Life Science Jobs in London

Life Sciences
England > London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Life Science in permanent job vacancies advertised in London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries 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 353 436 323
Rank change year-on-year +83 -113 +153
Permanent jobs citing Life Science 158 186 882
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.67% 0.55% 1.28%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.65% 1.20% 2.52%
Number of salaries quoted 38 104 106
10th Percentile - £47,500 £47,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £52,313 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,750 £70,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.93% +3.70% -18.18%
75th Percentile £86,875 £83,750 £74,688
90th Percentile £105,000 £119,000 £93,125
England median annual salary £47,500 £60,000 £57,000
% change year-on-year -20.83% +5.26% -0.87%

All Generic Skills
London

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 advertised in London with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 9,599 15,550 35,017
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 40.57% 46.26% 50.62%
Number of salaries quoted 6,788 10,549 15,350
10th Percentile £37,500 £44,192 £45,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £56,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,636 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.84% +0.85% +3.45%
75th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £96,250
90th Percentile £130,000 £122,500 £120,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +4.17%

Life Science
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Life Science as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Life Science in London

Life Science
Salary Trend in London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Life Science in London.

Salary trend for Life Science in London

Life Science
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Life Science in London over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Life Science in London

Life Science
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Life Science within the London 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Central London +126 74 £54,000 -10.00% 15
West London - 10 £75,000 - 13
Life Science
England

