Life Science Jobs in London

Life Sciences
England > London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Life Science in permanent job vacancies in London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Life Science over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 301 365 442
Rank change year-on-year +64 +77 -111
Permanent jobs citing Life Science 91 139 192
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.71% 0.59% 0.54%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.60% 1.46% 1.17%
Number of salaries quoted 29 32 111
10th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £47,500
25th Percentile £56,250 £49,813 £52,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £67,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% -3.57% +3.70%
75th Percentile £105,500 £90,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £121,250 £105,000 £119,000
England median annual salary £70,000 £45,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +55.56% -30.77% +14.04%

All Generic Skills
London

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 London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 5,675 9,536 16,389
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 44.56% 40.37% 46.15%
Number of salaries quoted 3,275 6,794 10,963
10th Percentile £41,875 £37,500 £44,253
25th Percentile £56,250 £52,000 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% - -
75th Percentile £110,000 £100,000 £100,000
90th Percentile £137,000 £127,500 £122,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +4.00%

Life Science
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Life Science in London

Life Science
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Life Science in London

Life Science
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Life Science in London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Life Science in London

Life Science
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Life Science within the London region over the 6 months to 1 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
Central London -14 23 £66,250 +22.69% 10
East London - 3 £45,000 - 2
Life Science
England

Life Science
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 3 (3.30%) nginx
1 3 (3.30%) Tomcat
Applications
1 1 (1.10%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.10%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.10%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (1.10%) Oracle Payroll
1 1 (1.10%) SAP LE
1 1 (1.10%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 9 (9.89%) AWS
2 5 (5.49%) GCP
3 4 (4.40%) GitHub
3 4 (4.40%) GitHub Actions
3 4 (4.40%) Snowflake
4 3 (3.30%) Amazon ElastiCache
4 3 (3.30%) Amazon OpenSearch
4 3 (3.30%) Amazon SQS
5 2 (2.20%) Veeva
6 1 (1.10%) Azure
6 1 (1.10%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (1.10%) OCI
6 1 (1.10%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.10%) Firewall
1 1 (1.10%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.30%) Amazon Aurora
1 3 (3.30%) Amazon RDS
1 3 (3.30%) BigQuery
1 3 (3.30%) Elasticsearch
1 3 (3.30%) Geospatial Data
1 3 (3.30%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (1.10%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 4 (4.40%) Jenkins
2 3 (3.30%) Bitbucket
2 3 (3.30%) Cucumber
2 3 (3.30%) JUnit
2 3 (3.30%) Maven
2 3 (3.30%) Mockito
2 3 (3.30%) Postman
2 3 (3.30%) Selenium
2 3 (3.30%) SonarQube
2 3 (3.30%) TestNG
General
1 64 (70.33%) Social Skills
2 28 (30.77%) Pharmaceutical
3 19 (20.88%) Analytical Skills
3 19 (20.88%) Manufacturing
4 8 (8.79%) Finance
5 7 (7.69%) Public Sector
6 5 (5.49%) Presentation Skills
6 5 (5.49%) Retail
7 4 (4.40%) Law
8 3 (3.30%) Games
9 2 (2.20%) Brand Awareness
9 2 (2.20%) French Language
9 2 (2.20%) Legal
9 2 (2.20%) Marketing
10 1 (1.10%) Aerospace
10 1 (1.10%) Automotive
10 1 (1.10%) Banking
10 1 (1.10%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (1.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (1.10%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 27 (29.67%) Consultant
2 24 (26.37%) Cybersecurity Consultant
2 24 (26.37%) Security Consultant
3 21 (23.08%) Managing Consultant
4 12 (13.19%) Senior
5 8 (8.79%) Analyst
5 8 (8.79%) Data Scientist
5 8 (8.79%) Senior Data Scientist
6 5 (5.49%) Business Development Manager
6 5 (5.49%) Business Manager
6 5 (5.49%) Development Manager
7 4 (4.40%) Developer
7 4 (4.40%) Django Developer
7 4 (4.40%) Full-Stack Developer
7 4 (4.40%) QA Specialist
7 4 (4.40%) Supplier Management Specialist
8 3 (3.30%) Architect
8 3 (3.30%) Lead
8 3 (3.30%) Management Consultant
8 3 (3.30%) Security Management Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.40%) Django
1 4 (4.40%) React
2 3 (3.30%) Elastic Stack
2 3 (3.30%) Gherkin
2 3 (3.30%) Guice
2 3 (3.30%) JAX-RS
2 3 (3.30%) Kafka
2 3 (3.30%) Mustache
2 3 (3.30%) OpenAPI
2 3 (3.30%) REST
2 3 (3.30%) RESTful
2 3 (3.30%) Spring
2 3 (3.30%) Spring Boot
2 3 (3.30%) Swagger
2 3 (3.30%) TensorFlow
2 3 (3.30%) WireMock
3 2 (2.20%) Oracle Fusion
4 1 (1.10%) .NET
4 1 (1.10%) EDI
4 1 (1.10%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 17 (18.68%) Algorithms
2 5 (5.49%) Pharmacovigilance
3 3 (3.30%) Augmented Reality
3 3 (3.30%) Virtual Reality
4 2 (2.20%) Biopharmaceutical
4 2 (2.20%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.10%) Data Structures
5 1 (1.10%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (1.10%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.10%) Linux
1 1 (1.10%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (38.46%) Biotechnology
2 31 (34.07%) Business Development
3 24 (26.37%) Cybersecurity
4 22 (24.18%) Software Engineering
5 21 (23.08%) Analytics
5 21 (23.08%) Computer Science
5 21 (23.08%) Regulatory Compliance
5 21 (23.08%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 19 (20.88%) Data Science
7 16 (17.58%) Analytical Thinking
7 16 (17.58%) Business Analytics
7 16 (17.58%) Data Modelling
7 16 (17.58%) Data Visualisation
7 16 (17.58%) Informatics
7 16 (17.58%) Process Improvement
7 16 (17.58%) Statistics
7 16 (17.58%) Visualisation
8 13 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
9 12 (13.19%) Chemistry
10 10 (10.99%) Quality Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (10.99%) Python
2 6 (6.59%) Java
3 2 (2.20%) SQL
4 1 (1.10%) Bicep
4 1 (1.10%) C
4 1 (1.10%) C++
4 1 (1.10%) Go
4 1 (1.10%) PL/SQL
4 1 (1.10%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 40 (43.96%) Degree
2 21 (23.08%) CISM
2 21 (23.08%) CISSP
3 19 (20.88%) Master's Degree
4 18 (19.78%) PhD
5 3 (3.30%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.10%) PMI Certification
6 1 (1.10%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (14.29%) GMP
1 13 (14.29%) QA
2 2 (2.20%) Good Clinical Practice
3 1 (1.10%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 7 (7.69%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (4.40%) Terraform
2 3 (3.30%) Ansible
2 3 (3.30%) Kubernetes
2 3 (3.30%) Kustomize
2 3 (3.30%) Packer
Vendors
1 6 (6.59%) Microsoft
2 4 (4.40%) Databricks
3 3 (3.30%) Oracle
3 3 (3.30%) Red Hat
4 1 (1.10%) Hitachi
4 1 (1.10%) SAP