LIMS Contract Job Trends in the North of England

Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS)
England > North of England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term LIMS in contract job vacancies in the North of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited LIMS over the 6 months leading up to 10 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 252 183 162
Rank change year-on-year -69 -21 +21
Contract jobs citing LIMS 2 1 3
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 0.026% 0.025% 0.073%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.075% 0.071% 0.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £355
25th Percentile - - £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - £375
Median % change year-on-year - - +111.27%
75th Percentile - - £388
90th Percentile - - £395
England median daily rate £515 £523 £525
% change year-on-year -1.44% -0.48% +62.79%

All Generic Skills
North of 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 the North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 2,655 1,405 1,158
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 34.70% 35.27% 28.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,574 901 669
10th Percentile £325 £278 £263
25th Percentile £413 £375 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £460 £500
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% -8.00% -
75th Percentile £598 £550 £600
90th Percentile £675 £638 £713
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 218 52 59
10th Percentile £15.39 £15.51 £12.15
25th Percentile £21.14 £18.51 £14.06
Median hourly rate £43.96 £35.00 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year +25.60% +84.21% -36.67%
75th Percentile £67.50 £60.94 £43.75
90th Percentile £77.50 £77.13 £62.50
England median hourly rate £37.50 £33.00 £57.35
% change year-on-year +13.64% -42.46% +25.00%

LIMS
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing LIMS relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

LIMS job vacancy trend in the North of England

LIMS
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing LIMS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing LIMS

LIMS
Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing LIMS.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing LIMS

LIMS
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 LIMS within the North of England region over the 6 months to 10 September 2026. 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 -54 1 - - 1
Yorkshire - 1 £450 - 1
LIMS
England

LIMS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) DMZ
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) EDMS
1 1 (50.00%) Metadata
General
1 2 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 2 (100.00%) Pharmaceutical
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Law
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Life Science
1 1 (50.00%) Operational Technology
1 1 (50.00%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) AI
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) Architecture Roadmap
2 1 (50.00%) Change Control
2 1 (50.00%) Chemistry
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) Data Governance
2 1 (50.00%) Data Science
2 1 (50.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 1 (50.00%) Edge Computing
2 1 (50.00%) Event-Driven
2 1 (50.00%) Event-Driven Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) Informatics
2 1 (50.00%) Machine Learning
2 1 (50.00%) Network Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) QMS
2 1 (50.00%) Software Assurance
2 1 (50.00%) Technical Debt
2 1 (50.00%) Technology Roadmap
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Master's Degree
1 1 (50.00%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) 21 CFR Part 11
1 1 (50.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (50.00%) Data Quality
1 1 (50.00%) GAMP
1 1 (50.00%) GMP
1 1 (50.00%) GxP
1 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (50.00%) NIST