LIMS Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS)
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term LIMS in remote or hybrid contract work. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited LIMS over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 293 333 449
Rank change year-on-year +40 +116 +124
Contract jobs citing LIMS 11 12 28
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.11% 0.078% 0.11%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.34% 0.27% 0.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 8 8
10th Percentile £450 £438 £207
25th Percentile £491 £484 £220
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 £525 £249
Median % change year-on-year -0.48% +111.27% -50.30%
75th Percentile £538 £564 £397
90th Percentile - £570 £455
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £255
% change year-on-year -2.38% +105.88% -46.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £5.00
UK median hourly rate - - £14.00

All Generic Skills
Work from Home

LIMS 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 with remote or hybrid options requiring generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 3,272 4,408 8,138
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 33.03% 28.73% 31.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,222 2,974 5,725
10th Percentile £350 £325 £363
25th Percentile £425 £431 £454
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.91% - +2.33%
75th Percentile £680 £675 £688
90th Percentile £825 £800 £800
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 76 199 151
10th Percentile £18.75 £15.48 £19.00
25th Percentile £26.25 £25.50 £31.38
Median hourly rate £41.75 £51.00 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year -18.14% -11.30% +29.21%
75th Percentile £64.57 £65.02 £70.00
90th Percentile £78.13 £72.50 £85.00
UK median hourly rate £32.05 £30.00 £22.49
% change year-on-year +6.83% +33.42% -18.24%

LIMS
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing LIMS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

LIMS trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

LIMS
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing LIMS.

LIMS daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

LIMS
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (9.09%) AWS
General
1 5 (45.45%) Analytical Skills
1 5 (45.45%) Social Skills
2 1 (9.09%) Health Technology
2 1 (9.09%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 6 (54.55%) Business Analyst
2 5 (45.45%) Analyst
3 4 (36.36%) LIMS Business Analyst
4 2 (18.18%) LIMS Manager
4 2 (18.18%) LIMS Project Manager
4 2 (18.18%) Project Manager
4 2 (18.18%) Service Desk Engineer
5 1 (9.09%) Developer
5 1 (9.09%) Integration Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (9.09%) FHIR
Miscellaneous
1 3 (27.27%) Management Information System
2 2 (18.18%) Life Science
2 2 (18.18%) NHS
3 1 (9.09%) Onboarding
3 1 (9.09%) PACS
Operating Systems
1 2 (18.18%) Windows
1 2 (18.18%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (36.36%) Information Management
2 2 (18.18%) Customer Service
3 1 (9.09%) Actionable Insight
3 1 (9.09%) Analytical Thinking
3 1 (9.09%) Biology
3 1 (9.09%) Chemistry
3 1 (9.09%) Data Analysis
3 1 (9.09%) Data-Flow Analysis
3 1 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (9.09%) Process Improvement
3 1 (9.09%) Project Management
3 1 (9.09%) Requirements Analysis
3 1 (9.09%) Service Delivery
3 1 (9.09%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (9.09%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (9.09%) C#
1 1 (9.09%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (36.36%) Security Cleared
2 3 (27.27%) SC Cleared
3 1 (9.09%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (27.27%) GxP
2 1 (9.09%) HIPAA
2 1 (9.09%) HL7
2 1 (9.09%) QA
System Software
1 1 (9.09%) Docker
Vendors
1 1 (9.09%) LabVantage