Life Science Contracts in Bedfordshire

Life Sciences
East of England > Bedfordshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Life Science in contract job vacancies in Bedfordshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Life Science over the 6 months leading up to 24 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 14 21 32
Rank change year-on-year +7 +11 -
Contract jobs citing Life Science 24 12 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 10.96% 5.74% 1.15%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 24.49% 24.49% 3.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 9 1
10th Percentile £545 £551 -
25th Percentile £580 £575 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £600 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +33.33% -
75th Percentile £650 £650 £475
90th Percentile £670 - -
East of England median daily rate £580 £600 £450
% change year-on-year -3.33% +33.33% -14.29%

All Generic Skills
Bedfordshire

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 Bedfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 98 49 56
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 44.75% 23.44% 32.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 47 28 36
10th Percentile £185 £295 £172
25th Percentile £438 £438 £285
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £538 £481
Median % change year-on-year +6.98% +11.69% -3.75%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £600
90th Percentile £650 £650 £628
East of England median daily rate £500 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 7 3
10th Percentile £40.10 £15.39 £58.00
25th Percentile £62.06 £22.69 £62.50
Median hourly rate £77.50 £31.12 £75.00
Median % change year-on-year +149.04% -58.51% +328.57%
75th Percentile £88.00 £71.88 £85.00
90th Percentile £90.25 £80.50 £88.00
East of England median hourly rate £65.00 £60.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year +8.33% - +103.60%

Life Science
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Life Science in Bedfordshire

Life Science
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bedfordshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Life Science in Bedfordshire.

Daily rate trend for Life Science in Bedfordshire

Life Science
Daily Rate Histogram in Bedfordshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Life Science in Bedfordshire over the 6 months to 24 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Life Science in Bedfordshire

Life Science
Contract Job Locations in Bedfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Life Science within the Bedfordshire region over the 6 months to 24 July 2025. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Luton +1 22 £600 - 2
Life Science
East of England

Life Science
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bedfordshire 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:

Business Applications
1 22 (91.67%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (16.67%) SAP ERP
3 1 (4.17%) SAP MDG
3 1 (4.17%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 4 (16.67%) Azure
1 4 (16.67%) Power Platform
1 4 (16.67%) Snowflake
2 3 (12.50%) GitHub
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (16.67%) Data Lake
1 4 (16.67%) Data Warehouse
1 4 (16.67%) Power BI
2 1 (4.17%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 5 (20.83%) LoadRunner
1 5 (20.83%) NeoLoad
2 3 (12.50%) Jenkins
2 3 (12.50%) JIRA
2 3 (12.50%) JMeter
General
1 18 (75.00%) Pharmaceutical
2 12 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 9 (37.50%) Finance
4 5 (20.83%) Manufacturing
5 1 (4.17%) Banking
Job Titles
1 11 (45.83%) Lead
2 4 (16.67%) Data Analytics Specialist
2 4 (16.67%) Test Leader
3 2 (8.33%) Consultant
3 2 (8.33%) SAP Financial Specialist
4 1 (4.17%) Functional Consultant
4 1 (4.17%) SAP Consultant
4 1 (4.17%) Senior
4 1 (4.17%) Senior Consultant
4 1 (4.17%) Senior Functional Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.17%) EDI
1 1 (4.17%) IDoc
1 1 (4.17%) JSON
1 1 (4.17%) REST
1 1 (4.17%) SOAP
1 1 (4.17%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (20.83%) FMCG
2 1 (4.17%) Data Structures
2 1 (4.17%) LIMS
2 1 (4.17%) Reference Data
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (66.67%) Analytics
2 13 (54.17%) Data Governance
3 12 (50.00%) Data Design
4 11 (45.83%) Migration
5 10 (41.67%) Record to Report
5 10 (41.67%) Stakeholder Management
6 5 (20.83%) Agile
6 5 (20.83%) Data Migration
6 5 (20.83%) Non-Functional Testing
6 5 (20.83%) Quality Management
6 5 (20.83%) Test Management
6 5 (20.83%) Waterfall
7 4 (16.67%) Data Modelling
7 4 (16.67%) ERP
7 4 (16.67%) Inventory Management
7 4 (16.67%) Logistics
7 4 (16.67%) Validation
8 3 (12.50%) Data Strategy
8 3 (12.50%) Service Management
8 3 (12.50%) Test Strategy
Qualifications
1 5 (20.83%) Degree
2 4 (16.67%) Master's Degree
3 1 (4.17%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (4.17%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (45.83%) Data Quality
2 4 (16.67%) GxP
3 3 (12.50%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 2 (8.33%) PMO
5 1 (4.17%) 21 CFR Part 11
5 1 (4.17%) HL7
Vendors
1 24 (100.00%) SAP
2 10 (41.67%) Ariba
3 2 (8.33%) Anaplan
3 2 (8.33%) Hyperion