Life Science Jobs in Berkshire

Life Sciences
South East > Berkshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Life Science in permanent job vacancies advertised in Berkshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Life Science over the 6 months to 11 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 156 125 128
Rank change year-on-year -31 +3 -15
Permanent jobs citing Life Science 4 61 63
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 0.13% 1.96% 1.84%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.44% 4.34% 4.53%
Number of salaries quoted 1 3 3
10th Percentile - - £61,500
25th Percentile - - £61,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% - +23.81%
75th Percentile - £100,000 £78,750
90th Percentile - £121,000 £85,500
South East median annual salary £40,000 £53,750 £45,000
% change year-on-year -25.58% +19.44% +7.25%

All Generic Skills
Berkshire

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 permanent job vacancies advertised in Berkshire with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 912 1,407 1,391
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 29.65% 45.15% 40.70%
Number of salaries quoted 625 689 728
10th Percentile £28,910 £35,009 £32,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £44,525 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £58,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.53% -2.50% +4.35%
75th Percentile £62,500 £74,250 £74,813
90th Percentile £75,000 £88,750 £82,500
South East median annual salary £49,500 £56,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.39% +2.73% +4.76%

Life Science
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Job postings citing Life Science as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Job vacancy trend for Life Science in Berkshire

Life Science
Salary Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Life Science in Berkshire.

Salary trend for Life Science in Berkshire

Life Science
Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Life Science within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 11 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Reading +14 4 £50,000 -61.54% 3
Life Science
South East

Life Science
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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:

Applications
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) SaaS
General
1 3 (75.00%) Finance
1 3 (75.00%) Presentation Skills
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Lead
1 3 (75.00%) Project Leader
1 3 (75.00%) Senior
1 3 (75.00%) Senior Project Leader
2 1 (25.00%) QA Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Analytics
1 3 (75.00%) Data Analysis
1 3 (75.00%) Data Entry
1 3 (75.00%) Data Science
1 3 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (75.00%) Project Delivery
1 3 (75.00%) Project Management
1 3 (75.00%) Risk Management
1 3 (75.00%) Time Management
1 3 (75.00%) Workflow
1 3 (75.00%) Workflow Management
2 1 (25.00%) Manual Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Regulatory Compliance
2 1 (25.00%) Software Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Test Automation
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (75.00%) Good Clinical Practice
2 1 (25.00%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft