Life Science Contracts with Work from Home Options

Life Sciences
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Life Science in contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH). Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Life Science over the 6 months to 19 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 291 419 520
Rank change year-on-year +128 +101 -94
Contract jobs citing Life Science 57 54 105
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.37% 0.20% 0.23%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.28% 0.65% 0.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 17 51
10th Percentile £413 £466 £400
25th Percentile £478 £508 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £545 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.67% +9.00% +24.61%
75th Percentile £559 £580 £594
90th Percentile £1,388 £634 £680
UK median daily rate £525 £515 £500
% change year-on-year +1.94% +3.00% +9.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 0 4
10th Percentile £32.50 - £40.00
25th Percentile £35.31 - £51.25
Median hourly rate £57.83 - £65.00
75th Percentile £62.00 - £75.00
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £62.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year -32.00% +4.17% +34.83%

All Generic Skills
Work from Home

Life Science is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 4,458 8,261 13,978
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 28.67% 31.35% 31.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,992 5,810 9,968
10th Percentile £325 £363 £355
25th Percentile £429 £456 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £532
Median % change year-on-year - +3.33% +7.53%
75th Percentile £672 £688 £638
90th Percentile £800 £800 £738
UK median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 183 150 226
10th Percentile £15.42 £19.00 £12.21
25th Percentile £25.25 £33.31 £20.38
Median hourly rate £47.50 £63.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -24.60% +41.57% +43.55%
75th Percentile £62.00 £70.00 £57.03
90th Percentile £72.50 £85.00 £66.13
UK median hourly rate £28.25 £22.49 £27.00
% change year-on-year +25.64% -16.72% +5.88%

Life Science
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Life Science as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Life Science trend for jobs with a WFH option

Life Science
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Life Science.

Life Science daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Life Science
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Life Science over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Life Science daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Life Science
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Life Science.

Life Science hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Life Science
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Life Science over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Life Science hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Life Science
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.75%) CMS
1 1 (1.75%) Confluence
Applications
1 7 (12.28%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (5.26%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (5.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (5.26%) Revit
3 1 (1.75%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 12 (21.05%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (3.51%) SAP QM
3 1 (1.75%) OpenText VIM for SAP
3 1 (1.75%) Sage X3
3 1 (1.75%) SAP CCM
3 1 (1.75%) SAP FI
3 1 (1.75%) SAP GTS
3 1 (1.75%) SAP MM
3 1 (1.75%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 8 (14.04%) Smartsheet
2 6 (10.53%) SaaS
3 3 (5.26%) AWS
3 3 (5.26%) SuccessFactors
4 2 (3.51%) Amazon ECS
4 2 (3.51%) Amazon S3
4 2 (3.51%) AWS Lambda
4 2 (3.51%) GitHub
4 2 (3.51%) Serverless
5 1 (1.75%) Azure
5 1 (1.75%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (1.75%) Collibra
5 1 (1.75%) Power Platform
5 1 (1.75%) Veeva
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.51%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.51%) Amazon RDS
1 2 (3.51%) Metadata
2 1 (1.75%) Data Lake
2 1 (1.75%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (1.75%) EDMS
2 1 (1.75%) Power BI
2 1 (1.75%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 6 (10.53%) JIRA
2 2 (3.51%) Git
2 2 (3.51%) GitLab
2 2 (3.51%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.75%) Eclipse
3 1 (1.75%) PyCharm
General
1 19 (33.33%) Pharmaceutical
2 17 (29.82%) Social Skills
3 12 (21.05%) Manufacturing
4 5 (8.77%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (5.26%) Legal
6 2 (3.51%) Automotive
6 2 (3.51%) Finance
6 2 (3.51%) French Language
6 2 (3.51%) German Language
6 2 (3.51%) Italian Language
6 2 (3.51%) Public Sector
6 2 (3.51%) Retail
6 2 (3.51%) Spanish Language
7 1 (1.75%) Aviation
7 1 (1.75%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 13 (22.81%) Senior
2 12 (21.05%) Analyst
3 11 (19.30%) Project Manager
4 7 (12.28%) Senior Analyst
5 6 (10.53%) Business Analyst
5 6 (10.53%) Consultant
5 6 (10.53%) HR Manager
6 5 (8.77%) Data Analyst
6 5 (8.77%) SAP Consultant
7 4 (7.02%) Business Systems Analyst
7 4 (7.02%) Configuration Manager
7 4 (7.02%) LIMS Business Analyst
7 4 (7.02%) SAP Analyst
7 4 (7.02%) SAP Data Analyst
7 4 (7.02%) Senior Data Analyst
8 3 (5.26%) Architect
8 3 (5.26%) Business Manager
8 3 (5.26%) Lead
8 3 (5.26%) Senior Business Analyst
8 3 (5.26%) Senior Business Systems Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (5.26%) Smart Contracts
2 2 (3.51%) pytest
3 1 (1.75%) SAP PI
Miscellaneous
1 9 (15.79%) Renewable Energy
2 5 (8.77%) Data Structures
3 4 (7.02%) LIMS
4 3 (5.26%) Greenfield Project
5 2 (3.51%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (3.51%) Management Information System
5 2 (3.51%) Raspberry Pi
6 1 (1.75%) NHS
6 1 (1.75%) Omics
6 1 (1.75%) Pharmacovigilance
6 1 (1.75%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.51%) Linux
1 2 (3.51%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (21.05%) Project Management
2 8 (14.04%) Agile
3 7 (12.28%) Stakeholder Management
4 6 (10.53%) Analytics
4 6 (10.53%) Workflow
5 5 (8.77%) Budget Management
5 5 (8.77%) Matrix Organization
6 4 (7.02%) Biotechnology
6 4 (7.02%) CRM
6 4 (7.02%) Customer Service
6 4 (7.02%) Data Stewardship
6 4 (7.02%) Decision-Making
6 4 (7.02%) Scrum
7 3 (5.26%) BPR
7 3 (5.26%) Change Management
7 3 (5.26%) Data Protection
7 3 (5.26%) ERP
7 3 (5.26%) Quality Management
7 3 (5.26%) Service Delivery
7 3 (5.26%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 5 (8.77%) Python
2 2 (3.51%) Go
3 1 (1.75%) Groovy
3 1 (1.75%) Java
3 1 (1.75%) JavaScript
3 1 (1.75%) R
Qualifications
1 10 (17.54%) Degree
2 6 (10.53%) Security Cleared
3 5 (8.77%) SC Cleared
4 3 (5.26%) RIBA
5 1 (1.75%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.75%) Master's Degree
5 1 (1.75%) PMI Certification
5 1 (1.75%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (8.77%) Data Quality
2 3 (5.26%) GxP
3 1 (1.75%) GAMP
3 1 (1.75%) GDPR
3 1 (1.75%) Good Clinical Practice
3 1 (1.75%) QA
System Software
1 2 (3.51%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (3.51%) Ansible
1 2 (3.51%) Kubernetes
1 2 (3.51%) Terraform
Vendors
1 19 (33.33%) SAP
2 6 (10.53%) Ariba
3 5 (8.77%) Microsoft
3 5 (8.77%) Salesforce
4 4 (7.02%) Workday
5 2 (3.51%) ServiceNow
6 1 (1.75%) Cadence
6 1 (1.75%) Oracle
6 1 (1.75%) Sage