Life Sciences
Scotland > Aberdeen
The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Life Science in contract job vacancies in Aberdeen. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Life Science over the 6 months leading up to 18 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 18 Aug 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 8 | - | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing Life Science | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Aberdeen | 3.45% | - | - |
| As % of the Miscellaneous category | 33.33% | - | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | - |
| Scotland median daily rate | - | - | £135 |
All Generic Skills
Aberdeen
Life Science falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in Aberdeen.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills | 3 | 13 | 8 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Aberdeen | 10.34% | 43.33% | 24.24% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1 | 11 | 6 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £275 | £525 | - |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £350 | £575 | £130 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -39.13% | +342.31% | -67.90% |
| 75th Percentile | £425 | £634 | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | £638 | £381 |
| Scotland median daily rate | £463 | £460 | £493 |
| % change year-on-year | +0.65% | -6.74% | +2.87% |
Life Science
Job Vacancy Trend in Aberdeen
Job postings citing Life Science as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Aberdeen.
Life Science
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Aberdeen 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: