Life Science Contracts in Berkshire

Life Sciences
South East > Berkshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Life Science in contract job vacancies in Berkshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Life Science over the 6 months leading up to 5 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 80 98 74
Rank change year-on-year +18 -24 +40
Contract jobs citing Life Science 14 17 42
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 1.17% 0.86% 2.26%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.29% 2.92% 6.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 9
10th Percentile - £155 £444
25th Percentile - £321 £508
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £511 £469 £515
Median % change year-on-year +9.01% -8.98% +0.49%
75th Percentile - £520 £550
90th Percentile - £523 £678
South East median daily rate £511 £425 £515
% change year-on-year +20.24% -17.48% -0.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 10 3
10th Percentile £32.05 £20.50 £28.18
25th Percentile £44.01 £41.25 £38.94
Median hourly rate £52.25 £42.00 £58.75
Median % change year-on-year +24.40% -28.51% -4.47%
75th Percentile £67.81 £57.44 £61.56
90th Percentile £82.12 £62.82 £62.13
South East median hourly rate £52.25 £42.00 £16.36
% change year-on-year +24.40% +156.80% -73.41%

All Generic Skills
Berkshire

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 Berkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 426 583 644
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 35.59% 29.59% 34.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 251 314 411
10th Percentile £300 £205 £313
25th Percentile £400 £363 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £501 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.15% -4.62% +5.00%
75th Percentile £581 £608 £638
90th Percentile £650 £675 £721
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £500
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 34 18
10th Percentile £32.05 £11.84 £18.50
25th Percentile £48.75 £19.66 £30.16
Median hourly rate £62.00 £41.50 £64.68
Median % change year-on-year +49.39% -35.83% +135.18%
75th Percentile £87.44 £60.44 £73.90
90th Percentile £88.87 £69.03 £79.19
South East median hourly rate £33.89 £55.00 £51.25
% change year-on-year -38.39% +7.32% +139.60%

Life Science
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Life Science in Berkshire

Life Science
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Daily rate trend for Life Science in Berkshire

Life Science
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Life Science in Berkshire.

Hourly rate trend for Life Science in Berkshire

Life Science
Hourly Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Life Science in Berkshire over the 6 months to 5 July 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Life Science in Berkshire

Life Science
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

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 Berkshire region over the 6 months to 5 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
Bracknell +10 14 £511 +117.45% 7
Life Science
South East

Life Science
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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 3 (21.43%) Confluence
2 2 (14.29%) CMS
2 2 (14.29%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (14.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (14.29%) SAP Oil and Gas
1 2 (14.29%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 2 (14.29%) Power Platform
1 2 (14.29%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.14%) BGP
1 1 (7.14%) Cisco IOS
1 1 (7.14%) DHCP
1 1 (7.14%) DNS
1 1 (7.14%) EIGRP
1 1 (7.14%) OSPF
1 1 (7.14%) SD-WAN
1 1 (7.14%) Spanning Tree
1 1 (7.14%) TACACS
1 1 (7.14%) VLAN
1 1 (7.14%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (14.29%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 5 (35.71%) JIRA
General
1 8 (57.14%) Manufacturing
2 5 (35.71%) Social Skills
3 4 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (21.43%) Agriculture
4 3 (21.43%) Finance
5 2 (14.29%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (7.14%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (21.43%) Payroll Manager
1 3 (21.43%) Project Manager
2 2 (14.29%) Delivery Manager
2 2 (14.29%) Development Specialist
2 2 (14.29%) HR Manager
2 2 (14.29%) IT Manager
2 2 (14.29%) IT Programme Manager
2 2 (14.29%) Programme Manager
3 1 (7.14%) Analyst
3 1 (7.14%) Business Analyst
3 1 (7.14%) Data Business Analyst
3 1 (7.14%) HR Analyst
3 1 (7.14%) HR Business Analyst
3 1 (7.14%) Lead
3 1 (7.14%) Network Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) Project Analyst
3 1 (7.14%) Workday Analyst
3 1 (7.14%) Workday Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 8 (57.14%) Renewable Energy
2 3 (21.43%) Distributed Systems
2 3 (21.43%) Legacy Systems
2 3 (21.43%) Management Information System
2 3 (21.43%) Onboarding
3 2 (14.29%) Learning Management System
3 2 (14.29%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (64.29%) Change Management
1 9 (64.29%) Stakeholder Management
2 6 (42.86%) Migration
2 6 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (35.71%) Agile
3 5 (35.71%) Project Management
3 5 (35.71%) Scrum
3 5 (35.71%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 4 (28.57%) Risk Management
5 3 (21.43%) Business Continuity
5 3 (21.43%) Collaborative Working
5 3 (21.43%) Conflict Resolution
5 3 (21.43%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (21.43%) Data Migration
5 3 (21.43%) Data Modelling
5 3 (21.43%) Dependency Management
5 3 (21.43%) Roadmaps
5 3 (21.43%) Scaled Agile Framework
5 3 (21.43%) Workshop Facilitation
6 2 (14.29%) Creative Thinking
Qualifications
1 6 (42.86%) Degree
2 2 (14.29%) Master's Degree
2 2 (14.29%) PMI Certification
2 2 (14.29%) PMP
3 1 (7.14%) CCNA
3 1 (7.14%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.14%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (21.43%) SAP
2 2 (14.29%) Microsoft
2 2 (14.29%) Workday
3 1 (7.14%) Cisco
3 1 (7.14%) Meraki
3 1 (7.14%) VMware