Life Sciences
England > North of England
The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Life Science in permanent job vacancies in the North of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Life Science over the 6 months leading up to 15 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 15 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 311 | 344 | 312 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +33 | -32 | +14 |
| Permanent jobs citing Life Science | 30 | 53 | 119 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England | 0.26% | 0.30% | 0.69% |
| As % of the Miscellaneous category | 0.79% | 0.99% | 1.75% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 17 | 37 | 56 |
| 10th Percentile | £26,000 | £25,250 | - |
| 25th Percentile | £31,250 | £26,250 | £31,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £40,000 | £52,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +37.50% | -23.81% | +4.64% |
| 75th Percentile | £77,500 | £56,250 | £72,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £80,000 | £65,750 | £101,250 |
| England median annual salary | £60,000 | £47,500 | £60,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +26.32% | -20.83% | +4.80% |
All Generic Skills
North of England
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 of England.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills | 3,793 | 5,379 | 6,791 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England | 32.88% | 30.75% | 39.64% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 1,554 | 3,990 | 3,091 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,750 | £27,000 | £32,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £40,000 | £35,750 | £41,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £50,000 | £55,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +10.00% | -9.09% | +4.76% |
| 75th Percentile | £70,834 | £66,459 | £70,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £86,250 | £82,500 | £85,000 |
| 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 the North of England
Job postings citing Life Science as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.
Life Science
Salary Trend in the North of England
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Life Science in the North of England.
Life Science
Salary Histogram in the North of England
Salary distribution for jobs citing Life Science in the North of England over the 6 months to 15 May 2025.
Life Science
Job Locations in the North of England
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 of England region over the 6 months to 15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North West | -4 | 18 | £75,000 | +42.86% | 47 |
| Yorkshire | +49 | 12 | £32,500 | -3.70% | 20 |
| Life Science England |
|||||
Life Science
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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:
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||