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 cited LIMS over the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 695 856 925
Rank change year-on-year +161 +69 +217
Permanent jobs citing LIMS 14 56 37
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.025% 0.054% 0.038%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.068% 0.16% 0.087%
Number of salaries quoted 6 28 12
10th Percentile £21,313 - -
25th Percentile £32,703 £25,759 £26,224
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,250 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.89% - -25.00%
75th Percentile £73,438 £55,000 £53,188
90th Percentile £80,000 £57,000 £61,775
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £26,650
% change year-on-year - +68.86% -66.69%

All Generic Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 20,604 35,638 42,318
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 37.19% 34.51% 43.55%
Number of salaries quoted 9,493 23,121 22,633
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,000 £35,750
25th Percentile £42,000 £38,084 £46,350
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +4.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £86,250
90th Percentile £110,000 £97,500 £110,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +4.76%

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 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for LIMS in the UK

LIMS
Top 8 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 30 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
UK excluding London +158 13 £45,000 - 94
England +118 13 £57,500 +27.78% 94
North of England +51 6 £13,625 -75.23% 17
North West +8 6 £13,625 -75.23% 8
Work from Home +104 4 £66,250 +22.69% 17
South East +76 4 £75,000 +1.69% 27
East of England +34 2 - - 16
Wales - 1 £29,944 - 3

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:

Applications
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (7.14%) NetSuite
1 1 (7.14%) Q-Pulse
Cloud Services
1 7 (50.00%) AWS
2 5 (35.71%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (7.14%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (7.14%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (42.86%) MySQL
2 5 (35.71%) RDBMS
2 5 (35.71%) Relational Database
3 1 (7.14%) Electronic Patient Records
3 1 (7.14%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (7.14%) Power BI
General
1 6 (42.86%) Pharmaceutical
2 5 (35.71%) Digital Healthcare
3 3 (21.43%) Social Skills
4 2 (14.29%) Manufacturing
5 1 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (7.14%) Health Technology
5 1 (7.14%) Legal
Job Titles
1 5 (35.71%) Analyst
1 5 (35.71%) Digital Analyst
1 5 (35.71%) Integration Analyst
2 1 (7.14%) Applications Manager
2 1 (7.14%) Backend Developer
2 1 (7.14%) Developer
2 1 (7.14%) ERP Manager
2 1 (7.14%) Head of Engineering
2 1 (7.14%) IT Manager
2 1 (7.14%) LIMS Manager
2 1 (7.14%) Project Manager
2 1 (7.14%) Python Developer
2 1 (7.14%) QA Officer
2 1 (7.14%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (35.71%) FHIR
1 5 (35.71%) JSON
2 2 (14.29%) CSS
2 2 (14.29%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (21.43%) Management Information System
2 2 (14.29%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (7.14%) Linux Command Line
3 1 (7.14%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.14%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (35.71%) Agile
2 4 (28.57%) Information Management
3 3 (21.43%) Biotechnology
3 3 (21.43%) ERP
3 3 (21.43%) Project Delivery
3 3 (21.43%) Project Management
4 2 (14.29%) Biomedicine
4 2 (14.29%) CAD
4 2 (14.29%) Cheminformatics
4 2 (14.29%) CI/CD
4 2 (14.29%) Collaborative Working
4 2 (14.29%) Computer Science
4 2 (14.29%) Informatics
4 2 (14.29%) PLM
4 2 (14.29%) Quality Management
4 2 (14.29%) Risk Assessment
4 2 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (14.29%) Supplier Management
4 2 (14.29%) Translating Business Requirements
4 2 (14.29%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 7 (50.00%) JavaScript
2 6 (42.86%) SQL
3 5 (35.71%) PowerShell
4 3 (21.43%) Python
5 1 (7.14%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 6 (42.86%) Degree
2 2 (14.29%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (14.29%) Master's Degree
3 1 (7.14%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (35.71%) HL7
2 2 (14.29%) GLP
2 2 (14.29%) QA
3 1 (7.14%) Good Clinical Practice
3 1 (7.14%) GxP
System Software
1 2 (14.29%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (14.29%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (14.29%) Oracle
2 1 (7.14%) Microsoft