Life Science Jobs in England

Life Sciences
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Life Science in permanent job vacancies advertised in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries 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 525 494 306
Rank change year-on-year -31 -188 +151
Permanent jobs citing Life Science 330 513 1,767
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.39% 0.56% 1.33%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.12% 1.29% 2.87%
Number of salaries quoted 130 228 173
10th Percentile £28,498 £32,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £64,470 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year -26.32% +13.11% -0.87%
75th Percentile £63,750 £82,125 £75,000
90th Percentile £85,250 £104,375 £90,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £65,000 £57,250
% change year-on-year -26.92% +13.54% +4.09%

All Generic Skills
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 permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 29,596 39,783 61,534
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 34.73% 43.14% 46.46%
Number of salaries quoted 20,828 21,588 30,624
10th Percentile £28,000 £35,435 £34,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £46,570 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £87,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £98,750 £110,000 £105,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +4.17%

Life Science
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Life Science in England

Life Science
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Life Science in England.

Salary trend for Life Science in England

Life Science
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Life Science in England over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Life Science in England

Life Science
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Life Science within the 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +71 141 £63,750 -8.93% 92
South East -24 59 £40,000 -23.81% 60
North of England -36 53 £40,000 -23.81% 48
East of England +15 33 £40,000 -15.79% 42
Yorkshire +30 28 £33,750 +3.85% 21
Midlands +23 27 £62,500 -10.05% 19
East Midlands -2 22 - - 4
North West +2 21 £52,500 -19.23% 21
South West -12 14 £42,500 -5.56% 6
West Midlands +12 5 £62,500 -16.67% 15
North East -9 4 £27,875 -75.76% 12
Life Science
UK

