1 (3.70%) Virtual Desktop
1 1 (3.70%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (3.70%) vSphere
1 1 (3.70%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 1 (3.70%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 14 (51.85%) SAP
2 6 (22.22%) LabWare
3 5 (18.52%) Infor
4 1 (3.70%) Aruba
4 1 (3.70%) Cisco
4 1 (3.70%) Citrix
4 1 (3.70%) Fortinet
4 1 (3.70%) HP
4 1 (3.70%) Microsoft
4 1 (3.70%) NetApp
4 1 (3.70%) Oracle
4 1 (3.70%) Sophos
4 1 (3.70%) VMware