The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Life Science in contract job vacancies advertised in the East of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Life Science over the 6 months to 15 August 2022 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.
Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.
Life Science is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the East of England with a requirement for generic IT skills.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills
729
749
455
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England
29.04%
33.33%
29.70%
Number of daily rates quoted
497
439
275
10th Percentile
£181
£134
£206
25th Percentile
£325
£213
£300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£500
£375
£425
Median % change year-on-year
+33.33%
-11.76%
-5.56%
75th Percentile
£594
£515
£518
90th Percentile
£700
£575
£623
England median daily rate
£550
£521
£500
% change year-on-year
+5.57%
+4.20%
+5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted
75
68
33
10th Percentile
£12.04
£12.85
£18.43
25th Percentile
£16.75
£16.44
£20.90
Median hourly rate
£33.00
£30.00
£26.50
Median % change year-on-year
+10.00%
+13.21%
+65.63%
75th Percentile
£51.82
£50.00
£45.00
90th Percentile
£60.50
£60.00
£52.75
England median hourly rate
£26.50
£24.18
£27.50
% change year-on-year
+9.62%
-12.09%
+30.95%
Life Science Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England
Job postings citing Life Science as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East of England.
Life Science Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East of England
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Life Science in the East of England.
Life Science Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Life Science in the East of England over the 6 months to 15 August 2022.
Life Science Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Life Science in the East of England.
Life Science Contract Job Locations in the East of England
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 East of England region over the 6 months to 15 August 2022. 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
Life Science Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in the East of England
For the 6 months to 15 August 2022, IT contractor jobs citing Life Science also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the East of England region with a requirement for Life Science.
Life Science Co-occurring IT Skills in the East of England by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category.
The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
