LIMS Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS)
South East > Thames Valley

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term LIMS in permanent job vacancies in the Thames Valley. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited LIMS over the 6 months leading up to 29 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 164 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing LIMS 11 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 0.28% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.00% - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - -
South East median annual salary - - -

All Generic Skills
Thames Valley

LIMS 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 1,102 1,236 1,077
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 27.58% 35.51% 31.87%
Number of salaries quoted 602 534 750
10th Percentile £26,525 £36,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £33,250 £43,911 £40,906
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £67,500 £73,958 £68,438
90th Percentile £75,000 £90,000 £83,750
South East median annual salary £45,000 £56,509 £55,000
% change year-on-year -20.37% +2.74% -0.12%

LIMS
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

LIMS job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

LIMS
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing LIMS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing LIMS

LIMS
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 LIMS within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 29 December 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
Oxfordshire - 6 - -
Berkshire - 5 - - 3
LIMS
South East

LIMS
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 2 (18.18%) Benchling
1 2 (18.18%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 3 (27.27%) MQTT
1 3 (27.27%) TCP/IP
General
1 3 (27.27%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 2 (18.18%) Head of Engineering
1 2 (18.18%) Product Owner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (27.27%) Middleware
1 3 (27.27%) REST
1 3 (27.27%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 6 (54.55%) Management Information System
2 5 (45.45%) Life Science
3 3 (27.27%) Operational Technology
4 2 (18.18%) Biopharmaceutical
4 2 (18.18%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 4 (36.36%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (100.00%) Information Management
2 8 (72.73%) Continuous Improvement
3 6 (54.55%) Biomedicine
3 6 (54.55%) Cybersecurity
3 6 (54.55%) Data Security
3 6 (54.55%) Regulatory Compliance
4 5 (45.45%) Biotechnology
5 3 (27.27%) Analytics
5 3 (27.27%) Computer Science
5 3 (27.27%) Data Integration
5 3 (27.27%) Data Management
5 3 (27.27%) Data Pipeline
5 3 (27.27%) Data Science
5 3 (27.27%) Digital Strategy
5 3 (27.27%) Informatics
5 3 (27.27%) Storage Management
5 3 (27.27%) Validation
6 2 (18.18%) Biochemistry
6 2 (18.18%) Product Vision
6 2 (18.18%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 3 (27.27%) Python
1 3 (27.27%) SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (100.00%) Degree
2 4 (36.36%) PhD
3 3 (27.27%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (27.27%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (54.55%) GLP
2 3 (27.27%) 21 CFR Part 11
2 3 (27.27%) GxP
2 3 (27.27%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (27.27%) Agilent
2 2 (18.18%) LabVantage