Life Science Contracts in the North of England

Life Sciences
England > North of England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Life Science in contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Life Science over the 6 months to 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 155 209 231
Rank change year-on-year +54 +22 -54
Contract jobs citing Life Science 30 9 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.65% 0.16% 0.15%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.45% 0.53% 0.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 3 2
10th Percentile £115 £430 £429
25th Percentile £145 £442 £434
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £475 £463
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% +2.70% -7.50%
75th Percentile £538 £586 £484
90th Percentile £555 £645 £486
England median daily rate £525 £488 £508
% change year-on-year +7.69% -3.94% +9.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 0 0
10th Percentile £26.83 - -
25th Percentile £31.44 - -
Median hourly rate £42.50 - -
75th Percentile £43.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £41.50 £58.75 £62.50
% change year-on-year -29.36% -6.00% +42.05%

All Generic Skills
North of England

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 contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,223 1,707 2,490
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 26.39% 30.47% 34.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 747 1,138 1,881
10th Percentile £265 £287 £200
25th Percentile £400 £410 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £510 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.94% +7.37% +11.76%
75th Percentile £583 £613 £575
90th Percentile £656 £688 £650
England median daily rate £550 £573 £550
% change year-on-year -3.93% +4.09% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 153 82 105
10th Percentile £12.15 £9.80 £11.36
25th Percentile £13.00 £10.63 £14.25
Median hourly rate £15.11 £16.85 £18.70
Median % change year-on-year -10.36% -9.89% +6.86%
75th Percentile £26.66 £40.75 £27.00
90th Percentile £48.24 £66.62 £44.03
England median hourly rate £34.21 £22.49 £26.98
% change year-on-year +52.15% -16.66% +3.77%

Life Science
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing Life Science as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Life Science in the North of England

Life Science
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Life Science in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for Life Science in the North of England

Life Science
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Life Science in the North of England over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Life Science in the North of England

Life Science
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Life Science in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for Life Science in the North of England

Life Science
Hourly Rate Histogram in the North of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Life Science in the North of England over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Life Science in the North of England

Life Science
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Life Science within the North of England region over the 6 months to 18 May 2024. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North West +42 30 £525 +10.53% 24
Life Science
England

Life Science
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 2 (6.67%) CMS
2 1 (3.33%) Drupal
2 1 (3.33%) SharePoint
2 1 (3.33%) WordPress
Applications
1 9 (30.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (23.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (16.67%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (6.67%) Revit
5 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 9 (30.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (13.33%) TrackWise
3 1 (3.33%) SAP BPC
3 1 (3.33%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 8 (26.67%) Power Platform
2 1 (3.33%) Squarespace
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.33%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (26.67%) Power BI
2 4 (13.33%) EDMS
3 1 (3.33%) Amazon Redshift
3 1 (3.33%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (3.33%) Metadata
3 1 (3.33%) SAP BW
3 1 (3.33%) SAP HANA
3 1 (3.33%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 1 (3.33%) JIRA
General
1 18 (60.00%) Pharmaceutical
2 13 (43.33%) Social Skills
3 6 (20.00%) Manufacturing
4 5 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (16.67%) Finance
5 1 (3.33%) Automotive
5 1 (3.33%) Banking
5 1 (3.33%) French Language
5 1 (3.33%) German Language
5 1 (3.33%) Italian Language
5 1 (3.33%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (3.33%) Publishing
5 1 (3.33%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 8 (26.67%) Consultant
2 6 (20.00%) Functional Consultant
2 6 (20.00%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
3 5 (16.67%) Manufacturing Engineer
3 5 (16.67%) QA Specialist
3 5 (16.67%) Support Engineer
4 4 (13.33%) Senior
5 3 (10.00%) Analyst
5 3 (10.00%) IT Engineer
5 3 (10.00%) IT Support
5 3 (10.00%) IT Support Engineer
6 2 (6.67%) Data Analyst
6 2 (6.67%) Test Engineer
7 1 (3.33%) Data Analytics Manager
7 1 (3.33%) Data Governance Manager
7 1 (3.33%) Governance Manager
7 1 (3.33%) Senior Analyst
7 1 (3.33%) Senior Architect
7 1 (3.33%) Service Analyst
7 1 (3.33%) Service Desk Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.33%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (3.33%) Reference Data
1 1 (3.33%) Renewable Energy
1 1 (3.33%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (33.33%) Project Management
2 8 (26.67%) Process Improvement
3 7 (23.33%) Analytics
3 7 (23.33%) Business Intelligence
3 7 (23.33%) Stakeholder Management
4 6 (20.00%) Business Transformation
4 6 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (20.00%) Validation
5 5 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
5 5 (16.67%) Data Analytics
5 5 (16.67%) Data Extraction
5 5 (16.67%) FMEA
5 5 (16.67%) Smart Manufacturing
5 5 (16.67%) Test Scripting
6 4 (13.33%) Data Management
6 4 (13.33%) Decision-Making
6 4 (13.33%) Document Management
6 4 (13.33%) QMS
6 4 (13.33%) Records Management
6 4 (13.33%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 6 (20.00%) SQL
2 1 (3.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (13.33%) Degree
2 2 (6.67%) RIBA
2 2 (6.67%) SC Cleared
2 2 (6.67%) Security Cleared
3 1 (3.33%) Master's Degree
3 1 (3.33%) PhD
3 1 (3.33%) PMI Certification
3 1 (3.33%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (20.00%) GAMP
1 6 (20.00%) GxP
1 6 (20.00%) QA
2 1 (3.33%) Data Quality
2 1 (3.33%) GDPR
2 1 (3.33%) GMP
2 1 (3.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 11 (36.67%) SAP
2 6 (20.00%) Ariba
3 4 (13.33%) Microsoft
4 2 (6.67%) Adobe
5 1 (3.33%) Hyperion
5 1 (3.33%) MicroStrategy
5 1 (3.33%) Oracle
5 1 (3.33%) Salesforce
5 1 (3.33%) ServiceNow