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 8 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 447 521 593
Rank change year-on-year +74 +72 +137
Contract jobs citing LIMS 23 25 41
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.094% 0.067% 0.087%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.28% 0.22% 0.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 11 10
10th Percentile £404 £325 £184
25th Percentile £436 £400 £223
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £518 £475 £373
Median % change year-on-year +8.95% +27.52% -6.88%
75th Percentile £609 £553 £563
90th Percentile £671 £563 £591
UK median daily rate £506 £525 £375
% change year-on-year -3.57% +40.00% -11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Median hourly rate - £25.00 £5.00
Median % change year-on-year - +400.00% -
UK median hourly rate - £25.00 £5.00
% change year-on-year - +400.00% -

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 8,348 11,361 15,910
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 34.25% 30.44% 33.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,373 7,357 11,082
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £408 £414 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £526 £550 £569
Median % change year-on-year -4.45% -3.25% +3.36%
75th Percentile £663 £675 £698
90th Percentile £788 £800 £800
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.42% -2.18% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 366 843 559
10th Percentile £15.84 £12.25 £9.80
25th Percentile £20.45 £15.39 £10.63
Median hourly rate £33.91 £36.50 £22.49
Median % change year-on-year -7.10% +62.33% -15.15%
75th Percentile £63.75 £62.50 £62.73
90th Percentile £82.96 £72.38 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £33.00 £35.50 £22.26
% change year-on-year -7.04% +59.51% -17.51%

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 8 June 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

LIMS
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 8 June 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 +49 9 £625 +31.58% 9
South East +45 4 £225 -43.75% 19
East of England +20 2 £513 -2.38% 6
North of England +15 2 £523 +49.29% 1
North West +9 2 £523 +49.29% 1
Midlands - 1 £400 - 3
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:

Business Applications
1 3 (13.04%) SAP MII
1 3 (13.04%) SAP VC
2 2 (8.70%) Teamcenter
3 1 (4.35%) SAP PP
3 1 (4.35%) SAP QM
3 1 (4.35%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (4.35%) SAP SRM
3 1 (4.35%) TrackWise
Cloud Services
1 1 (4.35%) AWS
1 1 (4.35%) Azure
1 1 (4.35%) Azure Data Factory
1 1 (4.35%) Collibra
1 1 (4.35%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.35%) BigQuery
1 1 (4.35%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (4.35%) Metadata
General
1 6 (26.09%) Manufacturing
1 6 (26.09%) Pharmaceutical
1 6 (26.09%) Social Skills
2 5 (21.74%) Finance
2 5 (21.74%) Marketing
3 4 (17.39%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (13.04%) Electronics
4 3 (13.04%) Public Sector
4 3 (13.04%) Telecoms
5 1 (4.35%) Health Technology
5 1 (4.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (4.35%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (26.09%) Business Analyst
2 5 (21.74%) Analyst
3 4 (17.39%) IT Engineer
4 3 (13.04%) Project Manager
4 3 (13.04%) Service Desk Engineer
5 2 (8.70%) Developer
5 2 (8.70%) LIMS Manager
5 2 (8.70%) LIMS Project Manager
6 1 (4.35%) Compliance Project Manager
6 1 (4.35%) Consultant
6 1 (4.35%) Field Engineer
6 1 (4.35%) Functional Consultant
6 1 (4.35%) IT Manager
6 1 (4.35%) Lead
6 1 (4.35%) Lead Consultant
6 1 (4.35%) LIMS Developer
6 1 (4.35%) Project Quality Manager
6 1 (4.35%) SAP Consultant
6 1 (4.35%) SAP PP Functional Consultant
6 1 (4.35%) Systems Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.35%) FHIR
1 1 (4.35%) J2EE
Miscellaneous
1 6 (26.09%) NHS
2 5 (21.74%) Life Science
3 4 (17.39%) PACS
4 1 (4.35%) Data Fabric
4 1 (4.35%) FMCG
4 1 (4.35%) IoT
4 1 (4.35%) Manufacturing Execution System
4 1 (4.35%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 3 (13.04%) Windows
1 3 (13.04%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (30.43%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (26.09%) Project Management
3 5 (21.74%) Quality Management
3 5 (21.74%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (17.39%) Actionable Insight
4 4 (17.39%) Biology
4 4 (17.39%) Chemistry
4 4 (17.39%) Continuous Improvement
4 4 (17.39%) Data Analysis
4 4 (17.39%) Requirements Analysis
4 4 (17.39%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 4 (17.39%) User Acceptance Testing
5 3 (13.04%) Analytical Thinking
5 3 (13.04%) Business Intelligence
5 3 (13.04%) Customer Service
5 3 (13.04%) Digital Marketing
5 3 (13.04%) Information Management
5 3 (13.04%) Programme Management
5 3 (13.04%) Project Delivery
5 3 (13.04%) QMS
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.35%) C#
1 1 (4.35%) Python
1 1 (4.35%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (4.35%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (26.09%) GxP
1 6 (26.09%) QA
2 4 (17.39%) HIPAA
3 2 (8.70%) Accessibility
4 1 (4.35%) 21 CFR Part 11
4 1 (4.35%) HL7
4 1 (4.35%) ISO 13485
4 1 (4.35%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 1 (4.35%) Active Directory
1 1 (4.35%) Docker
Vendors
1 11 (47.83%) SAP
2 4 (17.39%) LabVantage
3 3 (13.04%) Microsoft
4 2 (8.70%) Ariba
4 2 (8.70%) LabWare
4 2 (8.70%) Siemens
5 1 (4.35%) Databricks
5 1 (4.35%) Oracle