LIMS Jobs in England

Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS)
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term LIMS in permanent job vacancies in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited LIMS 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 666 797 878
Rank change year-on-year +131 +81 +247
Permanent jobs citing LIMS 13 53 27
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.026% 0.059% 0.032%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.070% 0.17% 0.072%
Number of salaries quoted 5 27 12
10th Percentile £24,913 - -
25th Percentile £42,500 £25,759 £26,224
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +27.78% - -18.18%
75th Percentile £77,500 £55,000 £53,188
90th Percentile £80,500 £57,000 £61,775
UK median annual salary £51,250 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +13.89% - -21.74%

All Generic Skills
England

LIMS 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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 18,639 30,336 37,575
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 37.80% 33.77% 44.12%
Number of salaries quoted 8,618 20,935 20,403
10th Percentile £30,940 £28,000 £36,000
25th Percentile £42,000 £38,000 £46,686
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £110,000 £100,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +4.00%

LIMS
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing LIMS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for LIMS in England

LIMS
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing LIMS in England.

Salary trend for LIMS in England

LIMS
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing LIMS in England over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for LIMS in England

LIMS
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing LIMS within the England region over the 6 months to 31 May 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
North of England +37 6 £13,625 -75.23% 4
North West +1 6 £13,625 -75.23% 4
South East +66 4 £75,000 +1.69% 10
East of England +37 2 - - 2
LIMS
UK

LIMS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (7.69%) NetSuite
1 1 (7.69%) Q-Pulse
Cloud Services
1 7 (53.85%) AWS
2 5 (38.46%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (7.69%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (7.69%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (46.15%) MySQL
2 5 (38.46%) RDBMS
2 5 (38.46%) Relational Database
3 1 (7.69%) Electronic Patient Records
3 1 (7.69%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (7.69%) Power BI
General
1 6 (46.15%) Pharmaceutical
2 5 (38.46%) Digital Healthcare
3 3 (23.08%) Social Skills
4 2 (15.38%) Manufacturing
5 1 (7.69%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 5 (38.46%) Analyst
1 5 (38.46%) Digital Analyst
1 5 (38.46%) Integration Analyst
2 1 (7.69%) Applications Manager
2 1 (7.69%) Backend Developer
2 1 (7.69%) Developer
2 1 (7.69%) ERP Manager
2 1 (7.69%) Head of Engineering
2 1 (7.69%) IT Manager
2 1 (7.69%) LIMS Manager
2 1 (7.69%) Project Manager
2 1 (7.69%) Python Developer
2 1 (7.69%) QA Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (38.46%) FHIR
1 5 (38.46%) JSON
2 2 (15.38%) CSS
2 2 (15.38%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (15.38%) Enterprise Software
1 2 (15.38%) Management Information System
2 1 (7.69%) Linux Command Line
2 1 (7.69%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.69%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (38.46%) Agile
2 3 (23.08%) Biotechnology
2 3 (23.08%) ERP
2 3 (23.08%) Information Management
2 3 (23.08%) Project Delivery
2 3 (23.08%) Project Management
3 2 (15.38%) Biology
3 2 (15.38%) Biomedicine
3 2 (15.38%) Cheminformatics
3 2 (15.38%) Chemistry
3 2 (15.38%) CI/CD
3 2 (15.38%) Collaborative Working
3 2 (15.38%) Computer Science
3 2 (15.38%) Informatics
3 2 (15.38%) PLM
3 2 (15.38%) Risk Assessment
3 2 (15.38%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (15.38%) Supplier Management
3 2 (15.38%) Translating Business Requirements
3 2 (15.38%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 7 (53.85%) JavaScript
2 6 (46.15%) SQL
3 5 (38.46%) PowerShell
4 3 (23.08%) Python
5 1 (7.69%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 6 (46.15%) Degree
2 2 (15.38%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (15.38%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (38.46%) HL7
2 2 (15.38%) GLP
2 2 (15.38%) QA
3 1 (7.69%) Good Clinical Practice
3 1 (7.69%) GxP
System Software
1 2 (15.38%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (15.38%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (15.38%) Oracle