LIMS Contract Job Trends in Central London

Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS)
London > Central London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term LIMS in contract job vacancies in Central London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited LIMS over the 6 months leading up to 14 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 132 - 138
Rank change year-on-year - - +45
Contract jobs citing LIMS 2 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 0.095% - 0.038%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.26% - 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £603 - £706
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £605 - £713
75th Percentile £608 - £719
90th Percentile - - -
London median daily rate £552 £650 £650
% change year-on-year -15.08% - +48.57%

All Generic Skills
Central London

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 Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 759 641 807
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 36.11% 31.00% 30.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 546 408 554
10th Percentile £350 £371 £275
25th Percentile £443 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £675 £688 £720
90th Percentile £788 £782 £838
London median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - -6.12%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 0 14
10th Percentile £20.46 - £14.03
25th Percentile £26.11 - £17.00
Median hourly rate £27.06 - £21.00
Median % change year-on-year - - -40.00%
75th Percentile £41.89 - £34.25
90th Percentile £59.00 - £49.20
London median hourly rate £28.55 £39.02 £28.75
% change year-on-year -26.83% +35.72% -16.45%

LIMS
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

LIMS job vacancy trend in Central London

LIMS
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing LIMS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing LIMS

LIMS
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing LIMS within the Central London region over the 6 months to 14 February 2026. 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
City of London - 2 £605 - 2
LIMS
London

LIMS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) AWS
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Applications Architect
1 2 (100.00%) Architect
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Data Cleansing
1 1 (50.00%) Data Mapping
1 1 (50.00%) Data Migration
1 1 (50.00%) Data Science
1 1 (50.00%) Data Transformation
1 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 1 (50.00%) Migration
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Data Quality