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 10 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 109 184 180
Rank change year-on-year +75 -4 -31
Permanent jobs citing Life Science 66 1 65
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 1.16% 0.030% 0.91%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 4.82% 0.069% 2.80%
Number of salaries quoted 19 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 - - -15.79%
75th Percentile £75,000 - £55,109
90th Percentile £90,000 - £55,223
South East median annual salary £45,000 £35,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year +28.57% -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 1,368 1,450 2,318
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 24.02% 43.27% 32.31%
Number of salaries quoted 921 572 1,501
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,538 £28,850
25th Percentile £38,000 £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 £61,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £83,750 £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 10 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 10 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 +61 54 £45,000 - 1
Oxfordshire - 12 £70,000 - 1
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:

Cloud Services
1 8 (12.12%) AWS
2 6 (9.09%) Azure
3 3 (4.55%) Amazon CloudWatch
3 3 (4.55%) Benchling
4 2 (3.03%) GCP
5 1 (1.52%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (1.52%) Azure Machine Learning
Communications & Networking
1 3 (4.55%) DHCP
1 3 (4.55%) DNS
1 3 (4.55%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.03%) PostgreSQL
1 2 (3.03%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.52%) Data Lake
2 1 (1.52%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 2 (3.03%) GitLab
2 1 (1.52%) Claude Code
2 1 (1.52%) Git
2 1 (1.52%) MLflow
General
1 26 (39.39%) Pharmaceutical
2 21 (31.82%) Social Skills
3 10 (15.15%) Influencing Skills
4 7 (10.61%) Finance
5 5 (7.58%) Aerospace
5 5 (7.58%) Manufacturing
6 2 (3.03%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (1.52%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 18 (27.27%) Lead
2 14 (21.21%) Business Development Manager
2 14 (21.21%) Business Manager
2 14 (21.21%) Development Manager
3 9 (13.64%) Associate Director
4 6 (9.09%) Technical Development Manager
4 6 (9.09%) Technical Manager
5 5 (7.58%) DevOps Engineer
6 4 (6.06%) Senior
7 3 (4.55%) Product Owner
8 2 (3.03%) AWS DevOps
8 2 (3.03%) AWS DevOps Engineer
8 2 (3.03%) AWS Engineer
8 2 (3.03%) Development Team Leader
8 2 (3.03%) Research Engineer
8 2 (3.03%) Research Software Engineer
8 2 (3.03%) Software Development Team Leader
8 2 (3.03%) Software Engineer
8 2 (3.03%) Software Team Leader
8 2 (3.03%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.03%) .NET
2 1 (1.52%) Keras
2 1 (1.52%) scikit-learn
2 1 (1.52%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 10 (15.15%) Pharmacovigilance
2 9 (13.64%) Hackathon
2 9 (13.64%) Low-Code
3 5 (7.58%) Renewable Energy
3 5 (7.58%) Virtual Team
4 4 (6.06%) Distributed Systems
4 4 (6.06%) LIMS
5 3 (4.55%) Biopharmaceutical
5 3 (4.55%) Private Cloud
5 3 (4.55%) Product Ownership
5 3 (4.55%) Public Cloud
5 3 (4.55%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (3.03%) Tandem
7 1 (1.52%) AI Agents
7 1 (1.52%) Cloud Native
7 1 (1.52%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 3 (4.55%) Linux
2 1 (1.52%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (48.48%) Data Science
2 28 (42.42%) Agile
2 28 (42.42%) Hematology
2 28 (42.42%) Immunology
3 26 (39.39%) AI
4 25 (37.88%) Computer Science
5 24 (36.36%) Machine Learning
5 24 (36.36%) Roadmaps
6 22 (33.33%) Analytics
6 22 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
7 20 (30.30%) Deployment Automation
8 19 (28.79%) Change Management
9 18 (27.27%) Use Case
10 15 (22.73%) Biotechnology
11 14 (21.21%) Business Development
12 12 (18.18%) Bioinformatics
13 11 (16.67%) MLOps
14 10 (15.15%) CAPA
14 10 (15.15%) Customer Service
14 10 (15.15%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 15 (22.73%) Python
2 3 (4.55%) Bash
2 3 (4.55%) PowerShell
3 2 (3.03%) C#
3 2 (3.03%) Java
Qualifications
1 47 (71.21%) Degree
2 28 (42.42%) Master's Degree
3 8 (12.12%) PhD
4 3 (4.55%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.52%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (45.45%) Accessibility
2 18 (27.27%) GxP
3 15 (22.73%) QA
4 10 (15.15%) Good Clinical Practice
5 3 (4.55%) SOC 2
6 1 (1.52%) Data Quality
System Software
1 7 (10.61%) Docker
2 3 (4.55%) Active Directory
2 3 (4.55%) Hyper-V
2 3 (4.55%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (6.06%) Kubernetes
1 4 (6.06%) Terraform
2 3 (4.55%) Ansible
2 3 (4.55%) Grafana
2 3 (4.55%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 3 (4.55%) LabVantage
1 3 (4.55%) VMware
2 2 (3.03%) Google
2 2 (3.03%) Oracle
3 1 (1.52%) Databricks