Life Sciences
South East > West Sussex
The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Life Science in contract job vacancies in West Sussex. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Life Science over the 6 months leading up to 12 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 12 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | - | 47 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | +9 |
| Contract jobs citing Life Science | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in West Sussex | - | - | 0.33% |
| As % of the Miscellaneous category | - | - | 0.90% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | - |
| South East median daily rate | £625 | £425 | £515 |
| % change year-on-year | +47.06% | -17.48% | +3.00% |
All Generic Skills
West Sussex
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 West Sussex.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills | 68 | 84 | 111 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West Sussex | 46.90% | 32.68% | 36.16% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 34 | 57 | 86 |
| 10th Percentile | £193 | £290 | £200 |
| 25th Percentile | £225 | £400 | £333 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £406 | £450 | £513 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -9.72% | -12.20% | +5.89% |
| 75th Percentile | £592 | £563 | £678 |
| 90th Percentile | £714 | £600 | £703 |
| South East median daily rate | £500 | £500 | £515 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -2.91% | +3.00% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 11 | 1 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £16.95 | £36.75 | - |
| Median hourly rate | £18.82 | £38.50 | £22.16 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -51.12% | +73.74% | +3.60% |
| 75th Percentile | £44.21 | £40.25 | - |
| 90th Percentile | £85.50 | - | - |
| South East median hourly rate | £48.00 | £47.50 | £48.08 |
| % change year-on-year | +1.05% | -1.21% | +123.63% |
Life Science
Job Vacancy Trend in West Sussex
Job postings citing Life Science as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in West Sussex.
Life Science
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in West Sussex
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Life Science in West Sussex.