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 21 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 395 375 317
Rank change year-on-year -20 -58 +17
Permanent jobs citing Life Science 68 42 183
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.28% 0.26% 0.79%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.74% 0.61% 2.35%
Number of salaries quoted 56 32 42
10th Percentile £36,250 £32,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £38,438 £34,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £58,750 £48,536
Median % change year-on-year +6.38% +21.05% -11.75%
75th Percentile £76,250 £68,125 £57,500
90th Percentile £98,125 £113,250 £65,766
UK median annual salary £75,000 £62,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +20.00% +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 9,245 6,849 7,801
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 37.87% 42.26% 33.65%
Number of salaries quoted 5,437 3,517 4,734
10th Percentile £32,750 £30,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £43,750 £41,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £81,250 £85,000 £88,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £122,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% -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 21 September 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 1 (1.47%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 3 (4.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (2.94%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (2.94%) Trello
3 1 (1.47%) Chatbot
3 1 (1.47%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (5.88%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (2.94%) SAP ERP
3 1 (1.47%) SAP CRM
3 1 (1.47%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 16 (23.53%) AWS
2 12 (17.65%) Azure
3 10 (14.71%) SaaS
4 9 (13.24%) GCP
5 4 (5.88%) Power Platform
6 3 (4.41%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 3 (4.41%) Amazon EventBridge
6 3 (4.41%) Amazon S3
6 3 (4.41%) Amazon SQS
6 3 (4.41%) AWS Lambda
6 3 (4.41%) AWS Step Functions
6 3 (4.41%) Dynamics 365
6 3 (4.41%) Serverless
7 2 (2.94%) Microsoft 365
8 1 (1.47%) Asana
8 1 (1.47%) Azure Data Factory
8 1 (1.47%) GitHub
8 1 (1.47%) GitHub Copilot
8 1 (1.47%) Smartsheet
8 1 (1.47%) Vertex AI
Communications & Networking
1 7 (10.29%) Firewall
1 7 (10.29%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.41%) Amazon RDS
1 3 (4.41%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (2.94%) Big Data
2 2 (2.94%) Power BI
2 2 (2.94%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 3 (4.41%) JIRA
2 1 (1.47%) Git
General
1 17 (25.00%) Pharmaceutical
2 15 (22.06%) Manufacturing
3 12 (17.65%) Social Skills
4 11 (16.18%) Finance
5 9 (13.24%) Law
6 3 (4.41%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (4.41%) Arabic Language
6 3 (4.41%) Automotive
6 3 (4.41%) Dutch Language
6 3 (4.41%) French Language
6 3 (4.41%) German Language
6 3 (4.41%) Italian Language
6 3 (4.41%) Japanese Language
6 3 (4.41%) Mandarin Language
6 3 (4.41%) Marketing
6 3 (4.41%) Polish Language
6 3 (4.41%) Portuguese Language
6 3 (4.41%) Public Sector
6 3 (4.41%) Spanish Language
7 2 (2.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 13 (19.12%) Senior
2 9 (13.24%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
2 9 (13.24%) Consultant
2 9 (13.24%) Recruitment Consultant
3 7 (10.29%) Network Engineer
3 7 (10.29%) Senior Consultant
3 7 (10.29%) Senior Recruitment Consultant
4 6 (8.82%) Project Manager
5 4 (5.88%) Account Manager
6 3 (4.41%) Architect
6 3 (4.41%) Business Development Executive
6 3 (4.41%) Business Development Manager
6 3 (4.41%) Business Manager
6 3 (4.41%) Development Manager
6 3 (4.41%) Full-Stack Engineer
6 3 (4.41%) Lead
6 3 (4.41%) Principal Engineer
6 3 (4.41%) Senior Manager
7 2 (2.94%) Account Executive
7 2 (2.94%) Senior Design Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (13.24%) LangChain
1 9 (13.24%) Terraform
2 8 (11.76%) LlamaIndex
3 3 (4.41%) AWS CDK
3 3 (4.41%) CSS
3 3 (4.41%) Next.js
3 3 (4.41%) Node.js
3 3 (4.41%) React
3 3 (4.41%) Tailwind CSS
4 1 (1.47%) CrewAI
4 1 (1.47%) EDI
4 1 (1.47%) LangGraph
4 1 (1.47%) NumPy
4 1 (1.47%) Pandas
4 1 (1.47%) Playwright
4 1 (1.47%) PyTorch
4 1 (1.47%) scikit-learn
4 1 (1.47%) Semantic Kernel
4 1 (1.47%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 11 (16.18%) Distributed Systems
2 10 (14.71%) AI Agents
3 7 (10.29%) Cloud Native
3 7 (10.29%) Linux Command Line
4 3 (4.41%) Onboarding
4 3 (4.41%) Pharmacovigilance
4 3 (4.41%) Product Ownership
4 3 (4.41%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (2.94%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (2.94%) Learning Management System
5 2 (2.94%) LIMS
6 1 (1.47%) Data Centre
6 1 (1.47%) FMCG
6 1 (1.47%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (1.47%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.47%) NHS
6 1 (1.47%) Public Cloud
6 1 (1.47%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 9 (13.24%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (25.00%) AI
1 17 (25.00%) Decision-Making
2 14 (20.59%) Business Development
3 12 (17.65%) Event-Driven
3 12 (17.65%) Event-Driven Architecture
3 12 (17.65%) Machine Learning
3 12 (17.65%) Problem-Solving
3 12 (17.65%) Software Engineering
4 11 (16.18%) Data Pipeline
5 9 (13.24%) LLM
5 9 (13.24%) Retrieval-Augmented Generation
5 9 (13.24%) Software Testing
6 8 (11.76%) CI/CD
6 8 (11.76%) Mentoring
6 8 (11.76%) Project Management
6 8 (11.76%) Prompt Engineering
6 8 (11.76%) Technical Leadership
7 7 (10.29%) Agile
7 7 (10.29%) Customer Service
7 7 (10.29%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 18 (26.47%) Python
2 4 (5.88%) TypeScript
3 2 (2.94%) SQL
4 1 (1.47%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 7 (10.29%) Degree
2 3 (4.41%) PMI Certification
2 3 (4.41%) PMP
3 2 (2.94%) Chartered Engineer
3 2 (2.94%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (2.94%) Master's Degree
3 2 (2.94%) RIBA
4 1 (1.47%) ISEB
4 1 (1.47%) ISTQB
4 1 (1.47%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (8.82%) GDPR
1 6 (8.82%) GxP
2 3 (4.41%) PMO
2 3 (4.41%) QA
3 2 (2.94%) Accessibility
4 1 (1.47%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (1.47%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (1.47%) Data Quality
4 1 (1.47%) HIPAA
System Software
1 3 (4.41%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (8.82%) Ansible
2 1 (1.47%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 7 (10.29%) SAP
2 5 (7.35%) Microsoft
3 2 (2.94%) Google
4 1 (1.47%) Cognizant
4 1 (1.47%) OpenAI
4 1 (1.47%) Salesforce