Life Science
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 (1.27%) SAS
1 2 (1.27%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.63%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.63%) Tomcat
Applications
1 13 (8.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (3.16%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 7 (4.43%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (2.53%) SAP BPC
2 4 (2.53%) SAP CO
2 4 (2.53%) SAP FI
2 4 (2.53%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (0.63%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.63%) SAP HR
3 1 (0.63%) SAP IBP
3 1 (0.63%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 20 (12.66%) Snowflake
2 8 (5.06%) AWS
3 5 (3.16%) Azure
3 5 (3.16%) SaaS
4 4 (2.53%) Dagster
4 4 (2.53%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (1.90%) OCI
5 3 (1.90%) Serverless
6 2 (1.27%) Entra ID
6 2 (1.27%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (0.63%) Amazon Cognito
7 1 (0.63%) Amazon EKS
7 1 (0.63%) AWS CloudFormation
7 1 (0.63%) AWS CloudTrail
7 1 (0.63%) AWS Lambda
7 1 (0.63%) Azure Data Factory
7 1 (0.63%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (0.63%) GCP
7 1 (0.63%) GitHub
7 1 (0.63%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.90%) Wi-Fi
2 2 (1.27%) Firewall
2 2 (1.27%) LAN
2 2 (1.27%) SD-WAN
2 2 (1.27%) WAN
3 1 (0.63%) DHCP
3 1 (0.63%) DNS
3 1 (0.63%) Network Security
3 1 (0.63%) SAN
3 1 (0.63%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (15.19%) SQL Server
2 21 (13.29%) Tableau
3 4 (2.53%) MySQL
3 4 (2.53%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (2.53%) SAP BW
4 3 (1.90%) Oracle Database
4 3 (1.90%) RDBMS
4 3 (1.90%) Relational Database
4 3 (1.90%) SQLite
5 2 (1.27%) Base SAS
6 1 (0.63%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.63%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.63%) Big Data
6 1 (0.63%) Metadata
6 1 (0.63%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (2.53%) Snakemake
2 1 (0.63%) Bitbucket
2 1 (0.63%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.63%) Terragrunt
General
1 77 (48.73%) Social Skills
2 67 (42.41%) Pharmaceutical
3 63 (39.87%) Finance
4 54 (34.18%) Analytical Skills
5 50 (31.65%) Marketing
6 24 (15.19%) Retail
7 23 (14.56%) Legal
8 17 (10.76%) Law
9 16 (10.13%) Manufacturing
10 12 (7.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 9 (5.70%) Billing
12 6 (3.80%) French Language
13 5 (3.16%) German Language
13 5 (3.16%) Spanish Language
14 4 (2.53%) Danish Language
14 4 (2.53%) Russian Language
14 4 (2.53%) Telecoms
15 3 (1.90%) Automotive
15 3 (1.90%) Presentation Skills
16 2 (1.27%) Humanities
Job Titles
1 45 (28.48%) Senior
2 41 (25.95%) Analyst
3 11 (6.96%) Consultant
3 11 (6.96%) Financial Analyst
4 9 (5.70%) QA Manager
4 9 (5.70%) Senior Manager
5 8 (5.06%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 7 (4.43%) Associate Director
6 7 (4.43%) Data Scientist
6 7 (4.43%) Senior Data Scientist
7 5 (3.16%) Development Manager
7 5 (3.16%) Project Analyst
7 5 (3.16%) Senior Analyst
7 5 (3.16%) Senior Financial Analyst
8 4 (2.53%) SAP CO Consultant
8 4 (2.53%) SAP Consultant
8 4 (2.53%) SAP FI Consultant
8 4 (2.53%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
8 4 (2.53%) Senior Consultant
8 4 (2.53%) Senior SAP Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (12.66%) CSS
1 20 (12.66%) HTML
2 4 (2.53%) PyTorch
3 1 (0.63%) FHIR
3 1 (0.63%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 17 (10.76%) Algorithms
2 8 (5.06%) Self-Motivation
3 6 (3.80%) Biopharmaceutical
3 6 (3.80%) Management Information System
3 6 (3.80%) Public Cloud
4 4 (2.53%) Driving Licence
4 4 (2.53%) Omics
4 4 (2.53%) Operational Technology
5 3 (1.90%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (1.90%) Learning Management System
5 3 (1.90%) LIMS
5 3 (1.90%) Renewable Energy
6 2 (1.27%) NHS
6 2 (1.27%) Product Ownership
7 1 (0.63%) Cloud Native
7 1 (0.63%) IoT
7 1 (0.63%) Linux Command Line
7 1 (0.63%) Pharmacovigilance
7 1 (0.63%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 7 (4.43%) Windows
2 4 (2.53%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.63%) Linux
3 1 (0.63%) Mac OS
3 1 (0.63%) Unix
3 1 (0.63%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (27.22%) Analytics
2 38 (24.05%) Biotechnology
3 34 (21.52%) Problem-Solving
4 28 (17.72%) Computer Science
5 26 (16.46%) Data Science
6 25 (15.82%) Data Management
7 24 (15.19%) Business Development
8 23 (14.56%) Statistics
9 21 (13.29%) Informatics
9 21 (13.29%) Machine Learning
10 20 (12.66%) Artificial Intelligence
10 20 (12.66%) Process Improvement
11 19 (12.03%) Neuroscience
12 18 (11.39%) Data Modelling
12 18 (11.39%) Time Management
13 17 (10.76%) Market Surveillance
13 17 (10.76%) Software Engineering
13 17 (10.76%) Visualisation
14 16 (10.13%) Analytical Thinking
14 16 (10.13%) Data Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 25 (15.82%) SQL
2 20 (12.66%) JavaScript
2 20 (12.66%) T-SQL
3 7 (4.43%) Python
4 4 (2.53%) Bash
5 3 (1.90%) PL/SQL
6 2 (1.27%) Java
6 2 (1.27%) SAS Macro
7 1 (0.63%) Go
7 1 (0.63%) Scala
7 1 (0.63%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 110 (69.62%) Degree
2 32 (20.25%) PhD
3 21 (13.29%) Master's Degree
4 11 (6.96%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (3.16%) Security Cleared
6 1 (0.63%) MCSE
6 1 (0.63%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (12.66%) SLA
2 10 (6.33%) QA
3 8 (5.06%) GMP
4 4 (2.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (1.27%) CDISC
6 1 (0.63%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.63%) GDPR
6 1 (0.63%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.63%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.63%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 2 (1.27%) Active Directory
1 2 (1.27%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.63%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 2 (1.27%) Terraform
2 1 (0.63%) Ansible
2 1 (0.63%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.63%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 22 (13.92%) Microsoft
2 10 (6.33%) SAP
3 8 (5.06%) QAD
4 7 (4.43%) Oracle
5 3 (1.90%) Salesforce
6 2 (1.27%) Blue Prism
6 2 (1.27%) VMware
7 1 (0.63%) Cisco
7 1 (0.63%) Citrix
7 1 (0.63%) Fortinet
7 1 (0.63%) Google
7 1 (0.63%) Hitachi
7 1 (0.63%) HP
7 1 (0.63%) Juniper
7 1 (0.63%) Meraki
7 1 (0.63%) Palo Alto