Life Science Contracts in the UK excluding London

Life Sciences
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Life Science in contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Life Science over the 6 months to 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 312 367 446
Rank change year-on-year +55 +79 -121
Contract jobs citing Life Science 84 80 66
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.41% 0.34% 0.22%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.41% 1.05% 0.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 31 29
10th Percentile £119 £193 £359
25th Percentile £413 £329 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +9.21% -5.00% +9.29%
75th Percentile £560 £538 £538
90th Percentile £623 £675 £590
UK median daily rate £525 £486 £500
% change year-on-year +7.97% -2.75% +6.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 6 2
10th Percentile £21.40 - £33.55
25th Percentile £31.44 £15.21 £35.13
Median hourly rate £42.00 £18.11 £40.50
Median % change year-on-year +131.98% -55.30% -7.95%
75th Percentile £43.75 £40.88 £46.13
90th Percentile £61.85 £54.06 £47.85
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £51.88 £62.50
% change year-on-year -18.07% -17.00% +40.45%

All Generic Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 5,968 7,613 9,647
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 29.14% 32.45% 31.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,580 5,131 6,667
10th Percentile £210 £220 £205
25th Percentile £375 £394 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £595 £613 £575
90th Percentile £688 £700 £669
UK median daily rate £540 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -1.82% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 720 433 451
10th Percentile £12.15 £9.80 £12.21
25th Percentile £14.06 £10.63 £15.50
Median hourly rate £28.50 £22.00 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +29.55% +4.76% -12.50%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £46.30
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £31.13 £22.49 £27.50
% change year-on-year +38.43% -18.24% +4.05%

Life Science
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Life Science as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Life Science in the UK excluding London

Life Science
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Life Science in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Life Science in the UK excluding London

Life Science
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Life Science in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Life Science in the UK excluding London

Life Science
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Life Science in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Life Science in the UK excluding London

Life Science
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Life Science in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Life Science in the UK excluding London

Life Science
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 9 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 of England +49 29 £525 +10.53% 40
North West +35 29 £525 +10.53% 15
South East 0 29 £425 -17.48% 52
East of England +25 26 £525 +13.51% 45
South West +19 5 - - 7
Midlands +36 2 - - 15
West Midlands +23 2 - - 12
Life Science
UK

