LIMS Contracts in the North of England

Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS)
England > North of England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term LIMS in contract job vacancies in the North of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited LIMS over the 6 months leading up to 27 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 178 199 244
Rank change year-on-year +21 +45 -49
Contract jobs citing LIMS 2 8 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.041% 0.15% 0.15%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.16% 0.49% 0.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 6
10th Percentile - - £206
25th Percentile - £223 £214
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £225 £260
Median % change year-on-year +55.56% -13.46% -55.74%
75th Percentile - £228 £322
90th Percentile - - £341
England median daily rate £488 £373 £450
% change year-on-year +30.87% -17.22% +5.88%

All Generic Skills
North of England

LIMS falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in the North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,258 1,647 2,526
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 26.08% 30.06% 34.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 740 1,084 1,932
10th Percentile £263 £275 £206
25th Percentile £400 £401 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £513 £490
Median % change year-on-year -3.41% +4.59% +10.61%
75th Percentile £588 £606 £575
90th Percentile £675 £688 £663
England median daily rate £550 £563 £550
% change year-on-year -2.31% +2.36% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 143 76 94
10th Percentile £12.15 £10.22 £11.58
25th Percentile £13.03 £10.63 £15.06
Median hourly rate £15.11 £21.01 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.10% +10.57% +11.76%
75th Percentile £36.00 £35.00 £24.31
90th Percentile £54.75 £64.38 £38.53
England median hourly rate £37.50 £23.33 £26.00
% change year-on-year +60.77% -10.29% +4.00%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for LIMS in the North of England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Daily rate trend for LIMS in the North of England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Hourly rate trend for LIMS in the North of England

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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 LIMS within the North of England region over the 6 months to 27 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North West +6 2 £350 - 2
LIMS
England

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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:

Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) LIMS Support
1 1 (50.00%) Support Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Technical Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Information Management