Life Science Contracts in the North West

Life Sciences
England > North West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Life Science in contract job vacancies advertised in the North West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Life Science over the 6 months to 29 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 107 149 168
Rank change year-on-year +42 +19 -40
Contract jobs citing Life Science 28 9 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 1.03% 0.30% 0.22%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 4.06% 0.91% 0.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 3 2
10th Percentile £115 £430 £429
25th Percentile £135 £442 £434
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £475 £463
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% +2.70% -7.50%
75th Percentile £538 £586 £484
90th Percentile £545 £645 £486
England median daily rate £525 £500 £520
% change year-on-year +5.00% -3.85% +11.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 0 0
10th Percentile £26.83 - -
25th Percentile £31.44 - -
Median hourly rate £42.50 - -
75th Percentile £43.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £41.50 £51.88 £62.50
% change year-on-year -20.00% -17.00% +42.05%

All Generic Skills
North West

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 advertised in the North West with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 690 989 1,418
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 25.45% 32.54% 35.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 447 648 1,080
10th Percentile £286 £303 £213
25th Percentile £413 £400 £360
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £493 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -1.40% +5.26% +18.75%
75th Percentile £575 £602 £588
90th Percentile £680 £675 £675
England median daily rate £550 £570 £550
% change year-on-year -3.51% +3.64% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 75 42 58
10th Percentile £13.00 £16.64 £11.68
25th Percentile £15.00 £20.48 £14.06
Median hourly rate £25.25 £31.49 £19.25
Median % change year-on-year -19.82% +63.58% +7.54%
75th Percentile £40.63 £65.94 £28.56
90th Percentile £57.50 £70.00 £60.63
England median hourly rate £35.65 £22.26 £26.50
% change year-on-year +60.15% -16.00% +3.92%

Life Science
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing Life Science as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Life Science in the North West

Life Science
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Life Science in the North West.

Daily rate trend for Life Science in the North West

Life Science
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Life Science in the North West over the 6 months to 29 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Life Science in the North West

Life Science
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Life Science in the North West.

Hourly rate trend for Life Science in the North West

Life Science
Hourly Rate Histogram in the North West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Life Science in the North West over the 6 months to 29 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Life Science in the North West

Life Science
Contract Job Locations in the North West

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 North West region over the 6 months to 29 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Cheshire +16 15 £525 +10.53% 8
Manchester +8 6 £160 -70.66% 15
Merseyside - 5 £115 - 3
Life Science
England

Life Science
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 (7.14%) CMS
2 1 (3.57%) Drupal
2 1 (3.57%) SharePoint
2 1 (3.57%) WordPress
Applications
1 9 (32.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (25.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (17.86%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (7.14%) Revit
Business Applications
1 8 (28.57%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (14.29%) TrackWise
3 1 (3.57%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 7 (25.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (3.57%) Squarespace
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (25.00%) Power BI
2 4 (14.29%) EDMS
3 1 (3.57%) Amazon Redshift
3 1 (3.57%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (3.57%) Metadata
3 1 (3.57%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 1 (3.57%) JIRA
General
1 17 (60.71%) Pharmaceutical
2 13 (46.43%) Social Skills
3 6 (21.43%) Manufacturing
4 5 (17.86%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (14.29%) Finance
6 1 (3.57%) Automotive
6 1 (3.57%) Banking
6 1 (3.57%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (3.57%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 7 (25.00%) Consultant
2 6 (21.43%) Functional Consultant
2 6 (21.43%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
3 5 (17.86%) Manufacturing Engineer
3 5 (17.86%) QA Specialist
3 5 (17.86%) Support Engineer
4 3 (10.71%) IT Engineer
4 3 (10.71%) IT Support
4 3 (10.71%) IT Support Engineer
4 3 (10.71%) Senior
5 2 (7.14%) Analyst
5 2 (7.14%) Data Analyst
5 2 (7.14%) Test Engineer
6 1 (3.57%) Architect
6 1 (3.57%) Business Analyst
6 1 (3.57%) Data Manager
6 1 (3.57%) Programme Manager
6 1 (3.57%) Project Manager
6 1 (3.57%) Senior Analyst
6 1 (3.57%) Senior Data Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.57%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (3.57%) Reference Data
1 1 (3.57%) Renewable Energy
1 1 (3.57%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (35.71%) Project Management
2 7 (25.00%) Process Improvement
2 7 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 6 (21.43%) Analytics
3 6 (21.43%) Business Intelligence
3 6 (21.43%) Business Transformation
3 6 (21.43%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (21.43%) Validation
4 5 (17.86%) Continuous Improvement
4 5 (17.86%) Data Analytics
4 5 (17.86%) Data Extraction
4 5 (17.86%) FMEA
4 5 (17.86%) Smart Manufacturing
4 5 (17.86%) Test Scripting
5 4 (14.29%) Document Management
5 4 (14.29%) QMS
5 4 (14.29%) Records Management
5 4 (14.29%) Workflow
6 3 (10.71%) Data Management
6 3 (10.71%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 6 (21.43%) SQL
2 1 (3.57%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (10.71%) Degree
2 2 (7.14%) RIBA
2 2 (7.14%) SC Cleared
2 2 (7.14%) Security Cleared
3 1 (3.57%) Master's Degree
3 1 (3.57%) PhD
3 1 (3.57%) PMI Certification
3 1 (3.57%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (21.43%) GAMP
1 6 (21.43%) QA
2 5 (17.86%) GxP
3 1 (3.57%) Data Quality
3 1 (3.57%) GDPR
3 1 (3.57%) GMP
Vendors
1 10 (35.71%) SAP
2 6 (21.43%) Ariba
3 3 (10.71%) Microsoft
4 2 (7.14%) Adobe
5 1 (3.57%) MicroStrategy
5 1 (3.57%) Oracle
5 1 (3.57%) Salesforce