LIMS Jobs in the UK excluding London

Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term LIMS in permanent job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited LIMS over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 566 713 722
Rank change year-on-year +147 +9 +97
Permanent jobs citing LIMS 13 49 26
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.033% 0.065% 0.045%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.096% 0.20% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 5 23 7
10th Percentile £19,688 - -
25th Percentile £29,438 £25,759 £26,224
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £26,650
Median % change year-on-year - +68.86% -66.69%
75th Percentile £77,500 £55,000 £47,500
90th Percentile £80,500 - £49,000
UK median annual salary £51,250 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +13.89% - -21.74%

All Generic Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 13,541 24,499 24,363
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 34.12% 32.71% 42.50%
Number of salaries quoted 5,957 15,292 10,888
10th Percentile £28,500 £26,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,925 £35,000 £41,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £68,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £85,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +4.00%

LIMS
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing LIMS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for LIMS in the UK excluding London

LIMS
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing LIMS in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for LIMS in the UK excluding London

LIMS
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing LIMS in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for LIMS in the UK excluding London

LIMS
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing LIMS within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 31 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
North of England +37 6 £13,625 -75.23% 4
North West +1 6 £13,625 -75.23% 4
South East +66 4 £75,000 +1.69% 10
East of England +37 2 - - 2
Wales - 1 £29,944 -
LIMS
UK

LIMS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Q-Pulse
Cloud Services
1 7 (53.85%) AWS
2 5 (38.46%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (7.69%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (7.69%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (46.15%) MySQL
2 5 (38.46%) RDBMS
2 5 (38.46%) Relational Database
3 1 (7.69%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (7.69%) Power BI
General
1 6 (46.15%) Pharmaceutical
2 5 (38.46%) Digital Healthcare
3 2 (15.38%) Manufacturing
3 2 (15.38%) Social Skills
4 1 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (7.69%) Legal
Job Titles
1 5 (38.46%) Analyst
1 5 (38.46%) Digital Analyst
1 5 (38.46%) Integration Analyst
2 1 (7.69%) Applications Manager
2 1 (7.69%) Backend Developer
2 1 (7.69%) Developer
2 1 (7.69%) ERP Manager
2 1 (7.69%) Head of Engineering
2 1 (7.69%) IT Manager
2 1 (7.69%) LIMS Manager
2 1 (7.69%) Python Developer
2 1 (7.69%) QA Officer
2 1 (7.69%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (38.46%) FHIR
1 5 (38.46%) JSON
2 2 (15.38%) CSS
2 2 (15.38%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (23.08%) Management Information System
2 2 (15.38%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (7.69%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.69%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (38.46%) Agile
2 4 (30.77%) Information Management
3 3 (23.08%) Biotechnology
3 3 (23.08%) ERP
4 2 (15.38%) Biology
4 2 (15.38%) CAD
4 2 (15.38%) Chemistry
4 2 (15.38%) CI/CD
4 2 (15.38%) Collaborative Working
4 2 (15.38%) Computer Science
4 2 (15.38%) Informatics
4 2 (15.38%) PLM
4 2 (15.38%) Project Delivery
4 2 (15.38%) Project Management
4 2 (15.38%) Quality Management
4 2 (15.38%) Risk Assessment
4 2 (15.38%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (15.38%) Supplier Management
4 2 (15.38%) Translating Business Requirements
4 2 (15.38%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 7 (53.85%) JavaScript
2 6 (46.15%) SQL
3 5 (38.46%) PowerShell
4 3 (23.08%) Python
5 1 (7.69%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 6 (46.15%) Degree
2 2 (15.38%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (15.38%) Master's Degree
3 1 (7.69%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (38.46%) HL7
2 2 (15.38%) GLP
3 1 (7.69%) Good Clinical Practice
3 1 (7.69%) GxP
3 1 (7.69%) QA
System Software
1 2 (15.38%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (15.38%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (15.38%) Oracle
2 1 (7.69%) Microsoft