LIMS Contracts in England

Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS)
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term LIMS in contract job vacancies in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited LIMS over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 459 515 592
Rank change year-on-year +56 +77 +126
Contract jobs citing LIMS 26 27 61
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.11% 0.073% 0.12%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.31% 0.24% 0.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 13 21
10th Percentile £414 £353 £150
25th Percentile £459 £450 £211
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £230
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% +117.39% -48.89%
75th Percentile £573 £563 £425
90th Percentile £660 £693 £575
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £255
% change year-on-year -2.38% +105.88% -46.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 5
10th Percentile - - £7.30
25th Percentile - - £10.75
Median hourly rate - - £14.00
75th Percentile - - £22.58
90th Percentile - - £25.03
UK median hourly rate - - £14.00

All Generic Skills
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 8,317 11,465 17,000
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 34.15% 30.83% 33.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,436 7,505 11,795
10th Percentile £300 £263 £313
25th Percentile £413 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £548 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -0.36% -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £695
90th Percentile £788 £800 £800
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 327 827 591
10th Percentile £15.84 £12.25 £9.80
25th Percentile £21.01 £15.17 £10.63
Median hourly rate £33.00 £30.16 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +9.42% +34.04% -16.67%
75th Percentile £64.63 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £84.40 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £32.05 £30.00 £22.49
% change year-on-year +6.83% +33.42% -18.24%

LIMS
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for LIMS in England

LIMS
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for LIMS in England

LIMS
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing LIMS in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for LIMS in England

LIMS
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for LIMS in England

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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 LIMS within the England region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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 +43 11 £625 +23.46% 7
South East +40 4 £225 -50.00% 5
South West +48 3 £525 +144.19% 1
North of England +18 2 £523 +44.14% 5
North West +17 2 £523 +49.29% 5
East of England +27 1 £513 -2.38% 2
Midlands +21 1 £400 - 1
LIMS
UK

LIMS
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 1 (3.85%) JBoss
Business Applications
1 3 (11.54%) SAP MII
1 3 (11.54%) SAP VC
2 2 (7.69%) Teamcenter
3 1 (3.85%) SAP PP
3 1 (3.85%) SAP QM
3 1 (3.85%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (3.85%) SAP SRM
3 1 (3.85%) TrackWise
Cloud Services
1 2 (7.69%) AWS
2 1 (3.85%) Azure
2 1 (3.85%) Azure Data Factory
2 1 (3.85%) Collibra
2 1 (3.85%) GCP
2 1 (3.85%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.85%) BigQuery
1 1 (3.85%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (3.85%) Metadata
1 1 (3.85%) MongoDB
General
1 8 (30.77%) Social Skills
2 7 (26.92%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (23.08%) Manufacturing
3 6 (23.08%) Pharmaceutical
4 5 (19.23%) Finance
4 5 (19.23%) Marketing
5 3 (11.54%) Electronics
5 3 (11.54%) Public Sector
5 3 (11.54%) Telecoms
6 1 (3.85%) Health Technology
6 1 (3.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (3.85%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (34.62%) Analyst
1 9 (34.62%) Business Analyst
2 4 (15.38%) IT Engineer
2 4 (15.38%) LIMS Business Analyst
3 3 (11.54%) Project Manager
4 2 (7.69%) Consultant
4 2 (7.69%) Developer
4 2 (7.69%) LIMS Manager
4 2 (7.69%) LIMS Project Manager
4 2 (7.69%) Service Desk Engineer
5 1 (3.85%) Compliance Manager
5 1 (3.85%) Compliance Project Manager
5 1 (3.85%) Field Engineer
5 1 (3.85%) Integration Analyst
5 1 (3.85%) Integration Specialist
5 1 (3.85%) IT Manager
5 1 (3.85%) LIMS Developer
5 1 (3.85%) Project Quality Manager
5 1 (3.85%) SAP Functional Consultant
5 1 (3.85%) SAP PP Functional Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.85%) FHIR
1 1 (3.85%) Kafka
1 1 (3.85%) React
Miscellaneous
1 5 (19.23%) Life Science
1 5 (19.23%) NHS
2 4 (15.38%) PACS
3 3 (11.54%) Management Information System
4 1 (3.85%) Data Fabric
4 1 (3.85%) FMCG
4 1 (3.85%) IoT
4 1 (3.85%) Manufacturing Execution System
4 1 (3.85%) Molecular Biology
4 1 (3.85%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 2 (7.69%) Windows
1 2 (7.69%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (23.08%) Information Management
1 6 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
1 6 (23.08%) Project Management
2 5 (19.23%) Biology
2 5 (19.23%) Quality Management
2 5 (19.23%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (15.38%) Actionable Insight
3 4 (15.38%) Chemistry
3 4 (15.38%) Data Analysis
3 4 (15.38%) Project Delivery
3 4 (15.38%) Requirements Analysis
3 4 (15.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 4 (15.38%) User Acceptance Testing
4 3 (11.54%) Agile
4 3 (11.54%) Analytical Thinking
4 3 (11.54%) Business Intelligence
4 3 (11.54%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (11.54%) Digital Marketing
4 3 (11.54%) Programme Management
4 3 (11.54%) QMS
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.85%) C#
1 1 (3.85%) Java
1 1 (3.85%) JavaScript
1 1 (3.85%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (11.54%) SC Cleared
1 3 (11.54%) Security Cleared
2 2 (7.69%) Degree
3 1 (3.85%) Master's Degree
3 1 (3.85%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (26.92%) QA
2 5 (19.23%) GxP
3 4 (15.38%) HIPAA
4 2 (7.69%) Accessibility
5 1 (3.85%) 21 CFR Part 11
5 1 (3.85%) HL7
5 1 (3.85%) ISO 13485
5 1 (3.85%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 1 (3.85%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (3.85%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 10 (38.46%) SAP
2 4 (15.38%) LabVantage
3 3 (11.54%) Microsoft
4 2 (7.69%) Ariba
4 2 (7.69%) LabWare
4 2 (7.69%) Siemens
5 1 (3.85%) Databricks
5 1 (3.85%) Oracle