Life Science Job Trends in Preston

Life Sciences
Lancashire > Preston

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Life Science in permanent job vacancies in Preston. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Life Science over the 6 months leading up to 1 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Life Science 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Preston 0.88% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 8.33% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £42,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 - -
75th Percentile £47,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Lancashire median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 -
% change year-on-year -18.18% - -

All Generic Skills
Preston

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 Preston.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 12 26 36
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Preston 10.62% 19.40% 26.67%
Number of salaries quoted 11 18 20
10th Percentile £29,000 £31,400 £26,500
25th Percentile £35,750 £51,250 £34,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £58,750 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.89% +23.68% +1.81%
75th Percentile £58,750 £66,038 £57,500
90th Percentile £60,000 £73,000 £58,000
Lancashire median annual salary £48,445 £52,500 £46,250
% change year-on-year -7.72% +13.51% -0.87%

Life Science
Job Vacancy Trend in Preston

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

Life Science job vacancy trend in Preston

Life Science
Salary Trend in Preston

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Preston citing Life Science.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Preston citing Life Science

Life Science
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Preston 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%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI
1 1 (100.00%) Power Query
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Business Intelligence Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Requirements Gathering
1 1 (100.00%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
1 1 (100.00%) SQL