Life Science
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 13 (3.94%) Documentum
2 9 (2.73%) SAS
3 8 (2.42%) Microsoft Exchange
4 6 (1.82%) OpenStack
4 6 (1.82%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.30%) Apache
5 1 (0.30%) IIS
5 1 (0.30%) Tomcat
5 1 (0.30%) WebSphere
Applications
1 33 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
2 24 (7.27%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (1.82%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.61%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 2 (0.61%) Adobe XD
4 2 (0.61%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 16 (4.85%) TrackWise
2 11 (3.33%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (1.21%) Oracle ERP
3 4 (1.21%) SAP BPC
3 4 (1.21%) SAP CO
3 4 (1.21%) SAP ERP
3 4 (1.21%) SAP FI
3 4 (1.21%) SAP FI/CO
3 4 (1.21%) SAP HR
3 4 (1.21%) SAP Payroll
4 3 (0.91%) SAP IBP
5 1 (0.30%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 33 (10.00%) Azure
2 26 (7.88%) AWS
3 20 (6.06%) Snowflake
4 17 (5.15%) Microsoft 365
5 12 (3.64%) GitHub
6 8 (2.42%) Serverless
7 6 (1.82%) IaaS
7 6 (1.82%) SaaS
8 4 (1.21%) Azure DevOps
8 4 (1.21%) Dagster
8 4 (1.21%) Power Platform
9 2 (0.61%) Adobe Creative Cloud
9 2 (0.61%) Entra ID
9 2 (0.61%) Figma
9 2 (0.61%) GCP
9 2 (0.61%) Google Workspace
9 2 (0.61%) OCI
9 2 (0.61%) PowerApps
10 1 (0.30%) Amazon EC2
10 1 (0.30%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 14 (4.24%) Firewall
2 4 (1.21%) LAN
2 4 (1.21%) SAN
2 4 (1.21%) TCP/IP
2 4 (1.21%) WAN
3 3 (0.91%) Intrusion Detection
3 3 (0.91%) Wireless
4 2 (0.61%) VPN
4 2 (0.61%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.30%) DHCP
5 1 (0.30%) DNS
5 1 (0.30%) NAS
5 1 (0.30%) Network Security
5 1 (0.30%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.30%) VLAN
5 1 (0.30%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (10.91%) SQL Server
2 22 (6.67%) Tableau
3 10 (3.03%) Relational Database
4 5 (1.52%) MS Access
4 5 (1.52%) MySQL
5 4 (1.21%) Metadata
5 4 (1.21%) PostgreSQL
5 4 (1.21%) Power BI
5 4 (1.21%) SAP BW
6 3 (0.91%) Amazon RDS
6 3 (0.91%) Big Data
6 3 (0.91%) Oracle Database
6 3 (0.91%) RDBMS
6 3 (0.91%) SQLite
7 2 (0.61%) Base SAS
8 1 (0.30%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.30%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 7 (2.12%) Git
2 5 (1.52%) InstallShield
2 5 (1.52%) JIRA
3 4 (1.21%) Snakemake
4 2 (0.61%) Axure RP
5 1 (0.30%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.30%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.30%) Terragrunt
General
1 138 (41.82%) Social Skills
2 132 (40.00%) Pharmaceutical
3 86 (26.06%) Finance
4 79 (23.94%) Analytical Skills
5 62 (18.79%) Marketing
6 46 (13.94%) Law
7 44 (13.33%) Manufacturing
8 34 (10.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 33 (10.00%) Legal
10 29 (8.79%) Retail
11 13 (3.94%) Billing
12 9 (2.73%) Presentation Skills
13 7 (2.12%) French Language
13 7 (2.12%) Military
14 6 (1.82%) German Language
14 6 (1.82%) Spanish Language
15 5 (1.52%) Games
15 5 (1.52%) Telecoms
16 4 (1.21%) Danish Language
16 4 (1.21%) Russian Language
Job Titles
1 81 (24.55%) Analyst
2 58 (17.58%) Senior
3 22 (6.67%) QA Manager
4 20 (6.06%) Development Manager
5 19 (5.76%) Senior Manager
6 18 (5.45%) Developer
6 18 (5.45%) Research Analyst
7 17 (5.15%) Business Development Manager
7 17 (5.15%) Business Manager
8 15 (4.55%) IT Manager
8 15 (4.55%) Software Engineer
9 14 (4.24%) IT Analyst
9 14 (4.24%) Systems Manager
10 13 (3.94%) Associate Director
10 13 (3.94%) Data Integrity Manager
11 12 (3.64%) Data Scientist
11 12 (3.64%) IT Support
11 12 (3.64%) Lead
11 12 (3.64%) Senior Data Scientist
12 11 (3.33%) Financial Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (7.88%) HTML
2 24 (7.27%) CSS
3 9 (2.73%) .NET
4 7 (2.12%) XML