Life Science
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (2.38%) CMS
2 1 (1.19%) Drupal
2 1 (1.19%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.19%) WordPress
Applications
1 18 (21.43%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (19.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (5.95%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (4.76%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (4.76%) Revit
5 1 (1.19%) AutoCAD
5 1 (1.19%) MicroStation
Business Applications
1 17 (20.24%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (5.95%) SAP GTS
3 4 (4.76%) TrackWise
4 2 (2.38%) SAP BPC
5 1 (1.19%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (1.19%) Sage X3
5 1 (1.19%) SAP MDG
5 1 (1.19%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 10 (11.90%) Power Platform
2 7 (8.33%) Smartsheet
3 4 (4.76%) SuccessFactors
4 3 (3.57%) Veeva
5 1 (1.19%) AWS
5 1 (1.19%) GCP
5 1 (1.19%) OCI
5 1 (1.19%) SaaS
5 1 (1.19%) Squarespace
5 1 (1.19%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.19%) Broadband
1 1 (1.19%) Firewall
1 1 (1.19%) LAN
1 1 (1.19%) Network Security
1 1 (1.19%) VPN
1 1 (1.19%) WAN
1 1 (1.19%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (11.90%) Power BI
2 5 (5.95%) EDMS
3 2 (2.38%) Metadata
3 2 (2.38%) SAP HANA
4 1 (1.19%) Amazon Redshift
4 1 (1.19%) Data Lake
4 1 (1.19%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (1.19%) SAP BW
4 1 (1.19%) Snowflake Schema
4 1 (1.19%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (2.38%) JIRA
2 1 (1.19%) Git
2 1 (1.19%) LabVIEW
General
1 37 (44.05%) Social Skills
2 35 (41.67%) Pharmaceutical
3 25 (29.76%) Manufacturing
4 9 (10.71%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (8.33%) Finance
6 6 (7.14%) Automotive
7 4 (4.76%) Legal
8 3 (3.57%) Banking
9 2 (2.38%) Marketing
10 1 (1.19%) Aerospace
10 1 (1.19%) Aviation
10 1 (1.19%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (1.19%) French Language
10 1 (1.19%) German Language
10 1 (1.19%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (1.19%) Italian Language
10 1 (1.19%) Law
10 1 (1.19%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (1.19%) Publishing
10 1 (1.19%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 12 (14.29%) Project Manager
2 11 (13.10%) Consultant
2 11 (13.10%) Senior
3 10 (11.90%) Analyst
4 9 (10.71%) Lead
4 9 (10.71%) QA Specialist
5 8 (9.52%) HR Manager
6 7 (8.33%) Functional Consultant
6 7 (8.33%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
7 6 (7.14%) Business Analyst
7 6 (7.14%) Test Manager
8 5 (5.95%) Manufacturing Engineer
8 5 (5.95%) Support Engineer
9 4 (4.76%) Architect
9 4 (4.76%) Business Systems Analyst
9 4 (4.76%) LIMS Business Analyst
9 4 (4.76%) Senior Analyst
10 3 (3.57%) Development Specialist
10 3 (3.57%) IT Support Engineer
10 3 (3.57%) Senior Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (7.14%) Web Services
2 2 (2.38%) Smart Contracts
Miscellaneous
1 12 (14.29%) Renewable Energy
2 4 (4.76%) LIMS
3 3 (3.57%) Management Information System
3 3 (3.57%) NHS
4 2 (2.38%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 1 (1.19%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.19%) Mobile App
5 1 (1.19%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.19%) Pharmacovigilance
5 1 (1.19%) Reference Data
5 1 (1.19%) Social Media
5 1 (1.19%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 3 (3.57%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (27.38%) Project Management
2 16 (19.05%) Problem-Solving
2 16 (19.05%) Stakeholder Management
3 13 (15.48%) Business Transformation
3 13 (15.48%) Continuous Improvement
4 12 (14.29%) Decision-Making
5 11 (13.10%) Agile
5 11 (13.10%) Analytics
5 11 (13.10%) Process Improvement
6 9 (10.71%) Business Intelligence
7 7 (8.33%) Change Management
7 7 (8.33%) Order to Cash
7 7 (8.33%) Validation
7 7 (8.33%) Workflow
8 6 (7.14%) Biotechnology
8 6 (7.14%) Change Control
8 6 (7.14%) Software Testing
8 6 (7.14%) Test Automation
8 6 (7.14%) Test Management
8 6 (7.14%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 6 (7.14%) SQL
2 1 (1.19%) Python
Qualifications
1 21 (25.00%) Degree
2 6 (7.14%) ISTQB
2 6 (7.14%) Master's Degree
3 4 (4.76%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (3.57%) RIBA
4 3 (3.57%) SC Cleared
4 3 (3.57%) Security Cleared
5 1 (1.19%) CCNA
5 1 (1.19%) CCNP
5 1 (1.19%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (1.19%) CISSP
5 1 (1.19%) HNC
5 1 (1.19%) Network+ Certification
5 1 (1.19%) PhD
5 1 (1.19%) PMI Certification
5 1 (1.19%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (13.10%) QA
2 9 (10.71%) GxP
3 8 (9.52%) GAMP
4 7 (8.33%) GMP
5 5 (5.95%) HL7
6 2 (2.38%) GDPR
6 2 (2.38%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (1.19%) Data Quality
7 1 (1.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
Systems Management
1 1 (1.19%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 19 (22.62%) SAP
2 15 (17.86%) Microsoft
3 7 (8.33%) Adobe
3 7 (8.33%) Ariba
4 4 (4.76%) Workday
5 3 (3.57%) Oracle
6 2 (2.38%) Cisco
6 2 (2.38%) Fortinet
6 2 (2.38%) Hyperion
6 2 (2.38%) ServiceNow
7 1 (1.19%) BT
7 1 (1.19%) MicroStrategy
7 1 (1.19%) Palo Alto
7 1 (1.19%) Sage
7 1 (1.19%) Salesforce