Life Science Contract Job Trends in Welwyn Garden City

Life Sciences
Hertfordshire > Welwyn Garden City

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Life Science in contract job vacancies in Welwyn Garden City. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Life Science over the 6 months leading up to 5 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 9 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Life Science 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Welwyn Garden City 4.76% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 10.00% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
Hertfordshire median daily rate £463 - £500
% change year-on-year - - +55.04%

All Generic Skills
Welwyn Garden City

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 Welwyn Garden City.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 10 15 9
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Welwyn Garden City 47.62% 60.00% 64.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 2 2
10th Percentile £435 £673 £288
25th Percentile £600 £688 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £725 £400
Median % change year-on-year -10.34% +81.25% -20.00%
75th Percentile £750 £763 £475
90th Percentile - £778 £513
Hertfordshire median daily rate £475 £550 £450
% change year-on-year -13.64% +22.22% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 9 0
Median hourly rate - £18.82 -
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £66.00 £72.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year -8.97% +11.54% +3.59%

Life Science
Job Vacancy Trend in Welwyn Garden City

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

Life Science job vacancy trend in Welwyn Garden City

Life Science
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Welwyn Garden City 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) GitLab
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Writer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Docs as Code
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement