Life Science Jobs in the North of England

Life Sciences
England > North of England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Life Science in permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Life Science over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 345 316 337
Rank change year-on-year -29 +21 -25
Permanent jobs citing Life Science 52 114 127
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.28% 0.71% 0.69%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.92% 1.73% 1.53%
Number of salaries quoted 35 54 24
10th Percentile £25,250 - £41,250
25th Percentile £28,750 £31,250 £41,439
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £51,250 £50,173
Median % change year-on-year -21.95% +2.15% +49.77%
75th Percentile £52,500 £60,000 £54,063
90th Percentile £70,250 £98,725 £72,250
England median annual salary £47,500 £58,000 £56,000
% change year-on-year -18.10% +3.57% +1.82%

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 5,644 6,597 8,290
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 29.93% 40.88% 44.96%
Number of salaries quoted 4,013 3,000 4,343
10th Percentile £27,000 £32,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,750 £41,250 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £66,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £82,500
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 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
Salary Trend in the North of England

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

Salary trend for Life Science in the North of England

Life Science
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Life Science in the North of England over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Life Science in the North of England

Life Science
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Life Science within the North of England region over the 6 months to 1 June 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
North West -11 25 £52,500 -12.50% 28
Yorkshire +14 23 £32,500 -23.53% 8
North East -16 4 £27,875 -75.76% 13
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 1 (1.92%) Apache
1 1 (1.92%) IIS
1 1 (1.92%) WebSphere
Applications
1 11 (21.15%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (5.77%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (5.77%) Oracle ERP
2 2 (3.85%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (1.92%) SAP ERP
3 1 (1.92%) SAP HR
3 1 (1.92%) SAP IBP
3 1 (1.92%) SAP MDG
3 1 (1.92%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 8 (15.38%) Azure
2 5 (9.62%) GitHub
3 4 (7.69%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (5.77%) AWS
4 3 (5.77%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (5.77%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 4 (7.69%) TCP/IP
2 3 (5.77%) LAN
2 3 (5.77%) WAN
2 3 (5.77%) Wireless
3 2 (3.85%) Firewall
3 2 (3.85%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (1.92%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (21.15%) SQL Server
2 5 (9.62%) MS Access
3 1 (1.92%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 5 (9.62%) Git
1 5 (9.62%) InstallShield
1 5 (9.62%) JIRA
General
1 28 (53.85%) Social Skills
2 23 (44.23%) Law
3 5 (9.62%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (9.62%) Games
4 4 (7.69%) Marketing
4 4 (7.69%) Pharmaceutical
5 3 (5.77%) Manufacturing
6 2 (3.85%) Aerospace
6 2 (3.85%) Legal
7 1 (1.92%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.92%) Publishing
7 1 (1.92%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 14 (26.92%) Analyst
2 12 (23.08%) Developer
3 8 (15.38%) IT Analyst
3 8 (15.38%) Service Analyst
3 8 (15.38%) Service Desk Analyst
4 6 (11.54%) Software Developer
5 5 (9.62%) Oracle Analyst
5 5 (9.62%) Project Manager
5 5 (9.62%) Software Engineer
6 4 (7.69%) Applications Developer
6 4 (7.69%) Delphi Developer
6 4 (7.69%) Web Applications Developer
6 4 (7.69%) Web Developer
7 3 (5.77%) Development Manager
7 3 (5.77%) Development Project Manager
7 3 (5.77%) ERP Analyst
7 3 (5.77%) ERP Support
7 3 (5.77%) Oracle Support Analyst
7 3 (5.77%) Research Manager
7 3 (5.77%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (17.31%) .NET
2 5 (9.62%) Oracle Fusion
3 4 (7.69%) .NET Core
3 4 (7.69%) .NET Framework
3 4 (7.69%) AngularJS
3 4 (7.69%) Entity Framework
4 2 (3.85%) Spring
5 1 (1.92%) Hibernate
Miscellaneous
1 3 (5.77%) Product Ownership
1 3 (5.77%) Renewable Energy
2 2 (3.85%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.92%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (1.92%) Reference Data
3 1 (1.92%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 17 (32.69%) Windows
2 3 (5.77%) Windows Server
3 2 (3.85%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (40.38%) Problem-Solving
2 15 (28.85%) OO
3 13 (25.00%) Agile
4 11 (21.15%) SDLC
5 10 (19.23%) Design Patterns
6 9 (17.31%) OOP
7 8 (15.38%) ITIL
8 7 (13.46%) Computer Science
8 7 (13.46%) Project Management
9 6 (11.54%) ERP
9 6 (11.54%) Matrix Organization
9 6 (11.54%) MVVM
10 5 (9.62%) Architectural Design
10 5 (9.62%) DevOps
10 5 (9.62%) Software Engineering
11 4 (7.69%) Business Development
11 4 (7.69%) Collaborative Working
11 4 (7.69%) Continuous Improvement
11 4 (7.69%) Roadmaps
11 4 (7.69%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 15 (28.85%) C#
1 15 (28.85%) SQL
2 5 (9.62%) VB
3 4 (7.69%) Delphi
4 3 (5.77%) Java
Qualifications
1 12 (23.08%) Degree
2 6 (11.54%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (3.85%) CISA
3 2 (3.85%) CISSP
4 1 (1.92%) PMI Certification
4 1 (1.92%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (9.62%) QA
2 3 (5.77%) ISO 9001
3 2 (3.85%) GDPR
3 2 (3.85%) GRC
3 2 (3.85%) HIPAA
3 2 (3.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (3.85%) ITGC
3 2 (3.85%) PCI DSS
4 1 (1.92%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (1.92%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (1.92%) Data Quality
4 1 (1.92%) FISMA
4 1 (1.92%) GAMP
4 1 (1.92%) HITRUST
4 1 (1.92%) NIST
4 1 (1.92%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (1.92%) SLA
4 1 (1.92%) SOC 2
System Software
1 6 (11.54%) Active Directory
2 3 (5.77%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (1.92%) Nessus
Vendors
1 16 (30.77%) Microsoft
2 9 (17.31%) Oracle
3 5 (9.62%) SAP
4 4 (7.69%) F5
5 1 (1.92%) Salesforce
5 1 (1.92%) VMware