LabWare Contracts

LabWare
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of LabWare products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited LabWare over the 6 months leading up to 14 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within LabWare.

6 months to
14 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 546 547 654
Rank change year-on-year +1 +107 +185
Contract jobs citing LabWare 7 1 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.021% 0.003% 0.004%
As % of the Vendors category 0.045% 0.006% 0.009%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 1
10th Percentile £418 - -
25th Percentile £444 £413 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £425 £500
Median % change year-on-year +16.47% -15.00% -25.93%
75th Percentile £551 £438 £525
90th Percentile £581 - -
UK excluding London median daily rate £400 - -

All Vendors
UK

LabWare falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 15,616 17,012 23,253
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 47.37% 43.70% 44.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,529 10,603 15,125
10th Percentile £276 £288 £263
25th Percentile £400 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £523 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.31% -0.48% -
75th Percentile £613 £625 £638
90th Percentile £701 £731 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 823 837 658
10th Percentile £14.32 £13.67 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.30 £15.62 £18.50
Median hourly rate £25.15 £29.00 £39.60
Median % change year-on-year -13.28% -26.77% +80.00%
75th Percentile £47.12 £61.60 £63.56
90th Percentile £67.90 £70.00 £73.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.16 £28.00 £32.00
% change year-on-year -20.87% -12.50% +61.53%

LabWare
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing LabWare as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for LabWare in the UK

LabWare
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing LabWare.

Daily rate trend for LabWare in the UK

LabWare
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing LabWare over the 6 months to 14 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for LabWare in the UK

LabWare
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing LabWare.

Hourly rate trend for LabWare in the UK

LabWare
Top 5 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing LabWare within the UK over the 6 months to 14 August 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
England - 7 £495 - 3
East of England - 5 £400 - 2
UK excluding London - 5 £400 - 3
London - 2 £548 -
Work from Home +19 1 £495 +16.47%

LabWare
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Teamcenter
Communications & Networking
1 3 (42.86%) Firewall
General
1 2 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Finance
2 1 (14.29%) Marketing
2 1 (14.29%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 1 (14.29%) Analyst
1 1 (14.29%) Business Analyst
1 1 (14.29%) IT Manager
1 1 (14.29%) IT Project Manager
1 1 (14.29%) Lead
1 1 (14.29%) Lead Business Analyst
1 1 (14.29%) LIMS Business Analyst
1 1 (14.29%) LIMS Manager
1 1 (14.29%) LIMS Project Manager
1 1 (14.29%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (28.57%) J2EE
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) LIMS
1 3 (42.86%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Agile
2 2 (28.57%) Coaching
2 2 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (28.57%) Incident Management
2 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (14.29%) Budget Management
3 1 (14.29%) Budgeting
3 1 (14.29%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (14.29%) Computer Security
3 1 (14.29%) Creative Thinking
3 1 (14.29%) Data Cleansing
3 1 (14.29%) Data Mapping
3 1 (14.29%) Data Migration
3 1 (14.29%) Data Privacy
3 1 (14.29%) Global Marketing
3 1 (14.29%) Performance Metrics
3 1 (14.29%) Programme Delivery
3 1 (14.29%) Project Delivery
3 1 (14.29%) QMS
3 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 2 (28.57%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (71.43%) GxP
2 1 (14.29%) Accessibility
2 1 (14.29%) QA
System Software
1 4 (57.14%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) LabVantage
1 2 (28.57%) Oracle
1 2 (28.57%) SAP
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
2 1 (14.29%) Siemens