Life Science Jobs with Work from Home Options

Life Sciences
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Life Science in permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH). Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Life Science over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 435 474 536
Rank change year-on-year +39 +62 -175
Permanent jobs citing Life Science 161 195 335
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.48% 0.47% 0.49%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.34% 1.22% 1.05%
Number of salaries quoted 46 120 128
10th Percentile £37,500 £46,250 £43,750
25th Percentile £46,250 £51,250 £45,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,250 £67,750 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -21.40% +23.18% -4.35%
75th Percentile £65,575 £82,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £102,500 £85,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £65,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -26.92% +13.04% +9.52%

All Generic Skills
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and a requirement for generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 12,055 16,013 32,008
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 35.60% 38.51% 46.59%
Number of salaries quoted 9,252 11,630 16,857
10th Percentile £32,500 £39,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £48,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,500 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.46% - +13.04%
75th Percentile £78,750 £86,250 £84,056
90th Percentile £101,250 £107,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +4.17%

Life Science
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Life Science as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Life Science trend for jobs with a WFH option

Life Science
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Life Science.

Life Science salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Life Science
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Life Science over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Life Science salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Life Science
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 (8.07%) Documentum
2 6 (3.73%) OpenStack
3 2 (1.24%) SAS
Applications
1 27 (16.77%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (4.35%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.24%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 2 (1.24%) Adobe XD
3 2 (1.24%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 13 (8.07%) TrackWise
2 1 (0.62%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 20 (12.42%) Snowflake
2 18 (11.18%) Azure
3 16 (9.94%) AWS
4 11 (6.83%) GitHub
5 8 (4.97%) IaaS
6 7 (4.35%) SaaS
7 6 (3.73%) Microsoft 365
7 6 (3.73%) Power Platform
8 5 (3.11%) PowerApps
9 4 (2.48%) Dagster
9 4 (2.48%) Entra ID
10 3 (1.86%) Azure Service Bus
10 3 (1.86%) Cloud Computing
10 3 (1.86%) Dynamics 365
10 3 (1.86%) Power Automate
11 2 (1.24%) Adobe Creative Cloud
11 2 (1.24%) Figma
11 2 (1.24%) Google Workspace
11 2 (1.24%) PaaS
12 1 (0.62%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.48%) Firewall
2 3 (1.86%) VPN
3 2 (1.24%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (0.62%) LAN
4 1 (0.62%) Network Security
4 1 (0.62%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.62%) WAN
4 1 (0.62%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (18.01%) SQL Server
2 21 (13.04%) Tableau
3 6 (3.73%) Power BI
4 5 (3.11%) MS Access
5 4 (2.48%) Azure SQL Database
5 4 (2.48%) Big Data
5 4 (2.48%) MySQL
6 3 (1.86%) Metadata
6 3 (1.86%) Oracle Database
6 3 (1.86%) PostgreSQL
6 3 (1.86%) RDBMS
6 3 (1.86%) Relational Database
6 3 (1.86%) SQLite
7 2 (1.24%) Base SAS
8 1 (0.62%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 7 (4.35%) Git
2 5 (3.11%) InstallShield
2 5 (3.11%) JIRA
3 4 (2.48%) Snakemake
4 2 (1.24%) Axure RP
General
1 77 (47.83%) Pharmaceutical
1 77 (47.83%) Social Skills
2 45 (27.95%) Analytical Skills
2 45 (27.95%) Finance
3 44 (27.33%) Marketing
4 26 (16.15%) Retail
5 22 (13.66%) Legal
6 17 (10.56%) Manufacturing
7 7 (4.35%) French Language
