Life Science Contracts in the North of England

Life Sciences
England > North of England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Life Science in contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Life Science over the 6 months to 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 155 201 242
Rank change year-on-year +46 +41 -67
Contract jobs citing Life Science 29 9 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.62% 0.16% 0.15%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.30% 0.50% 0.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 3 3
10th Percentile £115 £430 £433
25th Percentile £135 £442 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% - -5.00%
75th Percentile £538 £586 £531
90th Percentile £551 £645 £558
England median daily rate £513 £488 £500
% change year-on-year +5.13% -2.50% +7.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 0 0
10th Percentile £26.83 - -
25th Percentile £31.44 - -
Median hourly rate £42.50 - -
75th Percentile £43.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £41.50 £62.50 £62.50
% change year-on-year -33.60% - +42.05%

All Generic Skills
North of England

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 the North of England with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,260 1,794 2,445
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 26.84% 30.96% 34.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 777 1,217 1,822
10th Percentile £265 £287 £200
25th Percentile £400 £413 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £520 £475
Median % change year-on-year -4.81% +9.47% +11.76%
75th Percentile £584 £620 £575
90th Percentile £663 £688 £655
England median daily rate £550 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 152 85 105
10th Percentile £12.15 £9.80 £11.35
25th Percentile £13.00 £10.63 £14.25
Median hourly rate £15.05 £17.24 £18.70
Median % change year-on-year -12.69% -7.81% +4.47%
75th Percentile £26.54 £45.00 £26.50
90th Percentile £48.75 £66.41 £43.92
England median hourly rate £31.50 £22.50 £26.50
% change year-on-year +40.00% -15.09% +1.50%

Life Science
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing Life Science as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Life Science in the North of England

Life Science
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Life Science in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for Life Science in the North of England

Life Science
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Life Science in the North of England over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Life Science in the North of England

Life Science
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Life Science in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for Life Science in the North of England

Life Science
Hourly Rate Histogram in the North of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Life Science in the North of England over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Life Science in the North of England

Life Science
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

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 North of England region over the 6 months to 4 May 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
North West +39 29 £525 +10.53% 21
Life Science
England

Life Science
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of 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 (6.90%) CMS
2 1 (3.45%) Drupal
2 1 (3.45%) SharePoint
2 1 (3.45%) WordPress
Applications
1 9 (31.03%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (24.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (17.24%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (6.90%) Revit
5 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 9 (31.03%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (13.79%) TrackWise
3 1 (3.45%) SAP BPC
3 1 (3.45%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 8 (27.59%) Power Platform
2 1 (3.45%) Squarespace
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.45%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (27.59%) Power BI
2 4 (13.79%) EDMS
3 1 (3.45%) Amazon Redshift
3 1 (3.45%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (3.45%) Metadata
3 1 (3.45%) SAP BW
3 1 (3.45%) SAP HANA
3 1 (3.45%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 1 (3.45%) JIRA
General
1 17 (58.62%) Pharmaceutical
2 12 (41.38%) Social Skills
3 6 (20.69%) Manufacturing
4 5 (17.24%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (17.24%) Finance
5 1 (3.45%) Automotive
5 1 (3.45%) Banking
5 1 (3.45%) French Language
5 1 (3.45%) German Language
5 1 (3.45%) Italian Language
5 1 (3.45%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (3.45%) Publishing
5 1 (3.45%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 8 (27.59%) Consultant
2 6 (20.69%) Functional Consultant
2 6 (20.69%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
3 5 (17.24%) Manufacturing Engineer
3 5 (17.24%) QA Specialist
3 5 (17.24%) Support Engineer
4 4 (13.79%) Senior
5 3 (10.34%) Analyst
5 3 (10.34%) IT Engineer
5 3 (10.34%) IT Support
5 3 (10.34%) IT Support Engineer
6 2 (6.90%) Data Analyst
6 2 (6.90%) Test Engineer
7 1 (3.45%) Content Editor
7 1 (3.45%) Data Manager
7 1 (3.45%) Senior Analyst
7 1 (3.45%) Senior Consultant
7 1 (3.45%) Senior Data Analyst
7 1 (3.45%) Service Analyst
7 1 (3.45%) Service Desk Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.45%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (3.45%) Reference Data
1 1 (3.45%) Renewable Energy
1 1 (3.45%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.45%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (31.03%) Project Management
2 7 (24.14%) Business Intelligence
2 7 (24.14%) Process Improvement
2 7 (24.14%) Stakeholder Management
3 6 (20.69%) Analytics
3 6 (20.69%) Business Transformation
3 6 (20.69%) Validation
4 5 (17.24%) Continuous Improvement
4 5 (17.24%) Data Analytics
4 5 (17.24%) Data Extraction
4 5 (17.24%) FMEA
4 5 (17.24%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (17.24%) Smart Manufacturing
4 5 (17.24%) Test Scripting
5 4 (13.79%) Document Management
5 4 (13.79%) QMS
5 4 (13.79%) Records Management
5 4 (13.79%) Workflow
6 3 (10.34%) Data Management
6 3 (10.34%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 6 (20.69%) SQL
2 1 (3.45%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (10.34%) Degree
2 2 (6.90%) RIBA
2 2 (6.90%) SC Cleared
2 2 (6.90%) Security Cleared
3 1 (3.45%) Master's Degree
3 1 (3.45%) PhD
3 1 (3.45%) PMI Certification
3 1 (3.45%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (20.69%) GAMP
1 6 (20.69%) GxP
1 6 (20.69%) QA
2 1 (3.45%) Data Quality
2 1 (3.45%) GDPR
2 1 (3.45%) GMP
2 1 (3.45%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 11 (37.93%) SAP
2 6 (20.69%) Ariba
3 4 (13.79%) Microsoft
4 2 (6.90%) Adobe
5 1 (3.45%) Hyperion
5 1 (3.45%) MicroStrategy
5 1 (3.45%) Oracle
5 1 (3.45%) Salesforce
5 1 (3.45%) ServiceNow