Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS)
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term LIMS in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited LIMS 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 855 958 1118
Rank change year-on-year +103 +160 -333
Permanent jobs citing LIMS 56 41 95
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.057% 0.040% 0.061%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.16% 0.093% 0.13%
Number of salaries quoted 28 13 24
10th Percentile - - £43,750
25th Percentile £25,759 £26,224 £48,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £66,250
Median % change year-on-year - -32.08% +32.50%
75th Percentile £55,000 £53,250 £90,000
90th Percentile £57,000 £61,050 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £26,650 £71,250
% change year-on-year +68.86% -62.60% +42.50%

All Generic Skills
UK

LIMS 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 with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 34,939 44,198 74,100
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 35.47% 42.68% 47.35%
Number of salaries quoted 22,999 23,881 34,286
10th Percentile £28,000 £35,250 £34,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £46,250 £45,750
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 £86,250 £83,875
90th Percentile £97,500 £107,500 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%

LIMS
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing LIMS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for LIMS in the UK

LIMS
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing LIMS.

Salary trend for LIMS in the UK

LIMS
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing LIMS over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Salary histogram for LIMS in the UK

LIMS
Top 11 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing LIMS within the UK 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
England +113 53 £45,000 - 28
UK excluding London +12 49 £45,000 +68.86% 23
Work from Home +71 19 £54,000 +102.63% 7
South East +27 16 £73,750 +176.74% 4
East of England +27 15 £26,372 - 2
North of England +39 7 £55,000 +18.92% 8
North West +16 7 £55,000 +18.92% 3
South West -16 7 £45,000 - 3
Midlands - 4 £45,000 - 5
West Midlands - 4 £45,000 - 2
London +118 3 £54,000 +4.85% 7

LIMS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 (23.21%) Documentum
Applications
1 3 (5.36%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (5.36%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.79%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 13 (23.21%) TrackWise
2 1 (1.79%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 8 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (7.14%) SaaS
3 3 (5.36%) AWS
4 2 (3.57%) Asana
4 2 (3.57%) Google Workspace
5 1 (1.79%) Azure
5 1 (1.79%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (1.79%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.79%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (16.07%) PostgreSQL
1 9 (16.07%) SQL Server
2 4 (7.14%) Relational Database
3 3 (5.36%) MySQL
3 3 (5.36%) Oracle Database
3 3 (5.36%) RDBMS
3 3 (5.36%) SQLite
4 1 (1.79%) Big Data
4 1 (1.79%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (1.79%) Git
1 1 (1.79%) Redmine
General
1 34 (60.71%) Social Skills
2 19 (33.93%) Manufacturing
3 18 (32.14%) Pharmaceutical
4 17 (30.36%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (1.79%) Agriculture
5 1 (1.79%) Finance
5 1 (1.79%) Legal
5 1 (1.79%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 14 (25.00%) Systems Manager
2 13 (23.21%) Data Integrity Manager
2 13 (23.21%) Implementation Manager
2 13 (23.21%) IT Manager
2 13 (23.21%) QA Manager
2 13 (23.21%) Software Implementation Manager
2 13 (23.21%) Software Manager
3 9 (16.07%) Consultant
4 8 (14.29%) IT Support
4 8 (14.29%) IT Support Technician
4 8 (14.29%) IT Technician
4 8 (14.29%) LIMS Support
4 8 (14.29%) Support Technician
5 6 (10.71%) LIMS Consultant
6 4 (7.14%) Analyst
7 3 (5.36%) Implementation Consultant
8 2 (3.57%) Senior
8 2 (3.57%) Technical Consultant
8 2 (3.57%) Technical Implementation Consultant
9 1 (1.79%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.79%) NumPy
1 1 (1.79%) Pandas
1 1 (1.79%) pyodbc
1 1 (1.79%) PyQt
1 1 (1.79%) Tkinter
Miscellaneous
1 16 (28.57%) Life Science
2 9 (16.07%) NHS
3 7 (12.50%) Management Information System
4 4 (7.14%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (5.36%) Biopharmaceutical
5 3 (5.36%) Driving Licence
5 3 (5.36%) Learning Management System
6 1 (1.79%) Data Structures
6 1 (1.79%) e-Learning
6 1 (1.79%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 12 (21.43%) Windows
2 3 (5.36%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (44.64%) Problem-Solving
2 17 (30.36%) Biotechnology
2 17 (30.36%) Information Management
3 15 (26.79%) QMS
3 15 (26.79%) Validation
4 14 (25.00%) Change Control
5 13 (23.21%) CAPA
5 13 (23.21%) Computer Science
5 13 (23.21%) Impact Assessments
5 13 (23.21%) Project Management
6 12 (21.43%) Collaborative Working
7 9 (16.07%) Coaching
7 9 (16.07%) Information Governance
8 8 (14.29%) Collaborative Culture
8 8 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
8 8 (14.29%) Emotional Intelligence
9 5 (8.93%) Line Management
9 5 (8.93%) Workflow
10 4 (7.14%) Informatics
10 4 (7.14%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 5 (8.93%) SQL
2 3 (5.36%) PL/SQL
3 1 (1.79%) JavaScript
3 1 (1.79%) Python
Qualifications
1 30 (53.57%) Degree
2 1 (1.79%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (33.93%) GMP
2 16 (28.57%) QA
3 14 (25.00%) GxP
4 13 (23.21%) Good Clinical Practice
5 4 (7.14%) ISO 9001
5 4 (7.14%) ISO/IEC 17025
Vendors
1 13 (23.21%) Microsoft
2 6 (10.71%) Advent
2 6 (10.71%) LabWare
3 3 (5.36%) Oracle
4 2 (3.57%) Google
4 2 (3.57%) SAP