Life Science Contract Job Trends in Derby

Life Sciences
Derbyshire > Derby

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Life Science in contract job vacancies in Derby. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Life Science over the 6 months leading up to 19 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Life Science 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Derby 0.70% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.27% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
Derbyshire median daily rate - - -

All Generic Skills
Derby

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 Derby.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 44 15 44
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Derby 30.99% 18.99% 29.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 10 40
10th Percentile £228 £307 £145
25th Percentile £413 £450 £187
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £550 £253
Median % change year-on-year -22.73% +117.82% -43.89%
75th Percentile £700 £588 £450
90th Percentile - £714 £588
Derbyshire median daily rate £444 £500 £248
% change year-on-year -11.25% +102.02% -45.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £17.87 - -
75th Percentile £24.29 - -
90th Percentile £26.50 - -
Derbyshire median hourly rate £17.87 - £12.50
% change year-on-year - - -79.17%

Life Science
Job Vacancy Trend in Derby

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Life Science relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Derby.

Life Science job vacancy trend in Derby

Life Science
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Derby 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Logistics
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) JDA