LIMS Contract Job Trends in Cardiff

Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS)
South Wales > Cardiff

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term LIMS in contract job vacancies in Cardiff. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited LIMS over the 6 months leading up to 13 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 32 - 22
Rank change year-on-year - - +21
Contract jobs citing LIMS 3 0 11
As % of all contract jobs in Cardiff 1.20% - 5.50%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.26% - 12.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 7
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £463 - £518
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 - £535
Median % change year-on-year - - +42.67%
75th Percentile £488 - £561
90th Percentile - - £570
South Wales median daily rate £475 - £535
% change year-on-year - - +42.67%

All Generic Skills
Cardiff

LIMS 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 Cardiff.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 92 61 88
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cardiff 36.65% 37.65% 44.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 70 56 73
10th Percentile £273 £188 £366
25th Percentile £301 £305 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £400 £500
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -20.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £488 £475 £551
90th Percentile £650 £568 £585
South Wales median daily rate £425 £390 £500
% change year-on-year +8.97% -22.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £11.75
Median hourly rate - £18.51 £13.50
Median % change year-on-year - +37.11% -37.30%
75th Percentile - - £15.25
90th Percentile - - -
South Wales median hourly rate £50.00 £37.50 £48.75
% change year-on-year +33.33% -23.08% +169.34%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing LIMS relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Cardiff.

LIMS job vacancy trend in Cardiff

LIMS
Daily Rate Trend in Cardiff

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cardiff citing LIMS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cardiff citing LIMS

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Hourly Rate Trend in Cardiff

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cardiff citing LIMS.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cardiff citing LIMS

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cardiff by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (33.33%) JBoss
1 1 (33.33%) Tomcat
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) JIRA
1 1 (33.33%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 3 (100.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (33.33%) Welsh Language
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Linux
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Change Management
1 1 (33.33%) Project Management