Life Science Contracts in the North of England

Life Sciences
England > North of England

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

6 months to
1 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 173 156 190
Rank change year-on-year -17 +34 +59
Contract jobs citing Life Science 7 16 15
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.18% 0.38% 0.28%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.54% 1.38% 1.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 7 6
10th Percentile £506 £340 £231
25th Percentile £529 £469 £292
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £580 £525 £434
Median % change year-on-year +10.48% +21.04% -6.22%
75th Percentile - £568 £566
90th Percentile - £591 £642
England median daily rate £575 £525 £510
% change year-on-year +9.52% +2.94% +0.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 5 0
10th Percentile - £22.15 -
25th Percentile £61.25 £23.50 -
Median hourly rate £62.50 £31.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +98.41% - -
75th Percentile £63.75 £45.00 -
90th Percentile - £46.50 -
England median hourly rate £62.50 £41.50 £28.00
% change year-on-year +50.60% +48.21% -55.20%

All Generic Skills
North of England

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 the North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,302 1,158 1,507
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 33.11% 27.58% 28.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 824 686 1,001
10th Percentile £275 £297 £263
25th Percentile £375 £425 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -2.44% +2.50%
75th Percentile £570 £600 £611
90th Percentile £638 £700 £688
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 52 97 56
10th Percentile £17.42 £12.15 £16.44
25th Percentile £22.69 £13.00 £20.19
Median hourly rate £35.00 £15.17 £30.50
Median % change year-on-year +130.72% -50.26% +56.41%
75th Percentile £60.94 £32.50 £45.96
90th Percentile £78.63 £57.70 £65.88
England median hourly rate £31.25 £45.00 £40.46
% change year-on-year -30.57% +11.23% +55.61%

Life Science
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Life Science in the North of England

Life Science
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Daily rate trend for Life Science in the North of England

Life Science
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Hourly rate trend for Life Science in the North of England

Life Science
Contract Job Locations in the North 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 North of England region over the 6 months to 1 August 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
North West -8 7 £580 +10.48% 23
Life Science
England

Life Science
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of 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 (14.29%) Adobe Experience Manager
Business Applications
1 5 (71.43%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 4 (57.14%) Azure
1 4 (57.14%) Power Platform
1 4 (57.14%) Snowflake
2 1 (14.29%) Adobe Analytics
2 1 (14.29%) AWS
2 1 (14.29%) Veeva
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (57.14%) Data Lake
1 4 (57.14%) Data Warehouse
1 4 (57.14%) Power BI
General
1 6 (85.71%) Pharmaceutical
2 5 (71.43%) Manufacturing
3 4 (57.14%) Finance
4 1 (14.29%) Marketing
4 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Data Analytics Specialist
2 2 (28.57%) SAP Financial Specialist
3 1 (14.29%) Architect
3 1 (14.29%) Business Consultant
3 1 (14.29%) Consultant
3 1 (14.29%) Lead
3 1 (14.29%) Lead Consultant
3 1 (14.29%) Safety Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) SAP Architect
3 1 (14.29%) SAP S/4HANA Architect
3 1 (14.29%) SAP Solutions Architect
3 1 (14.29%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (14.29%) Veeva Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) Middleware
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Analytics
2 4 (57.14%) Data Modelling
2 4 (57.14%) Inventory Management
2 4 (57.14%) Logistics
3 2 (28.57%) Community of Practice
3 2 (28.57%) Profit Centre Accounting
3 2 (28.57%) Quality Management
3 2 (28.57%) Record to Report
3 2 (28.57%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (14.29%) Change Management
4 1 (14.29%) Content Management
4 1 (14.29%) CRM
4 1 (14.29%) Customer Engagement
4 1 (14.29%) Regulatory Change
4 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (14.29%) Strategic Planning
4 1 (14.29%) TOGAF
4 1 (14.29%) Validation
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) Degree
1 4 (57.14%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) Data Quality
1 2 (28.57%) PMO
2 1 (14.29%) GxP
2 1 (14.29%) HAZOP
2 1 (14.29%) HIPAA
2 1 (14.29%) IEC 61508
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 5 (71.43%) Ariba
1 5 (71.43%) SAP
2 2 (28.57%) Anaplan
2 2 (28.57%) Hyperion
3 1 (14.29%) Adobe
3 1 (14.29%) Salesforce
3 1 (14.29%) Siemens