Life Science Contracts in England

Life Sciences
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Life Science in contract job vacancies advertised in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Life Science over the 6 months to 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 412 535 640
Rank change year-on-year +123 +105 -147
Contract jobs citing Life Science 128 113 149
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.35% 0.23% 0.21%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.13% 0.67% 0.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 67 40 67
10th Percentile £313 £312 £395
25th Percentile £413 £416 £441
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £488 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.13% -2.50% +7.53%
75th Percentile £563 £550 £589
90th Percentile £683 £676 £655
UK median daily rate £525 £488 £500
% change year-on-year +7.69% -2.50% +7.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 9 7
10th Percentile £21.70 £15.21 £38.80
25th Percentile £32.50 £42.50 £49.63
Median hourly rate £41.50 £62.50 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year -33.60% - +42.05%
75th Percentile £43.75 £65.00 £71.88
90th Percentile £61.80 - £75.00
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £60.63 £62.50
% change year-on-year -29.90% -3.00% +40.45%

All Generic Skills
England

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 England with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 11,329 16,843 24,134
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 30.73% 33.68% 33.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,438 11,694 17,131
10th Percentile £263 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £675 £695 £675
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
UK median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.23% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 818 591 642
10th Percentile £12.25 £9.80 £14.25
25th Percentile £15.17 £10.63 £16.53
Median hourly rate £31.50 £22.50 £26.50
Median % change year-on-year +40.00% -15.09% +1.50%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £70.00 £77.50 £65.76
UK median hourly rate £30.14 £22.49 £27.50
% change year-on-year +34.04% -18.24% +4.05%

Life Science
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Life Science as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Life Science in England

Life Science
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Life Science in England.

Daily rate trend for Life Science in England

Life Science
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Life Science in England over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Life Science in England

Life Science
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Life Science in England.

Hourly rate trend for Life Science in England

Life Science
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Life Science in England over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Life Science in England

Life Science
Contract Job Locations in 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 England region over the 6 months to 4 May 2024. 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
London +102 36 £544 +11.54% 92
South East 0 30 £425 -17.48% 61
North of England +46 29 £525 +10.53% 48
North West +39 29 £525 +10.53% 21
East of England +26 25 £525 +13.51% 43
South West +27 5 - - 6
Midlands +30 2 - - 19
West Midlands +26 2 - - 15
Life Science
UK

