Hybrid/Remote Life Science Job Trends

Life Sciences
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Life Science in remote or hybrid work. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Life Science over the 6 months leading up to 9 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 391 376 304
Rank change year-on-year -15 -72 +1
Permanent jobs citing Life Science 67 52 184
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.27% 0.31% 0.85%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.70% 0.75% 2.48%
Number of salaries quoted 57 39 38
10th Percentile £36,250 £32,500 -
25th Percentile £38,750 £34,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £62,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.00% +25.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £78,750 £70,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £98,000 £122,500 £65,766
UK median annual salary £74,250 £62,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +18.80% +25.00% -9.09%

All Generic Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 9,528 6,900 7,405
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 38.45% 41.09% 34.17%
Number of salaries quoted 5,440 3,467 4,313
10th Percentile £32,670 £29,363 £35,500
25th Percentile £43,000 £39,750 £46,713
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £62,759
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -8.38% -3.45%
75th Percentile £80,875 £82,500 £90,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £122,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% -4.00%

Life Science
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Life Science and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Life Science job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Life Science
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Life Science.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Life Science

Life Science
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Life Science over the 6 months to 9 October 2026.

Life Science salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Life Science
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (2.99%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (2.99%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (1.49%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.49%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (1.49%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (4.48%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (1.49%) SAP CRM
2 1 (1.49%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 15 (22.39%) AWS
2 12 (17.91%) SaaS
3 11 (16.42%) Azure
4 8 (11.94%) GCP
5 3 (4.48%) Amazon CloudWatch
5 3 (4.48%) Amazon EventBridge
5 3 (4.48%) Amazon S3
5 3 (4.48%) Amazon SQS
5 3 (4.48%) AWS Lambda
5 3 (4.48%) AWS Step Functions
5 3 (4.48%) Dynamics 365
5 3 (4.48%) GitHub
5 3 (4.48%) GitHub Copilot
5 3 (4.48%) Serverless
6 2 (2.99%) Heroku
6 2 (2.99%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (2.99%) Power Platform
7 1 (1.49%) Asana
7 1 (1.49%) Google Gemini
7 1 (1.49%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 6 (8.96%) Firewall
1 6 (8.96%) TCP/IP
2 1 (1.49%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.48%) Amazon RDS
1 3 (4.48%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (2.99%) Metadata
3 1 (1.49%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 4 (5.97%) JIRA
2 2 (2.99%) Bitbucket
2 2 (2.99%) Claude Code
3 1 (1.49%) Git
3 1 (1.49%) Subversion
General
1 21 (31.34%) Pharmaceutical
2 13 (19.40%) Manufacturing
3 12 (17.91%) Social Skills
4 8 (11.94%) Finance
4 8 (11.94%) Law
5 4 (5.97%) Marketing
6 3 (4.48%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (4.48%) Arabic Language
6 3 (4.48%) Dutch Language
6 3 (4.48%) French Language
6 3 (4.48%) German Language
6 3 (4.48%) Italian Language
6 3 (4.48%) Japanese Language
6 3 (4.48%) Mandarin Language
6 3 (4.48%) Polish Language
6 3 (4.48%) Portuguese Language
6 3 (4.48%) Public Sector
6 3 (4.48%) Retail
6 3 (4.48%) Spanish Language
7 2 (2.99%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 10 (14.93%) Senior
2 9 (13.43%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
3 7 (10.45%) Business Development Manager
3 7 (10.45%) Business Manager
3 7 (10.45%) Consultant
3 7 (10.45%) Development Manager
3 7 (10.45%) Recruitment Consultant
4 6 (8.96%) Network Engineer
4 6 (8.96%) Project Manager
5 5 (7.46%) Senior Consultant
5 5 (7.46%) Senior Recruitment Consultant
6 4 (5.97%) Account Manager
7 3 (4.48%) Architect
7 3 (4.48%) Business Development Executive
7 3 (4.48%) Design Engineer
7 3 (4.48%) Full-Stack Engineer
7 3 (4.48%) Lead
7 3 (4.48%) Principal Engineer
8 2 (2.99%) Senior Electrical Engineer
8 2 (2.99%) Senior IT Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (13.43%) LangChain
1 9 (13.43%) Terraform
2 8 (11.94%) LlamaIndex
3 3 (4.48%) AWS CDK
3 3 (4.48%) CSS
3 3 (4.48%) Next.js
3 3 (4.48%) Node.js
3 3 (4.48%) React
3 3 (4.48%) Tailwind CSS
4 2 (2.99%) Lightning Web Components
5 1 (1.49%) CrewAI
5 1 (1.49%) EDI
5 1 (1.49%) LangGraph
5 1 (1.49%) Playwright
5 1 (1.49%) Semantic Kernel
Miscellaneous
1 11 (16.42%) Distributed Systems
2 9 (13.43%) AI Agents
3 6 (8.96%) Cloud Native
3 6 (8.96%) Linux Command Line
4 4 (5.97%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (4.48%) Onboarding
5 3 (4.48%) Pharmacovigilance
5 3 (4.48%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (2.99%) Learning Management System
6 2 (2.99%) LIMS
6 2 (2.99%) Product Ownership
7 1 (1.49%) Algorithms
7 1 (1.49%) Data Centre
7 1 (1.49%) FPGA
7 1 (1.49%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (1.49%) Management Information System
7 1 (1.49%) PCIe
7 1 (1.49%) Public Cloud
7 1 (1.49%) Verilog
7 1 (1.49%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 8 (11.94%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (29.85%) AI
2 17 (25.37%) Business Development
3 16 (23.88%) Decision-Making
4 13 (19.40%) Problem-Solving
5 12 (17.91%) Software Engineering
6 11 (16.42%) Data Pipeline
6 11 (16.42%) Event-Driven
6 11 (16.42%) Event-Driven Architecture
6 11 (16.42%) Machine Learning
7 9 (13.43%) CI/CD
7 9 (13.43%) LLM
7 9 (13.43%) Retrieval-Augmented Generation
7 9 (13.43%) Software Testing
7 9 (13.43%) Stakeholder Management
8 8 (11.94%) Agile
8 8 (11.94%) Continuous Improvement
8 8 (11.94%) Prompt Engineering
8 8 (11.94%) Technical Leadership
9 6 (8.96%) Biotechnology
9 6 (8.96%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 15 (22.39%) Python
2 4 (5.97%) TypeScript
3 3 (4.48%) JavaScript
4 2 (2.99%) Apex Code
4 2 (2.99%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 7 (10.45%) Degree
2 3 (4.48%) PMI Certification
2 3 (4.48%) PMP
3 2 (2.99%) Chartered Engineer
3 2 (2.99%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (2.99%) Master's Degree
3 2 (2.99%) RIBA
4 1 (1.49%) ISEB
4 1 (1.49%) ISTQB
4 1 (1.49%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (8.96%) GDPR
1 6 (8.96%) GxP
2 4 (5.97%) QA
3 1 (1.49%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.49%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (1.49%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (1.49%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.49%) HIPAA
3 1 (1.49%) PMO
System Software
1 3 (4.48%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (8.96%) Ansible
2 1 (1.49%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 5 (7.46%) Microsoft
1 5 (7.46%) SAP
2 3 (4.48%) Salesforce
3 1 (1.49%) Google
3 1 (1.49%) HubSpot
3 1 (1.49%) OpenAI