5 5 (1.52%) Oracle Fusion
6 4 (1.21%) .NET Core
6 4 (1.21%) .NET Framework
6 4 (1.21%) AngularJS
6 4 (1.21%) EDI
6 4 (1.21%) Entity Framework
6 4 (1.21%) PyTorch
6 4 (1.21%) React
7 1 (0.30%) FHIR
7 1 (0.30%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 32 (9.70%) Biopharmaceutical
2 17 (5.15%) Management Information System
3 16 (4.85%) LIMS
4 11 (3.33%) Public Cloud
5 10 (3.03%) Algorithms
5 10 (3.03%) Renewable Energy
6 9 (2.73%) Driving Licence
6 9 (2.73%) Self-Motivation
7 7 (2.12%) Data Structures
7 7 (2.12%) Product Ownership
8 4 (1.21%) Data Centre
8 4 (1.21%) Device Driver
8 4 (1.21%) Omics
8 4 (1.21%) Operational Technology
9 3 (0.91%) Enterprise Software
9 3 (0.91%) Learning Management System
9 3 (0.91%) Onboarding
9 3 (0.91%) Pharmacovigilance
10 2 (0.61%) Robotics
10 2 (0.61%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 39 (11.82%) Windows
2 17 (5.15%) Windows Server
3 12 (3.64%) Linux
4 6 (1.82%) Mac OS
5 4 (1.21%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.30%) Unix
6 1 (0.30%) Windows Server 2003
6 1 (0.30%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (0.30%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.30%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 84 (25.45%) Problem-Solving
2 72 (21.82%) Biotechnology
3 48 (14.55%) Analytics
4 47 (14.24%) Business Development
5 44 (13.33%) Validation
6 42 (12.73%) Computer Science
7 37 (11.21%) Data Science
8 30 (9.09%) Project Management
9 28 (8.48%) Chemistry
9 28 (8.48%) Data Management
10 27 (8.18%) Artificial Intelligence
11 25 (7.58%) Software Engineering
12 22 (6.67%) Machine Learning
12 22 (6.67%) Statistics
13 21 (6.36%) Neuroscience
14 19 (5.76%) OO
14 19 (5.76%) QMS
14 19 (5.76%) Time Management
15 18 (5.45%) Acceptance Criteria
15 18 (5.45%) Due Diligence
Programming Languages
1 42 (12.73%) SQL
2 24 (7.27%) JavaScript
3 20 (6.06%) Python
3 20 (6.06%) T-SQL
4 15 (4.55%) C#
5 10 (3.03%) Bash
6 9 (2.73%) Ruby
7 7 (2.12%) Java
8 5 (1.52%) C++
8 5 (1.52%) VB
9 4 (1.21%) Delphi
10 3 (0.91%) PL/SQL
11 2 (0.61%) R
11 2 (0.61%) SAS Macro
12 1 (0.30%) Go
12 1 (0.30%) Scala
12 1 (0.30%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 187 (56.67%) Degree
2 43 (13.03%) PhD
3 29 (8.79%) Master's Degree
4 26 (7.88%) Computer Science Degree
5 10 (3.03%) CFA
5 10 (3.03%) CIMA
5 10 (3.03%) MBA
6 9 (2.73%) Security Cleared
7 7 (2.12%) Numerate Degree
8 3 (0.91%) CISA
8 3 (0.91%) CISSP
8 3 (0.91%) PMI Certification
8 3 (0.91%) PMP
9 1 (0.30%) MCSE
9 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (10.91%) QA
2 27 (8.18%) GMP
3 22 (6.67%) SLA
4 18 (5.45%) GLP
5 14 (4.24%) Good Clinical Practice
6 13 (3.94%) GxP
7 9 (2.73%) CDISC
8 8 (2.42%) Accessibility
9 6 (1.82%) GDPR
9 6 (1.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 5 (1.52%) GAMP
11 4 (1.21%) ISO 9001
11 4 (1.21%) PCI DSS
12 3 (0.91%) HIPAA
13 2 (0.61%) Cyber Essentials
13 2 (0.61%) Data Quality
13 2 (0.61%) GRC
13 2 (0.61%) ITGC
13 2 (0.61%) SOC 2
14 1 (0.30%) NIST
System Software
1 17 (5.15%) Active Directory
2 13 (3.94%) Hyper-V
3 8 (2.42%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.61%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 7 (2.12%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (1.52%) SCCM
3 2 (0.61%) Nessus
3 2 (0.61%) Terraform
4 1 (0.30%) Ansible
4 1 (0.30%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.30%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 63 (19.09%) Microsoft
2 18 (5.45%) SAP
3 12 (3.64%) VMware
4 11 (3.33%) iManage
4 11 (3.33%) Oracle
5 8 (2.42%) QAD
6 4 (1.21%) F5
6 4 (1.21%) Salesforce
7 2 (0.61%) Adobe
7 2 (0.61%) Blue Prism
7 2 (0.61%) IONA
8 1 (0.30%) Cisco
8 1 (0.30%) Citrix
8 1 (0.30%) Databricks
8 1 (0.30%) Google
8 1 (0.30%) Hitachi
8 1 (0.30%) HP
8 1 (0.30%) Juniper
8 1 (0.30%) Palo Alto