Life Science Contracts in Merseyside

Life Sciences
North West > Merseyside

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Life Science in contract job vacancies advertised in Merseyside. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Life Science over the 6 months to 16 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 29 - 46
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Life Science 5 0 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Merseyside 2.24% - 0.27%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 16.67% - 0.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £115 - -
North West median daily rate £525 £475 £475
% change year-on-year +10.53% - -5.00%

All Generic Skills
Merseyside

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 Merseyside with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 30 92 114
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Merseyside 13.45% 26.59% 30.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 72 78
10th Percentile £115 £288 £200
25th Percentile £150 £363 £289
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £438 £430
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +1.74% +28.36%
75th Percentile £450 £606 £538
90th Percentile £525 £673 £641
North West median daily rate £500 £500 £465
% change year-on-year - +7.53% +24.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 3 5
10th Percentile £17.70 £16.04 £9.80
25th Percentile £18.11 £16.09 £12.51
Median hourly rate £34.21 £16.35 £33.05
Median % change year-on-year +109.24% -50.53% +164.19%
75th Percentile - £20.14 £38.03
90th Percentile - £22.31 £39.36
North West median hourly rate £25.25 £35.00 £18.50
% change year-on-year -27.86% +89.19% +3.35%

Life Science
Job Vacancy Trend in Merseyside

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

Job vacancy trend for Life Science in Merseyside

Life Science
Contract Job Locations in Merseyside

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 Merseyside region over the 6 months to 16 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
Liverpool - 4 £115 - 2
Life Science
North West

Life Science
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Merseyside 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:

Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (80.00%) TrackWise
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (80.00%) EDMS
General
1 5 (100.00%) Pharmaceutical
2 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) QA Specialist
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Document Management
1 4 (80.00%) QMS
1 4 (80.00%) Records Management
1 4 (80.00%) Workflow
2 1 (20.00%) Change Control
2 1 (20.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (20.00%) Project Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (100.00%) QA
2 1 (20.00%) GMP
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Adobe
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft