Life Science Contract Job Trends in Uxbridge

Life Sciences
Hillingdon > Uxbridge

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Life Science in contract job vacancies in Uxbridge. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Life Science over the 6 months leading up to 20 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 3 7
Rank change year-on-year -11 +4 -1
Contract jobs citing Life Science 2 1 6
As % of all contract jobs in Uxbridge 4.00% 12.50% 15.00%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 13.33% 50.00% 27.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile - - £511
25th Percentile - - £528
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - £563
Median % change year-on-year - - +18.42%
75th Percentile - - £603
90th Percentile - - £624
Hillingdon median daily rate £550 - £563
% change year-on-year - - +18.42%

All Generic Skills
Uxbridge

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 Uxbridge.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 15 2 22
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Uxbridge 30.00% 25.00% 55.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 0 12
10th Percentile £363 - £241
25th Percentile £409 - £509
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - £538
Median % change year-on-year - - +12.27%
75th Percentile £653 - £627
90th Percentile £687 - -
Hillingdon median daily rate £550 £240 £400
% change year-on-year +129.17% -40.00% -30.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £26.25 - -
Median hourly rate £27.50 - £30.16
Median % change year-on-year - - +9.67%
75th Percentile £28.75 - £34.25
90th Percentile - - £41.60
Hillingdon median hourly rate £27.50 - £18.00
% change year-on-year - - -34.55%

Life Science
Job Vacancy Trend in Uxbridge

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

Life Science job vacancy trend in Uxbridge

Life Science
Daily Rate Trend in Uxbridge

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

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

Life Science
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Uxbridge 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:

Business Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) AWS
General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
1 2 (100.00%) Health Technology
1 2 (100.00%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Biopharmaceutical
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Biotechnology
1 2 (100.00%) Budget Management
1 2 (100.00%) Performance Management
1 2 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 2 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 2 (100.00%) Project Management
1 2 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Validation
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) PMI Certification
1 2 (100.00%) PMP
1 2 (100.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) GxP
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle
1 2 (100.00%) Salesforce
1 2 (100.00%) Sitecore