Life Science
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 3 (2.34%) CMS
2 2 (1.56%) Apache Spark
2 2 (1.56%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.78%) Apache
3 1 (0.78%) Confluence
3 1 (0.78%) Drupal
3 1 (0.78%) Jupyter
3 1 (0.78%) WordPress
Applications
1 18 (14.06%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (12.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (3.91%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (3.91%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (3.13%) Revit
5 1 (0.78%) Adobe Captivate
5 1 (0.78%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.78%) MicroStation
Business Applications
1 25 (19.53%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (3.91%) SAP GTS
3 4 (3.13%) TrackWise
4 3 (2.34%) SAP BPC
5 2 (1.56%) SAP CCM
6 1 (0.78%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.78%) Sage X3
6 1 (0.78%) SAP APO
6 1 (0.78%) SAP IBP
6 1 (0.78%) SAP MDG
6 1 (0.78%) SAP PLM
6 1 (0.78%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 11 (8.59%) Power Platform
2 7 (5.47%) Smartsheet
3 6 (4.69%) AWS
4 5 (3.91%) SaaS
5 4 (3.13%) Amazon S3
5 4 (3.13%) AWS Lambda
5 4 (3.13%) Serverless
5 4 (3.13%) SuccessFactors
6 3 (2.34%) GitHub
6 3 (2.34%) Veeva
6 3 (2.34%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 2 (1.56%) Amazon EC2
7 2 (1.56%) Amazon ECS
7 2 (1.56%) GCP
7 2 (1.56%) OCI
8 1 (0.78%) Cloud Run
8 1 (0.78%) Collibra
8 1 (0.78%) dbt
8 1 (0.78%) Snowflake
8 1 (0.78%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.78%) Broadband
1 1 (0.78%) Firewall
1 1 (0.78%) LAN
1 1 (0.78%) Network Security
1 1 (0.78%) VPN
1 1 (0.78%) WAN
1 1 (0.78%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (8.59%) Power BI
2 5 (3.91%) EDMS
2 5 (3.91%) Metadata
3 4 (3.13%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (2.34%) Data Mining
4 3 (2.34%) SAP HANA
5 2 (1.56%) Amazon RDS
5 2 (1.56%) Data Lake
5 2 (1.56%) MySQL
5 2 (1.56%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (1.56%) SAP BW
5 2 (1.56%) Tableau
6 1 (0.78%) Amazon Redshift
6 1 (0.78%) Apache Hive
6 1 (0.78%) Big Data
6 1 (0.78%) Hadoop
6 1 (0.78%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.78%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.78%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 8 (6.25%) JIRA
2 4 (3.13%) Git
3 2 (1.56%) GitLab
3 2 (1.56%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.78%) Eclipse
4 1 (0.78%) LabVIEW
4 1 (0.78%) PyCharm
General
1 48 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 45 (35.16%) Pharmaceutical
3 27 (21.09%) Manufacturing
4 13 (10.16%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (7.81%) Finance
6 7 (5.47%) Automotive
6 7 (5.47%) Retail
7 4 (3.13%) Legal
7 4 (3.13%) Public Sector
8 2 (1.56%) Aviation
8 2 (1.56%) Marketing
9 1 (0.78%) Aerospace
9 1 (0.78%) Banking
9 1 (0.78%) French Language
9 1 (0.78%) German Language
9 1 (0.78%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (0.78%) Italian Language
9 1 (0.78%) Multimedia
9 1 (0.78%) Publishing
9 1 (0.78%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 15 (11.72%) Senior
2 14 (10.94%) Consultant
3 13 (10.16%) Project Manager
4 12 (9.38%) Analyst
5 10 (7.81%) Lead
6 9 (7.03%) QA Specialist
7 8 (6.25%) Business Analyst
7 8 (6.25%) Functional Consultant
7 8 (6.25%) HR Manager
7 8 (6.25%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
7 8 (6.25%) Test Manager
8 7 (5.47%) Architect
9 5 (3.91%) Manufacturing Engineer
9 5 (3.91%) SAP Manager
9 5 (3.91%) Support Engineer
10 4 (3.13%) Business Manager
10 4 (3.13%) Business Systems Analyst
10 4 (3.13%) Developer
10 4 (3.13%) LIMS Business Analyst
10 4 (3.13%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (4.69%) Web Services
2 3 (2.34%) PyTorch
2 3 (2.34%) scikit-learn
2 3 (2.34%) TensorFlow
3 2 (1.56%) pytest
3 2 (1.56%) Smart Contracts
3 2 (1.56%) Vue
4 1 (0.78%) CSS
4 1 (0.78%) D3.js
4 1 (0.78%) HTML
4 1 (0.78%) Jinja
4 1 (0.78%) Node.js
4 1 (0.78%) Nuxt
4 1 (0.78%) React
4 1 (0.78%) Shiny
4 1 (0.78%) Svelte
4 1 (0.78%) SvelteKit
Miscellaneous
1 12 (9.38%) Renewable Energy
2 4 (3.13%) LIMS
2 4 (3.13%) NHS
3 3 (2.34%) Data Structures
3 3 (2.34%) Management Information System
4 2 (1.56%) Greenfield Project
4 2 (1.56%) Raspberry Pi
5 1 (0.78%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (0.78%) Genomics
5 1 (0.78%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (0.78%) Mobile App
5 1 (0.78%) Omics
5 1 (0.78%) Onboarding
5 1 (0.78%) Pharmacovigilance
5 1 (0.78%) Podcast
5 1 (0.78%) Reference Data
5 1 (0.78%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (0.78%) Social Media
5 1 (0.78%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 3 (2.34%) Windows
2 2 (1.56%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (20.31%) Project Management
2 18 (14.06%) Problem-Solving
3 16 (12.50%) Analytics
3 16 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
3 16 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
4 15 (11.72%) Decision-Making
5 13 (10.16%) Agile
6 12 (9.38%) Business Intelligence
6 12 (9.38%) Business Transformation
6 12 (9.38%) Process Improvement
7 10 (7.81%) Biotechnology
7 10 (7.81%) Change Management
8 9 (7.03%) Data Management
8 9 (7.03%) Validation
8 9 (7.03%) Workflow
9 8 (6.25%) DevOps
9 8 (6.25%) Order to Cash
9 8 (6.25%) Test Automation
9 8 (6.25%) Test Management
10 7 (5.47%) Data Science
Programming Languages
1 12 (9.38%) Python
2 9 (7.03%) SQL
3 3 (2.34%) JavaScript
4 2 (1.56%) Go
4 2 (1.56%) Java
5 1 (0.78%) Groovy
5 1 (0.78%) R
5 1 (0.78%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 29 (22.66%) Degree
2 6 (4.69%) ISTQB
2 6 (4.69%) Master's Degree
2 6 (4.69%) Security Cleared
3 5 (3.91%) SC Cleared
4 4 (3.13%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (2.34%) RIBA
6 2 (1.56%) AWS Certification
6 2 (1.56%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 1 (0.78%) CCNA
7 1 (0.78%) CCNP
7 1 (0.78%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.78%) CISSP
7 1 (0.78%) HNC
7 1 (0.78%) Network+ Certification
7 1 (0.78%) Numerate Degree
7 1 (0.78%) PhD
7 1 (0.78%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.78%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (10.94%) GxP
2 12 (9.38%) QA
3 8 (6.25%) GAMP
4 7 (5.47%) GMP
5 5 (3.91%) HL7
6 3 (2.34%) Data Quality
6 3 (2.34%) GDPR
6 3 (2.34%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.78%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.78%) COSHH
7 1 (0.78%) Good Clinical Practice
7 1 (0.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.78%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 7 (5.47%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (4.69%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.56%) Ansible
2 2 (1.56%) Terraform
3 1 (0.78%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 33 (25.78%) SAP
2 18 (14.06%) Microsoft
3 8 (6.25%) Adobe
3 8 (6.25%) Ariba
4 4 (3.13%) Oracle
4 4 (3.13%) Workday
5 3 (2.34%) Hyperion
6 2 (1.56%) Cisco
6 2 (1.56%) Fortinet
6 2 (1.56%) Salesforce
6 2 (1.56%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.78%) Cloudera
7 1 (0.78%) Confluent
7 1 (0.78%) Databricks
7 1 (0.78%) Google
7 1 (0.78%) Informatica
7 1 (0.78%) OpenAI
7 1 (0.78%) Palo Alto
7 1 (0.78%) SnapLogic
7 1 (0.78%) Talend