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 advertised in London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Life Science over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 373 450 343
Rank change year-on-year +77 -107 +135
Permanent jobs citing Life Science 135 192 752
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.58% 0.54% 1.15%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.43% 1.16% 2.31%
Number of salaries quoted 30 111 104
10th Percentile £46,250 £47,500 £43,750
25th Percentile £47,438 £52,125 £49,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £70,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.57% +3.70% -18.18%
75th Percentile £95,000 £83,750 £75,625
90th Percentile £105,000 £119,000 £93,875
England median annual salary £45,000 £65,000 £57,000
% change year-on-year -30.77% +14.04% -5.00%

All Generic Skills
London

Life Science is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 9,444 16,554 32,551
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 40.23% 46.22% 49.81%
Number of salaries quoted 6,719 11,032 15,382
10th Percentile £37,500 £44,192 £45,000
25th Percentile £52,000 £56,250 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +3.45%
75th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £96,250
90th Percentile £126,250 £122,500 £120,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +4.17%

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 27 April 2024.

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 27 April 2024. 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 +105 64 £67,000 +11.67% 7
West London - 8 £75,000 - 8
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 2 (1.48%) SAS
2 1 (0.74%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.74%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.74%) Tomcat
Applications
1 12 (8.89%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.96%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 7 (5.19%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (2.96%) SAP BPC
2 4 (2.96%) SAP CO
2 4 (2.96%) SAP FI
2 4 (2.96%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (0.74%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.74%) SAP HR
3 1 (0.74%) SAP IBP
3 1 (0.74%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 20 (14.81%) Snowflake
2 6 (4.44%) AWS
3 5 (3.70%) Azure
4 4 (2.96%) Dagster
4 4 (2.96%) SaaS
5 3 (2.22%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (2.22%) Serverless
6 1 (0.74%) Amazon Cognito
6 1 (0.74%) Amazon EC2
6 1 (0.74%) Amazon S3
6 1 (0.74%) AWS CloudFormation
6 1 (0.74%) AWS CloudTrail
6 1 (0.74%) AWS Lambda
6 1 (0.74%) Azure Data Factory
6 1 (0.74%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (0.74%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (0.74%) Entra ID
6 1 (0.74%) GCP
6 1 (0.74%) GitHub
6 1 (0.74%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.48%) Firewall
1 2 (1.48%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (0.74%) DHCP
2 1 (0.74%) DNS
2 1 (0.74%) LAN
2 1 (0.74%) Network Security
2 1 (0.74%) SAN
2 1 (0.74%) SD-WAN
2 1 (0.74%) VLAN
2 1 (0.74%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (17.04%) SQL Server
2 21 (15.56%) Tableau
3 4 (2.96%) SAP BW
4 3 (2.22%) MySQL
4 3 (2.22%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (1.48%) Base SAS
5 2 (1.48%) Oracle Database
5 2 (1.48%) RDBMS
5 2 (1.48%) Relational Database
5 2 (1.48%) SQLite
6 1 (0.74%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.74%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.74%) Big Data
6 1 (0.74%) Metadata
6 1 (0.74%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (2.96%) Snakemake
2 1 (0.74%) Bitbucket
2 1 (0.74%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.74%) Terragrunt
General
1 67 (49.63%) Social Skills
2 63 (46.67%) Finance
3 51 (37.78%) Pharmaceutical
4 48 (35.56%) Marketing
5 43 (31.85%) Analytical Skills
6 24 (17.78%) Retail
7 23 (17.04%) Legal
