Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS)
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term LIMS in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited LIMS over the 6 months to 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 842 946 1112
Rank change year-on-year +104 +166 -342
Permanent jobs citing LIMS 52 47 100
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.053% 0.045% 0.065%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.15% 0.10% 0.14%
Number of salaries quoted 27 14 25
10th Percentile - £26,224 £43,750
25th Percentile £25,759 £30,293 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £46,250 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.70% -26.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile £55,000 £53,188 £90,000
90th Percentile £57,000 £60,325 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £26,650 £71,250
% change year-on-year +68.86% -62.60% +50.00%

All Generic Skills
UK

LIMS is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 34,798 44,935 72,669
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 35.44% 42.88% 47.15%
Number of salaries quoted 22,967 24,136 34,100
10th Percentile £28,000 £35,178 £34,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £46,250 £45,607
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £86,250 £83,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £107,500 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%

LIMS
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing LIMS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for LIMS in the UK

LIMS
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing LIMS.

Salary trend for LIMS in the UK

LIMS
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing LIMS over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Salary histogram for LIMS in the UK

LIMS
Top 11 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing LIMS within the UK over the 6 months to 26 April 2024. 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
England +133 49 £45,000 -2.70% 14
UK excluding London +9 46 £45,000 +68.86% 9
Work from Home +66 15 £52,000 +40.26% 8
East of England +28 15 £26,372 -
South East +37 13 £73,750 +176.74% 3
North of England +45 7 £55,000 +18.92% 4
North West +9 7 £55,000 +18.92% 2
South West -20 7 £45,000 -
West Midlands - 4 £45,000 -
Midlands - 4 £45,000 - 1
London +139 2 £54,000 +5.37% 4

LIMS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 10 (19.23%) Documentum
Applications
1 2 (3.85%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (3.85%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.92%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 10 (19.23%) TrackWise
2 1 (1.92%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 8 (15.38%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (5.77%) SaaS
3 2 (3.85%) Asana
3 2 (3.85%) AWS
3 2 (3.85%) Google Workspace
4 1 (1.92%) Azure
4 1 (1.92%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (1.92%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.92%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (15.38%) PostgreSQL
1 8 (15.38%) SQL Server
2 3 (5.77%) Relational Database
3 2 (3.85%) MySQL
3 2 (3.85%) Oracle Database
3 2 (3.85%) RDBMS
3 2 (3.85%) SQLite
4 1 (1.92%) Big Data
4 1 (1.92%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (1.92%) Git
1 1 (1.92%) Redmine
General
1 31 (59.62%) Social Skills
2 17 (32.69%) Analytical Skills
3 16 (30.77%) Manufacturing
4 14 (26.92%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (1.92%) Agriculture
5 1 (1.92%) Finance
5 1 (1.92%) Legal
5 1 (1.92%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 13 (25.00%) Implementation Manager
1 13 (25.00%) Software Implementation Manager
1 13 (25.00%) Software Manager
2 11 (21.15%) Systems Manager
3 10 (19.23%) Data Integrity Manager
3 10 (19.23%) IT Manager
3 10 (19.23%) QA Manager
4 8 (15.38%) Consultant
4 8 (15.38%) IT Support
4 8 (15.38%) IT Support Technician
4 8 (15.38%) IT Technician
4 8 (15.38%) LIMS Support
4 8 (15.38%) Support Technician
5 6 (11.54%) LIMS Consultant
6 4 (7.69%) Analyst
7 2 (3.85%) Implementation Consultant
7 2 (3.85%) Senior
8 1 (1.92%) Implementation Analyst
8 1 (1.92%) Lead
8 1 (1.92%) Senior Systems Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.92%) NumPy
1 1 (1.92%) Pandas
1 1 (1.92%) pyodbc
1 1 (1.92%) PyQt
1 1 (1.92%) Tkinter
Miscellaneous
1 12 (23.08%) Life Science
2 9 (17.31%) NHS
3 7 (13.46%) Management Information System
4 3 (5.77%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (3.85%) Biopharmaceutical
5 2 (3.85%) Driving Licence
5 2 (3.85%) Learning Management System
6 1 (1.92%) Data Structures
6 1 (1.92%) e-Learning
6 1 (1.92%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 11 (21.15%) Windows
2 2 (3.85%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (46.15%) Problem-Solving
2 17 (32.69%) Information Management
3 13 (25.00%) Biotechnology
3 13 (25.00%) Computer Science
3 13 (25.00%) Project Management
4 12 (23.08%) Collaborative Working
4 12 (23.08%) QMS
4 12 (23.08%) Validation
5 11 (21.15%) Change Control
6 10 (19.23%) CAPA
6 10 (19.23%) Impact Assessments
7 9 (17.31%) Coaching
7 9 (17.31%) Information Governance
8 8 (15.38%) Collaborative Culture
8 8 (15.38%) Cybersecurity
8 8 (15.38%) Emotional Intelligence
9 5 (9.62%) Line Management
9 5 (9.62%) Workflow
10 4 (7.69%) Biomedicine
10 4 (7.69%) Business Strategy
Programming Languages
1 4 (7.69%) SQL
2 2 (3.85%) PL/SQL
3 1 (1.92%) JavaScript
3 1 (1.92%) Python
Qualifications
1 30 (57.69%) Degree
2 1 (1.92%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (30.77%) GMP
2 13 (25.00%) QA
3 11 (21.15%) GxP
4 10 (19.23%) Good Clinical Practice
5 4 (7.69%) ISO 9001
5 4 (7.69%) ISO/IEC 17025
Vendors
1 13 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 6 (11.54%) Advent
2 6 (11.54%) LabWare
3 2 (3.85%) Google
3 2 (3.85%) Oracle
3 2 (3.85%) SAP