Life Science Jobs with Work from Home Options

Life Sciences
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Life Science in permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH). Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Life Science 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 436 478 528
Rank change year-on-year +42 +50 -168
Permanent jobs citing Life Science 154 198 324
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.46% 0.46% 0.49%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.28% 1.19% 1.05%
Number of salaries quoted 41 125 130
10th Percentile £37,500 £46,250 £43,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £52,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £70,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +27.27% -8.33%
75th Percentile £65,000 £83,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £102,500 £85,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £65,000 £57,250
% change year-on-year -26.92% +13.54% +4.09%

All Generic Skills
Work from Home

Life Science 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 WFH option and a requirement for generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 11,987 16,704 30,727
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 35.44% 38.63% 46.04%
Number of salaries quoted 9,217 11,985 16,722
10th Percentile £32,500 £39,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £48,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.23% - +13.04%
75th Percentile £77,750 £86,250 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £106,250 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +4.17%

Life Science
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Life Science as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Life Science trend for jobs with a WFH option

Life Science
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Life Science.

Life Science salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Life Science
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Life Science over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Life Science salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Life Science
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 (6.49%) Documentum
2 6 (3.90%) OpenStack
3 3 (1.95%) SAS
Applications
1 26 (16.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (3.90%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.30%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 2 (1.30%) Adobe XD
3 2 (1.30%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 10 (6.49%) TrackWise
2 1 (0.65%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 20 (12.99%) Snowflake
2 18 (11.69%) Azure
3 15 (9.74%) AWS
4 11 (7.14%) GitHub
5 8 (5.19%) IaaS
6 6 (3.90%) Microsoft 365
6 6 (3.90%) Power Platform
6 6 (3.90%) SaaS
7 5 (3.25%) PowerApps
8 4 (2.60%) Dagster
8 4 (2.60%) Entra ID
9 3 (1.95%) Azure Service Bus
9 3 (1.95%) Cloud Computing
9 3 (1.95%) Dynamics 365
9 3 (1.95%) Power Automate
10 2 (1.30%) Adobe Creative Cloud
10 2 (1.30%) Figma
10 2 (1.30%) Google Workspace
10 2 (1.30%) PaaS
11 1 (0.65%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.60%) Firewall
2 3 (1.95%) VPN
3 2 (1.30%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (0.65%) LAN
4 1 (0.65%) Network Security
4 1 (0.65%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.65%) WAN
4 1 (0.65%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (18.18%) SQL Server
2 21 (13.64%) Tableau
3 6 (3.90%) Power BI
4 5 (3.25%) MS Access
5 4 (2.60%) Azure SQL Database
6 3 (1.95%) Big Data
6 3 (1.95%) Metadata
6 3 (1.95%) MySQL
7 2 (1.30%) Base SAS
7 2 (1.30%) Oracle Database
7 2 (1.30%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (1.30%) RDBMS
7 2 (1.30%) Relational Database
7 2 (1.30%) SQLite
8 1 (0.65%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 7 (4.55%) Git
2 5 (3.25%) InstallShield
2 5 (3.25%) JIRA
3 4 (2.60%) Snakemake
4 2 (1.30%) Axure RP
General
1 74 (48.05%) Social Skills
2 72 (46.75%) Pharmaceutical
3 45 (29.22%) Analytical Skills
3 45 (29.22%) Finance
4 44 (28.57%) Marketing
5 26 (16.88%) Retail
6 22 (14.29%) Legal
7 14 (9.09%) Manufacturing
