Life Science Jobs in the South East

Life Sciences
England > South East

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Life Science in permanent job vacancies in the South East. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Life Science over the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 284 314 290
Rank change year-on-year +30 -24 -18
Permanent jobs citing Life Science 28 86 106
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.29% 0.49% 0.75%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.75% 1.46% 1.77%
Number of salaries quoted 5 20 19
10th Percentile - £28,498 £35,998
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,327 £43,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £40,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% -27.27% +22.22%
75th Percentile £65,000 £55,109 £65,503
90th Percentile £70,250 £55,223 £74,250
England median annual salary £57,500 £47,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +21.05% -20.83% +7.14%

All Generic Skills
South 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 South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 3,750 5,906 5,979
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 38.92% 33.67% 42.57%
Number of salaries quoted 1,867 3,785 3,054
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,250 £32,000
25th Percentile £38,625 £34,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £50,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% -13.04% +4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £63,750 £73,875
90th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £87,500
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 South East

Job postings citing Life Science as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Life Science in the South East

Life Science
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Life Science in the South East.

Salary trend for Life Science in the South East

Life Science
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Life Science in the South East over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Life Science in the South East

Life Science
Job Locations in the South 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 South East region over the 6 months to 30 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
Surrey +44 10 £65,000 - 38
Hampshire - 9 - - 60
West Sussex +28 3 £35,000 - 23
Middlesex - 3 - - 1
Kent - 2 £72,500 - 38
Berkshire +24 1 - - 95
Thames Valley +12 1 - - 155
Life Science
England

Life Science
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (3.57%) TrackWise
Cloud Services
1 8 (28.57%) Azure
2 6 (21.43%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (7.14%) SaaS
4 1 (3.57%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.57%) DHCP
1 1 (3.57%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (21.43%) Relational Database
1 6 (21.43%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (21.43%) Git
General
1 11 (39.29%) Finance
2 8 (28.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 8 (28.57%) Legal
2 8 (28.57%) Manufacturing
3 5 (17.86%) Electronics
3 5 (17.86%) Social Skills
4 3 (10.71%) Aerospace
4 3 (10.71%) Automotive
5 2 (7.14%) Marketing
6 1 (3.57%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (3.57%) Health Technology
6 1 (3.57%) Law
6 1 (3.57%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (3.57%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (28.57%) Project Manager
2 6 (21.43%) Automation Engineer
2 6 (21.43%) Principal Engineer
3 3 (10.71%) Consultant
3 3 (10.71%) Recruitment Consultant
4 2 (7.14%) Hardware Engineer
4 2 (7.14%) Senior
4 2 (7.14%) Senior Hardware Engineer
4 2 (7.14%) Support Engineer
4 2 (7.14%) Technical Engineer
4 2 (7.14%) Technical Support
4 2 (7.14%) Technical Support Engineer
5 1 (3.57%) Azure DevOps Engineer
5 1 (3.57%) Azure Engineer
5 1 (3.57%) DevOps Engineer
5 1 (3.57%) Digital Hardware Engineer
5 1 (3.57%) Firmware Engineer
5 1 (3.57%) Senior Design Engineer
5 1 (3.57%) Senior Firmware Engineer
5 1 (3.57%) Senior Hardware Design Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.57%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 6 (21.43%) Operational Technology
1 6 (21.43%) SCADA
2 2 (7.14%) Analogue Electronics
2 2 (7.14%) Blog
2 2 (7.14%) FPGA
2 2 (7.14%) Management Information System
2 2 (7.14%) PMI
2 2 (7.14%) VHDL
3 1 (3.57%) Biopharmaceutical
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (32.14%) Computer Science
1 9 (32.14%) Mentoring
1 9 (32.14%) Quality Management
2 8 (28.57%) Project Delivery
2 8 (28.57%) Project Management
3 7 (25.00%) Biotechnology
3 7 (25.00%) DevOps
4 6 (21.43%) Roadmaps
4 6 (21.43%) Technical Leadership
4 6 (21.43%) Technology Roadmap
5 5 (17.86%) Architectural Design
6 4 (14.29%) Agile
7 3 (10.71%) Business Development
7 3 (10.71%) Coaching
7 3 (10.71%) Creative Thinking
8 2 (7.14%) Continuous Improvement
8 2 (7.14%) CRM
8 2 (7.14%) QMS
8 2 (7.14%) Schematic Capture
8 2 (7.14%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 8 (28.57%) Python
2 7 (25.00%) C#
3 6 (21.43%) SQL
4 2 (7.14%) C
5 1 (3.57%) C++
5 1 (3.57%) Java
5 1 (3.57%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 11 (39.29%) Degree
2 4 (14.29%) Master's Degree
3 3 (10.71%) PhD
4 2 (7.14%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (32.14%) QA
2 2 (7.14%) GxP
3 1 (3.57%) 21 CFR Part 11
3 1 (3.57%) GAMP
3 1 (3.57%) GDPR
3 1 (3.57%) GLP
3 1 (3.57%) GMP
3 1 (3.57%) HIPAA
3 1 (3.57%) ISO 9001
3 1 (3.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (3.57%) SOC 2
System Software
1 6 (21.43%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (7.14%) Firmware
3 1 (3.57%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (3.57%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 6 (21.43%) Rockwell
1 6 (21.43%) Siemens
2 1 (3.57%) EMC
2 1 (3.57%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.57%) Salesforce