Life Science Job Trends in the East Midlands

Life Sciences
England > East Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Life Science in permanent job vacancies in the East Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Life Science over the 6 months leading up to 4 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 137 158 26
Rank change year-on-year +21 -132 +117
Permanent jobs citing Life Science 2 17 121
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 0.085% 0.44% 7.37%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.19% 1.76% 17.95%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £52,500 - £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 - £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +4.76%
75th Percentile £57,500 - £57,500
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £62,500 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +19.05% -4.55% -18.52%

All Generic Skills
East Midlands

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 East Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,081 965 674
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 46.08% 25.14% 41.05%
Number of salaries quoted 440 384 410
10th Percentile £25,750 £30,000 £25,750
25th Percentile £29,000 £36,250 £38,828
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,750 £47,750 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -18.85% -9.05% +5.00%
75th Percentile £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £73,875 £77,500 £72,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £64,448
% change year-on-year -8.33% -6.90% +3.12%

Life Science
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Life Science relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.

Life Science job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

Life Science
Salary Trend in the East Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Life Science.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Life Science

Life Science
Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Life Science within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 4 October 2025. 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
Leicestershire - 1 - -
Lincolnshire - 1 £55,000 - 1
Nottinghamshire - 1 £55,000 -
Life Science
England

Life Science
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) TCP/IP
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Law
1 1 (50.00%) Pharmaceutical
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Automation Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Field Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Field Service Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Robotics Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Senior
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Statistician
1 1 (50.00%) Statistician
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Driving Licence
1 1 (50.00%) Robotics
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (50.00%) Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (50.00%) Data Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Data Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) Experimental Design
2 1 (50.00%) Mathematics
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Robotic Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Statistical Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Statistics
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) Python
1 1 (50.00%) R
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Master's Degree
1 1 (50.00%) PhD