Life Science Jobs in the City of London

Life Sciences
Central London > City of London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Life Science in permanent job vacancies in the City of London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Life Science over the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 135 170 223
Rank change year-on-year +35 +53 +46
Permanent jobs citing Life Science 2 13 6
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 0.10% 0.39% 0.13%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.25% 1.13% 0.32%
Number of salaries quoted 2 5 5
10th Percentile £55,125 - -
25th Percentile £57,188 £51,000 £42,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,250 £54,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +22.69% -10.00% -5.51%
75th Percentile £77,188 £85,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,375 £92,500 £68,500
Central London median annual salary £66,250 £54,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +22.69% -10.00% -14.29%

All Generic Skills
City of London

Life Science falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in the City of London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 794 1,152 1,847
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 40.95% 34.48% 41.04%
Number of salaries quoted 593 875 1,539
10th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £43,632
25th Percentile £52,500 £51,250 £58,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,500 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -6.45% -
75th Percentile £102,750 £97,500 £105,000
90th Percentile £145,000 £117,500 £120,000
Central London median annual salary £75,000 £72,500 £77,500
% change year-on-year +3.45% -6.45% +3.33%

Life Science
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings citing Life Science as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for Life Science in the City of London

Life Science
Salary Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Life Science in the City of London.

Salary trend for Life Science in the City of London

Life Science
Salary Histogram in the City of London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Life Science in the City of London over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Life Science in the City of London

Life Science
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London 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 (50.00%) AWS
1 1 (50.00%) GCP
1 1 (50.00%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) NoSQL
General
1 1 (50.00%) Pharmaceutical
1 1 (50.00%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Implementation Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Implementation Project Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Project Implementation Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Project Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Software Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Software Implementation Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Software Implementation Project Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Software Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Algorithms
1 1 (50.00%) Data Structures
1 1 (50.00%) Distributed Systems
1 1 (50.00%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (50.00%) Artificial Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Biology
2 1 (50.00%) Biotechnology
2 1 (50.00%) Chemistry
2 1 (50.00%) Containerisation
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Data Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (50.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) Machine Learning
2 1 (50.00%) Physics
2 1 (50.00%) PRINCE
2 1 (50.00%) Resource Allocation
2 1 (50.00%) Resource Management
2 1 (50.00%) SDLC
2 1 (50.00%) Software Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) C++
1 1 (50.00%) Go
1 1 (50.00%) Java
1 1 (50.00%) Python
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Master's Degree
2 1 (50.00%) PhD
2 1 (50.00%) PMI Certification
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft