Life Science Contracts in the UK excluding London

Life Sciences
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Life Science in contract job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Life Science over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 325 353 433
Rank change year-on-year +28 +80 -108
Contract jobs citing Life Science 76 77 71
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.36% 0.34% 0.23%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.25% 1.06% 0.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 31 33
10th Percentile £115 £200 £403
25th Percentile £400 £323 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £485 £500
Median % change year-on-year +3.09% -3.00% +22.70%
75th Percentile £600 £550 £550
90th Percentile £625 £675 £598
UK median daily rate £550 £494 £508
% change year-on-year +11.39% -2.71% +9.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 7 2
10th Percentile £21.10 - £35.33
25th Percentile £30.38 - £39.56
Median hourly rate £42.50 £15.21 £48.25
Median % change year-on-year +179.42% -68.48% +7.22%
75th Percentile £43.75 £34.25 £56.06
90th Percentile £61.90 £52.75 £59.78
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £45.00 £62.50
% change year-on-year -5.56% -28.00% +38.89%

All Generic Skills
UK excluding London

Life Science 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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 6,066 7,275 9,769
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 28.45% 32.06% 32.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,573 4,875 6,837
10th Percentile £210 £220 £208
25th Percentile £375 £381 £368
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year - +2.56% +11.43%
75th Percentile £600 £602 £586
90th Percentile £688 £700 £675
UK median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 764 409 422
10th Percentile £12.15 £9.80 £12.90
25th Percentile £14.36 £10.63 £16.25
Median hourly rate £35.25 £22.00 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year +60.23% +2.33% -4.44%
75th Percentile £62.81 £62.50 £45.00
90th Percentile £70.13 £74.40 £61.50
UK median hourly rate £35.65 £22.26 £27.00
% change year-on-year +60.15% -17.56% +8.00%

Life Science
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Life Science in the UK excluding London

Life Science
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Life Science in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Life Science in the UK excluding London

Life Science
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Life Science in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Life Science in the UK excluding London

Life Science
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Life Science in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Life Science in the UK excluding London

Life Science
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Life Science in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Life Science in the UK excluding London

Life Science
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 12 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
South East -8 28 £425 -17.48% 48
North of England +31 23 £160 -73.33% 51
North West +29 23 £160 -73.33% 30
East of England +17 20 £600 +33.33% 54
South West +5 4 - - 11
West Midlands +18 1 - - 12
Midlands +17 1 - - 21
Life Science
UK

Life Science
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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 3 (3.95%) CMS
2 2 (2.63%) Drupal
2 2 (2.63%) WordPress
3 1 (1.32%) SharePoint
Applications
1 17 (22.37%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (19.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (6.58%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (3.95%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (3.95%) Revit
Business Applications
1 12 (15.79%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (6.58%) SAP GTS
3 4 (5.26%) TrackWise
4 1 (1.32%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (1.32%) SAP BPC
4 1 (1.32%) SAP MDG
4 1 (1.32%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 8 (10.53%) Power Platform
2 7 (9.21%) Smartsheet
3 4 (5.26%) SuccessFactors
4 3 (3.95%) Veeva
5 2 (2.63%) Squarespace
6 1 (1.32%) AWS
6 1 (1.32%) GCP
6 1 (1.32%) OCI
6 1 (1.32%) SaaS
6 1 (1.32%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.32%) Firewall
1 1 (1.32%) LAN
1 1 (1.32%) Network Security
1 1 (1.32%) VPN
1 1 (1.32%) WAN
1 1 (1.32%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (10.53%) Power BI
2 5 (6.58%) EDMS
3 2 (2.63%) Metadata
4 1 (1.32%) Amazon Redshift
4 1 (1.32%) Data Lake
4 1 (1.32%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (1.32%) SAP HANA
4 1 (1.32%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 2 (2.63%) JIRA
2 1 (1.32%) Git
2 1 (1.32%) LabVIEW
General
1 31 (40.79%) Social Skills
2 28 (36.84%) Pharmaceutical
3 24 (31.58%) Manufacturing
4 9 (11.84%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (7.89%) Automotive
5 6 (7.89%) Finance
6 4 (5.26%) Legal
7 3 (3.95%) Banking
8 2 (2.63%) Marketing
9 1 (1.32%) Aerospace
9 1 (1.32%) Law
9 1 (1.32%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (1.32%) Public Sector
9 1 (1.32%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 12 (15.79%) Project Manager
2 10 (13.16%) Senior
3 9 (11.84%) QA Specialist
4 8 (10.53%) Analyst
4 8 (10.53%) HR Manager
4 8 (10.53%) Lead
5 6 (7.89%) Test Manager
6 5 (6.58%) Business Analyst
6 5 (6.58%) Manufacturing Engineer
6 5 (6.58%) Support Engineer
7 4 (5.26%) Architect
7 4 (5.26%) Business Systems Analyst
7 4 (5.26%) LIMS Business Analyst
7 4 (5.26%) Senior Analyst
8 3 (3.95%) Business Process Manager
8 3 (3.95%) Consultant
8 3 (3.95%) Development Specialist
8 3 (3.95%) IT Manager
8 3 (3.95%) Process Manager
8 3 (3.95%) Senior Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (7.89%) Web Services
2 2 (2.63%) Smart Contracts
Miscellaneous
1 11 (14.47%) Renewable Energy
2 4 (5.26%) LIMS
3 3 (3.95%) Management Information System
3 3 (3.95%) NHS
4 2 (2.63%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 2 (2.63%) Social Media
5 1 (1.32%) Data Structures
5 1 (1.32%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.32%) Mobile App
5 1 (1.32%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.32%) Pharmacovigilance
5 1 (1.32%) Reference Data
5 1 (1.32%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.63%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (28.95%) Project Management
2 17 (22.37%) Problem-Solving
3 13 (17.11%) Continuous Improvement
4 12 (15.79%) Analytics
5 11 (14.47%) Agile
5 11 (14.47%) Decision-Making
5 11 (14.47%) Process Improvement
6 10 (13.16%) Stakeholder Management
7 9 (11.84%) Business Transformation
8 7 (9.21%) Business Intelligence
8 7 (9.21%) Validation
8 7 (9.21%) Workflow
9 6 (7.89%) Change Control
9 6 (7.89%) Change Management
9 6 (7.89%) Computer Science
9 6 (7.89%) Order to Cash
9 6 (7.89%) Software Testing
9 6 (7.89%) Test Automation
9 6 (7.89%) Test Management
9 6 (7.89%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 6 (7.89%) SQL
2 1 (1.32%) Python
Qualifications
1 19 (25.00%) Degree
2 6 (7.89%) ISTQB
2 6 (7.89%) Master's Degree
3 4 (5.26%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (3.95%) RIBA
4 3 (3.95%) SC Cleared
4 3 (3.95%) Security Cleared
5 1 (1.32%) CCNA
5 1 (1.32%) CCNP
5 1 (1.32%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (1.32%) CISSP
5 1 (1.32%) Network+ Certification
5 1 (1.32%) PhD
5 1 (1.32%) PMI Certification
5 1 (1.32%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (14.47%) QA
2 8 (10.53%) GAMP
2 8 (10.53%) GxP
3 7 (9.21%) GMP
4 5 (6.58%) HL7
5 2 (2.63%) GDPR
6 1 (1.32%) Data Quality
6 1 (1.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (1.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Systems Management
1 1 (1.32%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 14 (18.42%) SAP
2 13 (17.11%) Microsoft
3 6 (7.89%) Adobe
4 4 (5.26%) Workday
5 3 (3.95%) Oracle
6 2 (2.63%) Ariba
6 2 (2.63%) Cisco
6 2 (2.63%) Fortinet
7 1 (1.32%) BT
7 1 (1.32%) Hyperion
7 1 (1.32%) MicroStrategy
7 1 (1.32%) Palo Alto
7 1 (1.32%) Salesforce
7 1 (1.32%) ServiceNow