Life Science Jobs in London

Life Sciences
England > London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Life Science in permanent job vacancies advertised in London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Life Science over the 6 months to 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 365 442 321
Rank change year-on-year +77 -121 +176
Permanent jobs citing Life Science 141 192 863
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.60% 0.55% 1.29%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.48% 1.18% 2.57%
Number of salaries quoted 34 111 106
10th Percentile - £47,500 £47,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £52,125 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,750 £70,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.93% +3.70% -18.18%
75th Percentile £86,875 £83,750 £76,875
90th Percentile £105,000 £119,000 £93,125
England median annual salary £47,500 £64,470 £57,500
% change year-on-year -26.32% +12.12% +4.55%

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 9,498 16,222 33,515
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 40.30% 46.13% 50.13%
Number of salaries quoted 6,770 10,896 15,460
10th Percentile £37,500 £44,000 £45,000
25th Percentile £51,750 £56,250 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +3.45%
75th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £96,250
90th Percentile £127,500 £122,500 £120,000
England 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 London

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

Job vacancy trend for Life Science in London

Life Science
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Life Science in London

Life Science
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Life Science in London over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Life Science in London

Life Science
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Life Science within the London region over the 6 months to 5 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
Central London +106 65 £54,000 -10.00% 8
West London - 10 £75,000 - 12
Life Science
England