8 7 (4.55%) French Language
9 6 (3.90%) German Language
9 6 (3.90%) Spanish Language
10 5 (3.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 4 (2.60%) Danish Language
11 4 (2.60%) Russian Language
12 3 (1.95%) Presentation Skills
13 2 (1.30%) Italian Language
13 2 (1.30%) Multimedia
13 2 (1.30%) Public Sector
14 1 (0.65%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 36 (23.38%) Analyst
2 34 (22.08%) Senior
3 12 (7.79%) Business Development Manager
3 12 (7.79%) Business Manager
3 12 (7.79%) Development Manager
4 11 (7.14%) Financial Analyst
4 11 (7.14%) IT Manager
4 11 (7.14%) Software Engineer
5 10 (6.49%) Data Integrity Manager
5 10 (6.49%) QA Manager
5 10 (6.49%) Systems Manager
6 9 (5.84%) Associate Director
7 6 (3.90%) Developer
7 6 (3.90%) Development Engineer
7 6 (3.90%) Project Manager
7 6 (3.90%) Software Development Engineer
7 6 (3.90%) Test Development Engineer
8 5 (3.25%) Administrator
8 5 (3.25%) Project Analyst
8 5 (3.25%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (12.99%) CSS
1 20 (12.99%) HTML
2 5 (3.25%) .NET
2 5 (3.25%) PyTorch
3 1 (0.65%) FHIR
3 1 (0.65%) NumPy
3 1 (0.65%) Pandas
3 1 (0.65%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 15 (9.74%) Biopharmaceutical
2 12 (7.79%) LIMS
3 11 (7.14%) Algorithms
4 9 (5.84%) Management Information System
5 6 (3.90%) Onboarding
5 6 (3.90%) Self-Motivation
6 4 (2.60%) Omics
7 3 (1.95%) Product Ownership
7 3 (1.95%) Team-Oriented Environment
8 2 (1.30%) Cloud Native
8 2 (1.30%) Driving Licence
8 2 (1.30%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (1.30%) Graphic Design
8 2 (1.30%) Learning Management System
8 2 (1.30%) Pharmacovigilance
8 2 (1.30%) Photography
8 2 (1.30%) Renewable Energy
8 2 (1.30%) Virtual Team
9 1 (0.65%) Reference Data
9 1 (0.65%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 12 (7.79%) Windows
2 8 (5.19%) Linux
3 4 (2.60%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.30%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (33.12%) Biotechnology
2 43 (27.92%) Problem-Solving
3 42 (27.27%) Analytics
4 32 (20.78%) Data Management
5 27 (17.53%) Artificial Intelligence
6 23 (14.94%) Computer Science
7 22 (14.29%) Machine Learning
8 21 (13.64%) Data Science
9 20 (12.99%) Software Engineering
10 19 (12.34%) Business Development
10 19 (12.34%) Neuroscience
10 19 (12.34%) Time Management
11 17 (11.04%) Market Surveillance
12 16 (10.39%) Quantitative Analysis
12 16 (10.39%) Statistics
13 14 (9.09%) Mathematics
13 14 (9.09%) Validation
14 13 (8.44%) Data Analysis
14 13 (8.44%) Data Analytics
14 13 (8.44%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 38 (24.68%) SQL
2 20 (12.99%) JavaScript
2 20 (12.99%) T-SQL
3 17 (11.04%) Python
4 10 (6.49%) Bash
5 8 (5.19%) Ruby
6 7 (4.55%) C#
7 5 (3.25%) VB
8 4 (2.60%) Java
9 3 (1.95%) R
10 2 (1.30%) PHP
10 2 (1.30%) PL/SQL
10 2 (1.30%) PowerShell
10 2 (1.30%) SAS Macro
11 1 (0.65%) Scala
Qualifications
1 99 (64.29%) Degree
2 28 (18.18%) Master's Degree
3 23 (14.94%) PhD
4 14 (9.09%) Computer Science Degree
5 10 (6.49%) CFA
5 10 (6.49%) CIMA
5 10 (6.49%) MBA
6 2 (1.30%) CISA
6 2 (1.30%) CISSP
7 1 (0.65%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.65%) PMP
7 1 (0.65%) SC Cleared
7 1 (0.65%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (12.99%) SLA
2 14 (9.09%) QA
3 11 (7.14%) GxP
4 10 (6.49%) GMP
4 10 (6.49%) Good Clinical Practice
5 4 (2.60%) GDPR
6 3 (1.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (1.30%) Accessibility
7 2 (1.30%) CDISC
7 2 (1.30%) HIPAA
7 2 (1.30%) PCI DSS
7 2 (1.30%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.65%) Data Quality
8 1 (0.65%) GAMP
8 1 (0.65%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 3 (1.95%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.30%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (1.95%) Kubernetes
1 3 (1.95%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (1.30%) Nessus
2 2 (1.30%) Progress Chef
2 2 (1.30%) Puppet
3 1 (0.65%) Terraform
Vendors
1 33 (21.43%) Microsoft
2 3 (1.95%) Salesforce
3 2 (1.30%) Adobe
3 2 (1.30%) Apple
3 2 (1.30%) Blue Prism
3 2 (1.30%) Cisco
3 2 (1.30%) Oracle
3 2 (1.30%) SAP
3 2 (1.30%) VMware