Life Science Jobs in Edinburgh

Life Sciences
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Life Science in permanent job vacancies in Edinburgh. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Life Science over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 78 109 137
Rank change year-on-year +31 +28 +23
Permanent jobs citing Life Science 4 1 4
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 0.46% 0.066% 0.21%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.30% 0.23% 0.55%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 4
10th Percentile £38,550 - £58,625
25th Percentile £39,000 - £60,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,500 - £90,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +63.64%
75th Percentile £43,500 - £119,000
90th Percentile £43,650 - -
Scotland median annual salary £42,500 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -29.17% -4.00% +13.64%

All Generic Skills
Edinburgh

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 Edinburgh.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 308 442 727
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 35.12% 29.27% 38.42%
Number of salaries quoted 129 331 415
10th Percentile £31,000 £31,250 £37,350
25th Percentile £46,250 £43,817 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £59,526
Median % change year-on-year - +0.80% -0.79%
75th Percentile £82,500 £73,943 £77,715
90th Percentile £113,979 £87,500 £97,328
Scotland median annual salary £51,645 £52,500 £57,810
% change year-on-year -1.63% -9.19% +5.11%

Life Science
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Job vacancy trend for Life Science in Edinburgh

Life Science
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

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

Salary trend for Life Science in Edinburgh

Life Science
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) Smartsheet
General
1 4 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Associate Project Manager
1 2 (50.00%) Developer
1 2 (50.00%) Project Manager
1 2 (50.00%) Software Developer
2 1 (25.00%) C++ Developer
2 1 (25.00%) C++ Software Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Genomics
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
1 2 (50.00%) Commercialisation
1 2 (50.00%) Computer Science
1 2 (50.00%) Customer Requirements
1 2 (50.00%) Data Management
1 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (50.00%) Project Management
1 2 (50.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) C++
1 2 (50.00%) Java
1 2 (50.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) Degree
2 2 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (50.00%) PMI Certification
2 2 (50.00%) PMP
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft