Life Science Job Trends in Hampshire

Life Sciences
South East > Hampshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Life Science in permanent job vacancies in Hampshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Life Science over the 6 months leading up to 5 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 118 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Life Science 5 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Hampshire 0.18% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.75% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £25,750 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £27,500 - -
75th Percentile £29,250 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median annual salary £35,000 £70,000 £50,510
% change year-on-year -50.00% +38.59% -15.82%

All Generic Skills
Hampshire

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 Hampshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 668 472 864
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hampshire 23.76% 24.84% 28.17%
Number of salaries quoted 415 283 694
10th Percentile £26,600 £29,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,500 £38,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £51,750
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +1.45% -1.43%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £82,500
South East median annual salary £50,000 £56,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -10.71% +12.00% -9.09%

Life Science
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

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

Life Science job vacancy trend in Hampshire

Life Science
Salary Trend in Hampshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Life Science.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Life Science

Life Science
Job Locations in Hampshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Life Science within the Hampshire region over the 6 months to 5 March 2026. 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
Basingstoke - 4 - - 1
Portsmouth - 1 £27,500 - 3
Life Science
South East

Life Science
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hampshire 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:

Business Applications
1 4 (80.00%) Sage X3
Communications & Networking
1 4 (80.00%) Firewall
1 4 (80.00%) VPN
General
1 5 (100.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (20.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Analyst
1 2 (40.00%) Lead
1 2 (40.00%) Network Analyst
1 2 (40.00%) Service Analyst
1 2 (40.00%) Service Desk Analyst
1 2 (40.00%) Team Leader
2 1 (20.00%) Account Executive
2 1 (20.00%) Service Desk Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 4 (80.00%) Renewable Energy
2 1 (20.00%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Customer Service
1 4 (80.00%) ERP
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft
1 4 (80.00%) Sage
1 4 (80.00%) Zscaler