LIMS Contracts in the South East

Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS)
England > South East

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term LIMS in contract job vacancies in the South East. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited LIMS over the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 148 188 212
Rank change year-on-year +40 +24 +42
Contract jobs citing LIMS 4 10 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.13% 0.18% 0.10%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.40% 0.63% 0.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 3
10th Percentile - - £212
25th Percentile £213 - £249
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £225 £450 £320
Median % change year-on-year -50.00% +40.63% -20.00%
75th Percentile £238 - £378
90th Percentile - - £406
England median daily rate £525 £500 £230
% change year-on-year +5.00% +117.39% -48.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £5.00
England median hourly rate - - £17.86

All Generic Skills
South East

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 South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,006 1,581 1,957
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 33.39% 28.49% 33.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 630 940 1,317
10th Percentile £210 £205 £213
25th Percentile £358 £363 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year - -2.44% +2.50%
75th Percentile £600 £608 £638
90th Percentile £661 £688 £725
England median daily rate £548 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -0.36% -4.35% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 64 154 90
10th Percentile £16.95 £11.74 £18.08
25th Percentile £23.50 £18.35 £19.25
Median hourly rate £47.90 £47.19 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +1.52% -5.63% +132.56%
75th Percentile £63.94 £61.30 £66.61
90th Percentile £85.50 £65.00 £75.00
England median hourly rate £33.91 £30.16 £22.49
% change year-on-year +12.43% +34.13% -16.72%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing LIMS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for LIMS in the South East

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing LIMS in the South East.

Daily rate trend for LIMS in the South East

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing LIMS in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for LIMS in the South East

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Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing LIMS within the South East region over the 6 months to 2 May 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
Surrey - 1 £225 -
LIMS
England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

General
1 3 (75.00%) Electronics
1 3 (75.00%) Finance
1 3 (75.00%) Manufacturing
1 3 (75.00%) Marketing
1 3 (75.00%) Public Sector
1 3 (75.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) IT Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Field Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Rollout Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Business Intelligence
1 3 (75.00%) Digital Marketing
1 3 (75.00%) Information Management
1 3 (75.00%) Programme Management
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) SAP