8 6 (3.73%) German Language
8 6 (3.73%) Spanish Language
9 4 (2.48%) Danish Language
9 4 (2.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (2.48%) Public Sector
9 4 (2.48%) Russian Language
10 3 (1.86%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (1.24%) Italian Language
11 2 (1.24%) Multimedia
12 1 (0.62%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 36 (22.36%) Analyst
2 34 (21.12%) Senior
3 14 (8.70%) IT Manager
3 14 (8.70%) QA Manager
4 13 (8.07%) Data Integrity Manager
4 13 (8.07%) Systems Manager
5 12 (7.45%) Business Development Manager
5 12 (7.45%) Business Manager
5 12 (7.45%) Development Manager
6 11 (6.83%) Financial Analyst
6 11 (6.83%) Software Engineer
7 9 (5.59%) Associate Director
8 6 (3.73%) Developer
8 6 (3.73%) Development Engineer
8 6 (3.73%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 6 (3.73%) Project Manager
8 6 (3.73%) Software Development Engineer
8 6 (3.73%) Test Development Engineer
9 5 (3.11%) Administrator
9 5 (3.11%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (12.42%) CSS
1 20 (12.42%) HTML
2 5 (3.11%) .NET
2 5 (3.11%) PyTorch
3 1 (0.62%) FHIR
3 1 (0.62%) NumPy
3 1 (0.62%) Pandas
3 1 (0.62%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 16 (9.94%) Biopharmaceutical
1 16 (9.94%) LIMS
2 11 (6.83%) Algorithms
3 8 (4.97%) Management Information System
4 6 (3.73%) Onboarding
4 6 (3.73%) Self-Motivation
5 4 (2.48%) Omics
6 3 (1.86%) Driving Licence
6 3 (1.86%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (1.86%) Learning Management System
6 3 (1.86%) Product Ownership
6 3 (1.86%) Team-Oriented Environment
7 2 (1.24%) Cloud Native
7 2 (1.24%) Genomics
7 2 (1.24%) Graphic Design
7 2 (1.24%) Pharmacovigilance
7 2 (1.24%) Photography
7 2 (1.24%) Renewable Energy
7 2 (1.24%) Robotics
7 2 (1.24%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 13 (8.07%) Windows
2 8 (4.97%) Linux
3 5 (3.11%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.24%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (33.54%) Biotechnology
2 44 (27.33%) Problem-Solving
3 43 (26.71%) Analytics
4 31 (19.25%) Data Management
5 28 (17.39%) Artificial Intelligence
6 22 (13.66%) Computer Science
6 22 (13.66%) Machine Learning
7 21 (13.04%) Software Engineering
8 20 (12.42%) Data Science
9 19 (11.80%) Business Development
9 19 (11.80%) Neuroscience
10 18 (11.18%) Time Management
11 17 (10.56%) Market Surveillance
11 17 (10.56%) Validation
12 16 (9.94%) Quantitative Analysis
13 15 (9.32%) QMS
13 15 (9.32%) Statistics
14 14 (8.70%) Migration
14 14 (8.70%) Project Management
15 13 (8.07%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 38 (23.60%) SQL
2 20 (12.42%) JavaScript
2 20 (12.42%) T-SQL
3 16 (9.94%) Python
4 10 (6.21%) Bash
5 8 (4.97%) Ruby
6 7 (4.35%) C#
7 5 (3.11%) VB
8 4 (2.48%) Java
9 3 (1.86%) PL/SQL
10 2 (1.24%) PHP
10 2 (1.24%) PowerShell
10 2 (1.24%) R
10 2 (1.24%) SAS Macro
11 1 (0.62%) Scala
Qualifications
1 98 (60.87%) Degree
2 28 (17.39%) Master's Degree
3 23 (14.29%) PhD
4 14 (8.70%) Computer Science Degree
5 10 (6.21%) CFA
5 10 (6.21%) CIMA
5 10 (6.21%) MBA
6 2 (1.24%) CISA
6 2 (1.24%) CISSP
7 1 (0.62%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.62%) PMP
7 1 (0.62%) SC Cleared
7 1 (0.62%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (12.42%) SLA
2 18 (11.18%) QA
3 14 (8.70%) GxP
4 13 (8.07%) GMP
4 13 (8.07%) Good Clinical Practice
5 4 (2.48%) GDPR
5 4 (2.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (1.24%) Accessibility
6 2 (1.24%) CDISC
6 2 (1.24%) HIPAA
6 2 (1.24%) PCI DSS
6 2 (1.24%) SOC 2
7 1 (0.62%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.62%) GAMP
7 1 (0.62%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.62%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 3 (1.86%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.24%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (1.86%) Kubernetes
1 3 (1.86%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (1.24%) Nessus
2 2 (1.24%) Progress Chef
2 2 (1.24%) Puppet
3 1 (0.62%) Terraform
Vendors
1 33 (20.50%) Microsoft
2 3 (1.86%) Oracle
2 3 (1.86%) Salesforce
3 2 (1.24%) Adobe
3 2 (1.24%) Apple
3 2 (1.24%) Blue Prism
3 2 (1.24%) Cisco
3 2 (1.24%) SAP
3 2 (1.24%) VMware