Life Science Job Trends in Yorkshire

Life Sciences
England > Yorkshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Life Science in permanent job vacancies in Yorkshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Life Science over the 6 months leading up to 11 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 172 126 186
Rank change year-on-year -46 +60 +29
Permanent jobs citing Life Science 18 9 31
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 0.33% 0.39% 0.56%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.30% 1.10% 1.85%
Number of salaries quoted 18 5 23
10th Percentile £33,850 - £25,250
25th Percentile £36,813 £31,250 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £33,750 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year +18.52% +3.85% -23.53%
75th Percentile £47,125 £34,375 £41,000
90th Percentile £52,050 £64,000 £45,000
England median annual salary £72,500 £58,750 £45,000
% change year-on-year +23.40% +30.56% -30.77%

All Generic Skills
Yorkshire

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 requiring generic IT skills in Yorkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,388 821 1,673
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 25.75% 36.02% 30.39%
Number of salaries quoted 763 475 1,260
10th Percentile £27,750 £25,750 £26,725
25th Percentile £33,750 £36,250 £34,359
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £73,818 £67,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £96,250 £82,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -15.38%

Life Science
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Life Science relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire.

Life Science job vacancy trend in Yorkshire

Life Science
Salary Trend in Yorkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing Life Science.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing Life Science

Life Science
Salary Histogram in Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Life Science in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 11 April 2026.

Salary histogram for Life Science in Yorkshire

Life Science
Job Locations in Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Life Science within the Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 11 April 2026. 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
South Yorkshire - 7 £40,000 - 1
North Yorkshire -4 6 £42,000 +26.79% 1
West Yorkshire -40 5 £41,500 -49.70% 5
Life Science
England

Life Science
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 6 (33.33%) Azure
2 3 (16.67%) AWS
2 3 (16.67%) GitHub
2 3 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (16.67%) SaaS
3 1 (5.56%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 2 (11.11%) Firewall
1 2 (11.11%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (16.67%) Big Data
1 3 (16.67%) MongoDB
1 3 (16.67%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 3 (16.67%) JIRA
General
1 4 (22.22%) Law
2 3 (16.67%) Manufacturing
3 2 (11.11%) Finance
3 2 (11.11%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (27.78%) IT Engineer
1 5 (27.78%) Test Technician
2 4 (22.22%) IT Support
2 4 (22.22%) IT Support Engineer
2 4 (22.22%) Senior
2 4 (22.22%) Support Engineer
3 3 (16.67%) Senior Software Engineer
3 3 (16.67%) Software Engineer
3 3 (16.67%) Technical Engineer
3 3 (16.67%) Technical Support
3 3 (16.67%) Technical Support Engineer
4 2 (11.11%) Network Engineer
5 1 (5.56%) 3rd Line Engineer
5 1 (5.56%) Administrator
5 1 (5.56%) IT Administrator
5 1 (5.56%) Project Engineer
5 1 (5.56%) Project Support Engineer
5 1 (5.56%) Senior IT Administrator
5 1 (5.56%) Senior Systems Administrator
5 1 (5.56%) Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (16.67%) Flask
Miscellaneous
1 3 (16.67%) Private Cloud
2 2 (11.11%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 2 (11.11%) Linux
1 2 (11.11%) Windows
1 2 (11.11%) Windows 10
1 2 (11.11%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (44.44%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (33.33%) Software Engineering
3 3 (16.67%) Agile
3 3 (16.67%) Bioinformatics
3 3 (16.67%) Biology
3 3 (16.67%) CI/CD
3 3 (16.67%) Collaborative Culture
3 3 (16.67%) Containerisation
3 3 (16.67%) Database Migration
3 3 (16.67%) Full-Stack Development
3 3 (16.67%) Software Testing
3 3 (16.67%) Sprint Planning
4 2 (11.11%) Computer Science
5 1 (5.56%) Collaborative Working
5 1 (5.56%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (5.56%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 3 (16.67%) JavaScript
1 3 (16.67%) Python
System Software
1 3 (16.67%) Active Directory
1 3 (16.67%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 3 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 2 (11.11%) VMware