Life Science Contract Job Trends in Hampshire

Life Sciences
South East > Hampshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Life Science in contract job vacancies in Hampshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Life Science over the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 92 73 88
Rank change year-on-year -19 +15 -
Contract jobs citing Life Science 1 2 5
As % of all contract jobs in Hampshire 0.076% 0.22% 0.39%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.33% 0.75% 1.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £450 -
South East median daily rate £450 £500 £339
% change year-on-year -10.00% +47.60% +27.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £16.25
Median hourly rate - - £17.50
75th Percentile - - £18.75
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £71.25 £41.94 £43.33
% change year-on-year +69.89% -3.21% -

All Generic Skills
Hampshire

Life Science 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 Hampshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 299 265 372
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire 22.65% 29.15% 28.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 202 174 185
10th Percentile £272 £319 £231
25th Percentile £446 £423 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 £550 £513
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +7.21% -2.29%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £615
90th Percentile £700 £700 £695
South East median daily rate £496 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -5.62% +5.00% -3.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 15 26
10th Percentile £14.24 £22.78 £16.25
25th Percentile £22.50 £29.38 £22.54
Median hourly rate £25.00 £32.50 £51.96
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% -37.45% +18.79%
75th Percentile £50.00 £35.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £58.20 £68.75 £62.50
South East median hourly rate £25.00 £35.00 £53.00
% change year-on-year -28.57% -33.96% +60.61%

Life Science
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Life Science relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire.

Life Science job vacancy trend in Hampshire

Life Science
Daily Rate Trend in Hampshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Life Science.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Life Science

Life Science
Hourly Rate Trend in Hampshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Life Science.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Life Science

Life Science
Contract Job Locations in Hampshire

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 Hampshire region over the 6 months to 19 December 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
Portsmouth - 1 - - 1
Life Science
South East

Life Science
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hampshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Veeva
General
1 1 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Documentation Specialist
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Change Control
1 1 (100.00%) Data Management
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) PDM
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) GxP
1 1 (100.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Micro Focus