Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS)
South West > Somerset
The table below looks at the prevalence of the term LIMS in contract job vacancies in Somerset. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited LIMS over the 6 months leading up to 25 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 25 Oct 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 31 | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing LIMS | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs in Somerset | - | 0.51% | - |
| As % of the Miscellaneous category | - | 2.38% | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | - |
| South West median daily rate | - | - | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Median hourly rate | - | £25.00 | - |
| South West median hourly rate | - | £25.00 | - |
All Generic Skills
Somerset
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 Somerset.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills | 71 | 42 | 50 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Somerset | 39.66% | 21.21% | 26.18% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 50 | 23 | 35 |
| 10th Percentile | £225 | £181 | £192 |
| 25th Percentile | £263 | £244 | £424 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £403 | £550 | £538 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -26.82% | +2.23% | +28.48% |
| 75th Percentile | £600 | £661 | £631 |
| 90th Percentile | £678 | £804 | £714 |
| South West median daily rate | £525 | £550 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.55% | - | +4.76% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £28.50 | - |
| 25th Percentile | £57.50 | £33.75 | - |
| Median hourly rate | £65.00 | £45.00 | £35.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +44.44% | +28.57% | +16.67% |
| 75th Percentile | £72.50 | £57.50 | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | £63.50 | - |
| South West median hourly rate | £23.17 | £70.00 | £70.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -66.90% | - | +11.11% |
LIMS
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing LIMS relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Somerset.