Life Science
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 (1.42%) SAS
2 1 (0.71%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.71%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.71%) Tomcat
Applications
1 13 (9.22%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (3.55%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 7 (4.96%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (2.84%) SAP BPC
2 4 (2.84%) SAP CO
2 4 (2.84%) SAP FI
2 4 (2.84%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (0.71%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.71%) SAP HR
3 1 (0.71%) SAP IBP
3 1 (0.71%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 20 (14.18%) Snowflake
2 7 (4.96%) AWS
3 5 (3.55%) Azure
3 5 (3.55%) SaaS
4 4 (2.84%) Dagster
5 3 (2.13%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (2.13%) Serverless
6 1 (0.71%) Amazon Cognito
6 1 (0.71%) Amazon EC2
6 1 (0.71%) Amazon EKS
6 1 (0.71%) Amazon S3
6 1 (0.71%) AWS CloudFormation
6 1 (0.71%) AWS CloudTrail
6 1 (0.71%) AWS Lambda
6 1 (0.71%) Azure Data Factory
6 1 (0.71%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (0.71%) Entra ID
6 1 (0.71%) GCP
6 1 (0.71%) GitHub
6 1 (0.71%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.42%) Firewall
1 2 (1.42%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (0.71%) DHCP
2 1 (0.71%) DNS
2 1 (0.71%) LAN
2 1 (0.71%) Network Security
2 1 (0.71%) SAN
2 1 (0.71%) SD-WAN
2 1 (0.71%) VLAN
2 1 (0.71%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (17.02%) SQL Server
2 21 (14.89%) Tableau
3 4 (2.84%) MySQL
3 4 (2.84%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (2.84%) SAP BW
4 3 (2.13%) Oracle Database
4 3 (2.13%) RDBMS
4 3 (2.13%) Relational Database
4 3 (2.13%) SQLite
5 2 (1.42%) Base SAS
6 1 (0.71%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.71%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.71%) Big Data
6 1 (0.71%) Metadata
6 1 (0.71%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (2.84%) Snakemake
2 1 (0.71%) Bitbucket
2 1 (0.71%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.71%) Terragrunt
General
1 69 (48.94%) Social Skills
2 63 (44.68%) Finance
3 56 (39.72%) Pharmaceutical
4 50 (35.46%) Marketing
5 43 (30.50%) Analytical Skills
6 24 (17.02%) Retail
7 23 (16.31%) Legal
8 16 (11.35%) Manufacturing
9 12 (8.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 12 (8.51%) Law
10 9 (6.38%) Billing
11 7 (4.96%) French Language
12 6 (4.26%) German Language
12 6 (4.26%) Spanish Language
13 4 (2.84%) Danish Language
13 4 (2.84%) Russian Language
13 4 (2.84%) Telecoms
14 3 (2.13%) Automotive
14 3 (2.13%) Presentation Skills
15 2 (1.42%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 40 (28.37%) Senior
2 36 (25.53%) Analyst
3 11 (7.80%) Financial Analyst
4 9 (6.38%) QA Manager
5 8 (5.67%) Senior Manager
6 7 (4.96%) Associate Director
6 7 (4.96%) Consultant
7 6 (4.26%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 5 (3.55%) Project Analyst
8 5 (3.55%) Senior Analyst
8 5 (3.55%) Senior Financial Analyst
9 4 (2.84%) Project Manager
9 4 (2.84%) SAP CO Consultant
9 4 (2.84%) SAP Consultant
9 4 (2.84%) SAP FI Consultant
9 4 (2.84%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
9 4 (2.84%) Senior Consultant
9 4 (2.84%) Senior SAP Consultant
9 4 (2.84%) Senior SAP FI Consultant
9 4 (2.84%) Senior SAP FI/CO Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (14.18%) CSS
1 20 (14.18%) HTML
2 4 (2.84%) PyTorch
3 1 (0.71%) FHIR
3 1 (0.71%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 8 (5.67%) Algorithms
2 6 (4.26%) Biopharmaceutical
2 6 (4.26%) Management Information System
2 6 (4.26%) Public Cloud
2 6 (4.26%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (2.84%) Driving Licence
3 4 (2.84%) Omics
3 4 (2.84%) Operational Technology
4 3 (2.13%) Enterprise Software
4 3 (2.13%) Learning Management System
4 3 (2.13%) LIMS
4 3 (2.13%) Renewable Energy
5 2 (1.42%) NHS
5 2 (1.42%) Product Ownership
6 1 (0.71%) Cloud Native
6 1 (0.71%) IoT
6 1 (0.71%) Linux Command Line
6 1 (0.71%) Pharmacovigilance
6 1 (0.71%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 6 (4.26%) Windows
2 4 (2.84%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.71%) Linux
3 1 (0.71%) Mac OS
3 1 (0.71%) Unix
3 1 (0.71%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (24.11%) Analytics
2 32 (22.70%) Problem-Solving
3 29 (20.57%) Biotechnology
4 25 (17.73%) Data Management
5 24 (17.02%) Business Development
6 21 (14.89%) Machine Learning
7 20 (14.18%) Artificial Intelligence
8 19 (13.48%) Computer Science
9 18 (12.77%) Time Management
10 17 (12.06%) Data Science
10 17 (12.06%) Market Surveillance
10 17 (12.06%) Neuroscience
11 16 (11.35%) Quantitative Analysis
12 14 (9.93%) Statistics
13 12 (8.51%) Informatics
13 12 (8.51%) Migration
13 12 (8.51%) Project Management
14 9 (6.38%) Data Modelling
14 9 (6.38%) Logistics
14 9 (6.38%) Strategic Planning
Programming Languages
1 25 (17.73%) SQL
2 20 (14.18%) JavaScript
2 20 (14.18%) T-SQL
3 7 (4.96%) Python
4 4 (2.84%) Bash
5 3 (2.13%) PL/SQL
6 2 (1.42%) Java
6 2 (1.42%) SAS Macro
7 1 (0.71%) Go
7 1 (0.71%) Scala
7 1 (0.71%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 99 (70.21%) Degree
2 21 (14.89%) PhD
3 12 (8.51%) Master's Degree
4 11 (7.80%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (3.55%) Security Cleared
6 1 (0.71%) MCSE
6 1 (0.71%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (14.18%) SLA
2 10 (7.09%) QA
3 8 (5.67%) GMP
4 3 (2.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (1.42%) CDISC
6 1 (0.71%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.71%) GDPR
6 1 (0.71%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.71%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.71%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 2 (1.42%) Active Directory
1 2 (1.42%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.71%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 2 (1.42%) Terraform
2 1 (0.71%) Ansible
2 1 (0.71%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.71%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 21 (14.89%) Microsoft
2 9 (6.38%) SAP
3 8 (5.67%) QAD
4 3 (2.13%) Oracle
5 2 (1.42%) Blue Prism
5 2 (1.42%) Salesforce
5 2 (1.42%) VMware
6 1 (0.71%) Citrix
6 1 (0.71%) Google
6 1 (0.71%) Hitachi
6 1 (0.71%) HP
6 1 (0.71%) Juniper
6 1 (0.71%) Palo Alto