Life Science Contracts with Work from Home Options

Life Sciences
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Life Science in contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH). Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Life Science over the 6 months to 22 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
22 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 297 413 507
Rank change year-on-year +116 +94 -66
Contract jobs citing Life Science 47 50 109
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.32% 0.20% 0.25%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.11% 0.65% 0.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 12 54
10th Percentile £392 £472 £404
25th Percentile £431 £508 £471
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £510
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +2.94% +9.68%
75th Percentile £581 £621 £600
90th Percentile £1,475 £687 £721
UK median daily rate £525 £488 £520
% change year-on-year +7.69% -6.25% +10.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 1 5
10th Percentile £29.10 - £42.00
25th Percentile £32.50 - £56.25
Median hourly rate £54.66 £21.00 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +160.29% -66.40% +43.68%
75th Percentile £62.00 - £75.00
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £45.00 £62.50
% change year-on-year -5.56% -28.00% +42.05%

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 contract job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 4,235 7,718 13,928
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 28.93% 31.54% 31.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,900 5,457 9,985
10th Percentile £325 £370 £363
25th Percentile £440 £456 £439
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £543
Median % change year-on-year - +1.29% +8.60%
75th Percentile £675 £686 £650
90th Percentile £825 £798 £750
UK median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.18% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 184 149 225
10th Percentile £15.73 £19.00 £14.08
25th Percentile £25.50 £25.71 £20.75
Median hourly rate £52.50 £52.50 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year - +17.98% +42.74%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £80.35 £67.50
UK median hourly rate £32.50 £22.08 £27.00
% change year-on-year +47.19% -18.22% +3.85%

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
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Life Science daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Life Science
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Life Science over the 6 months to 22 May 2024.

Life Science daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Life Science
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Life Science hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Life Science
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Life Science over the 6 months to 22 May 2024.

Life Science hourly rate 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 1 (2.13%) CMS
1 1 (2.13%) Confluence
1 1 (2.13%) Mule
Applications
1 5 (10.64%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (6.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (6.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (6.38%) Revit
3 1 (2.13%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 4 (8.51%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (4.26%) SAP QM
3 1 (2.13%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (2.13%) Sage X3
3 1 (2.13%) SAP CCM
3 1 (2.13%) SAP GTS
3 1 (2.13%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 8 (17.02%) Smartsheet
2 4 (8.51%) AWS
3 3 (6.38%) SuccessFactors
4 2 (4.26%) Azure
4 2 (4.26%) SaaS
4 2 (4.26%) Veeva
5 1 (2.13%) Amazon ECS
5 1 (2.13%) Amazon S3
5 1 (2.13%) AWS Lambda
5 1 (2.13%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (2.13%) Collibra
5 1 (2.13%) Power Platform
5 1 (2.13%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.26%) Metadata
1 2 (4.26%) Tableau
2 1 (2.13%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (2.13%) Data Lake
2 1 (2.13%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (2.13%) EDMS
2 1 (2.13%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (4.26%) JIRA
2 1 (2.13%) Eclipse
2 1 (2.13%) GitLab
2 1 (2.13%) Jenkins
2 1 (2.13%) PyCharm
General
1 15 (31.91%) Pharmaceutical
2 14 (29.79%) Social Skills
3 11 (23.40%) Manufacturing
4 5 (10.64%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (6.38%) Legal
6 2 (4.26%) Automotive
6 2 (4.26%) Finance
7 1 (2.13%) Aviation
7 1 (2.13%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (2.13%) Public Sector
7 1 (2.13%) Retail
Job Titles
1 12 (25.53%) Project Manager
2 7 (14.89%) Senior
3 6 (12.77%) Analyst
3 6 (12.77%) Business Analyst
3 6 (12.77%) HR Manager
4 4 (8.51%) Business Systems Analyst
4 4 (8.51%) Consultant
4 4 (8.51%) LIMS Business Analyst
5 3 (6.38%) Architect
5 3 (6.38%) Business Manager
5 3 (6.38%) SAP Consultant
5 3 (6.38%) Senior Analyst
5 3 (6.38%) Senior Business Analyst
5 3 (6.38%) Senior Business Systems Analyst
5 3 (6.38%) Test Manager
6 2 (4.26%) Business Process Manager
6 2 (4.26%) Business Project Manager
6 2 (4.26%) IT Manager
6 2 (4.26%) Process Manager
6 2 (4.26%) Relationships Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (6.38%) Smart Contracts
1 3 (6.38%) Web Services
2 1 (2.13%) Kafka
2 1 (2.13%) SAP PI
Miscellaneous
1 9 (19.15%) Renewable Energy
2 4 (8.51%) LIMS
3 2 (4.26%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (4.26%) Management Information System
3 2 (4.26%) NHS
4 1 (2.13%) Biopharmaceutical
4 1 (2.13%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (2.13%) Data Structures
4 1 (2.13%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (2.13%) Omics
4 1 (2.13%) Pharmacovigilance
4 1 (2.13%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (29.79%) Project Management
2 13 (27.66%) Agile
3 6 (12.77%) Analytics
3 6 (12.77%) Workflow
4 5 (10.64%) Biotechnology
4 5 (10.64%) Budget Management
4 5 (10.64%) Continuous Improvement
4 5 (10.64%) Matrix Organization
4 5 (10.64%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (8.51%) CRM
5 4 (8.51%) Data Protection
5 4 (8.51%) Decision-Making
5 4 (8.51%) ERP
5 4 (8.51%) Scrum
5 4 (8.51%) Test Automation
5 4 (8.51%) Validation
5 4 (8.51%) Waterfall
6 3 (6.38%) Defect Tracking
6 3 (6.38%) DevOps
6 3 (6.38%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 2 (4.26%) Python
2 1 (2.13%) Go
2 1 (2.13%) Groovy
2 1 (2.13%) Java
2 1 (2.13%) JavaScript
2 1 (2.13%) R
Qualifications
1 10 (21.28%) Degree
2 5 (10.64%) Security Cleared
3 4 (8.51%) SC Cleared
4 3 (6.38%) ISTQB
4 3 (6.38%) RIBA
5 2 (4.26%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (2.13%) Master's Degree
6 1 (2.13%) PMI Certification
6 1 (2.13%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (8.51%) GxP
2 2 (4.26%) HL7
2 2 (4.26%) QA
3 1 (2.13%) Data Quality
3 1 (2.13%) GAMP
3 1 (2.13%) GDPR
3 1 (2.13%) Good Clinical Practice
System Software
1 1 (2.13%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (2.13%) Ansible
1 1 (2.13%) Kubernetes
1 1 (2.13%) Terraform
Vendors
1 11 (23.40%) SAP
2 6 (12.77%) Salesforce
3 4 (8.51%) Workday
4 3 (6.38%) Microsoft
5 2 (4.26%) Oracle
6 1 (2.13%) Ariba
6 1 (2.13%) Cadence
6 1 (2.13%) MuleSoft
6 1 (2.13%) Sage
6 1 (2.13%) Sitecore