Life Science Job Trends in Knutsford

Life Sciences
Cheshire > Knutsford

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Life Science in permanent job vacancies in Knutsford. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Life Science over the 6 months leading up to 28 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 16 12 7
Rank change year-on-year -4 -5 0
Permanent jobs citing Life Science 1 4 6
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Knutsford 1.85% 6.06% 25.00%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.45% 12.90% 30.00%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £61,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 - -
75th Percentile £63,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Cheshire median annual salary £36,000 £45,000 £56,250
% change year-on-year -20.00% -20.00% +25.00%

All Generic Skills
Knutsford

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 Knutsford.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 29 31 20
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Knutsford 53.70% 46.97% 83.33%
Number of salaries quoted 12 3 11
10th Percentile £43,313 £56,950 -
25th Percentile £60,281 £59,875 £88,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £74,750 £74,500 £92,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.34% -19.46% +94.74%
75th Percentile £87,875 £90,625 £100,000
90th Percentile £90,350 £94,450 -
Cheshire median annual salary £53,000 £50,000 £48,000
% change year-on-year +6.00% +4.17% -4.00%

Life Science
Job Vacancy Trend in Knutsford

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

Job vacancy trend for Life Science in Knutsford

Life Science
Salary Trend in Knutsford

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Knutsford citing Life Science.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Knutsford citing Life Science

Life Science
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Knutsford 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 1 (100.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (100.00%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) IT Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Maintenance
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Logistics
1 1 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft