Life Science Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Life Sciences
South East > Thames Valley

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Life Science in permanent job vacancies in the Thames Valley. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Life Science over the 6 months leading up to 20 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 119 187 192
Rank change year-on-year +68 +5 -40
Permanent jobs citing Life Science 65 1 59
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 1.10% 0.029% 0.80%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 4.51% 0.067% 2.51%
Number of salaries quoted 20 0 20
10th Percentile - - £28,498
25th Percentile £35,000 - £35,327
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 - £40,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -5.88%
75th Percentile £78,750 - £55,109
90th Percentile £90,000 - £55,223
South East median annual salary £42,500 £35,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year +21.43% -12.50% -27.27%

All Generic Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,441 1,503 2,355
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 24.49% 44.01% 31.89%
Number of salaries quoted 959 605 1,501
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,875 £28,750
25th Percentile £38,500 £37,500 £36,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% +5.26% -17.39%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £60,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £84,425 £73,750
South East median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% - -13.04%

Life Science
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Life Science job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Life Science
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Life Science.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Life Science

Life Science
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Life Science in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 20 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Life Science in the Thames Valley

Life Science
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Life Science within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 20 June 2026. 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
Berkshire +64 49 £45,000 - 1
Oxfordshire - 16 £80,000 - 3
Life Science
South East

Life Science
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.54%) ArcGIS
Cloud Services
1 12 (18.46%) AWS
2 8 (12.31%) Azure
3 4 (6.15%) GCP
4 3 (4.62%) Amazon CloudWatch
5 2 (3.08%) Benchling
6 1 (1.54%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (4.62%) DHCP
1 3 (4.62%) DNS
1 3 (4.62%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.08%) PostgreSQL
1 2 (3.08%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.54%) Data Lake
2 1 (1.54%) Geospatial Data
2 1 (1.54%) GIS
2 1 (1.54%) Metadata
2 1 (1.54%) QGIS
2 1 (1.54%) Relational Database
2 1 (1.54%) Spotfire
Development Applications
1 3 (4.62%) GitLab
2 2 (3.08%) Eclipse
2 2 (3.08%) Eclipse RCP
2 2 (3.08%) Git
3 1 (1.54%) Claude Code
General
1 25 (38.46%) Pharmaceutical
2 24 (36.92%) Social Skills
3 11 (16.92%) Influencing Skills
4 8 (12.31%) Manufacturing
5 5 (7.69%) Aerospace
6 4 (6.15%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (6.15%) Finance
7 1 (1.54%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 15 (23.08%) Lead
2 14 (21.54%) Business Development Manager
2 14 (21.54%) Business Manager
2 14 (21.54%) Development Manager
3 9 (13.85%) Associate Director
4 6 (9.23%) DevOps Engineer
4 6 (9.23%) Technical Development Manager
4 6 (9.23%) Technical Manager
5 4 (6.15%) Senior
5 4 (6.15%) Software Engineer
6 3 (4.62%) AWS DevOps
6 3 (4.62%) AWS DevOps Engineer
6 3 (4.62%) AWS Engineer
7 2 (3.08%) Development Team Leader
7 2 (3.08%) Product Owner
7 2 (3.08%) Research Engineer
7 2 (3.08%) Senior Software Engineer
7 2 (3.08%) Software Development Team Leader
7 2 (3.08%) Software Team Leader
7 2 (3.08%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (6.15%) .NET
2 1 (1.54%) JSON
2 1 (1.54%) Kafka
2 1 (1.54%) RESTful
2 1 (1.54%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 11 (16.92%) Pharmacovigilance
2 9 (13.85%) Hackathon
2 9 (13.85%) Low-Code
3 8 (12.31%) Renewable Energy
4 5 (7.69%) Self-Motivation
4 5 (7.69%) Virtual Team
5 4 (6.15%) Distributed Systems
5 4 (6.15%) Product Ownership
6 3 (4.62%) LIMS
6 3 (4.62%) Private Cloud
6 3 (4.62%) Public Cloud
7 2 (3.08%) Biopharmaceutical
7 2 (3.08%) Cloud Native
7 2 (3.08%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (3.08%) Tandem
8 1 (1.54%) AI Agents
8 1 (1.54%) Genomics
Operating Systems
1 3 (4.62%) Linux
2 1 (1.54%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (41.54%) Data Science
2 25 (38.46%) Agile
3 24 (36.92%) AI
3 24 (36.92%) Hematology
3 24 (36.92%) Immunology
4 23 (35.38%) Computer Science
5 22 (33.85%) Continuous Improvement
5 22 (33.85%) Machine Learning
5 22 (33.85%) Roadmaps
6 20 (30.77%) Deployment Automation
7 19 (29.23%) Analytics
7 19 (29.23%) Change Management
8 15 (23.08%) Use Case
9 14 (21.54%) Biotechnology
9 14 (21.54%) Business Development
10 11 (16.92%) Bioinformatics
10 11 (16.92%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
10 11 (16.92%) CAPA
10 11 (16.92%) Customer Service
10 11 (16.92%) Resource Allocation
Programming Languages
1 15 (23.08%) Python
2 4 (6.15%) C#
2 4 (6.15%) PowerShell
3 3 (4.62%) Bash
3 3 (4.62%) Java
4 2 (3.08%) C
4 2 (3.08%) C++
5 1 (1.54%) SQL
Qualifications
1 44 (67.69%) Degree
2 24 (36.92%) Master's Degree
3 6 (9.23%) PhD
4 5 (7.69%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.54%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (46.15%) Accessibility
2 17 (26.15%) GxP
3 16 (24.62%) QA
4 11 (16.92%) Good Clinical Practice
5 4 (6.15%) SOC 2
6 2 (3.08%) Data Quality
System Software
1 6 (9.23%) Docker
2 3 (4.62%) Active Directory
2 3 (4.62%) Hyper-V
2 3 (4.62%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (6.15%) Kubernetes
1 4 (6.15%) Terraform
2 3 (4.62%) Ansible
2 3 (4.62%) Grafana
2 3 (4.62%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 4 (6.15%) Google
2 3 (4.62%) VMware
3 2 (3.08%) LabVantage
3 2 (3.08%) Oracle
4 1 (1.54%) Databricks