Life Science Jobs in Scotland

Life Sciences
UK > Scotland

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Life Science in permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Life Science over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 271 213 225
Rank change year-on-year -58 +12 -70
Permanent jobs citing Life Science 16 14 28
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.24% 0.29% 0.49%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.49% 0.73% 1.03%
Number of salaries quoted 2 9 6
10th Percentile - £48,750 £36,625
25th Percentile - £56,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +18.18% +10.00%
75th Percentile - £119,000 £60,000
90th Percentile - - £75,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £65,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -26.92% +13.04% +4.55%

All Generic Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 3,236 1,925 2,714
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 48.28% 40.48% 47.77%
Number of salaries quoted 849 814 1,023
10th Percentile £28,750 £32,500 £27,550
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £39,810
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £58,443 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.89% +6.26% +10.00%
75th Percentile £72,000 £75,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £82,548 £89,956 £84,056
UK 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 Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Life Science in Scotland

Life Science
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for Life Science in Scotland

Life Science
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Life Science within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 25 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
Glasgow -105 8 £60,000 +8.60% 9
Stirling - 4 - - 1
Dundee - 2 - -
Edinburgh +35 1 - -
Life Science
UK

Life Science
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Applications
1 6 (37.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (12.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 5 (31.25%) Azure
2 3 (18.75%) AWS
2 3 (18.75%) Azure Service Bus
2 3 (18.75%) Cloud Computing
2 3 (18.75%) Dynamics 365
2 3 (18.75%) Entra ID
2 3 (18.75%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (18.75%) Power Automate
2 3 (18.75%) Power Platform
2 3 (18.75%) PowerApps
3 2 (12.50%) IaaS
3 2 (12.50%) PaaS
3 2 (12.50%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (18.75%) Azure SQL Database
1 3 (18.75%) Power BI
2 2 (12.50%) EDMS
General
1 7 (43.75%) Retail
2 5 (31.25%) Pharmaceutical
3 4 (25.00%) Social Skills
4 2 (12.50%) Advertising
4 2 (12.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (6.25%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 4 (25.00%) Coordinator
1 4 (25.00%) Data Coordinator
2 3 (18.75%) Developer
2 3 (18.75%) Dynamics 365 Developer
2 3 (18.75%) Power Platform Developer
3 2 (12.50%) Administrator
3 2 (12.50%) Analyst
3 2 (12.50%) Cloud Engineer
3 2 (12.50%) IT Administrator
3 2 (12.50%) QC Analyst
3 2 (12.50%) Quality Analyst
3 2 (12.50%) Senior
3 2 (12.50%) Senior Cloud Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Applications Specialist
4 1 (6.25%) Data Scientist
4 1 (6.25%) Project Manager
4 1 (6.25%) Software Manager
4 1 (6.25%) Software Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.25%) NumPy
1 1 (6.25%) Pandas
1 1 (6.25%) PyTorch
1 1 (6.25%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 4 (25.00%) Onboarding
2 3 (18.75%) Team-Oriented Environment
3 2 (12.50%) Cloud Native
3 2 (12.50%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (6.25%) Algorithms
4 1 (6.25%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 2 (12.50%) Linux
1 2 (12.50%) Unix
1 2 (12.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (68.75%) Mathematics
2 6 (37.50%) Biotechnology
3 5 (31.25%) Business Intelligence
3 5 (31.25%) ERP
4 4 (25.00%) Data Management
5 3 (18.75%) API Management
5 3 (18.75%) B2C
5 3 (18.75%) Chemistry
5 3 (18.75%) Data Privacy
5 3 (18.75%) Identity Management
6 2 (12.50%) Computer Science
6 2 (12.50%) Decision-Making
6 2 (12.50%) FMEA
6 2 (12.50%) Infrastructure as Code
6 2 (12.50%) Infrastructure Automation
6 2 (12.50%) Infrastructure Management
6 2 (12.50%) Mobile Device Management
6 2 (12.50%) Performance Monitoring
6 2 (12.50%) Performance Tuning
6 2 (12.50%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 6 (37.50%) SQL
2 3 (18.75%) Python
3 2 (12.50%) C#
3 2 (12.50%) Java
3 2 (12.50%) PHP
3 2 (12.50%) PowerShell
3 2 (12.50%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 11 (68.75%) Degree
2 2 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (6.25%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.25%) GLP
1 1 (6.25%) GMP
1 1 (6.25%) QA
System Software
1 3 (18.75%) Active Directory
2 2 (12.50%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (12.50%) Kubernetes
1 2 (12.50%) Progress Chef
1 2 (12.50%) Puppet
Vendors
1 9 (56.25%) Microsoft
2 2 (12.50%) Apple