Life Science Contracts in Hertfordshire

Life Sciences
East of England > Hertfordshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Life Science in contract job vacancies advertised in Hertfordshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Life Science over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 68 73 71
Rank change year-on-year +5 -2 -15
Contract jobs citing Life Science 3 1 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 0.36% 0.12% 0.38%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.43% 0.36% 1.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £475 £321 £414
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £323 £428
Median % change year-on-year +55.04% -24.65% +14.13%
75th Percentile £563 £324 £442
90th Percentile £585 - -
East of England median daily rate £525 £463 £538
% change year-on-year +13.51% -13.95% +48.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £33.55
25th Percentile - - £35.13
Median hourly rate - - £40.50
75th Percentile - - £46.13
90th Percentile - - £47.85
East of England median hourly rate - - £40.50
% change year-on-year - - +34.44%

All Generic Skills
Hertfordshire

Life Science 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 Hertfordshire with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 210 276 218
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 25.52% 33.78% 27.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 81 175 135
10th Percentile £263 £250 £177
25th Percentile £350 £355 £306
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £453 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.50% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £638
90th Percentile £700 £733 £738
East of England median daily rate £459 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +1.94% -5.26% +18.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 60 33 26
10th Percentile £29.60 £21.00 £18.13
25th Percentile £60.00 £52.50 £40.29
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.50 £53.43
Median % change year-on-year -0.76% +22.60% +18.72%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £56.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £73.40 £72.50
East of England median hourly rate £55.00 £63.00 £26.98
% change year-on-year -12.70% +133.51% -32.55%

Life Science
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

Job postings citing Life Science as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire.

Job vacancy trend for Life Science in Hertfordshire

Life Science
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Life Science in Hertfordshire.

Daily rate trend for Life Science in Hertfordshire

Life Science
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Life Science in Hertfordshire.

Hourly rate trend for Life Science in Hertfordshire

Life Science
Contract Job Locations in Hertfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Life Science within the Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 27 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
Stevenage -5 3 £500 +55.04% 3
Life Science
East of England

Life Science
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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:

General
1 3 (100.00%) Manufacturing
2 2 (66.67%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Project Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity Manager
2 1 (33.33%) IT Manager
2 1 (33.33%) IT Project Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Security Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Biotechnology
2 2 (66.67%) Collaborative Working
2 2 (66.67%) ERP
2 2 (66.67%) Human Resource Management
2 2 (66.67%) Process Improvement
2 2 (66.67%) Project Delivery
2 2 (66.67%) Supply Chain Management
3 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (33.33%) GAP Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Patch Management
3 1 (33.33%) Risk Management
3 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
3 1 (33.33%) SIEM
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) GAMP
1 2 (66.67%) GMP
1 2 (66.67%) GxP
2 1 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Cisco
1 1 (33.33%) Fortinet