Life Science Job Trends in the North East

Life Sciences
England > North East

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Life Science in permanent job vacancies in the North East. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Life Science over the 6 months leading up to 4 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 78 82 63
Rank change year-on-year +4 -19 +44
Permanent jobs citing Life Science 1 12 1
As % of all permanent jobs in the North East 0.10% 0.87% 0.17%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.30% 3.77% 0.50%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £38,750 - £55,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 - £61,500
Median % change year-on-year - - +36.67%
75th Percentile £46,250 - £67,250
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £62,500 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +19.05% -4.55% -18.52%

All Generic Skills
North East

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 the North East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 330 318 201
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 33.60% 23.16% 35.02%
Number of salaries quoted 156 131 157
10th Percentile £25,000 £31,250 £30,192
25th Percentile £30,500 £36,250 £38,856
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,375 £50,000 £57,291
Median % change year-on-year -13.25% -12.73% +14.58%
75th Percentile £60,750 £67,500 £69,800
90th Percentile £73,750 £85,000 £81,138
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £64,448
% change year-on-year -8.33% -6.90% +3.12%

Life Science
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

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

Life Science job vacancy trend in the North East

Life Science
Salary Trend in the North East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Life Science.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Life Science

Life Science
Job Locations in the North East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Life Science within the North East region over the 6 months to 4 October 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
Tyne and Wear +9 1 £42,500 - 1
Life Science
England

Life Science
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North East 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Recruitment Consultant
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Business Development
1 1 (100.00%) Lead Generation