Life Sciences
England > West Midlands
The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Life Science in contract job vacancies in the West Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Life Science over the 6 months leading up to 20 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 20 Dec 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | - | 117 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | +48 |
| Contract jobs citing Life Science | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands | - | - | 0.055% |
| As % of the Miscellaneous category | - | - | 0.15% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | - |
| England median daily rate | £625 | £525 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | +19.05% | - | +10.53% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £32.50 |
| Median hourly rate | - | - | £35.00 |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £37.50 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| England median hourly rate | £67.50 | £41.00 | £38.75 |
| % change year-on-year | +64.63% | +5.81% | -38.00% |
All Generic Skills
West Midlands
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 the West Midlands.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills | 798 | 489 | 668 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands | 35.31% | 29.37% | 36.50% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 481 | 302 | 417 |
| 10th Percentile | £250 | £213 | £275 |
| 25th Percentile | £381 | £400 | £400 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £488 | £550 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -11.36% | +10.00% | +5.26% |
| 75th Percentile | £588 | £626 | £625 |
| 90th Percentile | £650 | £712 | £717 |
| England median daily rate | £513 | £550 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | -6.82% | - | -4.31% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 35 | 21 | 38 |
| 10th Percentile | £18.50 | £15.22 | £16.95 |
| 25th Percentile | £18.87 | £20.30 | £17.79 |
| Median hourly rate | £23.05 | £24.18 | £23.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.67% | +5.13% | +29.80% |
| 75th Percentile | £31.00 | £33.54 | £67.50 |
| 90th Percentile | £50.00 | £55.25 | £67.88 |
| England median hourly rate | £29.00 | £37.00 | £43.84 |
| % change year-on-year | -21.62% | -15.60% | +25.25% |
Life Science
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Life Science relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.
Life Science
Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Life Science.
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Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Life Science.
