Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS)
England > East Midlands
The table below looks at the prevalence of the term LIMS in contract job vacancies in the East Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited LIMS over the 6 months leading up to 14 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 14 Oct 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | - | 65 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | +28 |
| Contract jobs citing LIMS | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands | - | - | 0.71% |
| As % of the Miscellaneous category | - | - | 2.83% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | £200 |
| England median daily rate | £625 | £525 | £225 |
| % change year-on-year | +19.05% | +133.33% | -52.63% |
All Generic Skills
East Midlands
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 the East Midlands.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills | 300 | 224 | 212 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands | 35.50% | 29.63% | 25.24% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 213 | 121 | 159 |
| 10th Percentile | £309 | £263 | £204 |
| 25th Percentile | £360 | £350 | £350 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £445 | £449 | £495 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -0.89% | -9.29% | +10.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £538 | £525 | £588 |
| 90th Percentile | £638 | £575 | £673 |
| England median daily rate | £525 | £543 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.23% | -1.36% | -2.22% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 17 | 3 | 8 |
| 10th Percentile | £18.11 | £21.08 | £17.40 |
| 25th Percentile | £18.87 | £30.05 | £19.81 |
| Median hourly rate | £21.30 | £50.00 | £21.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -57.40% | +138.10% | +19.59% |
| 75th Percentile | £21.39 | £55.00 | £65.44 |
| 90th Percentile | £25.11 | - | £93.75 |
| England median hourly rate | £29.50 | £53.00 | £46.18 |
| % change year-on-year | -44.34% | +14.77% | +78.27% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing LIMS relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.
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Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing LIMS.
