Life Science Contracts in the North West

Life Sciences
England > North West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Life Science in contract job vacancies advertised in the North West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Life Science over the 6 months to 19 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 89 154 174
Rank change year-on-year +65 +20 -38
Contract jobs citing Life Science 49 7 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 1.78% 0.22% 0.27%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 6.59% 0.65% 0.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 2 3
10th Percentile £135 £477 £433
25th Percentile £513 £500 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £562 £475
Median % change year-on-year -6.50% +18.21% -5.00%
75th Percentile £538 £635 £531
90th Percentile £550 £664 £558
England median daily rate £525 £510 £500
% change year-on-year +2.94% +2.00% +9.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 0 0
10th Percentile £26.83 - -
25th Percentile £31.44 - -
Median hourly rate £42.50 - -
75th Percentile £43.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £41.50 £62.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year -33.60% +4.17% +36.36%

All Generic Skills
North West

Life Science is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 743 1,083 1,385
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 27.03% 33.59% 34.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 506 736 1,061
10th Percentile £286 £288 £213
25th Percentile £413 £400 £351
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +26.67%
75th Percentile £582 £626 £586
90th Percentile £674 £683 £672
England median daily rate £550 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 73 51 63
10th Percentile £13.00 £16.85 £11.36
25th Percentile £15.00 £20.74 £12.27
Median hourly rate £25.25 £35.00 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year -27.86% +89.19% +3.35%
75th Percentile £43.75 £65.00 £40.50
90th Percentile £46.18 £70.00 £48.71
England median hourly rate £28.50 £22.49 £26.50
% change year-on-year +26.75% -15.15% +2.91%

Life Science
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Life Science in the North West

Life Science
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

Daily rate trend for Life Science in the North West

Life Science
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Life Science in the North West over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Life Science in the North West

Life Science
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

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

Hourly rate trend for Life Science in the North West

Life Science
Hourly Rate Histogram in the North West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Life Science in the North West over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Life Science in the North West

Life Science
Contract Job Locations in the North West

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 West region over the 6 months to 19 April 2024. 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
Cheshire +38 38 £525 +10.53% 6
Merseyside - 5 £115 - 3
Manchester +17 4 £160 -75.31% 12
Life Science
England

Life Science
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 2 (4.08%) CMS
2 1 (2.04%) Drupal
2 1 (2.04%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.04%) WordPress
Applications
1 9 (18.37%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (14.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (10.20%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (4.08%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (4.08%) Revit
Business Applications
1 28 (57.14%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (8.16%) TrackWise
3 1 (2.04%) SAP BPC
3 1 (2.04%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 8 (16.33%) Power Platform
2 1 (2.04%) Squarespace
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.08%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (16.33%) Power BI
2 4 (8.16%) EDMS
3 1 (2.04%) Amazon Redshift
3 1 (2.04%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (2.04%) Metadata
3 1 (2.04%) SAP BW
3 1 (2.04%) SAP HANA
3 1 (2.04%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 1 (2.04%) JIRA
General
1 38 (77.55%) Pharmaceutical
2 31 (63.27%) Social Skills
3 9 (18.37%) Finance
4 7 (14.29%) Manufacturing
5 5 (10.20%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (4.08%) French Language
6 2 (4.08%) German Language
6 2 (4.08%) Italian Language
6 2 (4.08%) Spanish Language
7 1 (2.04%) Automotive
7 1 (2.04%) Banking
7 1 (2.04%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (2.04%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 24 (48.98%) Consultant
2 23 (46.94%) Functional Consultant
2 23 (46.94%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
3 8 (16.33%) Analyst
3 8 (16.33%) Senior
4 6 (12.24%) Data Analyst
5 5 (10.20%) Manufacturing Engineer
5 5 (10.20%) QA Specialist
5 5 (10.20%) Senior Analyst
5 5 (10.20%) Senior Data Analyst
5 5 (10.20%) Support Engineer
6 4 (8.16%) SAP Analyst
6 4 (8.16%) SAP Data Analyst
7 3 (6.12%) Collaboration Consultant
7 3 (6.12%) IT Engineer
7 3 (6.12%) IT Support
7 3 (6.12%) IT Support Engineer
8 2 (4.08%) Service Analyst
8 2 (4.08%) Sustainability Consultant
8 2 (4.08%) Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (8.16%) Data Structures
2 1 (2.04%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (2.04%) Reference Data
2 1 (2.04%) Renewable Energy
2 1 (2.04%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.08%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (57.14%) Stakeholder Management
2 23 (46.94%) Business Transformation
3 9 (18.37%) Project Management
4 8 (16.33%) Process Improvement
5 7 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
6 6 (12.24%) Analytics
6 6 (12.24%) Validation
7 5 (10.20%) Continuous Improvement
7 5 (10.20%) Data Analytics
7 5 (10.20%) Data Extraction
7 5 (10.20%) FMEA
7 5 (10.20%) Problem-Solving
7 5 (10.20%) Smart Manufacturing
7 5 (10.20%) Test Scripting
8 4 (8.16%) Data Stewardship
8 4 (8.16%) Document Management
8 4 (8.16%) QMS
8 4 (8.16%) Records Management
8 4 (8.16%) Workflow
9 3 (6.12%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (12.24%) SQL
2 1 (2.04%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (8.16%) Degree
2 2 (4.08%) RIBA
2 2 (4.08%) SC Cleared
2 2 (4.08%) Security Cleared
3 1 (2.04%) Master's Degree
3 1 (2.04%) PhD
3 1 (2.04%) PMI Certification
3 1 (2.04%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (12.24%) GAMP
1 6 (12.24%) GxP
1 6 (12.24%) QA
2 5 (10.20%) Data Quality
3 1 (2.04%) GDPR
3 1 (2.04%) GMP
3 1 (2.04%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 30 (61.22%) SAP
2 27 (55.10%) Ariba
3 5 (10.20%) Microsoft
4 2 (4.08%) Adobe
4 2 (4.08%) ServiceNow
5 1 (2.04%) Hyperion
5 1 (2.04%) MicroStrategy
5 1 (2.04%) Oracle
5 1 (2.04%) Salesforce