Life Science Contract Job Trends in Stevenage

Life Sciences
Hertfordshire > Stevenage

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Life Science in contract job vacancies in Stevenage. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Life Science over the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 42 32 -
Rank change year-on-year -10 - -
Contract jobs citing Life Science 5 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Stevenage 1.67% 0.70% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 5.05% 1.79% -
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £318 £263 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £360 £275 -
Median % change year-on-year +30.91% - -
75th Percentile £575 £288 -
90th Percentile - - -
Hertfordshire median daily rate £360 £275 -
% change year-on-year +30.91% - -

All Generic Skills
Stevenage

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 Stevenage.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 99 56 83
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Stevenage 33.00% 39.44% 36.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 15 14
10th Percentile £318 £296 £204
25th Percentile £386 £313 £227
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £454 £485 £429
Median % change year-on-year -6.39% +13.12% -18.26%
75th Percentile £628 £558 £526
90th Percentile £748 £598 £619
Hertfordshire median daily rate £550 £500 £511
% change year-on-year +10.00% -2.20% -7.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 33 55
10th Percentile £41.25 £35.00 £42.25
25th Percentile £50.25 £53.00 £54.50
Median hourly rate £66.50 £67.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.48% +3.85% -7.14%
75th Percentile £75.00 £85.00 -
90th Percentile £79.38 £95.00 £70.00
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £64.25 £67.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year -4.81% +3.85% -5.45%

Life Science
Job Vacancy Trend in Stevenage

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Life Science relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Stevenage.

Life Science job vacancy trend in Stevenage

Life Science
Daily Rate Trend in Stevenage

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Stevenage citing Life Science.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Stevenage citing Life Science

Life Science
Daily Rate Histogram in Stevenage

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Life Science in Stevenage over the 6 months to 14 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Life Science in Stevenage

Life Science
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Stevenage 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (20.00%) SAS
Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) Azure
2 1 (20.00%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (20.00%) GitHub
General
1 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Administrator
1 3 (60.00%) Linux Administrator
2 1 (20.00%) Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Lead
2 1 (20.00%) Solutions Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Technical Leader
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (20.00%) Agile
1 1 (20.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (20.00%) DevOps
1 1 (20.00%) Scrum
1 1 (20.00%) Statistical Computing
1 1 (20.00%) Tech Ops
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) Python
2 1 (20.00%) R
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Docker
1 1 (20.00%) Slurm Workload Manager
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Databricks