Life Science Job Trends in Fife

Life Sciences
Scotland > Fife

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Life Science in permanent job vacancies in Fife. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Life Science over the 6 months leading up to 9 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Life Science 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Fife 1.00% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 4.35% - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - -
Scotland median annual salary £51,500 £42,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +21.18% -29.17% -

All Generic Skills
Fife

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 Fife.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 23 13 30
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Fife 23.00% 38.24% 31.91%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 19
10th Percentile - - £33,750
25th Percentile - £61,250 £34,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,900 £62,500 £40,818
Median % change year-on-year +21.44% +53.12% -18.36%
75th Percentile - £63,750 £57,500
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% -4.35%

Life Science
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Fife 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:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) SAP Oil and Gas
1 1 (100.00%) Teamcenter
General
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Applications Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Applications Support
1 1 (100.00%) Applications Support Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) CAD Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) CAD Support
1 1 (100.00%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (100.00%) Renewable Energy
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) CAD
1 1 (100.00%) Change Control
1 1 (100.00%) Configuration Management
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) PLM
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) SAP