8 16 (11.85%) Manufacturing
9 12 (8.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 10 (7.41%) Law
11 9 (6.67%) Billing
12 7 (5.19%) French Language
13 6 (4.44%) German Language
13 6 (4.44%) Spanish Language
14 4 (2.96%) Danish Language
14 4 (2.96%) Russian Language
14 4 (2.96%) Telecoms
15 3 (2.22%) Automotive
15 3 (2.22%) Presentation Skills
16 2 (1.48%) Italian Language
Job Titles
1 40 (29.63%) Senior
2 36 (26.67%) Analyst
3 11 (8.15%) Financial Analyst
4 8 (5.93%) Senior Manager
5 7 (5.19%) Associate Director
6 6 (4.44%) Consultant
6 6 (4.44%) QA Manager
7 5 (3.70%) Project Analyst
7 5 (3.70%) Senior Analyst
7 5 (3.70%) Senior Financial Analyst
8 4 (2.96%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 4 (2.96%) SAP CO Consultant
8 4 (2.96%) SAP Consultant
8 4 (2.96%) SAP FI Consultant
8 4 (2.96%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
8 4 (2.96%) Senior Consultant
8 4 (2.96%) Senior SAP CO Consultant
8 4 (2.96%) Senior SAP Consultant
8 4 (2.96%) Senior SAP FI Consultant
8 4 (2.96%) Senior SAP FI/CO Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (14.81%) CSS
1 20 (14.81%) HTML
2 4 (2.96%) PyTorch
3 1 (0.74%) FHIR
3 1 (0.74%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 8 (5.93%) Algorithms
2 6 (4.44%) Management Information System
2 6 (4.44%) Public Cloud
2 6 (4.44%) Self-Motivation
3 5 (3.70%) Biopharmaceutical
4 4 (2.96%) Omics
4 4 (2.96%) Operational Technology
5 3 (2.22%) Driving Licence
5 3 (2.22%) Renewable Energy
6 2 (1.48%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (1.48%) Learning Management System
6 2 (1.48%) LIMS
6 2 (1.48%) NHS
6 2 (1.48%) Product Ownership
7 1 (0.74%) Cloud Native
7 1 (0.74%) IoT
7 1 (0.74%) Linux Command Line
7 1 (0.74%) Pharmacovigilance
Operating Systems
1 5 (3.70%) Windows
2 3 (2.22%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.74%) Linux
3 1 (0.74%) Mac OS
3 1 (0.74%) Unix
3 1 (0.74%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (25.19%) Analytics
2 31 (22.96%) Problem-Solving
3 28 (20.74%) Biotechnology
4 25 (18.52%) Data Management
5 24 (17.78%) Business Development
6 21 (15.56%) Machine Learning
7 20 (14.81%) Artificial Intelligence
8 19 (14.07%) Computer Science
9 18 (13.33%) Time Management
10 17 (12.59%) Data Science
10 17 (12.59%) Market Surveillance
10 17 (12.59%) Neuroscience
11 16 (11.85%) Quantitative Analysis
12 14 (10.37%) Statistics
13 12 (8.89%) Project Management
14 11 (8.15%) Informatics
15 9 (6.67%) Data Modelling
15 9 (6.67%) Migration
15 9 (6.67%) Process Improvement
15 9 (6.67%) Strategic Planning
Programming Languages
1 24 (17.78%) SQL
2 20 (14.81%) JavaScript
2 20 (14.81%) T-SQL
3 7 (5.19%) Python
4 4 (2.96%) Bash
5 2 (1.48%) Java
5 2 (1.48%) PL/SQL
5 2 (1.48%) SAS Macro
6 1 (0.74%) Go
6 1 (0.74%) Scala
6 1 (0.74%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 97 (71.85%) Degree
2 21 (15.56%) PhD
3 12 (8.89%) Master's Degree
4 11 (8.15%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (3.70%) Security Cleared
6 1 (0.74%) MCSE
6 1 (0.74%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (14.81%) SLA
2 7 (5.19%) QA
3 6 (4.44%) GMP
4 2 (1.48%) CDISC
4 2 (1.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.74%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.74%) GDPR
5 1 (0.74%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.74%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 2 (1.48%) Active Directory
1 2 (1.48%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.74%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 2 (1.48%) Terraform
2 1 (0.74%) Ansible
2 1 (0.74%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.74%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 21 (15.56%) Microsoft
2 9 (6.67%) SAP
3 6 (4.44%) QAD
4 2 (1.48%) Blue Prism
4 2 (1.48%) Oracle
4 2 (1.48%) Salesforce
4 2 (1.48%) VMware
5 1 (0.74%) Citrix
5 1 (0.74%) Google
5 1 (0.74%) Hitachi
5 1 (0.74%) HP
5 1 (0.74%) Juniper
5 1 (0.74%) Palo Alto